Mount Roberts (B 720) Queensland, Australia
By Geocaching Australia on 16-Jul-23. Waypoint TP13623

I had planned this hike last year with geo-buddy Davinells but as the date approached a heatwave hit Queensland, mmmm what to do? Certainly not Lizard Point! My geo-buddy consistently comes up with wonderful ideas and suggested visiting Bald Rock and Girraween National Parks as it never gets too hot down there. These are both great locations. A ‘Plan B’ was actioned!

Nearly a year later plans were again made for Superbus and beyond but this time a group hike was discussed. An early start was planned so I decided to camp near the trailhead. Some others in the hiking group liked this idea and joined me. I arrived at camp first and cracked open a beer and made some dinner. Eye fillet with brussel sprouts and cheese, yum! …. I already know I’m different, no need to tell me haha. Everyone else soon arrived after first finding a cache on route. Three of us began chatting while two others set off to find some dry wood for the fire pit. It didn’t take long for a great camp fire to captivate us all. There’s something awesome about chatting around a campfire. Geocaching stories shared, plans and goals discussed.

It was 5am when I was rudely awoken in my warm bed.. oh that’s right, the hike! It was a cool morning and a challenge to get up out of that toastie bed but we had summits, a trig and multiple geocaches to find, giddy-up! But first, coffee!

We arrived at the starting coordinates around 6:30am and discovered not quite enough room for everyone’s vehicles so some were parked at the beginning of the road in. And we’re off! This is a well trodden path. We did however miss a left turn and found ourselves off-track but this was quickly remedied. The UP was mostly dirt track which would be annoying in wet conditions and definitely not recommended. There was also some stinging trees close to the track. None of today’s team got hit with it though. I’ve heard some nasty and unfortunate stories about this stuff. It took about an hour and a half to arrive at the junction just after 8:30am. We had a break and worked on the first GC multi-cache of the day.

We left the junction around 8am and headed towards Mount Roberts. This is a mostly easy to follow path with glimpses of great views. We knew the lots of down were going to be lots of up in our futures haha. The down stopped and another UP presented itself. We arrived at the second GC multi-cache and trig goodness about 10am. The team gave me a moment alone here, my survey nerdness is no longer a secret. Not much of the trig cairn remains. I’d say passing hikers have kept this old cairn alive by adding some of the smaller rocks on top, not knowing the grand service they have bestowed on the trig hunting community haha. This area would have once been cleared but that was long ago and no views are available any more.

After another break it was time to push on to Lizard Point. I’ve heard a lot about this location, let’s do it! More down then a bit of up and BANG…. Incredible views! WOW! We all agreed that this was a perfect location for lunch. There were a few fires around the place which made the views somewhat hazy but they were still mighty impressive. We arrived at Lizard Point just after 11 and left just before 12 after first discussing the last GC multi-cache of the day.

We retraced our steps towards the first junction, passing the trig again, downs followed by ups. We were all getting fatigued but still moving forward. I can imagine this hike being rather unpleasant in the summer months. Once at the junction we left our bags for one last UP to the highest point of south east Queensland, Mount Superbus. There’s a GC traditional cache up there so of course this was signed. There were talks of getting naked at this point then nuns habits were discussed and why we neglected to bring any. Maybe the fatigue was affecting our minds or all geocachers are crazy, or maybe just this group, or, maybe just me. I’d rather be crazy than “normal”, ughh. Big smiles and high-fives all around and it was time to leave the summit to return to our vehicles. This was around 2pm. The route back seemed longer than we all recalled. Hike completed, just after 3:30pm.
13.5km, 8.5 hours

Thanks for the cache

Rated: for Overall Experience

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