The pre-track briefing promised fire trails, forest and a waterfall, but this walk delivered so much more.
After an initial warm up on a fire trail, a steep rugged descent took us down to a cool, swampy, forested area along Deep Creek, and a maze of trails along the bank of the creek. We negotiated our way and found the turn off up a tributary creek, which we followed, stopping for morning tea on a rocky platform. After morning tea, we continued up the creek to see the promised waterfall before striking away heading further uphill on a combination of bush track and fire trail.
Accepting a helping hand
Appreciating the beauty of the Australian bush
Taking a pause on the track
We reached an elevated area of extensive rock platform, adorned with aboriginal engravings and then continued along the trails, negotiating some rickety bridges and admiring the bright splashes of colour of the many native flowers on display- wattles, boronia and callistemon among them.
Careful negotiation required crossing the rickety bridge Sydney Boronia Boronia ledifolia
Looking forward to viewing the Aboriginal engravings at the top........
After some more up and down, including a possible new club record for “longest unintended deviation”, the group arrived back at the cars in good spirits. The concensus was: a varied and satisfying walk.
Wendy C and Celia led seventeen walkers: Nick, Clive, Susan C, Rhondda, John D'C, Elaine E, Anne G, Mary, Martin, Dawn, John M, Bert, Margaret and Claude, Pragati, Kurt, Drina.
Words by Wendy C
Photos by Susan C (1, 4, 7), Wendy C (2, 3, 5, 6)