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Valley of Diamonds (Crows Nest National Park) |
27 Sep, 2014 |
Hard |
13km return 5 hrs |
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| An amazing walk and one well worth doing. There are a few things I would have liked to know before I set out though. 1. Be ready for some serious rock hopping. Once you start following the river bed, it is all rock hopping. Great fun, but it is not easy going. 2. There is one exit out of the river on the right, via what is described as "distinct rocky gully". This is more like creak tributary that joins the main river. It is steep and is different to the rest of the rocks as they are round boulders not so much sandstone and granite like the rest of the gorge. The tributary is only a couple of meters wide, heads up a hundred meters or so and is quite overgrown. It is not hard to climb but it had us second guessing ourselves. 3. Once at the top of the boulder climb, it doesn't join with a track (not that we could tell) heading left (north) along the top of the cliff should see you intersect the main walking track and out via the main Koonin Lookout track. When you hit the track head right to exit the mark at the car park, left takes you too the lookout and then you turn around to come back again. If you hit a vehicle track first, left will take you to the Koonin lookout track (turn right onto the Koonin track to head out), right will take you to the northern park boundary and a locked gate. 4. Many of the track descriptions say that once you cross the Crestbrook Creek Confluence, to look high on the right for Koonin lookout. If you know what that looks like, you might be in luck, if you don't...well you will only be guessing. There are no man made lookout structures that we could see. You could assume it is the Highest point on the right hand cliff face but I am still not sure... Assuming that is the lookout, the exit out of the gully is about 200m back from there or about two thirds of the way up from Crestbrook creek. We also found another section that looked like an exit just nor the of the correct one. But it was a slip and was obviously a dangerous route that looked to be a way out but a little common sense had us seeking another way. All up, even though we got a little lost and had to do some back tracking, it was an amazing walk. The river system and rock pools were such a nice area to explore and knowing the correct track in and out, I will spend more time exploring next time. Well worth the effort. Last tip, it was very warm in the river system. Take more water than usual. Enjoy Hurls |
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Crows Nest Falls Circuit (Crows Nest National Park) |
6 Apr, 2014 |
Medium |
4.5km return 2 hrs |
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| Great walk, I spent the morning wandering with our 12 year old. The pools were full after the recent rain and everything was fresh. realistically it took us an hour and a half to walk the tracks and all the side tracks but we stopped for an extended time at a few. At the cascades there is an old man made concrete causeway that leads you up the other side to a track the takes you all the way to perseverance. I am looking forward to heading back there to explore that track. It is such a fantastic area to walk and so easy to access! The main pool at the bottom of the Crows Nest falls has been closed indefinitely due to unstable rocks above the track. It is a real shame as the Pool is a highlight. A beautiful walk and some amazing features. Well worth the trip. |
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