April 2026 - Nierinna Creek, Margate

This month's walk was organised by David. At 10am on a lovely sunny early winter morning, we gathered at the quiet carpark at the end of Burnaby Drive in Margate.

Our walkers were: David, Catherine, Peter, Fin, Angie, Lyn, Di, Maryanne and Dorothy. Maryanne was celebrating her brand new EV - we almost had a majority of clean electric vehicles over smelly ICE vehicles bringing us to the walk today.

The walk started with an easy stroll beside the level Nierinna Creek, skirting some lifestyle blocks above us. The poplars were glowing with their autumn colours, it was very pretty.

There were some quaint little bridges to cross, these are great spots for lingering and taking a closer look at the creek, which was actually pretty low today, not much water flowing.

We stopped for a drink at the top of a set of steps. Then it was onwards and downwards to drop down beside the creek again. Here we were in damp almost rainforest bushland, the air was quite moist.

Then it was up and up some more steps, till we reached the end of the trail at the road. Here we caught our breath, chatted some more, and then turned around to return back down to the rainforest.

At the bottom we found a bench to sit on for our morning tea. A leech found Fin's lunchbox (yikes), but no others were reported. We strolled back to our starting point.

We then drove to nearby Hopfields Brewery in Margate for some refreshing drinks and a very pleasant lunch. Our booking was for 1pm and I think we got there a little earlier than that. It was a great finishing touch to a very pleasant day out with our friends :)