I know this may seem like an insignificant distance to want to make up for, but I just know that if I complete this whole line with just one section missing, it will bite at me forever, so I plan on making a short morning of a trip to Malmsbury to walk to the spot I rested at while waiting for a pickup, and then back to Malmsbury.

At this stage, the plan is to bring Rani along.

Completing the 4km gap in my ~250km line.

The first stretch of the connection between northern and southern Victoria.

Being a town walk I am going to take it a bit easier, as walking on paved concrete hurts my feet and knees quite a bit, but I'm keen to try see some parts of Bendigo I haven't seen before.

I might bring Rani on this walk, whether I bring the dog pram will remain to be seen, but I have dreamed of doing a lap of the Weeroona Lake in Bendigo with Rani ever since I got her.

Date: 12/03/2025 - 5 Year Anniversary of PAO No. 1

Distance: 7km

Googles Time Est: 1 Hour 36 Minutes

This will be the final walk in the connection to Diggers Rest, with the goal being to have the line complete up until Riddells Creek beforehand.

The plan is to then complete the final 3-town stretch in the same day, finally arriving in Diggers Rest to complete the ~250km journey across Victoria.

I've had ideas for more walks in this area, and I have even had ideas of working my way up to walking from Swan Hill to Nyah West, but that will require some work I think.

However, on a recent visit to my cousins house in Nyah West, I took note of the distance between the historic Lake Boga, and Swan Hill, and very manageable ~15km, (18.4km via farm roads and Swan Hill Airport).

I'm pretty keen to do more walk's in this region, and nice change in terrain, where the land begins flattening out heading up toward Mildura, and when a good mate from high school reached out about potentially joining me on a walk, I thought this one would be a perfect fit for a good catch up and morning or arvo in regional Vic.