I
attended the Federation Weekend in the Mt Cole and Buangor area with Beaufort
Lake Caravan Park as the base for accommodation, and Ballarat Bushwalking Club
and Outdoor Activities as the host group.
About
18 walks with different levels were organised.
Most of these were day walks.
Two overnight trips were offered and I went on one of these two
hard-graded walks. There were steep
up-hills on Saturday, 18 October and steep down-hills on Sunday. A tracking pole is really useful for this
sort of walk. Also in the morning of
day one, we did some off-track walking, traversing north/south of Mt Cole and
Mt Buangor.
We
were lucky with the weather. Three
walkers took the opportunity and slept under the stars, and hopefully they were
not awaken by the light showers on the next morning. It was a bit misty; but turned clear soon after.
Congratulation
to the organising committee, the walk leaders and helpers for bringing walkers
together.
For track notes for this walk, please go to the link to the webpage of the host of the walk
What follows are my track maps and my photographs taken on the walk:
Lunch stop at the junction of Sandy Pinch Road and Dutchmans Road
Map checking
Cross country heading south
Views over Langi Ghiran
Ararat Reservoir
Camp on the south side of Mt Buangor
Misty morning
The boys have fun at Fern Tree Waterfalls
Group photo at the end of the walk