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Fri 30 Jan, 2015 5:05 pm
ErichFromm wrote:Well done Oyster_07. Better you than me - call me a bit of a wimp but it makes me very nervous bush-bashing and not being sure where I'm headed. Always the lingering fear you're headed in the wrong direction. Maybe I'd feel a little different if I had a GPS but doubt it...
I was doing the track down from Mt Speculation to the river once and ended up turning around due to the regrowth. A bunch of wise-acre teenagers I'd seen earlier (finishing a 10 day hike) had quite a laugh when I turned up at Macallister springs...
How did your equipment hold up? I do a little bush-bashing and find my pants and pack suffer...
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Sun 08 Feb, 2015 7:01 am
gbedford wrote:A good name and I think we should call it that but it has been walked before as a search of this forum will reveal. Of course it was certainly walked prior to 1970 as it is mentioned in Bushwalking in the Victorian Alps published by MUMC in 1970.
Thu 19 Feb, 2015 3:54 pm
oyster_07 wrote:I had read suggestions and reports that a track once lead up an un-named spur from the Wonnangatta River to Macalister Spring. These assertions were little more than rumours
Thu 19 Feb, 2015 8:42 pm
bernieq wrote:oyster_07 wrote:I had read suggestions and reports that a track once lead up an un-named spur from the Wonnangatta River to Macalister Spring. These assertions were little more than rumours
Rumours?? you didn't do enough searching on this website - this post was quite recent - Jan 2014 !
viewtopic.php?f=46&t=15613#p213848
We did this as part of a 3-day loop. Day 2 was from Viking South, down to Wonnangatta, up the river then up the spur to Mac Springs. It's a tough climb after the long descent but great fun.
Thanks for bringing back the memories - yeah, dog leg. I reached the top of that knoll thinking that it was the ridge behind Mac Springs - somewhat disappointed at the unexpected descent. The knoll is considerably higher than the contours suggest.
It's certainly the route I'd take next time.
Fri 20 Feb, 2015 9:48 am
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