After several club members withdrew due to the “unseasonable” predicted hot day, a small but enthusiastic group ambled along three of the Winton Wetlands area’s designated short walks. In rapidly warming conditions, we covered the almost three kilometres of the Green’s Hill Track, enjoying fantastic views over the now full lakes, and the accompanying massive…
Category Archives: Walks
Mount Glenrowan : November 6
This walk to Mount Glenrowan, via Chick Hill, replaced the scheduled Mount Samaria walk, which was unable to go ahead due to fallen trees blocking access to that area. Fifteen walkers (including two casuals on their first walk with the club) started the 11k walk at Taminick Gap Road, heading along Ridge Track to the…
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…
Category Archives: Walks
Winton Wetlands : December 3
After several club members withdrew due to the “unseasonable” predicted hot day, a small but enthusiastic group ambled along three of the Winton Wetlands area’s designated short walks. In rapidly warming conditions, we covered the almost three kilometres of the Green’s Hill Track, enjoying fantastic views over the now full lakes, and the accompanying massive…
Mount Glenrowan : November 6
This walk to Mount Glenrowan, via Chick Hill, replaced the scheduled Mount Samaria walk, which was unable to go ahead due to fallen trees blocking access to that area. Fifteen walkers (including two casuals on their first walk with the club) started the 11k walk at Taminick Gap Road, heading along Ridge Track to the…
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…