Wednesday 12 November, 2025

Glenn amongst the Angophora costata.

Heading through yet another gully.

L-R Bruce, Tony, Margaret & Donna G.

Taking advantage of some shade for a break.

Spitfires on the move.

L-R Donna G, Helen L, Margaret & Glenn.

Glenn climbing out of a gully.

Photos courtesy of Amanda, Bruce and Glenn.  Walk report by Walk Leader Donna G.

Seven hikers set out on what started as a nice cool morning to tackle this 15km walk south of Moruya in the Moruya State Forest. The walk is along old disused logging roads, motor bike tracks and forest roads. As with many of our walks that were affected by bushfires, parts of this walk have had vigorous regrowth, so much so that some tracks have become indistinct and challenging to navigate. But this all adds to the adventure and excitement of the day.

Besides the off-track sections, the only `difficulty’ was finding an acceptable morning tea spot. I thought it was best to have morning tea somewhere on an open road, prior to heading to one of the off-track sections. Expectations were set pretty high, we just wanted a nice sized log in the shade (as the temperature was warming up), moss covered would be nice and a nearby coffee machine would be a bonus!  Well, the expectations were soon lowered and after walking the best part of a kilometre looking for something suitable, anything suitable, we were all literally brought down to earth, having to sit in the dirt on the side of the road! Thankfully there were no complaints, well none that I could hear, so we continued on with the rest of the walk without incident.

We crossed the bone dry Dwyers Creek, traversed a number of gullies and finally a bit more off track before emerging onto a welcome forest road for our highly anticipated return to the cars.  It was a great walk with great company and I don’t even think that we scared off our visitor Tony or our new member Helen!  Woohoo!!