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Sunday bus : Taradale – Fryerstown - N.B. Bus leaves from current club room!

Date	Sun 29 August
Standard	Easy, Easy/Medium
Distance	10km, 15km
Leader(s)	Peter Leech & Michael Murray
Transport	Bus
Return Time
Area	Malmsbury/Castlemaine
Map Reference	Vicmap Malmsbury 7723-N 1:50 000

N.B. Update! The bus will leave from outside the current club room for this walk.

This is a surprising part of the South Castlemaine region. The sleepy town of Fryerstown has the only notoriety of an annual antique festival and the odd Rogaine or Orienteering events.

As there is very little at Fryerstown Mike and I decide to do the journey from Fryerstown for the EASY/MEDIUM walk and from Railway Dam for the EASY walk.
We intend on dropping off the E/M walkers first at Fryerstown.
On the way to Fryerstown a brief stop will be at the site of one of the largest water wheels constructed (in the world). This is the Garfield Wheel constructed in 1887 at the height of the gold rush.

The area has the characteristic box iron bark forest which has had relatively few recent wild fires go through it. This is the typical habitat for the rare powerful owl, the swamp wallabies, and the common Eastern Grey Kangaroos.
Both walks are over undulating terrain with a pleasant canopy. In the warmer days plenty of water is required (min 2L) as there is no where to collect water.

At the end of the walk in Taradale there are many points of interest. We plan to visit the 20 meter via duct to the east constructed in the 1800’s.
There are a couple of places to obtain refreshments at Taradale and the less adventurous can wait under the shade at the small café next to the service station.

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