Best trails in Mount Augustus National Park

The Ooramboo Trail forms the first 250m of the Edney Trail and takes you to some aboriginal petroglyphs carved into a rock face. The trail is flat, sandy and well defined. Continuing on a little further brings the Edney Spring into view surrounded by a few river gums. There was some water in the spring which was a pleasant surprise. The Edney Trail officially commences from the spring and The next 750m rises steadily but is relatively flat, well defined, mostly sandy, with some sheetrock...

To reach the Kotka Gorge Trail one must traverse the Gum Grove Trail first. The Gum Grove Trail is well defined and covers the first 600m as it passes through a shady grove of very old river gum trees, then moves into the open, rising slightly, on the usual rock-strewn base for the area. The Kotka Gorge Trail begins at a sign designating such and the trail works its way up the gorge creek line. A lot of rock steps and rock hopping ensues and although the trail is often not well defined it...

The trail is well defined, marked and of moderate to hard difficulty depending on age and fitness. It passes through a creek bed then climbs up to a large rocky outcrop with views over the plains. The main point about this trail is that it almost continuously ascends, right from the start. The first 500m is over a stony base with some step-ups. The next 250m has a step up about every 2 to 3 paces and the base is more sandy. The final 750m, except for the final 100m to the lookout, involves a...

This trail is certainly best done in mid winter when temperatures are mild. The trail is clearly defined and rises slowly from the carpark to a saddle between two hills (hence the name) and continues on past the saddle around the back of the left hill for a short distance before terminating at a bench with lovely views. The part of the trail approaching the saddle is on a gibber stone base and care needs to be taken on descent due to the gibbers propensity to want to roll under one’s feet....

Best visited in mid-winter when the temperatures are mild, this trail is short and clearly defined and flat except for the last 10 metres up to the rock face on which the petroglyphs are engraved. The last section is unstable and some care is required to avoid falls. The engravings are reasonably clear, although not the best examples in WA.

The Trail is well defined, marked and an easy walk along the southern bank of the Lyons River that starts from a dirt parking area near the Goolinee cattle pool. It is generally flat on a sand base with some sheetrock crossing required. The walk is very picturesque with many varieties of birds spotted - zebra finches, white-eared honeyeaters, cormorants, corella, crested pigeons. A great little short relaxing walk past the large river gums that line the banks.

The very challenging Summit Trail takes walkers to the top of the biggest ‘rock’ in the world, Mount Augustus. Twice as high as Uluru (Ayers Rock) the experienced walker will be rewarded with extensive views over the surrounding plain to the distant ranges. Located in the Mount Augustus National Park, Mount Augustus, or Burringurrah as it is known by the local Wadjari Aboriginal people, is about midway between the Great Northern and North West Coastal highways. One of the most...