Tag Archives: bushwalking

Spring Has Finally Sprung!

It has been a while since I’ve posted on this blog…. its been a long dark cold winter and I have enjoyed reading blogs more than writing them. We had our wettest winter in like 30 years here in Perth, … Continue reading

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The Eagle View Trail

Located half an hour out of the city proper, John Forrest National Park is a perfect chance for city slickers and visiting tourists to get out and sample what the typical bush scenery of Australia’s south west is all about. … Continue reading

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Bells Rapids

Another little gem of a spot that I hadnt been to before, yet had always heard of, was the area known as “Bells Rapids”, located in Brigadoon, northeast of Perth in the Swan region. This spot is famous to the … Continue reading

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Kitty Revisited

Our very first hike as a hiking group was back on a hot summers day to Kitty’s Gorge Trail in Serpentine National Park. A few years later we decided to revist this trail on a cool drizzly winters day. What … Continue reading

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Another Dwellingup Break.

Once again, the lovely Ms L organised a weekend getaway for the girls in our little ragtag hiking group. We had been to Dwellingup last year for a day trip, to hike the King Jarrah trail in Lane Poole Reserve, … Continue reading

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Highest point on the Bib.

After a long hot summer the weather finally cooled down and our first hike of the season was upon us. It was a perfect day for hiking, dark and gloomy but no rain. Just the way I like it. This … Continue reading

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A Hidden Gem.

Paruna Wildlife park is a little know secretive spot located about 50km North East of Perth. At only 20 square kilometres (about 7.7 sqm to my American friends) this small park was created as a nature corridor linking to major … Continue reading

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Dwellingup Delight.

An early in the season bushfire meant the closure of a part of the Bibbulmun track that we had been wanting to try for a while (the “summit” of Mt Cooke) so for the September bushwalk we went further afield … Continue reading

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A Sunny Winter Hike.

After months of summer, busyness and people’s schedules never fitting in, our first hike for winter was finally scheduled. The day came and it was cancelled before it even begun. One of Perth’s first big winter storms had arrived, making … Continue reading

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The Ghost House Trail

After missing the last walk due to illness, Ms L was desperate to get out and do a hike. Even though the last hike was only two weeks prior, husband was kind enough to take care of baby A again … Continue reading

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