52 -Field of Mars, Warada, Doyle and Sand Loop tracks

Field of Mars.  The area traversed by us was relatively easy except for one small brambly bit. The tracks, Warada, Sand and Doyle were very easy to follow.   The area with its exotic sounding name 'Field of Mars' covers about 50 hectares of remnant bushland  with a total of five trails of easy, serene walks.   The final part of our walk comprised a raised boardwalk alongside the Buffalo Creek. How wonderful it is that these reserves and parks are to be found throughout the Sydney area offering peaceful walks plus refuge from the hustle and bustle of traffic and city conditions. This Walk, flatter and  less majestic than our two  previous walks comprised dry eucalypt woodland with some soaring Blue Gums.   

Coffee at the delightful Unwritten Cafe in Hunters Hill    (I checked the address, not Gladesville, not Ryde)

Walkers:   Jane, Kate, Pippa, Moira, Carolle 

51 - Fiddens Wharf Walk

Fiddens Wharf Walking Track, Lane Cove National Park - another good bush walk on a lovely sunny morning.   Somehow the map of the area was designed to confuse us.  We walked up the hill on what once again proved to be  part of the Great North Walk.   After covering some distance beyond the Fiddens Wharf Oval we retraced our steps to the  Administration building where  the walk had commenced.   Again the trees fascinated and enthralled while the river threw up magical reflections.

Walkers:  Pippa, Kate, Donna, Moira, Carolle

Coffee at Friendz Cafe in West Lindfield.

50 - Bluegum Walk/Benowie

50th Walk!!

An achievement for the Whacky  Wise Women of Sydney

50 ticked, done, blogged, photographed, enjoyed, 50 in 15 months

Fifty!  Some of us have done all 50 walks , some of us  have done less but Fifty is now the number on our Score Sheet.   Celebration it has to be and we will do that soon.Champagne coming up. 

 What is our average age?   At a guess, possibly 68.   All these walks have been  within 30Kms of the CBD.   

What next then for us then?  Another 50 of course, more  walks waiting for us to hit the trail.   I know of  one certain repeat walk to be done fairly soon, in Spring.  That is the Manly Wildflower Circuit  Definitely a repeat there but after that there are  another brand new 50 walks on my List. So much to see and enjoy and as I always say, Sydney is full of undiscovered secrets.

The Bluegum Walk near Hornsby is an absolute joy.   Anyone who enjoys the outdoors and a bit of a walk, or even a little challenge should do this walk.   It has many elements, yes, a little challenge but not over taxing,  there are creeks, a stand of Sydney Blue gums, Angophoras, Water Gums, pink wax flowers, an abundance of flannel flowers  in bud.   The bracken is  richly green and lush. Fishponds waterhole is a magical atrraction.  Tumbling great boulders  and rocky overhangs, rock ledges and steps to test your clamber skills, bush paths as well as a good fire trail, all  exhilrating,exciting and alway enticing.  Creeks with rushing water.  what a joy.  Remember  the drought! How dry  some walks were then.     Trees dominated, towered above us majestically and sometimes mystically.

Coffee at Hornsby's Brew-ha-ha

Walkers:  Pippa, Moira, Kate, Marie-Claire, Donna, Kate, Carolle

49 Bahai Temple, Bangally Headland, Whale Beach Lunch