Day 7 - Reservoir Rd Somersby - Greta Rd Bumble Hill (Linda P)

After meeting at Greta Road at 7.30 we did a car shuffle to Reservoir Road and began the day walking through a very pleasant but un-named rainforest area. This was followed by a stretch of road walking on Robinson Road, Sylvester Road and Wisemans Ferry Road. First highlight of the day was morning tea at Somersby Store - really enjoyed the cappucino!

More road walking along Wisemans Ferry Road and into Kilkenny Road where we were escorted for a short distance by a local Boxer pup. Next we descended into Ourimbah Creek Valley, another very picturesque rainforest area. More road walking along Ourimbah Creek Road through Hidden Valley, [saw some very nice properties and plenty of horses] before entering Ourimbah State Forest. Negotiating the 200m climb to Milligan Ridge was hard work and seemed never ending. Lunch was a good incentive to reach the top and the chance to recover was especially welcome.

A couple of kms after lunch we reached another highlight - the half-way marker of the entire walk. Time for a group photo opportunity. Walking into and out of Dead Horse Creek was very picturesque and my favourite part of todays walk, but again quite strenuous. The day finished with a road walk back to the cars along Cherry Lane. It was a long walk of appx. 25kms, so well done to everyone who made it.

Linda P


Angophora??


The group at half way along The Great North Walk




One of our casual walkers (Courtesy of Helen)


Logging in Ourimbah/Wyong (Courtesy of Helen)


Height Chart