The Great Western Tiers was one of the first places I bushwalked when I was living in Devonport back in the 1980’s working my way through a midwifery certificate at the Mersey Maternity Hospital. Getting up onto the Tiers is quick and easy via various tracks that run uphill from every direction. I picked up a brochure from the tourist information centre in Deloraine (worth a visit), but the same information is available online here.
We did the circuit described in the brochure in a clockwise direction. Great views from the top and a lovely valley below. The higher point, to the south, would be a hideous bushwack, and the usual access route comes up Smoko Creek from the south.
After returning to the car (the walk takes no where near the four hours advertised) we drove back to Deloraine via Mole Creek Road and walked into Lobster Falls to round out the day. A brochure is available here. We did both side tracks, although I probably concur with the brochure that the first side track to the upper falls is not the best. There is a dodgy bit of garden hose to assist in the scramble down (which we did not use) and the steep descent leads to a wet slippery ledge. From the ledge, I waded the creek and scrambled over to the second falls, but the same location can also be easily reached by following the track to the end where a good rock platform overlooks both falls.
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