Budawangs – Quilty’s walk
Posted: Wed 18 Apr, 2018 8:26 pm
From Saturday 13th to Tuesday 17th April 2018 I did a four day circumnavigation of Quilty’s, anti clockwise. I thought I would provide a few comments about the walk. Just two of us. It was very windy on Saturday and Sunday, a small shower late Saturday night. I had done the same walk three years ago.
Day 1. After leaving the fire trail at the north end of Fosters the track becomes very overgrown and at times hard to follow, this continued all through the remainder of day 1 and the first part of Day 2. We probably went off track about a dozen times, retrace your steps and find the track again. Those small ferns over grow the track very quickly. It is a beautiful walk with Foster cliffs on one side and Quilty’s on the other side. There is also the old log bridge in a collapsed state. We arrived at Sallee Creek where there was plenty of good water and found a protected spot to camp out of the wind, no fire as it was too windy.
Day 2. Short walk to Styles creek campsite, again the track was hard to follow in places, overgrown mostly. We met a pair of walkers going in the opposite direction, they expressed concern about the track. At Styles Creek there was plenty of water. We tried to search for Styles Cave, there was no track and the bush bashing became too hard and we were going up a steep hill when uncertain of our destination. So we decided to conserve our energy. It was very windy so we decided to move on. We gathered 8 litres of water at the creek and headed to the Hidden Valley turnoff campsite where we spent the night well protected from the wind. Carrying the extra water up hill is a tough exercise. We decided to visit Hidden Valley, we had been there before, followed the track up to the rock cliffs past a large cairn on some big rocks when the track just became totally overgrown, we search for half an hour then decided again to conserve our energy.
Day 3. We did the lovely walk through the vines, it was beautiful, there was water in the creek at the bottom of that valley. We got onto the fire trail and walked to the campsite near the fire trail junction and Endrick Creek, there was plenty of water in Endrick. We did the side walk up to Quilty’s pass, where there was a lovely view of surrounding cliffs. We wondered how they got the cattle up the hill.
Day 4. Return to the car via Redgrounds track. Tired bodies at this stage. There was water in the creek at the rock crossing, tea tree creek I think.
A few questions for those in the know, how do you get to Styles Cave, when was Quilty’ pass built, what did I do wrong at Hidden Valley entrance as I assumed this was a well warn access point to a lovely site?
Day 1. After leaving the fire trail at the north end of Fosters the track becomes very overgrown and at times hard to follow, this continued all through the remainder of day 1 and the first part of Day 2. We probably went off track about a dozen times, retrace your steps and find the track again. Those small ferns over grow the track very quickly. It is a beautiful walk with Foster cliffs on one side and Quilty’s on the other side. There is also the old log bridge in a collapsed state. We arrived at Sallee Creek where there was plenty of good water and found a protected spot to camp out of the wind, no fire as it was too windy.
Day 2. Short walk to Styles creek campsite, again the track was hard to follow in places, overgrown mostly. We met a pair of walkers going in the opposite direction, they expressed concern about the track. At Styles Creek there was plenty of water. We tried to search for Styles Cave, there was no track and the bush bashing became too hard and we were going up a steep hill when uncertain of our destination. So we decided to conserve our energy. It was very windy so we decided to move on. We gathered 8 litres of water at the creek and headed to the Hidden Valley turnoff campsite where we spent the night well protected from the wind. Carrying the extra water up hill is a tough exercise. We decided to visit Hidden Valley, we had been there before, followed the track up to the rock cliffs past a large cairn on some big rocks when the track just became totally overgrown, we search for half an hour then decided again to conserve our energy.
Day 3. We did the lovely walk through the vines, it was beautiful, there was water in the creek at the bottom of that valley. We got onto the fire trail and walked to the campsite near the fire trail junction and Endrick Creek, there was plenty of water in Endrick. We did the side walk up to Quilty’s pass, where there was a lovely view of surrounding cliffs. We wondered how they got the cattle up the hill.
Day 4. Return to the car via Redgrounds track. Tired bodies at this stage. There was water in the creek at the rock crossing, tea tree creek I think.
A few questions for those in the know, how do you get to Styles Cave, when was Quilty’ pass built, what did I do wrong at Hidden Valley entrance as I assumed this was a well warn access point to a lovely site?