Here in Australia there is a continual battle for football supremacy between the AFL (Australian Football League) and the NRL (National Rugby League) with soccer in definite third place. Each code keeps trying to produce an idea that will give them the edge, not only on field but financially through memberships, sponsorships and TV rights …
Now that our youngest son, Jay lives and works in Sydney we fly up a few times a year to spend time with him. As it turned out one of our trips coincided with the first round of AFL football and our team, Melbourne, was playing Sydney so not only did we go but our …
When we aren't travelling the world or caravanning somewhere in Australia we live in one of the best places in Australia, on the Mornington Peninsula. So when our local Australian Plants Society group took a cool summer's day walk at Bridgewater Bay in Blairgowrie we joined in. There aren't a lot of car spaces but …
The following morning was a much brighter looking day so we did a quick walk through the holiday park with Mel before breakfast. The narrow Steavenson River was a delight to see and hear. After breakfast we loaded up our water bottles in a daypack and made the short 700m walk to the trailhead of …
We had thought about a trip to Marysville for a long time since the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires had swept through the town and surrounding countryside. In the end we decided an end of summer weekend trip while the weather was warm would be good. Getting there proved a little hair raising as the road …
Inspired by my wife Karen completing the Oxfam 40 kms in 48 hours walk, in a team from her school, we thought we would revisit a short section of the trail with some other friends. After having Sunday lunch in Mt Evelyn we dropped a car up in Warburton and returned to Yarra Junction to …
Continue reading Warburton Rail Trail, Yarra Junction to Warburton
Having found that the walk to the Pinnacle (click here for previous post) from the Sundial carpark was reasonably quiet we decided to take the trail to Sundial Peak from the same carpark the next day. It didn't take long to see our first wildflowers of the day. We soon had our first view of …
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Mackenzie Falls is only 7 kms to the lovely Reeds Lookout or just over 18 kms from Halls Gap township. We included it as a part of a scenic drive to Reeds Lookout. (See previous post.) After parking the car we followed the trail down to where the sealed descent began, passing some lovely wildflowers …
Mid afternoon we drove out about 12 kms to Reeds Lookout carpark and made the short walk to the lookout. Even from the start of the trail there was an excellent view. After ascending a bit the view was even better. Soon the trail was a short section of slightly elevated boardwalk. Some bright yellow …
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