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Mount Abrupt Carpark – Mount Abrupt Walking Track – Signal Peak Walking Track – Signal Peak – Mount Abrupt – Mud-Dadjug Hike-in Campground

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Wednesday 11/10/2023   Mount Abrupt Carpark – Mount Abrupt Walking Track – Signal Peak Walking Track – Signal Peak – Mount Abrupt (825m) – Mud-Dadjug Hike-in Campground – C216

                                                Grampians National Park, VICTORIA

                                                Gariwerd Country 

Participants: Stephen Davies (Photos, Report), Sue Davies 

We departed the carpark at 9:00am, keen for the earlier start as a day reaching the high twenties was forecast. This walk commences climbing immediately from the trailhead and as we found yesterday, passes through a lot of different ecosystems in one day. These often came and went over short distances but the changes were much more noticeable than in many other places we have hiked. The tracks today were not new as they were for The Piccaninny and Mount Sturgeon sections yesterday but these are still high-quality tracks with many sections of steps formed from large flat boulders which have been positioned to make staircases on steeper sections. 

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Bainggug Carpark – The Piccaninny Walk – The Piccaninny – Mount Sturgeon Track – Wurgarri (Mount Sturgeon) – Grampians Peaks Trail – Wannon River – Dunkeld

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Tuesday 10/10/2023   Bainggug (The Piccaninny) Carpark – The Piccaninny Walk – The Piccaninny (448m) – Mount Sturgeon Track – Wurgarri (Mount Sturgeon) (580m) – Grampians Peaks Trail – Wannon River – Dunkeld

                                        Grampians National Park, VICTORIA

                                        Gariwerd Country

Participants: Stephen Davies (Photos, Report), Sue Davies, Trish Law, Dave Whitelaw

As we drove heading north from Dunkeld there was a shroud of low cloud concealing the summit of Mount Abrupt. After parking at Bainggug (The Piccaninny) Carpark we headed off along The Piccaninny Walk towards The Piccaninny. The morning was cool enough to require a warm layer until near midday. We found all the tracks to be in excellent condition, it is apparent that there had been a lot of recent work done on them. Signage appeared new and there were several numbered emergency poles to let emergency services know exactly where you were. Traversing sections have stone walls on their lower side building them up to the horizontal, most having had sandy gravel added as the walking surface. There are cut sandstone block steps on several steeper sections and steel steps and a bridge to the southern side of Mount Sturgeon, all combining to make it easy underfoot.

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Sligachan Hotel – Glen Sligachan – River Sligachan – Allt nam Fraoch-choire – Loch na Creitheach

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Tuesday 23/05/2023   Sligachan Hotel – Glen Sligachan – River Sligachan – Allt nam Fraoch-choire – Loch na Creitheach

                                         Isle of Skye, SCOTLAND

                                    

Participants: Caroline Davies, Peter Davies, Sophie Davies, Stephen Davies and Sue Davies

We headed off as a party of five from Sligachan. To access the track we crossed a lovely stone bridge, dodging the gauntlet of tourists grabbing their Instagram shot before returning to the Sligachan Hotel or their cars. Then we passed a statue of two old white men before leaving behind the vast majority of people.

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Holyrood Park – Arthurs Seat – Edinburgh

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Monday 15/05/2023   Holyrood Park – Arthurs Seat

                                        Edinburgh, SCOTLAND

Participants: Stephen Davies (Photos, Report), Sue Davies 

Back in Edinburgh, we would venture up to Arthur’s Seat regularly for our runs and walks. Arthur’s Seat is an extinct volcano that last erupted 350 million years ago and is now a grassy hill in Holyrood Park at the end of the Royal Mile. 

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The Prison – The Needle – The Table – Quiraing 

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Wednesday 24/05/2023   The Prison – The Needle – The Table – Quiraing 

                                               Trotternish Ridge, Isle of Skye, SCOTLAND

                                    

Participants: Caroline Davies, Paul Davies, Peter Davies, Sophie Davies, Stephen Davies (Report, Photos), Sue Davies

Today’s walk began with very cold windy conditions. The first challenge of the day for many people was to chase their parking receipt the parking meters were spitting out directly into the breeze before most people could get a hand on it! We watched half a dozen people running along the road as their tickets blew away. I wonder how many people needed to buy a second ticket because of a poorly designed ticket machine.

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Coral Beaches – Claigan

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Monday 22/05/2023   Coral Beaches, Claigan near Dunvegan

                                        Isle of Skye, SCOTLAND

                                    

Participants: Caroline Davies, Paul Davies, Peter Davies, Sophie Davies, Stephen Davies (Report, Photos), Sue Davies

Only a very short hike from the carpark at Glen Claigan but very worthwhile. The first challenge here is negotiating the drive from Dunvegan. Here, as elsewhere on the Isle of Skye, the road is single carriage with multiple short pullovers placed to enable vehicles can pass each other. Today was no different to the other days we had driven similar roads, lots of stopping and waiting with the occasional very large campervan’s rear view mirror passing above your vehicle!

