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 |
