Posts by Clinton Garratt

Day 1 - Huon Campground (Scotts Peak) to Junction Creek An atrociously exciting weather forecast for a few days last winter prompted a trip into a Western Arthurs winter wonderland.  Having been a couple of decades since my last walk in the area it was good to see the new track setting out from the Huon Camp near Scotts…

Mount Field West A couple of free days in December allowed my first visit to this peak. Lake Dobson Lake Seal and Mount Bridges After lunch overlooking Tarn Shelf beside the Rodway ski tow we scrambled over the Rodway Range.  We paused briefly to collect the peak bagging points at the high point overlooking Lions Den. Rodway Range high…

Wielangta Rain Forest Walk In recent times I've discovered I'm a shocking 'Western Tasmania Snob'.  Growing up on the Cradle Coast meant the western wilderness was my backyard.  From my earliest memories family hikes featured rivers raging through deep gorges, soaring dolerite crags piercing the sky, plunging waterfalls and moss-lined ferny gullies.  I really struggled to imagine any appeal…

Towering over 1250m above the city of Hobart, Mt Wellington / kunanyi is generally 10 degrees cooler.  Check out the BoM snapshot of conditions while I was on the Pinacle late in the afternoon. I wonder how often Hobart and the mountain record identical temperatures as shown above.  In fact the summit defeated the capital in a battle for…

Waterfalls, orchids, berries, flowers, people and boats on a work trip to Waterfall Bay on Tassie's spectacular Tasman Peninsula. This group is starting Tasmanian Walking Company's 6-day Wineglass Bay Sail Walk aboard Lady Eugene.

I'm sitting atop a sandstone buttress part way up taytitikitheeker  (Drys Bluff). Golden whistlers, Tasmanian currawongs and forest ravens are singing to their hearts content. A breeze has sprung up and high level cloud has replaced the blue sky which accompanied the start of my climb. Looking north east Mounts Arthur and Barrow join Bens Nevis and Lomond on…