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Sharplin Falls

As well as being a popular picnic spot, Sharplin Falls car park is one of the starting points for the Mt Somers Tracks which provides a number of day walks and multi-day tramps.

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ABOUT THE WALKWAYS

Sharplin Falls car park has a shelter, toilets and an information panel.


Sharplin Falls Track

Distance: 45 minutes, 1.2 km one way
 
Classification: Walking Track
 
About the walk: The bridge in the above photo is easily accessed from the carpark. On the other side of the bridge the well formed track follows the stream before climbing up through beech forest. Sharplin Falls, named after an early Staveley sawyer, drop several metres over the Mt Somers southern fault system.

Sharplin Falls Track junction to Pinnacles Hut

Distance: 3 hours, 5.2 km one way
 
Classification: Easy Tramping Track
 
About the walk: From Sharplin Falls Track junction the path climbs steeply up to Duke Knob before following Bowyers Stream to the hut.

For more information

Collect a Mt Somers Track brochure from the Methven i-SITE Visitor Centre.

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