Three Bridges Walk

A perfect day for this walk, warm with clear skies. The walk was led by Carol.

We parked at the Botanical Gardens, then marched through the gardens, scattering tourists to take the foreshore path to the entry to the bridge.

Views were terrific, or would have been without that extra rail on top of the original ones. We only encountered 2 cyclists and one walker on the way over and one walker on the way back.

The day was full of new experiences for me at least, crossing the Tasman Bridge, and then the pedestrian bridge at Rose Bay High school and finally the third one shown in Carol's photo below, on the East Derwent Highway.

Gordons Hill it's self was an interesting walk and perfect for the weather. It was very dry and I wouldn't want to be around if it ever catches fire. That said, I see it's on the list for a fuel reduction burn later in the year.

The track was deceiving as it appeared to be straight so that when David spotted water, we couldn't place the location right away, but quickly worked out it was Lindisfarne Bay, on the other side from where we started. After our third bridge we crossed back on the other side of the Tasman and took a slightly modified walk back to the Botanical.

Lunch was had there in pleasant surroundings, with some people opting to sit in the Gazebo, leaving the poor people to sit on the wall and feed starving Sea Gulls. Back to the cars via the front entrance, admiring the 'clever art' work on the way.

Thanks to Carol for several photos of the walk, and thanks to Tas for sending them on to me.

Starting out through the Gardens

Looking back at Hobart from the bridge

Government House & Queens Domain

Morning tea in the dry grass

Finally, a photo from the front!

View looking north over river & Lindisfarne Bay

Dry bush

Tasman Bridge & Mt. Wellington

Lunch at the Botanical Gardens

Posing on the third bridge - photo by Carol

Walking back - photo by Carol

Walking back to Gardens - photo by Carol

Report

Distance was 10.2km
Time was just over 3 hours
I forget to count the walkers, but looking at the photos there were 12 of us.

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