Austins Ferry and Poimena
Reserve
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Blog entry |
Poimena and Austins Ferry 21 August 2021 |
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Start point |
Beedhams reserve Main Road Austins ferry |
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Directions and hints There is a parking spot beside the road
opposite the service station. Cross the road and go up Hilton street, find
the alley way through to Chippendale Street, turn right and at the end you
will come to the reserve. Turn left and walk up through the reserve to the
top. There is a wide track that takes you northwards to great views. Do a
loop and return to the toilet block then make your way down the middle of the
park to Main Road. Turn left and cross the road into Austins ferry Road. Go
clockwise through Weston Park and Shoobridge Park before following the
railway line back to the parked cars. |
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Bracken Lane
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Blog entry |
Bracken Lane 16 March 2022 |
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Start point |
Halls Saddle Cnr Chimney Pot Hill
Rd/Huon Road ///grains.revote.fins |
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Directions and hints Take the Pipeline track towards Fern Tree,
cross the road and go through the playground and behind the church. At the
junction either continue along the contours (easier, take the right hand
option over the bridge) or uphill (to find Silver Falls Track) at the
junction go right. Either way you come to
Pillinger Drive and Bracken Lane. Go down Bracken Lane, onto the zig zag bike
track and back to Halls Saddle. |
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Bridgewater Parkland
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Blog entry |
Bridgewater Parkland 1 November 2023 |
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Start point |
37 Gunns Road Bridgewater ///partners.shining.share |
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Directions and hints Follow the path beside the river. When you come to Green
Point do an anticlockwise circuit and return to the path. Return to Gunns Rd. |
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New Norfolk
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Blog entry |
New Norfolk 20 April 2022 |
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Start point |
Tynwald
Park (on the left) ///lifeboats.guavas.roared |
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Directions and hints Go clockwise around the park, cross the bridge and continue beside the
river. At the top of an incline look for a lookout spot on the right and
shortly after it a flight of steep steps down to the Esplanade. Go all the
way along the Esplanade and up the ramp to the main road, cross it at Officer
St and go up here to the town centre. Make your way through Willow Court and
George Street to find the track beside Lachlan River which will take you back
to Tynwald Park. |
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Brinktop Track
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Blog entry |
Brinktop Track, Richmond 27 July 2022 |
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Start point |
Bathurst St car park ///circulating.scrolled.migrant |
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Directions and hints From the car park you can go down to the
weir for a look and return on a lower path, this path will then return and
take you to the Richmond Bridge. Cross the bridge and go up
Brinktop Road to the junction with Morgan St. The track gate is here and the
track goes inside the fence all the way up to a reserve at the top. You cross
the minor road and do a clockwise circuit of the reserve before returning the
same way, downhill, left at the bridge and back to the car park. |
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Goat Bluff
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Blog entry |
Calverts Beach to Goats
Bluff 25 April 2018 |
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Start point |
Turn
off South Arm Highway and drive to the parking area at the end. ///irritated.played.wildly |
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Directions and hints Go through the dunes to the
beach and turn right. Walk along the beach to the
ramp, take either of the tracks towards the Goat Bluff Lookout. Return by either track. NB,
the track near the road is easier. |
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Gordon’s Hill
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Blog entry |
Gordon’s Hill 7 April 2021 |
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Start point |
Montagu Bay Foreshore Park (Reserve) ///nowadays.bedrock.dogs |
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Directions and hints Walk up Montagu Bay Road
and Loinah Road, go behind the Clarence Aquatic Centre and cross the bridge
over the Highway. Bear right and up the
grassed area beside the playing field into the bush. You will come to a
footpath, turn right and follow the path all the way around the hill. There are some steep
sections. There is an option to cut through to Ryeland Court and Loatta Road
to avoid an uphill section. Turn right when you come to
the point where you entered the reserve and go back over the bridge etc. |
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Peter Murrell
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Blog entry |
Peter Murrell 5 May 2021 |
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Start point |
Scarborough Avenue ///ambient.clubs.emerge |
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Directions and hints Start by going down the
main Scarborough Fire Trail, turn right to go around the ponds. Connect back
to Coffee Creek Trail and continue as far as you can. Once you reach the road,
turn left uphill on Howden Fire Trail. There is a nature loop to the right
which brings you back to Howden Fire Trail. Cross it to continue or turn
right and then you can take any left turn or walk to the top to make your way
back to the start. |
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Port Huon
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Blog entry |
Port Huon 26 January 2022 |
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Start point |
Kermandie Hotel (parking
opposite) ///folks.piles.duping |
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Directions and hints Make your way through the
bush to the Sports Centre. Just past it is a wetlands boardwalk that takes
you to the highway. Cross over onto Doody’s
Hill Road and there is another section of walking track beside the highway.
