Sunday 20 August 2023
Photos courtesy of Donna F and Max. Walk report courtesy Walk Leader Karen M.
Another good day for walking on Sunday saw Batemans Bay Bushwalkers in the section of Eurobodalla National Park near Potato Point. It was an Easy/Medium 9 km walk visiting Piccaninny Beach, Blackfellows Point and the southern shore of Tuross Lake. We had our morning break on the beach, and lunch by the lake, walking the trails through the spotted gum/burrawang forest in between.
This section of the park has a widespread outbreak of the dieback scale disease affecting the burrawangs throughout the far south coast. The CSIRO have made a study of the disease in Murramarang National Park, and published a paper outlining their findings. National Parks NSW are aware of the paper, the disease and its spread, but we don’t know how or if they are planning to deal with the outbreak.