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overnight walk near Bowral

PostPosted: Mon 09 Sep, 2019 9:26 am
by mketa
I am after an overnight walk that is suitable for a 10 year old's first "no facilities" camping. Preferably starting within 30 minutes from Bowral. Any ideas? Thankyou :) She is very fit so it doesn't have to be super easy or flat.

Re: overnight walk near Bowral

PostPosted: Mon 09 Sep, 2019 12:57 pm
by mandragara
Starlights trail to Mcarthurs Flat or Emmetts Flat (Starlights Flat?) might be a good fit. Tom Brennan's site has some good detail on it: https://bushwalkingnsw.com/walk.php?nid=1005

It's a 5 hour return for adults, it is a big of a climb in and out though, so she'd need to be able to do ~500 meters of vertical in a day. That's just under what a walk out of the Grose Valley is in the blueys.

It's a 30 minute drive from Bowral

Re: overnight walk near Bowral

PostPosted: Tue 10 Sep, 2019 1:30 pm
by Petew
Starlight a is a nice spot for the kids, nice grassy campsite too.

Re: overnight walk near Bowral

PostPosted: Tue 10 Sep, 2019 7:42 pm
by mketa
Thankyou! I’ll look into these, assume camping is allowed then?

Re: overnight walk near Bowral

PostPosted: Tue 10 Sep, 2019 9:21 pm
by Walk_fat boy_walk
mketa wrote:Thankyou! I’ll look into these, assume camping is allowed then?
Camping is allowed, the campsite is nice and the walking relatively easy. Just be aware that there isn't much signage and some of the track junctions might not be obvious if you haven't been there before, so you'll need track notes.

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Re: overnight walk near Bowral

PostPosted: Wed 11 Sep, 2019 11:25 am
by mketa
thanks again for your help :)

Re: overnight walk near Bowral

PostPosted: Wed 11 Sep, 2019 11:39 am
by michael_p
If you are considering doing the Starlights walk then this thread may be useful: viewtopic.php?f=36&t=27237