April 2023 - Lake Skinner

This walk was organised by Caroline, and got a great turnout: Kat, Philip, Gerwyn, Wayne, Lyn, Caroline, Warren, Keith, Ruth and Fin. It is a 7km walk through a lovely forest to a beautiful lake on top of the mountain. The group was hoping to see some fagus "turning" around the lake at this time of year too. The trail is classified as hard but recent reports of track improvements were encouraging. https://www.et.org.au/lake_skinner

The group met at the carpark in time to start the walk at 9.30am. This meant leaving the city at about 8am in order to allow time for coffee on the way (Summer Kitchen Bakery in Ranelagh is a good option).

Kat reported: Although only supposedly about 7kms, it was graded hard for a good reason - the slippery roots and rocks that seemed to go on forever! Took us 2hrs 15 each way as we had to concentrate every step. Good thing it hadn't been very wet the last few weeks too, as the path had some proper muddy sections and the rainforest was drippy enough without it (lots of fungus as a result). Still, a good day out!

Lyn mapped the walk:

And Kat took these great photos:

Note that the suggestion is 3 hours for this walk (!)

While the track was challenging, the walkers's comments included: "A tough but beautiful walk today in the SW - thank you all for your company!" and "Thanks Caroline for a great plan, well executed! A lovely day, thanks to everyone".