by Eott » Wed 06 Jan, 2021 12:06 pm
Farquar's bridge, the one put in by the mining crowd, was washed out in the 2016 floods.
I did the walk in 2017 with a mate and got over with a kayak.
We caught up with one of the paying groups along the way and the guides said they were crossing via another track further down stream by wading across, I would caution that this would depend on water levels.
Navigation once you get off the old forestry roads is quite challenging. Because it doesn't get much traffic there is no pad to follow, and flagging tape showing the way was quite old and disintegrating in places and having to deviate itaround tree falls made for slow going. Of course it may have been retaped but I doubt it as I think the guided crowd rely on their GPS and experience.
Going backwards from Hilders Bridge crossing would be far easier as the last two days are well flagged.
Looking up Tastrekkers posts on this would be of great value to you.
Cheers Mark
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