Saturday 6 November 2021
Photos courtesy of Amanda
Five walkers enjoyed a sunny hike in the Lynchs Firetrail area west of Moruya, sandwiched between two rainy days. The walk starts off with some very steep hills before progressing through forest and down to Wamban Creek. The creek flats show disturbing evidence of wild pig activity. After all the recent rain we could hear Wamban Creek long before we saw it. At the crossing point, mapped out during our recce of this area months ago, we found the regrowth, rocks and fast-moving water daunting. Imagine our surprise when we looked downstream twenty metres and saw a huge tree that had recently fallen across the creek that allowed us to cross without getting wet. We had seen this tree standing upright on our recce months ago with its burnt out base and knew it would eventually fall. From the photos you can see the size and length of this giant.
Our second crossing of Wamban Creek was a lot more civilised but with no fallen trees to assist it was a boots off and wade affair. The return trek took us along an old abandoned logging road that was heavily overgrown at the creek crossing but we could still see evidence of an old bridge made with stacked logs by the foresters more than 50 years ago. We emerged onto Sugarloaf Road for a short hike back to the cars.
Great work by Donna and her recce team creating this walk.
Rob