This year’s Cup Day event was to have been held at Wahgunyah, but owing to dramatic riverine flooding in that area it was decided to tackle the Warby Heritage Trail instead. After meeting at Rotary Park, we drove to Taminick Winery where the friendly staff welcomed us for our seven kilometre walk. The Heritage Trail…
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Mount Typo weekend : October 7-9
On Saturday, five walkers started off in brilliant sunshine to complete an 8.5km loop, starting at Typo Station, and going in a westerly direction. They saw plenty of bird life, and enjoyed the amazing scenery along the way, arriving back at Typo Station in time for lunch after a three hour walk. For the longer…
Fed Walks, 30th September to 2nd October
Fed Walks (Bushwalking Victoria’s annual weekend; so named from the days when BWV was known as the Federation of Walking Clubs) this year was held mainly in the WONP, plus other nearby venues such as Mount Buffalo NP, Chiltern and Beechworth. This very successful weekend was enjoyed by over 200 participants from all over Victoria….
Exploration walk from Killawarra to Peechelba : September 15
Fifteen risk taking hikers walked carefully along the often difficult eight kilometres from the edge of the Killawarra Forest to Peechelba, mainly along the rarely visited and narrow Irishtown Creek “corridor”. This was a new walk, and a journey which connected two parts of the Warby Ovens National Park (Killawarra, which was part of the…
Week Away : Thursday, 7th – Wednesday, 13 April
This year’s Week Away covered six nights in South Gippsland, based at the excellent Forest Lodge Farm. A total of 33 club members journeyed, by various routes, down to the Yarram area for this week of glorious bushwalking, in delightfully varied country, and in great weather conditions! On the Friday we were trudging through Tarra…
Falls Creek : February 11, 12 and 13
The club’s annual visit to Falls Creek was very successful, and we enjoyed three days of walking in, and around, the high country. Friday’s walk (led by Chris) was to Mount Jaithmathang, and having gathered at the Pretty Valley camping area we set off for Tawonga Huts in quite foggy conditions. By the time we…
Category Archives: Special Events
Cup Day, 2022
This year’s Cup Day event was to have been held at Wahgunyah, but owing to dramatic riverine flooding in that area it was decided to tackle the Warby Heritage Trail instead. After meeting at Rotary Park, we drove to Taminick Winery where the friendly staff welcomed us for our seven kilometre walk. The Heritage Trail…
Mount Typo weekend : October 7-9
On Saturday, five walkers started off in brilliant sunshine to complete an 8.5km loop, starting at Typo Station, and going in a westerly direction. They saw plenty of bird life, and enjoyed the amazing scenery along the way, arriving back at Typo Station in time for lunch after a three hour walk. For the longer…
Fed Walks, 30th September to 2nd October
Fed Walks (Bushwalking Victoria’s annual weekend; so named from the days when BWV was known as the Federation of Walking Clubs) this year was held mainly in the WONP, plus other nearby venues such as Mount Buffalo NP, Chiltern and Beechworth. This very successful weekend was enjoyed by over 200 participants from all over Victoria….
Exploration walk from Killawarra to Peechelba : September 15
Fifteen risk taking hikers walked carefully along the often difficult eight kilometres from the edge of the Killawarra Forest to Peechelba, mainly along the rarely visited and narrow Irishtown Creek “corridor”. This was a new walk, and a journey which connected two parts of the Warby Ovens National Park (Killawarra, which was part of the…
Week Away : Thursday, 7th – Wednesday, 13 April
This year’s Week Away covered six nights in South Gippsland, based at the excellent Forest Lodge Farm. A total of 33 club members journeyed, by various routes, down to the Yarram area for this week of glorious bushwalking, in delightfully varied country, and in great weather conditions! On the Friday we were trudging through Tarra…
Falls Creek : February 11, 12 and 13
The club’s annual visit to Falls Creek was very successful, and we enjoyed three days of walking in, and around, the high country. Friday’s walk (led by Chris) was to Mount Jaithmathang, and having gathered at the Pretty Valley camping area we set off for Tawonga Huts in quite foggy conditions. By the time we…