Day 7 – Seal Ck Camp to Mallacoota

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We’re slated for an early 7:30am start, not wanting to be getting home to Canberra too late in the evening and risk kangaroos on the Monaro highway. We’re all packed and standing around ready to go fifteen minutes before that! The cafe at Mallacoota closes early and we’re all keen for some decent food.

The track immediately cuts inland, and we fly along an old vehicle track at top speed. It’s a beautiful day for it. In fact, with the exception of the rain early on, the weather has been unseasonably mild and fine. Thanks, climate change!

We drop down to shipwreck creek for morning tea, and sitting there we spot a pod of dolphins playing in the surf. A magical sight.

We’re getting closer to civilisation. We begin to come across other humans for the first time since we started walking, and the quality of the tracks becomes better and better.

The broad, flat path leapfrogs from lookout to lookout, gazing down the spectacular coastline.

And before long we reach Mallacoota. A quick bird bath in the sink and a change into fresh clothes, and we’re ready to reintegrate into polite society. The food at Cafe 54 is phenomenal (and their small chips are bigger than a Family size chips at any fast food franchise, and done to crispy perfection).

All that’s left is the long drive home.