It was nice to attend the Sydney University Bushwalkers Christmas Walk to the Coxs River last weekend. The year before things were quite different with bushfires raging nearby, the walk was changed from the Coxs River to Sassafras Gully. So it was nice to return to the sculptured granite of the Coxs River.
I travelled up with Roger, and on the way, we stopped off at Narrow Neck at Katoomba to look for pink Flannel Flowers. We soon found some.
But we only found individual flowers rather than a dense mat which I have seen in previous years. But there were a lot of buds – so more will flower very soon.
As we walked from Megalong down the Six Foot Track, there was the noise of a lot of cicadas. Summer in Australia.
We spotted a few Hyacinth Orchids –
Further down, we left the track and descended to our campsite.
Quite a few people were already there from the Club. It was nice to socialise and swim. The water was a little cold compared to previous years, but there was a reasonable flow.
I spent some time wandering around with camera and tripod photographing the rapids and the granite rock.
At one stage, I saw this Red-bellied Black Snake vanish down a very small hole.
The campsite is on a terrace a short way above the river.
Julian was the youngest member of the party.
The next morning –
