Getting Fit On The Northbrook Gorge Hike

Author of this blog post: Lucas

On Sunday we walked the Northbrook Gorge trail. This walk was tough and exciting at the same time. It starts at a car park along Mt Glorious Rd and we walked around 5Km but you can walk as far as you want along the gorge.

It passes through lots of little rock pools and big boulders to scramble over. When we did this walk it was in the middle of summer and was boiling hot on the 600m steep trail down to the creek bed. Then its a full on rock scrambling hard walk with deep rock pools to wade and swim through. We went 2.5km up the gorge and 2.5km back down so it was 5Km all up.

When we did this walk the water levels were low because we hadn’t had much rain over the past few weeks, but as we could see from the sides of the gorges walls, the water levels can get much higher. And I also know because my Mum and Dad have been there a long time ago and they said that the water was really high so they had to swim through most of the gorge. When we did it, most water holes were waist deep but there was one water hole where we had to swim and couldn’t touch.

Oh, and watch out for some really big spiders on the rocks when you get up on the rocks, some of them were bigger than my hand.

Overall it was a beautiful walk with stunning views of the gorge above. Make sure to wear quick drying clothes, and also make sure to bring water proof bags to put you phone and car keys in so they don’t get wet.

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