Scone – Gundy
–Belltrees - Moonan Flat –
Barrington Tops Circuit – Moonan Flat - Belltrees - Scone
Self Drive Tour Route
| 210 kms |
Driving time: 3.5hrs |
vBarrington
Tops National Park & World Heritage Wilderness Area
vMagnificent
Forests vWildlife
vSpectacular
Sweeping Vistas
vPicturesque Rivers
vHistoric
Homesteads
vPastoral
Views vHorse
Studs vTiny
Hamlets
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Delightful Picnic Areas vDiverse
Walks
(104kms gravel road, suitable for all
vehicles)
(In winter, some roads within Barrington
Tops National Park maybe closed temporarily by snow. .Check with Scone
VIC, NPWS or police if in doubt).
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the 2 page A4 flyer of this drive
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×Scone |
0 km |
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turn off the New England Highway at the southern end of town
onto Gundy Road |
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×Detour |
at 5km |
a 24 km
circular detour via Glenbawn Rd./Allan Bridge Rd/ Segenhoe Rd
will take you past Glenbawn Dam, a number of famous horse studs and
over the historic Allen Suspension Bridge |
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Lake
Glenbawn |
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×Gundy |
20km |
a tiny rural village with toilet
faculties, Gundy General Store and a pub |
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×Waverly
Road
Turnoff
Detours
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at 24km |
Loop drives for other
days (Some gravel Road but suitable for all vehicles)
This road follows the
Isis river past the Belltrees Polo ground, and Waverley Station to
the Timor area where it branches 3 ways
- left to the
New England Highway days
See separate sheet Murrurundi Timor Scone Murrurundi
- straight
ahead to Crawney Pass, Nundle and Tamworth
- right over
Sergeant’s Gap and rejoins Hunter Road at Ellerston
3 km past the Tomalla
Road turnoff – see below |
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×Belltrees |
35km |
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Excellent view of the Belltrees 44 stand
shearing shed designed by J. Horbury Hunt. Glimpses of the beautiful
historic Belltrees homestead can also be seen. The Belltrees
property was selected in 1831
Just after crossing the Hunter at
Belltrees is the side road to Stewarts Brook– an old gold mining area
of the 19th centaury
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Hunter Rd follows the Hunter River through predominantly beef cattle
properties to |
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×Moonan Flat |
52km |
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Tiny rural village, a general store
and a pub.
Walk across the suspension foot bridge
over the Hunter River. There are picnic areas on the river bank.
Prior to the advent of motor vehicles
as the normal form of transport, Moonan Flat was an important
service centre for the top end of the Hunter Valley
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Follow the Hunter River along Hunter Road and turn right onto
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×Tomalla
Road
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65km
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which climbs from the Hunter River to
the Barrington Tops Plateau. There are spectacular views across
Ellerston Station to the Great Dividing Range from Nundle area to
Walcha |
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ØAfter passing Hunter
Springs, where the tiny creek you cross is the beginning of the
Hunter River on its >400km long journey to the Pacific Ocean at
Newcastle; turn right onto |
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×Pheasant
Creek Road |
.81km |
travels through the Barrington Tops
State Conservation Area and Barrington Tops State Forest
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Continue left at the
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×Pheasant
Creek Rd / Tubrabucca Rd intersection |
86km |
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Continue LEFT on the Pheasant Creek Rd through the forest to |
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×Henry’s
Bridge |
89km |
crossing over the Manning River.
There is a spacious picnic area beside
the river. |
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×Pheasant
Creek Rd / Dilgry Circle intersection |
94km |
Turn LEFT onto the Dilgry Circle.
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Continue through the forest to
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×Banksia
Picnic Area |
101km |
To discover a secluded picnic area – a
great place to have lunch - follow the dirt track upstream for 100 m
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Continue, turning RIGHT at the
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×Dilgry
Circle
/ Barrington Tops Forest Rd intersection |
105km |
onto Barrington Tops Forest Rd.
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Continue west to |
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×Honeysuckle
Picnic Area |
108km |
[and Pheasant Creek Rd intersection].
Take a 25 minute 1km walking loop
through a temperate rainforest of Antarctic Beech and an understory of
tree ferns
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Continue west to |
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×Devil’s
Hole
Lookout and Picnic Area |
122km |
Follow the short paved path, suitable
for wheel chairs, to the lookout platform.
A magnificent vista looking over the
Barrington Tops Wilderness Area to the Gloucester Tops section of the
National Park. And beyond.
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Continue west to |
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Polblue
Swamp
Picnic and Camping Area |
129km |
Polblue Creek winds through the sphagnum
swamp. Enjoy a 3 km walk around these highland wetlands
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Continue west to |
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The Firs
Picnic Area |
138km |
A short, 5 minute loop walk through the
pine forest with a good chance of seeing Lyre birds along the
way
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Continue west to |
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Dingo Gate
Picnic Area |
140km |
The Moonan Lookout provides spectacular
views to the South towards Wollemi N.P.
From the Dingo Gate there is a long
winding decent to Moonan Brook
There are breathtaking views at almost
every turn
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Continue down to the
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Moonan Brook
Road
T intersection
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152km |
ØTurn
RIGHT.
(The road to the left follows Moonan
Brook to the village – an old gold mining area.)
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Moonan Brook
Road
/ Hunter Road
T-intersection |
157km |
ØTurn
LEFT to return to
ØScone 210km |
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