Mountain River Trail

 Mountain River Trail

The trail goes from the end of Mountain River Road. It was a new one for us to explore.

We were met with an uphill start, followed by a fallen tree that provided much of the entertainment for the day.

Yay!

Most chose to scramble around the tree

A well prepared individual tried to go through the tree.

Going over the tree

Helping out

Here the vegetation changes from Stringybark to Forest Ash

Eventually the track became rough and steep(er) so we had a "rest" before returning downhill

A remnant from the timber getting days, a stump with board hole still visible

This shows the ruts either side of the central ridge from when this was a road, probably for timber getting bullock teams.

What have we here?

An enormous bracket fungus

An animal burrow?

and there was a discarded wattle grub skin

But we are back at the start

Mountain River itself

There were 17 Ramblers. Lunch was at Willie Smiths

Maps

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