Sunday 03 August 2025
Photos courtesy of Rob L. and Donna G. Walk report by Walker Leader Jenny M.
Seven hardy walkers set off from Malua Bay under a clearing sky to follow a similar route of the walk I led in September 2024. Anyone who was on the walk can safely say the similarities ended there! After taking a peek at the rock hopping option below the offical Munjip Trail, we were excited to head off with a low tide, energetic sea and dark horizon. While enjoying clambering over the varied platforms, boulders, pebbly inlets and shell coves the swell picked up we needed to quicken our pace and manage the sets to get to Pretty Point without getting our feet wet. Thanks Steve!
After that little heart starter, it was an easy walk to our morning tea break at the end of the Point before a short, muddy climb to join the Munjip Trail again and continue out to the headland for great views of the now pounding sea. The return path to McKenzies Beach saw a scramble for wet weather gear, the end of hope for clearing skies. At the Whale Tail the decision to leave the “other hill” for next time and head for the carpark was a very wise one. Thanks Rob, Donna, Robyn, Rosalie ,Russ and Steve for joining me, it was a fun and very enjoyable walk on the wild side of Malua Bay.