Sunday 15 October 2023

Morning tea by the river

Heather & Karen with recovering soft tree fern

Monga waratah (Telopea mongaensis)

Waratah inspection

The Waratah Crew

Photos courtesy of Amanda and KarenM. Walk Report courtesy of Walk Leader KarenM.

Batemans Bay Bushwalkers’ weekend walk was an Easy 9 km stroll along River Forest Road in Monga National Park, at the top of Clyde Mountain. Our purpose was to see if the Monga waratahs (Telopea mongaensis) had survived the bushfires which had obliterated much of the vegetation in that area.

We were rewarded with a good scattering of bushes in full flower in the more open sections of the forest. The Monga waratah is not as spectacular as the NSW floral emblem most of us know as a waratah, but it can only be found in a discrete area near Braidwood – including Monga National Park.

There were also a number of other wildflowers in bloom – enough to keep our photographers happy.