Leader: Andrea Cockerton 

Ben Nevis was the revised destination, bad weather scuppering plan
to head up Billies Knob. Summer, but not just yet. The track itself was easy to navigate, the access roads not so! A few confabs, consultation of GPS, one wrong turn and we arrived.  The road itself was in reasonable order, though 4WD recommended.

The track initially heads through forest along Gibbs Spur; it’s a little grunty to start but evens out as you break through the trees around 1000m, the summit itself standing at 1619m. There is some rock scrambling along the spur and delightful vistas across to the Richmond Ranges in the East. The weather held and we arrived at the summit in 2 1/4 hours, though not lingering too long in the cool breeze.  A scattering of fellow trampers were heading up, but by far the majority were the mountain bikers using the lower tracks and car shuttling up and down the road. It felt great to blow away some cobwebs and get out.

Fellow trampers were Sue, Kate, John, Chris, Bruce & Michael. Thanks for your company – Andrea (scribe).