Profile for ian parker - Aussie Bushwalking

This Year

Number of Walks Ticked

112.0km

Total Distance Ticked

All Time

Number of Walks Ticked

637.8km

Total Distance Ticked

Ticks

Name	Date	Difficulty	Distance/Duration
Mt Greville: Waterfall Gorge/Palm Gorge circuit (Moogerah Peaks National Park)	23 Sep, 2023	Hard	6.5km return 4 hrs
Third time up. Big day. Left car park at 6.45 am and got back to car at 1.15 am.
Flinders Peak (Ipswich - Flinders Goolman Conservation Estate)	15 Sep, 2023	Hard	6.5km return 3.5 hrs
Second time I've done this but today I did a solo hike. From start to finish including many short breaks and a good 45 minutes at the top it took me 5 hours. Cool at the bottom at 6.30 am but very warm near the top and all the way down. Very steep most of the way and very dry. You need plenty of water.
Mount Coolum (Sunshine Coast)	16 Jun, 2023	Medium	2.6km return 90 mins
Did the sunrise walk today. Nice heart starter but once the legs kicked in it was okay. Loads of people. Good track with a nice view at the top.
Lower Bellbird Circuit (Lamington National Park)	3 Jun, 2023	Medium	12km return 3 hrs
Early start at track entrance below information centre. We walked till it joined the ships stern circuit and decided to do that instead of heading back to Binna Burra. Up until that it was a easy pleasant walk under all the towering cliffs.
Ships Stern Circuit (Lamington National Park)	3 Jun, 2023	Medium	21km 7 hrs
Started out on lower bellbird track but changed to ships stern at lower Ballanjui falls sign. Bit of a slog for quite a few klms with the track going uphill gradually. Came across one angry baby black snake that took it's time moving off the track. Some amazing views along the way. Started at 6.30 am from below information centre and ended at information centre about 3.45 pm and covered about 21klms.
Gwongoorool Rock Pools (Lamington National Park)	20 May, 2023	Medium	6km 2.5 hrs
Nice easy walk down to the pools. Glad I took a jacket as it was quite cool at the rock pools. Not much light down there as you get closer to the creek. Nice spot for a rest and food. Not to hard going back up as the steps are pretty well spread out.
Rocks Circuit (Karawatha Forest)	1 May, 2023	Easy	3.4km return 45 mins
Nice easy walk with the dog. Loads of people about.
Mount Barney South East Ridge (Mt Barney National Park)	29 Apr, 2023	Very Hard	15km return 11 hrs
Hardest hike I've ever done. Left yellow pinch car park at 5.45pm and got back to car. 11 hours later. We covered 17klms of some pretty tough terrain. Fantastic views of the scenic rim all the way up and down especially of Mt Lindsay and Mt Ernest. Some very steep and challenging sections going up and many sections when your literally on the edge of huge drops. Coming down is also challenging and spent a fair bit of it on my bum. Awesome views at the top when we finally got there. A bit deceiving in places as you think your almost there when your not. Glad I've finally done it and had the best day doing it. The weather was for us perfect all day. Definitely wouldn't want to going up or down in rain or strong winds. Pays to have Sat navigation.
Mt Greville: Waterfall Gorge/Palm Gorge circuit (Moogerah Peaks National Park)	22 Apr, 2023	Hard	6.5km return 4 hrs
Early start 5.45 am at the car park. Good to go early as car park was full when we returned at 10.30 am. Hard slog from start to finish but worth doing with some lovely views along the way. 4.5 hours which was a good time with a few stops along the way. The beers chips and gravy at the Dundugan pub at Boonah went down well on the way home.
White Rock Ridge Hike (White Rock - Spring Mountain Conservation Estate)	10 Mar, 2023	Hard	6.5km 2 hrs
Nice easy hike nothing to strenuous.
Warrie Circuit (Springbrook National Park)	11 Feb, 2023	Hard	17km return 5 hrs
Lovely hike so many waterfalls and swimming holes. Bit of a longish hike for us older hikers. We did it anticlockwise and it was relatively easy getting down to the meeting of the waters and spending some time there for lunch and a bit of a dip in the water. Good spot for soaking tired feet. Bit of a slog from there back to canyon lookout car park. We took around 7 hours with quite a few breaks. We started before 6am and we were the only ones there (Just as we like it) luckily it was a shady track.
Mount May (Mt Barney National Park)	22 Jan, 2023	Hard	9km return 5.5 hrs
Second time up. We did it in just under 6 hours. Very steep up and down most of the way. 4wd track back to the campsite is a bit of a killer very slippery with all the loose rocks. Most of the tracks are narrow with lots of loose rocks. Awesome day but tiring.
Mt Cordeaux (Main Range National Park)	31 Dec, 2022	Medium	6.8km return 2.5 hrs
First night hike to see new year in. Bit slower in the dark lots of slippery rocks and roots. Got to top with 20 minutes to spare. Only saw faint flashes of the fireworks in Brisbane city 110klms away through the clouds. The clouds lifted about 15minutes to late. Back down and tucked up in bed by 4.30am.
Killen Falls (New South Wales)	29 Dec, 2022	Medium	3km return 20 mins
Short walk more or less just for a dip. Very busy very worn track.
Caves Track (Lamington National Park)	17 Dec, 2022	Medium	5.2km return 90 mins
Started at lower car park and walked down to information centre and started the walk there and avoided the road on the way back as the gets busy. Nice easy walk lots of views. Plenty of bird life.
Lower Ballanjui Falls (Lamington National Park)	4 Dec, 2022	Medium	11km return 4 hrs
Nice easy walk. Lots of leeches about. Great view of Ballanjui Falls. Nice vantage points of Egg Rock Little Egg Rock and Turtle Rock. Also nice views of Advancetown Dam and Pages Pinnacle.
Ships Stern Circuit (Lamington National Park)	19 Nov, 2022	Medium	21km 7 hrs
Awesome hike but rather a long one. Some great views along the way. Nothing to strenuous just tiring over the last 2 klms. Worth the extra 1.2 klms to view the Ballanjui falls absolutely beautiful.
Mount May (Mt Barney National Park)	1 Oct, 2022	Hard	9km return 5.5 hrs
Absolutely awesome hike climb scramble. Fantastic views of Mt Barney Mt Maroon Maroon dam Mt Greville and quite a few more amongst the Main Range. Took us about 5.5 hours with a few rest stops along the way. Very steep track from the start. Lots of loose rock to make it a bit tricky.
Mt Greville (Moogerah Peaks National Park)	10 Sep, 2022	Hard	6km return 3 hrs
Awesome hike today. Up through waterfall gorge up to the summit of Greville and back down Palm gorge. Hard going and quite steep. Good views of Mt Barney and Mt Maroon and the main range also Moogera dam.
Daves Creek Circuit (Lamington National Park)	3 Sep, 2022	Medium	12km return 4 hrs
3rd time around this circuit. First hike in the rain. Very windy and a bit cold. Conditions just made it more adventurous especially climbing up surprise rock.