Thought I'd report back after a lovely day.
I'm surprised Walford Peak isn't better known, though I know a lot of people aren't into road bashes of any kind. A friend did it in misty conditions, which resulted in a 'long and boring road walk', and 'little in the way of views'.
As the window opened for good west coast weather, I decided the night before that I'd go. But far from long and boring, I enjoyed being able to soak in the views of Murchison, Lk Rolleston, the Sticht Range, the Tyndalls, the Lake Huntley cliffs, then higher up, most of the OLT - Cradle, Barn, Pelion West, Ossa, the Ducane Range, Geryons etc, Frenchman's Cap and upteen mountains looking towards the SW, a multitude of lakes, etc etc. Walford Peak stands alone enough to have great 360 degr views. Some bits of the road were tedious (small round rocks, slippy loose stones), but I'd be prepared to do it again.
Only problem for me was that if there's some tea tree/bauera/cutting grass to be found, I'll quickly find myself in the middle of it! We found a cairn on the Lk Spicer road in what looked like a reasonable place to start, but very soon I lost the pad (if there was one), so made a slower climb for us (still not long given the small distance).
I managed to pick the route higher up that was probably the easiest, as others had apparently done before, because we picked up a different pad. While there's a cairn on the first bump on the ridge, the high point is a bit further along. Coming down we followed the pad we found, later coming across old stakes, pink tape and cut branches. Easy all the way, no scrub to bash, just a bit overgrown in places. So while this is an actual track, I couldn't find any reference to it anywhere, so maybe it's considered a sensitive area now. I'd be happy to share the easy details of finding it from the road if anyone wants to pm me for it.
It was especially cool to look across to the Lk Huntley cliffs I'd been at the top of a couple of weeks ago, and to Pelion West that I'd since been up.
Maybe I'll do a report on that one day too.
Photos following - unfortunately the more distant mountains are too overexposed, so none of them are here.