Powers Lookout

The rocky escarpment high above the King Valley was the hideout of Harry Power, a notorious but ‘gentlemanly’ bushranger of the 1860s. From the Mansfield-Whitfield Road a three kilometre trip along a gravel road brings you to a parking area with picnic tables and toilets. There are two lookout points providing sweeping views of the surrounding mountain and valley landscape. The first lookout has wheelchair access. A short walk (0.4kilometre) with a series of ladders takes you to a viewing platform at the northern most point of the rocky outcrop. It is easy to imagine why Power chose this site for a hideout. There is also a 20 minute return walk through the bush to a waterhole amongst beautiful rocky ledges. Follow the path near the toilets in a westerly direction....