Blogs from Oceania - page 10

Though I’ve been to Sheepyard Flat I can't remember doing anything here, so today is my chance. Davons Flat is only a short walk from where I will be picked up tomorrow, so I have the whole day to rest and explore. Though there are some good day hikes from here I want to give my feet a break so take just a short walk along the river to Frys Hut. The hut is impressive and would have been a comfortable place to live. Fred Fly built it in the 1940s and it was his home until his death in 1971. On the way I pass a large chimney, a legacy of the gold rush years in this valley. The gold rush here was short lived and a financial failure for just about all the companies ... read more

I am now 8km and 4 hours behind my plan, so it is foolish to push on for another 4 days to Hotham. So, even if I have difficulty sending a message out today, I feel I need to walk into the Jamieson and Howqua valleys rather than on to Hotham. With the decision made I don’t rush to start walking, but when I'm up at 7am I find the couple who camped last night have already left. The weather looks poor with cloud base only just above the camp which is at about 1500m. I’m walking by 8:30am and reach the saddle at the bottom of King Billy in about an hour as it is easy walking. Before the saddle I see a water monitoring station so correctly guess that this is a good area ... read more

Apart from the annoying flies which had a liking for my feet, I was generally happy about how things went yesterday. It was good to be out in the country and I learnt a few good lessons. Last night I slept as well as I could have expected, and I seem to have no ill effects from the 1stday. However, I am concerned about water. My water capacity is 2.6l (maybe not enough!) with the 0.6l being a LifeStraw, so although I can drink just about anything safely, I am constrained by the amount I can carry if there are no places to fill up on-route. The other factor was the speed I could walk. Yesterday I was more or less on the pace indicated by the guidebook, but I realise with the weight I'm carrying, ... read more

We left Heyfield shortly after 9am and found the road from Licola to Jamieson was a good 2 wd track so had no problems reaching Mt Skene, but still took 90 minutes reminding me that we were already in quite remote country. At the junction with the Barkly River Jeep track, we pulled over. I shouldered my pack, and with my full water bottles it felt heavy. By the start of the track we found a food drop container, which made me think I might meet some others on the AAWT, though this container was dated for pickup at the end of January. After a photo and J’s best wishes I plodded off up the track. The weather looked good, clear and perhaps a little too hot, but the forecast was for cooler days ahead. The ... read more

Hallo zusammen, es ist zwar er ist ein paar Tage her, dass wir uns zuletzt gehört haben, und trotzdem möchte ich die Zeit nutzen, die versprochenen Bilder vom zweiten Besuch am Waihi Beach und dem zugehörigen hiking trail zu veröffentlichen. Natürlich habt ihr einiges schon gesehen, aber es war ein besonders schöner Tag und der Anfang der Strecke war auch neu also runter bis zum ersten Strand der Homunga Bay. Und außerdem habe ich diesmal ja auch den Abstecher zu den William Wright Wasserfällen gemacht, die ich persönlich als besonders schön empfunden habe, weil es so ein absolutes Ge kraxel durch und in der Wildnis gewesen ist. Dieser Blog Teil ist quasi so ein kleiner Pausenfüller zum nächsten zumindest machst du das Leben und die Neuigkeiten hier betreffen. Tolle Naturbilder sind ja immer schön und anfangs ... read more