Vaughan led a group of 12 on an excellent expedition over and round Mt Meg, part of the Nature Conservation Reserve. After a short walk in, a steady incline led us up and along the ridge, following a series of pink granite peaks. We found a gnamma hole (water storage made by the previous occupants), a stand of Northern Sandalwood (1 of only 7 locations known in Victoria), several kangaroos, and an echidna.
We enjoyed our lunch on the Northern edge, sitting high on the pink granite rock face, in shade with a pleasant breeze, looking across the valley to Thoona. We could see the pub... but there were a few fences in the way.
The walk totalled precisely 7 kilometres end-to-end, and our scrambles encompassed 100 metres up and down; the highest point (Mt Meg) being just over 300 metres above sea-level, down to just over 200 metres on the West side. On a warm day, it was not too arduous a walk, but one did have to watch where one's feet went.
The Pink Devonian granite intrusion formed the range around 400 million years ago. It has worn down a little since, and is very photogenic.
Andrea Stevenson.
“Benalla Bushwalkers climbed Mt Meg
But Beverley said she'd sooner
Sit in comfort and be fed
Across the valley at Thoona”
We enjoyed our lunch on the Northern edge, sitting high on the pink granite rock face, in shade with a pleasant breeze, looking across the valley to Thoona. We could see the pub... but there were a few fences in the way.
The walk totalled precisely 7 kilometres end-to-end, and our scrambles encompassed 100 metres up and down; the highest point (Mt Meg) being just over 300 metres above sea-level, down to just over 200 metres on the West side. On a warm day, it was not too arduous a walk, but one did have to watch where one's feet went.
The Pink Devonian granite intrusion formed the range around 400 million years ago. It has worn down a little since, and is very photogenic.
Andrea Stevenson.
“Benalla Bushwalkers climbed Mt Meg
But Beverley said she'd sooner
Sit in comfort and be fed
Across the valley at Thoona”
