Well, I had completed this blog and posted it, however I received another photo I wanted to include so I reverted to draft and added it. However in trying to position it on the page the entire blog disappeared bar the title. I'm not going to type all that again, but at least I do have the original photos and will post them below. I'll probably add comment later.
So, here we go.
Today, Bob is leading us on a walk taking in Mt. Nelson and Olinda Grove on many tracks. There are so many loops that I have included an animated track at the end.
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Parking near the Olinda Grove Sports Field
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Easy walking, lovely graveled track
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But not for long
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We come to a spot overlooking Hobart
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Too bad it's not a clear day
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Enough of this easy track
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Let's go bush...
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...and meet some locals
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Can you spot its friend?
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Bob stopped us at the bottom of this steep hill to offer anyone who wanted the chance to wait here as he would be doing a loop up the hill and around. No one did.
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Up the hill and behind houses on Mt. Nelson
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Heading back down
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Morning Tea
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This selfie is available in a larger size for a modest fee if you want to frighten your grandchildren into submission.
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Due to past woodcutting most of the larger trees are gone. Peter shows us one of the few fairly big gum trees on the walk
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Look carefully and you can see Bob at the top making sure I don't take this shortcut
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He appears not to be looking, but I think he's watching out of the corner of his eye
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We've seen this structure in the past and it's in worse shape now
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Some unkind people link it to Engineering Students from the University just down the hill
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This poor tree is well and truly knotted
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Off the main track and heading back to the cars
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Development at top of Tolmans Hill. Still building and just waiting for a bushfire.
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We've passed the cars, crossed Olinda Grove Rd. and are passing the Fire Station
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Looking for a lunch spot
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| Lunch |
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kunanyi/Mt. Wellington
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Having lunch and lining up the perfect photo of kunanyi/Mt. Wellington
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The photo above by Chris is the one that caused all the trouble with the blog disappearing. I don't blame you Chris. Really!
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Moving on after lunch
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This spider was spotted by someone with sharp eyes. It was actually smaller then it appears.
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A larger view
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Bob leads us on various tracks, getting us thoroughly confused
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Now we've reached civilization, a playing field belonging to nearby Hobart College
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We make our way back to the cars from here. A good walk and it's amazing how many tracks and trails Bob can find up here.
We had 16 walkers and covered 10.32km in 4:17hrs. Because of all the loops Bob included, you can click on the animated track below and see how many we did.
Click here to download GPX file
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