This is a great little walking trail with the starting point located in Seaford by the Seaford Football and Netball Club. This is a convenient starting point since the is a car park located here which is usually quiet and free to park at without time restrictions. It is also only a 1km walk from...
Tag: 1–3 hours
Mortimer Circuit Counter-Clockwise: A Fast 11km Loop
Eleven hikers joined us at Mortimer Picnic Ground on Sunday 11 February 2018 for a counter-clockwise circuit through Bunyip State Park. The event was planned as a 12km loop with approximately 300m of elevation gain. Our completed route measured 11.00km, took 2hr19min and recorded 288m of ascent. It was a little shorter than expected, but...
1000 Steps in Reverse: An Evening Descent Through the Dandenongs
After completing an uphill circuit of the 1000 Steps earlier that evening, the same four hikers set out again at 7:30pm to walk the route in the opposite direction. This time, we climbed towards One Tree Hill using an alternative forest track before descending the Kokoda Track Memorial Walk. The change of direction and slightly...
1000 Steps Kokoda Memorial Walk: A Misty Evening Climb
Four hikers took on the 1000 Steps Kokoda Memorial Walk during a cool and damp summer evening on Friday 12 January 2018. Our first walk followed the famous staircase uphill through the fern-filled forest before returning by a different track. The original event advertised a 5km loop with approximately 340m of climbing. Our Garmin recorded...
GSWW Section 4 – Cobboboonee Camp to Fitzroy Camp
If you haven’t done so already, check out our Great South West Walk hiking trail summary or go back to GSWW Section 3 – Cut Out Camp to Cobboboonee Camp. Else, let us continue on with this fourth section of the trail from Cobboboonee Camp to Fitzroy Camp. Throughout this section of the hiking trail you...
GSWW Section 3 – Cut Out Camp to Cobboboonee Camp
If you haven’t done so already, check out our Great South West Walk hiking trail summary or go back to Great South West Walk Section 2 – Cubby’s Camp to Cut Out Camp. Else, let us continue on with this third section of the trail from Cut Out Camp to Cobboboonee Camp. Along this section you will...
The Canyon and Phantom Falls
The Canyon and Phantom Falls passes several waterfalls including Won Wondah Falls, Henderson Falls, and Phantom Falls, and we will also be walking through The Canyon. This hike is suitable for most people. Lorne is a beautiful area and offers some stunning hikes within the Otway Forest Park. Countless waterfalls and river crossings, forest ferns...
Upper and Lower Kalimna Falls
Lorne is a beautiful area and offers some stunning hikes within the Otway Forest Park. Countless waterfalls and river crossings, forest ferns – what more could you want? Views? Yes there are some views on offer too, but in all honesty when you have waterfalls, who needs views? Lower Kalimna Falls is a favourite among...
Hollow Mountain
Hollow Mountain is a superb short hiking trail located in the Northern Grampians. It offers fantastic views and rock formations, a suitable amount of rock scrambling up to the top offering fantastic views of the cliffs of Mount Stapylton. Hollow Mountain hiking trail starts from Hollow Mountain Car Park at the northern most part of...
Myrtle Gully Circuit: A Group Hike Through Toolangi’s Fern Forest
On Saturday 23 September 2017, six of us set out to walk the Myrtle Gully Circuit through Toolangi State Forest. I had already explored the route and published a detailed turn-by-turn guide before organising this event. For the group hike, however, we completed the circuit in the opposite direction to the route described in that...
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