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Old Man of Storr

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Friday 21/05/2023   Old Man of Storr

                                     Isle of Skye, SCOTLAND

                                    

Participants: Caroline Davies, Paul Davies, Peter Davies, Sophie Davies, Stephen Davies (Report, Photos), Sue Davies

From our base at Portree, we drove north along the east coast of Skye to Lock Leather. The road is single-lane bitumen with frequent short wider areas for passing. Being mid-Sunday morning there was a lot of traffic around, much of it aiming for the carpark at the start of Old Man of Storr walk. This a paid carpark (5 pounds with a 6-hour limit) and the largest carpark north of Portree. 

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Echo Bend Campsite Walking Track – Bluff Lookout – Deadcock Den – Mitchell River Walking Track – Amphitheatre – Billy Goat Bend Lookout – Billy Goat Bend Road – Park Road – Woolshed Creek – Wallers Road

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Thursday 16/03/2023   Echo Bend Campsite – Echo Bend Campsite Walking Track – Bluff Lookout – Deadcock Den – Mitchell River Walking Track – Amphitheatre – Billy Goat Bend Lookout – Billy Goat Bend Road – Park Road – Woolshed Creek – Wallers Road 

                                           Mitchell River National Park, VICTORIA

                                           Brayakoolong Country

                                    

Participants: Stephen Davies (Photos, Report), Sue Davies

With a local forecast for 30-degrees today we aimed for an early start, our intention being to walk far enough along the Mitchell River to get a good feel for it and its surroundings. We were underway at 7:05am, not long after the first flicker of daylight. The air was still cool and we had walked the first part of this walk yesterday we made good progress. After a brief stop at Bluff Lookout we proceeded down through Deadcock Den and on the Mitchell River Walking Track. The Mitchell River is the last remaining wild river in Victoria.

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Echo Bend Campsite Walking Track – Nargun Carpark – Woolshed Creek – Den of Nargun – Deadcock Den – Mitchell River – Bluff Lookout

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Wednesday 15/03/2023   Echo Bend Campsite – Echo Bend Campsite Walking Track – Nargun Carpark – Woolshed Creek – Den of Nargun – Deadcock Den – Mitchell River – Bluff Lookout 

                                               Mitchell River National Park, VICTORIA

                                               Brayakoolong Country

                                    

Participants: Stephen Davies (Photos, Report), Sue Davies

Having taken our time on the drive in we didn’t head out on this walk until about 3:00pm?? So it was a hot, sunny afternoon as walked out of Echo Bend Campsite along the  Echo Bend Campsite Walking Track. This track connects the privately owned campsite to the National Parks tracks. The track itself being lined with melaleuca we saw a goanna and rabbit on the way through and had a kookaburra laughing at us for being so silly to be out walking in the hot afternoon sun.

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Tulloch Ard Lookout Walk – Snowy River Lookout

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Thursday 23/02/2023   Tulloch Ard Lookout Walk – Snowy River Lookout

                                           Snowy River National Park, VICTORIA

                                           Gunaikurnai Country

                                    

Participants: Stephen Davies (Photos, Report), Sue Davies

The purpose of our multi-day adventure along the Barry Way was to explore the area and complete a few interesting walks if we could find them. On this occasion, it was a signpost on the main road to Tulloch Ard Lookout Walk. We took the turn, finding ourselves driving through some local farms to gain access to Snowy Mountains National Park. Once in the national park the grasslands of the farms gave way to forest and the road became narrower before we reached the start of the walk.

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Tidal Beach – Tidal Overlook Circuit – Pillar Point Lookout – Squeaky Bay Walk – Squeaky Beach

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Sunday 5/03/2023   Tidal Beach – Tidal Overlook Circuit – Pillar Point Lookout – Squeaky Bay Walk – Squeaky Beach

                                     Wilsons Promontory National Park, VICTORIA

                                     GunaiKurnai and Boonwurrung Country

                                    

Participants: Stephen Davies (Photos, Report), Sue Davies

After setting up camp in Tidal River Campground we headed out at 4:00pm to explore the local area. First heading across the heavily tannin-stained Tidal River across the curved footbridge before turning west and heading towards Pillar Point. Being situated right next to a 450-site campground you will likely never be alone on any nearby walk and that was certainly the case today. 

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Tidal River Campground – Tidal Overlook Circuit – Tidal Overlook – Lilly Pilly Gully Track – Mount Bishop Walking Track – Mount Bishop – Lilly Pilly Gully Boardwalk – Tidal River Track

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Thursday 9/03/2023    Tidal River Campground – Tidal Overlook Circuit – Tidal Overlook – Lilly Pilly Gully Track – Mount Bishop Walking Track – Mount Bishop – Lilly Pilly Gully Boardwalk – Tidal River Track

                                          Wilsons Promontory National Park, VICTORIA

                                          GunaiKurnai and Boonwurrung Country

                                    

Participants: Stephen Davies (Photos, Report), Sue Davies

We departed Tidal River Campground just after 9:00am aiming to combine the couple of nearby tracks we had not yet walked in a single trip. We first crossed the Tidal River Footbridge before heading west towards Pillar Point, the weather was cool and heavily overcast with blustery winds. Looking seaward there was a lot of white water from those brisk westerlies, so we were pleased to turn and start walking more easterly up to Tidal Lookout.

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