Daves Creek Circuit

Daves Creek Circuit 

This was a club walk lead by Denise and held on Saturday 11 September.

 Fourteen club members and a visitor (Margaret) appeared out of the woodwork for the clubs walk around Daves Creek Circuit up at Binna Burra. This was in stark contrast to the three lonely walkers who turned up for the ascent up Mt Greville for the walk two weeks ago.

Daves Creek Circuit is always a favourite with the club as it is a fairly easy walk showcasing some of the most varied vegetation in the South East, two great lookouts and at this time of the year the wild flowers are always out.

It had rained the night before so the track was a bit slippery but being a short walk we were not in a hurry. At the turnoff to the Molongolee Cave the group split in two as the track from here to the rocky slab where we have smoko is always overgrown and some members did not wish to walk it. Much to our surprise both tracks have become overgrown so we all had to walk through a thick bush track to get to the slab. The slab must have lost its popularity as a lookout and smoko stop to have become so overgrown.

The next stop was at the Numinbah Lookout before we continued on to have lunch at Surprise Rock. Here the group again split in two with the rock climbers amongst us climbing up onto Surprise rock for a lunch spot with wonderful views as far as the eye could see while the remainder of the group had lunch in an equally as nice spot around the back of the rocky outcrop with its own superb views.

The walk back to the car park was through rainforest including the crossing of a few minor creeks. A discussion was had on which creek is Daves Creek, so if anybody who is reading this knows then please pass this knowledge on to us.

Afternoon coffee at the Binna Burra Café bought an end to another great walk.