Gallery of log for Flinders Peak
Finally! For years the Flinders Peak summit has been on my to-do list. Then I was introduced to geocaching.. oh there’s a geocache up there, cool. Then I started to look for early placed caches.. oh the one on Flinders Peak was placed in 2004! Then I figured out how to use GCA on my iPhone.. oh look there’s a Trig point cache up there. Then I found an online copy of a Trigonometrical Survey of the area from 1840 and saw that Flinders Peak was the most referenced Trig. Okay seriously, this needs to be done. My nerdness is needing satisfying. Two weeks ago I showed up ready to hike and the area was closed, noooooo! I had to action a Plan B adventure, which in fairness was awesome haha. Last night I checked the Ipswich Council website and the track was open. Let’s do it!
I arrived at Flinders Plum Picnic Area just before 10am. A 4WD may not be necessary to get here but definitely recommended. The weather was pleasant. The track up is mostly just walking with some boulder hopping and scrambling at the later stages. Nothing too difficult. It’s not for everyone though. I met four people on their way down that chose not to progress to the summit. It took a little under two hours to get to GZ. No rushing and stopped for many photo opportunities and also found the nearby GC Traditional cache. Duties performed and it was time for a coffee. Out came the jetboil and tools of the trade. Another perfect coffee was crafted. Three of my favourite things at once.. summit, trig, coffee. Good times
Unfortunately there’s not much left of one of the old Trigs. It was removed and now a radio tower takes its place. Currently, the Trig point is the centre of the radio tower at the concrete base. You can see where an old one used to be from the steel angle in the surrounding concrete. I wonder what the original one looked like?? More photos taken then time to descend. This took a little over one hour. I thoroughly enjoyed this hike. Just challenging enough to not be boring and just hard enough to make me feel I’ve worked. Thanks for the cache.
I arrived at Flinders Plum Picnic Area just before 10am. A 4WD may not be necessary to get here but definitely recommended. The weather was pleasant. The track up is mostly just walking with some boulder hopping and scrambling at the later stages. Nothing too difficult. It’s not for everyone though. I met four people on their way down that chose not to progress to the summit. It took a little under two hours to get to GZ. No rushing and stopped for many photo opportunities and also found the nearby GC Traditional cache. Duties performed and it was time for a coffee. Out came the jetboil and tools of the trade. Another perfect coffee was crafted. Three of my favourite things at once.. summit, trig, coffee. Good times
Unfortunately there’s not much left of one of the old Trigs. It was removed and now a radio tower takes its place. Currently, the Trig point is the centre of the radio tower at the concrete base. You can see where an old one used to be from the steel angle in the surrounding concrete. I wonder what the original one looked like?? More photos taken then time to descend. This took a little over one hour. I thoroughly enjoyed this hike. Just challenging enough to not be boring and just hard enough to make me feel I’ve worked. Thanks for the cache.
Rated: for Overall Experience.
