Orton Odyssey

This provides a longer alternative to the Orton Bradley Loop run.

Follow sealed road entrance into Orton Bradley Park. Take a left along the Rhododendron path. Follow single track through to the playground. Pass playground and cross over bridge. Run along the road 100m and enter the park; from here keep following the blue marked stakes, through the trees and into an area populated by gum trees.

Keep going along the well-marked track, following the stream on your left hand side. Emerge onto a 4wd track and steadily climb upwards. Crossing a number of stiles en route, and again making sure not to lose track of the blue markers, you eventually come to a stile pointing in the direction of the waterfall - ignore this and keep following the fence, through muddy 4WD track until you get to another stile and a sign for Mt Herbert track.

From here the going gets a bit slow, through winding gorse track and some steep technical trail upwards, as well as having to negotiate a wee stream crossing and an ankle-deep muddy traverse - you have now lost track of the blue markers and need to follow the orange markers instead. Keep climbing until you get to another 4WD track which curves around the valley between Mt Herbert and Mt Bradley.

Follow this track - it can get quite cut up, so be careful not to roll an ankle - and watch for cows! Keep going until you catch sight of the blue markers yet again, hopping a few more stiles over a nice flat/downhill section back to the entrance to the park.

Simply retrace your steps through Rhododendron park and back to the start!