Leven Canyon – Floor Walk (1.5km)

Leven Canyon, near Devonport, Tasmania (January 2021) While out at Leven Canyon we decided also to do the Leven Canyon Floor Walk. This time we left my daughter behind in the car and journeyed alone. Which was a good call as the path runs steeply down from the road, plunging through the rough forest beside

Leven Canyon Lookout Circuit – 2km (45min)

Leven Canyon, near Devonport, Tasmania We decided to make the Australia Day weekend a long one in Devonport and flew down on Friday night. On the Sunday morning to entertain my nearly 17 year old daughter we drove out to Penguin which is a lovely little seaside town about 30mins drive from Devonport. Each Sunday

Falls to Hotham Alpine Way – Day 3 (9km)

Alpine National Park, Victoria, Australia (January 2021) Early in the morning it started to rain and as the sun rose we lay there listening to it patter against the tent. Our trip today is only 9km so we were in no hurry to get moving. Eventually it stopped and we emerged into the pretty morning

Falls to Hotham Alpine Crossing – Day 2 (14km)

Alpine National Park, Victoria, Australia, (January 2021) After planning carefully (well we looked at the map while eating breakfast), we worked out that we could do a side trip to Mount Jim (1818m) on our way. Side trips that are marked are easy to find given you can rely on the numbered posts. So with

Falls to Hotham Alpine Crossing – Day 1 (14km)

Alpine National Park, Victoria, Australia (January 2021) We chose to stay in Mount Hotham ski resort the night prior to commencing and had organised a taxi from Mount Beauty Taxi company at $350. While expensive, you are getting value – the pick up was at our request at Mount Loch at 8.30am on Sunday morning.

Falls to Hotham Alpine Crossing (3 days) – Need to know

Alpine National Park, Victoria (January 2021) To be totally honest we didn’t really prepare much for this trip, as we had just come back from the Great Ocean Walk and so we just grabbed our bags, swapping out the old gas cooker for the Jetboil and the summer tent for our new One Planet winter

The Huts Walks (and extras) (19.4km)

Alpine, Victoria, Australia, January 2021 This walk covers the Huts Walk Circuit (18km) from near the General Store, the Silver Brumby Hut walk (5.6km (return from near the General Store and back)) and the Mount Loch Summit Walk (7.6km (return from the Mount Loch Car Park)). So you can do the whole Huts loop or

Mount Higginbotham Sunset Circuit (3.2km)

Alpine Area, Victoria, Australia, January 2021 This is a lovely short walk from Mount Hotham’s General Store / Pub up one of the beginner runs to the summit of Mount Higginbotham and down the other side. the elevation is only 105m so while I say ‘up’ it is not too tough. We arrived in Hotham

San Francisco Coastal Track (7 km)

San Francisco, California, United States of America (April 2017) Given these Covid times, I am also going to populate my blog with some of my other favourite hikes and walks from around the world. Some of them may not be terribly detailed as they will test my memory. The first of these is a reflection

Great Ocean Walk – Day 9 – Princetown to Twelve Apostles (8km) – Wrap Up

Victoria, Australia, December 2020 I cannot tell you how lovely it was to wake up, shower, cooks some boiled eggs on toast and contemplate the outside world from inside the cottage. By the afternoon my parents and daughter would join us and we would be fully back to socialising and enjoying our Christmas get together.