Gallery of log for Winburndale
A return to the Winburndale Nature Reserve on a trig hunt with rogerw3 ...
Gated on Flat Top Fire Trail made for a long walk through a never changing landscape of Aussie native forest awash with fallen timber. Waypoint side trails were ticked off til the Winburndale Fire Trail and a final lurch towards the trig. Sighted 200 m ahead over a green swathe and found in near pristine condition with excellent vanes, mast and (misspelled) name plate intact. Splashes of open country can be seen through the trees - and a large area of cairn rocks indicate a likely impressive original cairn may have stood before.
Then there was the long long trek back ...
Gated on Flat Top Fire Trail made for a long walk through a never changing landscape of Aussie native forest awash with fallen timber. Waypoint side trails were ticked off til the Winburndale Fire Trail and a final lurch towards the trig. Sighted 200 m ahead over a green swathe and found in near pristine condition with excellent vanes, mast and (misspelled) name plate intact. Splashes of open country can be seen through the trees - and a large area of cairn rocks indicate a likely impressive original cairn may have stood before.
Then there was the long long trek back ...
Rated: for Overall Experience.
