Gallery of log for Cainbable (B 702)
I've been chatting to a work buddy about hiking for about 12 months. He had shown interest in my hiking adventures so I offered to take him along on one to see how he felt about it. I explained geocaching and trig hunting as well. This also sparked an interest in him. This could be the start of a muggle conversion haha. Our main destination for today was the Border Track out at O'Reillys and lookouts into the caldera.
I camped in a nearby area the night before to save myself time in the morning. I got myself a good fire going in the afternoon and this was me sorted for the rest of the evening and night. A steak dinner followed by a couple of beers around a roaring fire. This is great Saturday night in my opinion. Morning followed and so did coffee and a solid breakfast. I picked up my hiking buddy for today's adventure on route. He is fortunate to live in this splendid part of the world. He has even showed interest in an off-track adventure (be careful what you ask for! haha) so we both checked out options for the nearby Mount Misery. This could be a good introduction for him as it's not a nasty rainforest area and only a few kms, but, with off-track hiking you never really know what to expect. This may or may not be a future log. I'm sure there's an interesting story how Mount Misery got its name! After this recce we started the drive to O'Reillys to begin our hike for the day. On route we stopped here at Mount Cainbable. I've seen old maps dating back to as far as 1930 with this listed trig and I've been keen to see if I could find any remains of it for a while now.. today was the day. After a recent search on Google Street View I was confident I found a good parking location and starting point. This proved to be correct. It only took a few minutes to get to this old lookout. We could see the views improving as our elevation increased, wow, great view! The coordinates were perfect and led us straight to the rock annulus mentioned in the survey notes. No other reference marks or remains were found. Photos were taken and we spent a few minutes admiring the view, then a quick walk back to the geo-van and on to O'Reillys. Another trig find was to follow right on the edge of Queensland..
I camped in a nearby area the night before to save myself time in the morning. I got myself a good fire going in the afternoon and this was me sorted for the rest of the evening and night. A steak dinner followed by a couple of beers around a roaring fire. This is great Saturday night in my opinion. Morning followed and so did coffee and a solid breakfast. I picked up my hiking buddy for today's adventure on route. He is fortunate to live in this splendid part of the world. He has even showed interest in an off-track adventure (be careful what you ask for! haha) so we both checked out options for the nearby Mount Misery. This could be a good introduction for him as it's not a nasty rainforest area and only a few kms, but, with off-track hiking you never really know what to expect. This may or may not be a future log. I'm sure there's an interesting story how Mount Misery got its name! After this recce we started the drive to O'Reillys to begin our hike for the day. On route we stopped here at Mount Cainbable. I've seen old maps dating back to as far as 1930 with this listed trig and I've been keen to see if I could find any remains of it for a while now.. today was the day. After a recent search on Google Street View I was confident I found a good parking location and starting point. This proved to be correct. It only took a few minutes to get to this old lookout. We could see the views improving as our elevation increased, wow, great view! The coordinates were perfect and led us straight to the rock annulus mentioned in the survey notes. No other reference marks or remains were found. Photos were taken and we spent a few minutes admiring the view, then a quick walk back to the geo-van and on to O'Reillys. Another trig find was to follow right on the edge of Queensland..
Rated: for Overall Experience.
