As the weather forecast for the area around Mt Wedge was terrible it was decided to change today's walk to the Meehan Ranges .. it turned out to be a good decision.
The walk started in the car park for the Meehan Range Bike Park. Each weekend there are hundreds of people riding the trails but today being mid week and a working day we had the area almost to ourselves only passing one rider during our walk.
Ready to begin and we noticed that we were one walker short - on the phone trying to find him - unfortunately it was car trouble.
After talking with him it was decided to start without him. The first part of the walk was a climb of almost 200m to the ridge which runs almost the length of the park. This section was a combination of bush bashing and some bike tracks.
As we get higher we get a glimpse of Mt Wellington which is covered in cloud and raining
We reach the top and stop for a sec to catch our breath
We head off along the Meehan Skyline Trail until the turn off to the cliffs
On the 19th November ( 2 weekends away) "The Meehan Monster" event will be held in this area You can cycle over 25km, 50km or 75km of mountain bike trails - what a choice! Preparation has began and we saw signs at various places along today's walk. Here is one of the The Meehan Monster
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Mendelt doing his impersonation of the Christ The Redeemer statue in Brazil
With a magnificent view of Hobart and the warm sunshine we decide to have morning tea
Morning tea over we make our way back to the Skyline Trail and continue on towards Flagstaff Hill
Along the way we spot this sign and take a wide bearth
The final ascent to Flagstaff Hill - a climb of 120m over 1.3kms
Maurice stops to admire the flower
We reach the top which is marked by a stone pyramid - Mendelt gets a closer view
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View from the top looking towards the western shore of Hobart
A nice spot for lunch
After lunch we retrace our steps back down along the Skyline track until we reach the intersection of bike tracks which will take us in the direction of the car park
We take the Corkscrew .. as the following photos show it has been appropriately named
We take the Corkscrew exit and head back to the cars where we see these 2 young riders about to set out
Although we have walked this area a few times this next photo shows how big an area the reserve is and that there are plenty of tracks we still have to explore
A closer view of the tracks around the Corkscrew (the blue track)
Today 11 walkers covered 11.25kms in 4.5hrs
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