Club Torque Spring 2021

HUNTER CHAPTER

WALKA WATER WORKS RUN 24 November 2021

Words: Christine Cameron Images: George & Jen Boyko

Twenty-four members in thirteen cars met up at Raymond Terrace Riverside park for our Sunday run to Walka Water Works. There was hesitation to start the run with roofs down as dark clouds loomed in the distance, but optimism prevailed so we headed out top-less. Our run took us along the beautiful country roads through Seaham and Clarencetown for

our morning tea stop at Dungog – by which time there was definitely much more sunshine. It was lovely to see the countryside looking so green and inviting. We always say that you know when you cross into Dungog Shire, they have big challenges with road maintenance – so it is less a matter of avoiding potholes as trying to find strips of tar between them! From Dungog we headed up to a Hunter favourite

– Bingleburra Road. This windy and very scenic road is quite different to drive in each direction and it was great fun even though a section has had a landslip and is now one- lane with an emergency traffic light. We headed through the small town of East Gresford paralleling the Hunter river back to Aberglasslyn and Maitland to Walka Water Works. Parking was at a premium as the end of lockdown

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