#91 of 100 trips for 100 years - Mt Grand from Frasers Gully 16 September 2023

This short afternoon walk was based on a trip from 100 years ago where 35 club members walked from Burnside to the Southern Reservoir then over paddocks to Mt Grand Reservoir and back to Kaikorai via Frasers Gully.  Despite the forecast for afternoon showers,  11 of us turned up at Frasers Gully enthusiastic for an afternoon's walk.  The sky was overcast but the temperature was warm and we wasted no time in tackling the Fraser's Gully track which starts off wide and flat walking alongside the Kaikorai Stream.  This area is popular with dog walkers and today was no exception as we passed a number of dogs and their owners along the way.  As the track climbs the 140m to Dalziel Road, it narrows significantly, being wide enough for only one person at a time, although it stays dry underfoot with no mud in sight.  We reached Dalziel Road before we knew it and the walk along Dalziel Road took no time as we reached Mt Grand reservoir  45 minutes after leaving the cars at Fraser Gully. 

We had a quick drink and wondered if we would be able to circumnavigate the reservoir but then spied a locked gate blocking our access so we elected to return back to the cars. The return journey saw us taking an alternative route, down the other side of the Kaikorai Stream.  The track follows the contour as it wanders around behind the houses of Brockville before reaching an open area  that has recently been replanted in native bush and this marked the start of the descent down to the creek.

Once at the bottom of the hill, we crossed the Kaikorai Stream at a dry ford so we were able to keep dry feet and then it was a short walk back to the cars, only 1.5 hours after leaving and 6.2km distance and not a drop of rain in sight.