backpacking victoria

A Birthday Treat: Mirboo North Rail Trail:

As one of us was a year older, we took the day off for a leisurely stroll on this lovely nearby walking/riding track which stretches between the delightful Gippsland towns of Boolarra and Mirboo North. You can park your car at the beginning of the trail between the Brewery and the Recreation Reserve in Mirboo […]

A Birthday Treat: Mirboo North Rail Trail: Read More »

Upper Yarra Track 1912 Victorian Railways Brochure:

Picturesque Victoria and How to Get There: http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/299535 Click on: ‘The Warburton-Walhalla Trip via Yarra Falls and Mount Baw Baw’: PS: It is in Pdf. I have tried and tried to convert this to Word so I can post it whole, but I have failed…There is an absolutely beautiful [c 1900] photo by A.J. Campbell

Upper Yarra Track 1912 Victorian Railways Brochure: Read More »

Upper Yarra Track Winter Route: Western Tyers to Tanjil Bren:

After you have camped the night, cooked and eaten your trout &/or crayfish, walk West along the Tyers. The Western Tyers Road follows the course of the old timber tramline which carried the forest’s products via Caringal to Collins Siding (Erica) and onwards to a wider market where they were used to construct houses and

Upper Yarra Track Winter Route: Western Tyers to Tanjil Bren: Read More »