The foothills of Mount Barney let you embrace the mountain without climbing to her summit. Rocky scrambles and grassy ambles lead to pockets of subtropical rainforest, refreshing creek crossings and beautiful waterfalls.
A giant rises from misty paddocks on our pre-dawn drive toward the Yellow Pinch trailhead. The giant is Mount Barney, the 1354-metre granophyre mass with a silhouette like a pregnant woman resting on her back.
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