In this last week I have journeyed with friends into West Portal and Stepped Hills and have written up (separate) blogs on each, if people are interested in looking at the pics and reading the reports.
With regard to access to the Gordon River for anyone contemplating going that way, I can tell you that we got in in an all wheel drive. I would not even dream about it in a 2WD. The all-wheel Subaru is not in the same condition as when it began the trip and will need a little panel beating - BUT, one can get in.
MANY, MANY thank yous to the bushwalkers who have taken their chainsaws in and enabled the journey. As you will see from the blogs, many creeks have already dried up.