As I set off for a short bushwalk last week, I realised how fortunate I am to live so close to a National Park. Just step outside our front gate and you are in the Bendigo National Park. It’s an area that I love, with it’s walking trails, both hilly and rocky. I haven’t walked […]
150 Walks in Victoria Update
150 Walks in Victoria Project For those who are new to reading my blog, you may have missed my 150 Walks in Victoria project. The idea that I came up with in January 2018, was centred around the book, 150 Walks in Victoria written by Tyrone Thomas and Andrew Close. At the time, I was […]
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Cape Schanck Walk
Cape Schanck Walk Cape Schanck is at the southernmost tip of the Mornington Peninsula, with the Cape Schanck Lighthouse being its most recognisable symbol. The boardwalks along the coastline are also becoming a well known symbol. The walk from the carpark to the Cape Schanck Lighthouse is a walk through coastline belonging to Parks Victoria. […]
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Walk 12/150 Port Fairy #150WalksInVictoria
This walk is from the 150 Walks in Victoria book that I’ve posted about previously, and which forms part of my goals for 2018. There have been a few delays with the progress of the project, but it is still going ahead. More to come on that in a future post. We recently spent a few days […]
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Three Lost Children Bushwalk #Daylesford
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Walk 11 Glenlyon #150WalksinVictoria
This walk is from the 150 Walks in Victoria book that I’ve posted about previously and so forms part of my goal for 2018. Glenlyon is a beautiful, small village, situated on the Loddon River, near Daylesford in Central Victoria. The walk went deep into the Wombat Forest with its stunning bush scenery. The area is very […]
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Walk 10 Chewton #150walksinvictoria
This walk was at Chewton, near Castlemaine, starting on the Garfield track, and heading through old gold diggings, where many signs of gold mining can still be seen. The start was an ascent for about 1.5 kilometres, which gave an idea of what was to come. Most of the walk was on rocky, four wheel […]
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Walk 9/150 The Monk
I set off for this walk, which is one of the walks in the 150 Walks in Victoria book, through Castlemaine, following the Pyrenees Hwy until reaching the Great Dividing Trail, just out of Chewton. Once at Chewton, the trail went into a forest, passing the Poverty Gully reservoir, before heading back to Castlemaine. I […]
