Where did you Camp,hike,walk this weekend.

[John Sheridan]

Just like to know, maybe get some ideas for places, I hope you had a nice time

Cheers.

[TerraMer]

A little morning stroll before the rain. A short 7km round trip down to Rainbow Beach across to Grants Beach and back to Bonny Hills. Whale watching too.

[South_Aussie_Hiker]

Where did you Camp,hike,walk this weekend.

Nowhere. Thanks for reminding me of what I'd much rather be doing

[Moondog55]

Pretty Valley Hut near Falls Creek

[Bluegum Mic]

I squelched in the mud for a quick burn around some local tracks on Mt Coot-tha. More fitness than anything but the falls were in fine form with the rain we've had.

[Pteropus]

I squelched in the mud for a quick burn around some local tracks on Mt Coot-tha. More fitness than anything but the falls were in fine form with the rain we've had.

With the way it rained in the past 48ish hours up until this morning, it's a wonder you didn't drown

My walking this weekend consisted of a walk in the rain to a restaurant and then the pub last night

[Bluegum Mic]

I squelched in the mud for a quick burn around some local tracks on Mt Coot-tha. More fitness than anything but the falls were in fine form with the rain we've had.

With the way it rained in the past 48ish hours up until this morning, it's a wonder you didn't drown

My walking this weekend consisted of a walk in the rain to a restaurant and then the pub last night

Hey I was just pleased to have a leech free walk this week. Better than the other week when I gave up counting at 100. Eeek! But yes it was a tad slick on and off the track

[jackhinde]

3 leeches on me care of the rodway nature reserve

[mountainwalker]

Walked from Lindfield to seaforth, in the rain. About 16km and my new Mountain Design Paclight Gortex coat wasn't up to the job. Nice walk though.

[Graham51]

I was in Melbourne for the weekend and we spent a day on Philip Island. We walked the Woolamai circuit and our son also took us on some short excursions to check out some waves he hopes to surf.

[Nick S]

Walked upto Lady lake hut after work on Friday..

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[surly 17]

I took my 8 year old boys to the cathedral ranges where we walked up to neds saddle then up to neds peak for lunch then back down and along the little river track, very nice it was too.

[Snowzone]

Lerderderg Gorge, camped on the river near the base of Cowans track. A bit of rain overnight but walking was very pleasant especially when the sun came out on Sunday.
One of our party had an encounter with a wild pig and sadly there was evidence of a lot more than one in the area.

[FatCanyoner]

I spent the weekend scrambling over wet pagodas and through a maze of wet cracks and canyons on Donkey Mountain in the Wolgan Valley.

[WarrenH]

I walked along the shores of lake Burley Griffin on Saturday ... not the nicest day, the rain was cold.





Today I'm going to walk along the Old National Horse Trail from Dunlop, then through the Belconnen golf course to climb the hill behind the vineyard in Holt. I'm doing a painting of the Brindies at the moment. I was doing the painting in Karma Nature Reserve, but the reserve and other reserves close by have been closed for a couple of weeks for the atrocious ACT Government's triennial Kangaroo slaughter (2000+ Roos are being green dreamed by the ACT Government this time). Hopefully I'll find a new spot today, to restart the painting. I've spent a week looking for a similar location, with similar trees to those of Karma, with no joy. Hopefully I'll spot a good site from this hill.

A recent shot (from early May) from the hill above the Holt vineyard ... looking NW to the Baldy Range and Mount Nutter.



Warren.

[sim1oz]

Nick & Warren, fabulous photos! Mine aren't nearly as evocative.

We spent Sunday doing the Three Creeks Walk described in Glenn Tempest's new book "Melbourne's Western Gorges". It's the last day of the Burchell Trail, which I would like to do someday, so I jumped at the opportunity to join a few others and see what the Brisbane Ranges are like. I've never been there before and it is nothing dramatic, but the scenery has a gentle charm of its own and the gold mining relics provide some interesting historical context to the region. We climbed some great mullock heaps for good views and there were several picnic grounds for civilised food breaks. I didn't take photos of the fun bits like climbing up and down hills and river banks, as the mud and loose rocks were a bit slippery.

We found these bee hives half way through our walk but there were no bees in sight and the hives didn't look like they were maintained. I did wonder which trees/pollen were meant to flavour the honey.

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These boardwalks were a little strange. They seemed decorative as there was no water and it didn't look muddy.

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Grass trees (Xanthorrhoea)

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It poured buckets of rain in Melbourne so we were far better off getting away from it all. We ended up having a fun walk and relatively good weather.

[dannnnn]

went to binna burra, the weather was great..! foggy/misty but no rain and few people. lots of leeches tho!