The weather has settled and today is forecast to be a warm 17 degrees in mostly sunshine with a wind of up to 30kms - good walking weather.
Chris kindly volunteered to lead today's walk.
Getting ready to go
We head off along Rifle Range Road towards Gorringes Beach along which we walk in a southerly direction.
A short distance along we pass this tree stubbornly trying to resist erosion - I wonder how much long it can succeed for.
And its time for morning tea on the beach
At the Mortimer Bay sign we leave the beach and follow the trail around the coastal reserve
Deciding where to have lunch - the consensus was to go up the hill a bit further and sit in the sun
King of the castle - Yong sits on his throne
The great view we all got while eating lunch
Continuing after lunch
Some curious natives
We're now well into our journey back to our cars when we come across this bench and its time for some group photos
Wise men and woman
More of the group
Mendelt wants a snooze but Chris is determined to keep him awake
We continue for a short distance and then head back to the beach where the wind was considerable stronger than this morning
We took the first opportunity to leave Gorringes Beach and continue along a more sheltered track
Fancy Gates
A feature of this walk in the past has been the number and variety of native orchids on display and we were hoping for a repeat performance today. Unfortunately the only one we saw had already flowered
Recognising our distress at not seeing any orchids on our walk today a wag in the group (shall remain nameless) sent me this photo and said I should declare it a rare "Eastern Shore Orchid" which only flowers once every century
A Yellow-banded Day-moth (Eutrichopidia latinus). This is an unusual moth as it is active in the daytime
These were spotted during our lunch break - they are katydid eggs. Female katydids glue their eggs firmly onto plant stems or leaf edges
For those who don't know (me included) below is a picutre of a katydid
A remarkable amount of sap flowing out of this tree
Today 18 walkers covered a relaxing 11 kms during the hike over flat seaside terrain.
Thanks to Chris for his photos
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