Cape to Cape, WA
Written by Lucie, photos mostly by Simon. At the start of May 2021, Lucie and Simon B walked the northern half of the Cape to Cape in Western Australia. The trail is a popular and well-signed coastal path in the … Continued
Mount Hotham to Mount Bogong via the Razorback and AAWT
Written by Lucie. For Easter 2021, the Adventure Gang returned to the Victorian High Country for some Alpine hiking. We planned a route from Mount Hotham to Mount Feathertop, down to the Australian Alps Walking Track (AAWT), along to Langford … Continued
Mount Buninyong to Ballarat to Creswick – Great Dividing Trail
Written by Lucie. Over 14 and 15 September we tackled Mount Buninyong to Creswick. This is the Eureka Track section of the Great Dividing Trail and is 43km. As with most of the Great Dividing Trail the camping options are … Continued
Castlemaine to Hepburn Springs – Great Dividing Trail
Written by Lucie. Castlemaine to Hepburn Springs is a 44km section of the Dry Diggings Track, part of the Great Dividing Trail in central Victoria (Australia). Hepburn Springs to Porcupine Ridge Road (15km) Eight of us set out to hike … Continued
Mid-Waiohine Wild Animals
Way back in October 2018 we (Lorelei and Jake) went on another wild escapade in the Tararuas. It had been a few months since our last overnighter and we were itching to get out in the mountains. The lovely Nana … Continued
Castlemaine to Eureka Reef (Dry Diggings Track) – Great Dividing Trail
Written by Caroline. Hike completed Sunday 24 May 2020. This hike covers Castlemaine to Eureka Reef – this is part of the Cry Joe section of the Dry Diggings Track, which makes up part of the Great Dividing Trail. By … Continued
Creswick to Daylesford – Great Dividing Trail
Written by Mark. Over the 9th and 10th of November, 2019, the team completed the Wallaby Track section of the Great Dividing Trail (note that the Wallaby and Eureka tracks used to both be called the Wallaby Track). Day one … Continued
Daylesford to Nolan Creek – Great Dividing Trail
Written by Lucie. Daylesford to Nolan Creek is a 32km section of the Lerderderg Track, which continues on to Bacchus Marsh. Lake Daylesford to Specimen Hill Road 16km, easy Mark, Lucie, Jens and Caroline left Melbourne late on a Saturday … Continued
Castlemaine to Bendigo – Great Dividing Trail
Written by Lucie. The northernmost section of the Great Dividing Trail was completed over the last weekend in September, 2019 (AFL Grand Final weekend). This section is accessible using public transport from Melbourne – it starts at Castlemaine train station … Continued
Bivvy Mania in the Tararuas
Written by Lorelei and Jacob. The SchMcelwees have a few different adventure challenges on the go. One of them is to ‘bag’ all of the huts/bivvies in our local tramping adventure zone, the Tararuas. The Tararuas are pretty cool given … Continued