by rcaffin » Tue 22 Aug, 2023 8:31 am
The old map is not entirely accurate. It misses out on quite a few quite reasonable routes in the area.
Pass 1 does not go out to the tip of the spur: it goes down the right side into Wollemi Ck. I know it well.
Pass 4 may or may not exist. I have never looked for it.
Pass 7 does not go right to the tip of the spur either: it drops off the left side. I know it well. There are variants as well.
Pass 8, labelled Barakee Pass on the BBmap, is NOT the real Barakee Pass. #8 is a rock climbing route of (imho) no particular value. We did part of it.
To explain: BB had been told by locals of the existence of a good pass in the vicinity but he was given no details. He and his mates were climbers, so they went out to find a route there. They put up a rock climb and called it Barakee Pass, but it is definitely NOT what was known to the locals as a good pass - which it is.
No, I won't give any details on a public forum. Go look for yourself. Take some light rope: there are a lot of big cliffs there.
Also, while various maps show 'Woolshed Ck' nearby, that is not the name which Surveyor Townsend gave it. A mistranscription by Wilf Hildur due to T's mangled script. No matter.
Cheers
Roger