7.3   

After walking along some more nice suburban streets, Chisholm St., Edwina St. and Vista St. I got to a dead end with a little look-out. The view of the cove to headland  is superb. A bit of a hidden path with  lots of crooked steps seems to lead down to a jungle. However I went back Vista St. and into Glenview Street.

And there again was an overgrown jungle path. This time I had to venture down. 

And what a surprise.  I entered what looked like an enchanted forest.

 The sun light filtering through the gumtrees and ferns was magnificent. The silence was only broken by bird song. The Whip Bird calls were dominant, and the laughter of the Kookaburras and the song of the Magpies too. I spotted Blue Wrens and many other birds I could not identify. 

A little creek trickles between the rocks. 

A bit  further a little bridge crossing the creek had a sign ‘To Vista Street’. So that was where that steep path down at the look-out went to.

 I was glad I did not come down that way, I would have missed the enchanted forest. 

at the bridge some mangrove appeared. 

Climbing up the other side of the cove, I noticed the vegetation changed to more open eucalyptus slopes with some nice boulders and small caves. 

Good views of the eastern side of the cove where I had walked half an hour ago. 

Only very few people around, two joggers past me and a man with a big black dog called Snowy.

Good when one does not need to go walking on weekends.