Activities
Booking is required for all walks. To book please contact the leader no later than the Wednesday beforehand for walks on a weekend and much earlier than that for extended walks. Express your interest early to allow dates to be changed if necessary.
Non-members can find out more about an activity by contacting the Secretary. Before going on an activity, you must agree to certain conditions. When carpooling, we usually meet at the Kepler St carpark near KFC.
Monthly Meetings are usually at 7:30 pm on the second Tuesday of the month in the Archie Graham Centre. However for September 12 we shall be having a dinner meeting.
Activities program
When | Activity | Grading | Leader |
Sep Sat 02 | Grampians track maintenance: A working with Children Check required by Parks. | Rob | |
Sep Sun 10 | Lake Bellfield to The Sundial to Halls Gap: | 11 km | Mabel |
Sep Tue 12 | Meeting: dinner at the Cattleya Thai: Bookings with Lothar required. | Lothar | |
Sep Sat 16 | A venture to vanquish volcanoes: Budj Bim/Mt Eccles, Mt Napier and Mt Rouse | Rosalie | |
Sep Sun 24 | Yarram Gap to Wannon Campsite: a pleasant ridge walk along the GPT with the Camperdown Bushwalkers | 12 km | Rob |
Sep 28–Oct 1 | Wyperfeld base camp: a spacious camping area is the base for two walks through a landscape completely different to our usual | Lothar | |
Oct Sun 08 | The Twelve Apostles Trail: a bike ride from Timboon to Port Campbell and return | 40 km | Mabel |
Oct Sun 08 | Timboon to Schultz's dairy | 6 km each way | Lothar |
Oct Tue 10 | Committee meeting at 6:30 | ||
Oct 14–15 | Saints and Sinners: two rides based at St Arnaud | 94 km; 44 km | Mike |
Oct 20–22 | Federation Walks: are based in the Wombat State Forest around Trentham / Blackwood | fedwalks.org.au | Rob |
Oct Wed 25 | Lake Colac and the Botanic Gardens: Easy, well-formed tracks for walking along Barongarook Creek, through the botanic Gardens, and by the lake. | 10 km | Coralie |
Oct 28–Nov 5 | Bondi to Manly: an 86 km walk with touristy things too | 10-20 km | Lothar |
Oct Sat 28 | A walk by the Wannon: through a red gum forest near Dunkeld | 11 km | Rob |
Nov Sat 04 | Port Campbell and Peterborough: cliff top walks | 4 + 4 km | Rob |
Nov Sat 11 | Pattersons Camp to the Glenelg Gorge: this section of the GSWW gives the best views of the cliffs along the Glenelg River | 14 km | Rob |
Nov Tue 14 | AGM: afterwards Janice's hiking adventures in the Italian Dolomites | ||
Nov 19–25 | A week on SA's Fleurieu Peninsula: a couple of bike rides and some walks on the Heysen Trail | Coralie | |
Nov 25 or 26 | Thunder Point, Merri Cutting, Levy's Point: Identifying birds a possibility | Rosalie | |
Dec 1–3 | EOY break up: a couple of day walks in the northern Grampians from a base at Wartook | Lothar | |
Dec 9 or 10 | Major Mitchell Plateau: a wildflower walk across the plateau from Mafeking to Kalymna Falls camping area | Janice | |
Dec Tue 12 | Committee meeting | ||
Dec Sun 17 | Bike ride based at Dunkeld: in the morning the Victoria Valley (31 or 46 km); after lunch the Wannon River Road (26 km) | Rob | |
Jan Tue 09 | Picnic in the Botanic Gardens | ||
Jan Sun 14 | Fitzroy River to Surry River: a non-challenging beach walk | 15 km | Lothar |
Jan Sat 20 | Clifton Beach and Gibson Steps: a beach walk beside a towering cliff and a chance to look at Gibson's tunnel | 10 km | Rob |
Feb Sat 03 | Cubby's Camp to the sea: with the hope that this part of the GSWW will have many hyacinth orchids in flower | 14 km | Rob |
Feb 17 or 18 | Gauls Cave: a dry walk now that we know how to bypass the Devils Throat | 10 km | Rosalie |