HI Chris
John Evans, Max Smith and a party recently went into Kidmans from Snowy Plains and then up on to the Divide. They returned to Kidmans and then went down the Burrungubuggee to Constance Hut site and from there to the Island Bend Fire Trail.
Their conclusion, with which I agree, is that the section of the Burrrungubuggee between Constances and Kidmans is best left alone. The lower section, from the Island Bend Fire Trail to Constances is OK but scrubby. The route itself is still quite obvious.
If going from Constances to Tin Hut it pays to stick closely to the co-ordinates given in the book. The lower section from Constances along the route of the old road up to the ridge is scrubby but once one gets up onto the ridge, from there to Tin Hut, following the GPS co-ordinates, is good.
One of the premises in the book is that the old graziers had the opportunity to see the area when it had been cleared by grazing and as a result chose the best routes. So, if they chose, a particular ridge they did so for a reason and we should go the same way today. That was certainly the case after the fires and I haven't seen any reason to doubt that point.
There is a very good route between Tin Hut and Kidmans, but it does pay to go up or down a precise ridge rather than a nearby one. Hopefully now that the area has been recorded and, in that sense, has been re-opened for walking , a track might be formed which will help future walkers.
John Evans route through nearby country is written up in his blog
http://www.johnevans.id.au/wp/8-10-febr ... ing-range/Robert