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The railway line to Timboon was opened in 1892 after 3 years of construction and
was built to serve the pioneers of the Heytesbury Forest who were living
throughout the area as farmers, merchants and sawmillers. It was officially
closed in 1987. First introduced as a trip by past Warrnambool Walking Club
members Peter and Consie McPherson soon after its closure, it has been walked
(and written about) many times by the Club. Hence this time participants on
Saturday 14 March’s jaunt chose to give you some reflections of the morning’s
walk.
Peter and Rosalie enjoyed their first walk on the Timboon Rail Trail. Beautiful
bush; lots of birds chirping. The
hardest part was dragging Peter away from the magnificent old railway bridges.
(Apparently he also had met before the engineer who has the job of repairing all
the old trestle bridges in Australia and was happy to chat with us when we
reached the bridge at the Curdies River.)
Following the rains in the morning the whole track became alive with bird life
and song (Linda)
The reward for walking in the rain was the smells and freshness of the bush
(Mabel).
A forensic examination of a dead beast on the track was very enlightening. Was
it a mouse? No! It had long legs like a kangaroo – problem was that it was the
size of a very small marsupial! Did it have pouch? Can’t be a female as it has
an “appendage” said one! Peter reckoned it was an endangered Southern Brown
Bandicoot. (Helen)
“You gotta be dreamin” was Lothar’s response to ‘wildlife guide’ Irene pointing
out where the sugar gliders had ‘made’ marks on the trunks of messmate gums.
The last word goes to Irene: What more needs to be said apart from “Great
lunch”!
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