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, not for April: our "meeting", on Tuesday 8 April, will be a dinner.
Activities program as at 22 February
| Mar Sat 01 | Naroghid to Cobden and return: walking along the rail trail | Mabel | |
| Mar Sun 02 | Clean up Australia day: scavenging along Russell Creek | Coralie | |
| Mar Sun 09 | Port Fairy: East Beach, West Beach, and looking at the Folk Festival's buskers and market | Robyn | |
| Mar Tue 11 | Meeting | ||
| Mar Sat 15 | Around Portland: to visit various features | Christine | |
| Mar Sat 22 | Mt Abrupt: the GPT from the Dunkeld-Halls Gap Rd to the Victoria Valley Rd | 11 km, 550 m↑ | Ali |
| Mar Sun 23 | Lake Pertobe and Kellys Swamp: along the W'bool-PF rail trail to the ex-horse-riding school. | 9 or 18 km | Mabel |
| Mar 29–Apr 5 | GSWW day walks: 4 nights will be based at Nelson and 3 based at Portland | Lothar | |
| Mar 29 or 30 | Available | ||
| Apr Sat 05 | Cape Nelson to Yellow Rock: share the final day for Lothar's GSWW walkers | 8 km | Rob |
| Apr Tue 08 | Dinner meeting | Lothar | |
| Apr Sat 12 | Shelley Beach loop: in the late afternoon with possibly a BBQ at Lake Pertobe | Ali | |
| Apr Sun 13 | Mt Sturgeon to Dunkeld: the last "hill" of the Grampians Peak Trail | 11 km, 425 m↑ | Mabel |
| Apr Sun 13 | 4 Peaks Challenge: Friends of Mt Leura's annual challenge to climb Mts Leura, Sugarloaf, Elephant and Noorat | 4 climbs of about 100 m | Rob |
| Apr Mon 21 | Port Campbell to Two Mile Bay and back: includes easy walking along a sea level rock ledge. | 9 km, 100 m↑ | Rob |
| Apr 26 or 27 | Penshurst: a walk around the town, the botanic gardens and other points of interest | Gwenda | |
| May Sat 03 | Mt Sturgeon circuit: our old faithful start of the year walk, postponed because of January's heat | 7 km | Dina |
| May Sat 10 | Beeripmo day walk: it will be interesting to see the regrowth after the fires last February | 16 km, 550 m↑ | Janice |
| May Tue 13 | Meeting | ||
| May 17–Jun 4 | Portuguese Camino: Porto in Portugal to Santiago in Spain | 270 km | Lothar |
| May 17 or 18 | Available | ||
| May 24 or 25 | Explore Hamilton: looking at such things as the cemetery, Botanic Gardens and Art Gallery | Coralie | |
| May Sat 31 | Moleside to Pritchards: one of the sections of the Great South West Walk that follow the Glenelg river | 11 km or 15 km | Rob |
| Jun 7 or 8 | Available-long weekend | ||
| Jun Tue 10 | Meeting | ||
| Jun 14 or 15 | Lake Pertobe to the Japanese Garden and back: we'll wend our way through Warrnambool using its roads, paths and parks | Rosalie | |
| Jun 21 or 22 | Bike ride around Lake Linlithgow: is a relaxing ride with quiet roads and almost no hills | Coralie | |
| Jun 28 or 29 | Available | ||
| Jul Tue 08 | Meeting | ||
| Jul Sun 27 | Christmas in July at Tower Hill | Lothar | |
| Aug Tue 12 | Meeting | ||
| Sep Tue 09 | Meeting | ||
| Oct 11–12 | FedWalks: 20 day walks based around Halls Gap | ||
| Oct Tue 14 | Meeting | ||
| Oct 29–Nov 5 | Sydney revisited: 6 day-walks along the coast based at a location TBA. | Lothar | |
| Nov Tue 11 | AGM | ||
| Dec Tue 09 | Meeting |