This was another nice daywalk in North West Tasmania. My sister suggested I do a walk in the Dial Range and showed me a suitable route on the map. And special thanks to my brother in law, Shane, for driving me to the start and later picking me up.
Strong-billed Honeyeater
My route started from the Mountain Bike Park at Penguin and first followed the walking track up Myrtle Creek. This was uphill – but gentle uphill and it was nice easy walking. My path bypassed Mt Montgomery and soon joined a shared mountain bike trail that went up onto the range.
On the way up, I stopped a few times to photograph birds – including this Grey Fantail –
The track took me to Mt Dial and then to Mt Gnomon. A gnomon is he part of a sundial that sticks up and projects a shadow. Mt Gnomon is the most visible peak in the Dial Range with its steep south side.
Juts before the summit was a good lookout.
I then traversed the mountain and descended steeply on a track on the south side. Part way down, I turned off along a short cut track (The Tall Trees Track), that took me down to a fire road. It was on this short cut track that I saw my only snake – a baby Tigersnake.
The fire road section of the walk was perhaps the best part of the walk for birds. Here is a Superb Fairy-wren –
And a Scarlet Robin –
The fire road took me down to Keddies Creek, and I then followed a track that led back up to the Mt Montgomery – Mt Dial saddle. Before climbing, I stopped for lunch. The walk up the creek was another good place to observe birds.
This is perhaps an Olive Whistler –
Tasmanian Scrubwren –
Eastern Spinebill –
Spotted Pardalote –
Once back on the range, I followed the track I had come up on back to the start. Again I found some more birds. Here is a Strong-billed Honeyeater –
And I think this is a Crescent Honeyeater –
It was quite early when I arrived back at the start, so I walked down to Penguin and called in to the Penguin Beer Company for some refreshments.