Five Beaches Track

In the northern end it starts at the Somerset ruins, where a track goes east towards the beach.

It is worth it for the views, and there is also the Old Jardine Airstrip.

After Fly Point you can turn back onto the Five Beaches Track,

... and continue along the two beaches ...

... in Freshwater Bay ...

... to Vallack Point, which is where Frank Jardine's cattle station once was.

After the high point the track goes down again ...

... as it comes to Nanthau Beach,

... in the southern end of which the track again turns a bit off the beach and then back to it.

After that you come to the turnoff to the loop road back to the main road to Somerset,

... past the lakes - Lake Wieheura and Lake Bronto.

South of the turnoff (back on the beaches), is the northern end of the next beach - Narau.

It is a nice beach to drive ...

...or walk, with the Chandagoo Point in its other end.

But for the more adventurous, there are more beaches!

After a rainforest track there is the next one south - Saldangoo Beach.

After the Cliffy Point that is south of it,

... is the next one - Kilbie Beach.

The next one is Congora Beach,

... which is in the Kennedy Inlet, so starting to be close to the Jackey Jackey Creek. 

A good place to play around,

... and just such a great remote place to be :-)

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