Fathers Day - Flinders Peak?

Frank Thomson

August 29 at 7:15pm ·

Looking for recommendations for hills to walk up. (Potential fathers day activity)
A month or so ago, somone posted some mountain top pics but I forget who.
So if you can suggest hills and mountains around here that would be handy.

• Heather-Ann Briker-Bell, Michael Drinkwater and Lewis von Stieglitz like this.
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  Lewis von Stieglitz The embankment at Alman Park. A solid 30 metres between the members bar and edge of the track. Harness racing to take people's minds off the horror of fathers day.

  2 · August 29 at 7:20pm
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  Vikki Woodward Cunningham's gap has many good walks up either side, Spicer's gap also has good views from Governor's chair lookout, Mt Edwards at Moogerah dam, Mt Ngungun or Beerburrum (Glasshouse mountains), Binna Burra has good walks with good lookouts over the valley, the list goes on....

  3 · August 29 at 7:24pm
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  Vikki Woodward Also Lamington Nat Park at O'Reilly's, and Mt Tamborine, but these are more rainforesty ...

  1 · August 29 at 7:26pm
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  Kyle Remphrey Saw photos from Mt Ngungun recently. That's the back of KingKong from memory.

  1 · August 29 at 7:32pm
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  Henry Thomson Saddle at Hackett between Mt Ainslie and Mt Majura.

  3 · August 29 at 7:42pm
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  Peter Kirakov Yeah me my Tibrogargan, nugungun Mt beerburum Mt Cootha

  1 · August 29 at 7:43pm
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  Alan Kepper K2 in Pakistan would keep you busy.

  2 · August 29 at 8:35pm
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  Kahren Giles Flinders peak (near Ipswich) is a challenging climb - BM reckons only 10% of the population do this one! Nice picnic area to reward yourself once accomplished.

  2 · August 30 at 2:20am
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Frank Thomson Yes! That's it!. The marvels of Facebook

1 · August 30 at 2:42am

Clare McHugh Von Stieglitz https://www.aussiebushwalking.com/.../flinders-peak...

Flinders Peak Hiking Track - Aussie Bushwalking

Flinders Peak Hiking Track - A steep climb up the northern slope of Mt Flinders, passing over several crests giving expansive views north to Brisbane on the way up. As it climbs higher, views expand to include the Fassifern Valley and south west to Lamington plateau. The final segment descends from…

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2 · August 30 at 3:49am

Catherine Elms Flinders peak

1 · August 30 at 3:03pm

Heather-Ann Briker-Bell Flinders Peak. Close to home. Great views. Definitely up hill. Great for team building!

Yesterday at 4:02am

Frank Thomson The follow up question is how long will it take ?
Oh also will it kill me? Will 11yo handle it?

18 hrs

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Heather-Ann Briker-Bell Yes it will kill you. Your 11 year old will be fitter than you! Haha! It is a steady climb through a meadow and into bush, running up a bush covered rocky ridge (quite pretty). It goes up in stages, plateauing into fields before the next ascent, some through bush, some in the open. there is a part where you climb up between two rocks (dirt and rock, plenty of footholds and the last ascent is fairly steep but opens out to a helicopter landing pad and finally at the summit a relay station and amazing views. Should be amazing with the current clear air before the bush fire season. Take plenty of water and a picnic and allow a leisurely 3-5 hours. Its nice just to hang around at the top for a bit - plenty of shade the helicopter landing pad makes a nice picnic spot though exposed to the full sun. Hope this helps Frank. Second alternative - lots of walks around Mt Cootha with the added bonus of an ice-cream stop at the kiosk. You can download maps of all the tracks - Simpsons Falls for example is a very leisurely 1.5 - 2 hour walk (fast walking an hour)and you can picnic in the park that leads to the walk. Have fun! But I do think Flinders Peak will be far more memorable!

18 hrs

Kyle Remphrey Kind of sad they didn't think to put a shade cloth over the helipad ... Hey Frank you could get a flight back instead.

17 hrs

Frank Thomson Perhaps as a community service, we could erect said shade cloth.

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