Over the Baw Baw Mountains
A journey from Warburton to Walhalla along the relatively new Upper Yarra Walking Track. The scenery was beautiful, but the walkers had to contend with bushfires burning in the surrounding forest. To finish the walk they visit visit Mt. Baw Baw, cross the Thompson River, and head in to Walhalla.
Over the Baw Baw Mountains: Part 1
Published in The Bendigo Advertiser, Wednesday 20th January 1909, page 5
A group of friends begin their journey from Warburton to Walhalla along the relatively new Upper Yarra Walking Track (opened in 1907). It wasn’t all beautiful scenery though, with bushfires burning in the surrounding forest. Much of the course of this track is now in the Upper Yarra water catchment, and is closed to the general public.
Over the Baw Baw Mountains: Part 2
Published in The Bendigo Advertiser, Thursday 21st January 1909, page 5
The conclusion of a journey from Warburton to Walhalla. In this part the group visit Mt. Baw Baw, Mushroom Rocks, and cross the Thompson River. There was plenty of mining activity around Walhalla, though the narrow gauge railway linking Walhalla to Moe was still about five months from opening.
