sandym wrote:Do you mean from Bibbenluke? We went just after the fires and the section that travels along the west side of Angel Creek was completely gone but the track through the pass and across the plateau was good. So, not easy but not all that bad.
Coming from the north and west (Styles Creek way or over from Fosters) was very overgrown last time we were in the area (about a year ago).
sandym wrote:Your summary sounds pretty sensible. We could not find the track going off Mount Tarn to Mount Haughton. YMMV. Check out RWildman's report here: https://bushwalk.com/forum/viewtopic.ph ... gs#p441581 which describes the section through Styles Creek and Kilpatrick Creek on the way to Quilty's Clearing. That section sounds a little worse since we did it a year or so ago.
emydura wrote:Maybe with all this money the National Parks will be receiving in the next Federal budget, they can put resources to clearing these tracks..
tom_brennan wrote:For longstanding tracks in more remote areas, it's probably up to bushwalkers to maintain them - obviously not legal, but in some areas, it will be that or lose them.
emydura wrote:put resources to clearing these tracks.
tom_brennan wrote:it's probably up to bushwalkers to maintain them
bernieq wrote: I reckon remote (ish) tracks should wax & wain on usage.
tom_brennan wrote:emydura wrote:Maybe with all this money the National Parks will be receiving in the next Federal budget, they can put resources to clearing these tracks..
Given that Morton NP is a state park, there won't be anything in the Federal budget!
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Walk_fat boy_walk wrote:bernieq wrote: I reckon remote (ish) tracks should wax & wain on usage.
Agree with this. I think that more or less reflects the policy in declared wilderness areas anyway? Certainly nothing wrong with walkers re-establishing old routes through use though?
Prospero wrote:Any old timers remember the northern end inside HV? Used to be perfect for camping; open grassy area, good water source and an easy track to the south end to climb Sturgiss.
Prospero wrote:Then camping was banned within HV (early 2000s?) which presumably decimated walker numbers into the valley.
hutts wrote:I've been lurking on this forum for a very long time now. I've spent quite a lot of time in the Budawangs over the last 15 odd years and decided it was time to register and share my experience of the Mt Tarn Walking track.
I did a 5 day circuit walk over Australia Day 2023 via the Mt Tarn walking track to Styles Plains area and back via the Styles walking track, round mountain firetrail etc and it was *&%$#! awful. Instead of taking about 3 hours from the Endrick River Firetrail to Styles Creek, it took about 10 hours and I had to set up camp somewhere near the Hidden Valley turn of (which I did not see).
Last weekend I was on a 3 day walk from Sassafras to Hidden Valley, Styles Creek and return. The great news is that THE MT TARN WALKING TRACK HAS BEEN CLEARED from Kilpatrick Creek to the cliffs of Mt Haughton, thanks to some volunteers from Shoalhaven Bushwalkers and contractors from a couple of tree care companies. My friend had arranged the walk 4 weeks in advance so it was extremely fortunate that the track was cleared only one week before the walk was scheduled to happen. This saved us much time and suffering!
The track is now really easy to follow (it's like a corridor through scrub) but there are a couple of places where the track does an unexpected hard turn through to walk through or cross boggy areas. The hidden valley track has been cleared part of the way from the junction with the Mt Tarn walking track and it becomes pretty sketchy in the lower area to the east but this doesn't really matter as the vegetation thins out quickly on the eastern slope heading up to the valley entrance and navigation is pretty easy at this point.
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sandym wrote:Mate, go here:
https://bushwalk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=41578
emydura wrote:I gave up. So do you know if you will be able to walk from Wog Wog through to Sassafras now? Also do you know if any track has been cleared up to the Bora Grounds? We did try to walk up there but the vegetation was pretty thick and couldn't find any track leading that way. It was raining at the time and very unpleasant, so we didn't make a huge effort.David
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