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Date: 24th April 2019
Par�cipants: Bev Barne�, Chris Edwards, John Miller, Robert Lowman, Robert Robinson, Anthea Michaelis,
Susan Tsang, Stephanie Miller, Julia Stevenson, Rogo, Adrienne Kinna, Pam Organ, Kumiko Suzuki, prospec�ve
Alkyra Hutchison-Menzer
Creek...many years ago a sparkling stream with swimming included an a�rac�ve small waterfall before we completed
holes, now very much polluted. the walk in Forrester Park. Here we had a busy photoshoot
before taking to the streets for the kilometre walk to
As it was an 80th Birthday Walk, we visited Ahimsa, the
Eastwood Station and a cool drink/coffee at a nearby cafe.
home of Marie Byles, one of the Club’s founders. It is a �ny
fibro co�age surrounded by bush, just off the main track, Thanks toeveryone who cameto sharethe day,a nicewalk,
and now owned by the National Trust. We continued to good company and an early finish!
Whale Rock, an aptly named outcrop with a strategically
placed eye, and crossed the creek a couple of times before
stopping for morning tea at Browns Waterhole, where we
quickly learned to be wary of cyclists riding at speed on the
cycle track.
A�er morning tea, we crossed the
cycle track and picked up the Terrys
Creek Walk, a change of vegetation
Walk descrip�on: and walking track...we had been
Epping Station to Eastwood Station: via Ahimsa, Whale mostly on a fire trail; here we were
Rock, Browns Waterhole, Dence Park andForrester Park. All on a narrow track with large trees
on track.Map: STEPWalking Tracks ofthe LaneCove Valley. overhead, nice and shady, as the day
was warm. Approaching the M2, we
Report: spo�ed the lone specimen of
It was a sunny April morning when 13 members and 1 wildlife for the day, a brush turkey,
prospective met at what has now become the Epping which scurried down the track in
Sta�on melee. Once everyone arrived, we moved away front of us, vanishing into the scrub.
from the throngs to complete the Circle and welcome a
Lunch was enjoyed on the lawn
mixture of long term members and new faces.
outside Epping Crea�ve Centre,
The walk itself commences about a kilometre from the adjacent to Dence Park Pool, a brief
station, so we moved off through the streets towards the sojourn into suburbia before
M2 Motorway where we picked our way carefully under the descending back on to the Terrys
overpass. The track is well signposted, being a feeder track Creek Walk. This section proved to
to the Great North Walk; it runs beside Devlins be the nicest part of the walk, and
Report by: Bev Barne� 3 Photos: Adrienne Kinna