I plan to walk, in stages, the whole of the New South Wales coast. I’ll try to document each stage here as best I can starting with photos and basic reports on sections completed so far. To date I’ve walked all the coast from Newcastle to Wollongong and will work outwards, north and south, from […]
Bushwalk via Little digger track – two creeks track – flat rock beach track – Magazine track – Natural arch – bluff track – engravings track – Manly dam circuit track – Manly beach. 30km. December 2016. Until I have time for a better solution, photos are on Facebook.
A walk over three days along the Thames Path walking track from London to Oxford. Overnight in hotels/B&Bs. I dropped my suitcase at a B&B in Oxford and had a day of sightseeing there before returning to London for an early start the next day. An easy and picturesque walk with some long days. Day […]
Katoomba to Bowral walk. April 11-17, 2017. 218km (6524m ascent; 6889m descent). Katoomba – Black Range – Whalania Heights – Uni Rover trail – Batsh Camp – Millnigang Ridge – Colong Stock route – Wollondilly – Wanganderry Pass – Bowral I had a few days free thanks to school holidays. My work is in […]
The GNW250 is something that most people will undertake as a multi-day bushwalk, with good reason. It is a long way (and don’t let the name fool you, it is actually 274km) , and that is the way to enjoy it. But some folks like to challenge themselves by speed-hiking or running the whole thing […]
Finally, I have completed the walk that gives this website its name, the GNW250! GNW250 September 2015 The Great North Walk is a bush track between Sydney and Newcastle. Officially it is 250km, but in reality is more like 275km or 260km, depending on which route you take over the Hawkwsbury River. The longer […]
October 2 – 5, 2013. Distance: Approx 75km Party: Saul Richardson. Summary: A long report, so the short version is that I walked from Blackheath station to Richmond station following the Grose River. It took 3 ½ days and was a tough but rewarding walk. The landscape was varied and beautiful, the sense of solitude […]
Some types of vehicle and driver seem to pose a much greater risk to cyclists, runners and walkers than others. Here is a guide for cyclists and pedestrians who have to share the road with normal traffic. I enjoy walking long distances. Often in the bush but also along roads too. Long walks often […]
Trip Report: Sunday August 11, 2013. After a SUBW club walk I was going to do, exploring passes on the west side of Mt Solitary was moved at the last minute to a different day, I ended up doing this instead. My alarm went off at an ambitiously early 5am. After only one extra 9 […]
This was a 60km training walk on Sunday May 19, 2013. I took a train to Penrith, a major suburb on the far western outskirts of Sydney. I then walked back to Epping station 60km away. The walk took me down Castlereagh Rd, Andrews Rd and then The Northern Rd to the village of Windsor. […]
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