Golden Outback
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Breakaways Trail, Wooleen Station Breakaways Trail, Wooleen Station

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1-3 hours
19.6 km
- Bush Walk Grade 3
  
  Suitable for most ages and fitness levels. Some bushwalking experience recommended. Tracks may have short steep hill sections a rough surface and many steps. Walks up to 20km.
- Mountain Bike Moderate
  
  Recommended for moderate intermediate riders with some technical mountain biking experience. Typically narrow trails with loose, soft, rocky or slippery sections and hills with short steep sections. Riders will encounter obstacles and technical trail features.

Complete the stunning ‘Breakaways Trail’ by walking or riding through the mulga shrublands before heading up atop a rim of breakaway rocks. Admire the view before passing some granite outcropping and looping back to the end of the airstrip. Check at the homestead for directions/conditions.

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The Breakaways Trail is a 10km (or 20km) hike or mountain bike ride on Wooleen Station in the Shire of Murchison.

The outback trail traverses many different land types and takes in some stunning views across the station. Travel through Mulga shrublands before heading up atop a rim of breakaway rocks. Admire the view before passing some granite outcropping and looping back to the end of the airstrip.

Check-in at the homestead before departure to ensure the track condition is suitable. If you choose to cycle/hike from the homestead then this is a 20km loop trail.

Wooleen Station

(08) 9963 7973

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Here is everything you need to know before visiting this trail.

Time / Duration

1.5 hours

Length

19.6km loop, with an option to start half way and halve to 10km if you depart from the large airstrip

What To Pack

Group C (Mountain bike trails) required.

Trail Start

Wooleen Homestead, Twin Peaks-Wooleen Rd, Murchison,660km (12 hours) north of Perth

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Trail End

This trail can finish at the Wooleen Homestead or the end of the RFDS airstrip

Bush Walk

Grade 3

Suitable for most ages and fitness levels. Some bushwalking experience recommended. Tracks may have short steep hill sections a rough surface and many steps. Walks up to 20km.

Visit Trail Tips for further information.

Mountain Bike

Moderate

Recommended for moderate intermediate riders with some technical mountain biking experience. Typically narrow trails with loose, soft, rocky or slippery sections and hills with short steep sections. Riders will encounter obstacles and technical trail features.

Visit Trail Tips for further information.

Hazards & Warnings

Summer temperatures are extreme and the track is closed from November to March each year. Always check-in at the homestead for current track conditions.