mt conner nt

Dont think so Its on Private property.
We wanted to go on our own and were told Conducted tours only.

That was mid 2009

Hi Barry

I am Like you and contacted the Station Owner, who's land it is situated on. The answer was a flat out 'NO'

I then contacted the tour operator for permission to do the trip out solo. He warned me no to try and go out, as he had large spikes hidden along the station tracks to stop people in their tracks. (there was a story about these in 4X4 Australia a good many years ago, resulting in every vehicle in the convoy all having staked tyres. They were furious at what had happened to all their tyres and walked back in along the track, and found the trap set in spinifex across the track)

Rather that risk this fate, we found a great camp site off of the Mulga Park Road, and had Mt Connor as our background, with great colours as the sun set.



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My advise, don't tack the risk.


Cheers



Stephen

Closest you can get is from the Giles-Mulga Park Road either south from 12 km east of Curtain Springs or west from just after the NT/SA border and then swinging north where it rounds Mulga Park Station. This puts you 8 km from the mount as opposed to 15km closest approach on the Lasseter Highway.

As Stephen has said, It's not public access to the Mount but the main road affords you a fair photo opportunity.

Cheers Mick

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Ah... Mt Conner... everyone thinks it's Ayer's Rock to start with.

I bet it was just as spiritual and special once.

We camped on a track at its base in 1990.

As an interesting aside, Mt Connor, Uluru and Kata Tjuta all line up in a straight line!!

Cheers

Brian

Spent a couple of days camped at the base of Mt Conner in the early 1970's. Climbed up to the top from the eastern end and walked the length of it. According to an aborigine I knew at the time it had special significance to the local mob but he didn't know what as he was from a different area.

We went on to spend time at the Olgas and Ayers Rock as it was known then. Personally I found the the Olgas more interesting than the Rock. We walked both extensively and I remember there being a lot of dingoes around on that trip. Have been back a few times over the years and seen the restrictions and changes happen - glad I saw things early on when very few people were around.

I understand the issues of having people driving around a grazing property but I have a problem with access being shut off from something like Mt Conner on a leasehold property. Hard to get the balance right between public and private rights.

cheers

Years ago we had a good poke around there trying to get there without going on the tour, every track had a locked gate and a sign barring entry. We did find one without a gate and went for a walk, found the vehicle spikes embedded in the sand a few hundred yards in.

I agree with the post about the difficulties in balancing public and private rights. I agree that it would be awesome to go to Mt Conner without the tour if it was possible. But that said, in 2006 we took the tour with our then 3 and 6 yr old girls and thoroughly enjoyed it.

thanks for all the replies so far ;have sent an e-mail to curtin springs asking for visit to mt conner without taking a tour.offered to pay a fee; hopefully to get a reply soon bye barry

Here's a Vid of me and dad climbing it it 1997. Poor quality however never thought it would appear on the net back then.