Back from trip to
Dargo & surrounds. Reece & Wayne (Warfer) and myself on this trip.
Left 7pm 26th. arrived Colins Hut 11pm. Nice spot, no other campers. Set up
camp.
Next morning crossed Wonnangatta River below hut. Quite deep, lapped over top of bonnet. No track on other side as map suggested. Returned to
camp across river again. Found another track a couple of days later just upstream which crossed river and continued on. Set off to find Reece's relatives camped somewhere near by. Found them before lunch at Black
Snake Creek Camp. Nice spot, easy access, but dust from road came down onto
camp.
Deflated tires to 24psi. With some extra passengers set off for
Billy Goat Bluff Track to see
views from
Pinnacles. Fun track, spectacular
views, friendly Fire Watcher in tower. Back to
camp and swim in fast flowing Wonnangatta.
Set off next morning for Wonnangatta, via
Dargo,
Talbotville. Nice couple in Land Cruiser asked to tag along with us to Wonnangatta from here. Tea Tree Spur Track, Hart Spur Track, Wonnangatta Station for lunch, back out Herne Spur (steep), crossed Wonnangatta at
Eaglevale, back to
camp. Long day. Wayne arrived late this night.
Set out next morning about 11 to do
Blue Rag Range Track. Drizzly and misty. Thought we might not get the
views. Through
Dargo, High Plain Rd to Blue Rag. Fun track with steep rocky section before trig point. Cloudy, misty, drizzly, windy, cold, no view. Set off to descend 1200m in 8 km to river, dead end track. Some steep and rutted sections. Hasn't been bulldozed since fires. Lush new growth closes track somewhat. Only soft so no severe scratching. Lovely camping spot at bottom. Met old guy camped across river. Very friendly, wanted us to stay. Quite a character. Went over and had a chat and swim in Wongungarra River. Back up track to summit. Cloud lifted, spectacular
views. Bush looks like standing match sticks with dead trees from fires of 2006. Lush undergrowth. Fantastic how the bush can recover. Set off back, turned down Basalt Knob Track instead of returning to High Plains Rd. Very good track. Turn into South Basalt Knob Track. This becomes very steep, big sharp humps. Some rocky steps and smooth clay rutted sections. Fun to go down, must go up sometime. Back to
camp via Crooked
River Track.
Next day set out 9am to do Haunted Stream Track, 54 river crossings. Easy and pretty. Finished by 2pm. On way back Wayne leads off to explore and we find lovely camping spot on
Wentworth River. Steep climb out, Mt Steve Track with high vegetation growth down middle. Get to end and there is a sign saying
track closed due to wild fire damage. Lucky we encountered no logs across track. Back to
Dargo. I went back to
camp to pack and return
home. Wayne carries all his gear and left from there. Reece stayed on for tea at
Dargo Pub to return next morning. I got
home 0.20am New Years day.
Great trip!