When we went: Monday 14 September 2015 How we got there: we drove to Mount Buffalo from Bright (takes about 40 minutes). Bright is about 3.5 hours drive north of Melbourne. Activity summary: four and a half hours of walking in alpine national park. What we did (the details): We arrived at the top of the…
When we went: Monday October 19, 2015 How we got there: we drove from from Melbourne, the closest town is Lorne, it’s about two hours by car. Activity summary: Two hour walk taking in fern-edged stream valley, swallow cave, dry ridge top forest. We skipped both Sheaok Falls and the Castle Rock lookout on this…
When we went: October 5, 6, 7 October 2015. This post will just cover the second full day, October 7. Day 1 is here. How we got there: we drove to Kiata campground from Melbourne, it’s about 4.5 hours by car. The nearest town is Nhill. Activity summary: camped overnight at Yellowgums, then 6 hour walk back to…
When we went: October 5, 6, 7 October 2015. This post will just cover the first full day. Day 2 is here. How we got there: we drove to Kiata campground from Melbourne, it’s about 4.5 hours by car. The nearest town is Nhill. Activity summary: camped overnight at Kiata, then 6 hour walk to camp at Yellowgums…
When we went: July 26 – 27 July 2015 How we got there: we drove to Kiata campground from Melbourne, it’s about 4 hours by car. The nearest town is Nhill. Activity summary: camped overnight, short nature walk (20 minutes or so?) What we did (the details): Well: We went to Little Desert intending to walk the full 4…
When we went: Monday July 20 How we got there: we drove to O’Briens crossing in the Lerderderg State Park. It’s about a 90 minute drive from Melbourne via the M8. This time we went to Trentham after our walk so that we could have cake and a coffee at Red Beard. Activity summary: around five hours of mostly easy…
When we went: Friday 17 July 2015 How we got there: we drove to the Honeyeater Picnic area in Chiltern-Mt Pilot National park, from Bright (via Beechworth). Chiltern is about 3 hours by car from Melbourne, or about an hour drive from Bright. The Honeyeater picnic area where the walk starts, is just south of Chiltern. Activity summary: A three hour,…
When we went: Tuesday 30 June 2015 How we got there: we drove to the Sheoak Picnic area at Lorne from Melbourne (via Anglesea). It’s about two hours by car. Activity summary: One 2.5hr forest circuit walk to two waterfalls. And one failed return walk along (and over) a river to a waterfall, so no…
When we went: Wednesday 8 July 2015 How we got there: we drove from Melbourne via Warragul to Mount Worth State park; the trip is just under two hours by car. Activity summary: two loop walks in Mount Worth state forest. The first was three hours, and the second was 90 minutes. Both require sturdy footwear…
When we went: Friday June 26 How we got there: We drove from Melbourne to Aireys Inlet, it’s about a 90 minute drive. We stopped off on the way for coffee and a biscuit at McGains Nursery. Activity summary: Just over five hours walking, taking in clifftop tracks, forest and beach walking. We stopped for…
When we went: Friday June 19 How we got there: We drove up from Bright, it’s about 40 minutes from there to the top of the mountain. Note that we started this walk later than we wanted, due to some confusing information about the requirement for snow chains in the park. We’d read that although…
When we went: Friday June 12 How we got there: we drove to O’Briens crossing in the Lerderderg State Park. It’s about a 90 minute drive from Melbourne via the M8. BUT we went via Trentham so that we could buy bread and have brekky at Red Beard before we set off. Activity summary: around…
When we went: Tuesday July 9 How we got there: we drove to the Brisbane Ranges from Melbourne, via the closest town, Bacchus Marsh; it’s just over an hours drive. Activity summary: around 3.5 hours of mostly easy walking in forest. There is a steep climb up out of a gorge at the halfway point.…
When we went: May 24-26 and June 1-3 Activity summary: two short (45 min or less) easy walks around Bright township and surrounds. How we got there: Bright is about three and a half hours from Melbourne by car (we stop off on the way there and the way back at Euroa for a coffee…
When we went: Tuesday July 2 How we got there: we stayed in Bright overnight, and from there drove up to the park the next morning. The advantage of this is that you can enjoy a night out at 13 steps the night before (Monday night). Trust me, this is very advantageous. (Also note that…
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