firstTimeCaller wrote:We had an attempt of doing the "Cream Track" from the end of Tallebugera Creek Rd to Springbrook on the weekend. It was a nice walk but we didn't have a lot of time and turned around @ (-28.213671,153.316029). It looked as through you could continue up the track.
I think the correct way to do the cream track is to head over the "private property" gate at the end of the road.
Can anyone confirm this? Were you shot at?
firstTimeCaller wrote:Thanks. Wow...nearmap resolution is great. You can see the individual banana trees in the banana plantation. I agree with your "further south" assessment. We will have to have another crack at it heading over the gate.
I think the "Private Property" signs might be slightly misleading. I had a look at the property boundaries on http://gis.qld.gov.au/iqed/map/ and there is definitely a easement/right-of-way/road reserve heading up to Springbrook so I feel a bit more comfortable about jumping the gate. Nearmap actually has Springbrook Rd connecting to Tallebugera Rd over the course of what I suppose is the Cream track. Slightly misleading for motorists but handy for walkers.
Also of note, there is a mention of the Cream Track in this document - http://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/attachm ... stions.pdf which describes possible new tracks to be opened up for bushwalking.
Haribolman wrote:About 12 years ago or so, I took a very early morning summer drive to the end of Currumbin Valley, just past Camp Eden and decided to walk along the tourist track in the Mt Cougall section of the Springbrook National Park towards the abandoned timber mill. However, I noticed a track that came off the left of the main walking track and went steeply uphill. I decided to explore and was amazed to discover a phone line very crudely strung through the trees along the track. This got my curiousity and I continued walking uphill, following the phone line through the bush. After some time I was getting quite high up the hill. Imagine my surprise to discover an abandoned house, sitting in the bush, with seemingly no means of getting to it other than this very steep track up a hill. I walked quietly around the outside of the house, only to discover another couple of houses further in the distance on the top edge of this hill.
Haribolman wrote:<snip>We were high enough to get good photos of Mt Cougall through the trees.
tas-man wrote:Looking forward to seeing some of your photos of Mt Cougal and this area
firstTimeCaller wrote:We had an attempt of doing the "Cream Track" from the end of Tallebugera Creek Rd to Springbrook on the weekend. We were put off by the big "Private Property" signs at the gate at end of the road. So instead of going over the gate, we headed from the carpark @ (-28.217106,153.321997) approx 100m back down the road where we could cross the creek and headed up a ridge that ran approx WNW. It as a bit overgrown and steep but seemed to be some sort of an old track there. It was a nice walk but we didn't have a lot of time and turned around @ (-28.213671,153.316029). It looked as through you could continue up the track. I had a GPS app running on my phone so was able to look at our track on returning home.
It's probably worth noting that the end of road and gate is @ (-28.217106,153.321997), while google maps has the road running another approx 1km up the valley. I think the correct way to do the cream track is to head over the "private property" gate at the end of the road.
Can anyone confirm this? Were you shot at?
tas-man wrote:I just did a search for "Harley Smith" to see if there were any references to Harley who wrote the Heybob article posted earlier in this thread, and was interested to find that there is a park on the corner of Tallebudgera Creek Road and Araluen Road named "Harley Smith Reserve." Do any of you in the region know the background story to this park?
gentlemanbushwalker wrote:The old fire track with the telephone that heads up from the sawmill area does end on private property so far as I know. Taking a left at the end of that track will put you at the gate you have to jump to start the main Cougal walk. From what I can gather the owners have been quite accommodating for bushwalkers, as I think the start of the Cougal track is actually their property before it turns into National Park and they have been nice enough to put signs up.
gentlemanbushwalker wrote: Last time I was on the fire trail (mid-2011) there was a classic old Honda Moped rusting away and a dam full of water aswell. The shack in you picture was just still standing so must have only recently fallen over.
Pteropus wrote:<snip> Please keep the old photos coming<snip>
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