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<\/a><\/p>\nNow, bear in mind, every thing I read about this trail said it was “hard” to “very difficult”.\u00a0 I will admit, the first part was hard just to find!\u00a0 The trail is incredibly overgrown with grass, so I had to double back at first as I couldn’t imagine where I was initially hiking was correct.\u00a0 I eventually made my way onto the main path.\u00a0 After about 20 minutes I stopped to take this photo.\u00a0 Watson’s Bay is in the foreground, with Lizard’s sister islands “South Island” on the left and “Palfrey Island” on the right.<\/p>\n
These pretty little blue flowers were everywhere along the trail, along with an assortment of small lizards.\u00a0 I didn’t see any monitor lizards.\u00a0 Either Captain Cook saw them on the beach, or he really named the island for the little lizards?<\/p>\n It took me about 75 minutes to reach the top, which was far better than I expected based on everything I had read\/heard. This shot is looking towards the west, with the Lizard Island resort below.\u00a0 Despite what I was told you will not get a 360 degree view at the top, as the summit is quite large with a lot of vegetation, so you have to walk around a bit to see in each direction.<\/p>\n Here is the sign letting you know you made it to the top with a view towards the east.\u00a0 Cook saw massive surf breaking in this direction, but the way the sun was hitting the ocean I didn’t see any waves.\u00a0 As you can see in the photo you can barely see the ocean in that direction and it nearly blends in with the horizon.<\/p>\n There is a Compass Rose on the summit with distances to various locations listed on the rose.\u00a0 There is supposed to be a log book to record your visit, but I couldn’t find it.<\/p>\n Another view looking west, with Eagle Island, another island Cook visited, in the distant upper left.\u00a0 The viewpoint from here allowed Cook to see a passage between Lizard Island and Eagle Island to the northwest that allowed him to reach the open ocean.\u00a0 He must have had much better vision than me to have seen this, as I could only see the reefs nearby.<\/p>\n This is the view from the summit looking down on Watson’s Bay, with the reef clearly visible.<\/p>\n As I descended from the summit I took this shot towards the north.\u00a0 The trail before me looks quite easy, as at that point it wasn’t steep at all.\u00a0 The trail heads this direction for about a half mile before turning to the left and heading steeply down.<\/p>\n A shot of Lizard Island Resort from about halfway down the trail, with tiny Eagle Island in the distance to the right.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n