Intriguing entrance to Fern Glade walk Wish I had known about some of these walks when my sister was here, but there you go. You can live in a place for years - decades even, and still not know what's just around the corner. Maybe next time. Having really enjoyed seeing the tree ferns on Monday, I have been doing some more exploring under the Mountain. It's only around seven kilometres from town and one of the reasons why Hobart is such a beautiful city. When visitors come to Hobart, one of the first things they do is drive straight up Mount Wellington to look at the view or play in the snow. Then they rush straight back down. This is a shame. Even though most of the bush here looks impenetrable from the road, it is absolutely riddled with tracks. Many of these started out as functional access - firetrails, old logging tracks, old roads for carting ice from the western side of the mountain or to facilitate the creation of a water supply for the growing city o...
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