This time I did another section of the Great North Walk, from the Mooney Mooney bridge north. Mooney creek was very turbid and I suspect I was the first person along the here after the torrential rains we had just received. The track was muddy and leech infested, a few weeks ago the track would have been dusty, and my lower limbs leech free.
A deer bounded off as I was parking my ute, I wasn't quick enough to get a photo.
A deer bounded off as I was parking my ute, I wasn't quick enough to get a photo.
I passed besides the Lower Mooney reservoir, this dam formerly supplied Gosford, the newer Upper Mooney reservoir now supplies the Central Coast.
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| I was on hands and knees crossing here, slippery. |
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| The Lower Mooney Dam |
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| The Lower Mooney Dam Wall |
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| Ruins of the Lower Mooney Dam Pumping Station |
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| Much of the track was overgrown, the track is meant to pass through here. |
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| The Quarry Campsite, notice the combustible material around the fire place. |
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| A large crayfish in the turbid water |
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| The M1 Motorway Mooney Mooney Bridge |
Stats,
distance: 16.7Km
moving time: 3hr, 3min
Elevation: 301metres
Calories:1133
