Two bush walks are planned for LingFest.


Thursday 3rd July

Contact: James McElvenny,  james.mcelvenny AT... gmail.com

Bundeena and the Royal National Park, just south of Sydney.
There are lovely beaches down there (although it's too cold to swim  this time of year), nice coastal scenery, and some Aboriginal rock  carvings.

We will meet at 9.15am at Central station in Sydney to catch the 9.30  train to Cronulla. I'll be waiting in the country departures hall at  the electronic indicator boards [.pdf of map] . I'll be wearing a lingfest T-shirt.

Once we're at Cronulla we'll catch the ferry to Bundeena. From  Bundeena we'll walk out to the coast. We will come back the same way  in reverse. The walk is a loop and we can change the size of the loop  depending on when people want to get back to Sydney and how people are  feeling on the walk.

Remember to wear comfortable walking shoes and to bring water, food  and a hat. There are shops at the start and end of the walk so we can  have ice cream at the end.


Sunday 6th July

Contact: Louise de Beuzeville,  louise.debeuzeville    ...AT    ling.mq.edu.au

Spit Bridge to Manly

• follows the edge of Sydney Harbour

• 9.5 kms

• 3-4 hours, though we may take longer if we stop a lot

• quite easy, though rated medium "mostly good surfaces but with some rough or steep sections"

• passes Aboriginal rock engravings

• chance to swim if you are so inclined in the middle of winter

• pass a café after an hour or so

• finish at Manly where there are lots of restaurants and cafes etc

Transport information:

Get yourselves (by bus or ring 131500) to Wynyard Station in time to catch:

180 Bus, 8.29am Stand C, Carrington St - behind Wynyard Station [.pdf of map]

• arrive at the Spit bridge at 8.52am

• we will wait for 15 mins while people go to the toilet or get a coffee

• at 9.15 we will cross the bridge to the Northern side and then head east along the foreshore.

• Buses to the Spit leave about every 30 mins. There is another at 9.03am from the same stand.. So if you miss this one, jump on the next one and you can easily catch up to us (the walk is VERY well marked).

• NB, from 10am till about 10.30am the bridge cannot be crossed (as well as 8.30am-9.30am) as it is open to let boats through.

• we return via a ferry from Manly to Circular Quay in the afternoon

• anyone is welcome to hang around Manly till the evening

Please bring:

• comfortable walking shoes

• a sun hat and sunscreen

• a rain jacket

• sufficient water and food for the day (though we will arrive at Manly in the afternoon)

• camera

So, I will be at the bus stop at about 8am. I will be the short woman wearing the black Lingfest t-shirt with blue writing on the front.