Thursday 20th June 2013
It was a cool morning but there was no rain forecast so it looked like a good day coming up. I parked on a sharp bend on Collinsvale road where there is limited parking(2cars at a pinch), although there is more parking about 250 metres back down Collinsvale Road.
I set off walking at 0730 up the Zig Zag Fire Trail. This was quite steep as it zigged and zagged up the hill to eventually meet Dooleys Fire Trail. There were good views of the Collinsvale area and Collins Cap, but Mount Wellington was shrouded in cloud. I took a side road up to a Telstra tower where there were nice views of Hobart and the Derwent and then off track back down hill to Dooleys Trail. This was followed for about 2 kms. to a foot track which led off to the right and up to the crest of a small hill with excellent views of Hobart. It was then back to Dooleys and along to a Telstra Mobile tower then back to Dooleys again. It was somewhere here that I strayed on to private property, but soon found the fence line running along the north west boundary of the reserve, and followed it until it ran out. I should have kept going in the same direction but could see a road below which looked inviting, so I decided to climb down to it and follow. This again proved to be on private property and when I came close to a house, I headed for the hills as I didn't wish to antagonise anyone. This soon led me to Pierces Fire Trail which led back into the reserve where I found a gate with the only private property sign that I encountered. This trail was followed down to intersect the outgoing route and the it was a climb back to the top of the hill and down to the car, which I reached about 1230.
This was an enjoyable walk with excellent views of the Collinsvale area, Collins Cap, Mount Wellington on a clear day, Hobart and the Derwent. There was quite a lot of ups and downs but overall not too bad.
Distance: 13 kms.
Time: 5'00"
Ascent: 1060 metres
There is a map and downloadable gpx file at Everytrail
Click here to download GPX track.
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| Collins Cap |
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| Looking NW from Zig Zag Trail |
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| Hobart |
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| Hobart |
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| Hobart |
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| Hobart |
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| Relic of past civilisations |
went to the comms tower off dooleys f/t yesterday. great day, good views. shame i wasnt higher, because the trees blocked the view of around mona area, but good views of cbd and granton/bridgewater way. took the mountain bike, so found myself out in chappel street in glenorchy after coming via zig-zag. very steep and rough decent in some places! great to hear the very quiet sounds of civilisation while im seemingly miles above it all, with nobody to bother me! would be great next time to take some binoculars. by the way, going in late winter/early spring is a great time to see the blooming wattles and eucs!
ReplyDeleteYes, good walk although steep in places and so close to town. Glad you had a good day.
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