Wine glass bay

Wine Glass Bay is a spectacular isolated beech that can only be reached by foot. The hike involves a 3 km uphill hike over a mountain and another 3.5 km down the backside of of the mountain. According to the guidebook, the hike should take approximately fours hours. Shelly decided we would do it in 3 hours.
During the marathon, Shelly had no problem stopping at water stops and walking for a bit. On this hike, there was no stopping and all power walking! (I should have brought a gu on the hike). We saw one guy trail running and I looked over at Shelly and saw twinkle in his eye. If he hadn't been wearing nice pants, I think he would have taken off after the runner.
We made it to the top in about 45 minutes (slightly behind "schedule"). There is a spectacular look out at the top of the mountain (before descending to the beach). Most people stop to take a couple pictures, have some water and may be a snack. Shelly paused briefly to take two pictures and hustled me along. He wanted to make up time on the descent.
During the marathon, I didn't sweat much since it was a pleasant 60 degrees, but on the hike, when it was in the low 50s, I started to sweat and was peeling off layers.We made good time on the descent into the beech, according to Shelly.
Wine glass bay is quite possibly the most spectacular beech. Since, it's a bit of hike to get too, it is perfectly pristine. It is a half mile of the whitest and finest sand. No rocks, only a couple pale purple oyster shells. Since its called Wine glass Bay, we thought it was appropriate to have some wine on the beech. We sat sipping wine and watching the wallabies hop along the beach doing business. (this was not part of the timed portion of the hike)
We went back up the mountain, without stopping at the lookout and back down in *excellent* time. Shelly was quite pleased with the speed with which we completed hike!