Week 20 – St Mary’s Lake, Tooan What St Mary’s Lake – dry lake and reserve. 5km walk Where – Tooan Mitre Road, Tooan In 10 words – Beautiful beach, great trees, quite kangaroos – there’s something about Mary It has been a busy few weeks with a sick mother and one-legged one-armed son soContinue reading “Week 20 – There’s something about Mary”
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Week 15 – Big Bend to Barbours Lake and back
What – Barengi Djul (Wimmera River) from Big Bend to Barbours Lake and back Where – Wimmera Track west of Wail in Wail State Forest How long – 9km 10 words or less – River, dry lake, sand, scars, pines, camping, wallaby, kangaroo, questions…. We all know the Wimmera River – Barengi Djul orContinue reading “Week 15 – Big Bend to Barbours Lake and back”
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 1 – A trek of two rivers
Where – Mackenzie River (Bun-nah) Wimmera River ( Barringgi Gadyin or Barengi Djul) junction walk. From Mackenzie Creek Bridge, Three Bridges Road, to Weir Park. Distance walking 8.2km Time – a very leisurely 2 hours but you can do it a bit faster. In less than 10 words – Peaceful, diverse, surprising, reflective andContinue reading “week 1 – A trek of two rivers”
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