Black Dog Mountain

Saturday morning saw a very early start to be at Blackheath by 7AM. The objective today was Splendor Rock on Mount Dingo. The start point was down in the Megalong Valley. It was an overcast day, cool if you stood still, but warmed up quickly when you were walking.

I was out with a work mate Danny. From our planning it was going to be
a 22~25km walk.

The walk started out with steady decline to breakfast creek (we won't mention the stinging nettles... arh) , then it was a sharp rise up the spur to the ridge line (400mtr elavation).
Following the directions Danny found on the internet we took a detour and an addition 30 minutes to climb out. Not to mention the brown snake he nearly stepped on. Once on the ridge the walking was a lot easier. After stopping for aquick bit to eat at "Moody Swamp", we
headed off to Mount Dingo, again there was a significant climb up... but the view at the top was worth the effort. We then head back home this time along the ridge line and traversed under the cliff line. the different types of bush that we encountered was worth the effort. The hardest slog of the day seemed to be the 5-8km walk back to the car along the access road, it seemed to go for ever.

A great day all in all.

P