Today, I decided that the walk that we would be doing would be a circuit of Mount Wellington to take in the various views of Hobart and surrounds.
We arrived at The Springs at about 0815 and set off. The first section of the walk was up the Milles track and then the steady climb up the Ice House track, past the first ice house and then to the upper one where we had a look around and ventured into Devils Gulch to get a view of South Wellington summit. We then walked up to the rocks on South Wellington summit where we enjoyed a break and spent time taking photos, or the others did, because I didn't take any today.
After the rest we walked back to the South Wellington track and followed this up to the summit of Mount Wellington where we did the touristy thing and checked out the observation deck. The place was crawling with people and after a while we continued walking down Pinnacle Road to the Panorama track, down this to meet the road once again and then down to The Chalet, where we had lunch. It was quite hot walking along the road, but nothing like yesterday.
Once we were suitably fed we headed down the Organ Pipes track and Zig Zag track back to the car at The Springs.
This was a good walk that provides great views all around.
Distance: 13.3 kms.
Time: 6'10"
Ascent: 658 metres
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