Sunday 29 September 2024
Photos courtesy of MaryT and Tom. Walk report courtesy of Walk leader DonnaG.
Nineteen walkers set off on a nice day for this new walk. We started from Tarourga Road and headed along forest tracks towards the southern side of Tarourga Lake. Along the way an unexpected tree down, along a washed out ditch, made for some interesting manoeuvres to get to the other side. However, everyone made it through unscathed, which is always a bonus!
We made our way to the southern edge of Tarourga Lake after our morning tea and headed for the coastline. An old scooter parked nearby provided a very real temptation for me, the leader, to quicken the pace of the walk however maturity (kind of) and sensibility (sort of) prevailed so the scooter was left where it was found.
After a short walk behind the dunes, we continued on to where we skirted around the northern shores of Brou Lake. Dozens of black swans were spotted as well as distant views of Gulaga so it made for a very pretty walk along this part of the lake. After walking through, over and around Casuarinas at various times, we eventually made our way to our little out and back lake side lunch spot. Of course, as leader, I was at great pains to inform the group, on more than one occasion that the one hundred meter out and back deviation was very deliberate because everybody knows that walk leaders never make navigational errors! Well none that they admit to anyway!!
After lunch we headed back to the cars for the conclusion of the walk. Everyone agreed that it was a nice walk and one that would be nice to repeat in the future.