For our annual camping week-end 26 campers got together at North Haven. We use the description “campers” advisedly, as apart from Liz McCann who chose the tent option, all the rest either brought caravans or chose cabin accommodation.
Our main event was the Saturday walk for which we selected the Diamond Head Loop Walk in the Crowdy Bay National Park. Unfortunately we found the track closed due to the recent fires, so we walked the shorter Mermaid track. This was a nice easy short walk with a great view at the end. Along the way we could readily see the devastation caused by the fires.
We then moved to the Kattang National Park and walked the Flower Bowl Circuit and the Perpendicular Point Track. This was a very pleasant walk with sightings of two goannas, one red bellied black snake and hundreds of Blue Monarch butterflies.
Over the week-end we took quite a number of car trips including to North Brother Mountain, Port Macquarie Koala Hospital, and a visit to Ricardo’s Tomatoes. The Beach Break café at the North Haven Surf Club was a popular option after an early morning beach walk.
A great weekend away to a beautiful part of our northern coastline. Many thanks to Bob and Sally for organising.
Here is a GPS trace of the path we took at Kattang.
