Peter Hill

115 walks ticked

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115
Number of Walks Ticked
382.3km
Total Distance Ticked
Name Date Difficulty Distance/Duration
Mermaid Mountain (D'Aguilar National Park)
19 Aug, 2018
Medium
18km return
5 hrs
This is a really underrated track, amazing views without technical terrain, may challenge the fitness bit in an enjoyable way
Mt Ngungun (Glass House Mountains National Park)
3 Jun, 2018
Medium
2.8km return
90 mins
Mt Coochin (East and West Peaks) (Glass House Mountains National Park)
3 Jun, 2018
Medium
2.8km return
2 hrs
Mt Tibrogargan (Glass House Mountains National Park)
3 Jun, 2018
Very Hard
3km return
3.5 hrs
Mount Beerwah Summit (Glass House Mountains National Park)
3 Jun, 2018
Very Hard
2.9km return
3 hrs
Mount Beerwah Summit (Glass House Mountains National Park)
3 Jun, 2018
Very Hard
2.9km return
3 hrs
Mt Tibberoowuccum (Glass House Mountains National Park)
3 Jun, 2018
Medium
1.7km return
1 hr
Governors Chair Lookout (Main Range National Park)
27 May, 2018
Easy
300m return
15 mins
Awesome.view for a tiny walk. Great as part of Spicer's peak or for a quick stop if camping nearby
Spicer's peak (Main Range National Park)
27 May, 2018
Very Hard
6km return
4 hrs
This one will give you the fear.

Trail starts off from Governors Chair lookout, there is an overgrown path that follows the ridge around for some ok views across to Mt Barney Nat. Park, or there is a clear and easy fire trail that leads off from the carpark. They meet up later so choice is yours. From the end of the firetrail, the oath is single file and STEEP for a walking track, but not long. You'll find the first scramble about 1.5km uphill of the end of the fire trail. This scramble is short, steep and right against the cliff edge. Extreme caution required. Some have taken a path to the right (southwest) of this and gone around this ridge - I didn't go this way but heard it adds a half an hour and is just as sketchy. The first scramble has intermittent footpad and scrambling, but all scrambling is covered in loose dirt and foilage so do have good shoes for this. This will open to a rocky lookout with the main peak around 70 metres higher to the east, best views north, west and east are here. Options for summitting are straight up the same ridge near the cliff edge (not as bad as the first part) or around to the south slightly and then up onto the summit. Not a technically difficult section but the exposure is a bit scary.
Mount Tibrogargan Summit (Glass House Mountains National Park)
10 May, 2018
Very Hard
2.7km return
2 hrs
Mount Tibrogargan Summit (Glass House Mountains National Park)
10 May, 2018
Very Hard
2.7km return
2 hrs
King Island (South East Queensland)
10 May, 2018
Easy
2km return
1 hr
Crows Nest Falls Circuit (Crows Nest National Park)
2 Apr, 2018
Medium
4.5km return
2 hrs
Valley of Diamonds (Crows Nest National Park)
30 Mar, 2018
Hard
13km return
5 hrs
Mt Barney - East Peak - Up South-East - Down South (Mt Barney National Park)
26 Mar, 2018
Very Hard
15km return
10 hrs
Mt Barney - East Peak - South Ridge (Mt Barney National Park)
26 Mar, 2018
Very Hard
17km return
10 hrs
Booyong Walk (Treetop Walk) (Lamington National Park)
19 Mar, 2018
Easy
800m return
30 mins
For a short and easy walk this is actually a lot fo fun, be sure to go up to the treetop lookout.
Box Forest (Lamington National Park)
19 Mar, 2018
Medium
10.6km
5 hrs
Sensational Elabana Falls and Box Forrest Falls.
Excellent easy walk that traverses the top and bottom of both falls. Amazing swimming at Elebana falls.
Mount Edwards (Moogerah Peaks National Park)
5 Mar, 2018
Hard
6km return
3 hrs
Mt Greville (Moogerah Peaks National Park)
28 Jan, 2018
Hard
6km return
3 hrs
4.5 hours total time with a half hour meditation break and plenty of time spent playing with the drone on the rocky slab between the gorges. Ascended up waterfall gorge which was a great rock hopping challenge, lots of lose foliage and debris when I passed through so it wasn't quite so serene at the time.
Reaching the top of the gorge headed across to the lower northern vantage point over moogera which was fantastic, views here better than the summit in my experience.
Found the top of the waterfall gorge trail difficult to follow so followed the top of the gorge back until it met with the south ridge trail along the main bare slab between the gorges. Easy summit from here.
Summit I found lacking in views - perhaps overgrown or I missed the right lookout. Very large cairn on top identifies the summit.
Descended via south east ridge - amazing views across the top of waterfall gorge here, there is an obvious outcrop to your left as the trail eases on the way down DO NOT MISS IT. Views back to the mountain along the gorge are spectacular.
Probably wouldn't say it's a class 4 to be honest, it is very challenging, it doesn't have a lot of technical scrambling but the trails are quite faint and it requires some good navigation and thinking to find your way from the top of waterfall gorge.