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Walk for Young Hearts
Carol White
Walk for Young Hearts
Story
28th May 2012.
I am home. So lucky to finish in the fine weather before the wet set in again.
The walk from Yamba to Duranbah was also one the most beautiful parts of the coast.
The walk from Pippi Beach around past Convent Bch onto Yamba is a pretty area. Pods of dolphins playing just of the headland.
Yamba Golf Club were generous in letting me raise funds at their Friday night raffle.
Then onto to Woody Head. My cousin Suzie walked with me from Iluka to Shark Bay, another gorgeous place. Greg and Tanya had a couple of nights with us at Woody Head. So good to see them and the grandkids. Seen at least 6 turtles off the rocks at Woody Head.
Walked onto Black Rock with Tanya, Kris, Ben and Melissa. Thankyou to Ben for picking us up at Black Rock and running us back to Woody. Black Rock headland is made of Coffee rock. Spectacular.
Kris, Stewart and I moved onto Evans Head and returned to Blacks Rock to complete the walk to Jerusalem Creek.
I could not walk the next 10km of beach as it is restricted military area.
Evans Head to Sth Ballina was my 2nd longest walk 32.5km. Nobody put their hand up to walk this section with me.
More of the Coffee rock at Broadwater. Amazing formations in the rock.
Beautiful beaches just south of Broken Head. 3 little beaches hard to access but worth the trouble.
Had a lot of support walking with me from Ballina to Duranbah.
Saw my first whale of the season just north of Cabarita Bch.
I'd like to thank Betty Linabury for doing the driving for me on the walk from Pottsville to Fingal Head.
In total I walked 1,126.5kms. Could not have accomplished this without my husband's support. Stewart drove just over 8,000km, also kayaking me across rivers and streams. We have taken oodles of pictures to remember our adventure by.
I'd like to thank everybody that walked, encouraged and supported me on this journey to raise funds for the Heart Foundation.
Picture1: Kris and I on the Coffee rock at Black Rock.
Picture2: Brunswick SLSC Club Captain Casey presenting me with flowers at Duranbah finish line.
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08/05/12
Here we are at Yamba. Only a couple more weeks of walking. Have had an eventful journey so far. Car broken down at South West Rocks, all fixed in 2 days by a lovely female mechanic.
The weather is glorious at the moment rain at night fine during the day. Beautiful beaches around South West Rocks, Smoky Cape Lighthouse, Trial Bay.
There are a lot of river crossings up on the north coast so the kayak is in the water quite a bit. Manning, Macleay, Nambucca, Bellinger,Bonville,Moonee,Red Rock, Wooli and Sandon River.
There are a lot of river crossings up on the north coast so the kayak is in the water quite a bit. Manning, Macleay, Nambucca, Bellinger,Bonville,Moonee,Red Rock, Wooli and Sandon River.
Red Rock to Wooli is another really beautiful part of the world, it compares in beauty to Murramarang Reserve down on the south coast.
I have been doing a lot of scrambling around headlands so I don't have to back track, which is one think I do not enjoy.
Brooms Head Bowling Club and patrons were very generous towards my fundraising efforts as we were passing through.
I will be finishing my walk on the 26th May at Duranbah. Looking forward to a good rest.
Picture 1 Gap Beach at Smoky Head.
Picture 2 Rocks at Barcoongere Bch near Station Creek.
I have been doing a lot of scrambling around headlands so I don't have to back track, which is one think I do not enjoy.
Brooms Head Bowling Club and patrons were very generous towards my fundraising efforts as we were passing through.
I will be finishing my walk on the 26th May at Duranbah. Looking forward to a good rest.
Picture 1 Gap Beach at Smoky Head.
Picture 2 Rocks at Barcoongere Bch near Station Creek.
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26/04/12
31st March,We arrived at the Central Coast, where we had a few days’ break with family and friends who had walked with me on some of the Sydney Central Coast and Newcastle beaches.
