Saturday 01 November, 2025
Photos courtesy of Mary T, Sim and Karen G. Walk report by Walk Leader Karen G.
On a perfect sunny spring day, twenty-one walkers set off on a 8km walk in the Monga National Park. The new walk – adapted from a walk mapped by Karen Cockerill (a stalwart club member) – began with a 1500m gradual climb up a fire trail, before taking a turn into dense forest. We were all relieved to encounter this steady long climb at the beginning of our hike, rather than at the end of our walk.
The somewhat overgrown winding path featured native flowers, tree ferns and stands of tall, majestic gums most of which, though still bearing tell-tale signs, had recovered from the 2019 bushfires that had ravaged the area.
The very pleasant ‘bush brushing’ walk ended where we had parked our cars. It was then a short drive back down the graded road to the Dasyurus picnic area where we all marvelled at the gorgeous Monga Waratah bush bordering the carpark area. We then settled down to enjoy our lunch beside the Mongarlowe river marvelling at our good fortune to be in good company surrounded by nature’s beauty.