Mt Donna Buang

I'd taken a second week off work to go camping "out west" somewhere, but with the weather looking a bit dodgy, and the renovation requiring an hour's work each day, I've decided to do some day trips instead. First up is a visit to Mt Donna Buang - just up the road, but I've never been there.

I drove up to the summit and walked across the tops to Mt Boobyalla, The Knobs, and down to Acheron Gap. From there I followed the road back to the Ten Mile picnic ground where I picked up the short trail back to the summit. The road walk was the worst - it's where everything started to hurt (hips, knees), and if ONE single car had passed me on the section from Cement Ck to the picnic area, then I would have stuck my hand out and begged for a lift. Nope - not a single car heading uphill, and only 3 or 4 heading down. A very isolated piece of road.

Mostly overcast and misty, although as I climbed back to the car I walked up through the cloud layer and the summit was bathed in sunshine.

23.8 km

No, that's not a misprint! MB has it as 26.4 km with 2212m elevation climb. I think I've had my dose of walking for the week...


in the cloud at the start


further down, sunshine breaking through


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