Page 70 - Our Favourite Walks by Brian Everingham

as some of them look quite grand. Effectively, shack dwellers achieved recognition of their
right to legitimacy which eventually led to their right of ownership by dint of occupation.
Subsequently, the government allowed shack dwellers to buy their blocks. This is how it has
come to be that a few lucky owners hold freehold land in prime locations in a conservation
area.

We continued past the shacks, walking over continuous mounds of ancient Aboriginal shell
middens. This took us to the water’s edge and to a cluster of amazing geological formations.
These striated, multi- coloured, sharp edged and lichen encrusted rocks displayed colours
ranging from vivid orange to greenish white. Against the backdrop of the violent Southern
Ocean, the scenery was raw and wild and totally exhilarating.

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