Saturday, April 21, 2012













Chris' Noojee walk.  An excellent turnout of 24 for the
day.  Here the group gets ready - and catches up with
all the news!
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Leaving the car park area and off on the Loch Valley
Walk - the first stage of the 3 part outing.
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The early part of the outing - note the lovely forested
environment
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Sandra and Gwenda lead the way along the Loch Valley
Walk.  Ilona sent me this one.













Completed the first leg and off to the trestle bridge via
the Noojee Hotel
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The Latrobe river below the Noojee Hotel.
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The famous trestle bridge, where they have the annual
lunch, spanning the whole bridge with diners! Ilona's pic.
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Debating on whether to cross and do the descent on
the other side to the picnic spot
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Picture taken by Ilona.  On the way to the waterfalls;
Rudi about to capture the pic!
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Toorongo Falls - lots of water and very attractive
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Amphitheatre falls - the final show on this wonderful
walk

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Thursday, April 12, 2012











Janine's mid week walk, assisted by Val.  This is the
London Bridge on a dark gloomy morning - it got better
as the day progressed.
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Photo aspect ratio incorrect - we are not that wide!!
Clever camera took the pic
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Janine flying off the runway - used by hang gliders.
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Imagine the view from the front of this palace!
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Some very larny homes along the cliff face of Sorrento
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The Private Jetty - getting there can be tricky!
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Saturday, April 7, 2012

Another senior moment - the Oxfam pics are in the
wrong order.  This shows the cars waiting after this
steep descent into Wesburn Park.  We were very
relieved to get to this point.

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The Brutal up.  After 97 kms and over 20 hours of
hiking this very steep, nearly 1 km long uphill is just
heartbreaking!  The Oxfam faithful deserve a medal.

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Art Gallery fantasy - on way to Backstairs track

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Taken from bridge in Warburton on way back to the
Backstairs track

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Janine and Chris climbing up Backstairs track - en
route to the ridge to Mt Little Joe

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Along the O'Shannassy aqueduct trail - probably already
beyond our turn off.  The final legs of the Oxfam marathon.

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Sunday, April 1, 2012

Clio's replacement walk for the Werribee Gorge,
cancelled because of the Fun Run.  A walk along the
Yarra River in Warrandyte State Park.

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Di, Rudi and Karen on one of the many bridges over
creeks along the way

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A glimpse of the Yarra through the trees.  It was
difficult to get clear pics - too many trees!

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