Activities program 2018
The dates and activities for 2018 have been determined for the first part of the year and will be updated as inspiration strikes.
Please ring the leader to book for all walks. Please express your interest early to enable dates to be changed if necessary. For walks on the weekend you must ring no later than the Wednesday before the walk. For extended walks much more notice must be given. Leaders will organise car‐pooling if necessary.
Non-members can find out more about an activity by contacting the Secretary. Before going on an activity, you must agree to these conditions.
| When | Activity | Grading | Leader |
| Feb Sat 24 | Bay of Islands, Bay of Martyrs | Coralie | |
| Feb Sun 25 | End of Summer Rail Trail working bee | POSTPONED | Linda H |
| Mar Sun 04 | Clean up Australia Day | Coralie | |
| Mar Sat 10 | Bridgewater Bay | Lothar | |
| Mar Tue 13 | Meeting: Ann's walks in England | ||
| Mar Sat 24 | Cape Otway to Aire River (GOW day walk) | 12 km | Rob |
| Mar Sun 25 | Aire River to Johanna (GOW day walk) | 12.5 km | Rob |
| Mar Sat 31 | Princetown to Devils Kitchen | Linda H | |
| Apr 7–8 | Beeripmo walk | M-6-3, 9+12 km | Janice |
| Apr Tue 10 | Meeting: Walking in northern Chile—Rob | ||
| Apr 14–16 | GPT: Halls Gap-Bugiga-Borough Hut-Halls Gap | 9+14+14 km | Janice |
| Apr Sat 14 | Port Fairy | Dina | |
| Apr Sat 21 | Fitzroy to Moleside (GSWW day walk) | 20 km | David |
| Apr Sun 22 | Moleside to Battersby (GSWW day walk) | 17 km | David |
| Apr Sat 28 | Beech Forest to Gellibrand | Lothar | |
| May Tue 08 | No meeting, a meal somewhere TBA: | ||
| May Sat 12 | Track Clearing: Chimney Pots | Rob | |
| May Sat 19 | Melville Caves (stay o/n St Arnaud for) | Coralie | |
| May Sun 20 | Moliagul gold field | Coralie | |
| May Sun 27 | Rail Trail working bee (or maybe a week later) | Linda H | |
| Jun 2-3 | Back of Lorne weekend | Lothar | |
| Jun Tue 12 | Meeting: | ||
| Jun 16–17 | Rose Gap-Golton Gorge-Stapylton | Janice | |
| Jun 24–25 | Cavendish meal at the pub and some day walks | Ian | |
| Jul Sat 07 | Around Childers Cove | Lothar | |
| Jul Tue 10 | Meeting: Atlantic travels, Ken & Shirley | ||
| Jul Sat 21 | Christmas in July | Lothar | |
| Aug Sat 04 |
The three peaks challenge: Abrupt, Piccaninny, Sturgeon |
Lothar |
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| Aug Tue 14 | Meeting: | ||
| Aug Sun 26 | End of Winter Rail Trail working bee | Linda H | |
| Aug 31–3 Sep | Northern Grampians daywalks | Lothar | |
| Sep Tue 11 | Committee meeting | ||
| Sep Sat 15 | Major Mitchell Plateau as a day walk | Lothar | |
| Sep 28–Oct 1 | Wyperfeld base camp | Lothar | |
| Oct 1–31 | Nepal sometime in October | Lothar | |
| Oct Tue 09 | Meeting: | ||
| Oct 13–15 | Saints and Sinners St Arnaud bike ride | ||
| Nov Tue 13 | AGM | ||
| Nov Sun 25 | End of Spring Rail Trail working bee | Linda H | |
| Nov 30–Dec 3 | Bridgewater: base camp breakup | ||
| Dec Tue 11 | No meeting |
| The walks grading system | ||
| Distance (in 1 day) | Hills | Tracks |
| S–Short, under 10 km | 1–3 Easy, suitable for beginners | 1–3 Graded "open terrain", well formed tracks or paths |
| M–Medium, 10–15 km | 4–7 Medium, reasonable fitness required | 4–7 Bush, minor scrub, some rock hopping or scrambling |
| L–Long, 15–20 km | 8–10 Hard/strenuous, fit walkers only | 8–10 Bush, thick scrub, major rock/creek crossing, rock hopping, scrambling and use of hands |
| X–Extra long, over 20 km | ||
Our earlier activities in 2018 were:
| When | Activity | Grading | Leader |
| Jan Tue 09 | No meeting but a BBQ instead | Linda H | |
| Jan Sun 14 | Mouth2Mouth: Fitzroy to Surrey Rivers | 14 km | Lothar |
| Jan Tue 16 | Lake Bellfield to the Sundial | Mabel | |
| Jan 28–31 | The Gables - Ryans Den - Johanna & return | 4 day walk | Mabel |
| Jan Tue 30 | Johanna to Ryans Den | 12 km | Rob |
| Feb Sat 10 | South W'bool | David | |
| Feb Tue 13 | Meeting: planning the activities program | ||
| Feb Sat 17 | Christobel ruin | 8 km, flat | Rob |
Other years' activities programs are here.
