If climbers kept diaries, Easter would be circled in red as The Event of the Year. This year, Me, You and everyone we know could be found from Friday through Monday camping either at Mt. Stapylton or Mt. Arapiles. Friday was hot, windy and rubbish so we drove up later in the day. Saturday and …
A short visit to Camel’s Hump with my mum.
A week of climbing and bouldering in the Grampians and Arapiles.
Just got back from a week on the New South Wales South Coast. We drove the coast road to Eden on Saturday and then spent a couple of nights camping on our way up to Jervis Bay where we stayed in cabin for a four nights while we climbed. Or more to the point, we …
The weather forecast said: Saturday, showers turning to rain and Sunday, rain turning to showers. But sometimes you have to take the chance. SOOO, we drove up on Friday night and Saturday was perrrrfect for climbing: 23/24C and overcast. A few teeeny showers came through but not enough to wet the rock. They became more …
What a difference three weeks makes! The mosquitoes have gone (replaced by flies – o joy). The green of the surrounding fields, so obvious on our last visit, has almost faded and the wheat is ripe and ready for harvest. It will be the first good harvest in some years for the Wimmera farmers. Today, …
The fact that it has been a good spring for farmers in abundantly obvious. The view from Mt. Arapiles is typically comprised of of brown and yellow dust and salt pans. Right now the lakes are full of water and the wheat and canola are green and healthy. Unfortunately, all this unexpected abundance of …
Welcome to Hanging Rock Hanging Rock, Victoria is most famous for the 1967 Joan Lindsay book, Picnic at Hanging Rock, which was adapted for film by Peter Weir in 1975. Since the autumn colours were in full display, I thought a trip to Mt. Macedon and a walk up Hanging Rock would make a pretty …
I was at Wilson’s Prom last weekend on a relaxed trip with my parents who are visiting from the UK. We stayed in a cabin, rather than camping, and had fun on the beaches and surveying the extent of the recent bush fires. I had heard from friends that there was some bouldering at the …