Water at the Farmyard, Cathedral Ranges

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Water at the Farmyard, Cathedral Ranges

Postby Zoe AC » Tue 18 Oct, 2016 8:32 pm

Hi
We are planning to camp at the Farmyard for our first over-night hike as a family. Travelling light-weight will be crucial, so I was hoping to confirm whether the spring is running at the moment. I'm hoping with all this rain it is flowing. Does anyone know?
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Re: Water at the Farmyard, Cathedral Ranges

Postby Lophophaps » Tue 18 Oct, 2016 8:54 pm

Zoe, welcome to the forum. I have not been there for a while, so others will have to give current advice. There's a few threads on this subject.
viewtopic.php?f=46&t=23249&hilit=Farmyard
viewtopic.php?f=37&t=22260&hilit=Farmyard
viewtopic.php?f=37&t=18160&hilit=Farmyard

If in doubt, maybe carry water up the hill. Hardly light weight. Maybe find another area with flatter access and certain water. If you take that option, there's any number of places.
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Re: Water at the Farmyard, Cathedral Ranges

Postby Strider » Tue 18 Oct, 2016 9:36 pm

It's only an hours walk from Cook's Mill. I would carry what you need for the night, saves going back down to get more!

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Re: Water at the Farmyard, Cathedral Ranges

Postby Drew » Wed 19 Oct, 2016 7:08 am

I was there on the weekend. The spring was flowing strongly about 50 metres down from the track intersection. We drank it untreated with no issues - it seemed to be straight out of the ground, naturally filtered.
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Re: Water at the Farmyard, Cathedral Ranges

Postby Snowzone » Wed 19 Oct, 2016 7:26 pm

Strider wrote:It's only an hours walk from Cook's Mill. I would carry what you need for the night, saves going back down to get more!

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It's only an hour if your taking the direct track up the middle to The Farmyard, if your doing the circuit either via North or South it's going to take a bit more than an hour to get to camp at The Farmyard. It's handy to know the spring is flowing well currently, thanks Drew.
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Re: Water at the Farmyard, Cathedral Ranges

Postby Strider » Sat 22 Oct, 2016 7:58 pm

Would have been cold in the Cathedrals last night. Apparently Healesville had snow at 200m!

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