On a showery morning following a massive early morning storm 21 walkers met at The Dingeldei Memorial Shelter which was built in 1962, thanks to volunteers.
A.W. (Bill) Dingeldei was a trustee of the park who did considerable work on it himself. Today the Dingeldei picnic area is a quiet, leafy spot, perched on the hill behind Mount Bouddi
We descended through burrawang bush down many steps to the lookout, at the top of a small rocky hill for morning tea with a view to the sea
a
We descended steeply to the Bouddi Coastal Walk and turned to the Little Beach direction
The track provided views across Bombi Moore and closer view of the Maitland Bay rock platform
We kept a lookout for dolphins as we walked the mostly level track enjoying the wildflowers
blueberry ash dampeiri callistemon in the sun
and then we came to the long ascent to the Bombi Moore Fire Trail
a
to lunch in the shade and afterwards the 2km along the fire trail to little beach car park through angophora and xanthorea forest
before the final stretch along the road to return to the cars and enjoy coffee at McMasters Beach surf Club
Words: Anne G
Walkers: Rhondda, Tim, Michael and Sue, Vivienne, Judy, Lilian, Lyndy, Bill McD, John M, Claude and, Margaret, Elizabeth, David R, Anne R, Don Wa, Don Wo,
Visitors: Daryl S, Peter C
Leaders: Anne G, Barbara R.
Thanks to First Aiders, Anne R, Don Wo and Tail enders, Claude P, Don Wo
Photos:Lilian (1, 4,13), Anne R (2, 8, 9), Margaret P (3, 5, 11,15), Lyndy (6), Barbara R (7,12), Don Wo (10), Peter C (14).