Boroka Lookout from Halls Gap

This is the long way to Boroka Lookout: a marked return walk of 11.98 km (about 7.44 miles) that starts down in Halls Gap and climbs the eastern slopes of the Mount Difficult Range to the lookout, then comes back down the same corridor. Do not confuse it with the easy stroll from the lookout car park up on the range. That one is a few minutes on foot. This one is a Grade 4 day walk with roughly 600 m of climbing on the way up.

From the Botanic Gardens edge of Halls Gap, the track picks up the marked path network and heads uphill on a single 5.70 km corridor to the lookout. The first 3.5 km or so is a steady grind through dry, rocky eucalypt and stringybark forest with occasional glimpses out, and then the final section steepens noticeably before you top out near 844 m. Two lookout platforms sit at the destination.

From the top you get the Halls Gap valley laid out below, Lake Bellfield, the Wonderland Range opposite, and away east the Mt William range and the farmland plains. Being higher than the Pinnacle, it gives a broader sense of how the whole valley fits together.

Start from the Halls Gap Botanic Gardens access rather than driving to the lookout itself. There is surface parking beside the access point and a guidepost at the junction where the marked Halls Gap paths begin.

The cliff tops at the lookout are unstable in places, with drop-offs and the risk of edge collapse, and rock can be slippery when wet. Stay behind railings and off the exposed edges, and keep children close.

• No dogs, no camping, no fires, no horses, no bicycles, no firearms
• No drones without a permit
• Watch for falling limbs and trees, especially in wind

If you have done the Pinnacle walk from Halls Gap, this is a longer and steadier climb with less scrambling through rock formations and a bigger open outlook at the end. It also tends to be quieter than the Pinnacle route. If you only want the view and not the effort, the lookout is reachable by road with a short easy walk from the car park.