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2 March 2022 Discovery Bay Coastal Park el Camino Australiano. Day 3. Bridgewater Lakes – Discovery Bay – Swan Lake. 22 Ckms. Discovery Bay is the meseta of this Camino. A lot of headspaces and a lot of hard work. It will take us 3 days to walk the beach to Nelson and we are…
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Blessed are you, pilgrim if you find that the Camino opens your eyes to the unseen.Blessed are you, pilgrim if what concerns you most is not arriving, but arriving with others.Blessed are you, pilgrim when you contemplate the sights of the Camino and find them full of names and of new dawns.Blessed are you, pilgrim…
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Walking is not just a matter of ransacking the pantry, throwing things into a pack and then off to the nearest national park. With walking, as with any activity, the more you know about it the better you will be at it, the more you will get out of it and the safer it will…
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October 27 Perlio, Galicia, SpainLas Flechas Amarilla. Day 38. Ferrol- Neda – Gene – Perlio. 25 kms. So, I’ve got a week up my sleeve. Welcome to el Camino Ingles. (The English Way.) Ferrol is a Navy town on the NW coast of Galicia. I arrived just before lunch and decided to get going. p.s.…
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October 11 Oviedo, Asturias, Spain Las Flechas Amarilla. Day 23. A rest day spent wandering around the lovely city. October 12 Valduno, Asturias, Spain (Peter) Las Flechas Amarilla. Day 24. Oviedo – Escamplero – Vega de Anzo. 20 kms. After doing the traditional start at the cathedral, our first day on el Camino Primitivo was a…
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October 4 Leon, SpainLas Flechas Amarilla. Day 15. Leon. I met up with Jane and we went to the Albergue de Peregrinos Las Carbajalas, a Benetictine nunnery, to get our special San Salvador credentials then off to the cathedral to get our first sellos (stamps). It’s time for a day playing tourista before el Camino…
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September 20 Colmenar Viejo, Madrid, Spain Las Flechas Amarilla. Day 1. Madrid – Montecormelo (metro) – Colmenar Viejo. 25 km walked. We took the metro out of Madrid to avoid trudging through the post-apocalyptic wasteland then we were straight in rural Spain. A lovely stroll though very hot and sans lunch. We’ll take a picnic…
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Campsites. As a final wrap up from Kylie and I’s walk I can’t speak highly enough of the campsites and the detail of each. They all had cooking shelters, water tanks, toilets and either sand pads or wooden platforms for setting up our tents on. Each shelter at the campsites: Cup Gum; Hakea; Bansia and;…
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Day 5. Grassdale – Grassdale Lagoon – Kelly Hill Caves. 8 kms. 28°C. (Peter Thomas)We had a very lazy start to our last day with a quick exploration of the area including Edwards’ Cottage. There were plenty of Kangaroos and a koala. We left Tea Tree camp at 9 a.m. for a short stroll to…
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Day 4. Sanderson Bay – Cape Younghusband – Hanson Bay – Grassdale. 13.3 kms. 45.3°C! (Peter Thomas)We knew it was coming as the weather reports are posted in all the camp kitchens and a ranger dropped in to Banksia Camp last night to tell us the fire conditions had reached “Extreme” and a total fire…
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