5/07/1985 – 7/07/1985 Mount Bushwalker – Pallin Pass – Mount Talaterang return
Morton National Park, NSW
Yuin country
Distance: 20km Total Ascent: 940m Total Descent: 940m
Participants: Bruce Bowman, Lance Bowman, Stephen Davies (Photos, Report), Alex Meehan, John Meehan, Joe Slattery
Friday 5/07/1985
John Meehan picked me up about 7:00pm. Drove south to Nowra where we stopped at the Leprechaun Hotel for a couple of schooners. From here it was onward to Porter’s Creek road where we camped next to the vehicle.
Day 1: Saturday 6/07/1985 Mount Bushwalker carpark – Talaterang Mountain
This route was reconstructed from memory using Google Earth Pro and GPS Visualizer.
Max elevation: 780 m
Total climbing: 493 m
Total descent: -434 m
Average speed: nan km/h
A pleasant night weather wise. We headed off from the cars towards Mount Bushwalker. Good grief, what an interesting and exciting walk! Hundreds of parallel trenches about 30cm deep absolutely everywhere over the swampy lowlands. Most of these were not visible so we spent the time looking a little like drunken walkers, that was, unless we carefully watched the foot placement of the person in front and learnt from their mistakes.
There are excellent views from the western side of Mount Bushwalker. You can see Byangee Mountain, The Castle, Shrouded Gods, Mount Elliot, Sturgiss Mountain, Folly Point. From here we walked south to Gadara Point and off the plateau’s southern end across the ridge to Pallin Pass then over Talaterang Mountain where we camped on it’s southern side.
View from Mount Bushwalker 6/7/1985
We were not at all impressed by the tins in fireplaces left behind by a previous group and their pulling down green timber.
Day 2: Sunday 7/07/1985 Talaterang Mountain – Mount Bushwalker carpark
This route was reconstructed from memory using Google Earth Pro and GPS Visualizer.
Max elevation: 773 m
Total climbing: 446 m
Total descent: -506 m
Average speed: nan km/h
We went across to the cliffline again this morning to take in the views. At the time the cloud was building menacingly but in the end amounted to nothing. There was plenty of birdlife about.
Byangee Mountain & The Castle from Talaterang 7/7/1985
We returned straight across the swamp and through the dreaded hackia scrub with it’s sharp, prickly leaves. The legs did not enjoy it very much. There were speckled red spots everywhere on the legs and a lot of pain was experienced when pushing through new areas.
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