This is an easy walk that is only about
11 or 12 km long and visits a number of the highpoints (both
literally and figuratively) of the Wonderland Range. Start either
behind the caravan park in Halls Gap or through the Botanic Gardens,
and follow the steps (many, many steps) up to Mackeys (Cherub) Peak.
If you're old, you can probably blow past a few 20 and 30 somethings
who are staggering along the track with shopping bags and cameras
held out on poles to snap narcissistic pictures of themselves.
In not too long, you meet the track
that comes up from the Wonderland car park and the hordes of people
who have managed to stagger up this way, also carrying shopping bags.
I had no idea shopping bags had replaced backpacks. Stroll along
the track towards Bellfield Peak. There are some good overhanging
rock formations perfect for a few pull-ups or ankles to bar (rock
formation) as you walk past.
Tower Hill
Instead of taking the shortest route
down to the Sundial parking lot, you can take a slightly longer loop
out to Lakeview Lookout where you may find some dubious abseiling
going on. Beyond Sundial carpark, you'll leave the crowds behind as
you stroll up to Sundial Peak where there is a sundial (and a view),
then wander down the track passing one more lookout and following a
curving ridge down to Lake Bellfield. Be back in time for lunch.
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