Category: Walks
Hike & ride to the You Yangs
Just after New Years Eve and before the smoke had started to set in, I went out to visit the You Yangs – a small cluster of hills about 55 kilometres south-west of Melbourne. Because I don’t drive I usually plan my hiking trips around access to public transport. But the You Yangs have none…
Crossing the Rubicon
Last week I crossed the Rubicon River on a hike in north-central Victoria. Unlike Julies Caesar, doing so didn’t start a war. The main reason for this trip was to have a good poke around one of the oldest hydroelectric power stations in the state. You have probably heard of Hazelwood, Loy Yang and Bald…
Walk through Healesville to Maroondah Reservoir
Healesville and its surroundings are some of the most pleasant places to visit in the entire state. It has an abundance of walking tracks through beautiful landscapes ranging from open scrubland to temperate rainforest. It is not hard to see why it is one of the favourite spots for tourists to visit when travelling to…
Pound Bend and Warrandyte
Warrandyte State Park seems to be one of the underappreciated areas of natural beauty in Melbourne. It is the closest state park to the CBD and follows a particularly nice stretch of the Yarra River. And despite its proximity to the eastern suburbs, I had never actually visited. So I decided to give it a…
Walking in Wandong Regional Park
One of the good features about Victoria’s fare system is the weekend cap. For only $6, you get unlimited travel within Zones 1 and 2 for the entire day. Zone 2 also extends further out from Melbourne than you might think. This makes many trips into the nearby countryside around Melbourne very cheap. Wandong, located…