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Falcons Lookout Trail Improvements

CLIMBING, Daywalks Around Melbourne, ENVIRONMENT, Rockclimbs Around Melbourne, WALKING, Western Gorges

Last December Glenn Tempest wrote a blog (Problems with Falcons Lookout and Ironbark Gorge Carpark) commenting on the awful state of the walkers/climbers trail into Falcons Lookout at Werribee Gorge State Park. This trail is one of the most heavily used in Victoria and can see anything up to 60 people use it a day. [...]

Melbourne’s Western Gorges On Sale Now

Daywalks Around Melbourne, Daywalks Around Victoria, WALKING, Weekend Walks Around Melbourne, Western Gorges

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, [...]

Werribee Gorge – Halfway a Park

Daywalks Around Melbourne, Daywalks Around Victoria, WALKING, Western Gorges

Greg and I took advantage of a perfect mid-winter Saturday and descended into Werribee Gorge via Western Bluff and Needles Ridge, one of my favourite daywalks close to Melbourne. This excellent walking trail into the gorge is arguably the most spectacular in the park. I use the word ‘arguably’ since this ridge is in fact on [...]

Werribee Gorge & The Island

WALKING

I visited Werribee Gorge State Park on Wednesday. It turned out to be one of those perfect spring days that  Melbourne is justifiably famous for. My friend, Ian, had never been to ‘the gorge’ before and I took the opportunity to show him around what I consider to be one of the most underrated parks [...]

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