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 …
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 …
Text ML, Photos ML Another lucky ten had the experience of a second Little Gems tour of the State Library of Victoria, with the lovely and knowledgeable Felicity to show us around. The featured image above shows the refurbished domed reading room of the State Library. After a coffee break we decamped to the Athenaeum …
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 and Images, Mick L Federal election day May, 2022, dawned bright and sunny with no hint of the dramas brewing. Indeed, lovely weather stayed with us all day and nothing disturbing happened. Most had voted, results were as yet unknown, and politics was definitely off the agenda. As two groups, we set out from …
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 Ronda H. Photos MB, JK and ML Many thanks to Margi Breare and Mick Liddell for a fascinating walk inthe park under, and close to, Westgate Bridge. Regeneration of old dumping sites has been carried out by Westgate Biodiversity, originally Friends of Westgate Park. We were treated to a fascinating insight by committee member, …
Text by Jill T, Bron L. Photos JT, BL, JK, ML MUAB walkers were blessed with a beautiful sunny day to explore the foreshore of Anglesea and beyond. Twenty-eight walkers gathered at the Anglesea Beach carpark and split into two groups Led by Anne Wigglesworth, the sturdy Long Walkers followed a gentle ascending track through …
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 …
A very select group gathered at a sheltered picnic area beside the Bayviews golf course in Rosebud, for our end of year picnic. The location is run by Parks Victoria, providing an excellent and very private location for a gathering. We figured we were unlikely to be gazumped by a five year old birthday party, …
Photos by ML After missing out on many of our planned Little Gems outings this year (thanks Covid), it was a delight for 13 of us to meet for an exploration of the Williamstown foreshore. In the spirit of good environmentalism, most arrived by public transport, despite complicated connections, and trains being replaced by buses …
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 …