Wednesday 26 June 2024.
Photos courtesy of DonnaF and Max. Walk report courtesy of Walk Leader KarenM.
It was a chilly morning at Candlagan Creek carpark early Wednesday, but a good crowd still turned out for this 7km Easy/Medium walk.
As well as 5 visitors, we were also very happy to have one of our most senior members, Betty join us. Although in her nineties, Betty completed the circuit comfortably and there was much catching up with old friends and new along the way. We hope to see her again in the not too distant future.
Walkers took advantage of the mid tide to walk the entire North Broulee Beach, enjoying the views towards the Island. Then we cut across to Shark Bay which was like a millpond. We paused there at the southern end for a break in the sunshine, before heading into the bush, and up the hill.
There’s a lookout at the top with views south over Bengello Beach right down to Gulaga Mountain. The remainder of the walk followed local tracks behind houses to the Broulee Nature Walk in the Bangalay Sand Forest behind Captain Oldrey Oval. This is a short accessible track through fairly thick scrub and lined with flowering wattle (Acacia suavolens). More grassy lanes led us to Candlagan Creek which we followed back to the carpark.