MUAB Christmas Walk and Picnic
Text by Mick L, photos by Mick L and Joan K Willsmere Park and the Darebin trails There is a lovely inner-city park at end of Willow Grove, Kew just north of the M3, with a classic billabong, lots of shade trees, a toilet, and park benches. Five bridges have just been opened along The […]
Sugarloaf Reservoir Walk, 21st Nov. 2020
Text by Harvey and Meri, photos Mick and Meri Mick and Harvey led a delightful walk with a group of 10 plus 1 (so that we were all covid safe and adequately socially distanced) around the Sugarloaf Reservoir in the Christmas Hills. It was so good to be back walking with the group after such […]
Post covid-lockdown – upcoming walks
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 […]
Baw Baw NP and Walhalla, 2012
Week of Walks 2012 – Baw Baw National Park and Walhalla Text and photos by Duncan Crockett Base camp for our Week of Walks in 2012 was Rawson Village giving easy access to both Baw Baw National Park and the old gold mining town of Walhalla. The township of Rawson was established in 1977 to […]
Grampians Week of Walks, as recalled by Mick
Text and photos by Mick Liddell, except where indicated. We had a wonderful week of walks in the Central and Northern Grampians (Gariwerd) in September 2016, enjoying clear skies, delightful weather, wild flowers in abundance and all the falls flowing. In July our ‘scoping expedition’ of John Langford, Harvey Reese, Jen and Sam Ginsberg, Joan […]
WoW Northern Grampians 2016, as recalled by Harvey
Text by Harvey Reese, photos by Mick Liddell. (Photos of Bunjil rock art and sculpture sourced from publicly available images). We all had a splendid time in the Grampians at Halls Gap/Gariwerd with excellent accommodation and a broad range of walks put together by Mick L. to suit all our members. This was coupled with […]
Heysen Trail, Week of Walks 2014
Text and photos by John Langford If my memory serves me correctly Ros Steel suggested the Heysen Trail in South Australia as a potential venue for a Week of Walks and as it happened a family wedding took Christina and me to the Adelaide Hills. After the wedding we visited the Cedars, Hans Heysen’s home […]
Week of Walks Tasmania 2013
Text and photos by Danny Crossman Once, long ago, when we could walk where we liked and even fly interstate, MUAB held its week of walks in the wilds of Tasmania. We based ourselves at two beautiful locations during the week. The first few days were in the Cradle Mountain – Lake St Clair National […]
Falls Creek Week of Walks 2011
Reminiscence – Falls Creek 2011 Duncan Crockett Photos by DC and JK Falls Creek has long been a favourite destination for the group’s summer activity: not just because of the lovely walking to be had in the area but also because we had access to “Icicles” Ski Lodge – a very comfortable base for our […]
Something to Read?
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 […]