skibug wrote:Have just completed (March 12) a Grose River circuit (Govett's Leap/Acacia Flat/Grose River/Burra Korain/Victoria Falls) with a group of fourteen, was AMAZED that there were so few leeches - it was warm, humid, several days after heavy rain, the creeks were full - and yet the whole group probably saw less than a dozen over three days! I couldn't believe it. Where were they? I've camped at Acacia 7 or 8 years ago and the place was swarming with leeches. Any ideas where they have gone for their holidays?
I must say, though, the mosquitos at Acacia (no where else) were as bad as I've ever seen, - you couldn't sit outside for any length of time at dusk, we had to retreat to the tent pretty early!
On another note, walking through the Blue Gum Forest is as fantastic as ever - but where are the blue gum saplings? The understory is now so choked with both native and non-native, I can't imagine any sapling getting a start on life. Is this an issue other people are aware of? Do National Parks need to be planting? All thoughts and comments welcomed.
skibug
I was down there for a 3 day trip a few weeks back at the end of February, as a NPWS volunteer doing remote area bush regeneration along the Grose River downstream of BGF. Only had one leech, on the way down from Perrys when we stopped briefly for a break. I came home covered in itchy mossie bites though, so not only Acacia Flat, but we did notice that they favoured particular spots (most notably our camp site
