A beautiful short loop walk through stunning coastal bush, dunes and back along a beach.
A beautiful short loop walk through stunning coastal bush, dunes and back along a beach.
One of the many fabulous Mallacoota walks that can be undertaken by itself or part of a longer walk. It's quite amazing how much the landscape and vegetation changes over such a short distance.
The walk either starts and finishes at the David Beach carpark, or it can be part of the longer Mallacoota Coastal Walk that continues from the Heathland walk (that continues on from the Casaurina Walk).
Another really wonderful short walk nearby is the Betka Beach loop walk.
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Before you start, take a quick detour to the Davis Beach lookout for a wonderful view along the beach.
It looks like a lot of ground covers and vines seem to dominate, possibly as they are the first to recover after the bushfires.
Interesting to see how the bush recovers after such devastating fires.
A nice little picnic area near the Betka River (can be accessed by vehicle too).
A shortish boardwalk protects the fragile dunes.
The path becomes more sandy and the vegetation changes as you walk up through the dunes.
Ove the small hills in the dunes you can look down to the Betka River.
A popular spot for strolling, swimming, stand up paddle boards and walking the dog, but please check for notices about Hooded Plover nesting sites and ensure dogs are always on leads November-April.
Walking through the small coastal Wattle trees to get to the beach.
The mouth of the Betka River is not always open, but we visited after a period of rains that opened it up with some fastish flowing water. It was about 40cm deep and easy to cross.
On the return loop, it was nice to have the beach to ourselves at about 8am on a late January morning.
There were only two rocks visible on this stretch of beach, but made us wonder how many were in the sea or under the sand.
The viewing platform and the steepish stairs from the beach makes it easy to see where to go back to the start.