On a bleak, overcast and cold Sunday afternoon, June 28, 2009, I ventured down to the Balnarring Foreshore Reserve, Wssternport Coast, about 70 km SE of Melbourne.

This is one of my favourite places, with a long sweeping coast extending from the Balnarring Point in the west, to Somers Beach, in the east.

I left the car at Robertson's Park, next to Balnarring Beach, and beach-hiked along the foreshore to the interesting swaying suspension bridge at Somers. This crosses the Merricks Creek estuary, and leads into the Coolart ... (more)