Tanina Bluff

Wednesday 23rd July 2014

Tanina Bluff

The plan for today was to do two short walks as either one by itself was hardly long enough for a decent outing. The walks I chose were Tanina Bluff and Herringback and this time all went to plan.
To reach the start of Tanina Bluff, drive north on the Midlands Highway and turn left at Mangalore onto the C185 (Elderslie Road) and just before Elderslie turn left onto Bluff Road and follow for about 7.0 kms. to a road that goes uphill on the left. Park here.
The first section of road was okay as vehicles had been driving up and over a large mound that was suppose to stop them and they had kept the road clear. The road went gradually uphill before a track on the left was taken. This soon deteriorated and became overgrown and finally petered out. I then just took to the bush and walked uphill, mostly through the scrub and occasionally on an old track that I stumbled across. The scrub consisted of small wattle trees which were fairly easy to walk through. As I neared the top of the ridge the track became more defined and I came to a clearing where there was a rocky outcrop over to the right. I climbed up this and there were good views from the south all the way around to north.
After this I followed the track around as it ascended Tanina Bluff. When the track ran out I just climb up the rocks to the summit past what looked like a communications tower that had blown over. The views from the summit were okay even though I was looking through the trees. I had a break and walked back down to the car.
Even though it is not a spectacular walk, I did enjoy it and the scenery was quite good.
Distance: 6.7 kms.
Time: 3'14"
Ascent: 480 metres
Click here to download GPX track.

From Rocky Outcrop

From Rocky Outcrop

From Rocky Outcrop

From Rocky Outcrop

Summit Cairn

Communications Tower

Small Cave