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Experience the Good Life Flinders Island
Wednesday, May 1st, 2013Killiecrankie Beach Walk Flinders Island
Thursday, March 14th, 2013Click on the link below for information about the Killiecrankie Beach Walk. A perfect walk for all ages.
Walks of Flinders Island
Monday, August 6th, 2012Walk 11 Airstrip Circuit – Killiecrankie
This walk is best done in a clockwise directions, as the track near beach is poorly marked and scrubby. Walk out on the Killiecrankie road on your left. At the end of this road is a gate. You can skirt around the Western boundary, avoiding private, or walk through the gate (Ask the manger of the Quoin prior at attempting this walk.) Head out towards the dam, with a bearing north-east. Walk past the dam wall and the rock spillway and veer north-west across a paddock then up a sandy incline into the dune country. Follow the old fence line for about a kilometre and a half, roughly north-east, then veer north-west through low tussocks, past a fresh water dam and pick up a roughly marked track which will eventually meet Killiecrankie beach. Easy walking back to the settlement.
Walking duration: 1-2 hours, 6km
Walks on Flinders Island
Friday, May 25th, 2012Mt Killiecrankie Via the Dock Road:
Drive out along the Palana road. About six kilometres past Killiecrankie turn off HEC lamp post number 334 is reached. A track to your left heads towards the Dock – a very spectacular and imposing seascape and worth a drive even if you do not do the actual walk! This road is not presently marked on NATMAP.
About 1.5 kilometers along the Dock road you will come to the closest point to Mt Killiecrankie. Leave the road opposite a dam on the ridge. Head left, approximately south-west, keeping to high ground. Aim for Wombat Rock which will become apparent. Scrub bash your way in the general direction of the summit until you come out into large granite slabs of rock. Follow the northern ridge to the Trig point for commanding views of the northern part of the island. Return via the same route but take careful note of any ‘cleared’ areas that will give you an easier decent. This is a tough walk, the scrubbing very thick in places. Long pants are essential.
Killiecrankie Creek Flinders Island
Wednesday, January 11th, 2012Walk 8 in the Walks of Flinders Island book, Killiecrankie Creek is a delightful stroll from the car park. This walk may reward the careful walker with sight of black swans and other water birds.Walk up the eastern side of the creek to the first major bend. There are some good views of killiecrankie beach from within the mouth of the creek and a camera can be a very worthwhile addition to your hiking gear. There are some small sandunes near the month of this creek and they may offer some shelter on a windy day. Take adequate protection with strong sun, particulary in the summer months. Clear skies can produce extreme UV radiation. A peaceful boating trip can be made up Killiecrankie Creek for about 1km when the creek is full. This is best timed when the creek is not flowing but about to burst its banks and flow in to the bay. Beware of snags and tiger snakes - they can swim! You will see a variety of bird lift if you paddle quietly. After you have paddled as far as is possible, moor your boat/dingy and climb up the west bank to view the giant windmill that supplies most of Killiecrankie with water.
Killiecrankie beach Flinders Island
Wednesday, December 14th, 2011The Slip Via Killiecrankie Beach is walk number 24 in the ‘Walks of Flinders Island’ book.
Easy rock hopping to a place of historical interest. The slip gets its name from the fact that fishing boats were ’slipper’ there in yesteryear. A set of old steel wheels used for the purpose could be found beside the entrance of the near by property. This is a delightful swimming and fossicking area and can be found directly adjacent to Nobby’s Rock. At low tide there is a small sandy beach here but the sand will be mostly likely wet, after the flood tide. If you require soft sand, walk around the western side of the slip for a fifty meters and you will find a snorkeling and amateur divers have picked up the occasional crayfish in the vicinity! On the incoming tide, after a sunny summers’ day, the water within The Slip will be a noticeable few degrees warmer. This area has been extensively mined for Topaz, the Killiecrankie Diamonds, in recent years. At low tide, the Slip can be easily reached by walking around the rocks from Killiecrankie. Private Land abuts this area and there is no public access from Armstrong’s Road, at Killiecrankie.
This walk can take 2 hours and is 1km long.
Diamond Gully Flinders Island
Wednesday, October 26th, 2011Walk 9 of the ‘The Walks of Flinders Island’ book, Diamond Gully is a pleasant and leisurely walk around the superb Killiecrankie Bay and will place you right in the heart of ‘Diamond Country’. Take your sieves or obtain them from the gem shop in Whitemark ‘Killiecrankie Enterprises’. This ‘mining’ expedition is best done at low tide, so remember to check the tides before travelling to Killiecrankie. Patient fossicking should reward the prospector with some topaz with 10-20 minutes, albeit usually of a small size. Good Luck! Take coat and drinking water. This creek is often dry but successful fossicking can be undertaken using the abundant seawater. See other walks on Stacky’s Bright and Old Mans Head.