Davies Plain, Kings Plain over Xmas

If your setup to camp anywhere...then you will have plenty of space on the plains....

Just get there with plenty of time, have a look around at your options & then decide....

If you follow the track south from Davies plain Hut, toward Kings Plain Track there are plenty of flatter sections although pitching a tent might be an issue with the snow grass...

Are you aware of what The Kings Track is like?

Steep, Rocky, Eroded, Bulldust sections....plenty of erosion humps (on the steep bits too).....

Its one of the best 4WD tracks of the high plains.....

If it rained overnight, you may have issues climbing out in the morning....

I'm assuming your going with another vehicle?

Cheers

It can be a bit of a slog to get in and out. As StormyKnight says, if it rains you could be in a bit of bother if you are pressed for time. I was last up that way in April this year, and the track was in the best condition I've seen it for a long time. The last drop-off to the bottom used to be covered in fist-sized rocks, but this year it was very smooth. This section would be very different if it rained for a couple of days:-)

We've always camped to the left of the main track, right down on the river as far as you can go. There are other camp sites to the right of the track, and one such camp-site is actually on the other side of the river across a good solid crossing. Expect a bit of "bush pin striping" on your vehicle if you go to that site.

Not sure how busy it will be over Christmas. We've only rarely seen other people down that way, probably because it is one way only, and therefore there is none of the through traffic you'd expect to see up top on the Davies Plain track.

Enjoy your trip!

Thanks guys, great to hear from people who've been in there before!

I have an 80 series landcruiser with lift, muddies and winch and penty of pin striping (although standard FSD - full slip diff). If it started to rain I'd planned on bugging out pretty quickly as I'll probably be going by myself (although at xmas time your rarely ever by yourself ;-)

Cheers
NUTS!

Can anyone give advice on Walhalla (Vic) or surrounds over that xmas/ny time.... I would have thought it'd get packed out in a big way?

Cheers
NUTS!

Not a lot of room but good camping down on the river at Kings Track. Got snowed on there one year, but with chains on had no trouble getting out. Chains are worth carrying in the high country at all times.

Hi NUTS,

My family (three vehicles in total) camped on the river at Kings plain over Christmas a few years ago. We had the place to ourselves, and did not pass anyone else on the way in or the way out.

I agree with the above comments about the track down to Kings plain being rough.

Leanne