May 22, 2012

First camping trip

Goldies Spur

I took Michael (age eight) on his first camping trip yesterday. We only stayed out one night to get a feel for how he’d like it. The trip was also a test for our new Suzuki 4WD. Suzie, as I call her, handled the conditions brilliantly. We headed up the Goldies Spur track from the [...]

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Goldies Spur

Goldies Spur

Yesterday I walked up the Goldies Spur track from the Buckland River bridge to a point near Green Hill in the Mount Buffalo National Park. It was a hard walk and very steep, climbing from 400 metres to 1100 metres. I had a good view of the South Face on Mount Buffalo heading up. Waterfalls [...]

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Beehive and Bright

I have a couple of interesting walks to report. Yesterday I drove to the Porepunkah Gully Road, which is a dirt track heading north from the Great Alpine Road near the flower farm. I parked the car near the rail trail and ventured forth. The track starts flat and straight through farming country. It reaches [...]

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