Wednesday 2 November 2022
Photos courtesy of Mary and Donna F
After all the recent heavy rains that caused many of the coastal lakes to open to the ocean and prevent us from walking it was a real pleasure to be out hiking again. Our Walk Leader, Mary, is to be congratulated on finding an alternate walk on such short notice, racing out to do a reccie and then turning on a beautiful sunny day for a hike.
Twenty walkers enjoyed the 10km hike in the Murramarang National Park following sections of the new South Coast Track along the coast from the Resort to Richmond Beach and then turning inland to follow some more familiar trails back to Durras.
The Park Service are to be complemented on the path they have chosen for the new track which offered spectacular views of the coast line including a new track to the headland at Richmond Beach with an uninterrupted view south to North Head and Batemans Bay. We heard that this point will have a lookout platform as part of the track upgrade. Sandstone blocks have been placed along the track to provide steps down steeper sections and in creek lines that will resist erosion and reduce track maintenance.
A new section of the track took us along the cliffs above Myrtle Beach and a view back north to the ‘leap of faith’ that many club members have done as part of a walk to Wasp Head. The view is oriented to perfectly see the gap in the sandstones caused by the erosion of the basalt dyke.
A great walk for those of us desperate to get back out into the bush doing what we enjoy.
Rob