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Footprints
in the sand: Royal Bushwalk
Lars Thomsen, March 2001
The bushwalk from Otford to Bundeena through Royal National
Park was a two-day walk. We started out at Hamilton Station
bright eyed and bushy tailed around 6.30 in the morning
and caught a southbound train.
When we reached Otford just before midday we decided to
hit the trail straight away. The first day was a fairly
easy 10 km walk hiking along the cliff lines above the
water (although we backtracked a bit along the rocky coast
to find a natural figure 8 rock formation). After about
5-6 hours we reached North Era – the campground – where
we pitched our tents, and took a quick swim in the sea
as the sun set.
Neither Dave, Bernadette or I had brought along any fancy
food but since none of us had brought the same stuff we
managed to make quite a culinary feast when everything
got mixed together. No campfires are allowed in Royal
National Park so we all went to bed fairly early and got
up with the sun the next day, had brekkie, packed up the
camp and started on the last part of the hike.
This day was a 20 km walk and I can honestly say that
it is no good idea to go bushwalking in volleys, by the
end of the trip my feet were so sore and I even had blisters
on my blisters. But despite the sore feet the trip turned
out to be absolutely fantastic.
The view along the coastline is breathtaking and the landscape
was excellent. All through the walk the vegetation changed
several times from rainforest, to grass land, to rocky
ground, to sandy ground, to bush and shrubbery and back
again.
Overall a great weekend in great company where I managed to set
the record straight with my fellow bushwalkers, THAT THE EARTH IS
FLAT. Royal N. P. is a national park that I easily could be persuaded
to investigate further in the near future. |
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Photo: David
Williams
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Photo: Lars Thomsen
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Photo: Lars Thomsen
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Photo: Lars Thomsen
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