I am hoping to get over to Nyah West soon to catch up with some family that live over there, and it gave me the idea of doing a walk in a different part of Victoria for a change, I'm not sure If I would do the full walk from Swan Hill, or if I start from a settlement slightly closer, but either way, its some nice countryside up north and it should be really good to catch up with family too.

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.

Distance: 13.8km

Googles Time Est: 3 Hours 4 Minutes

The middle portion for the final stretch, the walk the brings us out to Sunbury, into the flight path from the airport and the fields around Calder Raceway.

Distance: 6.8km

Googles Time Est: 1 Hour 30 Minutes

The first portion of the final stretch, this takes us back to a part of Victoria that's been stuck in my mind ever since the Mac-Gis-RCreek walk a few weeks back.

Hopefully Riddell airfield offers some good viewing on the way past.

Distance: 39.7km

Googles Time Est: 9 Hours (Potentially Overnight, Or split)

This is the walk I am by far the most excited for.

It is a track I have followed with my eyes on the train for years, and constantly looked at the track that follows and thought to myself: "I want to be there one day".

This will be the longest walk yet, and may require a new pair of shoes to be able to complete, on account of the blisters that my current pair cause after a fair amount of use.

I will need to really take care on this walk as it is a longer one, and it may even be worth taking a means of sleeping on the ground overnight, or a way to rest for a while in the middle to allow some recovery before continuing.

This stretch of rail also contains an extremely long tunnel, going through a tal mountain which I am unsure if I can get over. This will raise some challenges I am keen to overcome, but you'd be damned if you think you'll find me trying to go through that tunnel.

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.