Random thoughts and observations
I’ve returned from a few days visiting Victoria. I caught up with my parents at Moe and made a short trip to Mt St Gwinear. Western Australia doesn’t have any alpine country and I miss it. I haven’t been to the Stirling Ranges yet, but they’re as close as it gets in this state and [...]
The population of Victoria is five million people, but I was the only one of them today on the summit of our second-highest peak, Mt Feathertop. The mountain was awe inspiring, humbling, powerful and beautiful in a mesmerising package of contradictions. Normally I have Friday spare to pursue private business, but I swapped it for [...]
Guys Hut near Mount Sarah somehow survived the bushfire of January 2003. It’s on the Sarah Spur Track, which is closed to vehicles during winter, about one kilometre from the Tea Tree Range Road. It doesn’t look all that inviting, but for a cross-country skier caught in a blizzard it’s probably heaven. The inside (pictured) [...]
For the third Sunday in a row I ventured up Mount Buffalo, this time with my trusty bike secured to the back of Suzie. I completed three different rides, starting with a dirt and gravel track to the Reservoir and continuing along the Rocky Valley Trail. The track doesn’t appear to have been graded since [...]
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), [...]
