Friday’s Footprints – Rocks at Penguin Beach

Another favourite beach of mine, when I am in a rock collecting mood, is a small hidden rock beach, just on the outskirts of a sweet little coastal town called Penguin.

You really have to know where to go (love local knowledge) to access this one. There is no sign, or parking… you just pull off the road by the railway as best you can.

Without being run over by a train (mind you – they are only infrequent goods trains so you would have to be very unlucky) you cross the tracks and see a big hint as which way to go –

A fifteen second walk through a stand of trees…

Then you get to feel all rugged, hiking down the mini cliff to the beach.

Unlike the gorgeous white sands of Sister’s Beach and other beaches in the area, this beach is covered in amazing rocks.

Look closer

It is also a beach known for having a lot of sea glass

I know a lady that makes beautiful and creative jewellery out of sea glass. I just like to collect it – one day I will take what I have over to her so she can actually put it to good use. In the meantime it looks pretty in jars on the back veranda.

At low tide you can scramble across these rocks to the next beach, once you run out of rocks to look at on the first one…

Jeff was awesome enough to give me a rock tumbler for my birthday a couple of years back.

I need to put it on again soon as I have a vast collection of yet-to-be-polished rocks

Anyway, short and sweet tonight. It was a big day out at Magnet Mine again, and got to be up early to deliver niece to the airport! 🙁 Her stay here has gone too fast – we enjoyed her wacky company, chatter and enthusiasm.

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Hope everyone has a super weekend!

Cheers