Klings Hill offers outstanding and interesting views of Albury, Wodonga, the Murray Valley, Barnawartha Hills, Huon Hill, Baranduda Range, Table Top, Redlight Hill, the Monument, Nailcan Range and surrounds. There are also superb mountain bike trails, multiple geocaches, walking tracks, expanses of woodland and forest, swathes of native kangaroo grass, plentiful waterways & springs, native flora and fauna, challenging hiking, rock outcrops to explore and more. If you enjoy the outdoors, Klings Hill is for you.
A walking trail map for McFarlane’s Hill can be downloaded at: http://www.parklands-alburywodonga.org.au/support-your-parks/publications/images/MacFarlanes_Hill_cropped.jpg. Although this map shows most of the formal tracks that Parklands manage within McFarlanes Hill reserve, it does not provide detail for Klings Hill (also labelled on some maps as McDonalds Hill).
The very useful DEPI interactive map website can be used to create maps across Victoria (including Klings Hill) by zooming to the area of interest and playing with different layers: http://services.land.vic.gov.au/maps/interactive.jsp
I have placed a few caches on Klings Hill to entice others to explore this wonderful area.
KLINGDINGAS MCFUNGAS is a Dr. Seussian style tribute to the Albury Wodonga Development Corporation, for their significant contribution to the extensive range of public parklands in our region.
On a hilltop near Albury, above the valley of Murray,
Klingdingas McFungas, would cook his camp curry.
He’d lay beneath stars, overlooking Wodong-ah,
Quoffing fine red, gently singing a song-ah.
‘Thank Goodness’, he tittered, ‘the Development Corporation,
Had thunk to keep hills like this for recreation.’
‘What foresight they had, to keep such gems free,
A home for the wildlife - and hikers like me!’
Cache is located within a lichen covered rock outcrop, not far from a makeshift shack and BBQ arrangement, about a 3km walk from the Felltimber Road access Carpark. The views from here and on the way up are superb; amongst the best across Albury Wodonga that I have seen. The location towers above McFarlanes Hill and offers outstanding views towards Table Top, Huon Hill, Baranduda Range, Monument Hill, Nailcan Range as well as views across Albury, Wodonga, and towards the Barnawartha Hills.
Enjoy this special place. You can walk or mountain bike up to this point, and either return the way you came along the ridge, or loop southwards and then east back to the carpark along mountain bike trails through beautiful forest (follow the geocache trail).
It’s also a great spot to bring a bottle of wine and share with friends while the sun goes down… :)