Community Trips
Stayed over night in the McFarlane saddle Car park to get an early start before the heat kicked in across the planes. some beautiful scenery across the planes with the sun coming up actually, all i needed was a deer in the picture. followed the Mcfarlane saddle Trk, quite an easy walk. After 2 hrs came to the sign post for Millers hut or Lake Tali Karn, Gillios Trk. The walk in...
9 Bikes started from Running creek Mid morning Sunday and had a great ride
Easy in Good weather. Mediun to Difficult in Wet.This is a fairly easy track Starting from The Tom Grogan Campsite just off the Alpine Way in Kosciuszko National Park to Dave Plains Hut. Follow the track into Tom Grogan campsite until you reach the Murray River. BE CAREFUL
if you have not crossed here before and check the depth of the river as
it can be deep after rain or melting snow and near...
I enjoyed a week hiking the Bogong High Plains around Falls Creek and going to a few of the High Country Huts up there. Most have survived the bushfires the ones that did not have been rebuilt.This is a great part of Victoria. The Colonel
The full story of this ride is over at my blog that I set up for this trip. Please visit my oxonabike blog for the full description.
The full story and description of this trip is at my oxonabike blog. Although this ride eventually went into Myrtelford, the track only goes to Ovens, where it was expected I would settle into the pub for the morning. However, as this opened rather later that I would have wished, I had to go through to Myrtleford for that beer.
well ... at least we have to try the snow in Australia.
This track appears to lead from Mountain Creek Campground, over Mt Bogong to "nowhere". In fact, it leads to the point where I fell and broke my ankle (both the tibia and fibula), and from where I was winched out by helicopter!I am putting the track up not for anyone to follow, but as a pertinent reminder that, if you plan to walk in remote country, always take a PLB (personal locator...
This walk was conducted as a overnight walk due to it being at least a 5 hour drive to get there. For the keen hikers it can be done in a day trip. The start point was the Gate to Cope Hut which is located on the Bogong High Plains Road approx. 11kms from Falls Creek, it's the next road on the left (coming from Falls Creek) after the Wallaces Hut Car Park....
Skiing Falls Creek...beautiful weather, excellent snow and first tracks at 8.30am. Finished at 1.00pm and headed back to Melbourne after a great weekend.
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