Dingle Burn Peninsula Track
Track category
Walking track
Mountain bike - Advanced
Time:
3 - 4 hr
Distance:
11 km
Description
Mt Aspiring from the Turihuka
Conservation Area
From the carpark follow the 4WD road, on foot or bicycle, above the lake to Rocky Point around the bluffs. On clear days Mount Aspiring/Tititea can be seen from here. After about an hour and a half the road reaches Silver Island Bay. Here the public track leaves the road and crosses the Silver Burn. It then climbs and sidles around the peninsula's western side for spectacular views into the Hunter Valley.
The Turihuka Conservation Area is at the mouth of the Dingle Burn and five kilometres on from the Silver Burn. It is a basic camping site with a picnic table and toilet.
The Hunter River Valley and Dingle Burn Tracks are signposted from here.
Biking on the formed track is permitted from the carpark to Turihuka and beyond to the Hunter Valley, The Dingle Burn Track is walking access only.
Getting there
From Lake Hawea Township follow the unsealed Dingleburn Station Road to the public carpark.
Activities
Mountain biking