Murrumbidgee Corridor Run

It's great having time off in the week and even better when your best mate does too! Makes for lots of adventures and today was no different. Cath and I chose to run part of the Murrumbidgee Discovery Trail. The whole trail is 27km long running adjacent to the Murrumbidgee River from Casuarina Sands to Pine Island. We chose to complete the northern part - from Kambah Pool to Casuarina Sands a total length of 14km.

We left my car at Casuarina Sands and thankfully Eoin dropped us off at Kambah Pool. It was an eye opener at the start - another car had pulled up behind up and two guys in kinda work gear wandered down the trail and the car took off. Weird we thought...what were they doing?? Nevertheless we hopped out of our car, got sorted and began to walk towards the trail when we noticed a sign that indicated the Kambah Nude Bathing Area was 200m down this trail!! We then observed a map board which showed our trail head actually began back up the road at the top of the hill. Luckily for us Eoin hadn't left so we got back into the car and found the right spot to start!

The start of the trail was a great little single track. Soon though, it was tough - lots of short steep rocky ups and downs as we climbed in and out of small gullies. Our km's rate really slowed down. The river would come in and out of view which was lovely with the Bullen Range as a back drop. 

We were grateful as the landscape changed - flattening out as we cut through a grazed area.The second half of the trail was much easier although still tough on our tired legs. We were very happy to see the bridge over Casuarina Sands come into view and stopped our watches at the car completing the run in just under 2hrs - a little longer than expected. All in all a good run. Now we have to organise to run the southern part of the trail.