YAHOO Over 55’s Bushwalking Club

WALK Details

Walk Name / Balmoral POW Walk / Updated / 1 Oct 2015
Distance / 19.km / Grade / Easy
Ref. Maps / Munda Biddi Map 1b
Walk Start / From Jarrahdale Rd, drive 2.3 kms down Balmoral Rd, park on the R near the MBT signs
Comments / Instead of heading SE on the MBT, the walk can start by walking E along Balmoral Rd, looking out for the rail form on the L. Pick this up and walk to point 10, then 9, then 8, and then point 4. This cuts 1.0km off the distance.
The “Walks Around Jarrahdale” booklet says there is a “cockatube” nesting tube in a tree just after crossing Balmoral Rd the second time.

Walk Description

Dist
km / Cum
km / mE / mN
1 / 0.0 / From the carpark walk SE along the MBT / 414 680 / 6420 420
2 / 1.6 / 1.6 / MBT emerges onto Balmoral Rd / 415 700 / 6419 280
3 / 0.5 / 2.1 / TL off Balmoral onto MBT / 416 130 / 6419 320
4 / 0.8 / 2.9 / TR still on MBT / 416 260 / 6420 230
5 / 1.4 / 4.3 / TL onto Balmoral (crosses the creek) / 417 330 / 6419 310
6 / 30m, TL off Balmoral – still on MBT / 417 400 / 6419 300
7 / 0.7 / 5.0 / Cross Balmoral – still on MBT / 417 980 / 6419 370
8 / 5.2 / 10.2 / Arrive at POW camp (toilet here)
Retrace steps back / 471 380 / 6418 740
7 / 5.2 / 15.4 / Cross Balmoral – still on MBT / 417 980 / 6419 370
6 / 0.8 / 16.2 / TR onto Balmoral
5 / TR off Balmoral - still on MBT
4 / 1.4 / 17.6 / KSO, the MBT turns L here, the track going W is the Jarrahdale Heritage Society walk trail (rail form) / 416 800 / 6419 930
9 / 0.2 / 17.8 / Cross private fence at step-over stile (double fence) / 416 050 / 6420 200
10 / 0.4 / 18.2 / Cross another step-over stile
11 / 0.2 / 18.4 / Cross another step-over stile
12 / 0.3 / 18.7 / Veer L to leave the form, and onto Balmoral Rd
1 / 0.3 / 19.0 / Carpark / 414 680 / 6420 420

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