Mt Barney - initial explorations

 

Here's the view of Mt Barney's East Peak, from the Yellow Pinch Lookout. It's a real mountain, with a 1354m high summit.

 

Trouble is, it's a 3-hour drive from the Sunshine Coast. South, past Brisbane, and then south-west. So in order to climb it, I'd need to spend a long weekend down there. Or start very very early. I'll figure it out in due course. Last Sunday though, I made do with a few hours of constructive reconnaissance. I walked up to the Yellow Pinch lookout, where a helpful sign told me how little of the job was done!

 

I think the castle-shaped one to the south was Mt Lindesay.

Then I did (most of) the Lower Portals walk, which was rather up-and-downy, and which will need to be repeated and finished another day, perhaps when it's not so busy and when I've another hour or two to spare.

I'm having to confront the sad bushwalking reality that the Sunshine Coast just isn't really in the first division. You need to come at least this far south to get to the really good places. The Glass House mountains are special, of course, but other than them, the national parks and various other bushwalking reserves are a bit small and a bit limited. (And often shared with mountain bikes and recreational vehicles!) I was very spoiled by my time living in Sydney, and before that, Tasmania.