Plenty of birds and some amazing fungi at this time of year. Easily definable, and travelling through some amazing scenery.
The Western side is far more appealing imo as it's just a thin walk trail.
However, once you've done that the worst climb is out of the way. The ascent from Nanga Mill onto the first plateau is 170m and the inclination is murder. I had intended to walk the East side first as a warm up, then tackle the Western side. The The valleys into Christmas brook and Dawn Creek are steep too but not as bad. The Western side of the track is rather steep at the North and South ends. Probably do-able in under 4 hours if you don't stop to enjoy the scenery and help lost 4WDs. Weather was good for trail walk like this, nice and cool. I'm 35 and strong as an ox, but I had quite a few long sits along the way.Ĭompleted in just under 4.5hrs (5/July/2015). Also, if heading in the summer I would recommend the mornings, wrapping up in the East bit (heading clockwise from Nanga) as that way you'll be in the cool of the forrest by the time you're done.Īlso, it took me about 6 hours but I did it really slowly for my health and fitness. It's only about 30cm deep in the summer but a great spot for a swim and cool off. Oh and when you're on the wide trail, listen out for a running creek and see if you can get to it through the bush. Again, honestly, even that part is great, the forrest here is such a uniquely WA experience.Įnjoy. The bush was still amazing, the views were still great, but it feels so much nicer being on a tiny winding trail through the bush than a wide cleared space. The rest of it is still AMAZING but the trail is on a vehicle road, so is wide and not a hiking specific trail. The only reason I don't give this a 5 star is it's only the East side, the steep foot path bit around King Jarrah, that I thought was extraordinary. I hung out with a 300 year old tree, not a bad sort, taught me a lot about my silly behaviour and rushing around, then I rushed off. The landscape forever changed, from sparsely forested, to tight, tight, tight, to steep to flat.
I saw an echidna (who didn't seem to care at all about my presence), and emu, loads of kangaroos, lots of birds. Not sure when the last bush fire was, but the trail was bursting with green and life. I went on a hot day, 35C, in January 2021. WOW! Is all I kept saying to myself for the first few hours.
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