Next Hike

The next hike will be on Saturday, 6th September.

We meet at the Ballpark in Gillies Bay at 10:00am.

Last Saturday we had a fairly long hike as we started off from the meeting place and did not spend any time driving as we so often do.  The destination was the curious Cape Sheaf Lake, a small body of water surrounded by quite an extensive area of marshland.  I have not for many years walked out onto the part that is floating peatmoss, but it is possible to do that without getting wet feet.  We did not see any of the resident Western Painted Turtles, but there was evidence around the lunch spot of turtle nesting activity so there are certainly a few surviving in the lake. The location is being monitored by the biologists working on the species and they tell me this lake is more remote and higher in elevation than any of the other lakes with surviving populations.  

JD.

Cape Sheaf Lake