A “rest day”. Up for 7:30 am cooked breakfast before driving out to Pretty Point with Mike and Carole. Here we did the Betty and Bob Lewis walk-a spectacular walk between the granite boulders with wonderful views in many directions. After morning tea there, we hopped back into Michael and Carole’s car and headed on,Continue reading “Hiltaba Day 6- 28/5/21 A “Rest Day””
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Hiltaba trip – day 5 – Mt Hiltaba
Today most of the walkers got to the cairn on Mt Hiltaba. Erica was not among them. B walkers went from the shearer’s quarters to the homestead, and then on the Warren Bonython loop , which takes you up past the old embankment across the gully which makes a permanent pool. There are a seriesContinue reading “Hiltaba trip – day 5 – Mt Hiltaba”
Hiltaba day 4- 26/5/21
Today we walked the Mark Bonnin walk. We both walked as C walkers. All vehicles took the same road out approximately 17 km from the homestead. The vehicles for the B walkers stopped at the turnoff from the road and they walked from there. The C walkers drove in to the car park and startedContinue reading “Hiltaba day 4- 26/5/21”
Hiltaba Trip Day 3
Today we walked the David Cleland walking trail. This is the latest of the trails marked across Hiltaba and fairly gentle. They are trying to build us up to the harder walks. The walking trails are named after the founders fo the Nature Foundation – David Cleland being one of them. We all walked togetherContinue reading “Hiltaba Trip Day 3”
Hiltaba Trip Day 2 -Pirie to Hiltaba
We left Port Pirie at about 9am, having said good morning and goodbye to all. This included Matthew! It was an overcast day, but the predicted temp at Hiltaba was 27 today so we were wearing just T Shirts, with jumpers packed away. As we headed along the highway the gulf to our left wasContinue reading “Hiltaba Trip Day 2 -Pirie to Hiltaba”
Hiltaba Trip. Day 1 23/5/21
This was the first day of a trip away with our walking group to Hiltaba Station. We had two starts to this trip. The first time we made it to the fuel station at Gepps Cross only to find that the fuel cap would not come off!! We had a new long range fuel tankContinue reading “Hiltaba Trip. Day 1 23/5/21”
Sunday 25/4/21
Sunday 25th of April we celebrated Anzac Day by orienteering at Crooked Straight and then having dinner with our Orienteering Club (Tintookies) at the Renmark Hotel.
Saturday 24/4/21
An over view of Saturday 24/4/21 – camping at Crooked Straight and competing at Bunyip Reach Orienteering.
On our way to Renmark 23/4/21
The first is a series of posts covering our trip to Renmark for Orienteering. I thought I would try out the “Trackmytour” app on my phone and ended up with a map like this of my tour . If you want to have a look go to https://trackmytour.com/jQHvg I think that this has potential asContinue reading “On our way to Renmark 23/4/21”
Meldanda 21/12/20
A trip to Meldanda (near Cambrai) to see the Great Conjunction. Great Spot and a lovely touristy trip home.
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