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Activities

Hay-shed Circuit Walk. This walk takes about 40 minutes. See attached map. When on the Hayshed track, on your left, you’ll see a ribbon tied to a branch which marks the start of the track. The track is marked intermittently with ribbons.

 

Night walk - with torch light, you might be able to see wombats, kangaroos, deer. If you shine the torch into the river, you might see a platypus or trout.

 

Fishing - The Tyres river has trout and blackfish. Please do not use “opera house” yabbie traps in the river as you may catch and drown a platypus.

 

Kayak / canoe the mighty Tyers. There are kayaks/ canoes/ lifejackets in the yellow shed for you to use.

 

Pick blackberries:- We do not use pesticides on our farm so our blackberries are healthy and delicious.

 

Rope swing/ river swim: The swing hangs from a willow tree. Please take caution when using the rope swing. Check for logs /snags before use. The sand bank in the river is known to shift so please assess water depth before swinging. The river is fed from Mt Baw Baw and offers clean swimmable water.

 

Mountain bike riding. There are government maintained downhill tracks fairly close to the property. To ride to the head of the track, ride along Delpretes road back towards the bridge. Cross the bridge and proceed to the junction. Turn right and ride up to the main road until you get to the bitumen. Turn left towards Rawson. Ride for about 2 km’s and then on the left you’ll see tracks and signage. The tracks lead back down towards The Hammock and generally end near the junction. So as not to get lost, maybe download the app maps.me to use as a reference.

 

Search for wildlife: There are lots of animals that live around the farm. Goannas, blue tongue lizards and tiger snakes are quite common in sunny areas (especially near water). Lyre birds can often be seen in bushy region and you might hear them mimicking other birds. Deer, wombat and kangaroo are more commonly seen at dusk. King parrots will often land on the deck and expect to be fed. There are lots of beautiful smaller native birds including fire finches, striated thornbills, blue wrens, pardalotes and a pair of hooded lapwings that often lay eggs quite near the farm house.

 

Walhalla township is about 25 minutes away by car. The Wally pub has great food. If eating in the courtyard, take care as the Kookaburras are known to snatch food. They luuuv steak.

 

Walk around Walhalla: 

-Walk to the famous cricket ground on top of a mountain. Australia once played against England at this ground. The Aussie’s made the English walk up the hill to tire them out. It worked, we won that match.

 

Thomson dam: About 30 minutes by car to the top of the dam wall. Nice drive.

 

Mount Saint Gwinear:- depending on the time of season, you may enjoy cross country skiing/ tobogganing or hiking on the summit of Mount Saint Gwinear. 

 

Mushroom rocks: A 15 minute drive takes you to the start of the walk. From there it takes about an hour to get to Mushroom rocks. If you are feeling energetic, you can continue walking to the 1500m summit of Mt Erica. It’s a great hike with vastly changing landscape and ecosystems along the way.