South West Cape Circuit 2010 Part 3

10th Jan Window Pane Bay to Wilson Bight
A gradual ascent was made up on to the South West Cape Range after a half hour up and down walk over ancient dunes in the rainforest. There is a lovely track here and the final ascent begins at a strong flowing creek. Good to see considering the creeks were as low as we  have ever seen them and there had not been good rain for two weeks. As we gained height the Arthur Ranges including Federation Peak became visible. Precipitous Bluff and the Ironbounds were also clear to see. Previous trips had cloud that obscured these ranges from view.

From the peak at 690m we had lunch and viewed further south and east a group of hikers the first in three days that passed us. We caught up with them again at Melaleuca a few days later. Instead of walking over to Mt Karamu we walked down to Wilson Bight directly into a lovely campsite with excellent shelter. Nearby at the next camp site we met up with some members of the Gold Coast Bushwalking club.