1) Walk map - Shows route and waypoint locations

2) Photo from walk  (also see Photo Galleries)

3) 3D map view

4) Satellite imagery

5) Route profile

6) Walk description

7) Waypoint listing and grid references

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View of Mounts Cuthbert and Vincent

 (mid-distance) and Mount Cooke (distance)

 from Mount Randall, June 2002.

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More photos.

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       Route profile

33 kms SE of Armadale along Albany Hwy.

14.5 kms (55% off-track)

MEDIUM   (What does this mean?)

See Google Map for start point on road map.

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Good parking at 'START' point just off Albany Highway down Herold Rd (minor dirt road, 7km past Jarrahdale Rd turnoff down Albany Hwy, on right hand side going south), and at 'END' point Sullivan Rock large parking/picnic area on right hand side of Hwy opposite Bibbulmun Track exit.

'START and 'END' points are 2.5kms apart along Albany Hwy, so it's best to have two or more cars and do a car shuttle at the start (leaving one car at Sullivan Rock) to avoid  an otherwise uninspiring walk along the Highway to finish the walk.

(Alternatively, if a car shuttle is not possible,  instead of ending the walk at Sullivan Rock, see Route Notes below for an alternate ending route back to the START via the old Bibbulmun Track.

Important access issue (2008):   Walkers need to be aware that this walk area and many others on WalkGPS lie within drinking water catchment areas. In 2007 DoW in effect recommended a prohibition of all traditional off-track bushwalking activities across the entire Perth region catchment areas covering 4500 sq km, far beyond the limits of  existing or proposed Reservoir Protection Zones (see map). By March 2008, in the face of growing community outrage, the DoW has reconsidered its published position, advising that it would now be allowing walkers ‘free-to-roam’ access to the forested water catchment areas outside of the RPZs. The community, including visitors to WalkGPS, need to remain vigilant to ensure that commonsense continues to prevail over regulatory zealotry.  See also Home page: 'Access' and Related access issues on WalkGPS, and links below to Drinking Water Source Protection Plans for Canning River  and Serpentine Dam.   

Bear west or southwest to Albany Highway.

/Highlights:

For overnighters: For those keen to camp overnight in the area: The Monadnocks Campsite (which includes a 3-sided shelter; at waypoint 'BIBHUT') on the Bibbulmun Track is located after the initial 4 kms of the walk. Alternatively the Campsite  provides a useful opportunity for a brief rest stop during the walk.

Jarrahdale 1:50,000 Sheet (Dept. of CALM, circa 1990);

or Jarrahdale & Yaganing 1:50,000 CALM Operations Graphics series 2003/2004, Sheet 2133-3 & 2133-2.

"A Guide to the Bibbulmun Track, Northern Half, Kalamunda to Donnelly River Village" by Department of Conservation and Land Management (CALM) 2002, 2nd ed., pp.96-102.

"Forests on Foot (40 walks in W.A.)" by Meney & Brown, 1985, pp.44-48 (Wescolour Press, Fremantle).  Describes the route from Mt Randall to Sullivan Rock prior to the development of the Bibbulmun Track.

"Family Walks in Perth Outdoors", CALM, rev. edn. 2000, pp.158-159, includes a mud map and description for the Mt. Vincent Walktrail (via Sullivan Rock), a 7 km return on-track walk.

See Climbers' Association of W.A. site for a climber's perspective on the granite 'slabs' and boulders of Mount Cuthbert and Mount Randall.

Drinking Water Source Protection Plans : "Canning River Catchment Area..." (Report # 77, Water Resource Protection Series) by Department of Water (DoW), June 2007. - See pdf version (5MB). Page 32 is of particular relevance. 

"Serpentine Dam Catchment Area..." (Report # 78, Water Resource Protection Series) by Department of Water (DoW), July 2007. - See pdf version (2.3MB). Pages 42-43 are of particular relevance.

Note: DoW's recommended protection strategy in the above reports intended to prohibit recreational off-track bushwalking opportunities within the entire 1420 sq km of these two catchment areas, far beyond the combined 180 sq km of proposed Reservoir Protection Zones, and including this walk area which is located over 20km SSE of the Canning Reservoir and over 10km ENE of the Serpentine reservoir.

Soon after crossing Albany Hwy from the 'START' point, the route goes off-track at 'ENTRY' waypoint  and northward for approx 3km, initially climbing to a N-S ridge and then reaching an old W-E track at 'W-ETRK' waypt. Approx. 50m west along that track (at waypt 'CAIRN') turn right along another undeveloped track northward to a granite outcrop very close to the summit of Mt Randall (excellent views to Mts Cuthbert & Vincent and Cooke). From Mt Randall the route is off-track downhill and westward for 750m. Turn right at track at 'BIBTR' waypt and reach Monadnocks Hut (at 'BIBHUT'). Follow track from Hut until 'OLDBIB'  (close to the intersection of old and new Bibbulmun Tracks), then route goes off-track and rises slowly to cross a ridge before descending rapidly through short sections of scratchy scrub (via 'BOLDRS' and 'NR-1') to reach an extensive granite outcrop  ('North Rocks' on map) and good views to the east.  Route follows the upper part of the outcrop SE-ward and then re-enters the forest after 'ENDROK', through a short section of scratchy scrub. The route then climbs briefly (via 'SADLE2') to  follow a ridge SW-ward until at 'C-4' it is close to  the northern granite slopes of Mt Cuthbert. At 'C-3' the route starts rising and soon meets the Bibbulmun Track (at 'TURN'). The remaining 5km of the walk from the 'TURN' follows the Bibbulmun Track  and its exit track to Albany Highway via Sullivan Rock. This part of the Bibb. Track crosses the summits of Mts Cuthbert and Vincent.(The Bibb. Track is marked by 'Waugal' markers, with black 'serpent' on yellow background) 

Alternate ending :  If a car shuttle between the END and START is not possible, a better alternative than walking the last 2.5km along the Highway back to the START, is as follows: Follow Bibb. Track down Mt Vincent only as far as waypt 'VIN S'. Then go off-track to meet the old Bibbulmun Track (a vehicle track) at waypt 'OLDBIB1'.  Follow the old Bibb. Track via 'OLBIB2' to reach 'BIBCNR'. Turn left at 'BIBCNR' onto another old vehicle track that leads back to Albany Highway and the START point.This alternate ending adds only about 1.5kms to the total walk distance.