Location Location Location....

[puredingo]

G'day all, Just checking out google earth the other day and it got me to thinking just how many (if any?) people on the board are lucky enough to live in a location where they can begin a bushwalk from their actual doorstep. I'm assuming many of the blue mountain residents..maybe even Penrith? people can do this easily, and more so did anyone actually choose to buy/rent their house purely on the fact that they can easily access the bush?

Just a conversation starter, Mods can move if it's in the wrong section.

[doogs]

I can't bushwalk from my front door, well not without being shot at by an angry farmer , but I am in the prime location in Tasmania to get to any bushwalk. I live in the 'heart' of Tasmania and can get to the start of any bushwalk in the state in 3 1/2 hours or less
They'd be plenty of folk in our states capital who could walk out their door and on to Mount Wellington

[under10kg]

I am in the lucky camp.
From my door I can go down to stony creak near Mullumbimby with nice rainforest, rock hop up up the creek 300 meters vertical till a waterfall.
Traverse accross lovely rainforest to Boogerum falls and rock hop down a steep rocky creek and return home in 2.5 hours.

[photohiker]

Lucky here too. I live in the Adelaide hills and can walk from here into the Mt Lofty Ranges and on to the Flinders ranges.

Not quite on my doorstep, I do have to cross one minor residential road to get to the trail though.

[puredingo]

Wow guys...way to make a bloke feel jelouse!! I'm not too bad off I suppose I can walk a couple of suburban streets before i enter pretty good bushland and some decent tracks. The problem is all the good stuff I really want to access is controlled by the "man" (waterboard etc) and the rest of it is never to far from somebodys property (angry farmers included) and that doesn't qiuet feel the same. Funny thing is i grew up in the middle of national park and never really appreciated it...till it's gone.

[phan_TOM]

I grew up in a property that bordered National Park and lived in another property that adjoined a different National park a couple of years ago and miss being able to walk out my front door 'into the wild' too.

It's not exactly 'out my front door' now but I can access world class coastline and world heritage rainforest in less than a 20 minute drive... If I choose to drive for up to 3-4 hours (as I often do) then I have access to a huge range of different landscapes, granite country up on top of the divide, rainforest, open forest, etc etc I definitely feel lucky!

[kanangra]

I was feeling jealous until I realised that at the bottom of my street there is a track that leads through bush to the GNW which I could then follow to Newcastle. OK it is not wilderness but it is bush.

K.

[gwynfa]

Most Hobartians are just minutes away from walks in the bush/beach/mountain no matter where they live in the city. Personally I can take the Pipeline Track just a few minutes away. This leads to the whole of Mt Wellington (sea level to alpine) and beyond if one felt inclined. This does not count the numerous walks within an hour or so of the city.

[TerraMer]

The last place I lived was near Bago Bluff Nature Reserve with some good day walks or overnighter if you take your time.
Now I live within cooee of Middle Brother, North Brother, Queens Lake, Burrawan, Lake Innes and lots of beaches. No end of walking tracks, quiet 4WD trails and sand.
Some good training hills
When it's time to settle, in about 7-10 years, I'll be looking for a bush block close to or backing on to national park, not just for hiking but for wildlife rescue and release.

[Miyata610]

Hmmm, let's see.....

I can walk up Mt. Roland from my little farm, it does require a few hundred metres of walking on bitumen, but I'm thinking of discussing a walking track with my neighbour to avoid that.

Therefore I'm a short drive from Cradle Mountain, The Arm River Track and The Walls of Jerusalem. To name just a few awesome places.

[ollster]

bushwalk from their actual doorstep.

Yep, 10min drive to the centre of the city and 10min walk to temperate rainforest* and waterfalls.

*may not technically be rainforest, but it's wet, foresty and some bits have lots of moss.

[frenchy_84]

If any one reading this wishes to be in the lucky group I'm trying to find tenants for my 3 bedroom house in Fern Tree. Pm me if your interested. Plenty of walking tracks running up mt wellingon from Fern tree and still only 10mins from Hobart CBD.

[north-north-west]

If any one reading this wishes to be in the lucky group I'm trying to find tenants for my 3 bedroom house in Fern Tree. Pm me if your interested. Plenty of walking tracks running up mt wellingon from Fern tree and still only 10mins from Hobart CBD.

Does a job go with it?

[frenchy_84]

If any one reading this wishes to be in the lucky group I'm trying to find tenants for my 3 bedroom house in Fern Tree. Pm me if your interested. Plenty of walking tracks running up mt wellingon from Fern tree and still only 10mins from Hobart CBD.

