On the Saturday morning, ten keen walkers joined up to walk from the lakeside campground at Devil Cove via the Candlebark Nature Loop, and the Auriferous Spur – Jimmy Spur Circuit. Candlebark Nature Loop was pretty, with luscious ferns and mining history, but before the real hard work began two members left to do their…
Monthly Archives: March 2022
The Big Walk : Mount Buffalo, March 6
For this high country adventure, we set off on Sunday morning from Wangaratta, at about 7.30 am, stopped in Myrtleford to pick up a few more walkers, and then drove up to Mount Buffalo National Park. The itinerary for the day had three different walks; all included sections of the “Big Walk”, and to organise…
Frost’s Crossing, Killawarra : February 25
Nine walkers, including one newie, completed the now classic 8km amble along the Ovens River flood plain, and beside the now world status Lower Ovens River (following the 2021 listing of the National Park by the IUCN). We followed the normal vehicle tracks on flat, but slightly slippery (after overnight rain), ground, starting at the…
Monthly Archives: March 2022
Eildon Torbreck Weekend : March 19 and 20
On the Saturday morning, ten keen walkers joined up to walk from the lakeside campground at Devil Cove via the Candlebark Nature Loop, and the Auriferous Spur – Jimmy Spur Circuit. Candlebark Nature Loop was pretty, with luscious ferns and mining history, but before the real hard work began two members left to do their…
The Big Walk : Mount Buffalo, March 6
For this high country adventure, we set off on Sunday morning from Wangaratta, at about 7.30 am, stopped in Myrtleford to pick up a few more walkers, and then drove up to Mount Buffalo National Park. The itinerary for the day had three different walks; all included sections of the “Big Walk”, and to organise…
Frost’s Crossing, Killawarra : February 25
Nine walkers, including one newie, completed the now classic 8km amble along the Ovens River flood plain, and beside the now world status Lower Ovens River (following the 2021 listing of the National Park by the IUCN). We followed the normal vehicle tracks on flat, but slightly slippery (after overnight rain), ground, starting at the…