Lost World - Mt Arthur 2 May 2023

 The walk today was to the Lost World from Big Bend car park and then on to Mt Arthur before visiting the Sama and Scout Huts.

The weather forecast was a bit vague but it was dry enough when we started so the group decided it was going to do the planned walk.

The track into the Lost World was steep and involved some scrambling.

 

 

Some of the views across the city were spectacular.

 

 

An interesting scramble over fallen dolerite columns that created a range of little grottoes.

And on arrival at the morning tea spot there were a lot of happy walkers.

 

 

And now for the climb out and heading towards Mt Arthur.

And the sun came out to highlight the dolerite cliff face.

 

 

Route finding across to Mt Arthur.  There were some cairns but it mainly consisted of finding the way following the ridge line through the light scrub and boulders.

The Sama Hut was spotted through the trees after climbing downhill. The hut is well maintained and sits on small ledge beneath a rocky crag.

A great spot for lunch.

The Queens Enthroned (a comment by photographer Chris).

Now heading around the side of the mountain and up to find the Scout Hut (now closed due to structural issues).

There a great views from above the Scout Hut.

There is a pad back to Big Bend and the car park.

 There were 12 walkers who completed the 2.2km (yes that is correct from the GPS) walk in 3 hours 36 minutes and now stands as the record for the least numbers of kms walked by the group (quite possibly since the inception of the group).

Special thanks should go to Mendelt for leading the group, providing some words and both Mendelt and Chris for the photos and GPS track.