This Year
4
Number of Walks Ticked
25.2km
Total Distance Ticked
All Time
504
Number of Walks Ticked
1,684.8km
Total Distance Ticked
| Name | Date | Difficulty | Distance/Duration | |
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Riverbank Walkway (Darling Downs South West) |
17 May, 2021 |
Easy |
5.3km return 2 hrs |
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| It is 8am and freezing cold, but I have a big day ahead and I need to tick this one off before heading out through the cotton fields to Dalby. Despite the cold, I thoroughly enjoyed this walk along the banks of the Balonne River, with only the joggers, dog walkers and mist rising off the river to keep me company. | ||||
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Surat Riverwalk (Darling Downs South West) |
16 May, 2021 |
Easy |
3.7km return 90 mins |
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| This was supposed to be just a coffee stop on my way down from Roma to St George and I ended up spending a couple of hours, not only doing the Riverwalk, but looking around town at the historic information and sites. | ||||
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Lonesome Lookout (Expedition National Park) |
15 May, 2021 |
Easy |
460m return 30 mins |
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| This hidden away lookout was off the grid. I had just driven down through Arcadia Valley from Nuga Nuga National Park and had to keep stopping to admire the view and I came across this unobtrusive lookout that gives you a high vantage point of the outlying area. | ||||
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Lake Nuga Nuga Island Foreshore Walk (Nuga Nuga National Park) |
15 May, 2021 |
Easy |
2km return 45 mins |
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| Visited here in 2021 on my way out of Carnarvon Gorge. Did not spend too much time there other than walking around the ‘Island’ and enjoying the views across the lake. I read something about the fact the lake is only 160 years old and continually getting larger every time there are floods in the area. In 1865 it was only 1km wide and now about 8km wide. | ||||
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Boolimba Bluff (Carnarvon National Park) |
14 May, 2021 |
Hard |
7.1km return 3 hrs |
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| Last walk of the trip and boy was that 300m climb from the base of the cliff to the top a challenge. By the time you have walked across the top to the lookouts, it is time for a drink, snack, a chat to fellow climbers and enjoy the views south and out across the gorge, before heading back down. | ||||
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Mickey Creek (Carnarvon National Park) |
13 May, 2021 |
Medium |
4.7km return 2 hrs |
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| Yesterday I was in the Main Gorge, but today is all the side trips. I was told; 'go beyond the maintained track', and they were right, that is where the adventure begins. I managed a further 800m scramble up through the creek, till I was faces by a series of huge boulders that blocked my path. I subsequently found that you can climb under the boulders, but being on my own and nobody else around, it was not a risk I was prepared to take. | ||||
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Rock Pool (Carnarvon National Park) |
13 May, 2021 |
Easy |
900m return 30 mins |
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| I guess this is a great spot to cool off in the summer, but in May, is was not an option, although there were a couple sitting in the middle of the creek with beers in hand! | ||||
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Nature Trail (Carnarvon National Park) |
13 May, 2021 |
Easy |
1.6km return 45 mins |
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| After a day up Mickey, Warrumbah and the Rock Pools, this was a pleasant and tranquil walk down and around the Carnarvon Creek. | ||||
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Warrumbah Creek (Carnarvon National Park) |
13 May, 2021 |
Medium |
3.1km return 1 mins |
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| Having tackled Mickey Creek as far as I could go, I worked to see how far up Warrumbah I could get on my own and once again was faced with a set of slippery boulders 2/3m high with no hand holds. I started to build a platform of logs and smaller boulders, but could not risk the final 'leap of faith' to get up. Reckon two fit people could do it by helping each other. | ||||
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Moss Garden (Carnarvon National Park) |
12 May, 2021 |
Medium |
7.5km return 3 hrs |
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| This was a long but enjoyable walk into the Moss Garden. With not a lot of water running, have I seen better: yes. | ||||
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Amphitheatre (Carnarvon National Park) |
12 May, 2021 |
Medium |
8.4km return 4 hrs |
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| Now, this one was fun, climbing the ladders to the small entrance and then working your way through to the chamber. The warning is that: 'don't get caught in here in a bad storm, as the only way out is the same for you and the water!' On the day I was down there, a thunder storm came through and a Ranger and his party spent an hour sheltering under the overhang till the storm abated. |
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Wards Canyon (Carnarvon National Park) |
12 May, 2021 |
Medium |
9.8km return 4 hrs |
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| This was by far the best of the top four: Moss Garden, Amphitheatre, Art Gallery and Wards Canyon. Absolutely fascinating with a waterfall, King Ferns and some modern history attached. On the day I was down there, a thunder storm came through and a number of my fellow campers spent an hour sheltering under the overhang whilst the thunder and lightning rocked the gorge. Fantastic experience. Came back to camp to find everything under water, but within an hour it had all soaked away. |
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Art Gallery (Carnarvon National Park) |
12 May, 2021 |
Medium |
11.5km return 4 hrs |
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| This was great if you had never seen 'Rock Art', but I found the inscriptions very repetitive and have seen better in the Northern Territories. Interesting that there is a lot of graffiti 'modern rock art' all around the 1950's. | ||||
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Takarakka Lookout (Carnarvon National Park) |
11 May, 2021 |
Easy |
1km return 30 mins |
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| So you are staying in a camp site on the edge of Carnarvon Gorge; you have to have a look around and see what is on offer and this little walk up to the lookout was just one. I continued down and along the creek where people were watching the rock pool for platypus and other catching butterflies! | ||||
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Roma Bush Gardens (Darling Downs South West) |
10 May, 2021 |
Easy |
1.3km return 30 mins |
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| Whenever I am on a road trip, I look for the 'brown' road signage that can lead to some interesting places and this was one of them. Tucked in around the back of Roma, it provides a short walk around the old Railway Dam, where the local community has spend time developing and replanting native trees, but needs more information on exactly what has been replanted, as much of the off path area is through grassed areas. | ||||
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Adungadoo Pathway (Darling Downs South West) |
10 May, 2021 |
Easy |
4.2km return 90 mins |
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Fantail Walk (Toowoomba) |
9 May, 2021 |
Medium |
1.7m return 45 mins |
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| Had a bit of spare time in Toowoomba, so headed out to Picnic Point and on a late Sunday afternoon ticked off this walk down the hill, with its great views of the human ants scrambling up Mt Table Top. | ||||
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Mt Peel Walking Tracks (Toowoomba) |
9 May, 2021 |
Medium |
3.4km return 90 mins |
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| Without a Navman, I would never have found this place and a friendly Staffie dog greeted me at the car park and wants to come with you for a walk. This was certainly a new perspective of Toowoomba from the west. | ||||
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Eric Joseph Foote Sanctuary (Buderim) (Sunshine Coast) |
28 Apr, 2021 |
Medium |
1.4km return 45 mins |
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Mary Cairncross Reserve (Sunshine Coast) |
17 Apr, 2021 |
Very Easy |
2km return 1 hr |
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