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Rabu, 11 Januari 2012

Jalan Jalan Adelaide: Mount Lofty

Bismillah ir-Rahman ir-Rahim

Mount Lofty Summit is a "must visit" for Adelaide visitors. From the summit one will get panoramic view of the Adelaide City and its coastline. You can either hike up to the summit or you can just drive all the way up. There is a restaurant on top; so during weekend a lot of the locals come up to the summit to enjoy a cup of tea while overlooking magnificent view of the city.

Mount Lofty is the highest point of the Mount Lofty ranges (710m high) and it is located about 15km from the City of Adelaide. There is an obelisk on its summit which was use as navigation assistant in World War II. There are 3 starting points for its hiking trail, which are the Waterfall Gully, The Cleland Conservation Park and the Chambers Gully. We did the Adventure Hike which is a linear trail that stretches to at least 10km and 3 hours return. The trail starting point is from the Waterfall Gully carpark. Eventhough we did the Adventure Hike which is listed as 'hard', it was an easy climb with clear trail and direction marks along the way.

Mount Lofty Hiking Trail map; source: http://www.southaustraliantrails.com/pdf/shortwalks/08/adelaidehillsregion.pdf

We started a bit late, waited for the bus, went up to nearby residential area and walked for at least an hour to the Waterfall Gully starting point. Macam la tak biasa kan, kat Malaysia pun rata2 gunung kena jalan berjam2 sampai ke kaki gunung~.

Rumah dalam perjalanan ke kaki gunung. terasa kat oversea tak?, cewahh~

Itik pulang pagi, nak cross jalan.

The waterfall gully.

Itu lah air terjun nye, tak perlu terkejut yer, air terjun sini mmg malu2 nak turun.

Going up!

I was heading to the tunnel, posing jerh, salah jalan pun~

First Fall dari atas.

Sungai dari waterfall yang ke dua

Belum start lagi adventure hike, trail sangat cantik~

Waterfall yang kedua, juga malu2 nak turun.

Kesian budak2 ni main sungai yang cecah kaki tak sampai buku lali pun, datang Malaysia la dik, akak bawak p sungai gabai.

Pilih2 trail, masa ni memang tengah eksen la, kunun2 track senang sangat, nak yang paling susah punyer~

And we chose this trail. Eksen tak? hehehehhe....."...the natural surface and steep sections provide a challenge", semangat nih bila baca....

Maka start lah mencabar sikit.

Dan juga sempat posing....

The Adelaide City

Nampak tak itu obelisk, thats the peak.

Wondering macam mana posmen hantar surat kt sini, dan untuk siapa?

Bet that this is mountain biking trail.

Tiba2 trail stop, kena cross jalan lagi....mencabar tak?

The Summit!

I'll put it as a relaxing hike, we did straight to the top without stopping for rest except for solat tepi sungai and photo taking sessions. On its peak, we had wonderful ice chocolate and creamy coffee latte. Style kaya tak? padahal duit kutip celah2 beg. Keh3.

Hah! air terjun on the way balik, nampak tak? nampak tak? kitorg pun hampir2 tak nampak....ahahhaha.

Pulang ke Waterfall Gully point.

Kena cuci kasut sebelum keluar tau, supaya tak bawak balik apa2 yang tak boleh dibawa balik, untuk kesihatan dan kebersihan.

Sabtu, 7 Januari 2012

Jalan Jalan Lata Naning (Gunung Rajah)

Bismillah ir-Rahman ir-Rahim

This trip was organised to be as part of training trip for Gunung Tahan. There were some issues on Gunung Rajah; as everyone knows there are some part of the trail involving rock climbing whereby of course by using rope. Unfortunately the rope was cut off so we weren't be abled to climb up to the summit. So, yup, in other words, it was a failed attempt. In anyway it had been raining all day, so there was a landslide reported. After all, still....we had fun in Lata Naning, great company, good food and wonderful scenery :)

Gunung Rajah stands at 1685m high and located in Bentong, Pahang. We arrived at the foothill of Gunung Rajah where the Chamang Waterfall is; around 4 am. Slept for an hour, had breakfast and started our journey at 9 am.

The starting point.

Up to trek balak...

It was a steep climbed for the first 5 minutes till we came upon the wide and clear "Trek Balak". We walked on flat surface of "Trek Balak" for half an hour until we passed by "Orang Asli" settlement that the trail starts to incline.

Hydroelectric Dam

The orang asli settlement

K.ieja, fizi, faiz, arip and hairi strike a pose on anak rajah, betul ke anak rajah?

Aktiviti menggolekkan beg Fizi akibat dari tersalah jalan dan kena pusing balik.

The trail is quite clear although we did miss a turn. It took us at least half an hour to realise that we took a wrong turn and the path was getting confusing with each steps. After Fizi and Arip went off to retrace the right trail, and confirmed that we were actually lost, we headed up back to the trail that originally connected with "Trek Balak". There are pieces of paper trail along the way so we were confident that we indeed on the right path. We continued walking for another hour and finally stop at river crossing since it started to rain and had some rest.

Lata Naning is located at least 30-45 minutes walk from the river crossing. Our initial plan was to camp out in "Kem Hijau". But, after further discussion we decided to spend the night in Lata Naning due to the issues mentioned way above and also because Lata Naning is so beautiful plus with direct water source, a brilliant setting for a camp site. When we arrived in Lata Naning, there was another big group already set up their tents and had started preparing for dinner. So, there was no vacant area on the designated campsite, thus, we only left with two options before nightfall, either continue hike up to "Kem Hijau" or set up our tent on the rock by riverside. The second option won by votes. Hihi. Nice...