Other South Wellington

Smiths Monument

Braided Site 3

Just beyond the junction with Ice House and south Wellington tracks there is a short braided section of track that gets wet and a little muddy at times.

There would be local rock not too distant away that could be used to improve the track here.

Ice House

Two areas where the track could have attention

In the upper section everal rock steps have been added plus other parts hardened. Sections between these which are mostly only short look to be in need of similar treatment. It appears to be a fairly significant task possibly needing rock to be delivered to the site.

The photos start near the top and are in descent order.

Well down the track is a wet section even in the dry weather. It has had several drains added but is still wet. Although drains may be able to be improved further, it may be that stepping stones are needed

Potential Solution

One solution is to use concrete steps that are made to look like stone. They have been used at Mount Field where they were installed in late 2019 early 2020 on the high volume track between Russell and Horseshoe Falls.

There are 4 patterns and when these are spread out it most visitors would not realise that it was not natural stonework.

They are supplied in two colours