Hiked up to the cloud covered and wet summit Mount Abrupt in the Grampians. This is an out and back hike however I turned it into a loop by taking…
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Retirement on Tour in Victoria
Hiking the Leanganook Track to the Summit of Mt Alexander
Leanganook is the Aboriginal name for the 746m high Mt Alexander overlooking Castlemaine Victoria. Trish and I were joined by my Sister Nicola for this relatively short 8.4 km but…
Read MoreHigh Country Rail Trail Part 2 – 32 km Bullioh to Shelly – Victoria
This is my second hike along the High Country Rail Trail. The first was the 32 kms from Ludlows Reserve beside the Hume Reservoir, through Tallangatta to the hamlet of…
Read MoreAustralian Camino GSWW Cape Bridgewater to Tarragal Caves 19.54 km
One of the best hikes! Around the cliffs of Cape Bridgewater. The scenery includes Australia's larges mainland seal colony, blowholes, freshwater springs on the ocean rocks, petrified forest, lava gas…
Read MoreAustralian Camino and GSWW Cape Nelson Lighthouse to Cape Bridgwater 20.8 km
Trish waved me off from Cape Nelson Lighthouse for another amazing cliff top hike and on to the beaches of Discovery Bay. The GSWW is a well maintained track that…
Read MoreAustralian Camino – Portland to Cape Nelson Lighthouse 22.4 km
Walking the Australian Camino and GSWW (Great South West Walk) Portland to Cape Nelson Lighthouse 22.4 km. This walk was part of my Cancer Council Relay for Life fundraising Challenge.…
Read MoreHigh Country Rail Trail Part 1 – 35 km Hume Reservoir to Bulioh – Victoria
Pushed up the distance today and walked 35 kilometres (21.75 Miles) along the High Country Rail Trail from our Hume reservoir campsite at Ludlows Reserve to Tallangatta, old Tallangatta and…
Read MoreA Pleasant Afternoon at Port Fairy Victoria
This is our last stop before home for this trip. Watched the surfers and strolled along the port side walk in town, and a pleasant dinner of fish and chips…
Read MoreCelebrating the new year at Mount Hope and Boort Victoria.
Celebrating the new year at a small town of Boort in Northern Victoria. Never heard of it until this week! Checked out the Torrumbarry weir on the Murray on the…
Read MoreLake Bolac our first night in the new Goldstream RV
We took delivery of our new Goldstream RV from Mitch at Goldstream in Pakenham Victoria. Pakenham is on the other side of Melbourne. We arrived just after lunch after a…
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