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Locked gates?

Postby puredingo » Tue 06 Jun, 2023 11:15 am

Hi all, does anybody know if the gates on Tooma Rd are locked as yet?

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Re: Locked gates?

Postby Walk_fat boy_walk » Tue 06 Jun, 2023 6:40 pm

It's usually from this weekend onwards isn't it?

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Re: Locked gates?

Postby puredingo » Tue 06 Jun, 2023 6:52 pm

Yeah mate that’s what I heard but having never been in the area before wasn’t sure if it’s THIS weekend or after it?
And if it is locked would you know how far it is from the round mountain track. The map I have doesn’t show a gate of any kind at all?
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Re: Locked gates?

Postby Xplora » Wed 07 Jun, 2023 6:01 am

Maybe give these guys a call. https://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/th ... tor-centre
They have all the current information.
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Re: Locked gates?

Postby puredingo » Wed 07 Jun, 2023 7:14 am

Righto, will do. Thanks Xplora.
Will the office be manned? is the next obstacle.
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Postby johnw » Wed 07 Jun, 2023 11:22 am

puredingo wrote:Righto, will do. Thanks Xplora.
Will the office be manned? is the next obstacle.


According to that link:
Winter (June to September): Open 9am to 4pm Monday to Friday and 10am to 2pm on weekends.
Rest of year: Open 9am to 4pm daily.
Closed Christmas Day
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Re: Locked gates?

Postby puredingo » Wed 07 Jun, 2023 3:56 pm

Got on to them and it’s all good. Gates get locked at the end of the long weekend….it’s GO time.
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Re: Locked gates?

Postby Xplora » Thu 08 Jun, 2023 7:52 am

puredingo wrote:Got on to them and it’s all good. Gates get locked at the end of the long weekend….it’s GO time.

Excellent, weather on the improve for the weekend but it will be cold. Some solid rain going through just now but it seems Vic got the brunt. More on the way today so it could cause some issues. The rain may turn to snow in places on Friday but it should not be much. Enjoy.
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Re: Locked gates?

Postby Hoojar » Tue 13 Jun, 2023 11:04 am

puredingo wrote:Got on to them and it’s all good. Gates get locked at the end of the long weekend….it’s GO time.


Hope you had some more luck than I did back in 2016, when it was most certainly locked by 5pm on the Friday of the June long weekend. I had to quickly pivot to a a different hike!

Before anyone asks, there was no snow on the ground.

Better luck for me though than a weekend in May 2014, when I drove from Khancoban to Cabramurra (through 15-20cm of very fresh and falling snow), only to find myself lock inside the gate! Thankfully I was able to walk into Cabramurra late at night and find someone with a key to let me out!
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