This afternoon I walked for 90 minutes in the Porepunkah pine plantation between Roberts Creek Road and Bright. It’s a walk I first undertook about this time last year, and it’s pleasing to note my stronger fitness today climbing the hills.
Hancocks harvested pine from part of the hill several months ago and I wanted to see the view from the top.
Starting on Tom Briggs Road near Karnu Village, I walked to the second of three tiers that ascend from bottom to top. I then took a shortcut along a bulldozer track to the ridge. It was one of those tracks that you can just walk up, but almost certainly couldn’t walk down.
Reviewing the topological map, I now know that I climbed from 300 metres to 500 metres in a matter of minutes.
The view was terrific, but narrow because of pines on either side. Basically, I saw the golf course and parts of the Back Porepunkah Road and rail trail.
I then followed the ridge towards Quins Gap, descending along the gentle gradient of Templars Road to near the entrance of Bright.
I was surprised to cross paths with two mountain bike riders along Quins Road in the middle of nowhere.
It’s a good walk and a nice reminder that we have some wonderful forests in this area, both pine and native.
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