Saturday 15 June 2024
Photos courtesy of DonnaG and MaryT. Walk report courtesy Walk Leader KarenM.
Thanks to everyone who turned out for Saturday’s easy 5 km walk around the river and coast at Moruya South Head. Quandolo Island is in the Moruya River Estuary and accessible at low tide by walking across the mudflats and through the mangroves. The smaller River Mangroves were in flower and the Golden Orb Spiders had spun their webs through the Grey Mangrove forest. The views from the Island of the river estuary and mountains are lovely.
The walk then heads along the breakwall to Shelly Beach where we stopped for a morning break, then up the hill to Toragy Point with its historic graveyard and seal spotting platform. No whales, but a few seals lazing in the swell, flippers up to catch the rays. This whole area is bounded by Eurobodalla National Park and we took the mown tracks from Toragy back towards the historic Pilot Station and the start point.
The walk was followed by lunch at the Waterfront Hotel in Moruya, where walkers were joined by several more Club members, packing out the Hotel Bistro.