Whilst on our Angourie point tour we visited the fresh water pools [Google link]. Just back from the beach there is a green pool and blue pool. They are very deep, warm and teaming with fish. Justin was explaining to us that when they were children they would climb up the cliff and jump into the pool. He got very excited reminiscing and decided that, despite wearing his work uniform (t-shirt and shorts), he wanted to do the jump and asked if we were game.
We decided to go for it and dived into the pool. We swam to the other side and then climbed up the cliff to a small ledge. The climb was slightly tricky especially with wet feet (about a grade diff – for those in the know) but if you fell off it would be into water. Once at the ledge the only thing you can do is run and jump….
Justin went first. We took a bit longer to build up the courage. I went second and Jo went last. As I jumped my stomache filled with dread and you had enough time to think “What have I just done?!” before you hit the water. It was about a three second drop. When Jo jumped his moment of dread happened just as he was pushing off which meant that he hesitated and didn’t jump as far out! It was still plenty to clear the rocks though.
There was a higher ledge but none of us fancied that! At the other pool is a much smaller jump that we also did. This time it was me that worried everyone. When I jumped I was under the water for a while before I resurfaced and Jo started to wonder what was going on. I later explained that my bikini came loose when I hit the water and had to stay under to sort things out!
Both jumps were a big adrenaline rush and had us buzzing all day.
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