Category Archives: Trailwalker

Episode 12 – The Final Episode – The Event at last G’day folklings, As this is our very last Tales from the Trail, we would like to sincerely thank all of you who supported us throughout the whole time – … Continue reading →

Episode 10 – But it’s dark! Our last long training walk before the big event saw us down at Inverloch and choosing to walk the Great Southern Rail Trail from Foster to Leongatha. Starting at 5:30PM on Saturday night, we … Continue reading →

Episode 9 – where did Frances go? We’ve lost Frances! She was last seen in the wilds of the Otways, laughing hysterically at having got out of this week’s training session. If found, please return before next weekend. The remaining … Continue reading →

Episode 8 – what goes up must go up further This week we decided to walk the final 40 km of the actual trail to find out what it would be like and to get a feel for what the … Continue reading →

G’day folklngs, Darren was asked this week after our walk “could you run the Oxfam Trailwalker”. His reply was “probably more easily than I can walk it, but what I couldn’t do easily would be to find 3 more people … Continue reading →

G’day folklings, We headed back to the trail this week, doing two sections. Lysterfield Lake, through Belgrave and on the Ferny Creek was the first, with Ferny Creek to Olinda being the second. All in all, about 23 km. The … Continue reading →

G’day folklings, “Let’s go to Southbank for an ice-cream”. We had tried 2 years ago and were hailed out before we got there, so we had decided to try again. The Main Yarra Trail follows the Yarra River from Warrandyte, … Continue reading →

G’day folklings, “Have you got your keys? “ and “I’ve got my keys” were constant calls throughout this walk. This week’s walk was from Olinda (where we finished last week), through Mt Evelyn and finishing up at Woori Yallock, a … Continue reading →