Mount Barney

I have been meaning to get these photos up for a few weeks.

My friend Mike and his friend Jim (who is, by virtue of our trip, now my friend) and I went hiking in Mount Barney National Park at the end of September. It is about a two hour drive from our place, which makes it a nice overnight trip.


Mount Barney, East Peak--elevation 1,351 metres. This is a view of the East face, about a kilometer in from the trail head.

Most people do it as a long day hike, but we split it up and camped on the saddle between the two peaks.
There was a sub-tropical rain forest in a gully on the way up the mountain. It was odd hiking among gum trees, and then following the trail through this dense, cool forest of palms moss and ferns.
We ditched our packs at the camp site on the saddle and then scrambled up the remaining face to the summit. Mount Lindesay is in the background.

Mike , me, and Jim (left to right) at the summit

View from the "Old Hut" camp site on the saddle.

Jim reserved the best camp site in the park. We had a gorgeous view down into the valley, a creek for water, and as we ate our dinner that night we watched a lighting storm roll in. None of my lightning photos turned out, but it was great to watch it near the cloud elevation. We were able to see lightning streak across the sky and extend up into the sky above the clouds. It was outstanding. We were also lucky enough to avoid the lightning when the storm blew over us later that evening.

Hiking back to the car along the old access road.