Category: WALKING

Grampians Trail Updates and Planned Burns March 2012

Just in time for the long weekend. A number of the tracks previously closed have now reopened and these are listed below. As well as these updates, there are some future planned burns in the Victoria Range. I don’t have actual dates at this stage but at least you can get an idea of the… Continue reading Grampians Trail Updates and Planned Burns March 2012

Grampians Peaks Trail (Feb 2012 Update)

The lookout on top of Mt Rosea in the Grampians.

Just finished chatting with David Roberts, Ranger in Charge of the Grampians National Park. Regular readers may remember the piece we did here on the Grampians Peaks Trail in July 2010. The proposed walking trail was to link Mt Zero in the north to the town of Dunkeld in the south, covering a distance of… Continue reading Grampians Peaks Trail (Feb 2012 Update)

Proposed Loddon River Walk

Water race and stone walling above the Loddon River.

We walked the Golden Gullies Walk from Vaughan Mineral Springs (near Castlemaine) on Sunday to recheck our original notes used in our popular Daywalks Around Melbourneguide. We also completed a GPS track of the walk, which we will add to our downloads page when the new The Goldfieldsguide is released this spring. The Golden Gullies… Continue reading Proposed Loddon River Walk

Grampians Walks – So What’s Exactly Open and What’s Not

Keeping up with what’s open and what’s not in the Grampians is handy to know and save’s a long drive, not to mention a disappointment.  Below are some links that can help you plan your next trip to the Grampians this month. Central Grampians walks 2012-01-18-Central-Walks-Grampians-National-Park Northern Grampians walks 2012-01-18-Northern-Walks-Grampians-National-Park Southern Grampians walks 2012-01-18-Southern-Walks-Grampians-National-Park Wartook… Continue reading Grampians Walks – So What’s Exactly Open and What’s Not

Wildlife Friendly Fencing

There are few sights more sickening than seeing a kangaroo or wallaby hanging from its hind legs in a wire fence. It’s a scene that I’ve witnessed too many times over the years. The poor animal has attempted to jump the fence and has caught its legs in-between the two top strands of wire and… Continue reading Wildlife Friendly Fencing

Tarilta Creek Gorge

Leaf litter and quartz stones in Tarilta Creek.

Karen and I joined a few friends (Greg, Michelle and Marriot) on Saturday to walk the lovely Tarilta Creek Gorge just south of Mt Franklin in the Upper Loddon State Forest. I was keen to GPS the circuit for our forthcoming Goldfields guide and see what effect the recent bushfire (early January 2012) had on… Continue reading Tarilta Creek Gorge

Wild 127 – In the Footsteps of the Father of National Parks

The new edition of Wild magazine (issue 127) has just arrived on the shelves and features one of Glenn’s images that he took while walking the 24-day John Muir Trail a few months ago. Glenn also wrote a six page article on the walk called In the Footsteps of the Father of National Parks. Wild… Continue reading Wild 127 – In the Footsteps of the Father of National Parks

Problems With Falcons Lookout Walk and Ironbark Gorge Carpark

There are four official public entrances into Werribee Gorge State Park. The main entrance is via Myers Road on the eastern side of the park and is accessed via the Western Freeway from just past Bacchus Marsh. The other three entrances are located along Ironbark Road via Western Bluff, Ironbark Gorge and Ingliston Gorge Carparks.… Continue reading Problems With Falcons Lookout Walk and Ironbark Gorge Carpark

Melbourne’s Western Gorges On Sale Now

Great news. Our newest title, Melbourne’s Western Gorges, arrived in our warehouse this morning and will be in the shops from tomorrow. Authored by Glenn Tempest, this is the first in a new A5 series of walking guides to regional areas around Victoria. Melbourne’s Western Gorges covers 20 walks in the Brisbane Ranges National Park,… Continue reading Melbourne’s Western Gorges On Sale Now

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