Corn Trail Walk
A WILDERNESS WALKING ADVENTURE
The Corn Trail is a 14 kilometre walking track starting at the top of the Clyde Mountain, descending through wilderness forest and finishing at the head of the Bolero Valley.
The route was pioneered by the early settlers and first used in the 1830's to trade produce with their neighbours on the Southern Tablelands.
The main crop carried was corn, grown in the fertile valley and transported by pack-horse usually led by the womenfolk of the pioneering families.
The track was also used to bring cattle from the tablelands for coastal agistment and by gold prospectors hopeful of striking it rich in the goldfields along the Buckenbowra River and at Araluen.
The Corn Trail also provided the first link from the coast for travellers.
In 1854, another route was opened over the Clyde Mountain roughly following the present Kings Highway which has led to the gradual decline in the use of the Corn Trail. By the 1920's the trail had become completely overgrown and very difficult to find.
During World War 2, the Army reconnoitred the trail, researching alternative routes over the mountain in case of enemy invasion.
In 1987, a grant from the Bicentennial Authority enabled a local group of historians to plot, reconstruct and research the trail.
The Corn Trail, classified as a moderate to difficult walk, is now safely accessible. It winds through mountain ridges and rainforest valleys over its 15km length.
A brochure for the Corn Trail Walk is available at the Batemans Bay Visitors
Centre in Batemans Bay. A copy will be forwarded on request, by telephoning
(02) 4472 6900.
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