My last snake encounter on the Great Ocean Walk was last year when I was walking ahead of Liz and was informed by her that I had just walked past a coiled up tiger snake on the grass beside the track. We waited a short time and it moved off. This was in mid-winter. Unfortunately … Continue reading Snake habitat; koala courtship; swimming in and around Apollo Bay harbour
Lake Elizabeth in the Otway Ranges (Victoria, Australia) was formed in mid-winter 1952 when the East Branch of the Barwon River was blocked by a landslide. 1952 was an unseasonably wet winter. When the river stopped flowing, a search party was sent upstream and the new naturally formed dam wall and lake were discovered. It … Continue reading Lake Elizabeth in the Otway Ranges near Forrest; cool temperate rainforest and a dusky moorhen
Pristine cool temperate rainforest at Maits Rest in the Otway Ranges near Apollo Bay in midwinter. Detail on the trunk of an old tree fern. Towering mountain ash A recently fallen myrtle beech.
A few photos taken on a short coastal stroll near Apollo Bay. The Great Ocean Walk is 100kms or so of spectacular walking track along the coast beside the Southern Ocean, between Apollo Bay and the 12 Apostles on the south east coast of Australia. It's very popular. Many do the full 7 night hiking … Continue reading Things seen in the first half hour of the 7 day Great Ocean Walk
The last of my wild water swims in Tasmania was at Dove Lake, in the Cradle Mountain Lake St Clair National Park. The Swim The Walk
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