We payed the extra and as well as the luxury of power and running water for a few day we were right on the beach!

The resident masked lapwings had chicks. There are three at present, another park resident said there were originally four.

I wanted to get a little creative and have some blurring of the sea. I originally wanted to blur the cloud movement as well but could only get a shutter speed of 3 or 4 seconds not longer. The cokin filters I have also give a colour cast when I stack them. I have played with this in post production but I think I could perhaps do better.

It still wasn't much of a sunrise the next morning but the cloud formations still allowed me to get some interesting shots.

Doesn't everybody go to Cape Hillsborough to see the kangaroos on the beach?

We managed to drive from Blacks beach to Cape Hillsborough - without going back to the Bruce Highway. A nice drive through cane farms.

Before setting up a Cape Hillsborough we checked out Ball bay, Halliday Bay and the National Park campground at Smalleys Beach. All very nice.

Behind the stunning kangaroo on the beach photos.

The kangaroos are still wild.  But that are so popular and there are so many people that the interaction is controlled. Feed is placed on the beach so the kangaroos tend to stay in the one spot and plastic hats are used to keep the crowd at a safe distance. Yes a little artifical, but I understand why and it is still a pretty unique experience. You can still get great photos.

No job is ever done until the clean up is complete.

The "ranger" has to sweep up the kangaroo poo.

A couple of Lapwings try to muscle in on the kangaroo action.

A couple take an early morning walk across the natural causeway to Wedge Island.

View from the twin beaches lookout. This is wedge island with the tidal causeway that allows you to walk across on low tide.