Trip Report







We had the pleasure of heading up the coast to Port Macquarie over the weekend with a group of locals that showed us some of the fun tracks across Wauchope and Bago and an epic campsite on the riverside.







Tracks and Location:

King Creek, Little Mousetrap, Big Mousetrap, Bago Steps and Bago Bluff Lookout



Track Details:

First up was a little challenge under a road bridge as the entry to the tracks with a couple of cars taking it on as a warm up for the bigger obstacles.







Entering into the track first up was Little Mousetrap with an optional side track (which the IFS rangers and the jeep ended up having to take). The larger solid axles pretty much walked up with a bit of steering finesse. The rock steps are not impossibly large but well spaced out to make bumping over each stage of the rock challenging.







Straight through to Big Mousetrap with some requiring winching and others managing the climb unaided. This is a much longer hill with a sandy bottom making traction difficult if you have to stop or get stuck mid-way.



In total getting the cars through this hill took about 2 hours, with some winch dramas and other challenges.



After completing these two we headed over to Bago State Forest and followed a really overgrown creek track (RIP paintwork) ending in a couple of challenging steep hill climbs and finally on to the Bago Steps.







Reward after the steps was possibly the greatest lookout view in NSW at the Bago Bluff Lookout.







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