Hey Guys
I'm a lurker over in the XJ section, saw this on the front page. I attempted a Harry's Hut trip as a day run with my son last week Tuesday the 10th and didn't make it to the hut. About 1km from the finish line and I had no way around this big beast.
Forest Wins.
So I would phone ahead to the relative authority to check it out, would have to be fixed by now but you could clear a way around if you had a couple pairs of hands, it's pretty dense tree's through the last stretch. All I had with me was an impatient toddler who wanted to run around the forest so cleaning out a section to get through was going to take too long on my own. Otherwise the road in was great, well sign posted if you can get on the Cooloola Way you can't miss it. I was entirely confused by the map I had which suggested you could get there via Bates Road. Ignore your GPS / Topo if it says so, Bates just comes to a dead stop at a turn around point about 2k's down the road, you have to keep going straight till you run out of bitumen and then through some windy stuff on dirt to reach the start of the Cooloola Way.
In other news I spent 17 years in Dysart Glend so i feel your pain!
Anyway hope your trip goes smoother then mine!
Regards
G.
The Jeep
Trailhawk
