Green's Bush Walk

Alex and I both love our hiking but we don't often get around to doing it as much as we'd like. We'd love to do more camping/hiking trips in the future so we thought we'd better keep up the habit. 

There are some great hikes available around the peninsula area so we thought we'd challenge ourselves with something closer to home. 

Green's bush sounded like a good idea and we picked a trail heading inland from Bushranger's Bay.

We arrived at the trail while it was still morning and quite cool which meant we saw lots of kangaroos and birds up close amongst the trees and ferns. 

It didn't take long for the sun to get a bit higher and jumpers were shed. It was still a cool day and we walked mostly in the shade of trees perfect for a nice long hike. 

The track was quite easy with gently sloping hills gradual in incline both up and down and we walked through trees and ferns as well as coming up over crests and seeing farmland far into the distance. 

Fungus growth seem to be a problem in lots of different parks at the moment and we've seen lots of signs warning not to stray from paths to avoid spreading these introduced species. It's hard not to admire the beauty and variety of these fungi even though they are a danger to our native plants. I certainly took the opportunity to test out the macro function on my camera. 

We walked the length of the park and came out on a road opposite picnic area, so we stopped and ate our lunch together. We rested for a while to let our food settle and chatted in the shade before heading back for the return journey. 

I haven't invested in proper hiking shoes yet and my pace was little slower as my knees began to complain. The slower pace meant I noticed more of the smaller creatures that crossed our path though. 

Now that it was early afternoon we saw less of the smaller birds but many of the trees were now filled with noisy black cockatoos. They are quite funny if you take the time to stop and watch for a while. 

Walking back through the ferns we saw a couple more stray kangaroos and we emerged back out of the bush to our waiting car. We spent the trip home in the tired but happy silence that usually follows an accomplished hike together. Especially one that was over 18 km in total. 

We will certainly be investing in some good hiking shoes now though as my knees suffered a bit for a few days.

"God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning- the sixth day. Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array."

Genesis 1:31-2:1