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Four of the the walks below start at the gate to ‘Karori’, with an easy stroll along the National Park easement and the 4WD Tabletop Mountain Service Trail to the start of Tabletop South Ridge . All four include a trip into the Cocks Comb (rated by Frank Lowe, the great photographer, as his favourite place).
The other is begins and ends on the the northern (Enmore) side of Blue Mountain Creek, though it is still almost entirely on the Winterbourne 1:25 000 map. It involves both a car shuttle and the traversing of separate private land at the beginning and end.
All five descend into the Macleay system, so each involves a climb in and out of at least 500 metres.

Travel (Maps 1:25 000 Salisbury Plains-(SP); Rowleys Creek-(RC); Winterbourne-(W)

Note: All Grid References in these notes use the Australian Geodetic Datum 1966

From Armidale -22-Uralla – LEFT onto the Walcha road- 17.5- LEFT onto Hillview Road (SP)602 928 -11.5- RIGHT onto Blue Mountain Road (SP)690 888- 8.0 -LEFT onto Hazeldene Road (SP)750 857 – 9 - RIGHT onto Winterbourne Road (W)831 856 –2- Very sharp LEFT onto Tabletop rd (W)825 837 - 8- “Karori” ramp , gate to Easement (RC)896 830. Total distance from Armidale 78 km (about 1 hr 40 minutes)

From Walcha- (Winterbourne Road)- 24.5- RIGHT onto Tabletop rd (W)825 837 - 8- Karori” ramp , gate to Easement (RC)896 830. Total distance from Walcha 32.5 km (say 30 minutes).

Directions Karori Ramp to Cheyenne (needed for car shuttle on Bark Hut route)

“Karori” ramp (R.C 896 830) – 8- Very sharp RIGHT on Tabletop rd (W) 825 837 - 2- pass Hazeldene rd on left (W) 831 856, stay on Winterbourne rd- 8- ramp entry to Cheyenne property(W)892 887- 3- Woolshed on rt(W)912 910, continue keeping rt- 1 - “Cheyenne” homestead (W)916 916 Total 22.0 (30 minutes)