You can go through Sacred heart School to find the next section of walking
track , or go behind Dr Sawfish. Continue along this bush section to an open
space and the finish at an engineering works. Return the same way. |
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Blog entry |
Rosny Hill 7 August 2022 |
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Start point |
Kangaroo Bay ///trap.brushing.balanced |
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Directions and hints Take the wide path around
the bay, it continues around Rosny Point to Montagu Bay. Go up Montagu Bay rd
to number 15 and you will see an entry onto the hill. Go anticlockwise until
you come to a gravel track leading downhill to a path, turn right and at the
end of the path find flights of steps going down to the bowling club. Make
your way back to the cars. |
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Two Rivers Walk (Risdon Vale)
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Blog entry |
New |
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Start point |
Cnr Grasstree Hill Road and
Kerria Rd. ///sorrow.coach.jiggling |
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Directions and hints The path curves away from
the road. Follow it over a small bridge and take the left fork. Keep the
houses on your right and Grass Tree Rivulet on your left. Follow behind the
houses. (At one point the track
becomes rocky and steep but can be avoided by going via Magnolia Road and
onto Sycamore Road.) After 2km the track crosses
Risdon Vale Creek. If there is too much water stay on the right hand side. There is a clear path
beside the creek back to the start |
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Blessington Track
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Blog entry |
Blessington Track 20 January 2021 |
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Start point |
South Arm War Memorial |
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Directions and hints Walk up Jetty Road, past
the toilets, keeping left to avoid the beach. The track follows the
coast, it goes between the houses and cliff through a coastal reserve to Pot
Bay Beach. Continue up and around the
Cape Deliverance Military Base to another beach with good views of Iron Pot
Lighthouse. Return the same way, making
sure to look for the track back onto Pot Bay Beach which is sometimes
obscured by bushes. |
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Sixpence Cave
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Blog entry |
Sixpence Cave 30 June 2020 |
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Start point |
Hall’s Saddle Cnr Chimney Pot Hill
Road/Huon Hwy |
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Directions and hints Walk down the Pipeline
Track (towards Waterworks) to McDermot's Farm. Turn right and follow the fire
trail until it starts to go downhill, on the right is a pile of brush and a
cleared bit like parking, you can find an uphill narrow track going up, over
a fallen tree. Continue, looking up to the right till you see the cave, make
your way up the slope. To return come
down the slope and go to the right until you come to a bitumen road going
uphill. At Ridgeway Road go to the right, over a low barrier and then left up
a rugged track. Keep following this, bearing right at the top and the
downhill trail will bring you back to McGregors’s Farm. Left turn and easy
walk back to the start. |
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Blog entry | Mickey’s Beach Updated from 8 Sept 2021 |
Start point | Randalls Bay Beach |
Directions and hints |
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Blog entry
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Clarence Plains Rivulet
Walk 13 July 2022 |
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Start point
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Bayview School |
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Directions and hints Park in the school grounds,
or roadside. Cross the playing fields
diagonally, keeping to the left of the tree. Pass through a gate and turn
right along the track beside the Rivulet. Turn left and right to keep the
Rivulet on your left. Further on take a left over a small rock bridge and
cross Goodwin’s Road at the crossing. Continue until you come out on Meehan
Road. Go left, then left into Dart Lane, left into Emerald Drive and back onto
Goodwin’s Road. Return along the Rivulet but this time bear left and enter
the school grounds on your right to walk in front to the buildings and back
to the cars. |
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Hobart Rivulet
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Blog entry
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Hobart Rivulet 22 June 2022 |
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Start point
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Cascade Gardens car park McRobies Rd South Hobart |
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Directions and hints Do a loop of Cascade Garden
especially in autumn. It is often possible to go up the steps behind the
toilet block and do a loop above the gardens. After this follow the
Rivulet downstream via Degraves St. the Female Factory and into Hobart Linear Park. At one point there is a
left hand option to go up and over a hill, returning to join the original
track at South Hobart School. The track will now take you as far as Molle St
via McKellar St and the Korean Memorial. At Molle St you can get coffee at
Hamlet before returning.
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Mount Nelson
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Blog entry
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Mount Nelson 20 September 2022 |
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Start point
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Signal Station |
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Directions and hints
Go down to the start of the
track past the sign. Continue gently downhill until you reach the main Fire
Trail. You can cross this and take a small loop back onto itself, or simply
go up the fire trail and follow it back uphill. You will come to a gate onto
Mount Nelson Road and so to the Signal Station. |
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Porter Hill, Mt. Nelson
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Blog entry
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Porter Hill 22 November 2023 |
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Start point
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Grange Picnic Area Sandy Bay Road. |
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Directions and hints Take the Truganini Track
until you reach a right hand uphill turn off. Take this and go around the
hillside until you come to the road. Go up the road to the Dorney House for a
look around and to get the best views of the City. Return the same way or take
Smugglers Way, which is a bit steep in parts and slippery after rain. There
is a signed entrance to the track on the road which you came up. |
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Racecourse Flats
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Blog entry
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new |
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Start |
Lauderdale Football Club (Angie Sue) |
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Hints and directions
Park in the sports oval and
go around the outside, keeping left. You will come to Racecourse
Flats and go around as far as a Y shaped junction. Go left between the houses
to leave the Flats and then right on Bayview St. Enter the beach at any of
the lefthand access points and walk back towards Lauderdale. Leave on the
ramp by the old jetty ruins. Go along the canal and turn
left onto the Highway. The end is two blocks
along.
