Dave Burrows Walk

Dave Burrows Walk, from Dru Point Reserve

 

Dave Burrows was an orchardist, walker and nature lover. He was the first to establish a track along this bit of coast.

 

Dru comes from the Sanskrit word dhruva , which refers to the stillness that can be experienced in Dru Yoga and Dru Meditation. In this stillness we are able to sit back from anything that may be happening around us, and see and act from a point of clarity and inner calm.

Or as Tas heard it refers to Dorothy Ruth who used to bathe naked and the locals would hide in the bushes to catch a glimpse...hence Dorothy Ruth Undressed.
I also found that it is a child's name meaning "wise"


 

We assembled at Dru Point Reserve:

relaxed, wise but dressed!

 

 

 

Who is not coming to lunch?

The Esplanade section.

 

Leaving the Esplanade for a laneway

 

 

Regrouping

 

 

 

 

 

Getting close now

 

 

(From the Kingborough Council Website

 This delightful coastal amble winds its way through natural bushland. The canopy includes eucalypts, casuarinas and wattles, while the varied understory has native-cherry, hop bush, banksias, blanketleaf, coastal saltbush, heath, grasses, saggs, irises, lilies and elusive nodding greenhood orchids. From the track you’ll see brilliant views across North West Bay to Tinderbox, Bruny Island and Coningham. Bird life and sea life abound. At the Gemalla Road end, the track has a boardwalk across Tramway Creek, named for the tramway (rail) line that ran in the early 1900s from the coal mine at Kaoota to a jetty at Margate)

The boardwalk

The original homestead

 

 

This is Harts Hill, the scene of last week's walk

We return via a section of the Margate to Snug multiuse track and some suburban streets

Yep, we are doing that!

A sudden rain shower hurried us along

 

And so we return to Dru Point via a different entrance

 

And today's sighting of kunanyi Mount Wellington

Map

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