Category Archives: Walks

The Loddon Company Race, Irishtown walk, Sunday June 21

  It’d been pretty wet leading up to Sunday for the scheduled FOBIF walk led by Steve Charman and, in retrospect, the conditions undoubtedly made the 5km walk a little more challenging than intended. Around 10am, a party of about … Continue reading

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Walk this Sunday: Loddon Company Race

21 June   The Loddon Company Race, Irishtown    The Loddon Company Race, constructed in 1866, predating the Coliban system, retains many relics of its fascinating and long history. This walk will take a 6 km loop, heading out along the Vaughan arm … Continue reading

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Sunday walk on Salters Creek, Irishtown

Sunday 17 May, Elaine Bayes lead a great 5.6 km walk along Salters Creek, a small but remarkably intact tributary of the Loddon River, close to Columbine Creek, and ultimately part of the vast Murray–Darling Basin — a catchment covering … Continue reading

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Salters Creek, Irishtown walk on Sunday

  17 May   Salters Creek    (Note the change of location from the original description.) This is a lovely section of Salters Creek, as it has signs of an intact creek bed and large trees which is rare to find … Continue reading

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Muckleford Gorge Walk April 19th 2026

  On a perfect (except for the lack of rain) autumn day walkers arrived in convoy on a private property to learn about the geological history of the Muckleford Gorge from geologist Clive Willman, assisted by Ross Cayley from the … Continue reading

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