Mt Perry Summit hike.... from Undullah Rd side

Full video of hike here for best trail notes: https://youtu.be/DYt42frU1J0

I do not recommend anyone doing this as Mt Perry is not hiker-friendly - however here it is for research and general knowledge purposes from the Mt Perry Conservation Park side. A hike up to the very summit of Mt Perry 351m elevation - part of the Flinders peak group, Scenic Rim.

Starting point from Undullah Rd near the rock painted as a blue Southern Cross. This is called the Mt Perry Conservation Park trail head. The trail initially is easy to follow and only three minutes in you will be ascending a very, very steep climb that will get your heart rate up very quickly.

Once you get to the top ridge, you will see the trail peters out to a faint goat track but keep following the ridgeline. Winter time is the best season for this as the Spiders and Webs usually are infested here (see my biking video of my First Attempt here, and you'll see what I mean. It's spider city, but not in winter).

Continuing on about 40mins I came to a beautiful rocky cliff section which actually was stunning. Evidence that others have had a bonfire here was present. These cliffs are sectional and provide a great vantage point toward the West where one can see Mt Goolman, Ivory Rock, Mt Flinders, Mt Blaine, and of course... the elusive Mt Perry.

Continuing south I followed a spur leading down to the valley, all along being able to view the elusive Mt Perry. Crossed a first creek line which I thought at first was Bundamba Creek (East Branch) - however I was mistaken, it was not. I ascended another steep hill knowing that there was another creek crossing coming up on the other side's descent.

This is now where things got interesting and the very reason I don't recommend attempting this. This is the very real and legendary LANTANA CITY! Now, I've hiked through a lot of lantana in my "professional full-time career" as a SEQ Hiker and I've never come across anything like this. I looked high, I looked low, and there was no alternative but to go through, so into the jungle I went. Where was my Yugoslav Machete when I needed it most?

This lantana was way above my head height and I had to push through, some parts push over, most parts push underneath and it seemed like there was no end in sight - this stuff rips skin, believe me on this. I think 30 mins I was pushing through until I finally reached Bundamba Creek East Branch. This gave me a slight reprieve as I followed the creek upstream, looking for some lantana free opening on the other side - however I was kidding myself. There was no other option but to head back in to the jungle, but this time it was a steep uphill lantana jungle. And up I went for around 20 minutes until finally I was able to get out of lantana hell up to a steep scree slope - but at least I was now finally ascending Mt Perry from the eastern side.

I crossed over some old unused trail that may have once been accessible by vehicles, but certainly no longer due to the amount of debri and overgrowth on it. Continued up the ascent for the final stretch (sun was going down so I knew I had to continue pushing). This side of the mountain was as rough as they come - this is not a hikeable mountain.

Made it to the summit with some canopy openings to views of Mt Blaine and Mt Flinders. Built a rocky cairn to mark the summit as every good and legitimate hiker worth their salt would and then made my descent. Decided to go slightly more northward to find an easier spot to cross Bundamba Creek more down stream. THERE IS NO EASY WAY, although following hiking cow trails did help to find a slightly shorter route through lantana city.

I returned by doing more of a circuit - this is all off-trail and involves very steep slopes until I finally returned to my original trail, and then back to the start point.

This type of hiking puts one onto an emotional rollercoaster and it is definitely a love/hate experience....(more of a hate thing at the time, lol).