Suz wrote:I am sort of wondering with the main range area - whether I should be attempting some sort of loop walk? You know, so I can encompass the gungarten / kerries area and then also the grey mare / valentines bit.
walkon wrote:I camped at Murrays Gap, right on the border act/nsw from memory and it would be in the top five campsites I reckon. plus I did Bimberi first thing in the morning and got back to a dry tent.
Mark F wrote:Also consider continuing across the Rolling Grounds to Dicky Cooper Bogong and then drop down to either Schlink Pass or Hilton rather than dropping down to Whites River.
walkon wrote:Re red jacket; Several signs on the walk said you could camp there, I know chappies update said otherwise, also you aren't meant to drive/ride there but people do & its pretty remote to get into trouble from anyone.
GBW wrote:Not this sign though. About 5 minutes after we arrived here from Blue Jacket at 8am a PV vehicle arrived and pulled up for a chat. Sure, they may turn a blind eye but who wants to risk a fine.
north-north-west wrote:You actually SAW a ranger out and about?!!!!!!!! *&%$#! hell!
Well, that means you're safe, Suz. They won't be back up there for another year at least.
Lophophaps wrote:Allow 2-3 days from Schlink Pass to Dead Horse Gap, which gives time for side-trips and bad weather. There is no defined track for much of the way from Schlink Pass to just before Tywnum, and from above Cootapatamba via Ramsheads to Dead Horse Gap. however, it's not too hard to follow. At Consett Stephens Pass go west until you are on top of the ridge. There's a short side-trip north to some high points. Then go along the ridge to Tate, where a track starts. There are many tracks in this region. Water can be found down most slopes.
The official AAWT route near here is not that good, and it's far better to walk on the Main Range. Or have they changed it again? From the Main Range you can go to The Sentinal, Watsons Crags, Townsend and many other peaks. Ramsheads are on the way to Dead Horse Gap.
The only problem with the Main Range is that it bypasses Thredbo, and a possible food dump. You may be able to arrange for the food dump to be taken to the top of the quad.
Suz wrote:Oh god how depressing. In NSW the govt has also been making a hash of things in a different way - they have introduced a program whereby people with no experience and no prior background go into training programs with NPWS and get put through for any available jobs. NPWS prevent outsiders from having a chance at a position. Experienced people are prevented access to the training program, it's just for people with NO idea. This is despite the fact that getting to become a ranger has long been a sought after job by many - and many people have been working for years to get into NPWS - now they've no chance. That's what I'm told anyway, by one of my colleagues whose dad works there and she herself wants to work there but now realises she won't get in. A bright, young, dedicated potential employee with both undergrad and masters in biodiversity and conservation will lose out on becoming a ranger to some clueless pleb in 'training'.
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