Unexpected outcomes

Today was wondrously odd.

My beloved and I went to the headland above North Curl Curl Beach which is, oddly enough, called Dee Why Head even though Dee Why is the next beach north.

Anyway, I thought the pathway that runs from North Curl Curl to Dee Why might be a little busy and I also thought it might be a nice place to take a pic of the sunset.  As we ascended the stone stairs from the car park we could hear people, mostly young voices.  I expected to meet people on the path but, much to my surprise, we came across groups and groups and groups of people sitting on the fairly uncomfortable rock slabs and ledges.

I've been here many times before but never seen this before.  If you look at the map where I've pinned (which just happened to be yet another empty chair, oddly enough) and switch to satellite view you can see scattered slabs of rock, not to mention cliffs.  Pretty well every patch of rock had people on them!  It's hard to see in the main image that there are at least three groups in addition to the obvious one.  Some had picnics, some with chairs.  The closer to the cliffs we got the younger they got and needless to say - there was much merriment.  I hope they all got home safely.

An unexpected outcome as we move gingerly out of lockdown.  I guess the magic will pass and everyone will move back to visiting each other at home, pub, club, discotheque (what a great word!) etc.

No idea how the bike helmet got there - no bikes in sight... The bench is empty as the rock ledges have a much better view!

The extra is a treasured native of the Sydney area known as a Flannel Flower.  Wikipedia says it's a close relative of the carrot (another oddity for the day).  Wikipedia also mentions it "...has seen limited use in the home garden and cut flower industry.".  It neglects to mention that this is probably because it does not live long after it's been cut and also that it's not the easiest plant to grow.  There are thousands on this headland as well as other sandy, sunny bush settings in Sydney.