The Tracks of Whitelaw

a86

Getting the hang of it
There are a surprising number of Tracks of Whitelaw around here, this map shows five, which does not include the one up near Neerim South.
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This raises several questions:

Who was this Whitelaw?
What compelled Whitelaw to make tracks?
Would there be any point to combining them all into one trip?

Although the answers to the first two remain deeply shrouded in mystery I propose to answer the third by direct experimentation.


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Number one starts in some nondescript banksia scrub

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And ends shortly after, having displayed no features of the slightest interest!

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Number two starts off as fast bitumen on the flat.

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Getting some height now, Hazelwood is just visible in its haze.

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Track two has no sign at the other end where it joins Budgeree road. I must write to the council!

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The compulsory photo of the picnic setting in the middle of nowhere on the Grand Ridge. There is a little waterfall behind all that ferniage.

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The sign has been shot, and is now held up with bits of dozer edge and there is a derelict road closed sign. Are there redneck zombies down there? Except for some rutted bits at the start it turned out to be a nice road.

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Somewhat of a Whitelaw nerve centre! The area is identified as "Whitelaw" on the topo map and features an "old Whitelaws track". Note the old post and rail fence to the left, more of a remnant than usually found of these settlements from the early twentieth century that were all over the Strzleckis.

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Number four would be an interesting little detour from the south gippy highway.

Number five was of no interest whatsoever.

In conclusion, the combination of these five Tracks of Whitelaw into a single trip is a pointless exercise and calls into question the mental health of anyone that would attempt such a thing.

Track and more photos:http://www.trimbleoutdoors.com/ViewTrip/1401875
 

glitch

Mapping the next ride...
Staff member
Hey...what a great idea !

I knew of # 2+5...no idea, there were that many Whitelaw's around.

Sounds like the dozen or more incarnations of the Beenak Rd./St./Lane in the areas north of Gembrook.

What a great idea to find 'em all and go have a look !!:thumbs:
 

nev

Super Térrarist
Head out to western Victoria (and several other states) and you could spend a month travelling down all the tracks named after Major Mitchell.
 
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