The Watagans forest area is a long finger of plateau cut by deep creek valleys only half an hour from Newcastle or an hour and a half from Sydney. We all enjoy the escarpment panorama to our west as we drive the Sydney / Newcastle Freeway. A spectacular scenic area, with valued historical sites, still beautiful, even after 200 years of forestry, showing what a well managed operation can do to retain natural values. Lake Macquarie Rogaine has used different parts of this natural wonderland for the past 21 years, to test the Rogaining skills of generations of Australians.
A checkpoit on the knoll.
The course setters are out there now selecting those delectable little gems of place, hidden in the Watagans Bush. You know the ones:-
I won't lie, there are patches of scrub, vine and lantana interwoven with felled trees but we do our best to provide routs free of such annoyances, of course "provided you interpret the map well". Good on you Bert, Ian, and helpers keep up the good work.
The course is getting ready, are you? Remember Saturday August 13th, mark that date in your diary!
Dug Floyd
One of the delightful little, green, mossy, side creeks
cascading into a main creek