Last year I went on an excellent Logan City Council Community Bushwalk through Plunkett Conservation Park just west of Cedar Creek, so today I took my bushwalking buddies to explore this trail. Although we are well into April it was a very hot day and some climbing was involved, so we sweated and huffed and puffed a bit, but the sky was clear and the bush invigorating. Miss Plunkett (a bikini clad, hula-skirted gum tree) welcomed us on the Quinzeh Creek Road where we entered the park about a kilometre on. Coming from Beenleigh, look for the entry on the left signposted "Wickham Timber Reserve". A clear trail runs for about a kilometre where you turn left at a bench seat and start the climb up a rocky slope to a lookout at Wickham Peak. After enjoying views of lush bushland towards Brisbane in one direction and towards another, not so attractive views of the huge new housing development known as Yarrabilba, we continued on the Calytrix Circuit. Further along the trail a path leads off to the left to another lookout - Grass Tree Lookout. The Calytrix Circuit rejoins the path at the top of the first rocky hill climb and then it is downhill all the way back. It is a 7 kilometre walk in total and well signposted, though there a few unsigned tracks leading off the main path which we might explore some other time. The area we passed through included dense and open eucalypt forests, shrubby areas of thick acacia, and densely vegetated gullies formed by rolling hills and sandstone outcrops. After our last few weeks of small walks and big feasts we enjoyed the rigour of this walk, but also enjoyed ending with a light lunch at the fabulous Green Frog Hollow Cafe at Logan Village. The candle holder on the table summed our day up nicely.
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julian crosswell
22/6/2016 01:06:09 am
Calytrix walk. What a great walk !!!
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