LPR= Lane Poole Reserve.
Daughter wanted to do this today, she wasn't keen while up there
camping last week but as it gave me another chance to do it I took it with out
too much complaining. When husband and I did it last Friday we really only did half of it as we started at one end but when we reached the other end instead of turning around and coming back along the same track we came back along the other side of the brook and that was not as hilly or steppy. This time I can honestly say that I did the whole lot. I do think it's silly to have a walk that doubles back on itself when it could have been made as a circuit route, maybe not as long but I wonder how many people actually do get to the end and just turn around and come back the same way.
The main sign says the whole walk is 4km, taking 2 1/2 hours. The sign above says 3.8km and no, it's not 200mtres further along. I'm taking the 4km. Why, because we did have a bit of a walk from the car, the loo was a bit of a way up a hill then back down to the path, back to the car after the walk, it sounds better... Not sure where they get the 2 1/2 hours to walk it from. I am not very fit and me and the daughter did it in around an hour and a half. You'd have to be going pretty slow to take the 2 hours, maybe if you had small kids with you...
We started the walk from the Nanga Mill campsite area and this is the little bridge at the beginning of the walk.
Over the bridge, to the left, follow the sign...
Along the path...
Down there...
There are areas where the edges have given way but it's safe enough if you stick to the path
.Down a gravel road for a bit...
Left down some steps...
Then up the path...
Up some more...
And still up...
Oops, now where, which way do we go...
That way...
Daughter says this is how the path got it's name...
Hmmm the rock might have spots like a
Chuditch does but I don't think so...
There are a few little bridges along Nanga Brook, making it easy for getting from one side to the other without getting your shoes wet.
After walking for a bit we come to Nanga Road.
We need to cross over here and continue the walk on the other side.
But be aware. Sometime the path is closed for a bit while the mines kill a bit more Earth.
A short walk into the other side and we can look back and see the gate that we drove through to get to Nanga Mill and the start of our walk.
The walk this side is not as close to the water but it can still be heard as it babbles merrily along through the undergrowth.
There are a couple of tents over the creek in the Nanga Townsite
camping area. Won't be long now and we will be at the end of the
walk...or more precisely, to the halfway point.
And then the batteries in the camera went flat. Never mind, we will come back and take photos of the last section another time.
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