On the trailDay 7
Day 7 Returning home
Up early today and we are on the road by 6:45am. It would have been earlier but I wanted some photos of the Twelve Apostles Visitor Centre when the car park wasn't…
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2022 Great Ocean Walk
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Day 7 Returning home
Up early today and we are on the road by 6:45am. It would have been earlier but I wanted some photos of the Twelve Apostles Visitor Centre when the car park wasn't full of cars but we needed to wait until the sun was up to get some…
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- On the trailDay 6
Day 6 Devils Kitchen-Twelve Apostles Visitor Centre
Camping done and dusted on our Great Ocean Walk and all that remains is to pack up our gear and start walking. We had most of our gear packed and we were…
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Day 5 Ryans Den-Devils Kitchen
According to the guidebook today was classified as hard which meant this was potentially the hardest day of the trip. As it turned out, physically this was very similar to yesterday’s hike…
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Day 4 Johanna Beach-Ryans Den
The guide book advised this would be a day of ups and down. Compared to previous days much of today was spent ascending or descending slopes, and navigating wooden stairs or rock…
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Day 3 Aire River-Johanna Beach
Day 3 was another rainy day with a number of muddy steep sections including one we crossed that was so bad we all ended up with muddy shoes and socks. I'm so…
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Day 2 Blanket Bay-Cape Otway-Aire River
Day 2 and another two camp day of roughly 21km starting off at the Blanket Bay walk-in campsite which is where we finished off yesterday, hitting Cape Otway at lunchtime and then…
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Day 1 Away we go
Today we start our adventure on the Great Ocean Walk in Victoria and rather than doing this walk over eight days as designed we’re doing it in six. Many walks can be…
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Day -1 Travel to Victoria
Today was pre-trip travel day leaving Canberra at just after 6:00am and arriving at our accomodation at the Twelve Apostles Motel just after 3:30pm. The weather gods were with us with a…
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Day -2 Final Pack
Last night was the final pack (sort of) as tomorrow we head to Victoria for the start of our adventure on the Great Ocean Walk. It is 'sort of' because there are…
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Day -3 Gear preparation
The final weeks leading into a hike can be a bit frantic. In addition to getting everything sorted at work and around the house, there's the getting sorted on the hiking front…
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Day -4 New gear
Every time that I/we do a longer hike we take stock of what equipment we are using and in my case I always look at what new toy that I can use.…
Read this entry → - Before the trailDay -5
Day -5 How’s the weather?
Given the choice of any time of the year to hike and providing we aren't hiking in the snowfields, I'll always pick mid-August to mid-September. For me this time of the year…
Read this entry → - Before the trailDay -6
Day -6 Pack Training
This year I have started working with a personal trainer experienced in adventure activities. I have found that this has greatly improved my trip preparation and has provided a more targeted lead-in…
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Day -7 Food Preparation
Yesterday afternoon was spent putting all our food together for our upcoming trip on the Great Ocean Walk which starts in a week. This process started a few weeks ago as we…
Read this entry → - Before the trailDay -14
Day -14 Logistics underway
In two weeks Gill and I will be starting our walk on the Great Ocean Walk in Victoria. To date I've booked our tent accomodation which has required us to determine how…
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The countdown begins!
Its Sunday 7 August 2022 and in three weeks time Gill and I will be starting our walk on Victoria's 100 km(ish) Great Ocean Walk. This walk has been in our sights…
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