Hi
This may sound like a really stupid question but where in the Flagstaff reserve is Rocky Tom?
My Dad and I went there today, parked at the resovior, walked up the bitchumen road to the quarry and through the gate in the parking bay. I have the 6th edition of craglets and between both of us we thought we knew where we were going. So we set off down the 4wd track and after about 2mins there was a fork. We turned right and continued down to where there was an upside down burnt out car. We debated between right and left. We again turned right. We up over a slight rise and down to a sort of bog/marsh. We thought we were on track so we continued up a hill to a ridge between two hills. We had been walking for around 1/2 an hour so we stopped. This isnt right we thought- the book says only a 15 min walk. We then spied a path off to the left. We walked along this for 10 min but still no sign of any thing. So we walked back to the track. By now there were over 5 different quad and otor bikes buzzing in the valley beneath. We decided to head back down to the burnt out car and turn right. We dont. We instead head back to the first fork and go along the left hand fork. We walked along here for 15min but no sign of anything. We finally got back to the car after an hour and a half of walking and go home. Would some please calrify the book- we have no idea of where to go.
Thanks
Will

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  1. Jon Nermut

  2. Jon Nermut

    15 minutes was always optimistic, more like 40-45 with the new gate.
    Here's the simplest way:
    1. Follow the bitumen road down the hill to the end
    2. Head down and cross the creek
    3. Follow the steepest way up the hill to the north
    4. Where the track splits, take the left which leads to the cliffs in the Donner etc area, on the SW side of the hill. Follow the contour around the hill to find Excalibur etc, which faces north.

    I think Roger wanted to start putting GPS grid references to cliffs in Craglets, would certainly make this kind of thing easier.

  3. Anonymous

    Thanks mate, that sure makes things clear!

  4. Anonymous

    After you park at the resovoiur, you walk along the road to the quarry. Is that section of the walk described above as " 1. follow the bitumen road down the hill to the end "?
    Also when you get the quarry do you go through the gate that says 'private property' and heads north?