Bob and myself decided to walk to Goochs Crater. Its a place we had both been to many time before including recently, but we both had not seen it full of water. Photos of it recently posted on social media made it look quite different. It is not that uncommon for it to fill up with water – it would happen after big rain events, and these wold take place every few years.

The Glow Worm tunnel road being in very bad condition and probably the Dumbano Fire road as well – we decided not to walk in the shorter way from the north. Instead we decided to walk in from Sandham Road at Dargan. This was a route we both used to use many years ago 1970’s and 80’s) on circuit trips from Bell Station. But now, Open Street Maps indicated there was a track, so that would make things even easier. Continue reading








