Gollarribee Mountain

Of course, you've never heard of it, why would you if you weren't engaged in carrying 10 kilograms of water up the steepest hill you could find. Previous to this I had walked the hill on the Corn Trail, and bushwhacked three times in a row up the Currowan trig. Each time I calculated the time, including driving, to gain 100 metres of elevation. Undoubtedly, this seems kind of weird but if you want to get fit walking up steep hills with extra weight on your back, you pretty much have to walk up steep hills with extra weight on your back, and, it's handy if you can do that in the shortest time possible

I couldn't find any walk reports on-line about Gollarribee Mountain, hence this report. It's simple. Get yourself up the Araluen Road to the Yellow Flower Fire Trail, about a kilometre north of where the Araluen Road crosses McGregors Creek, then walk uphill for between 1 and 2 hours. There is one turn to the right, where Yellow Flower Trail meets Gollarribee Mountain trail near the top. There's no view, but the good news is you have hiked a loaded weight up 600 or 700 metres, and it takes only half as long to get down.