Someone asked me about this the other day, so for prosperity sake (because I closed my old blog) here are the GPS routes from glendavis to wollembi through wollemi
Distance 114.77 km | Time 11:47:12 | Speed 9.7 kph | Elevation 2,677 m
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Distance 100.51 km | Time 7:45:37 | Speed 13.0 kph | Elevation 1,922 m
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The original PDF is attached but also in the link from
@Comic Book Guy
I used water points at Glen Davis camp ground, a creek/river at 47.94km in on the 47443449 file, a spring in the middle hunter main trail somewhere, and the water tank at sheepskin hut.
Towards wollembi, I refilled at a creek just past the howes trail gate, but didn't drink it because well, it was full of cows.
The trip through hunter main trail between the gates is hard going. There were a lot of trees down (big ones you couldn't get around, only under or over) when I did it, and it was very undulated. Though it was day 4, I was very fit at the time and found it very hard work. It is most certainly
not all downhill from the gate. It looks like it took me ~4hrs to do the ~30kms between gates.
That being said, I found the trail amazing. There was a stark contrast in vegetation as you went from one side to the other.
Pseudo rainforest like this on one side:
More scrubby bush on the other.
Photos from the full trip are here:
This gallery hosted by SmugMug; your photos look better here.
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Hopefully those links stay a little longer.
Note, this was 10 years ago now. I'd suggest you review the route and talk to the NP office before contemplating it for yourself. I'm not here much but I'm sure you can seek me out. Always happy to answer questions. Memory is fading but I still remember details, like the burnt out sign hopefully now repaired on the way to sheepskin hut.
I should also note the trail up through Glen Alice took in some private property that was considered part of the BNT. I explicitly sought permission before crossing. Check the BNT books (book 9 I think) for further clarification.