Mount Savage (Wollomi NP)

[Tyreless]

Quick question: Is there a physical trig at Mt Savage?

[Allchin09]

SIX Maps says there should be one. Whether it exists on the ground though I don't know. I was surprised that the mountain itself isn't named on the topo maps.

[tom_brennan]

Major Clews put one in - whether you can still find it is another question.

You should have a read of "The Bad Bit Across the River", at the end of:
http://coloriver.com.au/history/100_maj ... graphy.pdf

[Tyreless]

Thanks Tom. I found that link to "The Bad Bit Across The River" earlier in the week - really good reading! Spent last weekend on the Colo and up Pass 17b and plan to revisit this weekend.

[DaveNoble]

I have been to Mt Savage a number of times (but not recently) and cannot recall a trig. There once was a logbook there - and that was in a small metal box in a cairn - but the cairn was not actually on the summit but a few meters before it. I think because the summit may have been a patch of scrub? At one time I did carry out this logbook as it was being eaten by ants. And I did some analysis of it for the Bushwalkers Newsletter. A copy of that analysis is on my website - http://www.david-noble.net/BlueMts/Colo/MtSavage.html

Dave

[shankspony]

plan to revisit this weekend

really?!.... watch out for misbehaving rocks, and report back with what you find.

Regarding trigs near there then, has anyone ever been to Barakee? it looks impressively remote.

[Tyreless]

I was planning to, but the RFS website now says there is hazard reduction over an area of 3980 hectares (!!!) at Drip Rock. Given recent experience, I'm not so worried about falling rocks landing on me... more worried about falling walkers!

[Allchin09]

Spent last weekend on the Colo and up Pass 17b and plan to revisit this weekend.

Did you end up making it back out?

[Tyreless]

No. There was hazard reduction burning in the area. I'll go later in the year when the days are longer.

I went to Blanche trig in Marramarra NP instead.

[Tyreless]

I've now answered my own question, having visited Mt Savage yesterday. The trig was a wooden tripod and was reported to still be there in 1972 but it isn't there now.

The route I took was Grassy Hill trail - Canoe Creek - Colo - Pass 17b (actually, 100-200m east - steeper but doable) - Mt Savage and return on the same route but took the "easier" route down Pass 17b. Early start and back late afternoon. Having read reports of thick vegetation around Mt Savage, and having previously experienced some of the "bad bit across the river", I was very pleasantly surprised by the walk which was a typical Blue Mountains-type ridge walk.

[rcaffin]

Regarding trigs near there then, has anyone ever been to Barakee? it looks impressively remote.

It is remote.
It is nothing really special, being a typical very scrubby Wollemi knoll above the plain.

Cheers
Roger

[goanna]

The trig was a rock cairn which was accurately located on the Colo Heights 1st Ed map. As Dave pointed out it used to have a log book. It was a much better place for a trig than on the top as if the trig had been on top of the rather flattish peak it would have required a lot of clearing. I was there last Oct and all that remained of the trig was the circular base layer of rocks protruding a couple of inches out of the ground.

[Tyreless]

Thanks goanna, that confirms what I found. Shame the log book is no longer there (http://www.david-noble.net/BlueMts/Colo/MtSavage.html).