Thursday 28 August 2025

Keeping feet dry on the Giriwa walking trail

A shelter with a rich indigenous history

Always a spectacular place to visit

Burrill Lake foreshore

Jenny checking out the chop

Helen admiring the Giriwa shelter ‘waterfall’

Photos courtesy of Brian and Max.  Walk report by Walk Leader Sharon.

Very high winds did not deter eighteen bushwalkers from enjoying the Giriwa Walking Trail at Burrill Lake. Signs placed along the way helped us appreciate the culture of the Murramarang indigenous people who have lived in the area for at least twenty thousand years. Luckily, the morning tea and lunch areas were protected from the winds and provided wonderful views of a very choppy lake.

The highlight of this walk comes at the end when we explore the Burrill Lake rock shelter and surrounds. The cabbage tree palms and the ‘waterfall’ give this area, first excavated in 1931, a rainforest feel. Seven thousand artefacts from this site are now stored in the Australian National University.

This walk is well worth doing, especially if you are entertaining overseas visitors. The tracks are well maintained and fairly flat with delightful lake views.