Saturday, September 15, 2012

Leanganook Track, days 1 and 2


Whilst the track is setup as a 3 day walk I decided to make it 4 days. This would allow me to travel and walk on day 1, shorten up the day with the big climb up through the Mt Alexander Regional Park, plus would also allow me to avoid camping at the designated camping area at the drive in picnic ground. Since the guide book indicated there was no potable water on the track I had arranged a water drop where the walking track meets Specimen Gully road in Bakers Creek. This area also offered some natural bush to camp in.


Day Two, once the trail reaches Specimen Gully road the walking and bike tracks separate with the later heading of to Harcourt and the walking tracking heading east, under the freeway and up through the Mt Alexander Regional Park A short distance after crossing the ridge and heading down the eastern side the track reaches a plateau. This area offers a number of suitable camp sites over a distance of around 500m.


The Guide book lists the Leanganook picnic area as the designated camping area, however for those happy to bush camp, there was enough space for a few tents near the second turn off to the picnic area camping ground.

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