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…
Category Archives: Special Events
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…
AGM : July 2020
Our long awaited Annual General Meeting was held on 27 July, the venue being the Town and Country Tavern, Wangaratta. After a nice meal at the Tavern, our President, Cecily Fletcher, opened the meeting and welcomed attendees. It was noted that this meeting is later in the year from normal practice due to meeting restrictions…
Cancellation of our activities
Hello everybody, We have received advice from Bushwalking Australia that we feel it is necessary for us to comply with, requesting we cancel any meetings, face-to-face events and walks activities until June. In the interests of supporting continued health of all our members, we will suspend our current walks program and monitor the situation. We…
Category Archives: Special Events
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…
AGM : July 2020
Our long awaited Annual General Meeting was held on 27 July, the venue being the Town and Country Tavern, Wangaratta. After a nice meal at the Tavern, our President, Cecily Fletcher, opened the meeting and welcomed attendees. It was noted that this meeting is later in the year from normal practice due to meeting restrictions…
Cancellation of our activities
Hello everybody, We have received advice from Bushwalking Australia that we feel it is necessary for us to comply with, requesting we cancel any meetings, face-to-face events and walks activities until June. In the interests of supporting continued health of all our members, we will suspend our current walks program and monitor the situation. We…