Australian Alps Walking Track (SOBO – South Bound)
Section 11 (7 days): Days 54 – 60 to Walhalla
25/5/2025 – 31/05/2025 Mt Selma Road – Fiddlers Green – Walhalla
Distance: 91.1km Total Ascent: 4,696m Total Descent: 5,552m
Time: 37 hours Moving Time: 25 hours
Participants: Damien Aggio (Report), Stephen Davies (Report, Photos)
Australian Alps Walking Track (SOBO – South Bound)
Section 10 (3 days): Days 51 – 53 to Food Drop 10
22/5/2025 – 24/05/2025 Jamieson-Licola Road – Fiddlers Green
Distance: 27.9km Total Ascent: 1,473m Total Descent: 1,817m
Time: 12 hours Moving Time: 7 hours
Participants: Damien Aggio (Report), Stephen Davies (Report, Photos)
Australian Alps Walking Track (SOBO – South Bound)
Section 9 (9 days): Days 42 – 50 to Food Drop 9
13/5/2025 – 21/05/2025 Selwyn Creek Road – Rumpff Saddle
Distance: 114.2km Total Ascent: 7,981m Total Descent: 7,623m
Time: 63 hours Moving Time: 32 hours
Participants: Damien Aggio (Report), Stephen Davies (Report, Photos)
Australian Alps Walking Track (SOBO – South Bound)
Section 8 (4 days): Days 38 – 41 to Food Drop 8
9/5/2025 – 12/05/2025 Cope Hut – Selwyn Creek Road
Distance: 42.3km Total Ascent: 2,802m Total Descent: 3,335m
Time: 26 hours Moving Time: 16 hours
Participants: Damien Aggio (Report), Stephen Davies (Report, Photos)
Australian Alps Walking Track (SOBO – South Bound)
Section 7 (3 days): Days 35 – 37 to Food Drop 7
6/5/2025 – 8/05/2025 Omeo Highway – Falls Creek – Cope Hut
Distance: 49.1km Total Ascent: 2,583m Total Descent: 2,624m
Time: 20 hours Moving Time: 13 hours
Participants: Damien Aggio (Report), Stephen Davies (Report, Photos)
Australian Alps Walking Track (SOBO – South Bound)
Section 6 (3 days): Days 32 – 34 to Food Drop 6
3/5/2025 – 5/05/2025 Benambra-Corryong Road – Omeo Highway
Distance: 44.0km Total Ascent: 2,854m Total Descent: 1,771m
Time: 23 hours Moving Time: 12 hours
Participants: Damien Aggio (Report), Stephen Davies (Report, Photos)
Australian Alps Walking Track (SOBO – South Bound)
Section 5 (4 days): Days 28 – 31 to Food Drop 5
29/04/2025 – 2/05/2025 Limestone Creek Campground – Benambra-Corryong Road
Distance: 67.2km Total Ascent: 2,826m Total Descent: 3,114m
Time: 28 hours Moving Time: 17 hours
Participants: Damien Aggio (Report), Stephen Davies (Report, Photos)
Sunday 29/10/2023 Stapylton Campground – Mount Stapylton Loop Walk (Upper) – Grampians Peak Trail – Mount Stapylton (Gunigalg) (518m) – Taipan Wall – Mount Zero Picnic Area – Mount Stapylton Loop Walk (Lower)
Grampians National Park, VICTORIA
Gariwerd Country
Participants: Stephen Davies (Photos, Report), Sue Davies
After being disappointed last week on the Hollow Mountain walk when we couldn’t find the cave, as per the photograph captioned “Hollow Mountain” in the Parks Victoria Grampians brochure, we thought we might further explore the area in a determined attempt to find it. Inquiries at a National Parks office during the week didn’t throw any further light on where to look. However, having been atop Hollow Mountain last Friday and observing the cliff of Taipan Wall from above I speculated that the cave in the photo may be somewhere along that wall. So off we went on our quest, departing from Stapylton Campground in the cool morning air at 8:40am.
Sunday 15/10/2023 Halls Gap Holiday Park – Boronia Trail – Fyans Creek – Mt Ida – Fyans Creek Loop – Brambuk National Parks and Cultural Centre – Fyans Creek Loop – Tandara Road – Grampians Road
Grampians National Park, VICTORIA
Gariwerd Country
Participants: Stephen Davies (Photos, Report), Sue Davies
Greeted by a fairly cold, breezy, heavily overcast morning with passing showers we didn’t get out until 11:20am (except for Sue who snuck in an early morning run). With the low cloud cover blanketing the tops of all the surrounding hilltops we opted to stay low and take a minimum of gear. Heading out from the NRMA campground, Halls Gap Holiday Park, we turned left just before the Fyans Creek Bridge onto Boronia Trail which follows Fyans Creek to the south along its eastern bank. At first, the trail had wet overhanging ferns across the trail but beyond a couple of hundred metres the track was clear. At least the depth of the colours of everything was enhanced by all the moisture on them.