Monthly Archives: January 2024

Start:  Bairnsdale Finish:  Lakes Entrance Distance:  23 Total:  202 Today was a real grind for some reason. Some days your feet and legs just don’t have it and this was one of those. Lucky for me, after 12 days without a break, it’s my first day off tomorrow.  I got out the door at 7:30 … Continue reading »

Start:  Lindenow Cutoff Bus Stop Finish:  Bairnsdale Distance:  12 Total:  179 Today was an easy 12 mile stroll straight down Prince’s Highway into Bairnsdale. The weather was good and I had no issues.  The day got started with motel owner Danielle’s friend Jess picking me up as planned in front of my motel at 7:50. … Continue reading »

Start:  Stratford Finish:  Lindenow Cutoff Bus Stop Distance:  20 Total:  167 Today went just as planned; except not exactly. I’ll explain.  I woke up about 6:00 and as I always do first thing, I got on my phone and checked the weather. It said 10% chance of rain and cloudy all day. Perfect!  I laid … Continue reading »

Start:  Sale Finish:  Stratford Distance:  11 Total:  147 Today was a short 11 mile walk straight along Prince’s Highway as planned. And it’s a good thing it was only 11 miles because as forecast, it rained most of the way and the man-eating flies were out in full force.  I got away from The Matador … Continue reading »

Start:  Rosedale Finish:  Sale Distance:  17 Total:  136 After a decent nights rest at the Coach Lamp Motel in Rosedale, I woke up about 6:00 and glanced at the weather forecast for today’s route. Unlike last night when it said no chance of rain, now it said a 90% chance of rain at my destination … Continue reading »

Start:  Traralgon Finish:  Rosedale Distance:  14 Total:  119 No more back roads for this guy. Today was all straight down the four-lane highway. The road was busy with Saturday morning travelers going toward the Melbourne area.  I got started about 8:30 after a great night’s rest. Though you wouldn’t think something called “The Black Bull … Continue reading »

Start:  Moe Finish:  Traralgon Distance:  20 Total:  105 Today’s walk was through some real backroads. After starting in Moe I didn’t go through any towns until my finish in Traralgon 20 miles later.  The day got started at 7:30 after a bad night’s rest. The motel was so-so, but the bed was hard as a … Continue reading »

Start:  Yarragon Finish:  Moe Distance:  11 Total:  85 Today was a fairly easy 11 mile walk on flat terrain along a service road beside the freeway. Once again the train track ran along beside my road so every hour along came the trains, one going east, one going west.  I took advantage of today’s shorter … Continue reading »

Start:  Longwarry Station Finish:  Yarragon Distance:  21 Total:  74 Today was forecast to be stormy and rainy most of the day and that proved to be accurate. From past experience I know there will be weather challenges to deal with. Sometimes it works out that I can take a day off and not walk in … Continue reading »

Start:  Parkenham Finish:  Longwarry Station Distance:  18 Total:  53 Today went as I had planned it, but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t a challenge.  The weather forecast called for severe thunderstorms with possible hail beginning around 1:00 in the afternoon. At my normal pace I’d need about 6 hours plus some lunch time to walk … Continue reading »