Knights Creek Circuit

Sunday 19th May 2013

Today I drove up to Hobart and found Tolosa Park which is a very popular place for picnics and BBQs etc. I did not intend to park in the park grounds as the gates are closed at 4.30pm, but I couldn't anyway as the gates were still locked at 8.00 am. I end up parking down at the western end just before the road heads up to the mountain bike park.
It was 8.10am when I set off. The aim was to head up to the reservoir on Knights Creek and check that out, so I needed to enter the park through a gap in the fence and cross the park to pick up the Knights Creek Trail. I did this but when I was approaching the reservoir I came across a "No Public Access" sign which necessitated a change of plans. A quick scramble up a hill brought me to the Quarry Fire Trail which went around the reservoir. This track had just been worked on and was very slippery after the recent rain and my soles of my boots were clogged with mud. After this it was on to the Knights Creek Trail and a climb of about 700 metres to the Big Bend Trail. The track was easily followed and just before reaching the summit it crossed Knights Creek which was flowing quite well.
From here it was basically all downhill back to the car via Big Bend Trail, East West Trail, Montrose Trail, Goat Trail and Chapel Trail. I arrived at the car at 1.30pm
There were not very many views on this walk but never the less it was quite enjoyable. Then again I reckon any day in the bush is great.
Distance: 14.9 kms.
Time: 5'30"
Ascent: 900 metres
There is a map and down loadable gpx file at Everytrail
Click here to download GPX track.

Knights Creek

Knights Creek

Knights Creek