McStay St entrance, Glen Lomond Park
Time: 8.30 am
Where: at the McStay St entrance
Directions: Follow Rowbotham Street to the far end and turn left onto Zupps Road. Turn left again into Dippel Street and park at the McStay Street entrance.
Description: This is one of Toowoomba’s Escarpment Parks and the least visited of all the parks that make up the escarpment park precinct. The track travels through a grassy paddock that becomes narrower approaching the ridge. It undulates until it reaches a cleared picnic area that offers magnificent views of the range including Table Top Mountain (Meewah).
Activities: We have a permit from the Toowoomba Regional Council to take 3-4 vehicles (preferably 4WD) through the locked gate to the end of the Hell Hole track. It is suggested we put our morning tea, lunch and chairs in the vehicles while most of us walk the Spur track (340 metres) and those less able to take a vehicle ride to the picnic area. (It is not suggested we take the full 2.75 kilometre walk to the Hell Hole Falls.)
Level of Fitness: All levels - see Activities above.
Facilities: benches, picnic tables and shelters but no rubbish bins, so come prepared to carry rubbish back with you. Also no toilets, probably the nearest are at Duggan Park.
What to Bring: suitable clothing and footwear for walking in the bush, sunscreen, insect repellant, water, morning tea and lunch, chair, and the usual naturalist stuff of your choice; binoculars, camera, field guides, notebook, etc.
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