Haunted Stream still closed
Submitted: Monday, Feb 11, 2008 at 15:48
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Zebra400
We headed up Haunted Stream in the
Vic High Country last weekend. Pity the info for track closures in the high country was difficult to find.
We left the
Omeo road - no indication of closed tracks ahead. Stopped at Stirling for morning tea. Hey, still no
track closed info. Headed off to Dogtown - just before Dogtown, we are greeted with a Temporary Track Closure
sign & a
locked gate. No info is given for an alternative route - no date is given for the temporary closure. Interestingly enough, if you wanted to drive around the
locked gate, there is a rough track you could take. However, we did the right thing and backtracked to Stirling and headed up the Stirling Road to Angora Road.
I did a search on closed tracks on the Parks Victoria site. I found a High Country Access Strategy pdf. Way down on page 22 (last page) under
State forest in the Nowa Nowa -
Tambo area, I find the relevant info.
Yes, it states that all tracks south west of Angora Range Road are closed and will re-open by Nov 2008.
Pity I didn't know where the Angora Range Road was before we headed down there, as it wasn't a road we planned to travel on.
Looks like detailed closed track info for the high country is a thing of the past!!
Reply By: Moose - Tuesday, Feb 12, 2008 at 14:55
Tuesday, Feb 12, 2008 at 14:55
G'day Zebra
We did a bit of the Haunted Stream in January this year. Can't recall name of track we took to it but there were no
road closed signs anywhere. Without a map in front of me, and not being a local, I can't even tell you what direction or what track we approached from.
We managed to do about 10 crossings before coming across a large tree across the creek and no way around. Was too hot to contemplate
clearing with chainsaws etc so we turned back.
The little wooden
bridge at the start of the track is closed (partly burned) but there is a detour through the creek next to it.
We were not aware that the track was supposed to be closed.
Cheers from the Moose
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