Profile for ian parker - Aussie Bushwalking

This Year

Number of Walks Ticked

214.7km

Total Distance Ticked

All Time

106

Number of Walks Ticked

999.1km

Total Distance Ticked

Ticks

Name	Date	Difficulty	Distance/Duration
Spicer's peak (Main Range National Park)	13 Sep, 2025	Very Hard	6km return 4 hrs
Did this today in conjunction with Mt Matheison. Awesome day out in the fantastic scenic rim Mt Matheison is relatively easy whereas Spicers Peak is in my opinion not for the inexperienced or faint hearted. Very steep climbs,dangerous edges and some difficult scrambling well worth it for some amazing scenery on the climb up. Not so many vantage points on the summit. We had some rain near the bottom coming down and wouldn't like to be hiking up in wet conditions.
Mt. Mathieson Circuit (Main Range National Park)	13 Sep, 2025	Medium	10.5km 3 hrs
Done today first followed by spicers Peak. Mt Matheison is a nice easy hike not to challenging with some nice views of Mt Mitchell & Mt Cordeaux.
Ships Stern Circuit (Lamington National Park)	31 Aug, 2025	Medium	21km 7 hrs
Long hike but worth it for the views over the Numinbah Valley. I've done this hike 4 times now in both directions and for me anticlockwise is preferable as it gets the border track out of the way first. Always find finishing along the border track a bit tedious.
Mt Blaine Summit Trail (Ipswich - Flinders Goolman Conservation Estate)	25 Aug, 2025	Hard	5km return 3 hrs
2nd time up. Forgot how steep it was. Great hike with nice views. The prickly pear tree marking the track down has since fallen or been cut down but you can still see it lying down. Real good leg work out up and down.
Mt. Mathieson Circuit (Main Range National Park)	22 Aug, 2025	Medium	10.5km 3 hrs
Really nice hike not to hard. We did it anti clockwise so nothing to difficult. The rocks along the tracks were quite slippery after the recent rain. Nice views of Mt Mitchell and Mt Cordeaux. And worth the 150 metres for the view from the Goveners Chair.
Flinders Peak (Ipswich - Flinders Goolman Conservation Estate)	16 Aug, 2025	Hard	6.5km return 3.5 hrs
Fourth time up. Still a good hike with a bit of everything. Beautiful day for it today.
Pages Pinnacle (South East Queensland)	14 Aug, 2025	Hard	6.7km return 2.5 hrs
Probably the sixth time up on the Pinnacle. Never dissapoints. Just doing the two ridges makes the slog up the steep fire trail worth it. Beautiful views especially when it's a cloudless day.
White Rock Ridge Hike (White Rock - Spring Mountain Conservation Estate)	10 Aug, 2025	Medium	6.5km 2 hrs
Nice hike up to white rock and around and back to picnic area. Would have like to climb white rock but as I've already done it twice before decided against it.
Mount Edwards (Moogerah Peaks National Park)	9 Aug, 2025	Hard	6km return 3 hrs
2nd time up. Nice short hike. Graded as a grade 5 hard hike but I'm thinking it's more a grade 2 or 3.
The Sphinx and Turtle Rock (Girraween National Park)	3 Aug, 2025	Medium	7km return 2.5 hrs
Nice hike in Girraween National Park. Easy track well marked with white paint where needed. Almost got to the top of Turtle Rock but it was one step to many for me. Unreal massive rock formations everywhere.
Castle Rock (Girraween National Park)	3 Aug, 2025	Hard	4.4km return 90 mins
Combined this walk with The Sphinx & Turtle Rock hike. The hike from the Junction up to Castle Rock is unreal especially the last part after the tunnel when you come out onto the slap of Rock just below the top. Great 360 degree views featuring Pyramid Rock and Mt Norman.
Queen Mary Falls Circuit (Main Range National Park)	3 Aug, 2025	Easy	2km return 45 mins
Third time around the waterfall circuit. Nice easy walk.
Lower Portals (Mt Barney National Park)	29 Jul, 2025	Hard	7.4km return 3 hrs
Bit of a hard slog. We crossed Mt Barney Creek to walk up for a distant view of Mt Barney waterfall. Went off track and made our way back down to the creek and rock hopped back towards lower portals but ended up back tracking and found a decent and safe accent back up to the original path. We probably crossed the creek around 10 times 2 times without boots and socks. Bloody freezing. All in all we did a little over 11 klms.
Daves Creek Circuit (Lamington National Park)	12 Jul, 2025	Hard	12km return 4 hrs
Done again for the 6th time. Beautiful easy walk. Beautiful views especially on such a clear day.
Mt Snowden Summit (United Kingdom)	19 Jun, 2025	Hard	13km return 6 hrs
Hiked to Mt Snowdon summit via the NorthFace of Crib Goch. Crossed Crib Goch ridge and up to trig point above railway station. Returned by Llanberris path and hitching a lift back to car along PenY Pass. Incredible day and perfect weather to tackle the ridge.
Mt Snowden Summit (United Kingdom)	2 Jun, 2025	Hard	13km return 6 hrs
Left car park at 2am for a 5am sunrise. Hiked the Rhyd Ddu path in the dark with head torches. Arrived at summit at 4.55am but the sun was well hidden by clouds. Good path nice bit of a ridge walk.
Daves Creek Circuit (Lamington National Park)	2 May, 2025	Hard	12km return 4 hrs
Wild weather out above the Numinbah Valley. Cloudy very windy and 5 minutes of rain. Track is pretty muddy and slippery at the moment. Always a good one to do. The benefits of hiking during the week as I only saw 7 people and they were starting as I was on the last 2klm.
Flinders Peak (Ipswich - Flinders Goolman Conservation Estate)	22 Apr, 2025	Hard	6.5km return 3.5 hrs
Definitely a hard one and you need a 4wd to a start at Flinders Goolman reserve. We also did the caves which was very steep and slippery getting to. Had the peak to ourselves. Awesome but tiring day.
Mt Maroon (Mt Barney National Park)	6 Apr, 2025	Hard	6km return 4 hrs
Mt Maroon summit via West Ridge and caves. 8.63 klms. Started in the dark around 4.30 am. Got to the caves just on sunrise. Hard going from the caves up to summit. Glad I had GPS. Awesome day. Very very steep coming down almost the whole way. All in all around 9 hours with quite a few rest breaks.
Mt Greville (Moogerah Peaks National Park)	23 Mar, 2025	Hard	6km return 3 hrs
Started at first light. Took me 6.5 hours this time. Up waterfall gorge and out to slab Rock. On up to the summit for the fifth time. Down to south east ridge and the car. Today was very humid and hot. Didn't see the predicted rain. Best start this one early as is quite challenging and car park fills up quick.