Revisiting the Bar

If you've ever seen a golf tournament and watched a Pro-golfer bogey a hole, you'll also have seen the Pro turn their head to have a second look at the hole over their shoulder and give it 'the evil eye' as they walk off the green. It's in the same spirit that we walked out to the Clarence River mouth to have another look at the bar. We definitely feel that our crossing constituted a bogey!

Bar looking tame as a kitten.

We took a walk towards the northern sea wall and called into the Marine Rescue lookout on the way. We had a nice chat with the duty volunteer and were shown the setup which included a dedicated seat with binoculars mounted on a pole and trained on the bar entrance. All the better to see us with!

A long way to the end.

 

Eventually the path is just rubble.

 

We continued on our way and walked and walked along the sea wall but not to the the very end as it was just so very far and the last bit wasn't paved. The Clarence River was of course behaving itself and you could have gone out in a canoe without your heart even fluttering. On the other side of the sea wall, surfers were having a lovely time which demonstrates what a fine wall it is.

The view across the Clarence River mouth to Yamba on the south side.

We can hopefully forget about this bogey for the next couple of weeks while we explore the mighty Clarence River. Sadly not all 400kms of it, and not the Clarence River Gorge either. Although we'd like to get as far as Grafton there is the not-so-small matter of a bridge and some power lines that will prevent our transit much beyond Ulmarra.

Water eroded rock proving that the waves do sometimes lick over the top!