Bushwalk Australia

Part 2 – Melaleuca to Wilson Bight.

Wilson Bight is an easy (for experienced walkers) 2 days from Melaleuca on a well-defined track. There are several other beautiful beaches on the way – New Harbour, Hidden Bay, Ketchem Bay - all lovely to stay at but I’d been out to SW Cape before in 2008 and spent plenty of time enjoying and photographing these southern beaches so I didn’t linger long on this trip. I may make last year’s images the subject of a separate gallery – SW Cape 2008.

Hidden Bay.


Hidden Bay.


Hidden Bay.


Hidden Bay


Hidden Bay.


Hidden Bay.


Hidden Bay.


Hidden Bay.


Ketchem Bay.


Wilson Bight.


Wilson Bight.

Inspiring pictures! What a beautiful bit of coastline.

Thanks for giving an inexperienced walker the opportunity to see it.

Very nice series Lex, looks like you had some stunning weather for the first part of your trip.

Michael.

Amazing...I've got to get there one day. Looking forward to more pix of the rest of the walk!

There's no footprints anywhere in the sand. AWESOME!

There's no footprints anywhere in the sand.

With wilderness landscapes I usually try to keep the scene free of any signs of human activity. On beaches that can take a bit of thought and planning - first of all trying to avoid walking in any areas I plan to photograph, or if there's no choice, walking at the waterline so the waves wash away footprints, or walking in creeks, or keeping to the rocks. I find that bootmarks, footprints, people, tents, etc generally detract from wilderness landscapes. The SW Cape circuit was great, not much traffic so each beach was pristine when I arrived. There is a walkers log book at Murgab creek camp at Noyhener beach, I checked it when I arrived - the last entry was more than 2 weeks old... bliss