jackass

well yesterday (tony you will be proud) we went to Barron Gorge and I ended up carrying the baby the whole time - my calves and my ass are killing me today!

tonyk38

You have to suffer for your art! Feel any fitter?

LauraC

Is that the walk that goes up the mountains? I've heard there's a blue one as well. Where are they?

jackass

havent ventured it myself yet but i have a map and there is a red and blue walk and they are just off botanical gardens @ edge hill. if you take the walk and see a short blonde woman gasping for breath can you call me an ambulance please?

jackass

in a word....NO

LauraC

Thanks I'll have to look out for those walks. Are they in a walker's/hiking map or any old map?

jackass

i just got a standard Hema Cairns & Region Street Directory from newsagents

fraser

Maybe we'll have to try that

jackass

christ, we must all be mad!! i blame tony

or were you referring to carrying the baby and getting a sore ass mate

Angela Marie - Cairns

Well if you dont find a gym dont make the mistake I did and rented one of those running machines from the Cairns Post ads, you guessed it 30 odd degrees, the thing has already become a coat hanger LOL

No breeze from Clifton Beach this week end I can tell ya.
Angela

windog

nice and cool now though!.....and wet!

tonyk38

Whaah! What've I done? Just trying to make sure you all get nice and fit.... whilst I put my feet up at home with a cold one...

The Red Arrow is a walking track which starts some 50m east of the Botanical Gardens on Collins Street. You'll see an information board at the entrance telling you about the Wet Tropics and its wildlife. It climbs fairly steeply up Mt Whitfield through the Mt Whitfield Conservation Park. It actually splits about a third of the way up, forming a loop. At its apex are magnificent views North, South and East. Also at its apex is the start of the Blue Arrow which takes you North towards Lumley Hill before splitting itself and forming a several Kms long track through dense rainforest. At its apex, near the summit of Lumley Hill you come out into a patch of grassy Dry Forest dominated by Ironbarks, She Oaks and Grass Trees. There's a side track here that takes you up to the summit of Lumley Hill where there's a helicopter pad, sub-station for the airport beacons on the summit, and magnificent views North towards Palm Cove.

All in all a tiring walk but worth doing at least once.

I did it back in April, I think, and got completely soaked. I managed to write off a pair of trainers in the sticky mud but I wasn't cold and I'd say it was deffo well worth it. Everyone who lives in Cairns ought to do this walk at least once IMHO.

I went most of the way up a few weeks ago in pursuit of Buff-Breasted Paradise Kingfishers. Also well worth the effort as they are beautiful birds.

tonyk38

It was 38 Degrees on Saturday apparently. Felt like stepping into sauna even at 11.00pm at night!

jackass

i toyed with the idea but i know myself too well

jackass

i cant sleep!! i dont know if it is the storms or what but its driving me potty!!