Duckhole Lake 24 Jan 2023

 Today's walk is a short walk in the Southern Forests just south of Dover.

The weather forecast for most of the area is fine to warm with the possibility of a thunder storms in the afternoon.

Everyone was ready to go.

As can been seen by the signpost at the start of the track the walk will be shorter than normal.

The walk follows follows Creekton Rivulet via an old logging track for the first part of the walk through a hardwater fern glade.

The water running down the river while very tannin colored was very clear.

Looking up through the trees you could see a number of spiderwebs covered in water droplets.

Along the track are some very large old growth stringybarks that the original timber getters have left behind.

After about 30 minutes the track emerges from the rainforest to a more open style of bush.

And then we arrived at Duckhole Lake where it was our intention to spend a bit of time have a further look around the area.

Unfortunately within about five minutes it started to rain resulting in the party seeking the shelter of the surrounding rainforest before deciding to head back to the cars.

Returning along the track in the rain.

There was 10 walkers who covered the 5.3 kms in just under 2 hours.

Clark Cliffs 17 Jan 2023

Today's walk is a circular walk that takes us through an area of old logging just outside Koonya on the Tasman Peninsular.

The weather for today is supposed to be fairly hot although we should be shaded by the forest for most of the day.

We parked on Fire Tower Road for the start of the walk.

Prostanthera Lasianthos Christmas Bush or Mountain Lilac. There were large displays of this on the way up to the Cliffs.

Mycenastrum Corium. A relatively large puffball found along roadsides and grasslands. This one was about the size of my phone.

Entering the forest.

The height of the first lookout and morning tea spot.

A cloudy view across Norfolk Bay.

And towards Hobart in the haze.

Nature imitating Lleyton Hewitt winning a point at Melbourne.

Nature's landscape gardener at work. There were a couple of comments about how good it would look in various gardens.

Another display of the fungi growing in this forest.

A trail of Stringy Bark sap imitating a person.

Chris likes big trees even if someone has cut the top off.

Another of Nature's landscaper at work.

It was about here when the comments started about bringing some equipment through next time to clear the fallen debris from the track.

Native Laurel new growth.

Some unusual growths emerging from a Myrtle tree trunk.

Janine passing a very large fallen tree.

Chris walked far enough along this fallen tree to reach the sign that said Turn Around You Have Gone Too Far.

The first of Clark Cliffs. I wonder what was interesting down that hole.

A very nice Celery Top Pine emerging from well below the cliff line.

Looking across towards Bruny Island in the distance.

Some hard water ferns clinging onto the sides of the cliff.

A couple of contented walkers enjoying the view over lunch.

New growth sprouting from a tree trunk.

Starting the way down.

Nature's warped and twisted forms.

We noted how dry the walk was this time and it was no more apparent that this creek which was hardly running at all.

There is nothing like a walk among the large treeferns.

Another different fungi.

 

 The weather was not at hot as predicted and our six walkers spent an enjoyable 4 hours  covering 9.25 kms including a climb and descent of 280 meters.