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: 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: 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: Monday May 18 How we got there: we drove up from Melbourne, stopping in Warnnambool for great coffee on the way through. Warrnambool is about 3 hours by car from Melbourne, with Tower Hill another 10 minutes from there. The Tower Hill walk is also doable via public transport if you’re prepared…
When we went: Sunday April 5 How we got there: We drove up from Melbourne. O’Briens Crossing is about 90 minutes from Melbourne via the M8. Activity summary: Beautiful wild river walk on sometimes confusing tracks (including a bit of scrambling) followed by a ridge walk with some steepish sections on clear open track and/or…
When we went: Saturday May 2 How we got there: we drove from Lake Elizabeth to Sheoak Picnic area via the grandly named but unsealed ‘Route 22’. Coming from Melbourne, the closest town is Lorne, about two hours by car. Activity summary: Three hour walk taking in fern-edged stream valley, swallow cave, Sheoak falls, Castle…
Michelle Walks 