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# Chilli Beach #

Chilli Beach is a camping area within the Kutini-Payamu (Iron Range) National Park on Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia. I have no idea how the beach acquired that name.
Notwithstanding its remoteness, the Iron Range area was a major Australian-American airbase during World War II, a forward defense against possible invasion by the Japanese and base for bombers flying to New Guinea. I can only guess that the abundant and now completely feral population of Coconut Palms hales from that era, as these are apparently not native to the area.
Chilli Beach faces across the entrance to Lloyd Bay ( https://pbase.com/donfranklin/image/159351518 and three following images) to the outer Great Barrier Reef 40 km offshore and thence to the Coral Sea.
Chilli Beach
Chilli Beach
Chilli Beach
Chilli Beach
Chilli Beach outlook
Chilli Beach outlook
sand ripples
sand ripples
Swamp Lily (Crinum pedunculatum)
Swamp Lily (Crinum pedunculatum)
high tide
high tide
worm castles
worm castles
Chilli Beach
Chilli Beach
Chilli Beach
Chilli Beach
sand ripples
sand ripples
low tide
low tide
Coconut Palms (Cocos nucifera)
Coconut Palms (Cocos nucifera)
sandbar
sandbar
Argusia (Argusia argentea)
Argusia (Argusia argentea)
bubbler crab hole
bubbler crab hole
Coconut Palm
Coconut Palm
Cape Direction
Cape Direction
sand ripples
sand ripples
Coconut Palms
Coconut Palms
high tide
high tide