Great North Walk: Flat Rock to Congewai Valley East Track Head

4 h 45 min to 5 h

13.3 km
oneway

↑ 275 m
↓ -575 m

Hard track
Starting from the grand views of Flat Rock Lookout high on the range, you will walk down into the Congewai Valley below. On the first section of this walk, you will explore a little used dirt road to the Congewai Communication Tower. From here you follow a series of tracks that wind down, steeply in places, through the tall open forest with a scattering of grass trees to the bottom of the range. Now the walk guides you through open farmland before following Congewai Road along main valley to the trackhead near Brown Muir Farm. Let us begin by acknowledging the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we travel today, and pay our respects to their Elders past and present.
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Flat Rock Lookout. | Photo by admin, 2008.
View from Flat Rock Lookout. | Photo by admin, 2008.
Behind Flat Rock Lookout. | Photo by admin, 2010.
Langans Rd north of Flat Rock Lookout. | Photo by admin, 2010.
Langans Rd Watagan State Forest. | Photo by admin, 2010.
Wide clear roads Watagan State Forest. | Photo by admin, 2010.
Old road signs in Watagan State Forest. | Photo by admin, 2008.
GNW signage near the communication tower. | Photo by admin, 2010.
Intersection with Cedar Ridge Rd. | Photo by admin, 2008.
Congewai Communications Tower Watagan State Forest. | Photo by admin, 2010.
Congewai Communications Tower. | Photo by admin, 2010.
Steps in track east of communications tower. | Photo by admin, 2010.
Open forest in Watagan State Forest. | Photo by admin, 2010.
Ancient grass trees in Watagan State Forest. | Photo by admin, 2010.
Wide trails in Watagan State Forest. | Photo by admin, 2010.
Some dense forest in Watagan State Forest. | Photo by admin, 2010.
Sign on track between Congewai Tower and Valley. | Photo by admin, 2010.
Walking along the ridge on the western side of Congewai Valley. | Photo by admin, 2010.
Pleasent grassy flat. | Photo by admin, 2010.
Following the GNW arrow post. | Photo by admin, 2010.
GNW sign post in Open forest on western side of Congewai Valley. | Photo by admin, 2010.
Walking through the open forest. | Photo by admin, 2010.
Edge of farm land on the western side of Congewai Valley. | Photo by admin, 2010.
Great North Walk sign post in tall wooded forest. | Photo by admin, 2008.
GNW heading through the open farm land. | Photo by admin, 2010.
Remember to shut the gates as you walk across the farms. | Photo by admin, 2010.
Walking across the farm on a sunny morning. | Photo by admin, 2010.
Stile in Congewai Valley. | Photo by admin, 2010.
Dirt trail on farm in Congewai Valley. | Photo by admin, 2010.
Walking through farm land in Congewai Valley. | Photo by admin, 2010.
Friendly beast in Congewai Valley. | Photo by admin, 2010.
Walking through farm land in Congewai Valley. | Photo by admin, 2008.
Near the Congewai Valley West trackhead. | Photo by admin, 2010.
the congewai west track head. | Photo by admin, 2008.
Congewai Valley Rd. | Photo by admin, 2008.
Walking along the Congewai Valley Rd. | Photo by admin, 2010.
Gums lineing the Congewai Valley Rd. | Photo by admin, 2008.
Road Bridge on Congewai Valley Rd. | Photo by admin, 2010.
Congewai Valley after good rain fall. | Photo by admin, 2010.
Congewai Valley East Track head. | Photo by admin, 2010.
Rainbow from Congewai Valley East trackhead. | Photo by admin, 2008.
Looking over the lagoon from Congewai Valley East trackhead. | Photo by admin, 2008.
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