Quamby Bluff Revisited
A lull in the biking events enabled us to get back to our first love of being in the bush again. This was my second visit to Quamby Bluff but Sharon’s first. Low cloud on arrival was not inspiring but … Continue reading →
Category Archives: bushwalking
Lake Ellen
Three of us had the job to go out and clean up all the markers put out for the SES SAREX exercise back in August that I missed due to our big trip away. The SAREX was dogged by heavy … Continue reading →
Walls loop in a day
I was going to do this walk as an over nighter but due to workload and circumstances I ended up doing it as a day walk. The only real plan I had was to walk into Lake Adelaide and be the … Continue reading →
Blue Tier – Three Notch Track
After a epic day one in the Wyniford River we headed off after slowly packing up camp to the start of the Three notch Track via some forestry roads. This track is the original pack horse track all the tin … Continue reading →
Blue Tier – Wyniford River
WARNING: this is an extremely difficult and dangerous walk on slippery rocks and boulders that will take from six to ten hours to complete. I do not recommend this walk to anybody but very experienced groups with appropriate safety equipment … Continue reading →
Ice House Track
Ice House Track – Smiths Monument – South Wellington Track – Rocking Stone – Zig Zag Track – Richards Monument After dropping off eldest to pickup his new car we made a day of it on Mt Wellington. Today involved a … Continue reading →
Mt Pearson
Mt Pearson and the 9M high rock you can see from space After a friend showed me the 1:25,000 map of the Mt Pearson State Reserve and specifically a point about 1.2km from the Mt Pearson Trig marked as "prominent 9M high rock" … Continue reading →
Mt Nicholas
Mt Nicholas – not an easy 2 hours This is day one of our 4 day East Coast camper trip. On a spur of the moment while driving past this compact little peak it looked like a quick walk up and … Continue reading →
Organ Pipes
Organ Pipes – Mt Wellington In Hobart at the Taste of Tasmania and we needed a short scenic walk for the afternoon. The Organ Pipes Track is a great short walk or loop with fantastic views over Hobart and the cliff … Continue reading →
Bell Mount
Our last little walk on our 500th Cache trip for the day was Bell Mount (803M).This walking track is located on the Cradle Mountain Rd approx 2.5kms turning right from the Cethana Rd junction. It's only a short walk of about 800m although … Continue reading →