Bushwalk Australia

The Ultra (bush run) is due to start on the 17th May 2018.

Interesting things I noticed.

- Jamision Valley will need to be reopened by that date. Good news if your wanting to walk Jamison valley soon.

- the 100km course goes down taros ladder. I wonder if they have/will repair it for the 1500 runners that will scramble down the spikes/rungs during the event?

Should be a good event. Im in awe of those who are fit enough to do these events.. Id need evacuation after the first 10km! My body hates running!

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You may be interested in these links which show the set up the race organisers erect every year at the Tarros Ladder:

http://www.sportzhub.com/article/north- ... tment.html
https://www.irunfar.com/2015/05/the-nor ... adder.html

There was also a great video made by a journalist at the SMH about this but I can't find it right now.

Cheers Creeping_moses.

Impressive rigging effort for the temporary ladder. Its a shame they cant shore up the existing spikes while they are there but I guess that would involve a mountain of paperwork.

I support family members running in this each year and will be up till the early hours again on Sunday morning . Despite this, I am concerned each year at the use of our National Park for these events, with a large number of people running up Nellies Glen, Iron Pot (although private property) and other special places (Mystery Mountain at Newnes is another). I do wonder if the organisers pay NPWS to assist with any general track maintenance. The organisers do do a good job of cleaning up year, but still....The debate between nature parks vs recreation parks and I'm definitely in the nature park camp (so to speak).

But you don't NEED to go down Tarros ladders! It is just as fast to WALK down Duncans Pass next to it.

Cheers
Roger
(Or is it Dunphy Pass? I forget.)

The walk down route is Wallaby Track or Gundungura Pass. Frank Duncan (and party) didn't find the walk down pass, they climbed down where the spikes are today.

Hi Tom
There are N variations on the naming and the history, where N is a large number. I have seen "Duncan's Pass" written in some places.
I have a feeling that "Wallaby Track" refers to a route under the cliffs on the west side on the whole peninsula, possibly from a very old Dunphy map.

Cheers
Roger

Agree re the large number of variations of naming. However, there was quite a bit of discussion in the bushwalking community in the late 1930s, which is summarised in this thread, and I think it gives a fairly clear picture of where things finally landed in 1940:
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