I'm considering doing a winter hike this year from Donna Buang to Dom Dom saddle folliwing the Boobyalla - Mt Vinegar track. I just wanted to check in with the forum to see if any one has done this whole route recently (I see some people have done parts of it), what season they did it in, and how they found it.
Also, given that it's winter and with not much day light I'm considering camping one night along it, once we get towards the State Forest end to avoid any issues with Melb Water. Any one camped along it and can recommend a good spot? Is the top of Mt. Vinegar flat?
I've read up about it from Siseman's classic "Melbourne's Mountains" Seems like it would be quite an interesting walk passing through a lot of old-growth ash forest, myrtle beech, before crossing into the logged and or 2009 burned regrowth above the Acheron Way. They also make mention of the Cleft Rock detour from the track, and a forestry hut maintained by scouts along it, but I'm getting the vibe that's been obliterated by either 2009 or logging - the book is 24 years old, after all!
Anyway - just keen to hear people's thoughts.