The Point Hicks obelisk, this commemorates Captain Cooks’ first sighting of mainland Australia in 1770. The plaque reads:
Lieutenant James Cook, R.N. Of the Endeavour, First Sighted Australia Near This Point, Which He Named Point Hicks After Lieutenant Zachary Hicks Who First Saw the Land. April 19th (Ship’s Log Date). April 20th (Calendar Date). 1770.
Australian Pelicans hanging out along the waterfront in Mallacoota, East Gippsland.
The beach at Cape Conran in East Gippsland.
Hairy pink-bells (Tetratheca pilosa) found along the McKenzie River Rainforest Walk in East Gippsland.
Handsome Flat Pea (Platylobium formosum) found along the McKenzie River Rainforest Walk.
Reflections in the river along the McKenzie River Rainforest Walk in East Gippsland.
One of the cable bridges along the McKenzie River Rainforest Walk in East Gippsland.
A tree fern is silhouetted by cloud covered sun on the McKenzie River Rainforest Walk.
More boardwalk at the McKenzie River Rainforest Walk.
A fallen tree provides an impromptu bridge across the McKenzie River in East Gippsland.
Part of the boardwalk along the McKenzie River Rainforest Walk.
The McKenzie River Rainforest Walk is a pocket of warm temperate rainforest in East Gippsland. The river looks like black tea because of tannin from decaying vegetation seeping into the water.