Post by: edz on June 14, 2018, 02:53:47 PM
Thanks in advance all . PM if you know and would like to keep it on the Quiet would be appreciated ..
Post by: corndog on June 14, 2018, 03:10:59 PM
Post by: Bird on June 14, 2018, 03:18:09 PM
If I knew a place like that I wouldn't be telling anyone. ;Dx everynumberinhistory
Post by: macca on June 14, 2018, 03:21:00 PM
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Post by: edz on June 14, 2018, 03:57:28 PM
Post by: JusyApples on June 14, 2018, 04:42:36 PM
Post by: BaseCamp on June 14, 2018, 05:16:09 PM
)... I'll trade ya on where this one is... hehe...(Waterfall... is at the end of that grassy camping area...).(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180614/976b5bdd253fe1b0379a03cd270d744b.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180614/40dde4f6f55dd821dbd1f5765b32ab85.jpg)
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Post by: Spada on June 14, 2018, 05:22:37 PM
Post by: Hookie on June 14, 2018, 05:31:32 PM
Post by: woolgoolgaoffroad on June 14, 2018, 05:55:01 PM
For those that live / have camped around Ebor NSW .. Im trying to find out where this spot might be, All I know is its in gorge country out from Ebor ..
Thanks in advance all . PM if you know and would like to keep it on the Quiet would be appreciated ..
hey edz
having camped up there heaps- i think someone is having a lend of you. Honestly doesn't look like anything around there ( but i was wrong back in 1998 )... even if you head into guy fawkes its still not the same terrain. Looks like it floods in your pic and they don't get big water at Ebor. Might be Styx River camp site or even Wattle flat, maybe Hyatt Flat
Post by: alnjan on June 14, 2018, 06:04:09 PM
For those that live / have camped around Ebor NSW .. Im trying to find out where this spot might be, All I know is its in gorge country out from Ebor ..
Thanks in advance all . PM if you know and would like to keep it on the Quiet would be appreciated ..
You could just send Kenny a pm, it is his photo and camper. He may not get back to you for a while as last I heard he should be in the top end by now, Kakadu way or Arnhem Land maybe. He is a member here and he may get back to you but will take a while.
I have a roughish idea of where he may have camped but that is if it is even the same area it is just as difficult to describe where as how to get there. Kenny knows too many good secret spots.
In the mean time have a look at the Styx River on the northern side of the Kempsey Road and on the southern side down Raspberry Road onto the Chandler River.
Post by: edz on June 14, 2018, 06:41:39 PM
Going by his post at the time, its a steep drive in so that tells me its possible gorge country ..
Post by: bullfrog on June 14, 2018, 06:46:22 PM
Post by: alnjan on June 14, 2018, 07:31:56 PM
$5 each way on Styx river. :cheers:
I am thinking it is a little further a field then just the Styx, but with Kenny you wouldn't know.
Post by: JusyApples on June 14, 2018, 07:50:54 PM
Post by: tryagain on June 14, 2018, 08:13:59 PM
Can't help ya with that one... but for the right answer - (to the gps coordinates on where that beautiful spot is
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Think I know that one, I'd have to take a mortgage out to take the family there though. :'(
Post by: BaseCamp on June 14, 2018, 08:20:52 PM
Okay for a couple - but more / more $$!!...
Keep it stum I reckon... see if we can get the grid reference for the Stix BOL...
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Post by: Rumpig on June 14, 2018, 08:23:03 PM
Post by: gronk on June 14, 2018, 08:37:21 PM
Looks like Natural Bridge Retreat to me The one Base camp put up....need to sell an organ to take the family camping there
What, like more than $20 per night for a campsite ?? >:D
Post by: tryagain on June 14, 2018, 08:43:02 PM
What, like more than $20 per night for a campsite ?? >:D
It would be $228 per night for my family!
Post by: Rumpig on June 14, 2018, 09:01:03 PM
It would be $228 per night for my family!we rented a house at 1770 for much less then that a night ($150 a night it cost)....house was high on the hill looking over the ocean aswell as the bay also. We saw the sunrise over the ocean from the front part of the verandah in the morning, then from It's left side of the verandah were it wrapped around the house we saw it set over the bay / the mountains behind it in the afternoon. More power to the property owners if they get people willing to pay thier asking price to stay there, won't be my family though.
