Umbrella Point - 24 May 2022

17 walkers set out on todays trip using the ferry to get to Bruny Island and then walking past Apollo Bay to our destination at Umbrella Point.

The weather forecast promised a good autumn day of 14 degrees with mainly sunshine - perfect for walking.

Since we last did this walk in March 2020 there have been a couple of changes

... firstly the Mirambeena is no longer in service and both ferries are now identical Sealink ships

... secondly there is no parking near the terminal and so we had to park and start our walk from one of the carparks in the marina - just below the Oyster Cove Hotel.

Waiting for the ferry and then a pleasant trip to Bruny. 

As we were running late we only walked a short distance before it was unanimously agreed to have morning tea.

After morning tea we continued our walk along Apollo Bay

It didn't seem long before we were approaching Umbrella Point - our lunch spot.

At lunch including view of the fish farms.

A working boat from the fish farms which passed us a few times during the day.

On the way back to the ferry

One of the unusual houses passed during the walk

Our return trip on the ferry and walk back to the cars

The walk took about 5.5 hours and we covered about 18kms. Both of these figures are inflated - the time because we had to wait for the ferry as well as having our traditional ice cream stop and the distance because the trip accross the Channel was included.

We actually walked for around 3 hours and covered 10kms.

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Thanks Chris for volunteering to be the "Official" photographer on this walk.