As usual during the pandemic, we met at Rotary Park for this walk, and then travelled in convoy to the start, at the Forest Camp, Killawarra. The distance planned for the two walks was about eight kilometres (2 x four kilometres), and we had a warm, and humid day, with a grey/blue sky. The eight…
Category Archives: Walks
Mount Meg : October 18
The intended walk for Saturday 17th October was held over to the next day, due to wet weather, and so, on Sunday the 18th, twenty walkers, ten in each pod, were booked into the walk at Mount Meg Conservation Park, near Thoona, in brilliantly cool, but sunny weather. Mount Meg has no tracks other than…
Magpie Creek Historic Area : October 4
Magpie Creek Historic Area adjoins Wooragee, a formal gold mining town, and is located about eight kilometres north-east of Beechworth, with many interesting relics from those boom years. The Beechworth-Yackandandah railway line was opened in 1861 (closed in 1954) and this walk covered several aspects of this history; that is gold, and the railway. A…
Warby Ovens NP Killawarra Walk : September 24
The first mid-week walk since COVID restrictions began to ease for regional Victoria, the second time round, was enough to encourage fourteen walkers to stretch their legs. A cloudy day, with a forecast temperature of 12 degrees, with no rain on the radar, would make the planned 12.5km walk agreeable. The destination was a short…
Reform Hill and Mosaic Trail, Myrtleford : September 20
Eight of us, and two furry friends, Ted and Toby, met at Jones Reserve Myrtleford to begin our walks on Reform Hill. Rain held us up for a while, but we made use of a local cafe for coffee, hot chocolates and other drinks til it was over. We set off on the Reform Hill…
Bushwalking Update : September 17
After consultation with our Walks Coordinators, we can confirm that we will be resuming the planned Walks Program (two remaining walks scheduled), with a slight modification of distance for Reform Hill (6km, not 3km). To accommodate the restriction of maximum 10 people meeting for outdoor activities we will cater for two groups of 10 for…
Category Archives: Walks
Killawarra Forest Camp : October 27
As usual during the pandemic, we met at Rotary Park for this walk, and then travelled in convoy to the start, at the Forest Camp, Killawarra. The distance planned for the two walks was about eight kilometres (2 x four kilometres), and we had a warm, and humid day, with a grey/blue sky. The eight…
Mount Meg : October 18
The intended walk for Saturday 17th October was held over to the next day, due to wet weather, and so, on Sunday the 18th, twenty walkers, ten in each pod, were booked into the walk at Mount Meg Conservation Park, near Thoona, in brilliantly cool, but sunny weather. Mount Meg has no tracks other than…
Magpie Creek Historic Area : October 4
Magpie Creek Historic Area adjoins Wooragee, a formal gold mining town, and is located about eight kilometres north-east of Beechworth, with many interesting relics from those boom years. The Beechworth-Yackandandah railway line was opened in 1861 (closed in 1954) and this walk covered several aspects of this history; that is gold, and the railway. A…
Warby Ovens NP Killawarra Walk : September 24
The first mid-week walk since COVID restrictions began to ease for regional Victoria, the second time round, was enough to encourage fourteen walkers to stretch their legs. A cloudy day, with a forecast temperature of 12 degrees, with no rain on the radar, would make the planned 12.5km walk agreeable. The destination was a short…
Reform Hill and Mosaic Trail, Myrtleford : September 20
Eight of us, and two furry friends, Ted and Toby, met at Jones Reserve Myrtleford to begin our walks on Reform Hill. Rain held us up for a while, but we made use of a local cafe for coffee, hot chocolates and other drinks til it was over. We set off on the Reform Hill…
Bushwalking Update : September 17
After consultation with our Walks Coordinators, we can confirm that we will be resuming the planned Walks Program (two remaining walks scheduled), with a slight modification of distance for Reform Hill (6km, not 3km). To accommodate the restriction of maximum 10 people meeting for outdoor activities we will cater for two groups of 10 for…