Since I was no longer attending the open water diving course, I decided to go visit the Cape and the lighthouse today. After slowly strolling to town, I walked about and found a cosy little Mexican store, Chihuahua, selling tacos. I ordered a fish taco and a beef brisket taco, plus a Mexican cola to go along with it. It was simply amazing as the fish was flaky soft while the beef was so tender and easily separated. Probably the best taco I have ever eaten in my life!
After lunch, I took a slow 30 minutes walk to the start of the lighthouse trail. The trail first led me to the edge of Main Beach, where there were quite a fair bit of surfers. Both beginners and those experienced. I took the opportunity to capture some drone shots too.
Further down the trail, about 20 minutes, I came onto Wategos Beach. This is a beautiful and quiet beach that is filled with many moss-covered rocks. I really love how the green and grey rocks gave the beach such a unique character. Over here, I did more drone shots and played with the active tracking function.
Eventually headed further up the trail and reached the eastern-most part of Australia after 30 minutes of hiking. I was too lazy to head down to the rocky outcrop below and so I sent the drone down to capture its beautiful rocky landscape perched just above the water. The wind was rather strong and hence I could not fly my drone for long.
After a short rest, I headed on to the lighthouse, which was just 10 minutes away. By then, it was already 4pm. As I had wanted to catch sunset at the lighthouse, I took my time to capture some aerial photographs and videos of the lighthouse. The wind was extremely strong due to the lighthouse being at the edge of Coral Sea, which was facing the Pacific Ocean. As the sun started to slowly set at around 4:45pm, I set up my tripod and camera and proceeded to take a time-lapse of the sunset. Unfortunately, it was a cloudy day and the sun was concealed by dark clouds.
Eventually it was nightfall and the lighthouse started to shine. I was amazed at the intensity of the light beam and how it shone so far away. After taking many photographs and even some of the moon-rise as the moon slowly moved above the horizon and into the sky. It seemed more like a sunrise as the moon was golden and created a beautiful shimmer on the surface of the sea.
Hiking back to town took about 1.5 hours hour in the darkness and there was no street lamps to guide the way. Thankfully there were reflectors on the road to mark the edges of the roads and it worked well with the flashlight on my phone. Back in town, I parked myself at Main Street Burger Bar. I ordered a crispy chicken burger with additional beef patty, a banana milkshake and a pale ale. The food was really delicious and filling, and I would love to return again to try other parts of the menu!
After dinner, it was yet another slow walk. This time round, back to my airbnb home.
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