Wednesday 08 August 2025
Photos courtesy of Gay, Tom and Donna G. Walk report by Walk Leader Gay.
Seven bushwalkers met at the start of this medium 12.7 km walk. After five of us regaled the group with their respective ailments, we then set off down Duntroon Road. Of course what goes down must go up and after crossing a small creek, that’s what we did. Birthday boy Rob and our youngest member Priya, mostly out in front, were showing us how it’s done while the rest of us huffed and puffed our way up the steep incline to I Ridge Road. We were rewarded for our efforts because after the recent rain, the bush was sparkling with droplets of water, the sun was shining, the sky a brilliant blue and we were all starting to feel so much better. Instead of an apple a day keeps the doctor away, maybe it should be a “bushwalk a day”?
Glimpses of Moruya could been seen through the trees as we made our way along well cleared roads. After 6 km we stopped for a morning tea break where poor Tom promptly fell through his stool as the material gave way and Rob tried to lose his life member badge! Badge found and Tom survived. We meandered down through Snake Gully, not letting Rob stop at his infamous hanging tree, though you could see a twinkle in his eye…he wanted to! The gully is particularly lush at present and after making our way through ferns and wattles with not a single snake spotted, we emerged back onto Eastern Boundary Road, before turning back into the bush for another hill. Innes Cutting Road is rather relentless as it seems to go up and up forever but it really is only just under a kilometre long.
With the group tiring a bit, it was time for a lunch break and removal of a couple of leeches, before tackling the last few kilometres back to the cars, with one more steep incline to conquer. While our legs were getting weary, our vocal cords were not and we finished off a great day singing happy birthday to Rob.