After a day underground, I had a fabulous 3hour walk from Fern Tree down the side of Mt. Wellington, all the way back to
the waterfront. I had originally planned to take a tourist bus up to the
summit, but was stymied by a huge group off a cruise liner, so got the local
bus half-way up instead. Lucky really as I took what was called the easy bushwalk
from Fern Tree - the pipeline track - since I was stupidly wearing flip-flops, and it
still involved a steep and dangerously uneven incline at Gentle Annie’s Falls
(ha, not gentle at all!).
The track follows the original construction
of Hobart water supply from the 1860s and its various additions from stone to
metal to concrete pipes; the sound of underground water follows you most of the
way down to the waterworks reservoir; and the views are fantastic.
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