tracklog Comment: Baxter Cliffs to Twilight Cove

What about between Twilight Cove and Eyre, Bob?
Cheers,
Peter
OKA196 motorhome

thanks Bob. Most helpful. Sadly, weather forecast (possible 10-20mm rain, possible thunder storms) caught up with us. We exited through Caiguna. Hopefully we'll try another time.

Haven’t done that stretch, Peter.
We headed down from Cocklebiddy, spent night at Twilight Cove & after walking out to the coast & back, then made our way along the old Telegraph Line.
Seen a video of someone travelling East along the coast from Twilight, just don’t recall who it was?

Bob

Thanks Bob.
Couple of months ago we went down to the cliffs from Caiguna. Would like to explore the area some more, but it is slow going, so need lots of time.
Cheers,
Peter
OKA196 motorhome

A few photos from our 2018 trip, Peter.







Bob

Great, thanks Bob.
And a couple from the Baxter cliffs south of Caiguna a couple of months ago.

EDIT.
I have to say I was fascinated with some of the vegetation on top of the cliff. It looked like it might have been hundreds of years old. I guess it has a pretty tough life.


Cheers,
Peter
OKA196 motorhome

Hi Bob . That was a great trip . Selected photo's in this link from near Pildappa Rock ,Esperance via the coast back to Cockelbiddy.https://photos.app.goo.gl/QZwUFHbyerX69iVn9

G’day Joe, how’s things? Better have a catch up tomorrow, eh?

Peter, when we went out to Baxter Cliffs, it was very late in the day, and we didn’t stay long as it was blowing a gale. It’s obvious how different the vegetation is close to the Cliffs.Our camp back at the Caiguna/Telegraph Line was much more settled.

If you muster a travel buddy, it’s a great journey down Wylie Scarp & along the beach, past Bilbunya Dunes, to Israelite Bay.



Bob

we spent two nights camped on top of the cliffs, back about 100m for some relief from wind. Walks along the top (with down jackets!). This time of year the afternoon sun never got round to lighting up the cliffs to the east. I wondered if it ever did. We were as surprised at grass growing a few km from the cliff as we were the very low coastal vegetation in cracks in the limestone pavement. I didn't get deep into it, people at Eyre Bird Observatory talked of bands of vegetation parallel to the coast. Some quite narrow. Different bands different birds etc. Inland from Point Malcolm/Israelite Bay to Baxter was constant change. Acres of banksia to low heath just part of it.