Back heading the right direction again I stopped a couple times in the Bay of Islands Coastal Park - yet more spectacularly carved coast. Stopped at a few viewpoints to take pictures of the amazing rock formations and surf. It was starting to get hot so I pulled off on a dirt track and hiked down to the beach. I had a huge cove all to myself. besides the two fishermen a couple hundred yards off shore there wasn't another person in sight. Perfect. Went for a swim to cool off then laid in the sun. After repeating a couple times I realized that I some biting flies had discovered me (blood dripping down my legs gave it away) and decided I'd probably had enough sun anyway (over an hour and a half had disappeared).

The rest of the day wasn't too exciting. I was going to stop in Port Farie but it just didn't interest me so I decided to go until Portland. Then the same thing happened in Portland so I ended up over the border in South Australia. I'm staying in Mount Gambier which is definitely not that interesting, but it was getting to be evening and I'm within reach of Adelaide tomorrow (two days ahead of schedule!)