Happy New Year to all blog followers!! I hope the year ahead will bring everything you wish for. Our evening was a good one, although most barely made midnight!! It was my nephew Jack's first night in a tent and coupled with a few trips to and from the car and plenty of exploration he admirably made it to about 11! The evening also doubled as a second Christmas as we caught up with the whole Ahern clan and exchanged gifts and ate lovely food! King Island Eye F...

To ensure I walk as much of the AAWT as possible it was decided this morning to use New Years Eve as an active rest day. We would daywalk to Cope Hut (our original choice for New Years) with the arrival of Sal's family and my brother imminent! So we set out to scope Cope! The walk was nice and gentle, especially with no pack and we walked the 2.5kms very quickly. Cope Hut was built in 1929 specifically to service the increasing number of ski-tourers on the Hi...

Today was a day that would prove to be spectacular in place of hard! We set off from the delightful campsite at Roper's Hut with the general agreement that we could definitely have stayed there for an extra day or two, such is the beauty and magical nature of the place. Sal mused a hammock was the only accesory needed, as we already each had a good book in our packs! We walked up the fire trail to escape the tree line and were rewarded with 360 degree views fr...

And so we had arrived at the day that always sorts me out!! The day that begins and ends above 1800 metres, but plunges to the Big River, incised some 800 metres in the valley separating Mt Bogong and the Bogong High Plains. This would be a day that would have two things: down and up! It is some of the steepest tracked walking in the region, in sections (of what I've walked) in Victoria. The night had been a cold one in our beautiful grassy spot. Sadly grassy, a...

Anyone that knows me well, understands that Mt Bogong (Victoria's highest 1986m) holds a very special place in my heart. I have lost count of the trips I have taken to this incredible mountain, in all seasons. With that in mind, I was extremely keen to approach Mt Bogong from a new angle. Today would see me climb the last tracked approach to the beautiful mountain, that I had yet to climb. This was the very well named Long Spur. It was 15kms in total and was one ...