As everyone who reviews this place says it is a great view from the top and the walk up from the lower gate car park is a much better option than driving to the top (provided you are fit).

We started on the red track but switched to the blue track about 15 minutes in since the red track seemed to be headed a long way downhill before heading up again. The full circuit took us about two hours and I am glad we switched to the blue one pretty early in the piece.

First thing, if you are going to walk up using either the red or blue circuit track then I strongly recommend you go anti-clockwise. If you go that way then on the way up you will face both up and down sections, and that’s something that you may want to avoid when you are coming back down and a bit tired. By going anti clockwise the way down has almost no uphill sections.

The red and blue tracks are both difficult and in many places resemble more like a goat track, at times on very narrow peaks with steep drop offs on both sides. Personally I think a lot of the track was originally formed by sheep or goats grazing on the steep hill sides.

Also if you are from Australia, don’t expect a well maintained track like you find in National Parks back home with steps as you go up what are a number of very steep sections. I think over the entire track there were no more than twenty formed up steps. This makes me wonder just how hard the track would be if it was wet and slippery.

Don’t get me wrong, I am not trying to say don’t do this, but it’s going to be hard and you are likely to be tired and sore at the end. (I am pretty sure we were more worn out than when we walked up to the Kitchen Hut at Cradle Mountain in Tasmania)