Does a job go with it?

Haha no jobs in Tas. Thats why I'm in Mackay

[north-north-west]

Been there, done that. I want to go home.

[ollster]

Does a job go with it?

Maid?

PS: Frenchie, I love your blog. It's totally non-self serving, and I really appreciate that.

[Chris]

PS: Frenchie, I love your blog. It's totally non-self serving, and I really appreciate that.

Somewhat off topic, but I'm intrigued. The link to the blog from Frenchie's profile doesn't seem to work.

[ollster]

Somewhat off topic, but I'm intrigued. The link to the blog from Frenchie's profile doesn't seem to work.

Don't worry, it's an in-joke.

[wildwalks]

I am blessed enough to back onto the Great North Walk in Hornsby. It is great on sunny Saturdays to watch the street fill up with cars, and chatting with walkers as they head past. Great to be able to just head bush for short walks or evening strolls. The kids enjoy playing in these allow creek. And it is still only a 15min walk to the train station. Life is good
Matt

[sailfish]

Not exactly on my back door step but living in Bathurst, there are some nice areas within a short drive. I used to just walk down to the river for a fish but since the invasion of carp and redfin some 10+ years ago, decent fishing is a lot further away now. There are many nice spots locally especially on the rivers but a bit restricted for more than just a stroll. The best walking areas for me are 1+ hours away in the Baal Bone range, Garden Of Stones, Newns and the Walgan valley etc. Years ago I was in the Canobolas canoe club and did many trips on the Macquarie that flows through Bathurst. Bathurst, Freemantle, The Forge and Bridle Track. Also did a trip on the Fish river, a nightmare log jams and fences! Who puts electric or barbed wire fences across crown waterways? I hope you people have been supporting the fight against high wall mining the Baal Bone range.

Regards,
Ken

[stepbystep]

The block I grew up on had 4 tracks radiating out into the Darling Range from the back yard Today it is surrounded by houses

Now I live in Hobart and as has been mentioned there's forest, alpine and coastal walking just minutes away

[abowen]

.......
Now I live in Hobart and as has been mentioned there's forest, alpine and coastal walking just minutes away

and there is a fire trail which could eventually lead you onto the Meehan Range - with just a few roads to dodge along .

[stepbystep]

.......
Now I live in Hobart and as has been mentioned there's forest, alpine and coastal walking just minutes away

and there is a fire trail which could eventually lead you onto the Meehan Range - with just a few roads to dodge along .

Haha yeah I have ventured that way with the dawgies and also into the Bedlam Walls/Govt Hills and Natone Hill all walking distance from home but they don't quite compare to what's across the river.... still it is nice to wake up with Mt Wellington between your toes!

[bmak]

I'm lucky enough to be in western Victoria close to the Grampians as well as having many other areas for walking close by.

[bushwalker zane]

I used to live in a place called Underwood, in Tassie. surrounded by hundreds of acres of bush, on the side of a mountain. I could wander off as a child all day and find new exciting places! Now I live in Lilydale, a small town. So I have to walk a bit before I hit the bush. Same as what Doogs said though, I can drive for and hour and a half and be anywhere on the central highlands or in many national parks.

Good times await!

[TerraMer]

I'm about to start 2 multi-day walks literally from the front door. The first planned path starts from the house and meets up with the first walking track less than 100m down the road then for 4 days/100km I will follow beaches, tracks, 4WD trails, footpaths and roads in a circuitous route down the coast and back up through the wetlands all the way back to the front door. The second walk will be very similar but in the opposite direction where I hit the first beach only 200m from the front door and 5 days/120km of bush and beach later turn around and go home again.
I reckon that's good location, especially when you throw in whale watching from the balcony when not out hiking

[jackhinde]

unfortunately i have a road between me and morton national park to the north and a neighbours place the other way. yes proximity to morton was one reason for purchase. 55km drive to get the milk n paper though...

[YoungNedOfTheHill]

Where I am living now, is pure suburbia. But about 2 months ago my girlfriend and I where living in a town called Collie in the south west of WA. It was a massive property with an orchid and it backed out to a bitumen road that led directly on to the spur trail leading to the Bibbulmum track. I walked and explored every day, It was great. We didn't have to pay rent, I just had to maintain the property and gardens till the owner found a new tenant. We were hoping they wouldn't but sadly they did and after being there for about 2 months we had to move back home.

[bushwalker zane]

That is a great way to get out of paying rent! Wish my landlord would be happy with that (mother dear)

[puredingo]

I worked with a bloke who had that type of set up somewhere in the megalong valley....Great lurk if you can get it.