🌈 Day Out - Lake Alexandra, Sixty Foot Falls & Forty Foot Falls 🌲🚶‍♂️ 🧗🏻

⚠️ FOR YOUR SAFETY, PLEASE READ DESCRIPTION BELOW FULLY BEFORE YOU CLICK ‘Attend’!
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🗓 DATE: Monday, 6 October 2025.
⏰ MEETING TIME: 10.15am.
🚗 MEETING POINT: (start/finish) Lake Alexandra Reserve - at the public toilet.
📍 22 Pioneer St, Mittagong NSW 2575.
Please use Google maps, not Meetup location!
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🥾 DISTANCE: 16 km return loop.
🥾 GRADE: Moderate/slightly HARD on a steady pace.
💪🏽 Reasonable fitness recommended due to uneven rocky surfaces, ups and downs hills, steep climbs, rocks scramblings, creek crossings with a bit of bush bashing at few overgrown sections.
💪🏽 Tracks expected to be wet, muddy and slippery in parts.
❗️ This walk is not for beginners, whingers, non bushwalkers or those with no sense of fun and adventure. Good vibes only! 🤩

📸 WHAT TO EXPECT:
🚶‍♂️ This is an interesting walk starting from the public toilet block at Lake Alexandra Reserve, Mittagong near the carpark.
🦆 We will walk along the beautiful lake with lots of wildlife and wildflowers towards Mt Alexandra and Katoomba Lookout.
🚶🏻After photo sessions and selfies, we will continue our exciting adventure on quite a challenging tracks to Sixty Foot Falls via coke tunnel. We will have a break, a swim (optional) or just chill out.
🚶‍♂️ We will then continue our adventure through the bushland and tree fern gully along Nattai River towards Forty Foot Falls.
🤳 After photo session and selfies, we will head back along Nattai River and creek, fire trails and local roads to the starting point and public toilet at Lake Alexandra Reserve.
🍹You’re very welcome to have a bite to eat or a drinks at Mittagong RSL, less than five minutes drive before heading home.
https://mittagongrsl.com.au/

⚠️ IMPORTANT NOTES ⚠️
📝 DISCLAIMER:
✅ Attending this event is voluntarily at your own risk. Organiser/s accepts no liability of any kind including injuries, accidents, misadventure etc during and after this event.
For full disclosure on Public Waiver, please refer to Meetup Terms and Conditions and the front page of this group on ‘About Us’.
✅ You must adhere and follow the instructions from your organiser/s at all times during this event.
✅ You are responsible for looking after your own health, safety and belongings.
✅ You must take personal accountability for your own choices, actions and/or misadventure.
✅ Keep well back from cliff edges at all times, especially when taking photos.
✅ If you do not wish to be photographed (randomly or group photos), please DO NOT join this event.
✅ If you’re not keeping up the pace with the group or getting lost during the walk, you’re responsible for finding your own way out. The group DO NOT wait for you!
❎ NO facilities or cafes on the trails, so please come well prepared.
❎ NO smoking of any kind on the walk including during photo stops and lunch break.
❎ NO pets including service dogs are permitted on my events. You may join pet friendly walking group instead.
✅ Please be mindful and respectful to members and guest/s from diverse background. This is not a dating event.
✅ If something’s come up, please Edit your RSVP to ‘Not Going’ asap at least by 7pm the day before. It’s only take a second!
❎ Late cancellation or No Show would not be tolerated. You will forfeit the opportunity to join my future events!

🎒WHAT TO BRING:
👕 Comfortable outfit for the weather preferably hiking gear. Jeans or cotton t-shirt may not be suitable for this walk.
🥾 Waterproof hiking boots or good grip walking shoes highly recommended.
💦 At least 1.8L of WATER, Hydralyte or sports energy drinks.
🥪 Snacks and packed LUNCH.
⛑ Basic First Aid kit ie. BandAid, bandages, antibacterial wipes, pain reliever and hand sanitiser.
🧢 Hat, sunscreen, insect repellent ie: Bushman or Aerogard etc.
🏊‍♀️ Cozzies and towel if you wish to swim.
🧥 Light raincoat or a poncho just in case of wet weather.

💵 GRATUITY 💵
$10 CASH per person for this event to be collected at the start of the walk.
✅ Please bring correct change on the day to speed up the meet and greet.
📱Or PayID to my mobile: 0405038557. Ref: (your Meetup name) & Mittagong walk.
Please TEXT me receipt of payment.

🚗 Please update on comments section for carpool with share petrol and toll costs. If you could offer a lift or require a lift from your closest station or any stations on the way.
🚆 Mittagong is the closest train station to/from the meeting point, less than a kilometre or about 15 minutes walk.

🚗 Please leave home with plenty of travel time for traffic delays, parking etc and arrive promptly. It’s RUDE and disrespectful for turning up late!

📲 Any questions, please send me a TEXT message beforehand well before meeting time.
❗️Note that I DO NOT answer calls, text messages or updates on comments section on the day after meeting time!

🌲 Let’s explore and enjoy the great outdoors! 🌿

Norra 😎
📱0405038557 (TEXT & PayID only)