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

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.

Great Ocean Walk – Day 8 – Devils Kitchen to Princetown (10km)

Victoria, Australia, December 2020 Keeping with my theme of talking about the view from the toilets, Devils Kitchen has the best view from the toilet of all the campsites. The view is pretty much the same as the one from the lookout behind our campsite. Our campsite is clearly better though it doesn’t have any

Great Ocean Walk – Day 7 – Ryans Den to Devils Kitchen (13km)

Victoria, Australia, December 2020 The view from Ryans Den toilet block is straight out at the hill that you will immediately climb. This morning I found that view disconcerting as I could see Cassie (an amazing solo hiker) already setting off up the hill, so it hurried me into action to get underway. It was

Great Ocean Walk – Day 6 – Johanna Beach to Ryans Den (14km)

Victoria, Australia, December 2020 Feeling very relieved and lucky to have the extra gas from one of the hikers who left yesterday morning we indulged on two cups of tea and dry biscuits before setting out. Johanna Beach camp site is a hard place to leave, the view is just amazing, so we all sort

Great Ocean Walk – Day 5 – Aire River to Johanna Beach (14km)

Victoria, Australia, December 2020 We were in no hurry today, the weather was still overcast and despite the rain easing in the morning the tent was still wet. When it was all packed up, I squeezed it into its bag and put the bottom into a plastic bag so that if the water did leak

Great Ocean Walk – Day 4 – Cape Otway to Aire River (10km)

Victoria, Australia, December 2020 It took to day 4 before I posted a photo of myself, but here is proof that I was there. We got going early this morning, the weather was coming in and I kind of hoped to set the tent up before the rain got too serious. Also Phil is now