Profile for F.A.B. - Aussie Bushwalking

This Year

Number of Walks Ticked

11.5km

Total Distance Ticked

All Time

477

Number of Walks Ticked

1,623.8km

Total Distance Ticked

Ticks

Name	Date	Difficulty	Distance/Duration
Granite Arch (Girraween National Park)	5 Nov, 2017	Easy	1.7km return 30 mins
Easy to combine this on the way back from The Pyramid, as it was all downhill! This was our last walk over a two week road trip with the grandchildren out from the Sunshine Coast to Dubbo and back. Final tally was 26 walks covering 70km. Wow.
Sawn Rocks (Mount Kaputar National Park)	4 Nov, 2017	Easy	1.6km return 45 mins
This was a 'bucket' list item on our November 17 road trip and we were not disappointed. Must have spent more time climbing over and admiring the structures than it took us to walk in!
Mount Coryah (Mount Kaputar National Park)	3 Nov, 2017	Medium	4km return 2 hrs
The challenge today is to complete as many of Mount Kaputar's walks as possible. We have earmarked seven, so let's see how we do! This is probably the longest and hardest for the kids, but kept them amused by getting them to work out how old the various Grass Trees were. Great view of the Western Escarpment from the top.
Euglah Rock Lookout (Mount Kaputar National Park)	3 Nov, 2017	Easy	600m return 15 mins
It's a great day when you can take four different walks, covering the north, south, east and west of Mt Kaputar and enjoy a different aspect each time.
The Governor (Mount Kaputar National Park)	3 Nov, 2017	Easy	2km return 1 hr
By far our best walk of the day. Just sitting on top of The Governor, with a sheer drop off in front of you and an outlook across the northern part of Mount Kaputar NP to die for.
Eckford Lookout (Mount Kaputar National Park)	3 Nov, 2017	Easy	1.8km return 1 hr
Could not get very excited about this one, but if it is there, then you just got to walk it. Think we are now up to walk four for the day, with four to go.
Lindsay Rock Tops (Mount Kaputar National Park)	3 Nov, 2017	Easy	2km return 45 mins
We really enjoyed this one, not only because of the different landscape and adding stones to the cairns, but also the view out to Mt Lindsey to the east and valleys to the south.
Mt Dowe (Mount Kaputar National Park)	3 Nov, 2017	Easy	1.3km return 30 mins
Not very inspiring and if we had know that there was no views from the top and only a communications tower, we would not have walk up.
Mt Kaputar (Mount Kaputar National Park)	3 Nov, 2017	Easy	3km return 75 mins
As we were staying at Dawsons Spring Campground for a couple of nights, this was an easy walk out of camp to the summit of Mt Kaputar.
Dawsons Spring Nature Trail (Mount Kaputar National Park)	3 Nov, 2017	Easy	1.4km return 30 mins
After trekking around the park all day, this was the 8th and final walk of the day, that circumnavigated Dawsons Creek Campground, where we were staying, before a well deserved beer.
Sandstone Caves (Pilliga Nature Reserve)	2 Nov, 2017	Easy	2.3km return 1 hr
This is a little hidden gem, receiving very little promotion, due to its Aboriginal heritage. But so, so worth a visit if you are in the area.
Burbie Canyon (Warrumbungle National Park)	31 Oct, 2017	Easy	2.4km return 1 hr
The walks are back open today, but we have to move on, so a fantastic little walk along the canyon was all that we had time for.
Whitegum Lookout (Warrumbungle National Park)	30 Oct, 2017	Very Easy	1.25km return 30 mins
Unfortunately, due to extreme weather conditions, all the main walks had been closed today for safety reasons. This left us with Wambelong and Whitegum. The lookout was easily the best introduction to what we were missing, with fantastic view of Split Rock, Belougery Spire, Breadknife and many more.
Wambelong Nature Track (Warrumbungle National Park)	30 Oct, 2017	Easy	1.3km return 45 mins
Limited to just two walks today, as a result of the closure of the main walks of safety grounds, due to severe weather conditions, this was a welcome and interesting evening walk from our campsite at Camp Blackman.
Cathedral Rock (Cathedral Rock National Park)	28 Oct, 2017	Hard	5.6km return 3 hrs
O.M.G. Started off easy for the first 3km and then all hell broke loose as we negotiate the last 600m with a 80m climb/scramble, clawing our way up through the gigantic boulders, with a final chain traverse around the last boulder before ascending the 'throne'. Keep your nerve Pops, the grandchildren are with us!
Ebor Falls (Guy Fawkes River National Park)	28 Oct, 2017	Easy	3.1km return 1 hr
Having done Cathedral Rock this morning, this was a more relaxed stroll along the cliff edge of these beautiful falls and along the river into town for a beer.
Round Mountain (Cathedral Rock National Park)	28 Oct, 2017	Easy	5.5km return 2 hrs
The last of three walks today covering a total of 14.8km, having scrambled up Cathedral Rock and along Ebor Falls, this was an easy if a little longer than expected walk to the top. A few well deserved cold beers were waiting in the esky at Barokee Campground for our return.
Platypus Hole (Boonoo Boonoo National Park)	26 Oct, 2017	Easy	400m return 30 mins
On our way to Boonoo Boonoo Falls and pulled into the campsite for a look around and came across this leisurely wander down to the river.
Boonoo Boonoo Falls (Boonoo Boonoo National Park)	26 Oct, 2017	Easy	700m return 30 mins
We haven't visited this area for over a decade, but now think that we did go to the falls in 2001 and again in 2005. This visit with the grandchildren was 'the best'. There words now mine! Just loved rock hopping the boulders out to the edge of the waterfall, as the water level was pretty low, which made it more fun.
Little Bald Rock (Bald Rock National Park)	26 Oct, 2017	Medium	7.8km return 2 hrs
Having been confused by the distance markers and where to climb up, I finally got to the top of this one to place another stone on the cairn and enjoy the great views on what I had thought was a sunny day. However, when I panned around to the east, I was confronted by a huge black thunderstorm cloud heading straight for me. I have never legged it off a mountain so fast in all my life! I don't mind getting wet, but lightning and granite do not mix, as I witnessed in Girraween NP a week later, with a strike hitting The Pyramid.