Coffin Bay National Park

Coffin Bay National Park**** Coffin Bay is famous for it yummylicious OYSTERS! The famous Coffin Bay National Park is just nearby the town. There’s a small general store in the town where you can get supplies and also fishing baits.

The park costs $9 for entrance fee. Few parts of the park is 4wd accessible. We did drive around to look at the small islands surrounding this bay. Camped at Yangie Bay, which has compost toilet. There are many bird species seen around our camp site by dusk and kangaroos hopping around to find food. It is a good place close to nature =)

Golden Island Lookout

Australian Fairy Terns

Yangie Lookout Walk - a short climb with views overlooking Yangie Bay and Marble Ranges, as well as Yangie Island. 1km return, 20mins.

The Red Wattlebird, one of Australia’s largest honeyeater.

New Holland Honeyeater

Bits of info: Australia was originally called 'New Holland". This name was applied in OZ in 1644 by the Dutch seafarer Abel Tasman as Nova Hollandia, naming it after the Dutch province of Holland and remained in use for 180 years.

Next morning we had a walk along the Long Beach and saw this Sooty Oystercatcher. Well we followed the track of this bird to look for oysters, unfortunately to no avail. It is still the spawning season of oysters in jan and feb. They’ll get fattened up then in March, right into peoples’ stomach.

Still searching on the name for this bird:)