Wednesday 19 February 2025

Gathering the group

On the beach

New ladder and steps

Around the headlands

Photos courtesy of DonnaG.  Walk report courtesy DonnaG.

Eight walkers, including three visitors, met at Malua Bay Surf Club for the start of Jenny’s Munjip Trail walk. Munjip is now the new official name of the Batemans Bay Coastal Headlands Walking Trail that spans the coastal area from Observation Point at Batehaven to McKenzies Beach to the south. On this particular day we walked from Malua Bay and headed north to Mosquito Bay. For a summer’s day the weather was quite cool with overcast skies however it was a welcome change to hot and humid weather.

Jenny led us along the track where we were able to check out newly constructed bridges and steps. The upgrade to the track is very impressive and there are a number of safety rails at various lookout points along the way however a few precarious spots were given a wide berth. Jenny’s impeccable timing meant that not only were we able to descend the steep steps down onto Mosquito Bay and the surrounding rock platforms without getting wet, but we arrived around to the nearby café just in time for a great morning tea spot on the verandah.

After resting at this rather civilised and upmarket morning tea location it was time to hit the trail again, this time taking the pedestrian path back down to our starting point. Thanks Jenny for this lovely morning walk it was great to get back out for just the second walk of the year.

Sunday 16 February 2025

On the sandstone steps

Gotta love those steps

Almost at the summit

View from the top

Backing down

There are some level areas

The summit from the lunch spot

One steep stairway

Call with a view

Group shot

Photos courtesy of Philip and Erika, Amanda, and Gay. Walk report courtesy of Walk Leaders Philip and Erika.

Commencing our walk on a cool and clear summer morning, we zig-zagged up the first section of the track. After negotiating the sandstone steps, we stopped for morning tea on a broad rock outcrop with a fabulous view across the coastal fringe to the ocean beyond. After morning tea, it was a few more steps, then some easy walking across the flat middle section of the track. But the easy walking didn’t last long, and soon we were onto the many, many (recently upgraded) steps that took us to base of the first ladder.

The final climb to the summit was up several tiers of steep steel ladders and staircases to the lookout platform, 720m above sea level. Our reward was beautiful panoramic views in all directions, a slight breeze and warm sunshine.
Once we had finished taking in the perfect views, pointing out landmarks and taking photos, we climbed back down to the bottom of the stairs and ladders. From there we retraced the route back to the ‘morning tea’ spot, and stopped for lunch.
Following lunch it was down more steps, along the windy track and back to the start of the walk.

Thursday 13 February 2025

Narooma walkers group shot

The new Living Shoreline jetty and pontoon

Enjoying the view

Lazing in the sun

Curiousity

Seal on the rocks near the harbor entrance

A closer look

View to the golf course and lunch destination

Photos courtesy of KarenM, DonnaG and Max. Walk Report courtesy Walk Leader KarenM.

The first walk of 2025 was a social walk in Narooma – starting at the Boardwalk on the north side of Wagonga Inlet and finishing at the Golf Club, where we had lunch.

This short easy walk gets lovelier every time we visit. We started by watching a couple of fur seals playing in the shallows next to the boat ramp with a third hauled up under a mangrove nearby.

The Boardwalk skirts the inlet and leads to a shared path over the bridge to Narooma’s new Inlet Living Shoreline development. Here the existing failing rock wall has been replaced with banks of low-growing riparian vegetation to create an environmentally friendly seawall. There’s also a new boardwalk, jetty and pontoon to explore.

The path continues past the commercial jetty, with its charter and dive boats and where the giant stingrays and a few more playful seals hang out around the fish cleaning table. We stopped at the nearby park for a break before walking out to the southern breakwall. Here we found the big rock with a hole roughly the shape of Australia in it, and quite a few more seals, either sunbaking along the breakwall or frolicking in the current.

From there we climbed the stairs to the lookouts with fantastic views of the coast north and south, and over the inlet. Then we skirted the golf course which is situated along the cliffline, and finished at the Golf Club.