Post by: tryagain on June 14, 2018, 09:06:25 PM
More power to the property owners if they get people willing to pay thier asking price to stay there, won't be my family though.+1
Post by: Paddler Ed on June 14, 2018, 09:41:30 PM
hey edz
having camped up there heaps- i think someone is having a lend of you. Honestly doesn't look like anything around there ( but i was wrong back in 1998 )... even if you head into guy fawkes its still not the same terrain. Looks like it floods in your pic and they don't get big water at Ebor. Might be Styx River camp site or even Wattle flat, maybe Hyatt Flat
Not Wattle Flat, either the picnic area or the campsite area (was called Farewell Flat). Don't know Hyatt Flat well enough - not Pantons Point either. Trees are too dense for Wattle Flat and Panton's Point. There are a load of side trails off of Forest Way that could lead to somewhere like that in Styx though.
If Kev's not sure, then I think we're running out of ideas...
BUT, I think that the vegetation suggests on the East of the dividing range, so definitely towards Ebor. Doesn't ring a bell for the camps in Chaelundai and around Nymbodia either, but the foliage is getting closer to rainforest that way, which that is more like.
Post by: edz on June 15, 2018, 07:48:11 AM
Post by: alnjan on June 15, 2018, 10:22:55 AM
But.
As Kenny said in his comments about the place, it's like Halls Peak and took him 2.5 hrs to get in and 3.5 hrs to get out. Having an idea of the area and if it is where I think he is from speaking to others it is difficult to get to.
For those that do not know Halls Peak, have a look. https://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/camping-and-accommodation/campgrounds/halls-peak-campground/visitor-info (https://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/camping-and-accommodation/campgrounds/halls-peak-campground/visitor-info) It is gated and you need to get a key to get down there. It is a steep long climb and due to previous incidents it has been locked for safety reasons as well as the banning of trailers into Halls Peak. Due in part to the number of 'accidents' from people trying to climb up with a trailer in the wet and coming of the track altogether and needing a large scale recovery. Guess at whose expense in a National Park.
That said, if it is the place I am thinking of, it is still in National Park but due to it's remoteness is not gated at present. The track in is not maintained and as desricbed by a bloke that has property in the area, it can be a very tricky and dangerous track if not very careful. Like the track to Halls Peak there is a drop of about 700m so the first step could be a doozy. For it to take Kenny 2.5 hrs to get down and 3.5 hrs to get out means to me it wasn't easy.
I am not saying where I think it is, just in case I am wrong (has been known to happen) and send you off on a rather wild and dangerous goose chase. And your safety is the other reason why. I don't wont you blaming me for an accident....(but he said....).
Hopefully Kenny will be back before long and can answer all our questions. After he takes me down there. ;D
Post by: woolgoolgaoffroad on June 15, 2018, 01:58:32 PM
and looks like all were right about it being on the eastern side of range. Al, he just can't take you down there by yourself - thats not being a team player :cheers:
Post by: alnjan on June 15, 2018, 02:13:40 PM
didn't realise it was a Kenny pic..... he knows all the good spots
and looks like all were right about it being on the eastern side of range. Al, he just can't you down there- thats not being a team player :cheers:
Especially as I told him about it, if it is the place I am thinking.
Post by: bullfrog on June 15, 2018, 07:41:39 PM
Post by: alnjan on June 15, 2018, 07:54:17 PM
My apologies Al, looked very much like a place I used to fish up around the Styx( may actually been a feeder stream into the Styx). Sorry for posting mate.
Nah your right mate, there are similar places along the Styx, good camping spots
Post by: edz on June 15, 2018, 09:04:43 PM
Some times not knowing of the person posting and have them say its this or that to get into a spot .. Your not sure if its just their ability or it realy is a pearler of a wild ride to get into the spot.
Post by: alnjan on June 15, 2018, 09:18:42 PM
Post by: BaseCamp on June 16, 2018, 12:35:53 AM
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Post by: woolgoolgaoffroad on June 16, 2018, 07:56:28 AM
Post by: kenny on August 11, 2018, 04:37:01 PM
Post by: edz on August 12, 2018, 12:57:45 PM
Post by: woolgoolgaoffroad on August 12, 2018, 08:35:35 PM
I remember that weekend well. very nice spot it is on the Eastern side of Styx river. But I'm sorry it's private property. Regards Kenny
nice spot Kenny..... hope all is well
Post by: kenny on August 13, 2018, 08:21:19 AM
nice spot Kenny..... hope all is well
We are doing well thanks Kev, Just got back back from exploring the gulf, Kakadu and the Kimberleys.