Copy of May 2011 - Lazyfish Technology

May 2011 Kangaroo Valley Voice www.kangaroovalley.nsw.au Page 21
Abraham’s Bosom Reserve revisited
This month we could have been called
the On-track squelchers as 13 of us
tackled the 11 km Abraham’s Bosom
track in rain.
Actually it only showered enough to soak
us at the beginning and then held off for
our lunch break and most of the
significant sightseeing spots, so we were
lucky, telling ourselves how brave we
were to keep going.
It was nothing compared to the drenching the
poor passengers on the SS Merimbula had
when their steamboat collapsed in rough seas,
exactly 83 years before on 27 th March 1928
and they managed to get safely to shore on what
is now called Wreck Bay.
There are so many interesting things to see on
this walk: including the fast dwindling remains
of the passenger ship; an Aboriginal shelter cave
complete with midden and floor much higher
than the base of the cave, as for thousands of
years the ash accumulated from their fires;
Mermaid’s Inlet where only the week before a
fisherman had been swept off the rock ledge in
high seas (luckily later rescued); Gosang’s
Tunnel where a crawl through opens out to a
brilliant view of the dramatic cliff faces which
are lined with strata and huge fallen boulders that
have weathered and collapsed; the quite
frightening drop from Beecroft Head lookout.
The vegetation changes as the
walk progresses, passing
through lush ferns and grass
trees, shrubby banksias and
gums, along sandy pathways
and across slabs of rock.
There are a number of very
pretty beaches with soft Jervis
Bay sand and clear water and
most have at their edges
shady, grassy spots under
trees.
We took both the coastal walk
and Coomies walk to make
this a longer exercise, but it is
possible to just do the coastal
one, returning by Marion’s Way, for a circuit
of only 6 kms.
As we had completed the same walk three
years ago this time we went in the reverse
direction, turning right at the map sign, thus
leaving the most exciting bits till the last third
of the walk. And we do feel courageous for
finishing, having waded through swampy teatree
coloured water on part of the track.
Do join us for our next walk, they are not all
quite so adventurous.
Lee Sharam