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Popular Walks
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Mt Ngungun
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Mount Coolum
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Mt Warning Summit Trail
(760 ticks) -
Mt Cordeaux
(668 ticks) -
Twin Falls Circuit
(636 ticks)
Popular Walks
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Mt Ngungun
(1156 ticks) -
Mount Coolum
(872 ticks) -
Mt Warning Summit Trail
(760 ticks) -
Mt Cordeaux
(668 ticks) -
Twin Falls Circuit
(636 ticks)
Sub-Regions
Walks in Northern Territory
1
km
return
30
mins
Emily Gap (Anthwerrke)
Emily Gap (Anthwerrke) is a registered sacred site. A large rock painting depicts the caterpillar dreaming. Please respect the site and do not touch any Aboriginal art.
250
m
return
30
mins
Government Works (Arltunga Historic Reserve)
Government Works: self guided walk, 250 m return. This area containing Arltunga’s richest collection of historic buildings and associated sites for the visitor to discover. Pick up a brochure from the pamphlet box at the carpark and explore the site of the Government Battery and Cyanide Works, which once processed the quartz ore of the area to find the elusive gold. Walk through the Manager’s and Assayer’s Residence and compare the government officials accommodation to that of the miners which can be seen elsewhere in the Reserve. Also stroll about the remains of the Post Office, Blacksmith Shop, Gold Room and offices. You can also enjoy a short walk to the Police Station of 1.5 km (20 - 30 minutes). A walk information sheet is available from the carpark.
600
m
return
30
mins
Great Western Mine (Arltunga Historic Reserve)
Great Western Mine: a self guided walk, 600 m return. This walk will take you to what was once the second most productive mine at White Range, producing 600 ounces of gold. Scramble into this cavernous mine and explore its many secrets. Along the track you will discover the remains of miners stone buildings, and wooden buildings left from later miners that reworked the area. A walk information sheet is available from the carpark.
1.7
km
return
45
mins
Historic Mines Walk - Golden Chance Mine (Arltunga Historic Reserve)
Golden Chance Mine: a self guided walk, 1.7 km return. The walk to this mine offers the opportunity to examine one of the miners huts of ‘dry stone’ construction. Also from the mine, a short 200 m ascent to the top of the hill will reward you with a spectacular panoramic view of Arltunga. A walk information sheet is available from the carpark.
900
m
return
30
mins
Historic Mines Walk - MacDonnell Range Reef Walk (Arltunga Historic Reserve)
Historic Mine Walks: MacDonnell Range Reef Mine: a self guided walk, 0.9 km return. Access to the underground section of this walk has been closed due to safety concerns. A walk information sheet is available from the carpark.
7.5
km
return
4.5
hrs
Jagududgu Loop Walk (Caranbirini Conservation Reserve)
Jagududgu Loop Walk - this walk traverses the different habitats of Caranbirini, revealing changes within each habitat and offers many spectacular views. Alternatively, you can walk up to the first lookout and back (about 1 km return).
Distance: 7.5 km loop (approx)
Time: 4 - 5 hours
Grade: 3 - moderate
1
km
return
30
mins
Jessie Gap
These small Gaps in the Heavitree Range are the first features you come to on your trip into the East MacDonnell Ranges. They contain interesting Aboriginal paintings and are important
spiritual sites to the Eastern Arrernte Aboriginal people.
200
m
return
1
hr
Jokers Mine & Gorge (Arltunga Historic Reserve)
Joker Mine
From the buildings, you can take the steep 150m walk up the hill through the spinifex and Blue Mallee to the Joker Mine. Walk towards the mullock heap on the edge of the gully. Here you will find an adit (horizontal drive), which up until 1905 had yielded .
Joker Gorge
Joker Gorge rewards the walker with some stunning scenery. It is also home to some of Arltunga’s most interesting wildlife. This gorge contains the only source of semipermanent surface water within the reserve, and hence wildlife is more concentrated here. The large rocks, overhangs, and steep cliffs provide ideal habitat for Black-footed Rockwallabies. If you are quiet you will be able to spot them here at any time of the day. You may be able to see droppings of Dingoes and Echidnas. Spinifex Pigeons, Crested Pigeons, Zebra Finches, and Honeyeaters are common here.
500
m
return
15
mins
Karlu Karlu Walk
Karlu Karlu translates as 'round boulders', or the Devils Marbles, is a living cultural landscape and traditional country of the Warumunga, Kaytetye, Alyawarra and Warlpiri people. These granite boulders, many of which are precariously balanced on top of one another are scattered across the wide shallow valley that makes up the Reserve.
1.6
km
return
45
mins
Mayijangu & Lookout Walk
Nyanjiki Lookout providing panoramic views of the Reserve and the opportunity to 'rock hop' the marbles. These granite boulders, many of which are precariously balanced on top of one another are scattered across the wide shallow valley that makes up the Reserve.
