Obviously my success in climbing Big Monks made me confident, as in this walk I managed to visit 2 trigs!
I parked in Chapman at the base of the steps up to Cooleman trig. Despite there being a good set of stairs, it was only about 200m to the trig and it only took me about 7 minutes (mind you 7 minutes of watching a woman run up and down it at least 1.5 times while I plodded up! 😀).
The Cooleman trig was nice, with a gorgeous view across Weston Creek and Woden, and I could see Mount Arawang trig, which didn't look too far away.
I looked at Google Maps and it told me it would take about 15 minutes (later I realised I had it set to 'car' - doh!).
I walked down the back of the hill and followed a trail down to where it met the main fire trail at the back of Chapman. There were lots of people out walking and riding. I found a path across the saddle and made my way to the main gate at the base of the Arawang summit walk.
It was a pretty hard walk up, with lots of stairs that were quite high. Tough on my old knees. The path is nice but there are lots of weeds along the trail. Perhaps it needs some TLC?
As usual, the summit from the trig was very lovely. The view was similar to the Urambi trig, but you can see right down the Bullen Range to Cotter Reservoir, which was kind of cool. There are some quite friendly magpies up there too.
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| poser! |
Of course, I realised my mistake after descending Arawang (slowly, as coming down high stairs is sometimes harder than going up them!), and seeing quite how far I had to walk back to my car! Silly me!
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| Aw maaaan! I gotta go back too? |
But it was OK, I walked all the way along the fire trail, and while the whole thing took me 1 hour 40, I actually walked further than the Big Monks walk last weekend.
Cooleman trig and Mount Arawang
Elevation - 763m.
Time to trig - 7 minutes! Arawang took a little longer....
Difficulty - medium. The summit ascent for Arawang is tough with the high steps.
Best part - two for one!
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