Essendon Bushwalking Club

An easy flat circuit walk along both sides of Moonee Ponds Creek between Pascoe Vale Road and the railway viaduct across Moonee Ponds Creek. 

Celebrate the approach of the Winter solstice (and Charles' Birthday!) with a bracing walk along the coast from San Remo to Cape Paterson. Two days walking, but you will have just a light day-pack if you choose to book accommodation in Wonthaggi. Not only is the coastal scenery magnificent, but there's a good chance of spotting a whale or two along the coast at this time of year.

The Plan ...
Friday afternoon - drive to San Remo, (book your own accommodation), meet at San Remo Hotel for evening meal.
Saturday morning, early - we'll have to set up a car-shuffle, leaving one or more cars at Cape Paterson.
Saturday - Walk, 19km, (can be shortened if required) good paths (George Bass Coastal Path and Kilcunda/Wonthaggi Rail Trail) to Wonthaggi. Book own accommodation - take a tent if you like! Evening meal out, tba.
Sunday - Walk, 13km. Wonthaggi Coal Mine Historic Reserve, minor tracks to Harmers Haven, beach walking to Cape Paterson.
Monday (optional) - The official activities will cease on Sunday afternoon, but Monday is a holiday, so walkers could spend an extra day in the area if they wished.

Note: I don't expect accommodation to be too hard to get, but it is a long weekend, so maybe?

This is a walk for a quiet Monday public holiday in a pretty part of the Dandenong Ranges. It will be in 2 parts, both of which will start and end at the Ferny Creek Recreation Reserve with a lunch break between each part also at the reserve. The first part will head downhill through the Alfred Nicholas Memorial Gardens and uphill via Sassafras Creek to the Sassafras shops where the route will pick up a couple of quiet backstreets to arrive back at the reserve. After lunch the second part of the walk will be in Sherbrooke Forest to the Sherbrooke Falls and back to the reserve via a boundary fire track.

It is a bit of a stretch to grade the walk as easy/medium as most of it is easy even the uphill sections, but if there are several days of rain prior to the walk it could be very muddy and slow going. Bring boots and poles if you use them, morning tea and lunch, and appropriate weather gear. There are conveniences at the reserve.

Don't count on a drink at a cafe after the walk as not many cafes may not be open on a public holiday.

The AGM will start at 7.30pm followed by the monthly Club meeting. Meeting  held at Moonee Ponds Bowling Club, Mt Alexandra Road, Moonee Ponds

Studley Park Architectual Walk

Sunday 15th June

Leader: Marek Turski-szendzielarz

Location:  Studley Park Boathouse

Meeting Time and Place: 0900  Parks Information Board near Toilets

Walk Distance(s)  12km

Grade(s): 3 EM

The Walk(s):.We will start the walk at the information board at Studley  Park and walk to Yarra Bend Road to an oval and see an old reservoir, highlights are Raheen, Studley house Carmelite Monastery and other  interesting houses.

Bring: Bring: Your happy smiles, cameras, usual day walking gear, water, snacks morning tea and lunch, Afternoon tea at Studley Park Boat house.

Marek: 0401531450 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Mobile number to contact on the day of the walk. 0401531450

This is a base camp for those who wish to visit some of the more remote locations in NSW including Mungo National Park, Broken Hill, White Cliffs opal mining town and Cobar copper mining town.  Walks will be scheduled at the towns and en route between towns. There will also be visits to local features especially museums which display the history of the towns and why they exist.

The plan is for walkers to make their own way to Mildura, arriving by the late afternoon of Sunday June 15.  They might take one or more days to get there from their homes.  (540km from Melbourne).

On the following morning (Monday 16) we will leave early for Broken Hill via Mungo National Park.  Later stays will be at White Cliffs, Cobar and Griffith where the camp will finish on the evening of Tuesday June 24.

Walkers can leave for home from Griffith on Wednesday June 25, taking one or more days as they wish.(460 km).

Except for Mildura, stays will be 2 or 3 days at each location.

We stay nights at Mildura June 15, Broken Hill June 16-18, White Cliffs June19-20, Cobar June 21-22, Griffith June 23-24.

Over the next few weeks I'll check accommodation options at the various towns and send those details to registrants so they can make bookings.

A walk for those members not attending the Broken Hill Base Camp but still wanting some excerise. The new perimeter fence has been finished around the Bandicoot Enclosure following the decision to reduce the size of the " back paddock" and moving it to the west. This walk will take walkers around the outside of the newly fenced enclosure following the new fenceline. 
An added bonus will be a visit to the Bandicoots Flight Path Project alongside the Moonee Ponds Creek Trail.     
Some of the walk will be off track, but easy walking, the terrain along the fenceline being grassland. Runners should be ok unless it has been raining in the area in the days prior to the walk, when boots would be preferable.

Refreshments and toilets will be available at the Homestead.

This is a repeat of the Wednesday walk held in March this year, but in reverse ie finishing in Geelong where afternoon tea will be in plentifull supply unlike at the finish of the mid week walk.
We will meet at the Vintage Clock at Southern Cross Station by 8.55 am. In time to catch the 9.10 am V Line service to Waurn Ponds, due to arrive at North Shore at 10.04 am.  This train stops to pick up passengers at Footscray (9.18 am.), Sunshine (9.23 am.), Deer Park (9.28 am.), and Tarneit (9.37am).

The walk starts with a visit to nearby Moorpanyal Park Reserve (toilet)and then heads south towards Geelong, passing the new Tasmania Ferry Terminal before making our way to the bayside walking track passing through St. Helens Park, Rippleside Beach, and then along The Esplanade and the Bob Megovan Path to Cunningham Pier ( toilets). 
From there it is only a short walk to Geelong  Station and the train home - BUT,  not before a well earned stop for afternoon tea at a suitable place.

Walking poles won't be needed, the walk being mainly flat and suitable for walking shoes.

If you prefer to drive, there should be plenty of available spaces at the North Shore Station Car Park, but you will need to get public transport back to your car from the finish at Geelong Station.

We will take the 8.41 train from Essendon to Parliament Station, where we will connect to the 109 tram, taking it to the Deepdene Shopping Centre. From there, a suburban walk on footpaths, grass and rail trail to Oakleigh with a stop at one of Darren's favourite cafes (great coffee, wonderful muffins!) At Oakleigh, do your own thing for lunch or join Darren at Nicos Cafe for spanikopita (about $20 with salad). PLEASE BRING CASH. Train back to Essendon.

This walk starts with a relatively steep climb to Mount Sugarloaf and with some nice views from the top. We then descend down through a series of forest trails.  Boots and poles are recommended.