Mount Alum

Scenes of the Mount Alum morning adventure

We reached Bulahdelah about two hours after leaving home (en route to Scott's Head) and made a quick loo stop at the park in town, before heading through the Freeway roadworks to Mount Alum. 

The trailer was de-tached (train talk!) at the start of the steep mountain track, so Elmer could make the climb unhindered.  There were masses of bracken fern along the way and huge boulders as we drove higher.  After a while we reached a small clearing with an old fireplace, so parked there.  Erin elected to keep Keegan company in the car while Nick, Vaughan and I headed off on the 800 metre walk to the cache.

We walked beside massive rocks, through some beautiful country.  It really was a magic start to our short holiday.  Once at the lookout, we could see down to the town, river and main road we had earlier traveled upon.  We sat for a bit, enjoying the view before heading back to the car - and breakfast!

There are plans for a day-trip in the not-too-distant future, so we can explore the area more fully. 

Bulahdelah/Mount Alum history