Mt Penang

Mt Penang is in Bangadilly National Park near Canyonleigh in the NSW Southern Highlands. The park is in three sections and is centred on the Wingecarribee River. The northern section has a short 3klm return walk to Mt Penang with views over the surrounding valleys and the Wingecarribee River Gorge.



Before the Mt Penang walk I stopped to find Mt Penang Rd which allows access to the central section of the park and the Wingecarribee River. A gated public road leads down between two private drives. The road is narrow with overhanging scrub and it is not long before this washout across the road. The entry into the puddle was a vertical drop of 50-60 cm and this depth was maintained for the length of the puddle. Someone had placed a solid tree branch which looked like a stump at the exit point.

Walking from here it was only about 1klm to the Bangadilly trail within the park. As is often the way, the road after the puddle was in very good condition. Open Grey Gum forest on one side of the road and cleared paddocks on the other. 

Having established access for a future planned walk, we returned to the car and drove on to the next section of the park and the walk up Mt Penang.

Views south and east from the top. 

I have been here before and liked the fallen timber and the colour of the lichen on the dad treees.

Views to the north over the Wingecarribee River and on to the Blue Mountains and Nattai National Parks. 

I think this is Mt Colong in the southern Blue Mountains wilderness. 

The top of Mt Jellore with Joadja Hill on the right