Another Namadgi Trail

Yerrabi Trail

According to the trail guide the word "Yerrabi", means "walk" in the Aboriginal language. This trail takes you past a more wooded area of Namadgi, to a trig point. The area around the Yerrabi trail seems to have been be untouched by the 2003 bushfires which caused substantial destructon to the Northern parts of the park.

How to get there
From Tharwa, drive along the Nas road continuing past the point where it splits into Boboyang road. Past this juncture the Nas road is unsealed. You need to take the right fork which will place you on Boboyang road. Follow the road some time after it too, becomes unsealed and continue past the look out, until you arrive at the Boboyang Trig carpark. Be sure to stop at the look out on the way as the view from there is quite spectacular. See picture 1.

The walk
The walk commences with a gentle descent up until the point where the trail cuts across an area of swampy grassland and passes across Little Dry Creek. As you walk up the slope towards the trig point you notice a subtle change in the trees, with the occassional Snow and Mountain Gum becoming more frequent. The trees in the lower reaches of the walk are mainly peppermint gums. The Boboyang trig is at an elevation of 1459 metres. The view to the north east is the best panoramic aspect. However, the view from the Trig is not as good as what you can see from the lookout. The panaramic pictures I took show rain falling on the nearby mountains.

The walk took about an hour and ten minutes, but it's rated a two hour walk of moderate difficulty. Despite the ascent the Yerrabi Trail is a relatively easy walk of about 4 and a half kilometres return.



Pictures: 1. View from the lookout on the way to the Yerrabi trail. 2 View from the trig. 3. Ascent to the Trig. Click picture to see enlarged image.