Hume and Hovell Walking Track, NSW and H & H Explorers Bike Ride, Victoria

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I’ve been busy researching for my expedition to follow in my ancestor William Hilton Hovell's footsteps, through the magnificent NSW and Victorian countryside and wanted to share these two great resources with you.
Webistes:
Hume and Hovell Walking Track in NSW - www.humeandhov...
Explorers Bike Ride in Victoria - www.hhride.net/
My journey begins on November 6th 2024 when I fly into Sydney, so remember that date because that’s when I’ll begin to post daily updates about my journey.
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Happy trecking :)

[@MichaelFrey-o8z]

We did the bike ride in January. Fantastic trip and I really enjoyed the history. Amazing what those early explorers accomplished. Have fun and I hope we can meet up in Albury.

[@LifeintheBush]

Fantastic, so good to hear 👍🏼😁. I’ll be in Albury for a few days from Nov 16th, might even do the Rotary walk on the 17th. Would love to hear about your ride, reach out through my email [e-mail] 👍🏼

[@MoreliaAustralia]

You are an adventurous modern day explorer. It's good you are researching your expedition before you go. Those old explorers were courageous in the early days.

[@LifeintheBush]

They had some near misses on their trip, lost a few of their animals but all the men survived to tell their stories. It’s been fascinating learning about it 😊

[@richardcarthew4893]

On the 19th December this year the Sydenham and District Historical Society are looking at celebrating the centenary of the the centenary of the Hume and Hovell expedition passing through our area on their way home in 1824. In 1924 people of St Albans and Sydenham (northwest Melbourne) then both villages raised money to erect a cairn, with the assistance of local council. The dedication of the cairn was a big deal and we are planning on recognising this. If you area in the area on 19th of June you may be able to make a short speech. Please let me know what you think.

[@LifeintheBush]

Thanks for making contact 😁. I’ll be back in Perth by Dec 19th unfortunately. I wish I could spend more time but need to get back to work. I have family in Melbourne who might be interested though, can you email me at [e-mail]? I’ll be passing through and stopping at the St Albans monument around Nov 25th (I’m guessing that’s the cairn you’re referring to?) I’d love to meet with yourself or someone from the Sydenham and District Historical Society there and here the story of erecting the cairn 😃

[@followthetrack7612]

Good luck on your walk. Water will be easy to get, except after Samual Bollard campsite. Really isn’t anything after there.

[@LifeintheBush]

Thanks, I’ll be driving mostly and doing short walks 😊. Good advice for those doing the walk 👍🏼

[@rotovelo_naut]

Wow!...I'm a descendant of one of Hume's men. I've been looking for something like this I'd love to correspond if at all possible?

[@LifeintheBush]

@rotovelo_naut Awesome! Easiest way is to email me on [e-mail] 😃