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| Smith's Creek |
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| Man of war jelly |
When we arrived in
Refuge Bay yesterday evening most of the mooring balls (there must be
almost 200) were taken, as the morning warmed up boat after boat
left, all heading back to their marinas we presume and leaving the
water to us retirees and holidaymakers. I'd read Coal and Candle
Creek was pretty so we headed there to look for a spot to spend the
night moving quietly between the steep sandstone escarpments and
eucalypti trees. It is pretty, but nowhere we found suitable to drop
the hook and a large power boat marina situated at the end. Our
alternative was Smith's Creek and here we did find a place which
ticked the boxes and with a bonus at the upper end of visitors
moorings provided by the national park. Here we are deep within the
Ku-Ring-Gai Chase national park, the second oldest national park in
the world after Yellowstone. It's tranquil and the water is clear,
clear enough to see the many Man of War jellyfish swimming past. We
were told two years ago there weren't any jellyfish seen and then
they returned in large numbers last year and are still here now. Why
there should be boom or bust years no-one seems to know.
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