Waterloo, promise to love you forever more,
Abba.
wa wa wa wa …
I went for a quick stroll around Sealers Cove after having breakfast, and then picked up camp. The track climbs for 2.5 km, and then takes a circuitous route around the headland. There are spectacular views from the headland first to the north, then east, then south.
From Refuge Cove, the track climbs for 1.7 km, and then there is a side track to Kersops Peak. It’s worth the climb to the peak to get the views.
From Kersops Peak, the tracks slowly descends, and then traverses near the shore line for 5.5 km to Waterloo Bay.
There is a track from Waterloo Bay that follows the coast around to the Lightstation, however, my destination today was the Halfway Hut, so I took the track inland.
The Halfway Hut was constructed in the 1940s for servicemen, maintaining the telegraph line that runs all the way to the Lightstation.
I made camp at 3:30 pm and, as the afternoon wore on, more people arrived, so that by the evening the campsite was full. The campsite is notable for the number of birds that are in the surrounding bush, including wrens that will hop right up to you.
