Bushwalk Australia

by **ILUVSWTAS** » Tue 22 Mar, 2011 5:52 am

Hi all, sorry to go over this again but I was hoping for a trip up to MCH soon and didnt want to waste a long drive.
I am hoping to hear from someone who has been down either of the access tracks in the last month or so, I believe one track leaves from past Meander, the other from near Western Creek.

Any recent info would be great thanks!!

by **doogs** » Tue 22 Mar, 2011 6:45 am

viewtopic.php?f=42&t=6176&p=74991&hilit=westrope+road#p74991

I understand that the meander access, via smoko creek hasn't been damaged. But I can't confirm this as it was November when I was there. You do need to get your feet wet though at the start of the walk. (I went 5/6ths of the way up the Ironstone track this way).

by **Tasallan** » Tue 22 Mar, 2011 7:06 am

See section TAS TRIP REPORTS & TRACK NOTES.
viewtopic.php?f=42&t=6176

by **ILUVSWTAS** » Tue 22 Mar, 2011 12:14 pm

Thanks Tasallan, I was looking for that to see who wrote it!! It was *&%$#! early when I was looking this morning though....

So just clarify for me.... when you say you somewhat foolishly drove over the remaining half a bridge?? How dodgy was that?? If we didnt chose to drive over that how much extra walking would that be???

by **Tasallan** » Tue 22 Mar, 2011 12:30 pm

Was not dodgy at the time but after thinking about it we should have gotten out of the car and checked it out - I guess about one third has dropped away one side. It is 12KM from the turn off to the start of Mother Cummings Track so I suspect it would probably be about 8KM to walk from the bridge to the start of Mother Cummings Track. The track itself is in good condition, not badly eroded like Higgs Track.
Trevor

by **ILUVSWTAS** » Tue 22 Mar, 2011 12:52 pm

Thanks Trevor! I think we'll drive it as well!!!

by **ollster** » Tue 22 Mar, 2011 1:38 pm

ILUVSWTAS wrote:Thanks Trevor! I think we'll drive it as well!!!

Nice of you to volunteer my car for a plunge into the river.

by **stu** » Tue 22 Mar, 2011 1:51 pm

Isn't the more usual access to Mother Cummings Peak (not Head) from the other side;
ie. the Meander Falls Road / Smoko Road?
This is the way I accessed it a few years ago...is this road / direction also impassable at the moment?

Edit: forgot about this thread which answers my question

viewtopic.php?f=42&t=4656&p=68785&hilit=mother+cummings#p68785

by **ILUVSWTAS** » Tue 22 Mar, 2011 1:56 pm

Both approaches sound nice Stu, I'll just be happy if one of them is still open!!

Oll, I was hoping you wouldnt mind volunteering your car.... hehehe beats walking 8-12 k's though, and it sounds pretty harmless........... :shock:

by **ollster** » Tue 22 Mar, 2011 2:02 pm

ILUVSWTAS wrote:Oll, I was hoping you wouldnt mind volunteering your car....

As long as you don't mean "sacrifice".

by **ILUVSWTAS** » Tue 22 Mar, 2011 2:06 pm

We've had lots of practice at building bridges lately on trips in Mjd's car, im sure we'll be fine. :wink:

by **ollster** » Tue 22 Mar, 2011 2:11 pm

ILUVSWTAS wrote:We've had lots of practice at building bridges lately on trips in Mjd's car, im sure we'll be fine.

Lol, you've seen the clearance on my car! Speed bumps scare me.

by **north-north-west** » Wed 23 Mar, 2011 7:50 pm

You should have asked.
Smoko Road has been cut just above the junction by a washed out creek. It means an extra half an hour or so each way.
The walking track, however, is fine. It's a great little jaunt, you'll love it. Hope you get better weather than I did - the wind was blowing the snow all the way from Ironstone.

by **ILUVSWTAS** » Wed 23 Mar, 2011 7:54 pm

I did ask you what you were climbing while you were here, you said you wernt going to tell me because that would give me an advantage in "the game"
Wow you were busy....

30mins each way, you know I think I can deal with that. And the roads safe for a Corolla driving P plater???

Thanks!

by **north-north-west** » Wed 23 Mar, 2011 9:11 pm

Well, this is a bit different. This way everyone knows.

Yeah, it's fine until you reach the creek. And there's a small rough parking area just before the tape.
There is also a new route temporarily signposted for the Falls, but it's very rough and I wouldn't take a standard car down it, particularly in the wet.

by **Crum** » Tue 29 Mar, 2011 11:06 am

Was just reading on the Forestry Tas website that the bridge on Smoko Rd was being replaced late March/early April so hopefully the road will be open again soon. Definately a great walk up Mother Cummings from the Meander side (if you can drag yourself away from taking photos all the way up Smoko Creek)

by **DaveGwy** » Wed 30 Mar, 2011 8:33 am

From a tas-virgin, what is this Mother Cummings you speak of?

by **ILUVSWTAS** » Wed 30 Mar, 2011 10:29 am

DaveGwy wrote:From a tas-virgin, what is this Mother Cummings you speak of?

It's a mountain on the Great Western Tiers

by **DaveGwy** » Wed 30 Mar, 2011 10:59 am

You guys have some 'interesting' mountain names down here. I wonder if anyone has actually looked into them? Maybe it's because there is so many peaks that they ran out of 'normal' names?

by **gayet** » Wed 30 Mar, 2011 11:33 am

Mother Cummings was so named after a school teacher who climbed it in the early 1900's as a dare from her students. Not the first to summit it but....

by **ollster** » Wed 30 Mar, 2011 12:46 pm

gayet wrote:Mother Cummings was so named after a school teacher who climbed it in the early 1900's as a dare from her students. Not the first to summit it but....

That's so cool.

by **DaveGwy** » Wed 30 Mar, 2011 12:54 pm

If only teachers these days were that cool.

by **Son of a Beach** » Wed 30 Mar, 2011 1:25 pm

DaveGwy wrote:If only teachers these days were that cool.

They are few and far between, but my brother had a science teacher that took him boar hunting.

by **DaveGwy** » Wed 30 Mar, 2011 1:31 pm

!! That's pretty cool. I don't reckon you'd come across that anymore.

by **Dave-1** » Fri 01 Apr, 2011 8:42 pm

Hey ho
Are you looking to climb Mother Cummings peaks r Mother Cummings Mountiam They Are Not The Same as I understand it Mother Cummings Peak is best accessed from the Western Creek road although it is 10 years since I was there This peak is the pointy one on the western tiers you see from the highway. Mother Cummings Mountian stands a good way back of the tiers and I believe is best climbed from smoko creek
Wacko the diddlio just keep walking
Dave-1

by **walkinTas** » Fri 01 Apr, 2011 10:08 pm

Dave-1, you will find a bit more info on Mother Cummings Peak v's Mother Cummings Head in this topic and also in this topic. About three years ago the front peak was officially recognized by the Nomenclature Board as Mother Cummings Peak.

by **Dave-1** » Sat 02 Apr, 2011 5:02 am

Hey does that mean there, an extra point up for grabs to peak baggers ie. 1 for the head and 1 for the peak
Wacko the diddlio just keep walking
Dave-1

by **ILUVSWTAS** » Sat 16 Apr, 2011 9:02 am

Dave-1 wrote:Hey does that mean there, an extra point up for grabs to peak baggers ie. 1 for the head and 1 for the peak
Wacko the diddlio just keep walking
Dave-1

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