Sentences with phrase «far along the sand»

The nearest beach is just a five - minute walk away, and Echo Beach, with its laid back restaurants and world class surfing, just a few minutes further along the sands.

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Now that this issue's settled, perhaps it's time to take another look farther east, along the Sound in Peconic, where there's a significant buildup of sand on one side of Goldsmith Inlet and continuing erosion on the other.

Further west, along the lake, workers are trying to save a 17 mile - long sand dune at Sandy Island Beach State Park in Pulaski.

Once saltation is well under way, by far the majority of grains in motion are actually blasted off the sand surface by the impacts of other saltating grains, rather than being carried along directly by fluid forces of the wind.

When I first started running a few years ago it was back in the Adelaide hills where I could run through the pine forests along a sand horse trail, up and down the hills, along a creek bed and wind up on top of a hill with an incredible panoramic view out to the ocean (albeit, far, far away).

A short walk along the Thames Path from Greenwich leads to rugged little beaches like this one — the Thames is as far from white sand and clear waters as you can get and we definitely saw some MASSIVE EELS bobbing around in the water on this day, but it still makes for something interesting and different to do in London.

Fraser Island has been formed over hundreds of thousands of years as winds, waves and ocean currents have carried sands from the far south - east of Australia, and from as far away as Antarctica (but before Australian and Antarctica split from each other), out to the continental shelf, and in towards the land again in a zigzag pattern, to form a string of sand islands along the Queensland coast.

For a city break with a little sea and sand thrown in, look no further than Venice's Lido - a 7 - mile long sandbar in Venice Lagoon, located along the Venetian Riviera.

The port town of Maumere offers diving and pretty beaches further along the coastline, while Riung, on the dry northern coast, is the jump - off point for snorkelling and hopping around the white - sand beaches of the Seventeen Islands.

The beach, accessed by crossing a railway crossing, is a long stretch of white sand, fairly popular with body boarders, and a bit of walk further along the beach will take you on to Fish Hoek - a great family beach.

Palms sway and sea oats rustle along seven miles of sand in Fort Lauderdale, a sun - drenched playground of seaside cafes, picturesque waterways, a chic gas - lit shopping street, and a leisurely lifestyle that makes later seem like far too much pressure.

Apart from a handful of other luxury villas sprinkling the cliff top, and the beach huts and local cafes bordering the white sands of Pandawa Beach far below (named after the five warrior brothers of the Mahabharata epic, whose white stone statues are carved into niches along the road leading down to the beach), there is little development in this unspoiled corner of Bali.

This area, the very far north of White Sand beach is only accessible by an amazingly steep, 600 metre long single lane, access road or by walking 15 minutes along the beach from the main, busier area of White Sand beach.

Located along the southwest coast of Bali, not far from the island's famous Tanah Lot Temple, it lies on a gentle slope between verdant rice terraces and beautiful black - sand beaches overlooking the azure Indian Ocean.

Along the water, the sand is compact making it enjoyable for feet to walk, the sand thickens towards the back, sand dunes have formed, indicating that the tide comes in pretty far.

And even if you aren't staying at White Sand Beach Resort, it is worth walking up there, along the lovely beach, past the bungalows to the far northern tip of the beach.

Further along the coast is Arenal Beach, a much busier beach with bustling bars edging the sand.

Lucaya Beach is one of the stretches of white sand along the southern point of Grand Bahama Island, not far from Freeport and its many great beaches.

If you are lucky enough to have the time to spend a couple of extra nights in Playa del Carmen, use your time snorkelling in fresh water rock pools (called Cenotes), strolling along the white sands or for an adventure further afield, take a ferry across to Cozumel, an island famous for its reef diving.

Zia Hotel Kuta is just a short walking distance from Kuta Beach which is a walk through the traditional style market area where you can experience the friendly vibrancy of the Balinese people and then when you reach the beach you will find that it is not as crowded as further north along the beach and the white sands have a pleasant contour making this one of the nicest parts of the beach in the area.

We have two main concerns: the risk of oil spills along the pipeline, which would traverse highly sensitive terrain, and the fact that the extraction of petroleum from the tar sands creates far more greenhouse emissions than conventional production does.

«The reason for fighting Keystone all along was not just to block further expansion of the tar sands; we also hoped that doing the right thing would jump - start Washington in the direction of real climate action,» McKibben wrote.

Further west in Port St. Joe is WindMark Beach, a new 2,020 - acre property, spanning nearly four miles of white sand beach along the Gulf of Mexico.