Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
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Activities
The Stirlings are renowned for serious
bushwalking
. Keen walkers can choose from a num-
ber of high points:
Toolbrunup
(for views and a good climb; 1052m, 4km return),
Bluff Knoll
(a well-graded tourist track; 1095m, 6km return), and
Mt Hassell
(848m, 3km return) and
Talyuberlup
(783m, 2.6km return) are popular half-day walks.
Challenging walks cross the eastern sector of the range from
Bluff Knoll to Ellen Peak
,
which should take three days, or the shorter traverse from
The Arrows to Ellen Peak
(two
days). The latter option is a loop, but the former, from Bluff Knoll, will require a car
shuttle. Walkers must be suitably experienced and equipped as the range is subject to sud-
den drops in temperature, driving rain and sometimes snow; register in and out of your
walk with the
rangers
(
08-9827 9230)
.
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Sleeping & Eating
Options are very limited, so stock up on food in Mt Barker.
Stirling Range Retreat
( 08-9827 9229;
www.stirlingrange.com.au
; 8639 Chester Pass Rd; unpowered/powered sites per 2 people $30/32,
cabins $55-79, units $145-175; )
S
Also on the park's northern boundary, this shaded site
has accommodation including campsites, simple cabins and vans, and self-contained,
rammed-earth units. Wildflower and orchid bus tours and walkabouts (three hours, per
person $49) are conducted from mid-August to the end of October. The swimming pool
only opens from November to April.
CARAVAN PARK
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