West Coast Trail Map – Day 6

We had an intentionally late start today, leaving Camper Bay at 11am because it was only 5Km to Owen Point and the tide would not let us get the Point until 5pm.

Camper Creek has a cable car running over it, but due to the low water level we were able to rock-hop the creek.

Kelly Crosses Camper Creek.

The first two kilometres were in the forest, and provided the usual challenges…

Sarah loves logs! (Not!)

Hikers in a mud-hole…

We re-accessed the beach at about 1pm and then meandered along the hard-packed silt and tidal pools. The headland before Owen Point provided a magnificent back-drop, so we paused and took many photos!

Sarah at the headland.

After the headland we jumped surge-channels…

Abi crosses a surge channel.

…and played ‘chicken’ with the waves…

Sarah & the waves…

We arrived at the Point at about 3pm and the water was much too high to get across, so we stopped for a late lunch.

The tide is too high…

This was potentially our last lunch, so the kids took the decision to eat the following day’s lunch as well!

After we had eaten, I explored a little, and found a way over the point. It required some rope-work, however everyone wanted to continue, rather than wait 2 hours for the tide to drop.

Owen Point – Route B!

Once we made it over the top, we were able to enter the caves at Owen Point and we spent the next hour clambering and sliding – thoroughly exploring this amazing space.

Peeping through the keyhole…

Awwww….

We posed for a group shot, in front of the gold & green moss covered rocks.

Our WCT Family…

From Owen Point to Thrasher Cove the terrain changed again – this time to boulders. With sizes ranging from soccer balls to houses, the trail became a maze.

Sarah in the boulders…

Combined with logs & trees that the waves had tossed up like matchsticks, this proved a challenging but very enjoyable part of the trail.

It's a 'Kodak Moment' (to heck with the tide!)

By the time we reached Thrasher Cove, the tide had risen and the waves were washing over the boulders. We had made the campsite – but only just in time!

Thrasher Cove Campsite.

That evening we made plans for an early start the following day. It was to be the last day on the trail, and in order for us to make the ferry connections to get home, we would need to be finished hiking by noon-ish.