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Day 3. Cape du Couedic – Remarkable Rocks – Sanderson Bay. 13 kms. 33°C. (Peter Thomas)Another 7 a.m. start saw us meandering through some beautiful, tall and dense coastal mallee before reaching the Remarkable Rocks car park. Kylie & I explored Admirals Arch and the Remarkable Rocks on Sunday so we kept going following the…
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KIWT Walk Day 2 – Snake Lagoon to Cape du Couedic (Kylie Beer) Another early start to beat the heat. We were really looking forward to this day as it was all coastal with a section of beach walking. As always, the reality ended up being hot sun and no breeze plus quite soft sand…
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Peter Thomas January 28 · Flinders Chase, SA ·Day 1. Flinders Chase Visitors Centre – Platypus Waterholes – Rocky River Cascades – Snake Lagoon. 12 kms. 32°C. We arrived at the visitors centre and managed to do our induction session on Sunday afternoon which worked out well as, after a very interesting evening at the…
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October 16 2018 Caldas de ReisDay 35. Padron – Pontecesures – Valga – Caldas de Reis. 19 kms. As we took the Variente Espiritual north from Pontevedra, we are following the Via Romana XIX south back to Pontevedra along the Caminho Centra to complete the leg. Then we’re heading west to Vigo to pick up…
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October 1 Mosteiro De Moreira Da Maia…and so the second third of the adventure begins. Porto, Portugal to Santiago de Compostela, Spain via el Caminho Portugue Centra (The Central Portuguese Way). 250 kms. October 2 Mosteiro de VairaoDay 20. Porto – Araujo – Mosteiro – Mosteiro de Vairao. 27 kms. It’s nice to be walking…
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September 21 Castelo de TomarWe had a very interesting day strolling around el Cavaleiros Templários’ (the Knights Templar) town of Tomar. Tomorrow, we start el Caminho Portugue Norte, the Portuguese Northern Way. September 22 AlvaiazereDay 10. Tomar – Soianda – Calvinos – Tojal – Cortica – Alvaiazere (Al-Vy-Ah-zay). 34 kms. An absolutely magical day. Another…
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September 12 Vila Franca de Xira, PortugalDay 1. Lisbon – Granja – Alverca – Alhandra. 38km. A big day in 30 degrees. We’ve met Canadians, Americans, French, Italians, an Israeli and four Australians. Accommodation is very light so we’re staying with the Bombeiros (Volunteer Firefighters) tonight. We had dinner with Michelle, a French station master…
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14th January 2018. Halls Gap – Bugiga Hikers Camp. 9 kms.Leo and I drove down from Canberra to Halls Gap on Friday, 12th January, and we spent the Saturday putting out our water caches (and some treats) as there is no drinking water at the campsites. Kirsty, Kjirsten, Michelle and Jonas arrived on Saturday afternoon…
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October 20 Santiago de Compostela, SpainDay 37. 10 kms. San Paio, Hotel Garcas – Santiago de CompostelaNot far to go but Hurricane Orphelia is ruining the view. We’re just having a coffee stop. We’re walking with a group of 6 Australians through eucalyptus forests. (As you do in Spain) October 21 Santiago de CompostelaA fantastic…
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October 13 Vega de ValcarceDay 29. 26Kms. Cacabelos – Villafranca del Bierzo – Trabadelo – Vega de Valcarce. A very cold morning’s start (its well in to Autumn and at 600 metres.) and then a bit of a trudge following the old road and the rio Valcarce to here in preparation for crossing the sierra…
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