Strzelecki National Park’s signature features are its glorious, unspoilt beaches and the hills that tower above them.
Generally, the hills have well-wooded lower slopes, which eventually yield to quasi-naked granite.
The above photo was taken just a few minutes after I and the previous post’s star had been mutually-surprised, but unalarmed…just a few wallaby-hops distant from this post’s vantage point.
Some coastal edges aside, once one is within Flinders Island’s sandy lowlands, one is surrounded by grassy paddocks, dotted with thousands of (mostly, Black Angus) beef cattle.
The lowlands within Strzelecki National Park allow a walker to enjoy a taste of what a great deal of Flinders Island once was, before the cattle arrived, the lowlands were cleared, the fences built, fertilisers applied, and the plains “drained”, excessively.
I took the photo at 3.33 pm on 17 March.
Our beautifully sited accommodation was within less than one hour’s easy walking distance, or a few minutes’ drive.
My canny beloved took the “few minutes” option; this may (or may not) have had something to do with our scoring such a superbly-sited room!
Most of the next several posts’ photos were taken from that room’s deck.
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