Melbourne APUG get-together!

[Poisson Du Jour]

Last time at that parking area managed to get a 1/2 inch stick impaled into the side of my tire. In heavy rain. With rusted on bolts.

How interesting. Did you get a photo?

 

[Yamaotoko]

Had better keep me down as a 'tentative' at this stage too, Not entirely confident that family plans aren't being made without my consent! I've also got a big of work on the couple weeks before that, so I'll only be allowed out if I'm all up to date...

 

[Mick Fagan]

http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/101782/Toorongo_Falls_Reserve.pdf

Mick.

 

[Poisson Du Jour]

Neat info Mick. The trails actually look longer on the map than they actually are to walk, and sheltered from wind can be a bit hot in the heat of the day, but still infinitely enjoyable and atmospheric. Amphitheatre Falls is my pick of the scenics, and the riverine rainforest is also fun to potter around.
Yeah, Red-Bellied Black snakes are round-abouts in the heat; two of these fast-moving fellas were near my campsite in the valley in November 2010. So are tiger snakes all along the river — especially noticeable in the evening. So proper walking boots, maybe gaiters (or long pants), are worth considering.

Marc: Are we going to have a barbie or just nibble on something wherever we are, then retreat to the café for afternoon tea?

 

[SMBooth]

You know if there was as much carparking space as your forum signature takes up we'll have no problems.....

 

[Poisson Du Jour]

O Wise One, how then do I make it smaller? I cannot see anything that needs removing... :confused:

EDIT I've had a Eureka! moment! I put my glasses on and discovered 11 returns after the signature. Joy! Sorry...

 

[bluedog]

Is there room for one more?
Greg

 

[Oxleyroad]

Sure you can have my place. I can't make it on the 25th now

 

[Poisson Du Jour]

Is there room for one more?
Greg

Pack your boxes, portmanteaux and bags, you're coming with us!
It really is shaping up as probably the biggest Melbourne APUG gathering ever.

 

[Colin D]

As long as Noojee isn't land locked, I look more certain as a starter for the 25th.

 

[munz6869]

Currently...

Joachim_I
Poisson Du Jour
w9cae
SMBooth
wotalegend
LJH
SteveR (tentative)
Raoul
Andrew K
Paul Ewins?
Mick Fagan
Kevin Caulfield (very likely)
Mick8585 (tentatively)
Mal
Colin D (likely)
Kosta
Bluedog
me and Christine!

for
Sunday 25th March - 10am at Toorongo Falls Reserve, 12km outside Noojee, off the Baw Baw Road.

 

[Poisson Du Jour]

This recent rain, and its continued run-off, will have impressed upon the Toorongo River, making it quite picture perfect for our arrival. Same too, for Toorongo and Amphitheatre Falls.

 

[Athiril]

If it's the 25th I'm able to make it, I should get back to Vic on the 21st.

 

[munz6869]

Currently...

Joachim_I
Poisson Du Jour
w9cae
SMBooth
wotalegend
LJH
SteveR (tentative)
Raoul
Andrew K
Paul Ewins?
Mick Fagan
Kevin Caulfield (very likely)
Mick8585 (tentatively)
Mal
Colin D (likely)
Kosta
Bluedog
Athiril
me and Christine!

for
Sunday 25th March - 10am at Toorongo Falls Reserve, 12km outside Noojee, off the Baw Baw Road.

Crikey - we're up to 20!!!

Marc!

 

[LJH]

It's getting to the point of needing name tags...

 

[Briand]

Hi.
I will try to make it to the meet also, sounds like a great place, haven't been there before
cheers Brian.

 

[SMBooth]

Hi.
I will try to make it to the meet also, sounds like a great place, haven't been there before
cheers Brian.

Cool, bring that home made 4x5

 

[Briand]

Cool, bring that home made 4x5

Shall DO.
looking forward to meeting some of the Group.
cheers Brian

 

[munz6869]

Currently...

Joachim_I
Poisson Du Jour
w9cae
SMBooth
wotalegend
LJH
SteveR (tentative)
Raoul
Andrew K
Paul Ewins?
Mick Fagan
Kevin Caulfield (very likely)
Mick8585 (tentatively)
Mal
Colin D (likely)
Kosta
Bluedog
Athiril
Briand
me and Christine!

for
Sunday 25th March - 10am at Toorongo Falls Reserve, 12km outside Noojee, off the Baw Baw Road.

and don't forget - next Sunday's the Box Hill APCS market - may see some of you there...!

Marc!

 

[Poisson Du Jour]

Heck, the last time Noojee saw a crowd of notables like this was when Hells Angels clattered and clanged to a stop outside the pub a few years back, eyeballing a collective of bedraggled pedal pushers (me among) who had come down from Baw Baw camp. No shots were fired.

 

[LJH]

Heck, the last time Noojee saw a crowd of notables like this was when Hells Angels clattered and clanged to a stop outside the pub a few years back, eyeballing a collective of bedraggled pedal pushers (me among) who had come down from Baw Baw camp. No shots were fired.

I visited Walhalla on a Uni trip in 1989.

A couple of weeks earlier, there had been a good storm go through the area, and several of the old Pine trees in the cemetery had been uprooted, bringing forth various skeletal parts.

This "uprising" coincided with the local Hell's Angels Chapter visiting the town.

According to the Publican, he closed up when they started to play soccer in the front bar with a skull...

 

[Poisson Du Jour]

I guess the kids have got to have something to pass time...

Recalling an amusing incident in November 1983 when I was a bicycle tourist on a club tour to Walhalla from Mansfield (meaning a 160km ride along very rough mountain tracks with extreme gradients and snow), a journalist friend wrote in Peaceful Cycle Tours of Victoria, Part I of an experience there:

[scene, in the graveyard]
...We sat behind a large headstone talking when a group of noisy yobbos entered. We cut the torches and listened. At the alarming sound of glass smashing against concrete, Russell, a Policeman, used an appropriate foghorn voice and we scared the hell out of them, watching the terrified yobs leapfrog over the picket fence and down to the road far below..."

I was going to suggest much earlier that if interest in exploring Noojee didn't spark (oh, how wrong I was...) I would have suggested Walhalla for history alone.

 

[w9cae]

Can someone PM with directions to where we are going ?

 

[LJH]

First weather forecast:

Mostly Sunny, 18 degrees.

Not the worst, not the best…

See here.

 

[LJH]

Can someone PM with directions to where we are going ?

Head down Princes Hwy/Fwy towards the Valley.

Take the Robin Hood/Mt Baw Baw turnoff.

Once you get to Noojee (maybe 20km along the road), turn right towards Mt Baw Baw.

About 4km out of town, you'll see a dirt road off to the left (on a Y-junction) that is signposted for Toorongo Falls.

Take this and drive to the end (maybe another 5-8km). You'll come to a car park with a toilet block at the far end.

The rest is up to you!