Macmasters Surf Club kindly let us borrow a IRB with two drivers (Craig and Brad) to help me around Bouddi National Park. What started out as a beautiful calm sunny morning changed around lunchtime when a black southerly hit. Within minutes the surf was up, the waves choppy and messy and the wind had turned to a gale.
On Easter Monday we ? seven family and friends ?walked the 33.5 kilometres of Stockton Beach. That was a long day, starting at 6.30am and finally arriving at Birubi Point at 2.30pm. The walk was mainly done at high tide. Two support vehicles kept us hydrated and fed. Thanks James and Brad.
We had trouble with the car at Tea Gardens. Max, our great towie, helped us into the NRMA. Max then invited us to speak at the Lions Dinner in Taree.
The stretch between Tea Gardens and Seal Rocks we spread over two days. We stayed in a carpark at Mungo Brush ? sleeping while the dingoes howled outside all night. Then we enjoyed the beautiful beaches from Seal Rocks to Forster.
Crossing the Manning River outlets was an experience. We crossed the South Arm in our kayak and hitched a ride across the North Arm in a little tinnie with a family who had come up from Sydney.
Then we travelled on to Port Macquarie, where we rested for a couple of days. The only walk was on the town beaches one day (6km). I had a lovely massage then a rest day on the following, before tackling the beaches from Port Macquarie to Crescent Head.
The rain does not seem to want to leave us.
02/04/12
Monday 19th moved on to Shoalhaven Heads. Craig and Lauren came down and had a week with us.
Walked from Shoalhaven hds to Austinmer the week they were with us.
Craig and Lauren left on the Saturday. Stewart and I moved to Coledale, walked from Little Austinmer to Stanwell Park. Sunday Stewart and I both walked the Royal National Park. Beautiful area but a hard day of walking.
Then on to the Sydney beaches and my Aunty(Tooz), she is 77yrs old, walked with me from Sth Cronulla to Boat Harbour. A 6 km walk.Great effort by her then after the walk we went to Gunnamatta Bay where she joined in with her friends for a 1km swim. The stretch from Malabar to Bondi I walked with my cousin Chris walking the beaches and headlands. This is a walk I recommend to any one visiting Sydney. Met Sarah from the Heart Foundation at Clovelly. Exciting to meet her after only having phone contact for so long.
Walked the Northern beaches on Friday 30th. Started at 8am and finished by 3.30pm. One of the Lifeguards gave me a piggyback across a water outlet.That was the most exciting part of the day. Did not meet any of the Home and Away cast.
I would like to personally thank everyone who has supported me so far on this adventure and its great to hear from you all.
19/03/12
After leaving Bermagui we drove on to Narooma. We walked the beaches south of Narooma, although they were very difficult to access.
We could not reach Wallaga Beach as all the paths leading to the beach were still flooded. On one of the National Park Tracks we came across a group of boys from Melbourne who were on a surfing safari and were bogged. We tried to pull their minibus out with the Subie but it would not budge. In return for our effort they gave us $5.00 for The Heart Foundation.
My eagle is still with me. As for other wildlife, we saw our first snake at Yabbarra Beach north of Narooma, and South Tura was crowded with wallabies and kangaroos.
We used the kayak for the first time to cross the estuary at Brou.
Walking north from Tuross Heads the track leads on to the Binge Dreaming Track, which is an amazing stretch of coastline.
Then walking from Broulee Island to Batemans Bay was difficult, and I was not overly impressed with this part of the coast. Maybe I was just tired.
We had a wonderful day on 14 March when we covered 26kms of beach. The area between Lake Tabourie and Dawsons Beach is truly amazing.
Also, Murramarang Aboriginal Reserve has some of the most beautiful beaches and rock ledges I have ever seen. We had to do a bit of bush bashing with our bodies to get to Meroo Beach. Then we were rewarded at Richmond Beach by the sight of dolphins feeding.
