Mt Elliott.... Flinders Peak Group, Undullah

For the best description and trail notes, see my video on this hike at YouTube/Jelbuilder: https://youtu.be/NMgRpfI-OE0

Mount Elliott is a stunning dual-peaked mountain that is almost completely lacking in information. It forms one of the many peaks in the Flinders Peak Group of mountains. It’s 437m in elevation and I would describe it as pure goodness in terra firma form. Very easy to access with no signs anywhere that suggest that access is not allowed – as far as I can tell it is open for hikers as it leads off from a primary track called Scotts Track.

To get to the start point, from Undullah Rd, you turn onto Elliott Rd (small observation, Logan City Council has mis-spelt the street sign as “Elliot” – I find that funny). Follow the road, one gate to open and close, until you reach an obvious end point to park your vehicle. This is the Mt Elliot Rd side of the Flinders Peak Conservation Park.

Start following the dirt road and stick to the righthand trail. About 700m up you’ll come to the second right-turn off, which is a dirt road that heads upward. Keep following and it will go downwards, until it basically tapers into a narrow-overgrown hiking trail. This is a very pleasant shaded tree-canopy section with a rainforest feel. Views off to the left show a distinct unnamed prominent peak, and another unnamed mountain off to the right of it. You then come up to the base of Mt Elliott. Two large trees each have a bird box extremely high up.

I then ascended the mountain via a route to the right of the mountain. This section is very loose, rocky, and steep…. But manageable if you take it easy and pull up via tree branches, etc. But it is steep! The path is easy enough to follow. Near the top the route will make a sharp turn leftward – follow this and then you pass grass trees and you’ll come to a lower spurline that faces Flinders.

Follow upward and you’ll come to the Western Summit of Mt Elliott – the views from here are majestic and you’ll want to spend a bit of time here. Views of Mt Welcome, Flinders, Blaine, Perry, Goolman, and other unnamed peaks. Also, the Great Dividing Range in the horizon, Cunninghams Gap, Superbus range, Barnge, and Lindesay. Oh man…. I loved it up here.

The Eastern Summit is overgrown and doesn’t offer any good views…. However it is absolutely thrilling to traverse the top razorback ridgeline to the eastern side. But this is not for the faint-of-heart and will require full concentration to keep your footing in sections, and goes very close to some cliff edges. Bit of bush bashing is sections and took me around 20 mins to get across. See my video for what this traverse is like. I’ll simply say it… it’s dangerous in sections so if rock scrambling at heights isn’t your skillset, don’t do it.

Return is simply the same way up, but be careful on the loose descent from the Eastern Summit.

In all, this is a short and sweet climb that is just over 5kms return. Hope these trail notes help.