Yalwal State Forest | Vic,Vera,Peter | Tuesday 15 January - Thursday 17 January (2 days) |
Diggers Flat: Danjera Dam, bridle trail to Diggers Flat (c) - very hot and humid, many cows; daywalk upstream, returning to Diggers Flat (c) - some rain; out via bridle trail, lunch in Berry |
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Morton NP | Camilla,Rex,Yinan | Saturday 29 March - Sunday 30 March (2 days) |
Long Point: stopped Mittagong, Berrima (old maths textbooks in barn) on way down; camped at usual spot |
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Morton NP | Peter,Tony | Friday 11 April - Sunday 13 April (2 days) |
Monolith Valley: left Sydney 11am, Berry for lunch, Long Gully 4pm, caught in dark camped in cave half way to saddle (d); to Cooyoyo, set up tent/fly, to Monolith Valley, viewpoint north of Seven gods, great weather , a bit lost in marsh/heath, back to Cooyoyo (c); fog in morning, abandoned idea of climbing Castle, rainstorm, slow going down, stopped in Berry for coffee |
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Kanangra Boyd NP | Andrew, Nika, Thomas | Friday 30 May - Sunday 1 June (2 days) |
Howling Dingo: hamburgers in Blackheath, ran over echidna, camped Boyd River; flat tire, drove to Oberon to get it fixed (only $25), had coffee, back to Uni Rover Trail, Misery Ridge (overshot a bit and had to sidle), Kowmung, camp (small site, fitted four just nicely); up Megalith Ridge, took longest route to road! |
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Royal NP | Camilla, Mark, Marion, Wiki, Loxon, Bronwyn, Ben | Saturday 14 June |
Lady Carrington's Drive: picnic, meant to go to Pima cave but missed turn-off, walked up LCD instead |
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Meryla State Forest | Camilla, Vic, Val, Andrew, Susan | Sunday 17 August - Monday 18 August (1 day 1 night) |
Meryla Pass: met Moss Vale 3.30pm for coffee+cake, drove to top of Meryla Pass, did walk along plateau road, night walk to Gales Flat in full moon, car camped (c); walked to Gales Flat (saw wombat ~9.30am), Griffin Flat, Yarunga Creek, up creek a little, return 3.45pm, coffee+cake in Elephant Boy cafe, Thai from Netown on way home |
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Mt Alexandra Reserve | Camilla,Rex Lau,Andrew Perkins,Kiran,Selma,Adrienne,Gregor,Simone, Rees, Sam Harvey, Jon Tidswell, Matthew Arnison | Sunday 14 September |
Box Vale Track: picked up Kiran (Campderdown), Rex (Enmore), extra breakfast in Mittagong in European Bakery Cafe w/Adrienne's car, Matthew last to get to car park; light rain on way out to lookout, got heavier on descent of incline and Adrienne, Rees, Rex piked; lunch under Natural Arch, rain cleared; lots of water over 40 foot falls; my Mittagong map doesn't have the freeway on it!! |
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Kosciuszko NP | Camilla, Vic, Val, Andrew, Kristina, Roger Lyle, Julie McDonald | Friday 26 December - Tuesday 30 December (4 days) |
Round Mountain to Jagungal: lunch Goulburn, Cooma 4.30pm, Round Mountain, Round Mountain Hut (c); Farm Ridge (some rain) to just east of new O'Keefe's Hut under construction (c); to weather station, Jagungal, to forks of Geehi (c); across Strumbo to Strawberry Hill firetrail, to main firetrail, to Bogong Creek (c); back to Round Mountain in rain and 4 degrees and some wind, v late lunch in Cooma |
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