Sunday 13 October 2024
Photos courtesy of MaryT. Walk report courtesy Walk leader MaryT.
A beautiful, warm, sunny day with a light sea breeze was enjoyed by 10 members and 2 visitors for the walk from the boat ramp at Kioloa along the beaches, headland and rock platforms to the picnic area at Bawley Pt. A car shuffle was required as this was a one way walk of 9km.
The group walked along hard sand at low tide covering Kioloa, Shelly, Racecourse, Murramarang, Gannet, Cormorant and finally Bawley beaches. At the end of each beach there was relief from the sand as we made our way through sand dunes to headland tracks and then to the extensive rock platforms that are a feature of this part of the coast line. The track passes through the Murramarang Aboriginal Area where a number of interpretive signs explain the importance and history of the area.
High lights of the day was a sea eagle gliding above us during our morning tea stop and then in a bay below the Trig station, which is the start of our last rock platform, a mother whale and her youngster were spotted. They put on a spectacular display of breaching and tail thwacking, for me the longest time I have seen such an exhibition. I can only think this may have been because the youngster needed more lessons and practice? Two other whales had been spotted earlier further out to sea. Lunch was at Bawley Point picnic area before the drivers retrieved their cars for the return drive to the Bay.