We met in Beechworth outside the Neighbourhood Centre at 8-30am and drove to the start of the walk in the available 4wd vehicles. Peter talked about the Kelly gang history and was full of relevant and interesting facts. Tony talked about the aboriginal heritage and the significant art sites in the Mt Pilot block of the park as well as the Dudhora tribe and their connection with this country.

We commenced walking about 9-30am and after a rough and scrambly off track walk arrived at Kelly Cave. After morning tea and Jenny Marsh's pineapple cake we explored the area and cameras were busy.

The next objective was the Kelly Lookout which was achieved in less than an hour also through untracked scrub. We enjoyed the views and took more photos while thinking about who used this site the most - the police or the outlaws?

We then set out to find the Police cave which was always going to be the most difficult one to locate. Lots more off track scrambling up and down hills and through scrub finally got us to this location. 

After lunch and lots of exploring it was agreed that any attempt to return via the same route would have caused a mutiny! So Peter devised another route to get us back to the road the cars were parked on as painlessly as possible. Not surprisingly this required more off track walking! 

An elated group of walkers were thrilled to find the road reasonably easily and the final kilometre back to the cars was plain sailing.

We then returned to Beechworth and most of the participants joined Peter at the Bridge Road Brewery in Beechworth for a drink and a chat.