DATE |
LOCATION |
ACTIVITY |
ACCOMMODATION |
DISTANCE TO TRAVEL (km) |
VOLCANIC
FEATURES |
INFORMATION TO DOWNLOAD |
OTHER
AREAS OF INTEREST |
Sun
Oct 16 |
Travel
to Port Fairy |
Port
Fairy - |
Port
Fairy Gardens Caravan Park, 111 Griffiths Street, Port Fairy 3284; 03
5568 1060 |
535 |
N/A |
See
Port Fairy Gardens website |
Port
Fairy – island and beach walks |
Mon
Oct 17 |
Tower
Hill, Warrnambool |
14km
of walks, Easy grade on five different walks, all starting from the Tower
Hill Information Centre |
As
above |
44 |
Crater
Lake, dormant volcano, lava flows and wetland. Tour at 11.00am from Visitors Centre. |
Tower
Hill Reserve Visitors guide |
Koroit
and Warrnambool |
Tues
Oct 18 |
Mount
Eccles National Park (Budj Bin NP) |
Lake
Surprise crater rim walk, Lava flows walk, Natural bridge walk. Up to 11 km of Easy and Medium grades |
As
above |
100 |
Lake
Surprise crater rim walk, Lava flows, Lava cave, lava bridge and lava tunnel |
Budj Bin
National Park Visitors Guide |
Budj Bim Cultural Landscape, added to the World Heritage List
in 2019. -extensive indigenous aquaculture systems . |
Wed
Oct 19 |
Penshurst
Volcanic Discovery centre, Mt Rousse and Mount Napier Volcano walks, Byaduk
Lava Caves |
Climbing
two volcanic peaks, and enter the Byaduk caves Easy and Medium, 7 km |
As
above |
170 |
Penshurst
Volcano Museum, Mt Rouse and Mount Napier volcanic peaks, views of the
western district volcanic plains |
Mount
Napier Geological map |
Hamilton,
Wannon Falls |
Thurs
Oct 20 |
Travel
to Mount Gambier in South Australia via the |
Accommodation
at the Blue Lake Caravan Park, near the Blue Lake itself |
Blue
Lake Holiday Park, Lot 100, Bay Rd, Mount Gambier, SA 5290 08
8725 9856 |
153 |
N/A |
See
Blue Lake Holiday Park website |
Lower
Glenelg National Park |
Fri
Oct 21 |
Mount
Gambier’s four volcanic peaks |
Blue
Lake Circuit, Mountain Trail, Leg of Mutton Track and Valley Lake Track. 11 km and Easy and Medium walks |
As
above |
2-5 |
Visit
sink holes, walk around the rim of Mount Gambier’s volcanos Blue Lake, Valley
Lake and Leg of Mutton Lake |
The
top five walks in Mount Gambier |
Port
MacDonnell, sink holes south of Mount Gambier, Carpenters Rocks |
Sat
Oct 22 |
Mount
Schanck and sink holes in Mt Gambier |
Mount
Schanck is Australia’s youngest volcano. Crater rim walk, 3 km. Medium. Engelbrecht Caves and Umpherston
Sinkholes. |
As
above |
36 |
Mount
Schanck is Australia’s youngest volcano at 2,500 years old. Sink holes and caves in Mt Gambier |
Mount
Schanck Crater Rim Walk. |
Port
MacDonnell, sink holes south of Mount Gambier, Carpenters Rocks |
1.
ACCOMMODATION:
see above. Cabins, caravans, tent
facilities. Camp Kitchen in each
location for happy hour and to arrange the next day.
Book your own accommodation.
2.
CATERING: self-catering. Provide your own breakfasts and lunches. Some members may decide informally to dine
out some nights.
3.
TRANSPORT: Members
to organise their own cars, pooling of cars and petrol payments. Estimated
times of departure and arrivals to be done the night before.
4.
MAPS: Maps
of how to drive to each destination, plus detailed walking maps will be
provided on a daily basis.
5.
Details of
the geological features – participants interest in the geology will vary.
6.
The minimum
suggested would be the “information to Download”. See above.
7.
For others
refer online to –
“Australia’s Volcanic History is a lot
younger than you think” by Jozua Van Otteroo
“Mt Gambier volcanic eruption
calculated”
“Forged by Fire. Volcanoes in Victoria” Australian Geographic 17.5 2017
“Australia’s Volcanoes” Russell Ferrett.