Mounts Kerford and Munro: 27-31 December 2023

With Tim having forced leave between Christmas and New Year there was no better time to go for a final bushwalk for 2023. He chose and arranged the destination: truwana/Cape Barren Island. He booked flights, contacted the indigenous representatives and inquired about logistics concerning flying with gas (not OK), weight restrictions (more than we would …

Mount Leventhorpe and Strzelecki Peaks: 17-18 February 2022

Two hours after returning home from our 21-hour and 35km epic road walk and scrub bash to Mt Strahan Tim and I were planning the next walk, that we were due to set off on in all of two and a half days time. The weather hadn’t looked great, so we’d held off on a …

3 Peaks Epic Challenge: 1-2 January 2022

If you’ve read any of my posts, you’ve already heard about peak-bagging and may even be a peak-bagger yourself. I developed the bug very early on, which was a large part of the motivation for starting this blog. I am now at the pointy end of things, with only 58 mountains left to climb on …

Sphinx and Pavement Bluffs: 21-22 December 2017

To say this was the first time I'd climbed these mountains would be a lie, but it was the first time I could see what I was doing! My first visit had been a club affair when I was still green at the bush walking business - back in the day we went regardless of …

Foster: 2 November 2014

fall, I took a fall, I took it easy... on the surface, I was perfect; but down, way down below, I started believing, I deserved it, was I worthless? (Taken by the Sea - Darren Hayes)   So I've had these lyrics running through my head for a little bit now, which is always reason to think …