This weekend (October 3 and 4) we are commemorating 40 plus years of our club, and the amazing “greenlisting” of the Warby Ovens National Park with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) – the first in Victoria, and only the 4th in Australia – see https://iucngreenlist.org/about/ and https://iucngreenlist.org/explore/green-list-sites/ It will be an interesting…
Category Archives: Special Events
Lake Eildon : September 10-12
On the weekend of September 10th – 12th a group of walkers were able to participate in the Eildon weekend. The easing of some Covid-19 restrictions were not quite enough to enable more to partake, but those in attendance were enthusiastic about the prospects of walking in a new location for the club. The weekend…
IUCN Listing for our National Park
The Warby-Ovens National Park has obtained the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Green List accreditation. See the following link for for details of this great achievement. Press Release The Park is one of only four in Australia to achieve this status, and this listing is due to the hard work of many…
AGM : 29th March, 2021
Our AGM for this year was held at the Wangaratta Club, and our President, Cecily Fletcher, opened the meeting and welcomed attendees. Cecily then acknowledged the traditional custodians of the land on which we meet and paid respects to their Elders both past and present. Apologies : Peter and Kate Murray, Helen Van Reit, Anne…
Cup Day Walks Program
As mentioned on our current Walks Program, we will be having a special event on Cup Day, and here are the details. We have three options for the walks on Cup Day, all beginning at Wenhams Camp, in the Warby-Ovens National Park, at various times. Places are limited to 10 participants on each walk, and…
40th Anniversary
This month (September 2020) marks the 40th Anniversary of the first ever bushwalk of our club, a cross-country ‘off-track’ route that finished at Pine Gully. As part of the celebration of that event, Andy Kimber, and the Wangaratta Chronicle, kindly organised a feature article on our Club, and that article is accessible via the link…
Category Archives: Special Events
Warby Ranges North-to-South
This weekend (October 3 and 4) we are commemorating 40 plus years of our club, and the amazing “greenlisting” of the Warby Ovens National Park with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) – the first in Victoria, and only the 4th in Australia – see https://iucngreenlist.org/about/ and https://iucngreenlist.org/explore/green-list-sites/ It will be an interesting…
Lake Eildon : September 10-12
On the weekend of September 10th – 12th a group of walkers were able to participate in the Eildon weekend. The easing of some Covid-19 restrictions were not quite enough to enable more to partake, but those in attendance were enthusiastic about the prospects of walking in a new location for the club. The weekend…
IUCN Listing for our National Park
The Warby-Ovens National Park has obtained the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Green List accreditation. See the following link for for details of this great achievement. Press Release The Park is one of only four in Australia to achieve this status, and this listing is due to the hard work of many…
AGM : 29th March, 2021
Our AGM for this year was held at the Wangaratta Club, and our President, Cecily Fletcher, opened the meeting and welcomed attendees. Cecily then acknowledged the traditional custodians of the land on which we meet and paid respects to their Elders both past and present. Apologies : Peter and Kate Murray, Helen Van Reit, Anne…
Cup Day Walks Program
As mentioned on our current Walks Program, we will be having a special event on Cup Day, and here are the details. We have three options for the walks on Cup Day, all beginning at Wenhams Camp, in the Warby-Ovens National Park, at various times. Places are limited to 10 participants on each walk, and…
40th Anniversary
This month (September 2020) marks the 40th Anniversary of the first ever bushwalk of our club, a cross-country ‘off-track’ route that finished at Pine Gully. As part of the celebration of that event, Andy Kimber, and the Wangaratta Chronicle, kindly organised a feature article on our Club, and that article is accessible via the link…