GLADESVILLE TO DRUMMOYNE - Jun 26
Thank goodness for Seniors’ OPAL cards – we tapped on and off 12 times during the excursion! Train-bus-walk,walk -ferry – ferry – bus -train, all for less than the cost of a cup of coffee!
And what a difference a month makes regarding the weather – unlike the sodden and rainy walk of May, this walk was in bright and sunny, and even warm conditions.
26 adventurers started with coffee near the Gladesville 500X bus stop on the 1st June. Walked down Cowell St to reach the Tarban Creek walkway and then along the creek/canal to the Riverglade Reserve which is home to the enormous Grey-headed Flying Fox colony (2500 to 8000 individuals depending on the season). There were flying foxes everywhere!
Continuing along Tarban Creek we reached the Huntleys Point Reserve with views of the Tarban Creek Bridge (Burns Bay Road) and then continued around the corner to the Gladesville Bridge. Opened in 1964 by Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, it was the longest span concrete arch bridge in the world.
At this point the adventuring party split in two, some taking the shorter route (4.5km in total) to the Huntleys Point ferry, while others braved walking over the Gladesville Bridge to the Drummoyne Wharf, and we reunited at the Sydney Rowing Club for lunch.
The Riverglade Grey-headed Flying Fox colony is enormous
Thereafter a ferry to Moorebank and a train home. The full walk was about 8km and because the weather was so favourable, and the grass so green after the rains, it was a marvellous outing.
