2019 : Trips and Walks Summary
A ‘quick’ list of the main local Trips and Walks I did in 2019. Walks worth considering are marked like this
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| Area | Notes | Town nearby… |
|---|---|---|
| Daylesford | Walk around the lake | |
| Warburton | Small walk near summit of Mt Donna Buang | |
| Fingal Beach | Low tide exploring rock pools | Cape Schanck |
| Mt Beckworth | Car and photo trip, no hike this time | Clunes |
| Cathedral Ranges ascent | The Cathedral walk | Taggerty |
| Lake Eildon | Car and photos.Same trip as above | Eildon |
| You Yangs | Flinders Peak (Summit) walk, plan to do also 'loop around the back' but time ran out. | |
| Mallacoota area | Thurra River Dunes walk | |
| Mallacoota area | Genoa Peak summit walk | |
| Mallacoota area | Secret Beach car trip | |
| Sea to River drive | Long way 'home' from Mallacoota. Mallacoota to Lakes Entrance (grabbed some sea water), Omeo, Mt Hotham, Bright, Corowa (poured sea water in Murray River) | |
| Mt Worth State Park | Walk | Warragul, Yarragorn area |
| Foster and Port Albert | Museum Tours | |
| Wyperfeld National Park | Main Discovery Walk from Wonga Campground to Lake Brambruk and looping back over the dunes | Hopetoun |
| Lake Tyrell | Same trip away as above. Car and photos. Dry, so no 'mirrored sunset' shots this time. Lascelles has Silo Art | Sea Lake |
| Jeparit | Still the same trip away. Wimmera Mallee Pioneer Museum | |
| Grampians | Pinnacle from Sundial Carkpark walk. First time this way. Quicker and easier than from Halls Gap 🙂 | Halls Gap |
| Warburton | Car/photo rip to foggy summit of Mt Donna Buang | |
| Organ Pipes National Park | Had long running flu so small walks | |
| Southern Grampians | New camera try out | Dunkeld |
| Budj Bim National Park | aka Mount Eccles, Lake Surprise. Same trip as above. Walk descends into flooded volanic cone | |
| Cape Bridgewater | Still the same trip. Blowhole area and Lakes | |
| Lake Daylesford and Red Knob Mining Landscape | Car and photo trip | |
| Pt Nepean Quarantine Station and Ticonderoga monument | Car and photo trip, including the monument to the "Hell Ship" Ticonderoga. | Portsea |
| Walkerville South | Small photo-walk on beach | Foster |
| Warburton | Snowfall so photo visit to summit of Mt Donna Buang plus Big Peninsula Tunnel area | |
| Otways | Photo trip. Beauchamp Falls, Hopetoun Falls, Wreck Beach | Apollo Bay |
| Werribee Gorge | Falcon's Lookout walk plus then (attempted) Ingliston Granites bit. Signs ran out, so turned back | Ballan |
| Mt Buffalo | Snow still on summit area. Photo trip | Bright |
| Bushrangers Bay | From carpark to BB and over to Cape Schank | Flinders |
| Stringybark Creek | Photo trip. Lake Eildon, Powers Lookout, Stringybark Creek memorial (Ned Kelly killed 3 police here) | Mansfield |
| Echuca | Barmah Lakes photo trip. Mathoura and Picnic Point. Home via tiny Raywood (family history visit) | |
| Cairns Bay | Exploratory walk. Old quarry and rock pools | Flinders |
| Marysville | Walk – Town to Falls (top) over to Keppel Lookout and back down via Oxley Climb track etc. | |
| Wilsons Prom | Walk. Tidal River to Little Oberon Bay and Oberon Bay | Tidal River |
