Une journée de plages / A day of beaches

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Australia, beach, photography, photos, travel, Western Australia

Après 3 jours bien remplis à explorer la région autour d’Albany, nous avons repris la route pour notre rendre à Hazelvale pour découvrir la région des grands arbres. Nous avons fait plusieurs arrêts sur les belles plages de cette côte.

Nos pas furent les premiers à fouler le sable de la plage de Cosy Corner (Kronkup) et à laisser une trace de notre passage jusqu’à la prochaine marée. Nous avons ensuite continué notre route jusqu’à la plage Shelley dans le parc national de West Cape Howe. Un belvédère nous a permis d’avoir une vue splendide de cette plage ainsi que de rencontrer un scinque à langue bleu (Tiliqua occipitalis). Il y avait plusieurs pêcheurs sur la plage et quelques oiseaux intéressants. Une promenade des plus agréables.

Nous cherchions un endroit pour manger notre pique-nique et en regardant la carte nous avons vu une réserve naturelle donc nous avons décidé de nous y arrêter. Sans trop savoir à quoi nous attendre nous avons découvert un bras de mer avec de belles roches et des pélicans. Le dernier arrêt de la journée fut au parc national de William Bay où nous nous sommes baignés dans Green Pool (brièvement car l’eau était froide) pour ensuite visiter les Elephant Rocks qui ont la forme d’un troupeau d’éléphants. Nous avons terminé la journée avec un beau coucher de soleil à la ferme où nous avions élu domicile.

After 3 busy days exploring the area around Albany, we headed toward Hazelvale to discover the area of tall trees. We made several stops on the beautiful beaches of this coast.

Our footsteps were the first to walk the sand at Cozy Corner Beach (Kronkup) and leave a trace of our passage until the next tide. We then continued our drive to Shelley Beach in West Cape Howe National Park. A belvedere allowed us to have a splendid view of this beach as well as to meet a blue-tongued skink (Tiliqua occipitalis). There were several fishermen on the beach and some interesting birds. A most enjoyable walk.

We were looking for a place to eat our picnic and looking at the map we saw a nature reserve so we decided to stop there. Without really knowing what to expect, we discovered an inlet with beautiful rocks and pelicans. The last stop of the day was in William Bay National Park where we swam in Green Pool (briefly because the water was cold) and then visited Elephant Rocks in the shape of a herd of elephants. We ended the day with a beautiful sunset at the farm where we had taken up residence.

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[Auteur/Author: Suzanne & Pierre]

12 thoughts on “Une journée de plages / A day of beaches”

By Marie said:

31 July 2019 at 10 h 44 min

Les plages sont vraiment magnifiques et celles avec les gros rochers tout particulièrement. C’est un autre univers et c’est plaisant de le découvrir. Merci du partage.

- Suzanne et Pierre said:
  
  31 July 2019 at 10 h 48 min
  
  Merci Marie. L’Australie est reconnu pour ses plages et elles sont effectivement très belles. La côte sud-ouest a des plages de sable blanc absolument magnifique. Bien contente que ces images vous ont fait un peu voyager.
  
Christie said:

31 July 2019 at 13 h 10 min

Pristine lands.. superb!!

- Suzanne et Pierre said:
  
  31 July 2019 at 13 h 56 min
  
  Thanks Christie. Glad you enjoyed this series.
  
Jacqui d'Eon said:

31 July 2019 at 14 h 31 min

What a lovely way to spend a day. My favs in this series are the bottle brush and the rusty plough. Both photos are colourful and their subjects well framed.

- Suzanne et Pierre said:
  
  31 July 2019 at 15 h 13 min
  
  Thanks Jacqui. Always like knowing your favourites…Glad you enjoyed this series.
  
Eliza Waters said:

31 July 2019 at 19 h 32 min

They have the best beaches in the world!

- Suzanne et Pierre said:
  
  31 July 2019 at 19 h 56 min
  
  Thanks Eliza. They certainly do… the beaches are spectacular.
  
Anabel @ The Glasgow Gallivanter said:

2 August 2019 at 16 h 48 min

Beautiful!

- Suzanne et Pierre said:
  
  2 August 2019 at 17 h 02 min
  
  Thanks Anabel. The beaches in Australia are spectacular and these ones were particularly beautiful. Glad you enjoyed them.
  
MELewis said:

11 August 2019 at 6 h 34 min

I’m just catching up on your posts as for some reason I’ve missed quite a few! As always, I am enthralled by the beach and rock colour combinations. Also love seeing some of the wildlife…is the skink dangerous?

- Suzanne et Pierre said:
  
  11 August 2019 at 9 h 02 min
  
  Thanks Mel. Not to worry about having missed a few of our posts. We have had so many on Australia that it is difficult to keep up though we are getting to the end of the series; two more posts coming next week and then we will be done and able to move on to the other two trips we have done since then. The beaches and the rocks were indeed amazing and fascinated us. Australia is an amazing country.