5 March 2013 Jerrabattgulla Creek, Southern Tributaries

View near morning tea

Maps: Jerangle, Krawarree 1:25000

Getting There

This walk was organised and led by Ian W as an irregular CBC Tuesday walk:

Tuesday 5 March: Jerrabattgulla Creek, Southern Tributaries - M/R,WX. The walk is in a Preserved Forest area in the Tallaganda State Forest, 20 km East of Jerangle. In October 2012 I led an exploratory day walk to Jerrabattgulla Creek & the northern tributary. The first trip revealed lovely creeks with quite easy walking and extensive sections of tree ferns. This walk is also exploratory, but this time we will visit two of the southern tributaries. Start and park cars on the Jerrabattgulla Forest Road at approx Krawaree 265279 and follow a creek north for about 3.5 km to the main Jerrabattgulla Creek. Walk 1 km down the creek to a tributary at Krawaree 284298, which we then follow south for 1.5 km, before heading back to the cars. Maps: Jerangle, Krawarree 1:25,000 & South Coast Forest Map Leader: Ian W. Transport: Approx. 200 km return. $74 per car Limit: 8.

10 of us drove via Queanbeyan, Captains Flat, Jerangle Rd, becomes Jerangle Captains Flat Rd, L into Anembo Rd, L into Jerrabattgulla Rd.

Walk - Track Notes

Yet again, hats of to Ian for sussing out and organising this. A tough walk with leeches and lawyer vine and patches of incredibly tight going during the afternoon's exit. But also wonderful flowing creeks and a surprise water fall at GR 28039-29607 (MGA94) on the Krawarree 8826-3N 1:25000 topo map.

Generally NE from our start point, down a creek line to cascades, then a little further on to morning tea. Constant sidling made for a longer left leg and pressure on the left shoe.

Continued on through a great waterfall (not marked on the map, but the contour lines are fairly close there) to join the main Jerrabattgulla Creek. Continued E-ish to lunch at our exit point up a N flowing creek. There was some hard sidling along the banks of the steep gorge.

After lunch, some of the party exited E to the Jerrabattgulla Fire Trail, while the rest continued S up the creek. The going was a little milder.

Some time later the party was again decimated, this time because of a Volley split at the side from the constant sidling. The battered warier headed up (a better direction for a taped shoe) the spur to snigg tracks and fire trails where we later regrouped.

The remnant continued up the creek line to the SW. A tough patch up to a brief arvo tea - 400m in 20mins through the dense growth and clinging lawyer vine.

Eventually out to the fire trail, then a wander along Jerrbattgulla Rd back to the cars.

Beautiful clean creeks, plenty of water and tree ferns, cascades and waterfalls. A walk deserving a higher rating that M(11), that's why I added the +. My walks are wimpy compared to this of Ian's!

Thanks to Ian W. And to Andrew, Anton, Eric G, Eric P, Ian H, Jenny H, Max S, Roger E.

Distance: 14.4km Climb: 440m. Time: 8.35am - 4.35pm (8hrs), with 55mins of breaks.
Grading: M/R: M(11+)