Mt Buffalo

 

A trip to Mt Buffalo on Dec 22 2015, from Bright, visiting the Horn, the Chalet, the Gorge Lookouts, and a hike along the Lake Catani Walking Trail.

 

 

 

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The Horn, Mt Buffalo National Park

These pix were taken on Dec 7 2013 at the Horn, Mt Buffalo National Park.
 

 

 

Below is an embedded Slideshow with all of the pix of our visit!

Mt Buffalo, Gorge Heritage Walk in winter

On Sunday August 8, 2010, with mate Mick, I visited the Mt Buffalo National Park, 350 km NE of Melbourne.

Starting near the Chalet car-park, we explored the 4 km Gorge Heritage Circuit Walk.

Over a hundred years ago the daughter of local pioneer James Manfield gained a reputation as 'Guide Alice'. She delighted the first tourists to the remote and rugged plateau with her love and knowledge of the spectacular landscapes around the Gorge, as well as her preference for more practical home-made trouser suits.

The Walk revisits the scenic highlights of those early tours, with interpretive signs along the trail describing the area’s history, features, and natural beauty through the eyes of Guide Alice.

Winding through woodlands of tall Alpine Ash and twisted snow gums, the trail passes rushing waterfalls and distinctive granite tors on its way to the highest vertical cliffs in Australia. Lookouts along the way offer breathtaking views of the sheer rock walls, with the Crystal Brook Falls plunging nearly 300 metres from the rim of the gorge, and the fertile Buckland Valley far below.

Snow covered most of the Track.

This is one Walk which is certainly recommended!

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Mt Buffalo National Park - south region

View from Corral Track

Corral Alpine Meadow

The Castle, seen from Corral Alpine Meadow

View from Hump Track

On April 25, 2010, we visited the Mt Buffalo National Park, 350 km NE of Melbourne.

From the car park at the base of the Cathedral Rocks, on the main Buffalo Rd, we climbed up the Castle-Corral Track, to the Corral Alpine Meadow.

This beautiful meadow lies in a depression, surrounded by magnificent granite peaks.

We explored Mahomet's Cave, the Sentinel, the base of Corral Peak, and the track to the Castle.

We descended to the car, and then climbed the track to the Cathedral and the Hump.

The views were spectacular!

The car park sits at an altitude of 1518 m - heights of the rocky peaks are the Castle 1600 m, the Corral Meadow 1574 m, Corral Peak 1587 m, La Soeuf 1610 m, the Sentinel 1579 m, the Hump 1695 m, the Cathedral 1565 m.

Return hiking distances were about 3.5 km to the Meadow, and 2 km to the Hump.

On the way back to our home base at Bright, we took a side trip along the Buckland Valley Road, passing the Porepunkah Aerodrome, then through to the Buckland Bridge, at the Buckland River, below the steep bluffs of the southern boundary of the Park.

This is the end of the bitumen - there is a nice picnic ground here on the banks of the river.

At this point, the road continues past plantations through the Buckland Valley State Forest to the Dargo High Plains.

This region was once a thriving goldmining area, dating from the 1850s, described on an information board at the picnic ground, which has several historical photographs about the early mines.

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