This Year
3
Number of Walks Ticked
8.1km
Total Distance Ticked
All Time
450
Number of Walks Ticked
1,584.3km
Total Distance Ticked
| Name | Date | Difficulty | Distance/Duration | |
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Mount Coolum (Sunshine Coast) |
30 Mar, 2024 |
Medium |
2.6km return 90 mins |
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Black Mountain Summit Trail (Australian Capital Territory) |
18 Mar, 2024 |
Medium |
5.4km return 2 hrs |
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| This is a leg burner with no ‘reward’. Since the Telstra Tower and Café closed during Covid, now never to be reopened, there is absolutely no view from the top and no reason for anyone to drive to the top let alone hike. Cut the trees back and it could be an awesome 360° vista. I choose the route up through the Botanic Gardens, which at least provided some interest and a great café for a coffee and a bite to eat when you got back. |
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Mt Ainslie Lookout (Australian Capital Territory) |
17 Mar, 2024 |
Very Easy |
100m return 10 mins |
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| A very misty morning today, so the views were obscured somewhat. | ||||
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Mary Cairncross Reserve (Sunshine Coast) |
12 Dec, 2023 |
Very Easy |
2km return 1 hr |
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Mary Cairncross Reserve (Sunshine Coast) |
13 Aug, 2023 |
Very Easy |
2km return 1 hr |
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Carlo Sandblow (Great Sandy National Park) |
1 Jul, 2023 |
Easy |
3.2km return 90 mins |
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Underground Creek (Girraween National Park) |
2 Jun, 2023 |
Medium |
3.8km return 105 mins |
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| The last time we visited here we were unaware of the ‘unofficial’ track that takes you to the platform above the creek, which we found challenging and most rewarding. | ||||
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Dr Roberts Waterhole (Girraween National Park) |
2 Jun, 2023 |
Easy |
1.4km return 30 mins |
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Castle Rock (Girraween National Park) |
1 Jun, 2023 |
Hard |
4.4km return 90 mins |
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| Getting to the face of the rock was the easy bit. From then on it is a scramble and a precarious walk across the exposed granite to the top. Fantastic views and well worth the effort. | ||||
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The Sphinx and Turtle Rock (Girraween National Park) |
1 Jun, 2023 |
Medium |
7km return 2.5 hrs |
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| An easier trek following the hairy scramble to the top of Castle Rock. Views of Turtle Rock are best from back at The Sphinx although reckoned it resembled an elephant lying on its side more than a turtle. | ||||
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Sawn Rocks (Mount Kaputar National Park) |
31 May, 2023 |
Easy |
1.6km return 45 mins |
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Yulludunida Walking Track (Mount Kaputar National Park) |
30 May, 2023 |
Hard |
4km return 4 hrs |
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| I have to say that we tried to complete this walk, but the unmarked track to the ridge and then along to the top of Mt Yulludunida beat us. It would have taken us another two hours in and back and the risks were too great for someone my age. | ||||
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The Governor (Mount Kaputar National Park) |
30 May, 2023 |
Easy |
2km return 1 hr |
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Mt Kaputar (Mount Kaputar National Park) |
30 May, 2023 |
Easy |
3km return 75 mins |
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Bundabulla Circuit (Mount Kaputar National Park) |
30 May, 2023 |
Easy |
3.7km return 90 mins |
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| This was the last walk I had not completed or been recorded on Mount Kaputar after two visits. It was a great way to finish off this trip with a leisurely walk along the southern perimeter. I have to say that the markers down to Bundabulla Lookout were a little vague and took the wrong track more than once and had to really concentrate to get back on the circuit. | ||||
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Eckford Lookout (Mount Kaputar National Park) |
30 May, 2023 |
Easy |
1.8km return 1 hr |
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Sandstone Caves (Pilliga Nature Reserve) |
29 May, 2023 |
Easy |
2.3km return 1 hr |
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Breadknife and Grand High Tops Circuit (Warrumbungle National Park) |
26 May, 2023 |
Hard |
13km return 6 hrs |
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| What was meant to be the highlight of our trip, was met with a cold wet day that was unforgiving and the cloud cover obliterated any views of the Breadknife or from Grand High Tops. But ‘we never gave up’ and finally got a few photos in when the clouds clear on our way back. | ||||
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Tara Cave (Warrumbungle National Park) |
25 May, 2023 |
Easy |
4km return 90 mins |
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| When we were last here in 2017, this walk was closed due to damage incurred in the 2013 bushfires. Now open and the track cleared this was an enjoyable early morning walk. | ||||
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Fans Horizon (Warrumbungle National Park) |
25 May, 2023 |
Medium |
3.8km return 105 mins |
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| I had an afternoon spare, so decided on this ‘unrecorded’ walk. Can’t say I could get very excited about it, with no views till you reach the lookout. It is a long 900+ steps up and then a knee jarring return, although the views from the lookout were rewarding. | ||||