Sunday 4 September 2022

Mary leads at a cracking pace

Peter, Susan and Elizabeth by the creek

A pleasant spot for morning tea

By the creek – this could be a Turner painting!

Ed, Karen and Sharon at morning tea

There is always a hill when you go back!

Photos courtesy of Karen G, Mary and Denise

Grey cloudy skies did not deter 13 Batemans Bay bushwalkers from embarking on an 8km walk on forest tracks in the South Brooman State Forest to the north of Batemans Bay.

The trek was pretty much a long hike downhill to a clearing by a creek where an enjoyable cup of tea could be had. There the hikers could see a track heading off to right giving rise to a lot of chatter as to where that might lead; the possibility that it might offer a longer walk or a link with other trails and a create a circuit. All yet to be explored for another day!

The walkers, although having planned to lunch at Ingold Knob Lookout, the grey skies led to the decision to have their lunch back home.

After resting up, the group headed back to the cars, mostly following the way they had come. But, as the weather can be these days – unpredictable, as the hikers reached their cars, the sun was now out shining.

Nevertheless, it was a very pretty walk and thanks to Mary for leading it and giving the walkers a great start to their day.

And not to be outdone by unusual sightings, just at the turn onto the Princes Highway, the walkers spied a very handsome black and white rooster scratching away in leaf litter. His back story no doubt, of having to find a new home after a disagreement with his previous co-occupants, who did not always want to be awake every day to see the sun rise, as he did! So here he was now exploring alternative South Coast real estate options.

Denise