Westmorland Falls and Lobster Falls – Sat. 13th July 2019
The short and cold winter days will also hopefully be good waterfall weather, with rain and snow topping up our streams. Both these short walks are in the Chudleigh-Mole Creek area, less than an hour from Launceston, and about 15km apart by road. The Westmorland Falls walk is about 4km return, and Lobster Falls about 3km. See http://molecreek.info/activities/walks/lobster-falls/ and http://molecreek.info/natures-wonders/westmorland-falls/ for information about each of the falls. Both walks are suitable for energetic younger children but not accessible for prams, strollers and wheelchairs. Families with young children might choose to do one or other of the walks instead of both, but discuss this option with walk leader. Westmorland Falls is the easier of the two tracks.
The plan for the day is to do Lobster Falls first, have lunch at Chudleigh and then head for Westmorland Falls.
This walk is rated "easy-medium" and is suitable for walkers, including energetic children, who can cope with wintry and changeable conditions and undulating and partially rocky tracks. Being winter, walkers must be fully prepared for poor weather and should carry layers of warm clothing and a waterproof jacket, as well as a beanie or warm head cover. Please see the warnings below. A change of footwear and perhaps even dry clothing on return to car is suggested.
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Meeting Times and Places:
If you are interested in going on this walk, please phone your walk
leaders, Terry Heier, ph.
6393 6671
to book in. The
departure time is 9:00 am from the Door of Hope Church car park,
Launceston. Suggested meeting place if coming from elsewhere could
be Mole Creek Rd. roundabout at western end of main street of
Deloraine at 9:40 am.
To access this area from northern Tasmania:
From Launceston, proceed along the Bass Highway to Deloraine (about
51 km), but do not turn off at the eastern exit into Deloraine.
Instead, continue across Meander R. and uphill to the western exit,
and to the roundabout at start of Mole Creek Rd. The signposted
Lobster Falls track is about 10 km along Mole Creek Rd. from the
roundabout, on the right side if coming from Launceston. (See
website above for further details).
A further 4.5km will bring you into Chudleigh, and instead of
turning right in main street to head to Mole Creek, go a further 200
metres west, turn left into Gardner St. and turn right after about
800m into Caveside Rd. Keep on this road for about 8 km to the
junction of Wet Cave Rd. and go straight ahead into that road,
through a sharp bend to left and reach the Westmorland Falls track a
little over 2 km from Caveside Rd.
Warnings:
The following codes [from our 2019 walks calendar] apply:
M Marshy or muddy sections – be prepared to
walk with wet feet.
Walkers are advised to wear strong shoes or boots. You should always carry wet weather gear as well as warm
clothing in case of sudden weather changes, especially in winter.
Click this link for a more detailed discussion of
Preparation, Food and Safety
guidelines for Boots N' All walks, and especially preparation for
exposed alpine conditions.
Map details:
Chudleigh area:
1:100000 map for both falls is Mersey (TasMap
8114) and 1:25000 map (Lobster Falls) is Deloraine (TasMap
4640) and for Westmorland Falls, use Mole Creek (TasMap
4439).
Map references:
Short ref. n/a
Zone Easting
Northing Latitude
Longitude
n/a
There are no
peakbagger points for the area covered
by this walk. For listing of peakbagger
points, see the Hobart Walking Club
Peakbagger's Guide (2000 revision) which can be found and
downloaded (as an Excel spreadsheet) from
http://tastracks.webs.com/peakbaggers.htm
The same web page contains several other
listings of Tasmanian peaks.
GPX version of the track:
Click here
to download. Google Earth version of the track:
Click
here to download.
Right-click on the file and “save target as” to a location of your
choice. (Suggest you click the “Last modified” at top to sort by
date to get the most recent at top to find the file for the next
walk).
When you have downloaded the track file, double-clicking on the Google Earth (kml) track should open Google Earth and zoom in to the location if you have Google Earth installed on your computer. The .gpx version of the track should import into mapping software or devices that support gpx tracks and waypoints.