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Tasmania specific bushwalking discussion. Please avoid publishing details of access to sensitive areas with no tracks.Collins Bonnet
Mon 28 Dec, 2009 7:39 pm
Phweew, just got home, have my feet up with a glass of red (well it is Xmas).
Did the walk from the 'Big Bend' up to Collins Cap via Mt Connection and return, took me about 4 hrs all up.
Very quiet, no-one except when i got to the ''Cap'' where i met a couple that came up from Collinsvale.
I've never done this walk but found it to be a great workout with a lot of different terrain from scrambling over rocks to walking on duck boards.
Now i am fairly new to bushwalking only having done a variety of Mt Wellington walks and i'm not sure on the difficulty but found this to be comfortably difficult (is that a term?).
Came across my first snake (maybe 2 feet and all brown) since i started walking here, nearly stood on him as he was only about a metre away when we met.
Anyways, my glass is nearly empty, so in finishing, great walk, great variety, tired legs, cant wait for my next challenge, Cheers.
Did the walk from the 'Big Bend' up to Collins Cap via Mt Connection and return, took me about 4 hrs all up.
Very quiet, no-one except when i got to the ''Cap'' where i met a couple that came up from Collinsvale.
I've never done this walk but found it to be a great workout with a lot of different terrain from scrambling over rocks to walking on duck boards.
Now i am fairly new to bushwalking only having done a variety of Mt Wellington walks and i'm not sure on the difficulty but found this to be comfortably difficult (is that a term?).
Came across my first snake (maybe 2 feet and all brown) since i started walking here, nearly stood on him as he was only about a metre away when we met.
Anyways, my glass is nearly empty, so in finishing, great walk, great variety, tired legs, cant wait for my next challenge, Cheers.
Re: Collins Bonnet
Mon 28 Dec, 2009 7:54 pm
That would have been a nice young Tiger as they only grow 30 cm a year on average,and you glass is part full 
corvus
corvus
Re: Collins Bonnet
Mon 28 Dec, 2009 8:12 pm
Nice walk Ronin, there are some excellent views up there. The other peaks in the general area, (Marion, Trestle, Collins Cap) are very worthwhile as well. I find duck board makes my feet and legs hurt way more than these sort of bush tracks. Funny how snakes just seem to appear when you are a metre away from them, shows how well their camouflage works. Happy walking
bw
bw
Re: Collins Bonnet
Mon 28 Dec, 2009 9:01 pm
Was that Collins Bonnet or Collins Cap you visited? From Big Bend the Bonnet is the first one and it is somewhat further to the Cap (you would have had to go fairly close to the summit of the Bonnet to get there).
Re: Collins Bonnet
Tue 29 Dec, 2009 8:54 am
PeterJ wrote:Was that Collins Bonnet or Collins Cap you visited? From Big Bend the Bonnet is the first one and it is somewhat further to the Cap (you would have had to go fairly close to the summit of the Bonnet to get there).
Definitely Collins Bonnet, i went to Collins Cap via Myrtyl forest(Coliinsvale) a couple of weeks ago and enjoyed that walk .also.
As for the snake, a young tiger hey, well i hope that i don't see too many, i try to make a bit of noise with my walking poles so i was surprised i got that close, being that he was right on the track i just let him slither away so i could continue.
Looks like i'll be investing in gaiters quick smart just to help
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