Thursday 20 October 2022 Wallaga Lake

 According to the weather forecast today would be the last chance for a paddle for at least another week. So with the tide against us - 5.53am 1.2m, going down to a low of 0.8m at 11.07am - we opted for a mooch around on Wallaga Lake.

The water was glassy when we arrived at our launch site, however

by 10.15am when we launched the breeze had arrived. We set off across the lake, circumnavigating Green Bay before stopping at Snapper Point for morning tea, landing at 11.30am.

Shortly after setting off again at 12.10pm the GoPro ran out of battery. So here are a couple of pics of our venture up the, at this water level, very shallow left hand lead into Dignam's Creek. A lot of seeking and searching, grounding out, shoving, heaving and back paddling was done to make our way up the creek.

A pair of Chestnut Teal

We could hear the wind picking up and knew we would be paddling into it and so decided to turn at the top of the island and start heading back - this time down the main, deeper channel.

By the time we returned to Snapper Point (1.25pm) the wind had dropped to a breeze, the sun was shining again - it had turned into a lovely day to be out and so we stopped for lunch.

Lunch was really an excuse to spend 50mins in the company of friends, gazing upon Gulaga across the bay and watching the ever changing cloud formations around her peaks.

GoPro rebatteried we set off again at 2.15pm.

Not you lot again!  

The final 400ms or so of the paddle was fun as the slight swell pushed us along, in the direction we needed to go and we quickly reached our take out point at 3.05pm 

 

Trip Notes:

High Tide at Wallaga Lake Entrance: 5.53am , 1.2m

High Tide at Merriman Island: 8.28am , 1.2m

Put In/Take Out: End of Fairhaven Point Way

13.6kms

4 hrs 50mins