Profile for ian parker - Aussie Bushwalking

This Year

Number of Walks Ticked

49.7km

Total Distance Ticked

All Time

117

Number of Walks Ticked

1,081.6km

Total Distance Ticked

Ticks

Name	Date	Difficulty	Distance/Duration
Mt Greville (Moogerah Peaks National Park)	5 Mar, 2026	Hard	6km return 3 hrs
This is the 6th time up this Mountain. This time it was up Waterfall Gorge smoko above Slab Rock then up to the summit. Coming down via South East Ridge. Total time was 6.5 hours but with plenty of breaks and a bit of confusion on sth east ridge. Have to remember to veer to the right after the cairn of stones and orange marker. Glad to have had my GPS watch just to get me back on the right track. Didn't get the cooling rain until I had my keys in the car door. Such is life.
Witches Falls (Tamborine National Park)	1 Mar, 2026	Easy	3.4km return 75 mins
Nice easy walk. Nothing to strenuous.
Witches Chase (Tamborine National Park)	1 Mar, 2026	Medium	2.6km return 2 hrs
Nice little hike. Some slippery sections. Nothing difficult.
Bare Rock track and Morgan's Walk (Main Range National Park)	2 Feb, 2026	Medium	13km 4.5 hrs
Nice easy walk done with Mt Cordeaux as well for all up 15 klm approximately.
Pages Pinnacle (South East Queensland)	9 Jan, 2026	Hard	6.7km return 2.5 hrs
Turned left at the first tree with all the markings on and walked beneath the cliff face bringing me out near the start of the first pinnacle. Traversed the pinnacle and dropped down and returned via the track below the pinnacle. Always a nice hike.
West Canungra Creek Circuit (Lamington National Park)	1 Jan, 2026	Hard	18km 6 hrs
Third time around this stunning hike. Plenty of creek crossings but not to much water that my socks got wet. Loads of leeches which is understandable. Perfect weather today nice and cool undet the canopy. I took it at a lazy pac with lots of stops. Just a tad under 7 hours including stops.
Box Forest Track (Main Range National Park)	22 Nov, 2025	Easy	5km return 1 hr
Nice easy track to the start of Mt Mitchell.
Mt Mitchell (Main Range National Park)	22 Nov, 2025	Medium	15km 4.5 hrs
Did this today starting from west gap creek car park which adds another 5klms to total. Nice easy to follow track but a bit overgrown towards the summit so beware of giving ticks a free ride. Also a few leeches made themselves known. I did the return hike back to gap creek car park including 2 good stops to refuel in around 6.5 hours. 16.42 klms total.
Bohgaban Falls (Lamington National Park)	8 Nov, 2025	Hard	10km return 4 hrs
Nice hike. Glad I took my hiking poles for extra balance clambering over the rocks along the 5 or 6 klms of creek bed. Would be a awesome hike after heavy rain and the falls would be spectacular.
Hell's Gates (Sunshine Coast)	11 Oct, 2025	Easy	5.4km return 90 mins
Nice easy walk. Plenty of Humpback whales and Dolphins on show.
Goolman Lookout via Rocky Knoll (Ipswich - Flinders Goolman Conservation Estate)	22 Sep, 2025	Medium	7.4km 2 hrs
Nice easy walk on well signposted paths. All fire trails
Mount Goolman (Ipswich - Flinders Goolman Conservation Estate)	22 Sep, 2025	Medium	5km 2 hrs
Started from Hardings Paddock went via Goolmans lookout. All fire trails and well signed and turned off left at tree with pink ribbons marking summit trail. Pretty well marked all the way up. Steep at the top and hard on the toes coming down. Would be easy to slip on all the loose stones. Easy enough to do but draining in the heat. Better in the colder months.
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.