Walkers: Doris D, Heather P, Helen A, Linda H, Lothar S (leader), Mike H
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We all met outside the loos in Colac then travelled the short distance to Barongarook. Following a car shuffle to Gellibrand and back, we finally left the Barongarook Hall for the day‘s walk.
The trail dropped about 400-500 metres over the day but we were hardly aware of this – the walk seemed fairly flat except for the big hill between Watson & Faceys and Kawarren stations. We also had the trail to ourselves except for a couple of bikers. Between Barongarook and W&F we walked on the original railway track (minus all the steel and sleepers of course) passing through some magnificent tall eucalypts.
Between Kawarren station and Gellibrand the track is only 10-20 metres from the road – a bit noisy with traffic at times but nevertheless very pleasant walking. We had lunch in the picnic area opposite Kawarren - a lovely spot with picnic tables and more tall eucalypts. A couple of kilometres past Kawarren, Heather‘s foot began to play up so she and I waited near the road whilst the others completed the rest of the walk. We‘d been thinking we hadn‘t heard any birds for the day – but when we sat and just listened we were surprised by how many birds were actually calling all around us.
We were picked up in the car shuffle to Barongarook. In Gellibrand we all had the essential hot drinks and cakes and again enjoyed each other‘s company. We avoided the apple crumble though – there were quite a few flies trapped under the gladwrap. Yuk!
Many thanks to all for a very enjoyable outing!
Lothar
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