This tree on a rock is very photogenic, you may remember seeing it here before. We keep going back there to try and capture it in different lighting conditions, so you will probably see it again!

We start off today just past the new Orion Beach stairs. More bridge!

If you are wondering how these bridges are fastened to the cliff face, wonder no more.

The bridge leads to another section of concrete path. You can see they did some planting of native grasses along the path. There are tiny little birds known as the Superb Fairy Wren who fly to these grasses. They are so tiny, blend in with the shrubs and bushes, and move so fast, blink and you may miss them. However there are so many of them, during this walk you are bound to spot at least one.

The male has some bright blue feathers making him easier to spot..

More bridge. This is kind of a theme, with this path.

In some places they have done no planting at all, and in others –

there is both planting of native grasses, and a small section of turf has been laid next to the path here. I am not sure how well the turf is doing. We have not had much rain lately and some parts of it are looking rather brown instead of green.

Sometimes you will spot larger birds than the fairy wrens. They are quite often very well camouflaged and the only way you notice them is because they flew to a spot and perched there.

This is a yellow robin. You can also see many other birds along this path. Here is a good site with many of the birds you might find here.

We are nearly at the end! You can now see the yellow bollards which signify the end of this path.

This is where the path meets Twyford St. From here you walk along Twyford St until the path begins again at the other end of Twyford St.

And here is the spot where the new path can be found on Google Maps, so you can find the start of the path easily. It is Twyford St x Minerva Ave.

Just linking all these posts together –

There Is A New Vincentia Path
New Vincentia Path One
New Vincentia Path Two
New Vincentia Path Three
Orion Beach

Moona Moona Creek, Jervis Bay

Last week, we left this walk on the first honeycomb bridge – we start back at the same spot this week. There is a bit of a downhill dip here, one reason for the hand rails. If you look closely you can see we are headed back towards having our feet on the ground with more concrete path

Here is a view looking back towards the spot where the first photo above was taken, because you can see the downhill dip a little better.

Back on the concrete path again!

Now we are heading towards a set of beach stairs which lead down to Orion Beach. You can see a large tree in the way up ahead, the path has curved to avoid it. Right there is another cliff like drop off, so in our next photo..

You can see that the fencing and handrails are back. You can also see an upcoming junction.

There is a small walkway down to this set of Orion Beach stairs in between the houses here.

I have not been down this set of beach stairs yet. There are just too many beaches in Jervis Bay. Next time I go on this walk, I will make the effort! ;) But don’t worry, you can go with me.

For us, it is back to the path today. Another bridge awaits us! Not much further to go now, before we are at the end of this new section.

Just linking all these posts together –

There Is A New Vincentia Path
New Vincentia Path One
New Vincentia Path Two
New Vincentia Path Three
Orion Beach

Forgot to schedule this one, whoops! ;)

We are starting at the Plantation Point Parade X Lambs Crescent end, which means we are heading back towards the heart of Vincentia when walking the path.

Here is our starting location on the map. Basically where all the pink arrows meet is where you should head to if you want to do this walk yourself.

Here is the only available Google Maps street view image, which was taken back in December 2007. Things have changed considerably since then! That house is gone, replaced with a large two story modern home, which you can just see a little of in the very first image I posted here.

I am conscious of the fact that the people who live here did not bargain for this path arriving behind their homes, so when I took these photos I tried to take photos of the path and not so much of the houses. Though in some shots it was difficult to avoid them. My apologies to the home owners, if they happen upon this post.

There is something in this next photo which you might not be able to spot. Here is a closer view –

A rainbow pirate ship lives here! There is also a black one, but I did not manage to get a shot of it this day.

Now you will begin to see some of the hard work done by the path creators. I really love that they have put in plenty of handrails. There are no handrails to be found on the Huskisson to Vincentia path that I recall. Most of that path is flat, though there are a couple of hilly sections which could do with a handrail.

If I were building this path, I might have chosen a darker colour for the concrete. This path is very new and there is already a lot of leaf staining happening. Though we’ve had some leaf staining on our grey concrete here at home so you might get it regardless of concrete colour. I imagine there will have to be regular leaf blowing along this path.

And now you see, we leave the ground for a large section of bridge. It is made from an odd material. I have no idea what one would call it. Here is a closer view of it.

As I am not a builder of paths, I have no idea what this is made from but I really like it. There is another bridge made from the same material on the Vincentia to Huskisson path.

We have not progressed very far along the path, drop back for more path next Wednesday! :)

Just linking all these posts together –

There Is A New Vincentia Path
New Vincentia Path One
New Vincentia Path Two
New Vincentia Path Three
Orion Beach

This is the best panorama I have ever taken of the bay, I think..

What a gorgeous winter day this was! Very cold out, though. We’ve been having an Arctic Blast and since losing some weight I have been feeling the cold a lot more than usual.

Shoalhaven Council have spent a large amount of money and almost a year building more shared path – shared between cyclists and pedestrians – down at Vincentia. It has been controversial, especially with the residents who live in this location. It is completed now and we took our first walk on it just over a week ago on an utterly gorgeous winter day.

I can see why the path was Up Money. A lot of it is suspended bridge. Because it was such a gorgeous day and so many people were out walking it was virtually impossible to get shots of it. We had more luck the next weekend when it was raining, but that is a post for another week. In fact I will do several posts with photos from the whole new section. :)

The path travels above Orion Beach, amazingly there are beaches in the Shoalhaven that I have not been to, and this is one of them.

It meets up with some new concrete path, and that leads onto some bush tracks we had never walked before. This path really opened up new possibilities for us.

Here are some bush track stairs.

Here is a section of path near Greenfields Beach. We’ve walked here before but only by parking the car *at* Greenfields carpark. This was a whole new kettle of fish and it was great!

Almost to Hyams, we did a small beach walk just to round out our 5km because we ran out of bush track. We ended up walking nearly all the way to Hyams Beach from Vincentia, a 10km round trip.

Sometimes, progress is not popular but it is usually worth it in the end. I think this is one of those occasions. The bay is worth spending money on because it is a huge tourist attraction. Every time I go down there, there are people out enjoying themselves. Because it is a shared path it is popular with cyclists especially kids because there are no cars.

Just linking all these posts together –

There Is A New Vincentia Path
New Vincentia Path One
New Vincentia Path Two
New Vincentia Path Three
Orion Beach

Currambene Creek, NSW

Crab wall, Currambene Creek, NSW