Where is wungong reach

I love this kind of rugged terrain for walking, and I was absolutely in my element - I truly wish more walks in Perth had this kind of exciting terrain to walk through. Up the top of the outcrop, Alissa and I were gifted with spectacular views across the valley. For me, the views from this part of the walk made all the navigational challenges worthwhile as it is easily some of the best rugged walking in the Perth region. Continuing along the route, Alissa and I reached a jumble of granite boulders.

While the fire had burnt many of the trees along the edge of the boulders, a single Grass Tree improbably growing in a crack of a large outcrop had somehow survived unscathed.

Alissa and I had intended to continue westwards along the ridge, however we reach a sheer granite cliff that forced us to have to head up the valley. Climbing up the top of the granite boulders, we stopped briefly to take in the spectacular valley views before continuing in a south west direction to rejoin the vehicle trail. Back on the vehicle track, Alissa and I were relieved to not have to be continually referencing a compass and GPS for a while.

At a fork in the road, Alissa and I thought that we would take the right turn down the valley as it looked to be heading back to the start of the walk, howevert consulting the map showed that we would be turning left instead.

This seemed strange as it looked like an unnecessarily long way round. The wisdom of this diversion became clear as the track led to an excellent lookout point filled with rock cairns, including the particularly elaborate example above. Less impressive was evidence of discarded spray cans, beer bottles and dirt bike tracks from previous visitors who didn't subscribe to Leave No Trace principles.

After the lookout, Alissa and I continued again along the route. Looking at the satellite imagery, the route seemed to go off track just to cut a corner, while a somewhat clear vehicle track seemed to cut straight through to the other side.

Alissa and I decided to forge our own path and chose to follow the clear vehicle track instead. As we came to a dead end on the road, Alissa and I realised why the area looked like a clear path in the satellite image - it became a steep descent down a rocky gully! With our options being to either continue down the gully's gorge or walk back up the hill, Alissa and I decided to press on as we could see the vehicle track we needed to get to the other side of the valley.

This was a particularly steep descent, and I would not recommend it if you're not confident with picking a route through rocky terrain. If you enjoy route finding in a rugged landscape, than this is a very fun 'shortcut'.

Although we did not know it at the time, I would later discover that this was the same gully explored by Mark and Aron from Life of Py, and was the fateful location where Mark dropped his phone and damaged it. Once at the bottom of the descent, the gully takes a sharp turn right. At this point, we reached an old vehicle track that joined back onto the main track on the other side of the gully.

The vehicle track provided one last spectacular view of Wungong Gorge before descending back down to join the Wungong Gorge Walk Trial.

Just before reaching the Wungong Gorge Walk Trail, the route crosses the brook via a series of stepping stones. The Walk GPS route suggests to follow a walk trail right along the brook, however by this stage Alissa and I were ready to put the map and GPS away and instead followed the main walk trail with all the locals taking their dogs out for a walk.

This trail continues onwards to the main car park at Bungendore Park. Just before reaching the car park, we rejoined the Walk GPS route as it turns right along a vehicle track that leads back to the start of the walk, thus completing the circuit. Heading out for this walk with its considerable off track sections, Alissa and I did not know what to expect and whether or not the 'Mini-Bib' designation was an oversell.

In terms of scenery I can definitely see the comparison as it has a very similar look to the Darling Scarp sections of the track, and I would go as far as to say that it is even more impressive and ruggedly beautiful than the the vast majority of the track north of Canning campsite.

Alissa and I could not believe how beautiful and rugged the area was, and the fact there is no serious marked trail in this area seems very surprising. A formalised and marked version of this route would easily be in my Top 5 trails in Perth, and although it lacks waterfalls, I concur with Mark's assessment that it would outclass the Eagle View Walk Trail.

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