Og Gog Magog
I went for a three-hour bushwalk this morning up Mount Buffalo. I started near the park office and walked along the Reservoir Track, which is still closed to vehicles.
The snow had mostly melted, although several patches remained and it was quite deep at the higher levels. I walked to Og Gog Magog (pictured above), which is an interesting rock formation.
I thought it a curious name and tried to discover its meaning. I now know that Gog was a king and Magog was his kingdom, from the Book of Ezechiel.
The walk wasn’t physically hard, but the track was poorly marked and I became briefly lost on one occasion. I sank to my knees in snow a couple of times, and with sore feet from new boots I didn’t go too far, looping back to the Reservoir via the Rocky Creek trail.
Despite the annoyances, I really enjoyed this walk. Spring is an ideal time to explore Mount Buffalo. Melting snow enhanced the visual aspect and the creeks were flowing rapidly with crystal clear water.
I'm a 41-year-old father of four working as a newspaper editor at Mount Gambier in South Australia.
