Waitpinga Cliffs can be reached either by a walk starting from Waitpinga Beach or by a walk starting from The Bluff. We had previously reached the cliffs from both The Bluff (back in May 2021) and also from Waitpinga Beach (back in September 2021).

HOWEVER, there remained some unfinished business so to speak. Yes, there was still a 4km stretch of the cliffs that we had not set foot on previously, and we attempted to rectify this with two day trips from our base in Normanville to ‘complete the cliffs’.

On the first of these outings we walked from The Bluff to what we call the ‘lunch bench’ – a seat on the cliffs with a very scenic view that is ideal for eating lunch. We then retraced our steps and went back the same way. This was the shorter of the two walks (around 6km each way) and it followed the coast taking in a few beaches on the way.

On the second trip we started from the other side of the cliffs at Waitpinga Beach and walked again to the ‘lunch bench’ from the other direction – thereby completing the missing kilometres of Waitpinga Cliffs. The total return walk from this side was 16km – with about half of it across the headland and half of it along the cliffs.