Checks Lookout Walking Track

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Warning
This journey requires significant bushwalking experience, specialised equipment and navigation skills.
Please ensure you and your group well prepared and equiped for this journey.

Safer Bushwalks Tips on staying safe on track
Before you start any bushwalk ensure you;
• Tell someone you trust where you are going and what to do if you are overdue
• Have adequate equipment, supplies, skills & knowledge for the whole journey
• Consider the impact of weather forecasts, park/track closures & fire dangers
• Can respond to emergencies & call for help at any point
• Are healthy and fit enough for this journey
If not, change plans and stay safe. It is okay to delay and ask people for help.

Getting There Transport options and directions
Start (-30.5313199,152.0333846)
Mode Car
Directions From Grafton Road, B78, 17
Turn on to Wollomombi Falls Road then drive for 1.7 km
Turn left onto Wollomombi Falls Road and drive for another 40 m

Track Notes Turn by turn instructions & maps

Getting started
From the car park at the end of Wollomombi Falls Road, pass through the bollard and head between the shelter and the green sign along the paved path. Veer slightly right as you pass between the shelter (to your right) and some informational signposts(to your left). Keep left as you head along the Chandler Walk to continue along Checks Lookout Walking Track.....

Turn map	Directions & comments
	Start. Find the car park at the start. After another 45 m continue straight. After another 35 m pass the shelter (10 m on your right). After another 20 m pass the toilet (45 m on your right).
	Turn left.
	The starting point of an optional sidetrip. Side trip to Wollomombi Lookout with great views. To start this optional side trip turn left here. On returning from this side trip continue straight when you get back to this intersection. Details below. After another 115 m veer right.
	After another 75 m veer left.
	After another 210 m veer left. After another 80 m come to "Checks Lookout".
	Turn around here and retrace the main route for 570 m to get back to the start.

Side trip to Wollomombi Lookout with great views.

Turn map	Directions & comments
	Start. After another 25 m come to "Wollomombi Falls Lookout". About 115 m past the end is a toilet. About 130 m past the end is a shelter.
	The end. Turn around and retrace your steps back the 25 m to the main route.

Terrain Know the Hills, grading & facilities

Checks Lookout Walking Track

Grading

	Class 5/6 Very challenging
Length	1.1 km
Time	1 h 30 min to 2 h

Quality of track	Formed track, with some branches and other obstacles (3/6)
Gradient	Very steep and difficult rock scrambles (5/6)
Signage	Minimal directional signs (4/6)
Infrastructure	No facilities provided (5/6)
Experience Required	No experience required (2/6)
Weather	Forecasted & unexpected severe weather likely to have an impact on your navigation and safety (5/6)

Some facilities on route

Shelter: There is one 80 m from the start.

Toilet: There are 2 on route, on average they are 400 m apart with the largest gap of 980 m.

Order of key facilities on route

Item	From Start	Name & link to notes
Shelter	80 m	[shelter]
Toilet	105 m	[toilet]
Toilet	205 m + 30 m	[toilet]

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Weather Forecast
- Armidale Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon
  
  Monday 9 September
  
  Partly cloudy.
  
  Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower, becoming less likely later this evening. The chance of a thunderstorm on and east of the ranges. Winds west to southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h becoming light in the evening.
  
  Tuesday 10 September
  
  1°C → 23°C
  Sunny.
  5% chance of rain
  
  Mostly sunny. Areas of frost in the south in the early morning. Slight chance of a shower in the north, near zero chance elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm near the Queensland border. Light winds becoming east to northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h in the morning. Overnight temperatures falling to between 1 and 13 with daytime temperatures reaching 20 to 25.
  
  UV Alert: Sun protection 8:50am to 2:50pm, UV Index predicted to reach 7 [High]
  
  Wednesday 11 September
  
  4°C → 23°C
  Possible shower.
  40% chance of rain
  0 → 1mm
  
  Partly cloudy. The chance of fog in the south in the early morning. Medium chance of showers from the late morning. Winds east to northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h shifting west to northwesterly in the late morning. Overnight temperatures falling to between 4 and 13 with daytime temperatures reaching 20 to 25.
  
  Thursday 12 September
  
  7°C → 18°C
  Shower or two.
  60% chance of rain
  0 → 4mm
  
  Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers, most likely in the morning and afternoon. Light winds becoming west to southwesterly 15 to 25 km/h during the morning then tending southeast to southwesterly during the afternoon. Overnight temperatures falling to between 7 and 14 with daytime temperatures reaching between 16 and 24.
  
  Friday 13 September
  
  2°C → 16°C
  Partly cloudy.
  10% chance of rain
  
  Mostly sunny. Winds south to southeasterly 15 to 25 km/h tending east to southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h during the day. Overnight temperatures falling to between 2 and 11 with daytime temperatures reaching between 15 and 22.
  
  Saturday 14 September
  
  1°C → 19°C
  Partly cloudy.
  20% chance of rain
  
  Partly cloudy.
  
  Sunday 15 September
  
  3°C → 15°C
  Possible shower.
  40% chance of rain
  0 → 1mm
  
  Possible shower.
  
  Monday 16 September
  
  2°C → 15°C
  Possible shower.
  40% chance of rain
  0 → 1mm
  
  Possible shower.
  
  Forecast data thanks to © Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Alerts
- Oxley Wild Rivers National Park alerts
  Closed areas: Middle Yard Hut in Oxley Wild Rivers National Park is unavailable due to Maintenance
  Parts of Oxley Wild Rivers National Park will be closed from Monday 2 September to 10am Monday 16 September for Maintenance works. The closed areas include:
  
  Middle Yard Hut
  
  Penalties apply for non-compliance. For more information, contact the local NPWS office at Walcha on 02 6777 4700 or Armidale on 02 6738 9100.
  
  Closed areas: Smoke may be visible from some parts of the Park due to Hazard Reduction Burning
  Smoke may be visible form some parts of the park in particular the below area:
  
  Riverside Campground and Picnic Area
  
  Budds Mare to Riverside walking Track
  
  Including some parts of the Apsley River
  
  Penalties apply for non-compliance. This burn is called NPWS HR Firebreak Trail. For more information, contact the local NPWS office or visit the Rural Fire Service website.
  
  For further details contact the local NPWS Office at Walcha on 02 67774700 and Armidale on 02 67389100.
  
  Closed areas: Tia Walking Track, Tia Falls Lookout and Tia Gorge View Lookout are closed
  The following areas at Tia Falls are closed from Monday 19 August to Monday 16 September 2024 at midnight due to walking track maintenance work:
  Tia Falls walk
  Tia Falls lookout
  Tia Gorge View lookout.
  The campground and day use areas remain open.
  This closure may be extended.
  Please contact the local Walcha area office on (02) 6777 4700 for further information.
  
  Other planned events: Coachwood Road closed for remediation works
  Coachwood Road between Kookaburra and Racecourse Trail is closed until further notice for remediation works following damage from recent weather events.
  Please consider alternative roads, such as Hastings Forest Way and Kangaroo Flat Road during this time. Access to Carrai and Werrikimbe national parks remain open from Carrai Road and Racecourse Trail.
  For more information, contact the NPWS Walcha office on 02 6777 4700 or Port Macquarie office on 02 6588 5555.
  
  Alert kindly provided by © NSW Nataional Parks and Wildlife Service

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