Sunday 24 July 2022

Pleasant stroll in the sunshine

Taking in the bush

Now that tree is carrying a load!

Photos supplied by Rob

Eight club walkers enjoyed a pleasant hike to Tuross Lake on a sunny and warm winter day.

This walk is only 3.5kms but it took us through a wide variety of vegetation. We started in eucalypt forest up near Hector McWilliam Drive, and as we headed downslope we went through a myrtle forest to the shoreline. The track along the river traversed a casuarina forest with many elkhorn ferns.

We also noted the presence of pencil orchids which preferentially grow on the trunks of the moss covered casuarinas, and were starting to flower and should be in full bloom by mid-August.

Finally we walked across a mangrove swamp to the river for morning tea. This walk was timed so that we did this last leg at the maximum low tide to avoid getting wet.

We are grateful to some Tuross residents who maintain this track with chainsaw and brushcutters.

Rob