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Bushwalking
Cotswold Track, Mt Maroon
The crew met at McDonald’s in Beaudesert at 7:30am. Four cars, Twelve people: Dennis, Jenesse, Mel Rose, Mons, Nicole, Shane, Brock, Dylan, Sarah, Nick, Stuart and Claire. By the time we arrived at Cotswold Rd at the base of Mt Maroon and started the hike, it was around 8:30am. The Cotswold Track (6km) crosses private [...]
Mt Beerwah
Jenesse, Nicole, Brock, Shane, Troy (not the Troy Boy), and I hiked up the tallest Glasshouse Mountain on the Sunshine Coast: Mount Beerwah. The rest of the hike up is much like Tibro, where all limbs will be used to climb the rock slab. The trail up is mark with faint yellow lines painted on [...]
Mt Tibrogargan
The crew arrived in waves at Mt Tibrogargan car park. First to arrive was the Keegan farm people and Nicole, her mum, Shane and Stuart. Despite a 9am rendezvous time, the first arrivals began at 8:15am and they decided to proceed without the second group. The second group (Dennis, Jenesse, Mel Rose, Troy and Tom) [...]
Mt Coolum and Wild Horse Mountain hikes
Shane, Nicole and I reached the summit of Mt Coolum within 30 minutes. The descent down was uneventful, stopping only briefly to look at the vistas next to a rock wall. On the way back to Brisbane, we felt good enough to climb Wild Horse Mountain. This is a simple 700m ascent along a concrete [...]
Mt Ngungun Hike
Our first hike for 2008 took us to Mt Ngungun. An easy bush walk up one of the smallest Glasshouse mountains. We arrived at Fullertons Rd car park at 9:12 AM and within 30 minutes we were standing on the summit of Mt Ngungun. The track now has stone steps near each zig zag, where [...]
Once in a blue moonwalk
Team Vodka practised on part of the actual Kokoda Challenge course. On race day we anticipate walking in the dark from Polly’s Country Kitchen and so planned a 17km walk from Polly’s at sunset on Saturday. The course we were practising in the dark heads West from Polly’s to the Numinbah Environmental Centre. From the [...]