Sports & Fitness Anyone enjoy Bushwalking / Hiking / Trekking ?

I have spent a lot of time with backpacks and tents. Last year my good friend and I attempted an unclimbed peak in Nepal. The doco should come out this year. Here is the trailer

I think my favourite 'walk' to date has been up to Concordia and over the Gondogora La pass in Pakistan.

 

Mt Warning is good as if you leave early you can watch the sun come up from cape Byron in the dark with lights it may take 3 hours and it get harder near the final 250 mts up..

The link below is good as you can also come in through Beaudesert then go out to Kerry and drive the back way up the side of the national park into O'Reillys, very good walking areas that goes into the side face of mt warning ..
http://www.oreillys.com.au/lamington-national-park/water-falls

 

I took a long walk off a short pier, once.

 

@The Y-man may need another thread going! what car? Still have the 4by?

 

I was about to say the same thing. 4WDing is another thing I love to do. Used to have a Surf (4runner) and now looking to get a Pajero.

 

It goes in cycles for for me. I gave up 4-wheel driving about 10 years ago. Until last year I was using my tiny hatch to drive quite rough dirt roads for camping and hiking. Then broke a front shock at Glouscter Tops. Now back in a Defender lol.

You can drive a car surprising places if you know the basic techniques of good wheel placement.

 

Keep talking 'cause I've been driving the poor little Mazda3 on plenty of non-bitumen roads lately. Usually around walking my dogs. Some days when I'm too tired, I drive and they run. Need to get a 4-by and somewhere to put dirty, smelly dogs. A ute?

 

Went for a walk with keithj and his son up at Blackheath today.

There was no settled snow but there were snow / sleet slurries up in the town.

9:43am - the view from near the top of the Horse Track



12:04pm - a bush turkey on the track below Bridal Veil Falls




12:27pm - a break for lunch below Bridal Veil Falls



12:43pm - ascending the amazing track up the cliff adjacent to Bridal Veil falls



1:15pm - the view from the top at Govetts Leap ( we walked out of the valley near where the rainbow is - we didn't pass a pot of gold )

 

Bartle Frere - so beautiful! We wanted to hike that but with 3 kids in tow we decided it was a bit much.

 

Another adventure in planning. A high-altitude tea house trek over winter in the Annapurnas, Nepal. Anyone care for discussing property-investment around a yak-dung fuelled fire?

Also booked my first adventure in South America. A couple of weeks in Patagonia over Easter and then up to the Inca Trail.

 

I'm calling a fowl on that comment.

 

If you get a chance to visit the Mittagong area ( just south of Sydney ), I highly recommend the Box Vale Loop walk.

An interesting aspect of this walk is a 45 degree incline that used to be used for hauling coal out of the valley and up to a tramway. The climb is challenging since it is steep and unrelating. Takes around 15-20 minutes depending on your fitness.

There is also a tunnel on the way back to the car park.




There walk starts by following the tramway that starts near the dam. You then descend down to 40 foot falls and follow the river for a couple of hours before ascending via the incline. At the top of the incline, make sure you take the side trip to views towards the Kanangra area including Mt Cloudmaker.

Allow 5-6 hours for the complete walk.

 

Does turkey go with chicken? Two dirty birds

 

This thread has got me motivated
Pre child my wife and I spent some time in the blue mountains and walked Mt Hay canyon /butter box and rocky creek a few times. Both are amazing but the view from the climb out of Mt Hay was awesome.
For our honeymoon we headed to Sabah/Borneo which included a hike up Mt Kinabalu at around 4000 meters presented a challenge for my wife who is much fitter than myself. I guess my body is used to running under stress..

 

Just finished day 5 out of 7 days of walking on the Great Ocean Walk in Victoria. 70km done and 30km to go over the next two days with a finish at the Twelve Apostles.

Whether has been relatively good but some warm temperatures for walking with a 20+ kg pack. Not easy in the heat trudging over sand dunes, along beaches and in some steep terrain.

Currently camped at the Ryan's Den hike-in campsite half-way between Johanna Beach and Princetown.

This is the view from the lookout at Ryan's Den.

 

Not really 'bush' since its mostly rock but the valleys of Cappadoccia, Turkey is my favourite walking experience so far. The landscape is just bizarre.

Others I really enjoyed were walking up Mt Etna Sicily , down Samaria Gorge in Crete, Lake Konisseg Germany (though most of that was on a electric ferry), some random hikes in Austria (a "mountain" near Salzburg, and around Bad Ischl), the Cinque Terre hike in Italy and Fira to Oia walk on Santorini.

Couple pics:

Fairy chimneys of Cappodoccia, Turkey:




Mt Etna, Sicily


Lake Konisseg, Germany:



Cinque Terre (the photo everyone takes)

 

Some more photos from the Great Ocean Walk - 7 days - Sleep, Walk, Eat, Repeat.

The PPOR.



The familiar track marker.



Koala at the campsite at Blanket Bay


Milanesia Beach


Sunset from Devil's Kitchen


The Twelve Apostles


Looking back towards Gibson Steps