After pottering on the beach and basking in the early morning light for a few minutes, I decided to get a move on it since, even this was a Wednesday, how many other gaggles of tourists might have the same idea of going to the Tip so early in the morning ?

Besides, the low angle of sunlight would be ample and great for my long zoom lens to capture shorebirds in flight by the time I got there.

Time to hustle !

But on my way there, I caught this tree with mushrooms all over it on the poorly lit road to the Tip. A judicious use of pop-up fill flash did the trick.