Sunday 5/02/2012 Waterfall – Kingfisher Pool
Royal National Park, NSW
Tharawal country
Participants: Stephen Davies (Leader, Photos, Report), Sue Davies, Trish Whitelaw
A predicted hot day ensured Trish, Sue and myself endeavoured to keep cool under trees or in water, hence our trip selection. An interesting diversion (bush bash) was taken along the southern side of Waterfall Gully Creek after the trail was lost at what looked like a creek crossing. We re-emerged onto the road at the junction of Coutts Creek, the trail and the road.
The route below has been reconstructed from memory and http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/elevation has been used to create the elevation data.
Max elevation: 224 m
Total climbing: 131 m
Total descent: -125 m
Average speed: nan km/h
We spent a good deal of time in the waters of Bidel and Kingfisher Pools as Woodnymphs and Woodpeckers.
After a week of heavy rains the trails were holding a lot of water and boots were soon soaking wet. As they were already wet when we arrived at the water holes Trish was introduced to boot swimming.
A bounty of camp-side of rubbish, including a campchair, was carried out, ensuring the place was left cleaner than it was found – nice work Trish.
A wonderful way to enjoy the bush on hot day.
Track Notes: followed the track (a left hand turn just after the locked gate on the gravel road) from the trailhead. This meanders down some relatively new, formed steps to a much less distinct trail through rocky country, descending slowly back to a gravel road. We turned left and followed this a couple of hundred metres before a right hand turn put us back onto another trail. This turnoff is marked with a crude sign painted onto a boulder (Kingfisher Pool). Following this we all missed the trail at a fallen log. A very distinct bare ground path to the creek with what appeared to be a log crossing – wrong, step over the fallen tree towards the right (away from the creek) and the track appears through some low vegetation. The trail comes out at another gravel road and near a creek junction. Turning left then promptly right again back onto trail. This trail then follows Kingfisher creek to Minda Pool.
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