For years I had heard rumours that somewhere in Gippsland, in some secret valley an old miner’s hut from before WW2 still stood in pretty much pristine glory. I know of several others similar, most of which have by now seen better days or have succumbed to this century’s ‘conservation’ wildfires. I will be revisiting
Della and I are just back from a four day backpacking exploration of one of our greatest alpine wildernesses, the Mt Darling Snowy Bluff Wilderness created in 1983. This is a trackless mountain vastness suitable only for the most experienced outdoor adventurers. We return ‘bowed but unbroken’ Forbidden Wilderness: (Well they might as well be)
I manage to get up the bush from time to time though I don’t always have time to post about it but Honey and I spent a week away recently exploring some of our much burned bush. I just do not understand the mentality of ‘conserving’ millions of acres of bush only to (fairly regularly)
This post is an accompaniment to my recent post Small Game. It is not so hard to supplement your hiking rations with some tasty protein after all. A couple of hundred grams of protein will meet your daily requirements, whilst 500+ grams will be nearly enough for your total daily food needs. This is just
On successive weekends lately we found time to drive to Woods Point for a counter lunch. Woods Point is one of those last surviving towns in the Victorian mountains. For us it is a 280 km round trip from our front gate to Woods Point and approx 6 hours’ driving. However it is one of
Was once the bushman’s standy-by. It is usually abundant, enormously varied, relatively easily to take, involves little waste or preparation and is often tasty and nutritious. Of course much of it is also illegal. You will notice though that in my post about the journey to Cromarty not so long ago everyone used to take
Victoria is on fire again – as I predicted in this post Mt Darling an Emerging Inferno (though it hasn’t actually got there yet). I suspect the hut will go before I ever get a chance to renovate it but it is still west of the fire and the fire is moving east, so who
This is a delightful white water day trip or a very leisurely overnight – as we did it – seeing in the New Year (2026) together again (our 55th!) Our put-in and take-out points were respectively the Den of Nargun, Wallers Rd and the Final Fling Rapid on Fraser-Alexanders Rd, Glenaladale, Gippsland Vic – a
We have been wanting to get Della back into a pack-raft by herself in case we get the opportunity to Pack Raft the Remote Wonnangatta this summer. She needed a bit of practice paddling by herself again after all these Double Pack Raft trips. I took along the double (paddling it alone) in case she
First: Gear Advice I am often approached by prospective deer hunters for advice, particularly about what they need to acquire before beginning hunting. How little both in weight and dollars do you need to spend (supposing you already actually own nothing – unlikely)? I have put together here some suggestions (with relevant links to previous
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