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Walking with Jessie

Day 7: 22 February 2019

Walking with Jessie is special for several reasons.  Merran and Jessie have been walking partners for the last year.  She is preparing to celebrate each of her next few birthdays by climbing mountains – and we are not talking just little hills. While she is a former ballerina, Jessie is now well into her 70s and still able to easily knock over 10 kms or so with us. We value her friendship as she has encouraged and supported Madeleine in particular in her musical endeavours. Jessie loves music and the arts and has done much for North West Tassie in establishing the Hans Vonk Music House which hosts regular classical music performances, master classes, poetry and philosophy gatherings. She has become one of Merran’s good friends.

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Into the hidden valley

The Lorinna Road along the Forth Valley was closed several years ago for safety reasons. It makes a great walk or mountain bike ride.

Day 6: 19 February 2019

On Tuesday afternoon and evening, it took us less than 2 hours to wind our way gently up the Forth River to the hidden valley of Lorinna. It is a pleasant and relaxing walk in the hills above Lake Cethana. The road is closed now to vehicles but great for walking or mountain bike riding. We enjoyed listening to the birds and the wind in the trees as we wound down after a day at work. The car shuffle was quite long so we didn’t start walking until nearly 6.00 pm. It was just starting to get dark as we walked into Lorinna to collect our car.

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Round Mountain

Day 5: 18 February 2019

The short but interesting Round Mountain section of our trail took us south from the Coffee Shop at the intersection of Staverton Road along the original road to Lorinna. I (Tim) remember this road as a child and was always fascinated by passing the abandoned Round Mountain mine. This road was wiped out when floods on Machinery Creek took out the bridge and a joining road was pushed through from the Mount Claude hydro road. This all happened 40 or so years ago so there is not much left of the track.

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