Byers Back track Shaws Lake circuit

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…

Byers Back Track

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…

Lerderderg river walk

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…