CRADLE
MOUNTAIN LAKE ST CLAIR UPDATE
Update for edition 5, 2006
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This page will be regularly updated several times each year.
Most changes result from our own trips - very few bushwalkers
ever write in and provide corrections. Only major changes that
effect trip planning or navigation are shown here.
p 40 and p 101. Like most commercial camping grounds - the showers
at
Cynthia Bay are not free. A token is required for each shower and this
must be purchased from the office.
p 64 Access. The bus company, Tigerline is just another operating
name for Tassielink and contact details are on page 188
p 77 and 78, the sidetrack to Forth Lookout is at the 21.4km point,
not
19.7km as drawn on the map on page 78 and in the notes on page 77
p 80 Old Pelion Hut - has a toilet, the hut is very rough and is for
emergency use only.
p 92 Windy Ridge Hut - the hut has been replaced with a slightly
larger hut sleeping 32 people.
p 160 Hut No 4 on the map is a locked hut and should have the private
hut symbol on the map.
p176 Lees Paddocks to Kia Ora Hut. A number of groups are getting
lost on this route. I am not surprised, it is a rough route with very
few markers at all and suitable only for walkers experienced at finding
and following rough unmarked tracks/routes. After re-reading our
description it does not need changing. The area where most will get
lost is after crossing Pinestone Creek. Almost all groups will need to
scout around without packs several times to find it - we certainly did!
If you find a narrow shallow gully of buttongrass you are going well.
Careful scouting will find the route, once it starts climbing away from
the river it becomes easier to follow. We allowed time for the scouting
around in the 4 hour time estimate. If you are expecting an easy to
follow track then dont attempt this route!!!! The Reg Wadley Hut is private
property - please respect it.
p179 Castle Crag to Mt Massif, the route on the northern side of the
ridge leading to Mt Massif is much easier than the southern side of the
ridgep 188 Transport - bus services. Tassielink and Tigerline are just
two
different operating names for the same bus company.
p182, paragraph2, line 13, should read 'climb steeply east', not 'climb
steeply west' - thanks to Peter Harwood for this correction.
p 188. Accommodation - Penguin Cradle Trail. Wings Farm Park
telephone number is 6429 1151
Snail Mail Address
John Chapman, PO Box 5042, Laburnum, 3130, Australia
Photographs and text are copyright © 2006-2009 John Chapman.
Last updated : February 19th 2009