by Son of a Beach » Wed 09 Jan, 2019 3:51 pm
You need to be clear about which bridge over the Little Fisher River you mean. There used to be at least two vehicular bridges over that river. The second/upper bridge was changed to a pedestrian bridge many years ago (before I ever walked that track).
The first/lower bridge was still a vehicular bridge for a long time afterwards (but was kind-of scary to drive over for the last few years!), but has since been condemned and is no longer accessible by car, making the entire walk considerably longer than it used to be (perhaps an hour longer at the start and again at the end?).
Is this lower (recently-closed) bridge the one you meant?
Having said all that, the track was basically an old gravel road for the first few KM even after the second of these bridges. I reckon a bicycle would be fine most of the way to Rinadeena falls, up the point where it starts getting a bit steeper and rougher. Up to maybe 1km from Rinadeena falls. Of course you'd have to be prepared to get off and go under/over fallen trees every so often. And how often would depend on how recently the track had been cleared. But those first few km were quite flat, and not at all steep.
Judging from timestamps on photos, I think it was about 4 hours from the old start of the track (just before the second/upper bridge) to Long Tarns. I reckon that it would be about 5 hours from the first/lower bridge to the Long Tarns.
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Son of a Beach on Wed 09 Jan, 2019 4:07 pm, edited 1 time in total.