Standing atop Dyurrite (Mt Arapiles) we see Mitre Lake looms large on the landscape but many never walk its shores. Today we will with the salt, the sand and in the tracks of bikes and kangaroos.
Category Archives: Wimmera Reserves
Week 43 – 500 million reasons to visit these rocks
Come with us to Baileys Rocks – the enduring granite boulders who have survived all that the world decided to throw at them over about 500 million years and a modern-day a plan to blow them up! Interested? Well read on!
Week 41 – A real Wyn Wyn situation
Lake Wyn Wyn is a peaceful haven. Quiet, empty, still and vast. It also have a few stories to tell. Read on and find out more.
Week 38 – Cop a look at the police paddock
Named for its former use as a horse paddock for police horses, this reserve on the northern tip of Horsham provides arresting views, fishing, great walking tracks and an island of nature on the edge of town.
Week 31 – Standing tall among runaways in altered states
This is a story of giant trees, disappearing lakes and disputed territory, with a few rabbits, crooks and mis-directed explorers thrown in.
Bordering on the ridiculous? Well yes. It’s that too – literally at Mullinger Swamp.
Week 27 – Be the king of this sand castle
You would imagine Herman Strauss was a content bloke. Well unless there was a drought, mouse plague, dust storm or any other sort of the disaster hits farmers on the edge of the Big Desert. At the end of whatever day he had, Herman had the chance to climb a nearby sand hill and regallyContinue reading “Week 27 – Be the king of this sand castle”
Week 24 – A little explore in the desert
Week 24 – Pomonderoo Hill and West Wail Reserve 1 – Pomponderoo Hill, near Dimboola Took less than 15 minutes 2- West Wail Conservation Reserve Reserve between farming properties for close to Wimmera River 40 minute walk flat and pretty much on rough vehicle track Today’s walk (which did in early March) takes place inContinue reading “Week 24 – A little explore in the desert”
Week 14 – All fired up about Mt Talbot
Today we climbed a little-known gem of the Southern Wimmera. Perched between Red Rock – Lil Lil and the Black Ranges – Burrunj, Mount Talbot is a tiny peak with plenty of colour, character and history. The 2020 Greater Gariwerd Landscape Draft Management Plan lists both artefact sites and rock art at this reserve andContinue reading “Week 14 – All fired up about Mt Talbot”
Week 13 – My big Boundary buddy
Today we visit an old friend.
We’ve caught up dozens of times over the past 14 years.
I have seen her struggle in the heat, get cold and wet in the winter and be knocked around by big winds.
And once – just once – I saw her shine with metre deep-water which quietly sprinted from surrounding hills within hours of rain.
She is the 154ha Boundary Swamp, 35km WSW from Horsham and 10km south of Mount Arapiles
Week 8 – Ticking the box
What – Box Swamp Wildlife Reserve Where – 60ha about 15km from Horsham How far – One hour and 4.1km In 10 words: Highs, lows: visible birds, trees; unseen possums, lizards, kangaroos, water We might live in a desert but we are literally swamped by wetlands in the Wimmera. Only trouble is they don’tContinue reading “Week 8 – Ticking the box”
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