The beaches around Ulladulla are also great for walking, though we had to get the kayak out a couple of times today to help us across some lakes.
Then we walked north to Bendalong from Burrill Lake. Just north of the Narrawallee Inlet is a beach called Buckleys, and seriously it was just Buckleys and me, not Buckleys and none.
Picture; Jimmies Rock at Rosedale Beach.
13/3/2012
Hey All
I thought I would let you all know how we are going on our adventure.
When we started our walk on 1st March the rain was torrential and the wind was howling.
That did not stop us. We started in Disaster Bay, an appropriate name, wading through water up to our waists – that is, up to Stewart's waist and my neck - then scaling around cliff edges.
All went well, though.
We were flooded out of the Nadgee Reserve so we will have to return to do that walk later in the year. We decided not to linger because the reserve has been closed indefinitely at this stage.
We moved on to Merimbula and enjoyed two lovely sunny days before the rain and flooding set in again.
We have seen some beautiful beaches over the past week, and also much bird life. We met little hooded plovers which are apparently becoming rare and beautiful big eagles are keeping an eye on me on every beach.
We have seen only two seals, and sadly both were dead.
We drove on to Bermagui and stayed with my cousin, Lyn, and her husband Ross.
The weather has turned nasty again. We continued walking, determined that the rain would not stop us but in fact it has. So far there have been three beaches that were inaccessible because of flooding and dangerous conditions.
We have averaged about 15kms of walking a day, which is quite good for down south where the National Park tracks are difficult to access.
Today feels good, overcast but with no rain so we are heading to the beaches north of Narooma.
We would like to thank Andrew Edmunds, Director of Far South Coast Surf Life Saving, for his support while we were down on the Far South Coast.
I have attached a photo of the flooded Merrica River.
Speak again soon.
Love carol
8/9/2011
I will start my walk on the 2nd March 2012, setting off from the Nadgee Nature Reserve on the Victoria/NSW border, and continuing along the NSW ocean-facing beaches to a finishing point at Duranbah Beach, on the Queensland Border.
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Carol White has always wanted to walk the beaches of New South Wales. Four years ago her wish was given unexpected purpose when her son Craig, then aged 27, was diagnosed with a heart condition and fitted with a stent. Three years later he had open-heart surgery.
In March 2012 Carol will combine her ambition to walk the beaches with fundraising for the National Heart Foundation of Australia (NSW Division). Her objective, as well as to raise funds, is to lift awareness of heart disease in young adults. Few people in their twenties expect heart problems but anyone experiencing, say, difficulty in breathing or a prolonged feeling of tiredness should have a heart check — especially if there is a family history of heart disease or high blood pressure.
'Heart problems often emerge in your forties and fifties but in fact they can start in your twenties, even teens,' Carol says.
Carol knows. All four sons have heart-related issues, as did her parents. Heart disease runs in her non-smoking, fit, active, sports-oriented family. Carol, 54, a competition hockey player since the age of nine, has also played tennis weekly for the past ten years.
Walking the beaches is new territory. Carol has been in training for her 990 km walk since the start of 2011, walking 20km three days a week, a routine that intensifies to five days a week from October. On 2 March 2012 Carol will start her walk at Nadgee Nature Reserve on the NSW/Victorian border and walk north, covering 763 ocean-facing beaches until she reaches her finishing line at Duranbah Beach, near the mouth of the Tweed River and the Queensland border. Her target is 20 km a day, five days a week. Husband Stewart will drive the trip as her land support, also walking with her through national parks.
Several of Carol’s friends have agreed to take time off work to walk a beach with her. Most have chosen an average 1-2 km beach. Carol's biggest challenge will be Stockton Beach near Newcastle, a 32km stretch of sand. A support team of friends will be on hand in a four-wheel drive with water and food for that day.
Carol has allowed herself three months to complete the walk, and is aiming initially to raise $10,000. More would be wonderful.
Help Carol reach her target and beyond, and to help fund research into heart disease.
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