Sunday 17 April 2022

Morning Tea on the old logging road (avoiding the leeches) –Neil, Ian, Donna (in chair), Rob, Sim, Sue, Bob (in chair), Peter, Heather, Karen, Glenn, Bev and Tony (in chair)

Photo courtesy of Karen

Finally, some sunshine and blue skies so our Easter Sunday walk could proceed. 16 bushwalkers turned up for a 9 km stroll along old and overgrown forest roads in Murramarang National Park, near Mt Agony Road. The roadsides are lined with hedges of sunshine wattle (Acacia terminalis) which is just bursting into flower, and filling the air with the smell of pollen. All the rain has scoured out the creek, but we managed to leap across without getting wet feet.

We were very wary of leeches – they seem to be everywhere in the undergrowth at the moment. There’s no traffic on these old logging roads, so we took morning tea and lunch in the middle of the road to avoid any pesky critters.

Thanks to everyone who joined me today – as usual it’s always fun to catch up with Batemans Bay Bushwalkers.

Karen