Authors - Ben Cruachan Walking Club, John Chapman, Monica
Chapman
Publisher - John Chapman Updates
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This is a new guide. The book has 88 pages, the track has been divided
into 6 sections with
the start and end of each section having two-wheel-drive access. There
are 17 topographic maps.
In 1864, Angus McMillan cut a series of walking tracks that linked the
goldfields of Gippsland. The track fell into obscurity until 1983 when
John Smith and some other volunteers from the Ben Cruachan Walking Club
(BCWC) rediscovered the track from Omeo to Woods Point and set about
clearing it. BCWC has maintained its interest in the track and are
still maintaining it. They also run an end-to-end walk along it every
two or three years.
McMillans Walking Track is 210km long and is located on the
southern side of the alps in eastern Victoria. The walk takes up to
14 days and can be done as through walk carrying all the supplies for
the whole trip or it can be arranged to be met by
conventional vehicles every 2 or 3 days. With a 4 wheel
drive, groups can be met every night except one.
This is an ideal leadup walk to the Australian Alps Walking Track. It
has a lot of similarities with some alpine walking, forests,
steep climbs and descents. The major difference with the
AAWT is
there are 10 river crossings, 7 of which must be waded. The
track
itself is also varied ranging from
vehicle tracks, walking tracks and some untracked sections. Bushfires
are a regular event in the alps and after fire regrowth is prolific so
some overgrown sections should be expected as it can be some time
between track clearings.