Random thoughts and observations
Today I completed the aptly named Razorback walk from Mount Hotham to Mount Feathertop. I started at 8.30am and avoided the weekend rush. It was my first time on this track and I was a little apprehensive. All the guide books say to allow four hours each way for the 22km return journey and hikers [...]
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 [...]
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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