Trail Fast Facts
Track Grade
Grade 4 (Hard) - Challenging Walks for Experienced Walkers: Grade 4 on the AWTGS signifies challenging walking tracks. Bushwalking experience is recommended for these tracks, which may be long, rough, and very steep. Directional signage may be limited, requiring a good sense of navigation. These walks are suited for experienced walkers who are comfortable with steeper inclines, rougher terrain, and potentially longer distances.
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Adventure with Confidence: Register Your Trip Plans
Before you hit the trail, take a moment to fill out our trip intentions form. It’s a simple way to share important details about your hike with family or friends. If things don’t go as planned and you’re not back on time, they can easily notify emergency services, helping to ensure a quick response and reducing worry. Enjoy your outdoor adventure knowing that you’ve taken a smart step for your safety.
Gear to consider
What you carry in your pack will depend on the weather, terrain, time of year, type of adventure, and personal preferences. Having trouble deciding what gear’s right for you? My free planning, food and packing checklists provide an introduction to things your could consider (as well as the Ten Essentials) on your day, overnight and multi-day adventures. Customise your kit according to your personal needs, always considering safety first.Â
Explore Safe
While planning your hike, it’s important to check official government sources for updated information, temporary closures and trail access requirements. Before hitting the trail, check local weather and bushfire advice for planned burns and bushfire warnings and let someone know before you go. Plan ahead and hike safely.
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Acknowledgement of Country
Trail Hiking Australia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the lands on which we hike and pay respects to their Elders, past and present, and we acknowledge the First Nations people of other communities who may be here today.
1 Review on “Mud-Dadjug Walk (22km)”
This was an incredible hike, thank you for clear and useful info on this site!
Fortunately we had two cars, so chose to leave a car in Dunkeld and then we could drive to the starting area. There is only room for a few cars in the carpark, so drop-off is more ideal like suggested on this page.
The views from Signal Peak and Mt Abrupt are just phenomenal… absolutely breathtaking! Well worth the challenge. The second day in particular is challenging going up Mt. Sturgeon, but it’s a really interesting peak with plenty of little nooks to explore if you’re confident enough to climb around a bit (don’t fall!). We ran into a few day hikers, but minimal traffic during May. The hardest bit of this hike personally was the decline from Signal Peak…. ow, my knees!
The camp ground is GORGEOUS, with high quality facilities and great views. Well worth the hefty price tag for a spot! We were the only people at the campsite, which was an absolute treat but I imagine it gets BUSY during summer/spring. There’s a shelter with doors that close, solar powered lights and USB chargers. You’re not allowed to sleep in the shelter so DO bring a tent! Toilets did have toilet paper but of course good to still bring your own just in case. We were fortunate enough to have water in the rain water tanks but even after some rain they seemed fairly low. I read some reviews about crazy winds in the evening/overnight that I gawked at, but no word of a lie we thought our tents might be blown off the cliff during the night – be warned!!! a 5-6 hour hike after very little sleep was rough. There are clips to attach to your tent at each individual site (presumably because of the high winds) but it was still quite an experience. I’d even recommend putting up your tent on the backside of the shelter, where it was a little less windy.
At the end of the hike there was a beautiful walk through some private farmland, with HUNDREDS of kangaroos! This was pretty fun to see, but if I was to do this again I’d leave a car at Mt. Sturgeon carpark instead of Dunkeld, which shaves off about an hour right at the very end when you’re exhausted.
Really glad you found the info useful and I’m even more pleased to read about your adventure. Glad you enjoyed it.