October Outing - Spring Camp, Glen Rock State Forest: 15-17th October

View from Casuarina camping area,
Glen Rock SF

This is a new destination for us. Glen Rock State Forest preserves a diverse range of landforms, vegetation communities and wildlife. It stretches from the fertile flats of the Blackfellow, Shady, Flaggy and Black Duck Creeks to the rugged gorges, ridges and high plateau country of the Great Dividing and Mistake Ranges and borders Main Range National Park to the south.
The vegetation communities range from open woodlands and rocky escarpments to dry vine scrub and rainforest.

Time: Arrive any time, but meet at the large shelter shed in the lower section of the day-use area next to Casuarina Camping Area at 4 pm for happy hour (or two).

Where: East Haldon, south of Gatton

Directions: The easiest way is to find your own way to Lake Apex, Gatton. Turn left immediately after the Lake Apex parklands into Tenthill Creek Rd. Follow this for a little more than 8½ km when you’ll come to a T-junction with a sign to Glen Rock National Park. Turn right though you’re still on Tenthill Creek Rd. After 1½ km cross Tenthill Creek and turn left into Mt Sylvia Rd. Stay on this road for approximately 21½ km then keep left onto East Haldon Rd. Follow this to the end.

Activities: Usual stuff, birdwatching, botanizing, photography - Two walking tracks are shared with horses though one short one is for walkers only.

Level of Fitness: Easy to as hard as you want to go, please yourself.

Facilities: showers (cold water only - brrrr), toilets and fireplaces.

Open fires: permitted in the fireplaces provided, except when fire bans or prohibitions apply. Bring your own firewood. Do not collect wood from the park. Fuel stoves are recommended.

Generator use: prohibited.

Essentials to bring: drinking water, food, rubbish bags, firewood, 

What else to Bring: binocs, cameras, field guides, insect repellent, wine, etc.

Upon Arrival: Please register in the Attendance Book and pay your $2 per person participant fee.