Kennett River Rd to Grey River Rd
6th October 2013
Walkers: Sue
Trigg (ORWTA), Jenny Brice, Chris Barr (Camperdown), Joan McMahon, Kim Attard, Bernard
Jordan (leader) (GBC)
We set up a car shuffle with the end point 11.3 km along the Grey River
road from the Kennett River Store. Another car was left at the gate on Ridge
Road (off the Great Ocean Road). The track joined Kennett road, and we
continued on a further 3 km or so to meet the Kennett Wye jeep track. We
continued on a further 1.5 km to the junction with the track down (west) to
Kennett River, but missed it! After a while we turned back and found it. There
is an opening in the bush, a log on the ground, and now several ribbons. The
track is an old logging track. We crossed the river - about 30 cm deep - and
walked some 15 m along the bank upstream to the track - bikie erosion obvious -
up to a sharp bend on Coopers No 2 track/road. My notes said the route to Grey
River commenced within 5 minutes of this junction, heading south, but we missed
it! (Two strikes!)
We walked on to the end of Coopers No 2 road at the Grey River road.
Bernard volunteered to walk some 5 km along Grey River road to retrieve a car.
Shortly, 2 gorgeous French girls gave Bernard a lift. On return, I found a
gallant French(?) Canadian man waiting in the drizzle for the girls to return.
Soon sorted.
We were surprised to find Alan Dow, Sue McKenzie and Les Roe discussing
ORWTA affairs at the Wye River pub, so we joined them for coffee before
returning from our adventures.
