Murrindindi Scenic Reserve

I am off for a walk tomorrow as part of the retiree's ramble to the Taggerty area. I paid a visit to the archives and found that in 1984 Mt Despair was the site for the Victorian Rogaining Championships.  I dug back a bit further and found the first ever MUMC 24 hr walk I went on. It was 1976 and just to make sure you were alert Mt Despair was check point number 1. These events required walking in order so straight away we went up the side of the hill in gungho fashion.  On arriving at each checkpoint and I quote "you will find a jar containing, a raffle book, a pencil and a razor blade".  Those were the days  if you couldn't pay for your raffle ticket then they slit your throat. HaHa.

 The Website Murrindindi Scenic Reserve map is 1:50000 the same scale as the Taggerty  sheet we were given 38 yar ago.  I have overlaid both to match them up and the start point back then is now called Ferns Camp.  This was Hash House B. We spent the next 15 hours or so roaming around to eventually arrive at Hash House A, an old sawmill. I have plotted some of these points on the locality map. I wonder if I can still find them.





Murrindindi Map