Saltery Bay Trip

Mermaid Cove...

Saltery Bay and Mermaid Cove...

We spent the past week camping on the Sunshine Coast in a place called Mermaid Cove in Saltery Bay. We had a wonderful (bug free) 5 nights of camping. We decided to leave on the August holiday Monday so that we could avoid the crowds and the ferry traffic. The weather was beautiful. The trip to Saltery Bay involves a 40 minute ferry-ride over to the Sunshine Coast followed by about an hour and a half drive to the next ferry at Earl's Cove. We then took the 50 minute ferry ride over to Saltery Bay. The day was hot and hazy. This picture was taken from the ferry as we got closer to Saltery Bay.

The campground is only a few km away from the ferry terminal. The Sunshine Coast is an 86km coastline that stretches from Langdale/Gibsons (the first ferry terminal - close to Vancouver) all the way to Lund. The campground is surrounded by large old trees and the campsites are very big and well spaced. Mermaid Cove is a lovely rocky cove and when the tide was high we were able to swim and jump in the lagoon. Mark jumped into the lagoon from the "cliff"...I was too chicken (it was a vertigo thing).

Bronwyn ventured into the water, while Ellee set off to "save" Mark. Every time we swim she tries to save us. The problem is that she doggy paddles up to us and ends up scratching us with her claws!

When the tide was low we had a great time beach combing and exploring tidal pools. We saw lots of starfish. And quite a few beached jellyfish.

This is how River usually travelled over the rocks...

Nothing like a nap with your favourite ball after a hard day's play.

Ahhh....sisterly love...(i.e., "I don't want a picture with River!")

Palm beach in Lang Bay is close by and is a beautiful stretch of sandy beach. It was quite windy the day we went and the sound of the tidal waves as they crashed onto the beach, together with the rush of the wind was wonderful.

Here's a boy who loves camping!