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 […]
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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
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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
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With bushwalking currently unavailable in the Covid 19 lockdown, we are looking back at memories of wonderful walks we have shared in the past. No doubt we will. have just such enjoyable walks in the future when we get going again. Our first recollection is written by John Langford, with photos by JC, CM, DC
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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
Date: Saturday, 20 June 2020. 10am, ‘The RED GUM Picnic Area’, Governor Road, Keysborough. Leaders Mick Liddell and Joan Kenny. MUAB undertook a delightful walk in Braeside Park, a large urban green-space and native plant reserve providing community gardens for walks, cycling and picnics. Redgum stands, grassy woodlands, heathland and the wetlands provide a series of diverse micro-habitats. The
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Devilbend Reservoir Walk, Saturday 21 March 2020Ian McMichael led the long walk, a 13km loop on mostly flat management vehicle tracks around the Devilbend Natural Features Reserve. Shorter walkers were self-guided with an option to join in at the lunch spot forthe return walk. The Devilbend Reservoir and adjoining Bittern Reservoir formthe largest inland water
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Eve Steel hosted the MUAB AGM meeting on 22nd February, and afterwards gave a talk on theIndigenous history of Ricketts Point. The long walk was a 11km loop with lunch stop led by Mick Liddell. We descended to the bay from Eve’s place and turned northwards, going along the foreshore paths to Sandringham andreturning along
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