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337. Woowookarung Circuit 10.1km

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 U3A Hike No 337 Hike Report By Terry O'Brien Good roll up on 19th Dec at 7.50 at 10 Valley Drive for the last U3A Ballarat Hikers Walk for 2024. 24 hikers wanted to acknowledge the work that Andrew, Gordon and Mark make as leaders to this group. More turned up later for lunch. Consistent contribution is made all through the year by these leaders and their caring commitment is evident in so many ways and valued by us all. New walkers, Kim, David and Luk were welcomed and Janet announced that due to her music commitments on Thursday this would probably be her last walk with the group. Today’s route through the Woowookarung Park was about 10.1 kms and with a combination of N, E, S and W directions we essentially walked in a rough square bound by the Bunny Hop Line, Boundary Road, Recreation Road and back to Valley Drive. Today’s walk was an opportunity to build up on our familiarisation of this wonderful asset that Ballarat has acquired since 2016. How lucky is Ballarat to have this ...
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336. Cosgrave Reservoir - Goldfields Track Circuit 10km - Creswick State Forest

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 U3A Hike No 336 Hike Report By Myra Trudgen Fourteen hikers began the walk near the Cosgrave Reservoir on a calm, still morning with a light cloud cover.  The first part of the walk was through heavily mined bush country. Many of the trees had been devastated by a violent storm about 5 years ago, and were uprooted and dead. However, we soon walked into less damaged territory although  obvious and interesting signs of mining remained. We came across the breached Eatons Dam early in the walk and Andrew read a report from a local newspaper dated 15th March 1904, relating the story of a young girl who rescued two people from drowning in the dam. (see the link to this and more about Eatons Dam after the photos) The bush paths were generally well-marked  and part of the walk was on gravel roads, although at one point Mark led us into thick bush where there was some little difficulty in making our way around the fallen trees. All part of the fun. The area has recently been...
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335. Berringa - West Dozed Track, Enfield State Park, 10.9 km, circuit

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 U3A Hike No 335. Hike Report By Geoff Howard A posse of 10 assembled at the Bunnings corral this morning ready to head out west, to the old mining town of Berringa. A new sharp shooter, recently arrived from the Mornington Peninsula, named Kim was welcomed into the group.  With clear skies and a temperature already in the mid 20s we wanted to finish our hike before high- noon,  when the temperature was predicted to be progressing into the 30s.  We reached the attractive  Berringa recreation reserve and soon after, Gordon led us down to the road, our mission: to rescue William’s Fancy.  We soon found out that William’s fancy wasn’t a lady, holed out at a saloon bar but instead was a derelict mine, beyond rescuing. The former managers residence was however, one of the few houses still intact in Berringa. While looking habitable and generally cared for, no one appeared to be regularly living here.  Despite boasting several hundred residents in days gone ...
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