Windy Harbour

WINDY HARBOUR

Pt. D’Entrecasteaux N.P

You may have heard of this place on the news a few weeks ago because of the fires over here in Northcliffe.  Windy Harbour was closed because you need to go through Northcliffe to get to it and Windy Harbour  itself was nearly lost, it was quite a large area that was burn’t.




The houses you can see is Windy Harbour then you can where the
fire was.

 

Driving through the burnt dunes.



Thought is ironic this sign didn't burn!!



You can already see the grasses growing back about 2 weeks
since the fire.



Windy Harbour itself  is what you would call a fishing village. In all it has has 209 little beach huts , no fences, tractors in carports and it is green and grassy . I was speaking to the ranger and he said there are 11 people that live here permanently even though they are not meant to. You can kind of tell the permanent houses by the vegie patches and the way that some are built out of new materials and rather like a mansion compared to the shacks!



Our first fire!


The camping area is lovely, green and full of kangaroo poo, but best of all we got to have our first fire, yeah! We had a big roo come bounding into our camp area, I’m not sure who got the biggest fright. The next morning we were woken by the chomping sound of a large roo right outside our tent, the boys thought this awesome.

The scenery around the cliffs is breathtaking. Again a huge difference in rock compared to a few kilometres back down the road. It is all limestone around here so the cliffs are softer and weather beaten creating these amazing holes and sculptured looking edges.




They call this "one of natures windows".




An example of rugged cliffs




A great show of natures own pillars!