Gallery of log for Euroka
My original schedule for today was an SUBW expedition into the Jameson. But when that fell through, and I wasn't able to wrangle myself onto a canyoning trip at short notice, I decided to do a longish solo walk. There's a couple of interesting day walks I want to do, but they were all trips I knew would be more fun with Sophie, and she couldn't come out today, and I knew she wouldn't want to do this one , so today would be the day I finally took up the Euroka challenge.
I know the FTF crew rated this trig experience 5 thumbs up although I think that would have reflected the celebration of roger's very impressive 500 finds, and the thrill of being the first to get to a trig in the better part of 4 decades, rather than the aesthetic quality of the walk itself. Personally, I found it (as indeed, I expected to), a physically hard, but very boring, slog.
I knew it would be hot today (30 degrees), but having read the previous finders log description, I hoped that the overgrown track section at least would be shady, even if the firetrail that bookends the trip would be mostly exposed. Unfortunately, there were enough trees to impede progress and block any view, but very little shade.
So basically, this is a walk in the hot sun along a fire trail where the only views are from the clearings around the powerline towers, followed by pushing through a thick casuarina pines, where the most interesting feature is the rusty remains of an old truck.
As I was walking I was thinking about some of the other Blue Mountains walks that would be an equivalent effort but much more fun ( Solo Man Reloaded, or The Bee Gees) but I guess one (i.e. - me) does trips like this one because they want the physical challenge and the smiley, not for aesthetic pleasure. Anyway if a decent physical challenge is what you want, that's what this one is, my tip though for future visitors is - do this in winter
Having found the trig, and returned to the car, I decided to continue on to the end of Kings Tableland Rd, then did the 800m walk to the southern lookout - that was more like it! A shady single track, bounded by moss and ferns, with a truly unique vista at the end of it.
Anyway even if I haven't rated the journey very highly (and I have no desire to ever do it again), I am still glad to have done it, and so thanks to Roger for getting these old trigs loaded on GCA, and to Roger, TC and pjmpjm for trailblazing the way through. If you guys hadn't done it first I would have pulled the pin when I saw the state of the old firetrail. So Kudos and congratulations.
My time for the trip (locked gate to trig and back to the locked gate) was 5:50, which includes about 30 minutes total in breaks.
I know the FTF crew rated this trig experience 5 thumbs up although I think that would have reflected the celebration of roger's very impressive 500 finds, and the thrill of being the first to get to a trig in the better part of 4 decades, rather than the aesthetic quality of the walk itself. Personally, I found it (as indeed, I expected to), a physically hard, but very boring, slog.
I knew it would be hot today (30 degrees), but having read the previous finders log description, I hoped that the overgrown track section at least would be shady, even if the firetrail that bookends the trip would be mostly exposed. Unfortunately, there were enough trees to impede progress and block any view, but very little shade.
So basically, this is a walk in the hot sun along a fire trail where the only views are from the clearings around the powerline towers, followed by pushing through a thick casuarina pines, where the most interesting feature is the rusty remains of an old truck.
As I was walking I was thinking about some of the other Blue Mountains walks that would be an equivalent effort but much more fun ( Solo Man Reloaded, or The Bee Gees) but I guess one (i.e. - me) does trips like this one because they want the physical challenge and the smiley, not for aesthetic pleasure. Anyway if a decent physical challenge is what you want, that's what this one is, my tip though for future visitors is - do this in winter
Having found the trig, and returned to the car, I decided to continue on to the end of Kings Tableland Rd, then did the 800m walk to the southern lookout - that was more like it! A shady single track, bounded by moss and ferns, with a truly unique vista at the end of it.
Anyway even if I haven't rated the journey very highly (and I have no desire to ever do it again), I am still glad to have done it, and so thanks to Roger for getting these old trigs loaded on GCA, and to Roger, TC and pjmpjm for trailblazing the way through. If you guys hadn't done it first I would have pulled the pin when I saw the state of the old firetrail. So Kudos and congratulations.
My time for the trip (locked gate to trig and back to the locked gate) was 5:50, which includes about 30 minutes total in breaks.
Rated: for Overall Experience.
