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 Our walk at Frankston reservoir was a small replacement for our Week of Walks planned for Echuca and the Barmah region, sadly cancelled due to the floods in northern Victoria. The Bureau of Meteorology was threatening more heavy rain and storms. As we drove towards the meeting point, the rain came …
Saturday 17 September 2022 Text M Liddell, photos ML and AM The walk was to explore the northern end of the Burchell trail, as in past years we have already completed the first two sections. Walking in early Spring, the hills and gullies were indeed a feast of wattles and grass-trees. We twelve set out from the Boar Gully Campground under cold …
Text HR, CB, photos AM,CB Walk in the Toolangi State Forest along the Tanglefoot Trail Saturday 20 August 2022 Thirteen intrepid walkers, including three visitors, braved the wet conditions in Melbourne and headed north to the Toolangi State Forest. It rained for most of the walk; however it was never heavy rain, just annoying drizzle. …
Text composite from emails and Angela M note. Images JK, JL, TW, AM, MB, CK, AM Great walking in the Southern Grampians for 23 walkers over a long weekend in July. Our good run of weather continues. Early fog cleared to blue sky and sunshine, with temperatures around 15 degrees – perfect walking weather. Some …
Mt Dandenong (Mt. Corhanwarrabul) circuit walk, 25th June 2022. Text ML, RB, HR. Photos TW, RB On a fine walking day with an invigorating breeze, we met as planned in Olinda in the Dandenong Ranges. Robert B. took the longer walkers (11) including guest Lucille B. The shorter walkers (7) relocated to the Olinda Falls car park with Harvey …
Text by Meri L, photos by MLx2 A lovely day walk was enjoyed by 17 walkers in Murrindindi Scenic Reserve on April 23rd 10 walkers took on the Boroondara Track circuit. First up was the lower section of the Wilhelmina Falls, a gorgeous view unfortunately missed by a few enthusiastic walkers who had their eyes …
Text by Meri Liddell, Featured image by JK. Images by JK and ML Thirty-one happy bushwalkers headed to the Otway Ranges for a mini ‘week of walks’ soon after lockdown ended, despite dire weather predictions. We were rewarded with lovely weather, bookended by storms and heavy rain before and after. Yet again, the weather gods …
Heathcote July 31st 2021. Text ML&ML, Photos ML, ML, TW We had ruled out walking at Mt Disappointment as storms and off-roader damage had closed access and good walking. So on the first chance after Lockdown 5, Mick, Meri and Harvey checked alternative walking in the goldfields of Old McIvor (now Heathcote). The natural beauty, geology and relics …
Text Corrine Border, Photos, CB, ML. On Saturday, everyone made it up the mountain. Eventually. Snow had been forecast earlier in the week so there was a slight frisson of excitement. Maybe there would be a lovely sprinkle on the snow gums… However, the night before, things got interesting: conditions on Baw Baw were rapidly …
Cathedral Ranges Saturday March 20 Medium Walkers – HR This delightful walk of nine kms with 16 of us, including five visitors, was led by Penny with Prue’s support. We walked from Ned’s Gully campground to Cooks Mill campground along the Little River track, and then back via the ‘Friends Nature Trail’ circuit. It took in …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …