Thursday 16 July, 2026
Photos courtesy of Karen M, Steve D and Donna. Walk Report by Walk Leader Rob.
Fifteen walkers including six new visitors enjoyed a pleasant winters walk from Ulladulla to Burrill Lake. The walk starts at the entrance to the Ulladulla Wildflower Reserve and heads down trails to the shores of Burrill Lake. This is an area of very diverse vegetation types. Outside of the Reserve there are a myriad of walking and bike tracks criss-crossing the forested areas as the land slopes down to the lake. Despite having a GPS track of the proposed path the Walk Leader still made mistakes and had to reverse course to stay on track. Fortunately the corrections were easily made and the good natured walkers took it in their stride!
This area has a number of tree species not found further south in the Eurobodalla and a number of phones with “what is that tree app” were put to good use. We believe we found a few Eucalyptus haemastoma (Scribbly gums) with their distinctive white trunks and ‘scribbly’ tracks made by the moth larvae.
The geology of this area is also interesting. The soils of the Wildflower Reserve consist of white quartz sands (less than 2M years old) which support a variety of shrubs and trees. As you head down slope to the lake you enter the geology of the Snapper Point sandstones which are up to 290M years old. We saw distinct bench like rock outcrops with varying soil depths and moisture content. Perhaps these conditions explain why we see differing shrub and tree species but the author is just guessing.
The Walk Leader had the pleasure of presenting Sharon MacDonald with her 25 Year membership badge on a walk she has led many times over the years. Sharon has led many other walks for the club over the years and we hope to see her on the trails for many more.
After lunch at the waterfront picnic tables we headed back upslope on a different track back to the Wildflower Reserve and the cars. All agreed it was an interesting and fun walk.