on a saturday drive to innisfail Stylus, Dante and I spontaneously decided to take the [dirt] road less travelled and found ourselves amidst the spectacular and pristine sands of ella bay...
completely awestruck at the beauty unfolding effortlessly about us - we decided to settle into a patch of shade and let the afternoon take its course ...
we had accessed the beach on foot via a large white gate allowing access only to pedestrians and followed by a sign I can only describe as 'ominous' - referring to an 'eco friendly development' soon to be underway ...?
surely this could not be true - we were sitting marveling at how spectacular and untouched the bay appeared - one of the few coastal areas along the great barrier reef not sacrificed to development - backing onto world heritage rainforest - does none of this factor in when such projects [however 'eco friendly'] are approved ...?
this evening I sat and googled in an attempt to try to find out more about this development: I have found a fantastic blog on the natural wonders of ella bay - ella bay forever and I found a site established by those behind the proposed development - ella bay - an integrated master plan community - you may need a strong cup of tea when reading through that one...
from our observations it looked as though there was little going on with the actual development - although there are plenty of signs telling you where you may and may not walk - so we did not actually see anything resembling a development site... I am hoping more information will soon come to light about the current fate/state of this special gem ... stay tuned ...
and heading back home ...
this lovely light show from second beach ...
