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End 2 End Minus 2 Week 5
Sat 20 to Sun 28 Aug 2022
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- Walk name/location
- End 2 End Minus 2 Week 5
- Walk grade
- End-to-End Minus 2
- Description
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Week five sees us based in the Jamestown-Spalding-Clare area, moving from the tribal territory of the Nukunu to that of the Ngadjuri.
It is not one for the unfit or the faint hearted.
You will need an above normal level of fitness.
Day 1 Raeville following the ridgeline via New Campbell Hill, and expansive views, to Curnow’s Hut
Day 2 From Curnow’s Hut to the Chlorinator Station along Never Never Creek and the northern end of the Bundaleer Reservoir intake channel.
Day 3 From the Chlorinator Station via Spalding along the southern intake channel for most of the day, ending at the Goyder Highway.
Day 4 Rest Day to explore the mid north.
Day 5 Goyder Highway to EE George Road taking in the longest dry stone wall in SA, along the Brown Hill Range, past one of the Trails most exposed camp sites, Whistling Trig.
Day 6 EE George Road to Hallett and the Trail’s only station hut, the Hallett Railway Station.
Day 7 Hallett to Dares Hill Summit Road via Mount Bryan, the windiest summit on the Trail, with spectacular views and one of the steepest descents on the Trail. We may have snow. - Start
- Saturday 20 August 2022
- End
- Sunday 28 August 2022
- Walk Leaders
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Julian Monfries
Dean Mortimer
Simon Cameron
Peter Solomon
Julia McLachlan - Export to Calendars
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Event created: 12:47 pm Saturday 11 September, 2021
Event last edited: 11:10 am Friday 19 August, 2022
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