Today Michael is leading the walk which will commence at Mortimer Bay car park and then use various Tangara Trails in the area (The Tangara Trail is an 80km network of tracks in the Clarence City Council area. Tangara is an Aboriginal word for 'lets get away together'. The trail takes in varied landscapes, weaving between property boundaries, roads, beaches and bushland. The trail continues to grow and evolve with sections added each year).
Getting ready in the car park
And off we go in bright sunshine along a track which runs parallel to the beach
This series of "witches hats" sitting on top of poles was puzzling us - what were they there for? Morris suggested that they are markers for slasher operators warning them of dangerous objects to avoid when mowing - eg. rocks, stumps etc.
We head onto the beach
And its morning tea
Morning tea over we move away from the beach and shortly after leave the Mortimer Bay Coastal Reserve
The large horse saw us coming so it trotted over and made friends with Lorna. His 2 companions initially hang back but eventually also came over for a pat. Before we left them behind each horse got half an apple!
On we go crossing Gellibrand Drive
Not to be left out Chris finds his own horse, but it doesn't have the same presence as the three we saw earlier
Continuing along the Tangara Trail - it's mostly very dry
Chris doing his "Spiderman" impersonation
Is this a Qantas or a Virgin plane high in the treetops?
A pile of sandstone in the drive and interesting gate
Sculpture in the field beside the track
We reach our lunch spot - it has a marvelous view of Cremorne
Lunch over the walk continues on the Tangara Trail
Onto the beach at Mortimer Bay and almost back to the cars
Today Michael lead 16 walkers into areas of the Tangara Trail that we haven't been to before. We covered just over 13 kms
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