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Fourways campsite, on the Penguin-Cradle Trail

Posted:
Sun 29 Nov, 2009 6:39 pm
by Drifting
Has anyone stayed at the Fourways campsite, at the end of the Penguin-Cradle trail recently? If so, what were conditions like there, and did you get any pictures?
Cheers!
Re: Fourways campsite, on the Penguin-Cradle Trail

Posted:
Tue 01 Dec, 2009 5:56 pm
by Drifting
Anyone pass by it on the way to Cradle Mountain, and able to tell me if it's a fairly decent clearing? Any feedback/information at all?
Re: Fourways campsite, on the Penguin-Cradle Trail

Posted:
Thu 03 Dec, 2009 8:36 pm
by jose
I haven't been there recently but it is always a very leechy area and not a place where I would like to camp. Last time I was there I made a cup of coffee and when I drank the last of it - there was a leech in the bottom, still alive!!
Re: Fourways campsite, on the Penguin-Cradle Trail

Posted:
Fri 04 Dec, 2009 7:00 pm
by Drifting
Uhhh...yuck. Thanks for that. Looks like a good daywalk! LOL
Re: Fourways campsite, on the Penguin-Cradle Trail

Posted:
Fri 04 Dec, 2009 7:49 pm
by geoskid
Hi Drifting - what were your walking plans? I hav'nt stayed at Fourways campsite, but if that is the place that makes sense to stay at - whats a few leeches in the scale of things?
Re: Fourways campsite, on the Penguin-Cradle Trail

Posted:
Fri 04 Dec, 2009 7:57 pm
by corvus
jose wrote:I haven't been there recently but it is always a very leechy area and not a place where I would like to camp. Last time I was there I made a cup of coffee and when I drank the last of it - there was a leech in the bottom, still alive!!
Most leeches I boil taste like Blood Pudding

Re: Fourways campsite, on the Penguin-Cradle Trail

Posted:
Sat 05 Dec, 2009 6:36 am
by Drifting
I was hoping to do a short overnighter- from the West Coast Road to 4 Ways and back via the Vale River, or through to the Cradle Mountain Lodge, depending on if my darling missus would come. I'm recovering from an abcess in my heel, so a nice, easy walk is in order, and that one's only short.
Re: Fourways campsite, on the Penguin-Cradle Trail

Posted:
Sun 06 Dec, 2009 11:58 pm
by Crum
Definitely a great area for leeches. We did a day walk earlier in the year into there and back from the 4WD track that heads towards Reynolds Falls on a drizzly day and the ground was just teaming with them. Not somewhere I'd camp if I had a choice. The area is quite clear though.
Re: Fourways campsite, on the Penguin-Cradle Trail

Posted:
Mon 07 Dec, 2009 6:40 pm
by Drifting
Ta Crum!