Coogee to Malabar

Sydney's eastern suburbs looking north

(Bondi on the far right, Coogee on the left)

Its the first day of spring today and strangely its warm and sunny. August was apparently the coldest here for 64 years and it stayed that way right up to the end. It was a pretty dreich weekend but on the Sunday I managed to get out with Jarrod and Allan and we walked down the coast from Coogee to the Malabar headland to see what we could see.

Coastal track

Despite the less than ideal weather, there was little wind and so the pelagic birds were all well out to sea and just little specks soaring over the waves. We did, however, see a few Humpback Whales as they migrate south and I managed to pick up a new bird on the heath at Malabar. Common at home but new to my Australia list, the Skylark #381 is now in the bag. Nice to hear one again and it reminded me of holidays on the machair.

Malabar headland