Profile for Allan Allport - Aussie Bushwalking

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Name	Date	Difficulty	Distance/Duration
North Cliff Track (Moogerah Peaks National Park)	7 Apr, 2012	Very Easy	720m return 15 mins
Was pretty eerie with all of the burnt stuff, but looked awesome
Mount Edwards (Moogerah Peaks National Park)	7 Apr, 2012	Hard	6km return 3 hrs
Surprised by the large amount of children on it! Also a lot of people without much gear.
Mt Greville (Moogerah Peaks National Park)	9 Mar, 2012	Hard	6km return 3 hrs
I went up Palm Gorge and down Waterfall Gorge. Got a bit lost finding the start of Waterfall, but once in, it was gorgeous. Found some excellent little waterfalls and swimming holes
Purling Brook Falls Circuit (Springbrook National Park)	8 Jan, 2012	Medium	4km return 2 hrs
Mt Ngungun (Glass House Mountains National Park)	28 Dec, 2011	Medium	2.8km return 90 mins
Very simple, even with someone who doesn't normally hike we finished it in under an hour with a very long break
Mount Allan (Conondale National Park)	29 Oct, 2011	Medium	10.4km return 4 hrs
Cloudy and humid day, but still a reasonably good view from the top of the tower. The water was higher than normal, so we had to park outside the park and walk down the 4wd track, getting wet a few times. Returned via the extra trail to day use area #1 where the creek crossing was well under water. Our feet spent most of the day wet and there were quite a few leeches, but still a good walk to the tower which really got the heart rate pumping with it's constant uphill.
Ships Stern Circuit (Lamington National Park)	17 Aug, 2011	Medium	21km 7 hrs
Did all of the side walks for the first half, but then the rain kicked in and made us hurry. The track condition is great, I just was confused when the track split in two for the "western lookouts" and "eastern lookouts" part, so we stuck to Eastern. Next time I guess I'll check out Western
Poets Rock (Karawatha Forest)	12 Jun, 2011	Easy	4km 1 hr
I did this after doing the Rocks Circuit. Not as good of a view, but the woodland is a bit more wild and closed in.
Mt Mitchell (Main Range National Park)	28 May, 2011	Medium	10.98km 3.5 hrs
A great and easy walk! And so empty, only passed 2 other groups. 3 fit guys did it in under 2 hours easily, although that's not including the hour we spent on the summit trying to fly a kite. Amazing views on a chill autumn's morning.
Mt Barney - East Peak - Up South-East - Down South (Mt Barney National Park)	25 Apr, 2011	Very Hard	15km return 10 hrs
ANZAC Day hike saw it quite busy. And wet. We got lost at the first main scramble, spent about an hour trying to find a path before we remembered/realized that you had to go up the crack in the ridge. The weather was cloudy and lots of little spurts of rain, made the second/smooth rock scramble quite difficult. Luckily with 5 of us in the group we could boost and pull everyone up. Next time though, I'm definitely taking at least 10 metres of rope to help. I saw a lot of people descending via South East Ridge, which I've never tried of before. But they seemed to think it was easier. When we did make it to the top, clouds were rapidly rolling in, making the descent to Rum Jungle a blind one in the white out. Bumped into a few other hikers in the same situation and we all ended up quite north of rum jungle and had to climb back up. With all of our setbacks we finished the last 5 kms of the hike in pitch black. It was quite the ANZAC Day adventure. For anyone who has never done this before, make sure you are plenty prepared and have lots of extra supplies. If we hadn't the previous experience on this hike (3 newbies, but 2 people who had done it multiple times before) it could have ended quite badly.
Morelia Track (D'Aguilar National Park)	26 Mar, 2011	Medium	6km return 2 hrs
Very overgrown, probably due to the recent rain and such. The views were quite obstructed and the track had me weaving through long grass and around lots of hanging branches
Bare Rock track and Morgan's Walk (Main Range National Park)	19 Feb, 2011	Medium	13km 4.5 hrs
Budget some extra driving time and be ready not to find a park after the major storm/flood damage. The walk was great, although very cloudy until the way back and lots of snakes and leeches around. I agree with the others that you don't need to do the Morgan's Walk.
Mt Cordeaux (Main Range National Park)	19 Feb, 2011	Medium	6.8km return 2.5 hrs
Cloudy until the way back
Mt Barney - East Peak - Up South-East - Down South (Mt Barney National Park)	27 Nov, 2010	Very Hard	15km return 10 hrs
Third time doing it for me, maybe one of the hardest. The slabs were slippery due to recent rain but the day was perfect. One of my co-hikers got a stick in the eye about half way up South-East and could barely see. It took us the full 8 hours with him limping between us. But still amazing
Warrie Circuit (Springbrook National Park)	31 Oct, 2010	Hard	17km return 5 hrs
Beautiful on a warm day, about 10 degrees cooler in Springbrook than down the coast. Tried to find the turn off for the Pinnacle, but walked straight by it. Must be the only non-signed part of the entire track.
Lower River Track (Daintree National Park)	6 Aug, 2010	Easy	1km return 30 mins
Very busy and popular, but you can see why
Rainforest Circuit (Daintree National Park)	6 Aug, 2010	Easy	5km return 90 mins
Walsh's Pyramid (Wooroonooran National Park)	5 Aug, 2010	Very Hard	6.2km return 7 hrs
So many runners making us look weak. But totally worth it for the amazing views
Barron Falls Lookout (Barron Gorge National Park)	3 Aug, 2010	Very Easy	1.2km return 45 mins
Even saw a snake on the track, despite all of the tourists!
Wrights Lookout (Barron Gorge National Park)	3 Aug, 2010	Very Easy	3km return 1 hr
Beautiful view! Despite all of the crowds at Barron Falls, no one bothered to come here. We were the only people for 20 minutes.