FREYCINET NATIONAL PARKWineglass Bay Lookout Track
Construction Jan 2006-Dec 2007
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WINEGLASS BAY TRACKS _ _ _ _ _ pre-existing tracks _ _ _ _ _ new loop track &
modified existing tracksCar Park
LookoutBase maps courtesy of Stuart Dudgeon
Upper track
Lower track
THE CAST(in order of appearance)
Andrew ‘Knuckles’ Ferguson
John ‘Snapper’ Hughes
Ranger /Project ManagerStuart Dudgeon
Admin StaffFiona Everts
Trackies from another eracirca 1925
More trackies from Yesteryear
(courtesy of Rob Thompson)
TRACKWORK TASKS & PROJECTS
• Rock Collecting• Track-cutting & Benching• Rock Walls• Waterworks- Bridges, Culverts &
Drains• Steps (246)• Seats of Stone & Wood (57)
Early Days -Trackcutting & Benching
Waterworks -Arch Bridges, Culverts & Drains
Stairway to Kevin – 246 steps with Labour
Seats of Stone and Wood
Armchair Traveller
Skull Rock with Seat
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Car Park
Lookout
BEFORE ANDAFTER
The Boulder Area
Bottom Lookout Brett’s Causeway
The Slot
Top Lookout The Junction
Works in Progress
The Boulder and the Beautiful
• Bottom track lookout
Lookouts on Lower Track
Bottom lookout
Tools, Machinery & Equipment• Hand Tools• Power barrows• Dingo Front-end loader• Excavator (short-lived)• Tirfor winches• Rock splitting equipment - drills,
feathers & wedges• Wacker packer
1 of 4 Power Barrows- the Workhorses of the Project
All Creatures Great……
Rock-splitting equipment
Feathers & Wedges