WILD PIG GORGE 

GDTA GUIDED WALK

 Sunday August 23rd

TIME: 9.15AM FOR 9.30AM START

DURATION: HARD 12KM; BACK AT START 3.00PM

WALK LEADER: BARRY GOLDING, 0427216337

DIFFICULTY: Hard; all off-track on private land with fences, sometimes steep and rocky grassed slopes.

DESCRIPTION:
This walk includes part of the Gurutjanga Cultural landscape in southern Dja Dja Wurrung Country. It starts in old growth red gum woodland and rocky grasslands on an elevated, uncultivated volcanic plateau. The steep gorge we walk down and along into includes the valleys of McLachlan &; Joyces Creek, cut deeply into tightly folded Ordovician bedrock. On the steep walk back up to the plateau we will visit privately owned Kooroocheang Falls.

Registered participants will meet in Kooroocheang (exact location to be notified), then drive to start of walk, parking along Williams Road, leaving several cars on the roadside at the end of walk. The entire walk is on remnant private grassland and woodland north of Williams Road, then steeply down into ‘Wild Pig Gorge’ then east for lunch in the Gorge, before climbing up to Kooroocheang Falls and walking south back onto Williams Road.

NB: We have generous, one-off permission for this walk, entirely on private land, from private landholders. On no account should participants anticipate visiting or returning to the area in which we are walking.

DOGS: Dogs are definitely not allowed on this walk .
REGISTRATION: Registration is essential no later than day before. Numbers are limited: https://www.gdt.org.au/events/wild-pig-gorge-0823

Check your email for confirmation of registration. If you don’t get one within a couple of hours, try again or contact the walk organiser.

BRING: Walkers should bring their own first-aid kit and any required personal medications, water bottles, sunscreen and personal hiking gear (sunglasses, walking sticks, small pack, etc.). Wear clothing appropriate for the predicted weather conditions on the day. Hiking boots or good walking shoes are recommended, ideally with leggings for walking through long, wet grass. Bring lunch and a cuppa to enjoy in the bottom of the Gorge.

Non-GDTA members who register will pay $10 in cash on the day to cover visitor walker insurance.

MEET: ‘You can expect to be contacted by email by the walk leader with final details, including where and when we meet, a day or 2 in advance of the walk day.’