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After a night of heavy rain the sun shone for our walk in Garigal NP. Seven walkers gathered and we began with a car shuffle to Linigen Place in St Ives. We set off on the Kitchener East Fire Trail then the Treeloppers Tip Trail. We stopped for morning tea then continued to follow the Heath Track and other tracks up to Rocky Hill Lookout. There were some views to the city on the way and to St Ives from Rocky Hill.
Setting off on a fire trail Watched by the locals
Wet track from the recent rain Rocky Hill Lookout
Boots off for many creek crossings Rock scramble on the way down
We then went down to Bare Creek Track and Cascades Track to The Cascades where we had lunch watched by a water dragon. After lunch we followed the Cascades Track and then Upper Cambourne Track back to the cars. The tracks were quite wet following the overnight rain and the creeks were running strongly which meant we had several boots off or wet boot crossings. Four of us regathered at Pattison’s at St Ives for coffee.
White Fingers Orchid - Kunzea capitata Banksia ericfolia Lily - type?
Petalochilus catenatus
Boronia thujona Dotted Sun Orchid - Thelymitra ixioides Conospermum longifolium
Boronia ledifolia - Sydney Boronia - white form Goanana Water dragon watching our lunch
Enjoying lunch at The Cascades Ready to leave The Cascades
Leaders: Pragarti and Carol
Walkers were: Pragati, Carol, Wendy P, Wendy C, Hazel, Celia, Nick S.
Photos by: Hazel (1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 20); Nick S (3, 5, 6, 7, 16, 18, 19)
Words by: Nick S.