Thursday 10 October 2024
Photos courtesy of Brian, KarenG and KarenM. Walk report courtesy of Walk leader KarenM.
It’s always a good bushwalk when the sun shines, the weather’s cool and the Leader doesn’t get lost. That’s how it went on Thursday for our Medium grade 12km excursion through a section of Murramarang National Park south of Durras.
Leaving the village we took a network of local tracks through some gorgeous forest to find the Big Tree – a huge spotted gum spared by early-day loggers. On through more forest tracks to North Head Road, where we then turned toward the coast. After having lunch above Dark Beach – where there was a whale slapping his flipper just offshore – we joined the Murramarang South Coast Track and headed back towards Durras village.
Although it is a well used and signposted public trail, this is the most confusing part of the walk. Local tracks crisscross the coastal strip and signposting is less than adequate. Fortunately, we had made all of our mistakes on the reconnaissance, so this time we easily found the well hidden lookout over Wasp Island and the steps leading down the cliff to Mill Beach and on back to the cars.