Photos from a climb of Mount Barney on 17th April 2016 (ascent via South-East Ridge, descent via Egan Creek).
Took a little over 3 h up to east peak and another 5.5 h back down, plus a bit of time up on top. Didn't come across many other walkers, except on the way to the saddle from the east peak. Had no trouble with any of the SE ridge rocky steps this time as it was quite dry. Egan Creek was quite pretty, particularly high up, and clearly gets far fewer visitors. Not too much water around so wasn't too tricky to bypass the waterfalls; the slow progress mostly due to vines and other dense scunge that crowded the creek bed.
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| Razorback ridge about halfway up SE ridge |
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| Monotoca scoparia |
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| Barney's steep east face |
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| Egernia species |
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| Isolated peak and Mount Maroon |
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| Leaning peak, Mount May and beyond |
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| West peak towering over the rainforested saddle |
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| Mount Ernest and Lindsey |
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| Typical rock slab-waterfall along Egan Creek |
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| Some sliding required... |
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| Cronan Creek |
From about halfway up SE ridge there was a profusion of flowers, even so early in the year.
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| Epacris longiflora |
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| Woollsia pungens |
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| Banksia species |
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| Banksia spinulosa |
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| Banksia integrifolia |
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| Hibbertia species |
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| Philotheca myoporoides |
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| Lobelia gracilis |
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| Pimelea linifolia subsp. linifolia |
Plenty of fungi hidden around the track close to East Peak and throughout Egan Creek.
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