A little-known trail described in “Bush Walks in the Toowoomba Region” by McKilligan and Savage.
Lake Perseverance
Family Bushwalks in South East Queensland
My new book created with Gillian Duncan is now available for purchase at www.familybushwalks.com.au. It’s our third book, following two books of recreational trails for cyclists; this one is aimed at walkers and runners who want to go bush without committing to long distances or lots of climbing.
300 walks are described in detail including of course a brand new fully researched topo map showing all points of entry, resources like water and shelter, and making clear the effort required to complete the walk.
How to use Purple Pen
Purple Pen is free software used to put orienteering courses onto orienteering maps. I’ve written up for Orienteering Queensland a guide for new users.
Here it is: www.markroberts.id.au/OQ/OQ_PurplePen.pdf
Duke of Edinburgh Expedition
Here is a map I made for the Numinbah Valley Environmental Education Centre for the upcoming Duke of Edinburgh Expedition where youngsters walk 15km from Springbrook to NVEEC then kayak 5km to the Western Boatramp.
Varsity College Oval
Varsity College is introducing orienteering into its curriculum so I offered to make a map of the oval across the road. It doesn’t have a school campus like most schools.
Directions to The Lab
The Lab is a weekly opportunity for “high functioning autistic” (aka Asperger’s) teenagers to get together and make things on their computers with guidance from adult mentors. It’s challenging to find so I volunteered a map:
Great Adventure Challenge 2015
Two A3 maps of a chunk of the Gold Coast for the Great Adventure Challenge 2015 run by Gary at maxadventure.com.au and raising remarkable sums of money for the Starlight Children’s Foundation. Participants ran, paddled and rode between 4 and 7 hours to complete the courses:
Silkwood School
My brand new orienteering map of Silkwood School. The former owner(s) of the land still live in the two houses on the hill:
Pimpama Conservation Area
The open areas used to be a plant nursery and are being progressively planted and rehabilitated. Glossy Black cockatoos have been recorded here.
Wolston Estate
In 2010 I helped Meg Gordon and the Centenary Suburbs Historical Society (www.cshsoc.org.au) by drawing the maps for their book “Pastoralists of Brisbane Town’s Fringe / Pioneers of Seventeen Mile Rocks and Wolston.”
At the time I lived in the centre of this map.
