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WALKS PROGRAMME & EVENTS CALENDAR

SUMMER 2010

Please note this program is subject to change. Last modified: 24th January 2010

December January February March
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December
Date
Type
Grade
Event
Leader
5 Saturday Social Christmas Party and Dance - Imperial Hotel. $50, $45 for walk leaders. Please book by email. Andrew
6 Sunday Medium Werribee Gorge. Sonya
7 Monday Clubnight Christmas Trip briefing and slide. Bruce
12-13 Weekend Medium+* Howqua River - The Bluff. Brad
13 Sunday Medium Brighton to Mentone. Joseph
14 Monday Clubnight No Clubnight.  
19-22 Weekend Easy* Wilson’s Prom. Sealers Cove - Refuge Cove - Waterloo Bay. Beginners pack carry. Limit 12. Les
20 Sunday Easy-Medium Cakewalk. Point Lonsdale to Barwon Heads. Christopher
21 Monday Clubnight No Clubnight  
27 Sunday   No Sunday walk.  
28 Monday Clubnight No Clubnight.  
26-31 Extended Medium* Pack Carry - Round Mountain, Mount Jagungal, Valentine Falls and Tumut River. For more information about this walk, click here. Bruce

January
Date
Type
Grade
Event
Leader
3 Sunday   No Walk  
4 Monday Clubnight No Clubnight.  
9-10 Weekend Easy-Medium Mitchell River National Park. Beginners pack carry. Andrew
10 Sunday Medium Sorrento. Robert
11 Monday Clubnight No Clubnight.  
15 Friday Evening People, Piers and Pelicans Trail meet at 6.30pm Seaholme Station walk to Altona, dinner after. Colin and Christine
16 Saturday Medium+ Lerderderg Gorge. Blackwood Ranges Track and the river. Ken
17 Sunday Easy-Medium Trentham Falls. Joseph
18 Monday Clubnight No Clubnight.  
23-26 Extended Walk Medium+* Genoa River - river walk. Ken
23-24 Weekend Medium* Mt. Feathertop - Bungalow Spur. More information. Bruce
24 Sunday Easy-Medium Warrandyte. Sharon
25 Monday Clubnight No Clubnight.  
31 Sunday Easy-Medium Plenty Gorge. Liz

February
Date
Type
Grade
Event
Leader
1 Monday Clubnight Walhalla and its history. Presentation by Rudi Paoletti. Rudi
6-7 Weekend Medium+* Great Ocean Road. Apollo Bay to Aire River via Cape Otway. Tamie
7 Sunday Medium Cement Creek to Mt Donna Buang. John
8 Monday Clubnight No Clubnight.  
12 Friday Social Warwick Thai Restaurant 400 Sydney Road, Brunswick 7.15pm. Banquet Meal $20. Book By Feb 5th. David Dawson
13 Saturday Social Werribee Zoo African Rhythms. Bring a Picnic or buy some African food there. Meet on the lawn at 4pm come earlier for the safari bus tour. Colin and Christine
14 Sunday Easy-Medium Woodlands and Gellibrand Hill. Tom
15 Monday Clubnight No Clubnight.  
20-21 Weekend Easy-Medium* Ropers Hut - Annual Formal Dinner. Pre and post party options include easy walks to White Rock Creek Falls and Timms Lookout. Stephen
21 Sunday Easy-Medium Lysterfield Lake. More information here. Lisa
22 Monday Clubnight No Clubnights.  
27 Saturday Easy-Medium Point Addis - Costal Walk. Marina
28 Sunday Easy-Medium Kilcunda - Lunch At Pub, book with leader. Dale

March
Date
Type
Grade
Event
Leader
1 Monday Clubnight Autumn Walks Program Launch Committee
2-16 Extended Medium-Hard* New Zealand - Rees Dart and Routeburn Tracks. Limit 6. More information. Bruce
6-8 Labour Day Weekend Medium* Mt. Hendrick, Huggets Crossing and Avon River. Ken
6-8 Labour Day Weekend Medium Accommodated weekend at Walhalla. Approx $70 plus booking fee. Trip Code 0603. Click here for more information about this trip. Andrew
7 Sunday Easy-Medium Mt Martha. Letitia
8 Monday Clubnight No Clubnight.  
12 Friday Evening Maribyrnong River meet at 6.30pm South Kensington Station, dinner after. Colin and Christine
14 Sunday Easy Medium St. Andrew Beach to Rye, car-shuffle. David
15 Monday Clubnight No Clubnight.  
20-21 Weekend   Wilson's Prom Waterloo Bay and Oberion Bay. Beginners pack carry.  
21 Sunday Easy-Medium Hansen and Chandler Tracks, Mt Dandenong. Derek
27 Saturday Easy-Medium Blackwood - Byers Back Track and Tunnel Point Track. Ken
         
         

 

Upcoming Extended Walks
Date
Type
Grade
Event
Leader
2-5 April Easter Weekend Easy-Medium Accommodated weekend at the Grampians. Day walks to Mt. Rosea, The Fortress, Mt. Difficult and Mt Abrupt. Accommodation Assess Ears Lodge, Trip Code 0204. David
2-5 April East Weekend Medium+* Cobberas, Cowombat Flat and Limestone Creek. Bruce
17-18 April Weekend   Cope Hut - Hut maintenance work party and roast dinner. Ken
24-26 April Anzac Weekend Medium+* Mt. Darling Circuit via Dry Creek and Wonnangatta Station. Stephen
24-26 April Anzac Weekend Medium Mt Buffalo. Base camp at Lake Catani.  
24-26 April Anzac Weekend Easy-Medium Cathedral Ranges. Accommodation at Narbethong. Approx cost $75 plus booking fee. Trip code 2404 David.
12-14 Queen's Birthday Weekend Easy-Medium Tallangatta. Accommodated weekend. David
12-14 June Queen's Birthday Weekend   Wilson's Promontory. Accommodation at the lighthouse. $100+ booking fee. Limit 12. Andrew
12-14 June Queen's Birthday Weekend   Grampians. The Fortress and Mt. Thackery. Bruce
7-14 August Extended Medium-Hard* Mt. Bogong to Mt. Hotham. Snow shoe walk. TBA
28 August - 4 September Extended Medium-Hard* Mt. Jagungal via Wheeler's Hut. Snow shoe walk. TBA

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