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