For those of you who haven't seen it yet, I did a write up on my trek out to Mt Guouogang on my blog:
Mt Guouogang (pronounced Guo-uo-gang) is found in the Kanangra-Boyd National Park and is well known amongst bushwalkers to be the highest of the peaks in The Three Peaks Challenge. The Three Peaks Challenge is an extremely difficult challenge that only elite bushwalkers are able to complete.
On 21st of March 2015 I headed out with Nikki Dover, Jess Turner and Robert McCann toward Mt Guouogang. We drove out to Whalans Fire Trail (after first stopping at Jenolan) which is about 6km South of Jenolan. We parked up there and started our trek.
The initial walk on the fire trail was fairly easy going. It was a little bit hilly, and included a river crossing but wasn't anything too difficult (see image to the right). The gradual climb just seemed to go on for ages.
After about 1.5 – 2 hours on the trail we reached the section where we would part ways with the trail and head into the bush. The bush was really damp, and at this stage was quite thick, but a lot of it was only about knee or waist high. This area was covered in mostly ferns and is aptly named “Ferny Flat”. This is where we had our first encounter with some pesky leeches. Fortunately for us, they only managed to get on our shoes and we were able to shake them before they latched on....
For the rest of the write up go here