As the car made its way up the tarmac ribbon that runs from Harrietville to the top of Mt Hotham, the setting sun filtered its way through the trees. One of the intrepid hikers aboard took a moment to enjoy the comfort he would leave behind for the next few days. He closed his eyesContinue reading “The Further One Goes”
Category Archives: bushwalking
These Boots
These boots are a pair of Rossiter Scrubs. I adopted them in 1991. They were my goto serious bushwalking boots of the time. They were not worn for any other reason, other than serious walking. Folklore suggested that I was required to own a pair of full leather, thick soled, ankle supporting boots. In theContinue reading “These Boots”
On WALKING and TALKING
I present this essay on walking and talking by E Kaye from the Melbourne Bushwalkers in the 1954 no 5 edition of the “Walk” magazine. We have been walking for a long time, we have been walking for millions of years. We have walked a long way. It took us a long time to walkContinue reading “On WALKING and TALKING”
