Down with the Devils – Tasmania 2024 – Day 23 – kunanyi

kunanyi/Mount Wellington is a dramatic backdrop to Hobart. The mountain rises to 1,270 metres above sea level and is frequently covered by snow, with snowfalls even occurring in summer.

Rhododendrons in Wellington Park at Ferntree

The Organ Pipes are towering dolerite cliffs are one of the defining features of kunanyi / Mt Wellington.

The long road up

The road can be closed at different places depending on potential snow and ice conditions.

Scree slope with views over the River Derwent.

Nearly there

Trig point at the summit

Summit view at 1270 meters.

Dolerite columns are a feature of the summit area with spectacular view across south-eastern Tasmania including Hobart and the Derwent estuary, the Tasman Peninsula, and Bruny Island. This view out to the Tasman Peninsula.

The Telecommunications Tower is 130 metres high. Waves of lenticular clouds rolled in from the western ranges.

Hobart town centre

Tasman Bridge

The small plateau adjacent to the summit

Richea scoparia at the summit – it only grows above 700 metres in elevation.

A Wedge-tailed eagle soared past but it wasn’t alone up high ….

…. up on the tower was a man who wanted an outdoors job.

The track to South Mount Wellington Pinnacle and Zig Zag Track

Further down the track – you lose perspective of distance in alpine areas.

Dolerite columns at South Wellington Pinnacle make the mountain seem like a giant echidna.

Small grasshoppers were common around the boulders beside the track

A grasshopper walks into a bar… orders a beer from the bartender who says to him, “Hey, you know we got a drink named after you.” The grasshopper replies, “You’ve got a drink named Gary?”