Sunday 13 – Friday 18 May 2018

Around Lyn and Ian’s welcome evening fire.

Karen launched as Mary and Stan prepare to follow.

Nancy enjoying our first day of sunshine.

Mary and Stan.

The fleet on the Wallagaraugh River.

Wallagaraugh River Bridge

Paddling a chilly Wallagaraugh River.

Getting ready to paddle back to the cars after lunch.

Karen M and Mary T

By Karen and Mary

Batemans Bay Bushwalkers braved the Victorian weather for a week’s camping, paddling and bushwalking at Mallacoota.  There are many paddling opportunities to choose from on Mallacoota’s extensive waterways.  One day we put the kayaks into the Top Lake and paddled back to camp at the mouth of the Mallacoota Inlet, and another day we launched from Gypsy Point to paddle up the Wallagaraugh River and back.  We’ll have to go back and tackle the Betke River another time.

Camp leader Ian, Lyn, Barry, Karen, Betty, Mary T, Mary M, Stan, Rodney and Nancy.

Lyn, Barry and Ian.

Ian’s knowledge is not confined to trees and the forest as he points our the features which identify this rat.

Stan, Mary M and Mary T at the Betke River mouth.

One of two Koalas spotted in the Monkey Trees.

A haze settles over the coast south of Mallacoota.

Amazing rock colours and formations at the Geology ‘beach’.

There are also plenty of bushwalking options.  We walked from camp to the Airport Bunkers on the Pittosporum and Betke River Tracks, and returned via Betke Beach and the Heathland, Casuarina and Shady Gully Tracks – about 14km in all.  The next day was 16km from Double Creek Nature Trail to the Narrows Track and then back to camp on the Inlet Track.  This is koala country and we spotted two high up in the monkey gums.

Karen