Unlike Lou Reed’s “Perfect Day” – a deservedly celebrated, but much-misunderstood song – this post is 100% free of irony and angst.
The photo (copyright Doug Spencer) was taken at 1.54 pm on 15 March 2021.
The inlet’s shore is surely one of the more sublime picnic lunch spots, anywhere, and the inlet is just part of one of our favourite wild places.
Circa 38 years ago, my beloved and I stumbled upon Waychinicup; at the time there was not even a signpost to it.
A few years later, in 1990, Waychinicup National Park was declared, and a discreet signpost was erected.
There’s “nothing there”, in the best sense.
Within one hour’s drive of Albany, and 2WD-accessible, Waychinicup is one of Australia’s finest “hidden” jewels.
In March 2021 Albany was “chock”; if you had arrived but had not booked accommodation, you would have had no legal choice but to go elsewhere to find a bed.
March 15 was sunny, calm, pleasantly cool – a perfect day for our umptidleenth visit to Waychinicup, where we spent circa five hours.
During that time just one other vehicle drove in; its two adults and their two children spent two minutes walking from car to nearest part of the inlet’s shoreline, had a quick gaze across the inlet, the kids then enjoyed a brief splash, had a giggle or three and the adults took a selfie or two, before departing, within ten minutes of their arrival.
This post is just a wee “scene-setter” for Pelican Yoga’s next post. That will be devoted entirely to the above image’s “far point”- the rocks where Waychinicup’s always-sheltered inlet meets the ocean. (on a more recent occasion, when the ocean was more turbulent)
if you are new to Waychinicup, I urge you to see this earlier post, first.