Spring Mountain Ridge Walk
Wednesday 21 July 2010Detailed briefing for registered participants
Though not a very prominent or recognisable peak, the Spring Mountain upland area is a watershed for many watercourses, including Bundamba, Woogaroo, Mountain, Opossum and Oxley Creeks. The walk takes in outlooks in all directions at various ridge-top locations.
Leaving from the outskirts of residential acreage in Greenbank, this eight kilometre return walk (4km each way) will ascend a spur to the Spring Mountain ridge and follow the ridge to the Spring Mountain peak itself. The return will follow the same route.
The degree of difficulty is generally moderate to steep so participants should be of moderate endurance fitness.
This walk is brought to you by Save Our Riverfront Bushland (SORB), under the auspices of Oxley Creek Catchment Association (OCCA) as part of the Peaks to Points Festival.
PARTICIPANTS - please carefully read the following information to assist your prior preparation to enable an enjoyable trip on the day:
- DIRECTIONS to starting point.
- SATELLITE IMAGERY showing the route.
- MAPS
- ROUTE description
- WHAT TO BRING
- Other information
DIRECTIONS:
Meet at:
Platypus Drive, Greenbank by 8:00am, Wed 21 July 2008 (Brisway 636 Q6 or UBD 277 B3);
.. Platypus Drive is reached via Spring Mountain Road, Spinebill Drive and Parrot St;
.. The road to take to reach Spring Mountain Road is either Pub Lane (from Middle Road/Teviot Road) or New Beith Rd;
.. While the walk leaves the settled area at Thornbill Drive (following the spur upwards via the service reservoir), vehicle parking is more satisfactory in Platypus Drive;
.. Prior briefing will commence at 8:15am with a departure by 8:30am;
.. Please record (or print this document for) mobile phone contact no. Ed Parker 0419 490 925, in case you need to make contact on the morning.
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MAPS
The following maps in PDF are for your reference and open in a new window:
- Locality Plan (400KB)
Brisway regional map, centred on Map 636. - Ipswich 1:50,000 topo map extract (1.4MB)
- Ipswich 1:50,000 topo map extract (enlarged) (629KB)
- Spring Mountain Estate (770KB)
This map illustrates the extent that the multi-stage "Spring Mountain Estate" creeps up the slopes to approximately the 100m contour level. (Note that our meeting point, Platypus Dr, is named "Bellbird Drive" on this map - in Stage 8E.)
The ROUTE
.. Refer to the above Google Earth imagery which shows the approximate route;
.. We will have a break for morning tea at a vantage point on the ridge, while lunch will be had at Spring Mountain peak itself;
.. The route one-way is less than 4km of which most is on firetrails but a length of about a kilometre (the east-west southern-most portion) is a narrow 'goat-trail' along a narrow part of ridge;
.. Starting elevation is approx at the 100m contour level and the destination Spring Mountain is 354m;
.. As you would expect of a spur and ridge walk the grades are not uniform and there are some steep and undulating stretches, but we can take our time at these locations;
.. The anticipated time of return is 2pm to 2:30pm depending upon the number and extent of stops the group wishes to have. (The return walk retraces the upward route. For your guidance, the return walk without significant pauses, is about 1.25 hours maximum.)
WHAT TO BRING:
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Provisions:
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OTHER INFORMATION
In the event of extremely inclement weather on the day, please contact me on the morning (say from 6:30am) to confirm whether cancellation is foreshadowed. The forecast showers are not sufficient at this stage to warrant cancellation. If you need to withdraw for any reason, please notify me as soon as possible (contact details in signature block).
Enquiries: Ed Parker, ph 3376 1389 or email info@sorb.org.au
Return to SORB's P2P Festival activity listing.