Mount Lloyd

Sunday 20th January 2013

I drove up Judds Creek Road from Judbury to White Timber Fire Trail and eventually found the start of the walk thanks to information supplied by Peter Franklin on Share My Routes.
The walk started out on an old track that was quite overgrown which made long sleeves and pants a necessity. The first 3 kms. were not too bad but after crossing Myrtle Falls Creek the scrub had more or less reclaimed the original track and progress was somewhat slowed by the need for scrub bashing. I eventually broke out of the scrub into a forestry plantation where there was the option to turn either left or right. I choose left and walked along a pleasant track through the plantation where there were copious ferns.
It was not too long before I found the old track that led up to Mount Lloyd and it was quite easy walking. Up towards the summit the road consisted of solid rock in places which was quite interesting. Well, it turned out that the scrub bashing had been worth it as the views from the top were great, especially from the small fire tower. The return journey was via a different route around the plantation, but I could not avoid the scrub bashing after that. I arrived back at the car at 2.20pm. It was probably not a favourite walk, due to the scrub bashing, but the views were worth the effort.
Distance: 16.9 kms
Time: 6'30"
Ascent: 650 metres
There is a map and down loadable gpx file at Everytrail.
Click here to download GPX track.

Myrtle Falls Creek

Forestry Track

Forestry Track

On the summit track

Looking east from summit track

Fire Tower on the summit

From fire tower

From fire tower

From fire tower

From fire tower

From fire tower

A road of solid rock