Leader: | Phil 0416 650160 |
Meet 1: | St Brigid’s Carpark, 78 Musgrave Rd, Red Hill |
Time: | 7:30am |
Meet 2: | Aratula, at the toilets on the outbound side |
Time: | 9.00am |
Cost: | $20 |
Distance: | 12km |
Grade: | M55 |
Location: | One of peaks just before Cunninghams Gap, between Aratula & Moogerah Dam |
Web: | https://www.aussiebushwalking.com/qld/se-qld/moogerah-peaks-np/mt-greville |
Emerg Off: | Sue 5522 9702 |
Mt. Greville is part of the Moogerah Peaks National Park. It is the very distinctive mountain just south east of Aratula. The mountain is also known as kangaroo mountain, as from certain angles it looks like a grazing kangaroo. https://trailwanderer.org/2012/09/02/moogerah-peaks-national-park-mt-greville/
Our group will ascend via the south east ridge. Then we will continue to the summit for lunch before descending via south-east Ridge to the turn-off to Palm Gorge and come down this narrow and spectacular gorge.
Hopefully there should be several wildflowers out especially the Scarlet Pea.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bossiaea_rupicola
But it may be a bit late to catch the very rare and "endangered" Grevillea linsmitthii in bloom, which usually flowers from April to June. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1033327-Grevillea-linsmithii
The walk does require a bit of scrambling and the descent down Palm Gorge can be a bit slow. Most reasonably fit bushwalkers should be able to do this; there are no razor backs or scary cliffs, but a bit of scrambling up and over rocks and fallen palm fronds. There should be time to stop on the way home for coffee. Phil