08 Welby-Mittagong-Gibbergunyah Creek - Loop
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Autore
Statistiche del percorso
- Distanza
- 4,87 km
- Dislivello positivo
- 194 m
- Difficoltà tecnica
- Medio
- Dislivello negativo
- 194 m
- Altitudine massima
- 647 m
- TrailRank
-
30
5
- Altitudine minima
- 561 m
- Tipo di percorso
- Anello
- Tempo
- un'ora 32 minuti
- Coordinate
- 413
- Caricato
- 23 aprile 2017
- Registrato
- aprile 2017
vicino a Welby, New South Wales (Australia)
Visualizzato 596 volte, scaricato 5 volte
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Descrizione dell'itinerario
A shortish loop walk but through interesting, quite rugged terrain. Begins and ends at Welby Cemetery parking area. First stage is a gradual descent to Gibbergunyah Creek. In this gully, very tall eucalyptus trees reach for the light. After heavy rain, you may need to remove footwear to cross the creek, which flows between high rocky cliffs. Recent floods have eroded the banks of the creek. The next stage of the walk climbs to a cliff top area where there are interesting rock formations to explore. Then fire trails skirt the residential area round Sunset Point Drive and you descend to a concrete causeway crossing Ironmines creek. Now you are briefly in open country, walking within sight of the rear ends of the Highlands Marketplace buildings. But soon you are back in the bush again via a step-stone crossing of Gibbergunyah Creek. My trail then shows a short excursion to a magnificent tower of red tinged rock, at the base of which you will find a shallow cave. Local youth have made a fireplace here and unfortunately left some cans and bottles strewn about. The final stage of the walk is through the Welby bush, which is criss-crossed by trails created by mountain-bike riders. A popular site for this sport - but not intrusive. PKK
Waypoint
Waypoint
650 m
002 Parking Welby Graveyard
Waypoint
623 m
062 Junction
Waypoint
629 m
063 Junction
Waypoint
604 m
064 Junction
Waypoint
615 m
065 Welby Cave
Waypoint
604 m
066 Rocky Outcrops
Rock formation on cliff-top above Gibbergunyah Creek. Mount Alexandra in background.
Waypoint
638 m
067 Junction
Fiume
611 m
Crossing Gibbergunyah Creek 2
No stepping stones. After heavy rain, it could be necessary to remove footwear.
Fiume
600 m
Crossing over Iron Mines Creek
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Enjoyed our walk yesterday and finding places we never knew existed in our own backyard
Hello capaterson17. Nice to know you have tried that path and enjoyed it. Makes the recording of the path seem worthwhile. PeterKK
I’ve saved a lot of your paths. Thankyou
Good to know. Thanks for your comments. Go well. PKK