A recent visit to Victoria included a two night stay in Melbourne. This unusual occurrence meant that K could go shopping and I could wander around with my camera – something I haven’t done in Melbourne for a while. However, my wandering wasn’t aimless – I had the five new Metro Tunnel stations in my viewfinder.
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It is only 20 km from home and we drive Victor Harbor regularly, but this visit was extra special. It was the last week of the school holidays during which the Cockle Train locomotive was the steam driven 207. A day return trip on the train had long been on our outing list, so with everything aligned, we left home for Goolwa station.
Continue readingThursday is bushwalking day. It was a struggle to leave the comfort of bed before sunrise. However, after a quick breakfast and short drive we arrived at Cox Scrub at 07:30 for a hike we have completed on numerous past occasions. Although this my second post about Cox Scrub, I would like you to join me on this more detailed recollection.
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Planned before Christmas, we recently enjoyed a two day outing to Adelaide. With the hotel booked we had no option but to drive to the city on the hottest day of the year – a forecasted temperature of 45 degrees. However, this was not the only reason for making the journey – we were keen to visit two photographic exhibitions before they finished at the end of January.
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Our most recent outing was to Mungo National Park, located in New South Wales about 90 minutes North East of Mildura. This is a location I have been keen to visit for some time on account of its unique landscape.
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Having first visited the Chihuly glass sculpture installations at Adelaide Botanic Gardens on a very overcast damp afternoon at the beginning of December, I was keen to make a return visit. I was also keen to take advantage of the night option to experience the artwork illuminated.
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The absence of ‘Outings’ posts recently has not meant that we have been sitting at home with our feet up – quite the opposite. I have been working on an exciting new initiative that some of you might be interested in, but more about that later. In the meantime, I am pleased to give a brief account of a few recent activities.
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Tuesday 30 July
We were planning to go for a hike on Saturday, but the forecast was for intermittent rain showers all day. We therefore decided to wait until Sunday, but watching the rain dripping down the windows at breakfast, perhaps it was not such a good idea.
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My first visit to Adelaide occurred on 22 April. After settling into our new home over a few months, I thought it was about time to pay a solo visit to Adelaide with my camera. As it transpired, this was to be the first of a few visits since then, so the following is a bit of a compendium of photos from a few outings.
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After a few weeks devoid of any kind of serious bushwalking due to some health issues, we decided it was time to rectify our lack of activity. After looking for a walk that was reasonably close by and not too challenging or long, we decided on the 10 km Christmas Hill Forest Reserve loop walk in the Kuitpo Forest. The ‘All Trails’ App reviews were all very positive, but none mentioned a fundamental flaw in the route described, which we only discovered towards the end of the trail.
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Having recently joined one of the local photography clubs, South Coast Camera Club, I decided that the upcoming club outing to Yorke Peninsula would be a great opportunity to get to know a few of the members and to visit the Yorke Peninsula for the first time. Since it was a club event, we decided that I would go solo, a first in our newly acquired caravan.
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After a busy day in the garden (K) and shed (me) on Monday, Tuesday was a good day to continue exploring our new neighbourhood. Deep Creek National Park was on our list, so we identified two potential circuit walks. The first of these was the 6km Arron Creek Circuit Hike. As this was listed as grade 3, we decided to walk this in the morning and, if we survived, we would tackle the second, the 4.7km grade 1 Spring Wildflower Walk, in the afternoon.
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