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.