Bridle Track in South Aust

It is a PAR (Public Access Route) that actuallly runs between Melrose and comes out on the Westen side of the Flinders Ranges about half way between Mambray Creek and Pt Germein. It is a fairly easy track in the dry, but being clay based can become very slippery in the wet. Trying to find it from the Western end requires a fair bit of local knowledge. From the eastern side coming in to Melrose from the North you go past one pub on the left. The main road does a 90 deg left in town directly opposite the second pub. The second street on the right up from this bend has one of those brown tourist signs with the white lettering, I can't remember the exact lettering but from memory it is something about Wirrarbra and the Pt Germein Gorge. If you go this way it heads out of town and turns in to a reasonable dirt road. About 10km down this road you will arrive at T-Junction, the main road goes left while there is a smaller dirt track goes right, obviously take the right, it goes up the hiill for a couple of kilometers, just before you get to a farmhouse at the end of the road there is a farm gate on the left. I can not rememebr if it is marked as the Bridle track or not, but to start off you will drive up a hill between two fences, don't worry it is a PAR. From there it is fairly easy to follow, the views are pretty good, just do the right thing; stay on the track leave gates as you found them etc, so that the farmers don't get narky and try and close the track. When you get to the end of it you can either head in a Northerly direction which will eventually bring you out on the road in to Mambray Creek National park, or just keep heading west along the farming tracks until you get back to the highway.

Cheers

Snowy

Thanks Snowy, much appreciated. It's on the list for next autumn.

Michael