Today's walk did not turn out as planned. I should have had more sense really, because I new it had been raining fairly regularly for a few weeks and I knew the area where I was planning to walk would be wet and muddy. Did I listen to myself. Definitely not as I went ahead anyway.
The weather was supposed to be fine today and that is how it turned out. I started the walk at South Cape Spur 1( the same starting point as Big Lagoon Beach) at about 0730 and walked along the road to the second gate, and just after this started heading south east along an old track which was wet and muddy but nothing like what was to come. After a while it became a 20 metre wide area that had been flattened in the past with machinery, but was being covered with new vegetation. I missed the track I was looking for, mainly because it is almost non existent now, and carried on up the track I was on for 300 metres before sloshing across country to pick up the required track. This proved to be a bad idea as the track became wetter and muddier and when I sank almost up to my knees a couple of times I decided that a retreat was required. I went back to the track I was on previously, and, as it was heading towards Blackswan Lagoon I thought this might be a good alternative. Wrong again. The track petered out after a time and I did manage to find some old tapes in the bush and followed these for a while but the scrub was quite thick with lots of cutting grass so I eventually made another retreat.
After a bite to eat I thought I would head back to near the second gate and walk along the Leprena Track to find out what was up there and maybe get to Southport Lagoon that way. All was going well until I came to this massive area of water where the track should have been. I skirted around this on an old track but when I came back to the original track the water was still there. With no way of getting around it I opted to call it a day, and, after lunch, I walked back to the car.
It was disappointing not being able to reach Little Lagoon Beach, but I had fun anyway. I will attempt the walk again, but will wait until it is much drier although I can't wait too long as the old tracks are being overtaken by vegetation.
Distance: 15.6 kms.
Time: 5'10"
Ascent: 240 metres
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| Mountains to the west |
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| Mountains to the west |
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| Lagoon on the track |
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