On Sunday September 2009 I visited the Balnarring Coast, 70 km south of Melbourne.

From the car park at Balnarring Beach (Tulum Beach) I explored the interesting Bird Sanctuary to the west, and continued along the coast past the Merricks Beach Cliffs, abiout 4 km in total.

The day was extremely cold - 9 degrees on the beach, with 100 km/h winds and horizontal biting rain sweeping in from Westernport Bay from Antarctica. ... (more)