356. Whipstick Scrub Circuit, Bungal State Forest 12km

U3A Hike No 356 Hike Report & Photos by Teena Evans Eleven keen hikers met at the Tennis Courts in Buninyong on a cold autumn morning. Once the carpooling had been organised we set off for Bungal State Forest. On arriving at our start point it was good to see the bridge had been reinstated so we could drive over it and park up, unlike the last time I had been on this walk, when we had to scramble down and through the creek to start the hike. We set off with Mark as the leader and Gordon as the whip. This hike took us in the opposite direction to what we had completed in the past, going clockwise, we went up a short incline through the forest and then travelled on to the open cut iron mine. As we walked, there was plenty of evidence of the iron mining in the rocks around us. We walked along rutted paths where some motorbike riders had been having fun, churning up the path. We had to be careful of our footing as we negotiated our way through. We passed an unusual...