Monthly Archives: September 2022

Exploration walk from Killawarra to Peechelba : September 15

Fifteen risk taking hikers walked carefully along the often difficult eight kilometres from the edge of the Killawarra Forest to Peechelba, mainly along the rarely visited and narrow Irishtown Creek “corridor”. This was a new walk, and a journey which connected two parts of the Warby Ovens National Park (Killawarra, which was part of the…

Falls Hotham Alpine Crossing

Falls Hotham Alpine Crossing – September update from Victorian National Parks Association. Parks Victoria have released plans which include involve up to 80 new structures in the high plains, including approximately 20 structures on High Knob, at the junction of The Razorback and Diamantina Spur. Full details can be found on the VNPA website at…

Alpine Views Track : September 18

There were 13 participants on this walk, and having met up at Rotary Park, we headed off to Wenhams Camp. The distance planned for walk was about 12 kilometres, and we had a very grey (and showery) day with a top temperature of about 12C. Setting off, we found $80 lying on the track and…

Falls to Hotham Alpine Crossing Update

On Monday, 29 August, Parks Victoria (PV) released for public comment draft designs for the four accommodation nodes planned for the Falls to Hotham Alpine Crossing (FHAC), a 4-night 5-day walk between Falls Creek and Mount Hotham. PV is keen to hear from key stakeholders and the community, and while BWV will continue to represent…

Mount Glenrowan : September 10

This is an interesting variation on a tried-and-true venue, involving a loop down to Moonlight Track via Casuarina Track on the way to Mount Glenrowan, but it was to prove more interesting than we first thought. On a very cool (and wet) morning, we met at Rotary Park at 8.30am, organised car pooling, headed off…

Monthly Archives: September 2022

Exploration walk from Killawarra to Peechelba : September 15

Fifteen risk taking hikers walked carefully along the often difficult eight kilometres from the edge of the Killawarra Forest to Peechelba, mainly along the rarely visited and narrow Irishtown Creek “corridor”. This was a new walk, and a journey which connected two parts of the Warby Ovens National Park (Killawarra, which was part of the…

Falls Hotham Alpine Crossing

Falls Hotham Alpine Crossing – September update from Victorian National Parks Association. Parks Victoria have released plans which include involve up to 80 new structures in the high plains, including approximately 20 structures on High Knob, at the junction of The Razorback and Diamantina Spur. Full details can be found on the VNPA website at…

Alpine Views Track : September 18

There were 13 participants on this walk, and having met up at Rotary Park, we headed off to Wenhams Camp. The distance planned for walk was about 12 kilometres, and we had a very grey (and showery) day with a top temperature of about 12C. Setting off, we found $80 lying on the track and…

Falls to Hotham Alpine Crossing Update

On Monday, 29 August, Parks Victoria (PV) released for public comment draft designs for the four accommodation nodes planned for the Falls to Hotham Alpine Crossing (FHAC), a 4-night 5-day walk between Falls Creek and Mount Hotham. PV is keen to hear from key stakeholders and the community, and while BWV will continue to represent…

Mount Glenrowan : September 10

This is an interesting variation on a tried-and-true venue, involving a loop down to Moonlight Track via Casuarina Track on the way to Mount Glenrowan, but it was to prove more interesting than we first thought. On a very cool (and wet) morning, we met at Rotary Park at 8.30am, organised car pooling, headed off…