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Heathcote National Park Walk – 8 October 2020

In recent times, the wildflowers have been outstanding in Royal National Park. I was keen to see how good they would be in the neighbouring Heathcote National Park. Bob had never been walking in the park, so I suggested a … Continue reading

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Warrangarree Drive Reserve Walk – 5 August 2020

This was a half day walk to a new area. It was organised by Brian Everingham for the National Parks Association of NSW. Warrangarree Drive Reserve is a council bushland reserve on the Woronora Plateau. It stretches from the top … Continue reading

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Engadine Lagoon Walk – 29 December 2018

Very hot weather was forecast for the run up to the new year. I had been invited on a multiway walk, but thought it would be too hot for walking, so was stuck at home. But then Brian invited me … Continue reading

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Woronora River Walk – 2 November 2017

This was a pleasant and interesting walk largely in Heathcote National Park with Digi Dave. Digi wanted to visit Kingdom Come on the Woronora River and he suggested we start from Waterfall, and that way we could visit an interesting … Continue reading

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Woronora River – Forbes Creek Paddle – 3 February 2017

I joined Digi Dave for a nice day of paddling along a part of the Woronora River, then lunch at the Woronora RSL Club, then in there afternoon we paddled up Forbes Creek. Digi Dave had his sea kayak and … Continue reading

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Woronora River Ramble – 18 November 2016

I spent a pleasant day with Digi Dave at the Woronora River recently. We were mainly looking for birds and orchids to photograph. We found quite a few birds – but none of them were really interesting and no orchids … Continue reading

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Old Todd’s Hut at Kingdom Come

During the week I did a walk with my sisters and their husbands to Kingdom Come in Heathcote National Park. Or, more accurately – the walk was through the park, with Kingdom Come being just outside it. Kingdom Come, or … Continue reading

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Waterfall to Heathcote via Kingdom Come – 15 January 2016

It had been raining a fair bit recently, with a big storm the day before. Looking at the  weather radar, it looked like the rain was ending, so I caught a train to Waterfall arriving not long before noon. I … Continue reading

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Morels at Engadine – 12 May 2014

Morels are an unusual type of fungi. I had never seen them before and was quite intrigued when Brian Everingham of the National Parks Association posted some shots on Facebook of some he had recently spotted near where he lives … Continue reading

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Kingdom Come Walk – 2-3 November 2013

Roger wanted to take his young son Jeremy out on an overnight bush walk. We considered a few suggestions and decided on walk in the Heathcote area to Kingdom Come. We went by train to Waterfall and then walked along … Continue reading

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