Slow pack up this morning – I really didn’t want to go, it was so lovely. Saw a couple of gallinules under the fig tree before we left. Got away about 9.30 and headed off to Eungella Dam along Turrawulla Rd, then right into Pipeline Road. All dirt or sandy road and some of it rough rocky – 4WD preferred.
Eungella Dam supplies the water to the local area via the pipeline we followed on the road in. It’s a beautiful setting at the western foothills of the Eungella Range. Surprisingly it’s green grass, treed and shady with a 2 metre-wide sandy beach around the edge and sandy bottom – no mud! When we arrived there were several families set up for the day with kayaks and picnics and children swimming, and a few water skiers, jet skies (pox on the water according to Steve) and fishing boats. We chose the quieter side away from the boats to set up camp right on the grassy foreshore, with one other couple camping here. Come mid afternoon everyone left except the other camper.
We put the kayak in and went for a decent paddle – at least an hour – had a swim and earned our wine o’clock! Once more the bird life entertained us – pelicans, cormorants, darters, coots, Pacific black-faced and Australian wood ducks, white-faced heron, lapwings.
We had a campfire and into bed early.