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Number of Walks Ticked
20.4km
Total Distance Ticked
| Name | Date | Difficulty | Distance/Duration | |
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Cronan Creek Falls Track (Mt Barney National Park) |
17 Jan, 2018 |
Medium |
13km 5 hrs |
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| I absolutely love this walk! I came to Mt Barney last year and did this walk and it was so rewarding with a magnificent waterfall and waterhole at the end, that I decided to come back and do it again. Plenty of wildlife, butterflies, wallabies, snakes, lace monitors and other reptiles. The walk is fairly easy, but long. It is not a very steep track, however in order to access the track itself, you need to go up the start of the Yellow Pinch Trail Lookout until you reach the gate, which is pretty steep. The track is very defined until the last 100m or so when you have to watch out for a cairn (rock stack). Do not go past the steep hill with the fallen tree or you will miss it! When you reach the cairn, you will have to go through the bush for about 100m and then you will come out at the stream then waterfall and waterhole. I would allow about 6-8 hours for this walk to get back to the Yellow Pinch carpark as we tend to spend about 2 hours at the waterfall and waterhole itself and it takes about 2-3 hours to walk to the waterfall from the carpark and vice versa. Overall this is one of my favourite walks and I would definitely recommend it! | ||||
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Lower Portals (Mt Barney National Park) |
Jan, 2017 |
Medium |
7.4km return 3 hrs |
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| We did this walk on a very hot day (what fools!) and it wasn't pleasant! The environment was very arid and hot. We brought a few water bottles and by the end of the walk, everyone was tired and dehydrated, so definitely bring multiple water bottles and/or a water filter (if you are game) to top up at the waterholes to ensure you are hydrated. The walk was moderate with 1 large, steep hill, but what made it so hard was the heat! I would definitely recommend doing this walk on a cool day, in early morning or in winter. The waterhole itself was quite a nice, shady and enclosed area, but water was slightly murky. We climbed up a rope between two big rocks and jumped off them but the waterhole is best for just a paddle around and a play in the small rapids. For me, this walk felt a lot longer than it actually was. | ||||