Hill 10 and last – Oakey Hill

Saturday 18 October 2025: Urban Worn Boot Bash – L/E. The Worn Boot Bash has run most years since 2002. The ‘rules’ require a ‘walk of around 30km and a few hills’. Let’s reprise John Evans’ 2024 Urban Bash and do a lap of Woden, summiting Mt Taylor, Farrer Hill, Mt Wanniassa, YA90 trig, Mt Mugga Mugga, Davidson Hill, Red Hill, Reef Hill and Oakey Hill. Around 32km and 1000vm. Could take 9+ hours.

Summary

From Garmin Connect (recorded on Epix Gen 2 watch) – Distance: 30.05km | Climb: 1220vm | Time: 7:19 moving + 1:39 of stops = 8:58 | Grading: L/E; H(13).

Photographs

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gpx file

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Track Map

Here’s where we went:

Track Urban Worn Boot Bash

Trip Report

I last did this walk on 12 May 24, taking 15 minutes longer than today.

Stars aligned for today. Chris D put the trip on and allowed me to start early. I’m paranoid about holding people up. And I had Kirsty G as the best matched walking buddy since I used to hike with Max S years and years ago. Kirsty is very generous to me on the uphill bits and I can just keep up with her going downhill!

We thought that the rest of Chris’s party would catch us at some time. But we started an hour before they did. Like me, Kirsty enjoys a working walking lunch, so our breaks were minimal. The 1:39 of stops in the above metrics were gasp breaks for me and photography time. Our morning and arvo breaks were minimal.

Start to Mt Taylor

#1 Mt Taylor

1.6km, 37mins

Mt Taylor to ‘Farrer Hill’

#2 ‘Farrer Hill’

4.4km, 58mins

‘Farrer Hill’ to Mt Wanniassa

#3 Mt Wanniassa

2.2km, 34mins

Mt Wanniassa to YA90 trig

#4 YA90 trig

4.6km, 1hr 3mins

YA90 trig to Mt Mugga Mugga

#5 Mt Mugga Mugga

2.9km, 52mins

Mt Mugga Mugga to ‘Mt Hindmarch’

#6 ‘Mt Hindmarch’

1.1km, 27mins

‘Mt Hindmarch’ to Davidson trig

#7 Davidson trig

1.4km, 24mins

Davidson trig to Red Hill

#8 Red Hill

1.7km, 31mins

Red Hill to Reef Hill/Colin trig

#9 Reef Hill/Colin trig

7.8km, 1hour 53mins

Reef Hill/Colin trig to Oakey Hill

#10 Oakey Hill

950m, 17mins

Oakey Hill to Finish

4.3km, 1hour 5mins

A couple of other pics

View from the Mt Taylor bluff

 

Blue tree

Huge thanks to Chris D for putting the trip on and my hiking companion Kirsty G.

The AllTrails map is here, where you can pan and zoom.

Party

2 walkers – Kirsty G, me. 4 walkers with Chris D in the main party.