The much-loved Pigeon House Mountain Didthul walking track in Morton National Park has reopened to the public following a four-month closure, allowing visitors to once again experience this culturally and environmentally significant landscape.
The walking track had suffered extensive damage due to heavy rainfall, requiring restoration work to stabilise the degraded trail surface and surrounding infrastructure near the summit of the walk.
Works consisted of the construction and replacement of 946 hardwood stairs and drainage bars, constructed with imported crushed stone, as well as rehabilitation of disturbed areas adjacent to the track with brush matting and timber debris.
Due to the remote location of the site, 200 individual helicopter lifts were used to transport materials in and out of the work site.
Repair works were undertaken by local Aboriginal owned construction company South Coast Contracting and Hire Pty Ltd, in collaboration with the Ulladulla Local Aboriginal Land Council.
Local NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) staff will continue to implement a quarterly maintenance program, to make sure the track remains safe.
These works were funded by the NSW Government Flood Recovery Program.
