The Rover Crew had a very active Christmas break this year. Five members of the crew travelled to Queensland to attend the 15th Australian Moot. We were in Queensland for twelve days of fun, relaxation and socializing, with five hundred Rovers from around Australia and Asia Pacific region. The members of the Scotch crew spent the first couple of days of their expedition relaxing on the beaches around Noosa with one hundred other Rovers. Apart from the stress of swimming … Read More

L to R: Paul Sheer (’95), Ben Hallenstein (’99) and Matthew Lê (’95).Busy Rover CrewThe Old Scotch Rover Crew has been busy over the past few months preparing its buggy for competition. The next few months are also looking hectic with trips to New South Wales and Queensland. For the first time in serveral years, the Crew was able to enter a buggy into one of the major Rover racing events. The event was called ‘Buggy Bash’ and was held … Read More

The past few months have been filled with warm weather activities for the Rover Crew. Just prior to Xmas, we had our annual progressive dinner, which finished at Matt Le’s place, where even toy crossbow competitions were held! From January 1st – 4th we ran a Surfcoast Adventure Tour, as part of the Australian Moot, which is similar to a Jamboree. Seven Old Scotch Rovers helped run the tour, which started at Maffeking Park, near Yea (The Moot Site). We … Read More

Cathedral Range SATURDAY 26TH TO SUNDAY 27TH SEPTEMBER. 1998 PLANNING I have hiked many times through the Healesville and Mt. St. Leonard areas. and I have been told how nice the Cathedral Range was to hike through. Due to this. it had been an objective of mine to hike there at some time. I started by obtaining a map of the area. but due to the Cathedral Range’s location, I had to make do with a tourist map. This map … Read More

FRIDAY 2ND TO SUNDAY 4TH AUGUST 1996 PLANNING. I initially intended to bush-bash from “Sokil”, the Ukrainian Scout camp north of Aireys Inlet, to Anglesea, over two days. I have known Sokil and its surrounds all my life, and know there are no walking tracks in the region. There are several reasons why this planned hike did not proceed. In attempting to find a campsite, it was found that the 1977 government “Vicmap” (the newest available) showed roads which no … Read More

Date – Thursday April 13 to Monday April 17 Group: Stuart Ferres, Stuart Fawcett, Katherine Alsop, Ian Fieldhouse, Nikki Smith, Nadine Pannier, Simon Millie, Michael (Mick) Paszer Weather – During the preceding week of the hike, reports of large snow falls were heard and it was thought that hiking in snow conditions would be the norm. However a warm front was approaching from the west indicating fine weather for the first 2 or 3 days. Track Notes – See Appendix … Read More

DECEMBER 26: After 7 hours drive we arrived at about 3pm The rest of the afternoon was spent looking around Thredbo Village and “settling in”. On our tour around Thredbo, Al started to talk to some Swedes and of course invited Helianna and Jon to stay. After a delicious roast we went to the Black Bear Inn for an Austrian beer. DECEMBER 27: Arising early we packed and got ready for our hike. The Swedes came with us. We caught … Read More

Katherine and I met Nick and Stuart Ferres at the campsite and we began to hike at 11.20 am, on Saturday 18th December. We had decided to go anticlockwise around the track so as to begin with the steep climb rather than end with it. ‘Steep’ was the understatement of the day. It was about 1 km along Keg Spur which had a very steep gradient and was tough going. It was quite a warm and very sunny day and … Read More

2nd to 6th January 1991 Present: Ian Fieldhouse, Rod Davies, David Law, Stuart Fawcett, Marcus Ferguson Wednesday the second of January, nineteen ninety one was a bloody hot day. So hot it was a total fire ban and by five-thirty pm, when the four other adventure seeking lovers had arrived at my place, a change of plan was required. The original plan was to spend the four days covering some of the most challenging country in Victoria. This included conquering … Read More

29 September – 1 October 1989 After an eventful Friday afternoon and evening, a party of three consisting of Euan, Andrew and myself left Melbourne at 10:15 pm. We finally reached Lal Lal Falls Picnic Area after twelve Saturday morning. (I’m sure the travelling distances and time would have been a lot shorter if it hadn’t been for my navigation!) Following a quick look over the picnic area by torchlight and to our surprise discovering some Sleeping Beauties (Venturer’s) in … Read More