Climb ACT Mt Kelly

[paul8]

I'm interested in climbing ACT Mt Kelly ... park car at Boboyan Rd near Gudgenby.
Question:
1) Where around Gudgenby is the best place to park the car?
2) Do I need to cross private land? Do I need to get permission from land owners to cross their land?

[Tony]

I'm interested in climbing ACT Mt Kelly ... park car at Boboyan Rd near Gudgenby.
Question:
1) Where around Gudgenby is the best place to park the car?
2) Do I need to cross private land? Do I need to get permission from land owners to cross their land?

Hi Paul,

I have been up to Mt Kelly three times, it is stunningly beautiful country, the whole walk can be done in National Park, the best place to park is at the Yankee Hat Car park, just off the Boboyan Road, I did Mt Kelly a few months ago, here is a link to the trip report by John Evans Mt Kelly walk we walked up Middle Creek which is tougher going than the way we walked down via Sams Creek FT and Gudgenby Gap, unless you are very experienced at scrub bashing I would suggest going up and back via Sams Creek Ft route but the route up Sams Ceek FT is still very overgrown and hard to follow in places, the KMZ of our trip can be down loaded on Johns site.

Please feel free to ask my more questions.


Tony

[Tony]

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[kanangra]

Agree with tony the walk up Sams Ck FT is excellent. Some wonderful camping spots up there. But even that trail is very overgrown in places.

K

[paul8]

Thank Tony. The KMZ file is a great help !

[timmo567]

I tried to do this once before but wasn't able to stay on the footpads after getting to Gudgenby saddle from the Yankee Hat car park. It was all bush-bashing to sams creek and didn't have enough time to continue on. I brought with me the relevant sections from http://johnevans.id.au/Pages/Namadgi%20Footpads.html but still wasn't able to find anything after Gudgenby saddle. Does anyone have any advice, particularly regarding where the various footpads start and end?

[kanangra]

Sure. From the saddle walk down to the creek and cross over. It is very small here. Then walk about 100m up the other side and you will cross the old track. Look for two blue tapes on a tree. From here the track heads steeply uphill where it is quite clearly defined. Once on top you cross back into NSW and the track is also easy to follow here. It then descends to Sams Ck which is crossed and there is a small campsite on the far bank. From here the track is patchy in places and stays high for a while. I lost it in a patch of scrub beside a rock slab in the creek but picked it up again higher up the true right bank. Look out for a delightful camping spot on that same side further up. The track crosses from side to side a bit and each time you can see the remains of the old wooden crossing supports. The valley is very pleasant and opens up further up with several good camping spots. It really is a very enjoyable walk. Towards the top you will come across some old fencing and other relics.

Highly recommended.

K.

[paul8]

Thank you to all who have replied. I finally made it to Mt Kelly (and Mt Burbidge as well in the same day).
Start at Yankee Hat carpark, go up Middle Creek. Return the same way. Photos and write up of the trip are in my blog
http://mntviews.blogspot.com.au/2015/01 ... ralia.html
To anyone wishing to follow the same footsteps, my GPX file is somewhere in the blog too.

[WarrenH]

Paul8, G'day. I have enjoyed your post. One of the best ever.

The lilley that you're asking about could be the Nodding Blue Lilley, Stypandra glauca ... http://anpsa.org.au/s-gla.html The pinkish cast in your photo, going on the warm background tint, appears to give the petals a false colour.

Warren.

[paul8]

WarrenH, thanks for your comment.
I suspect the blue flower in my blog is not Nodding Blue Lily ... the shape of the flower is different. Also the blue colour in Nodding Blue Lily is much deeper.

[juxtaposer]

You're dogwood species is Cassinia longifolia which is very common all over those hills. The the blue flowered plant is a Centaurium species. As your photo does not show much in the way of basal leaf development it might be this one: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-b ... enuiflorum
Cheers.

[paul8]

juxtaposer,
You've nailed it, it is Centaurium tenuiflorum, Slender Centaury ... Thank !
Cheers, Paul