Lords Table Mountain

A unique hiking experience in Central Queensland.

WHERE IS IT?

Located around 35km east of Clermont, the Lords Table Mountain is a MUST DO when travelling through central Queensland. At 2.3km long and 320 meters high, it’s sheer size and almost perfectly flat top make it a unique site to see. The mountain provides amazing 360 degree views of surrounding outback landscapes and is the perfect spot for sunset or sunrise photography. Its neighbour – Anvil Peak – is also great to hike and admire. Access to Lords Table Mountain is off Huntley Rd/Dysart Clermont Road where you will drive for about 35kms to reach the mountain but you can see it almost as soon as you turn off the main highway!

HOW TO CLIMB?

When we decided to visit the Lords Table Mountain, we found that there wasn’t much information online about how to climb it, other than a few pages saying that there isn’t any clear walking tracks (which is 100% correct) – so we decided to spell it out for you.
1. When you reach the mountain, drive through the entry gate and continue driving until you are pretty much exactly in the middle of the two mountains (Lords Table and Anvil Peak). Park your car here.
2. To start the hike, find the split in the middle of the mountains and start climbing towards it (see picture below). As mentioned, there is no clear track, however we did find a VERY rough track but only after we were about halfway up the mountain. Continue walking between the two mountains until you make it to the middle, then begin to climb up the ridge of the Lords Table Mountain until you make it to the vertical rock at the top!
It is actually possibly to make it all the way to the summit as there was rope that you could use to sort of reverse abseil up but we did not trust it at all!

WHAT YOU SEE
Other than the stunning outback landscapes and 360 degree views of central Queensland, the Lord’s Table Mountain is home to heaps of rock wallabies and orb spiders which actually means that there is very few insects on the mountain (one benefit of lots of spiders!). The mountain is also really well known as a bird watching spot but this isn’t something we were super interested in.

OUR TIPS
It is important to mention that this hike is NOT recommended in summer as it’s so hot in Queensland but we did it in February (around 33 degrees celsius) and we survived. Essentials would be hat, sunnies, sunscreen, camera and HEAPS of water. A t-shirt would also help protect from the sun and long pants would protect your legs from the grass and thistles (and any snakes that may be around – thankfully we didn’t see any, but we’re sure they were there..)

WAS IT WORTH IT?
In our opinion, this hike was 100% worth it! We loved photographing the scenic landscape and don’t mind a bit of a physical challenge. However, this isn’t for the fain-hearted. We would rate this hike ‘difficult’ as its really steep in certain places and there’s lots of uneven ground so it would required a reasonable level of fitness – and good shoes! Another hot tip would be to screen shot this blog while you still have service as there’s no phone reception on the mountain at all (or within about a 40km raduis)!

Overall, we rated this hike an 8/10 and would 100% do it again (in cooler weather and with long pants!)

Thanks for reading!

Emily and Jayden