Hiking
We are really enjoying our piece of paradise on the banks of the Mersey River. This surely has to be one of Bushman Bud’s secret camping spots (which you can subscribe to for the locations). This morning (after schooling) the kids and I collected all kinds of shapes and sizes of rocks and set about [...]
Continue reading about Making a Rock Pool & Exploring Liena to Lake Mackenzie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGv9E5-rSiY Devils Gullet is a lookout over 230m sheer cliffs that have been shaped by ice and rain over millions of years. In the distance is the vista of Cradle Mtn – Lake St Clair National Park and it many mountain peaks. There is a board at the lookout pointing out the many peaks on [...]
Continue reading about Devils Gullet Lookout, Central North Tasmania
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzJS65mbxmc The Fisher River Lookout is a beautiful vista over the Cradle Mtn – Lake St Clair National Park and highlights many of the towering peaks of the park. Off in the distance is the famous Cradle Mtn and Mt Ossa (Tasmania’s highest peak). There is a board which names all the various peaks you [...]
Continue reading about Fisher River Lookout, Central North Tasmania
G’day all, this was one sensational adventure. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJMmfSBbw-Y http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adZAqCL7d4A http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52yvzWKpcmo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poAO1_JE6_8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHqN39DD-04 We arrived at the Cradle Mtn-Lake St Clair National Park about 10:30am and it took half an hour to work out, firstly where we could drive in the park (for anyone who doesn’t know, you can’t just drive up to the car park, [...]
Continue reading about Bushman Bud Climbs Cradle Mountain in Adventure Scramble
Tommorrow is the day, time to climb Cradle Mountain in the Cradle Mountain – Lake St Clair National Park, Tasmania. This is one of the highest mountains in Tasmania being over 1,500m tall. There is plenty of rock scrambling to make the creek and I am informed it is about 7 1/2 hours return. I have [...]
Continue reading about Bushman Bud’s Cradle Mountain Summit – Coming Tommorrow
I really wanted to explore further down the Leven Canyon from Devils Elbow last time we were there. Today I got my chance. The kids were keen for some more rock hopping and rock throwing??? so off we went. We set off walking down the canyon walls to the bridge, accross the river and followed [...]
Continue reading about Leven Canyon Waterfalls, TAS – Bushman Bud
After a huge 7 1/2 walk yesterday to the peak of Black Bluff it was a rest day for the kids and for yours truly I didn’t mind a break either. It was an awesome day here at Leven Canyon, blue sky above and a sunny 23 degrees, perfect Tassie weather. I had a look [...]
What a shame, we were all packed and ready to take on Black Bluff today for a day of bush walking and hiking. Last night it rained hard and we woke this morning to more rain and a white out over the mountain. Sometimes that’s the way it is…We will get there another day, hopefully [...]