BOWENS CREEK – RED HILL RIDGE

Red Hill Ridge: Part Deux! The approach this time was from the Bells Line of Road down to Bowens Creek and up a gully. The vegetation was thick but became sparse once we were descending the hill. We were able to see the hills we traversed on Red Hilll Ridge two weeks ago. The map indicated a possible way down to creek. After a cup of tea, we walked down to where this pass was supposed to be and lo and behold, we found our way down to Bowens Creek. As it was the birthday of a member of the group, the pass was baptised Birthday Pass.

We crossed the creek and walked in a rainforest up a gully to Red Hill Ridge not far away from the bottom of the last hill we walked to. We decided to follow the spur and look at where we had been. At the end of the spur, a cairn awaited us: someone had been there! After an early lunch, we reversed our route eventually back to the cars.