Random thoughts and observations
Today I completed the longest walk of my current fitness campaign, climbing to the summit of Mount Porepunkah from bottom to top and down again. Juliet drove me to the second cattle grid along the Roberts Creek Road, close to where I started a previous search for the Leviathan Battery historic gold site. It was [...]
I came across an old state heritage document recently that describes some of the historic mine sites in this area. One fairly close to home is the Leviathan Battery and I set out today to find it. This is the information I had: LEVIATHAN (HUNGFEE) BATTERY SITE Upper Ovens goldfields, Porepunkah LOCATION: Roberts Creek, near [...]
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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