Development in what the act calls "wilderness areas" is only foot tracks and huts used for wild animal control or scientific research.
Nobody in sight, just a bunch of wet foot tracks.
Don't think he can see our foot tracks from even that altitude, but can't be sure.
A foot track ran from North Sydney to Middle Head in the 1840s.
Just after the rail platform the foot track climbs to the plateau at about 100 metres altitude.
One can find the foot track to the left where the terrain slopes downward.
Banana, bamboo and secondary scrub grow on both sides of foot tracks in the forests.
You don't need hoof tracks or foot tracks to follow a trail.
As it was, the bloody foot tracks had vanished under the wheels of the passing traffic.
Gilbert is now a detective/tracker in the forest and seems to follow foot tracks, but easily gets lost or misled.