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 - renamed as Bert Nichols Hut and replaced with a
slightly
larger hut sleeping 32 people.
p155 Dixons Kingdom - toilets have been installed 70m from the hut
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 - thats exactly what we
stated. 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 a bit 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
ridge
p182, paragraph2, line 13, should read 'climb steeply east', not 'climb
steeply west' - thanks to Peter Harwood for this correction.
p 188 Transport - bus services. Tassielink and Tigerline are just
two
different operating names for the same bus company. Maxwells now own
Tiger Wilderness Tours. McDermotts Coaches are now a fixed timetable,
no charters. Tasmanian Tour Company no longer operating. Lake St Clair
Ferry - website changed to www.lakestclairresort.com.au
p 188 - Charter Transport, new operators. Tasmanian Wilderness
Experiences (see Guided Tour Operators at page bottom - have new
website www.twe.travel) now offer bus charters. Sainty's Coaches, tel
(03) 6334 6456, www.saintyscoaches.com.au and Outdoor Recreation
Transport, tel (03) 6391 8249, www.outdoortasmania.com.au both offer
charters to all destinations.
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 © 2006-2012 John Chapman.
Last updated : January 10th 2012