Tarilta Creek Gorge (Jan 2012) from Glenn Tempest on Vimeo. Friends of the Box-Ironbarks Forests (FOBIF) have just posted a critical assessment of the recent DSE burning operations of Tarilta Creek Gorge in the Upper Loddon State Forest. You can read their blog and view some images at Tarilta Gorge: burned off, washed away. Essentially… Continue reading Tarilta Creek Gorge Burned by DSE
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Mt Stapylton Loop Walk
I’d been planning to walk the Mt Stapylton Loop for the last year or so and it was only last week when I finally got the chance to do so. For anyone unfamiliar with the Grampians National Park, this 12.2km circuit walk traverses a series of exposed sandstone peaks and shallow valleys in the parks… Continue reading Mt Stapylton Loop Walk
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
Arapiles iPhone App New Version 1.0.3 Now Released
What’s New in Version 1.0.3 This iCrag Arapiles App update is free to anyone who has already purchased the app. Additional features include… Nine new wall topos, 20 new routes and 18 new lower-offs. In response to user feedback, we have improved the Search functionality. A number of minor glitches were removed. Check out… Continue reading Arapiles iPhone App New Version 1.0.3 Now Released
Grampians Peaks Trail (Feb 2012 Update)
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
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
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