by Ndevr » Wed 24 Aug, 2022 8:16 pm
I was just there on Sunday, my first time visiting the Reserve.
I arrived at 10am intentionally after the morning rush.
I wasn't on any of the tours, just self guided.
If you have reasonable fitness you can easily cover the 18km of tracks within the day, whilst still taking it all in.
I first headed down Peats Bight Walk, followed by the Lloyd Trig & Deerubbin Loop Walk, a couple of side trips on the way back to Tippers Loop, and finally Point Loop, followed by a visit to the museum at the end. I was also planning to do the Bird Gully Walk, but it appears it's a Guided walk only.
It can be a bit like Pitt St at times, as some of the group sizes are 20 people, but in general there's plenty of places for momentary solitude.
If you are looking for about 10km then you can just do Peats Bight Walk, and if you feel ok after the uphill finish and you've returned to HQ then you could add 2km at then end by doing Point Loop, which is dead flat, and has a great view overlooking where you just walked to Peats Bight.
Alternatively you could do the shorter Lloyd Trig & Deerubbin Loop, which has some small hills but overall an easier gradient than Peats Bight, and finish with Point Loop at the end.
Either way you will enjoy it and likely want to go back next year, to cover off the remainder.
The flowers are out, and being another week closer to spring it will only be better...and keep an eye out for an echidna, I think I was quite lucky in seeing one...enjoy!