The 2023 AGM gave us a shiny new Committee, with a number of new faces ready for action under the leadership of the President, Meg Lee. Notably Joan, our Secretary for the past 18 years, retired from her position, with many heartfelt thanks from the group for her very gracious contribution to the club. After …
Text ML, Photos ML, ML MB Meeting on the first Saturday in December worked very nicely with 15 coming. Many considerate apologies were received. We especially wish John C, Jill and Bron a happy Christmas together. The garden admin. staff were most welcoming and this could become our regular December gathering place. Two baby girls …
AGM The weather blessed our AGM and Westerfolds Park walk. Covid rules dictated that we couldn’t old our AGM indoors as planned, but Westerfolds Park gave us a perfect outdoor shelter for our meeting followed by morning tea. (Thank you for all the tasty offerings!). We had a good meeting, and our current Committee was …
Last month, Bushwalking Victoria published a list of adventure films for the enjoyment of bushwalkers. Peter Hall, an eagle-eyed member of MUAB, noticed a distinct lack of Australian made documentaries in that list, so has compiled his own. It will likely be published by BWV next month to augment their first offering. MUAB followers can …
One of our members found this uplifting award-winning documentary on why we hike. It was put together by Nikola Horvat-Tesla as a solo project, necessitating that he carry all his own video equipment in his backpack while walking the long distance Colorado Trail in 2019. It is quite inspiring. Hopefully you will enjoy watching it.
Text by Mick Liddell, photos Meg L and Meri L This year’s AGM was planned outdoors with compliance to Covid-19 rules in mind. The pavilion shelter we planned was claimed for a 4yo birthday. Our Plan B work very well with a tent, tables, and chairs around adjacent picnic benches. All were comfortable with hot …
Something wonderful from today’s paper … ‘Mother of the park’ among community-based honours heroes The woman who helped create Darebin Parklands is among many community-minded recipients of Australia Day Honours.http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/mother-of-the-park-among-community-based-honours-heroes-20210125-p56wpw.html?btis Sue is a long-term member of the MUAB. Here is a photo (courtesy JK) of Sue at the 2020 MUAB Christmas Picnic and walk in …
We have missed a number of walks, and we are unable to host our usual end of year BBQ, due to health restrictions. So post covid-lockdown, we have planned a walk at Sugarloaf Reservoir in November, with multiple walk leaders to allow for a max group size of 10 people. A walk in December followed …
One of our members, Meg L, sent the following for us to consider. (Photo by Max W) I wonder why I do love my walking and was drawn to this publication: A Philosophy of Walking, by Frederick Gros, Published by Verso 2015 and is the winner of English Pen Award. I found it a delightful …
MUAB Facebook page is now live. To connect better with members and potential members of MUAB, we have set up an MUAB Facebook page, ‘muabwalks’. https://facebook.com/muabwalks. We hope it will be of interest, and a convenient place to hear ideas and information relevant to bushwalkers. Please visit the page (click on the Facebook button on …
Here we go again! Groundhog Day! As of Thursday July 9, the whole of Greater Melbourne and the Mitchell Shire are in our second lockdown, at present set for 6 weeks. Our members come from many areas of the state, but most of us are from the lockdown region. So we have cancelled all MUAB …