Mountain

Bushman Bud on November 7th, 2011

G’day all, 7/11 ferry ride, from kingfisher bay turned left uphill following tracks to lake mckenzie, turned left and headed to lake WA by.  Walked to lookout above lake WA by and then down to lake foe a swim with the many huge catfish, played with kids on water for about 1 hour before steep [...]

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G’day all, Leaving Cairns at 11am we planned to head towards Cowley Beach, hoping that the wind would drop and we could enjoy some boating around the Barnard Group of Islands.  On the way we dropped in at Josephine Falls for a looksy and also for a slide down the rocks.  By the time we [...]

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Bushman Bud on October 16th, 2011

G’day all, With very threatening rain across the gulf we had to make the sad decision to avoid the gravel roads along the Savanah Way and bottom of the Gulf.  This decison has since proved very wise with some areas through the Gulf receiving significant rainfall…getting stuck out in the middle of nowhere is not [...]

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Bushman Bud on September 15th, 2010

G’day all, I thought I would list all the mountain peaks that we climb during our trip around Australia and rate them based on difficulty of the climb. List of mountain peaks climbed in date order (most recent first), including height and state. 16/09/2010 Mt Bartle Frere, QLD (1,622m)Highest peak in Queensland***(also 5/10/2010 with Joey Jess) [...]

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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 February 8th, 2010

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, [...]

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Bushman Bud on February 5th, 2010

The rain finally cleared and so we were on!  Time to climb this spectacular mountain peak that you can see from most places on the NW Coast of Tasmania.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivDR5tfTsuo Black Bluff is 1,336m and is accessed via Taylors Flat on the Lagoona Road (approx 8-9 klms) West of Leven Canyon.  Taylors Flat is sign [...]

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Bushman Bud on February 4th, 2010

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 [...]

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