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Walks of Flinders Island

Monday, August 6th, 2012

Walk 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

Killiecrankie beach Flinders Island

Wednesday, December 14th, 2011

The 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, 2011

Walk 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.

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