Alum Cliffs 2019

If you were expecting a blog about a Gordons Hll to Second Bluff walk, you're out of luck.

The day dawned extremely windy and cold and didn't improve by the time I arrived in Kingston to link up with rest of the walkers.

The original plan was to walk on the eastern shore of the River Derwent, but with a cold southerly wind it would not have been a pleasant day. I think the car thermometer registered around 4-5C on the way up.

Almost immediately a decision was taken to do the Alum Cliffs walk, so the five of moved down to park next to Browns River.

Notice the ghostly figure of the photograher

Thanks to Bob, the photographer now appears in the photo. Of course, many will not consider that a good thing

 We set off towards the beach, crossing the foot bridge over the river and setting off along the marked track.

Looking south over Kingston Beach, with the
D'Entrecasteaux Channel on the left

The shore line is different everytime I see it

On the track

Gellibrand Point

We follow the track until we reach a sheltered table for Morning Tea.

Morning Tea. A fairly spirited discussion is taking place

There are steep drops here

Tea finished, we head back. We could have continued on, past the old Shot Tower to Taroona, but Sally assures us it will rain by 11:15, so back we go.

Heading back

 On the way we reach a point where Bob suggests making a loop, so we climb the track to Taronga Road. This takes us around to Sedgebrook Road followed by Wootten Drive at the end of which is a track leading down to our original route back to Kingston.

Sign commemorating the original people of the area

Damp and shady bush on the way back

We start to have a few raindrops, but not enough to bother us yet.

We decide to take a branch of the track leading down to the beach, and part of the old, original track. This involves a zig zag descent.

Ron, who has just returned from sunny Queensland, requests the next photo as it appears typical of a tropical beach. However, when I request a couple of male models to strip off and provide some atmosphere, no one was willing.

"Tropical Beach"

A local hoping for a treasure

Rare event, Ron leading Bob

Reaching the bottom we follow the old track. Along the way rocks have been balanced on top of each other by someone very skilled, and I didn't get a photo.

We did find one that had fallen, and tried our best to restore it, but I suspect the three of us were too unbalanced to do so.

Best we could do. The pipe is not part of it

The rain begins to steady so it's a quick walk back to the cars.

We had 5 walkers and covered 8.5km in 2:44 hrs. A good walk and perfect for the day.

No GPX file as it's a well known walk.