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Ridgeway
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Blog entry
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Ridgeway 19 April 2023 |
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Start point
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Corner Ridgeway
Road and Chimney Pot Hill Road |
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Directions and hints Start by going down the
road to the Ridgeway Dam gate. Take the uphill path to the right. Follow this
and bearing left as the trail runs out. From here you will join a main trail
back to the gate, cross the road and take the left hand uphill track which will
return you to the start point. |
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Risdon Brook Park
(bush)
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Blog entry
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Risdon Brook Park 22 February 2022 |
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Start point
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Risdon Brook Park |
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Directions and hints
From the car park, go down
to the water side and continue in an anticlockwise to the head of the dam. Continue on the track or
for an interesting, but slightly hilly option, as you head back look for a
gravel access road on the right. Go up it and through a gate onto another
gravel path. Turn left and go through
the bush until you are nearly back to the start where you will see a grassy
path leading off to the left. This will take you to the dam wall and car
park.
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Sandfly
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Blog entry
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Sandfly 28 March 2024 |
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Start point 1. Start point 2. |
Sandfly Memorial Oval Riverdale Road |
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Walk 1. This is an undulating
track, a bit rough in parts but generally easy. Pleasant bush scenery and
glimpses of the river. The entrance to the walk is
on the left as you go into the park. Follow this until you reach North West
Bay River and turn left. Continue until you reach the road. Return the same
way.
Walk 2. This is only accessible at
low water level as there are two river crossings. It is shallow and there are
rocks but they are not stepping stones.
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Suncoast Track
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Blog entry
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Suncoast Track 8 November 2021 |
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Start point
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Blackmans Bay Beach (southern end) |
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Directions and hints
Go to the end of the beach and find the
track leading along the coast, follow it until you reach the dog park. There
is a marked bush track on the other side, keep going until you see a little
bridge which takes you across the valley and back the way you came. At the top of the rise
there is access to Suncoast Drive, cross the road and return via a laneway
between beside number 72, then to 29 Tahune Crescent where another lane goes
to Seacrest Avenue. At the bottom of Seacrest cross onto a grass area and
another lane back to Blackman’s Bay Beach, via Flowerpot Crescent. |
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Tranmere Foreshore
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Blog entry
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Tranmere 30 June 2021 |
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Start point
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Cleve Court off Tranmere Rd |
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Directions and hints
Go to the end of Cleve
Court and between number 17 and 20 to the shore. Follow this as far as you
like. There are toilets when you meet Tranmere Road. The Foreshore Trail
continues along the roadside to Pindos Park.
The track continues for several kilometres, a loop of the park takes 10
minutes. Return the same way. Consider taking a short detour to a beach for
intriguing rock formations and pools. Take a right turn onto the road at the
end.
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Whitewater Creek
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Blog entry
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Whitewater Creek 9 March 2022 |
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Start point
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Kingston Park Goshawk Way |
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Directions and hints
Go down to the creek, turn left and follow
the path as far as the fork where a right turn takes you to Summerleas Road.
Go right, up the road and take the left turn to Gormley Drive. On the left
you will come to a grassy track which goes behind the community garden and
dog park to Spring Farm. Go down O’Connors Drive and Spring Farm Road and
turn left on the track beside Southern Outlet. When you come to Summerleas
Road, cross it and take Whitewater Track back to Kingston Park.
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Term Two 2025
Waterworks
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Blog entry |
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Start point |
Waterworks Reserve Entrance |
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Directions and hints Due to parking woes
on Romilly Street we will park at the Waterworks Reserve entrance and walk
down the Pipeline to Romilly Street and return, then there are options for
Strollers to take a shorter circuit and Ramblers to go anticlockwise around
the two dams. Meeting up again at
the cars. |
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Blog entry
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Harts Hill 20 July 2022 |
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Start point
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Mens Shed Van Morey Road Margate |
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Directions and hints Take the track behind the
Mens Shed around to Engelfield Road, go up to the junction and left onto
Frosts Road which becomes Hickmans Rd,
go along until you see a sign on the left and a track leading uphill. At the top
of the hill, bear right past the trig point and descend quite steeply to a
gravel road. Take the right hand track past the house and onwards downhill to
Barretta. Keep left and continue through the bush until you meet the corner
of Channel Hwy and the tip. Go along the road looking for a sign and left
turn up a grassy track back to the Mens Shed.
To avoid the hill continue
on Frosts Road when it veers left off Hickmans Rd. |
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Knocklofty
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Blog entry
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Knocklofty 22 March 2023 |
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Start point
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Forest Road car park |
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Directions and hints Take the track past the lookouts, keep right, detour via the frog bog. Look for a gravel track going uphill, Summit Loop. Take the left option at the
cairn. When descending take the righthand fork or you will be on a steep fire
trail, not suitable for walking. Turn right at the bottom of the hill and
return to the start.
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