Sunday 24 April 2016

Mummaga Lake

Lunch at Brou Lake

Brou Lake

Finishing the walk on Brou Beach

Photos by Mary T and Karen M

A group of eighteen club members were led by Karen M for the Anzac weekend club walk. We started at the Dalmeny car park near the bridge and entered the Eurobodalla National Park.  The beginning of the walk meandered through quite heavy undergrowth and sand dunes with few tracks and then around the lake shores of Mummaga and Brou. Morning tea by peaceful Mummaga Lake included a good view of the resident eagle atop its nest. Inland tracks took us to the mouth of Lake Brou where the beach and the ocean meet.

Lunch was a delightful spot on the lake offering not only great views across the water but excellent facilities for those using the camp sites and walkers like ourselves. A new track running parallel to the beach was an added bonus giving us spectacular views of ocean, beach and Montague Island. With good timing on the part of our leader Karen, low tide allowed us to enjoy the last few hundred metres walking on firm sand along the ocean shore.

Thank you Karen M for leading us on a delightful walk in perfect Autumnal weather.

Mary T

Thursday 21 April 2016

Sharon and tenacious Spotted gum

By Durras Lake

Colourful bunch of walkers

Red belly black

Pat with gnarly gum

Photos by Karen C

9 walkers enjoyed some easy walking through old logged areas, now part of Murramarang National Park, among crazy twisted and multi trunk Spotted Gums.  Great spot for Cymbidium suave and maybe Rats Tail Orchids on the casuarinas in Spring and possibly Ironbark Orchids as well, and all so very accessible. We had two close encounters with Red Belly Black snakes, one we almost stepped on.   It didn’t move and we thought it might have been dead till its tongue flickered.  The other was down by the lake and was much more active but we still managed to get a photo. We had a short walk both to the west and east along the lakeshore and then lunched overlooking the water which was like a millpond.

Thanks to Sharon for another enjoyable bushwalker outing.

Karen C

Wednesday 13 April 2016

Durras Lake

Cabbage palms and ferns

Entry gate to Discovery Trail

Bev soaks up the scenery

Carol, Bob and Elaine

Bowerbird bower

Photos by Donna and Karen

Mary T led 11 walkers on a very pleasant 15km hike along the shores of Durras Lake. The well-defined trail took us through some majestic Spotted Gum groves with numerous sites where we met the shoreline and a number of walkers reached for their cameras. While we tend to be a noisy crowd it did not stop the birds chatting continuously as we moved through their territory.

The trail skirted along the edge of the caravan park and back into forest where we emerged at the lake edge for lunch. Apart from a few noisy fishing boats moving about the scene was idyllic with paddlers providing a splash of colour on the water. We had the mandatory sea eagle fly by inspecting things.

On the return trip Mary showed us a bower bird structure adorned with every blue bottle top and peg the male could steal from the caravan park. I trust the females were impressed. Everyone agreed that this was a very enjoyable walk and with no hills would be an ideal walk for our Easy and Medium members to enjoy.

Rob