Help- Dinner Plains-Dargo-High Country Vic

Hiya Crackles

Heading up that way soon,I cannot find Mathieson Spur on google maps,my mapsend lite (magellan)....Have you any coordinates !
or even nearest track.Tried the serach thing too

Cheers

You should try one of those old inventions Warfer everyone used in the good ol days called a 'paper map' It's amazing what detail they show ;-)
Mathieson spur takes off from the Upper Dargo Road coming out at Treasures on the Dargo High Plains road. The first 1.5 km is fairly steep from the river, not particually challenging but the clay surface being slippery when wet.
Do yourself a favour & get the Rooftops Dargo-Crooked River map. Even works without batteries.

Cheers Craig.....................

You should try one of those old inventions Warfer everyone used in the good ol days called a 'paper map' It's amazing what detail they show ;-)

lol The last one i ran out of toilet paper,the new one's a bit harder for that its laminated !

I have rooftop of dargo,rooftop high country but no go and finally found it on the Australian Survey Mapping of Crooked River-Steve Map

Cheers

Oh just another thought bud, maybe you should look at your map then you'll know how to spell it correctly: lmao


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Cheers

See there ya go. Damn fold in the paper map right on the word Matheson. No doubt why your search brought up nothing. I really must get me one of those new fangled electronic maps now :-))
Cheers Craig............

*See there ya go. Damn fold in the paper map right on the word Matheson*





I'll giv ya something your bloody quick mate, lmao

Cheers Bud

I'd think twice about that one if I were on my own! It is a tricky piece of driving toward the top and a long walk out if it goes wrong.

Stan as suggested the track out to Blue Rag is pretty rough & one doesn't want to muck up their line on the rock ledge approaching the summit. May be a good one to return to with a friend or after a bit more experience.
As for an easy return trip from Talbotville to Dargo you can simply follow the Crooked River Road down past the Kingswell Bridge then the Short Cut Road accross.
To make it easier for others to respond to your questions Stan rather than clicking the respond key each time, it is often better to ask further questions of an individual by using the "Followup" in that particular box. That way it ensures we get the message as an email with your question.
Cheers Craig.............

Thanks for your help Craig

I will use the follow up Button next time as I always wonder how that follow up worked
I like old mines so I will spend a few days in Talbotville and do blue rag some other day

Thanks again
Stan

If you are fit the walk up from the Crooked River to the New Good Hope mine stamping battery and steam engine is worth the trip. I haven't been in to the other side of the ridge yet.

Must take the waders up next time and check out the Jewellers Shop at Grant too....

Dave

Dave
First thanks for your post and advise .Can you also advise we were on the Crooked River do I take off to reach the New Good Hope mine stamping battery and steam engine my map shows me all the tracks but not all the mine site which I am most interested to see Is there a local map that I can access to show me the mine sites in the area that I could pick up say at Dargo orTourist Information
By the way can you tell me more about the Jewellers shop at grant as I will be take waders for a spot of Fly fishing

Regards
Stan

Hi Stan,

From the Talbotville camping area, go through the river on the start of the Crooked River Tk which if you were driving into the camp from Grant is immediately on your right as you reach the valley floor coming down from the cemetery.

After several (many) river crossings you will find a track on your right up the hill a hundred or so metres to a small hillside parking area from where you can walk up the hill to the battery.

The Rooftop map of the area is probably the best of the lot. You can get it before you go or get it at Dargo. The Dargo Wonnangatta Adventure Map I think it is called.

There are some great books on the mining history of the area with some fantastic pictures of what it used to be like. I'll see if I can rustle up some names for you and if you have time your local library may be able to get them in on interlibrary loan for you.

The Jewellers Shop mine near Grant is an adit running back into the hill side but it's about thigh deep in water from shortly after the Entrance. I've been meaning to take waders and a good torch to go and have a bit of a look.

Let me know if I can help with any other info.

Dave

Hi Dave
Thanks again for your help and I will check out the history of the area before I go just like any of the other old sites I visit like Yalwal or Yarranderie I did get the The Rooftop map of the area from Parra Map shop

The photos that you posted around Moscow Villa are just great just shows you how thing change in a course of a few hours from Snow to Floods

I hope you trip down the Murray is more successful then my cod trip to Lake Windamere looks like the same weekend that you were at Moscow Villa as it was wet and blow the brown dog of its chain and no fish

Thanks again Dave if you do find a book name for the area drop us a line mean time I will check the Libraries

Regards
Stan

Hiya djcache


Interesting stuff thanks for the pics,Did you get a chance to look at the Wonnagatta,Crooked River Heights after all that rain ?????


Cheers

Mathiesons


Oh yeah you need to drop the I ,you and crackles obviously fold your maps the ol school way... lol


Cheers

Haha,

Spelling of track names...

As for the creeks, we were further over than the Gatta. I've been up to the bottom of the windscreen in the Wonnagatta with the water splashing up onto the roof, wipers on. That was after far less rain than we had Saturday night. I don't think I'd like to have been in there trying to get out on Sunday. I'd not have left until Monday or so.

As an indication of how fast things change I'll post some pics before and after of the creek below Moscow Villa. The first pics are at about 6am Saturday morning after a few showers and snow overnight. You could step over it.

The following pics are about 10am Sunday morning 26 hours later, after about 125mm (Ensay) rain.

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And another shot of Running Creek which flows into the Tambo on Sunday morning.Image Could Not Be Found

Remember all of the above is only days before the start of summer. Never go into the high country without being prepared to stop somewhere for a few extra days - an a plan on how to let those at home know you will be late so we don't have to come looking for you in treacherous conditions when you are fine, just holed up somewhere. (ie. HF or Satphone)

Dave

Thanks Dave

Great pictures,Leaving on the 2 dec for about 4-5 days or so,Showing a friend the Mitchell Nat Park @ Angusvale,then over the Mitchell/Dargo (hopefully) up Hortons Track to Tabberabbera .Then back to Crooked River Rd up the Crooked River (level Dependent) or Eaglevale TK then out @ Sheepyard Flat ,Mansfield then home...



Thats the plans but will access on the days

Cheers

More rain falling here at the moment and the radar up there had some 50+mm / hr storms on it today.

Carefull with your river heights and plan your detours early.

Things should settle a bit by the second but some of the crossings will still be hairy. The exits and entry points on some will be chopped out - particularly those on the upper crooked river.

Have a good trip. I'll be cod fishing on the Murray...

DJ