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””
Category Archives: Walks
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 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”
Orchid search at Kuitpo
A walk near Kuitpo to see some small duck orchids and many other lovelies
Quilting weekend 22-26th October 2020
It is always good to have an excuse to head off, and this was no exception. I had agreed to attend a quilting camp just out of Melrose for the weekend, so we thought we would head off a little early and spend some time getting there and getting back. We had offered to fillContinue reading “Quilting weekend 22-26th October 2020”
Recce walk at Kinchina CP 4/9/2020
A recce walk in Kinchina Conservation Park 4/9/2020
Daveys Gully Hike at Mambray Creek
Daveys Gully Hike form Mambray Creek is a 2.4km treat.
Alligator Gorge and the ring route hike.
23/7/2020 Our aim on Thursday 23rd was to walk the Alligator Gorge ring route hike , which takes you through The Narrows and then loops around to come through the Terraces. The walk starts at the Alligator Gorge carpark (accessed from the road just past Wilmington). Turn in on the Alligator Gorge Road just oppositeContinue reading “Alligator Gorge and the ring route hike.”
Luvapuzzle 