The Worn Boot Bash Goes Coastal!

Want to do the Murramarang South Coast Walk but don’t have three days to spare? Let’s bash it out in one! A yearly tradition stretching back to 2002, the WBB demands only that we walk a minimum of 30km, with a few hills.

This year we’ll tackle the 34km and 900ish vertical metres of the Murramarang SCW (more if we go over Durras Mountain). From Pretty Beach southwards to Maloney’s Beach, we can expect stunning coastal views, a variety of environs, plentiful wildlife from the mighty humpback whale to the lowly tick, and, since Durras Lake is currently open to the ocean, a wade that might be waist deep. If we make good time a swim might be possible.

To enable a 7am walking start, we’ll drive down on Friday afternoon and camp at Pretty Beach. We will need to do a car shuffle, leaving one or two cars at the finish. Please indicate if you’re willing to drive.

This will be a very long and challenging day of walking for fit walkers. Could take 9-12 hours. Daylight, 6am - 7:30pm. The track is Grade 4. Much of it is manicured trail, but there will be beach walking on sand, pebbles and rocks, and some short sections of rough and/or slippery ocean rock, possibly with mild scrambling/rock hopping to negotiate and waves to avoid.