Thursday 14 September 2023
Photos courtesy of Amanda, Martin, Helen, Denise, Gavin and Max. Walk Report courtesy of Walk leaders Denise and Gavin
Sixteen walkers set off along Depot Beach on a beautiful spring morning for this 6.5km easy/medium walk.
Soon after leaving the beach and starting the walk around the base of the cliffs on the rock shelves it became apparent that the tide was still too high to safely negotiate our way on the most tide effected section of the walk. The decision was made to double back and climb out of the beach to do the walk in reverse. This allowed the tide to subside closer to the low tide. We made our way through the village of North Durras and then joined the coastal trail up to the lookout at Point Upright. Morning tea was enjoyed at the look out with a dolphin display entertaining the group.
From here we headed down through the magnificent Spotted Gum Forest to the northern end of North Durras Beach. The rock/boulder scrambling began here and as we were still 2 hours off low tide some surging waves wet a few toes. As the scrambling gave way to walking on the rock shelves the going got easier and we surveyed the fossils found in the boulders at the base of the cliffs.
Lunch was taken just prior to our earlier turn back point to make the passage across the low point as safe as possible. With eyes on the waves and a few slips and spills on the seaweed covered rocks all walkers survived the crossing.
All in all a fun and adventurous walk.