BushwalkBushwalk
5 h to 8 h
| Start | (-24.3196549,116.7975318) |
| Mode | Car |
| Directions | From Great Northern Highway, 95, Kumarina.
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The starting point of an alternate route. This alternate route follows the much more challenging Gully Trail, visiting Flintstone Rock (an Aboriginal art site) along the way. Keep in mind that the Gully Trail is extremely rugged, and you can just visit the art site and get back to the Summit Trail if you'd like to. To take the alternate route turn left here. Details below.
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The alternate route finishes here. Continue straight to rejoin the main route at the 2.8 km waypoint. Details below.
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After another 2.8 km come to "Mount Augustus Summit".
Mount Augustus Summit
Mount Augustus Summit
Mount Augustus, or Burringurrah as the local Wajarri Aboriginal people know it, is an inselberg, meaning 'island mountain'. One of the most spectacular solitary peaks in the world, it rises 715m above a stony, red sandplain of arid shrubland dominated by wattles, cassias and eremophilas. The rock itself, which culminates in a small peak on a plateau, covers almost 5,000 hectares and takes a whopping 49km to drive around. At sunrise and sunset, the colour of the rock transitions through many colours on the visible spectrum. The summit of Mount Augustus is marked by a picnic table and an impressive summit cairn that has actually been cemented together. A metal box is located on the picnic table, containing a summit logbook for hikers to write in, as well as a couple of spare bottles of water as another emergency cache. The box also contains a note congratulating those who have climbed to the summit. However, the most interesting information relates to the cairn, which was made by Senior Park Ranger Keith Moon who had to haul the water and cement up the mountain either himself or by talking hikers into helping him. He also brought up the materials for the table and benches which he constructed on-site. Moon died in 2006, but his memory lives on through his magnificent cairn.
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Mount Augustus, or Burringurrah as the local Wajarri Aboriginal people know it, is an inselberg, meaning 'island mountain'. One of the most spectacular solitary peaks in the world, it rises 715m above a stony, red sandplain of arid shrubland dominated by wattles, cassias and eremophilas. The rock itself, which culminates in a small peak on a plateau, covers almost 5,000 hectares and takes a whopping 49km to drive around. At sunrise and sunset, the colour of the rock transitions through many colours on the visible spectrum. The summit of Mount Augustus is marked by a picnic table and an impressive summit cairn that has actually been cemented together. A metal box is located on the picnic table, containing a summit logbook for hikers to write in, as well as a couple of spare bottles of water as another emergency cache. The box also contains a note congratulating those who have climbed to the summit. However, the most interesting information relates to the cairn, which was made by Senior Park Ranger Keith Moon who had to haul the water and cement up the mountain either himself or by talking hikers into helping him. He also brought up the materials for the table and benches which he constructed on-site. Moon died in 2006, but his memory lives on through his magnificent cairn.
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Class 5/6 Very challenging |
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| Length | 11.3 km |
| Time | 5 h to 8 h |
| Quality of track | Rough track, where fallen trees and other obstacles are likely (4/6) |
| Gradient | Very steep (4/6) |
| Signage | Directional signs along the way (3/6) |
| Infrastructure | Limited facilities (such as cliffs not fenced, significant creeks not bridged) (4/6) |
| Experience Required | High level of bushwalking experience recommended (5/6) |
| Weather | Forecasted & unexpected severe weather likely to have an impact on your navigation and safety (5/6) |
Toilet: There is one -33 m back from the start.| Item | From Start | Name & link to notes |
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Toilet
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Find the car park at the start.
A picnic table.
Turn around here and retrace the main route for 5.7 km to get back to the start.
