Leader: Ingrid Radford

West Head Loop from Palm Beach Ferry

15 April 2019

An 80 leaders walk

Photos Ingrid Radford

 

Participants:

Ingrid Radford, Kumiko Suzuki, Tim Yewdall, Linda Mallett, Jon Hestelow, Carole Beales, Ian Evans, Robert Lowman, Leslie Rowe (prospective)

Walk description:

Ferry from Palm beach to Mackerel Beach then to Basin Track Aboriginal Rock carvings , Resolute Picnic area, Red Hand Cave, West Head lookout, back to Mackerel Beach and then to Currawong wharf for ferry back to Palm beach. Stony, very rough track with many tree roots. Bring your cossie for a swim if weather is warm. Map: 91301N Broken Bay

Report:

Beautiful sunny day 22C; perfect weather to do this walk. We got the 9am ferry from Palm Beach to Mackerel Beach, then walked to the righthand end of the beach and scrambled up over the rocks to the start of the path.

Then walked to the Resolute Beach path, turned left and climbed up the wooden steps. Then we walked to Aboriginal Rock carvings (can't see them anymore) and had morning tea. Then onto the Resolute picnic area, Red Hand cave/overhang, (which is clearly visible) and then on to West Head. Admired the stunning view and then walked along the coast path back to Mackerel Beach where we had lunch. Then set off for Currawong Beach.

Track is at left hand end of the beach and up through the houses; they were repairing some section so we went back down the beach and up along the next path and continued at the back of the houses to Currawong Beach.

We put the flag up at the end of the wharf to notify the ferry we wanted to be picked up and got the ferry back to Palm Beach wharf.

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