Climbing

Bushman Bud on August 23rd, 2011

G’day all, With the sun rising, Amy and I headed to El Questro Gorge whilst Lynda stayed behind with Jess.  Amy and I planned to conquer the big boulder at the half way point and carry on to Mic Micking Pool at the end of the gorge. Half the fun is the 4WD track in.  [...]

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Bushman Bud on October 5th, 2010

G’day All, Time for Joey Jess to summit this mountain. Leaving Lake Tinnaroo at 5:30am we were caught out a little with the length of the drive to the walking track for the Bartle Frere summit.  This took us 1 hour and 15 mins meaning by the time we grabbed the back pack and sprayed [...]

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Bushman Bud on October 4th, 2010

G’day all, After climbing Mt Bartle Frere and getting so close to the summit with Joey Jess it was time to hook up the Kedron and head back to Lake Tinaroo so Joey Jess could have a crack at the summit on the West Track. Lake Tinaroo is such a beautiful place to relax and [...]

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Bushman Bud on September 16th, 2010

G’day all, The day finally arrived to tackle Queensland’s highest peak, Mt Bartle Frere at a respectable 1,622m.  Bartle Frere is in cloud 8 out of every 10 days so to get a day with bright sunny skies takes some doing.  Today was the day. The initial idea was to scout the track so that [...]

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G’day all, Back in Tassie again after a very successful trip to plan further developments to the Bushman Bud website and blog. Today it was off to Tasmazia near Roland in Tassie’s central north.  No 4WD or 4×4 ing but plenty of mind blowing confusion and adventure in the mazes. We started out with a [...]

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Yesterday was just dragging out back at camp so with a spur of the moment decision was made to climb Cradle Mountain…again.  This time I was on my own, which kind of suited me as firstly I wanted to see just how quick I could climb the mountain and secondly it would be good training [...]

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Bushman Bud on March 11th, 2010

G”day all, Well we all made it up Cradle Mountain this time around.  Joey Jess (7) on her second run and Orangatang Amy (5) on her first attempt.  We followed the track from Dove Lake to the interection of the Overland Track and Dove Lake Track (about 300m from the carpark).  We turned left towards [...]

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Bushman Bud on March 10th, 2010

G’day all, The weather has cleared and it is time to get the fitness level up to tackle Mt Ossa, Tasmania’s highest peak.  I have found a track into Mt Ossa away from the Overland Track which is a 36 klm round trip.  Far better than the trip up the Overland Track which is approx [...]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGv9E5-rSiY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzJS65mbxmc This is a great drive through very scenic forestry and then up high to the scenic lookouts of Devils Gullet and Fisher River Lookout.  Throw in a side trip to Mackenzie Lake and the canals of its hydro scheme and you have a great day trip.  You could also combine a tour at [...]

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