Dad, Benny the dog and I went for a bushwalk today. Our plan was to climb Mt May, an 800mish peak in Mt Barney NP, Southeast Queensland.
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| Mt May |
Winter was a good season for climbing this sub-tropical peak. And we had great weather for the day. Some light clouds, but no rain.
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| Lake Maroon and Peaks of the Scenic Rim. |
It took us around 3 hours to climb the nearly 600m of vertical to reach the summit. The views of the surrounding area were stunning.
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| Purple Flower - Summit, Mt May |
After having a bite to eat for lunch on the summit, Dad and the dog took a nap while I went off looking for some macro subjects to photograph.
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| Heading back |
This was a circuit walk. We climbed up the north face and descended down the south-west ridge. I like to avoid backtracking if I can.
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| Mt Barney |
To the south of the top of the summit we get some great views of the twin peaks of Mt Barney. It's the highest peak in the local are and another 500m higher than Mt May.
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| Negotiating a "interesting" section of the descent. |
There are a few rock scrambling sections on this route both up and down but nothing too difficult. The dog needed a little help with this one, mostly because he gets in the way of where we are trying to climb and one of us is going to get pushed off the mountain.
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| Dirt Road Out |
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After that it links up with a dirt road for a 3km walk out. Lazy people could drive up this and make the walk much shorter. We managed the full circuit from the campground in around 6 hours, which made for an enjoyable day out.
