Walk Distance(s) 11km

Grade(s):EM

The Walk(s): Woodlands Historic Park. Totals over 700 Hectares (1730 acres). It was first established as a public park in 1980 end contains many physical links to the landscape of the set was in the 1840s including the re stored Woodlands homestead. There is valuable remnants of the most southerly Victorian extent of grassy woodland open forest. The homestead what are was established in 1843, it is a rare example of a large pre constructed timber kit house brought to Australia from Britain. Emigrating From Ireland with his family to seek a healthier climate, William Pomeroy Greene, a former Royal Navy officer, moved into the newly erected homestead on 9th of June 1843.There are also two other 19 century homesteads Cumberland and Dundonald. It also is home to retired , champion racehorses We will start the walk at the car park and walk to the Homestead. Gellibrand Hill great views ( 204 metres high).NB

Cancellation: Walk will be cancelled if a Total Fire Ban is in place, or temperature is over 30 degrees

This walk takes in the best of Beaumaris starting with a view of the many golf courses in the area followed by viewing a few of the mid century modernist homes Beaumaris is famous for and concluding with walking along the coast to check out the views Australian painters used as inspiration for some of our most famous paintings. We will meet on the concourse at Flinders Street station at 08:50 ready to catch a train at 09:00. On arrival at Cheltenham Station we will have a break for purchase of coffee and morning tea and head off from there. The route is flat with about 30 steps up and down towards the end and is about 50% in shade. The walk concludes on Beach Road Beaumaris where we will catch a bus to the train for our return journey.

This walk - Whiskey Creek Circuit - is a 10.6km walk on the Western side of the Lerderderg River - descending into the gorge from near Mt Blackwood, upstream in the valley for a little over a km, then climbing back up to the cars along a different track.

Although the distance is not great, it's a medium/hard (at least) walk - generally rocky trails, 250-300m descent and ascent (twice), and 2 crossings of the river. (The walk is Walk 13 in Glenn Tempest's "Melbourne's Western Gorges").

Meet at 8am at Moonee Ponds for car pooling, or by 9.30am at the start of the walk - the intersection of Mt Blackwood Road and Square Bottle Track. There is a small car-park there.

The walk may be cancelled if very hot weather is forecast.

A 14 kilometre walk starting at The  Boathouse (address -  7 The Boulevard, Moonee Ponds) and ending there for afternoon tea.  From the Boathouse we'll head down to the Maribyrnong River, enter the Afton Street Conservation Reserve and walk four kilometres along the river before stopping for morning tea at Canning Reserve.  We'll loop back with a short climb before descending to the river, do a lap of Aberfeldie Park, then return to The Boathouse. Boots are not essential but poles could be helpful for some of the hills.  

Walk Distance(s): 12 km
Grade(s): Medium
The Walk(s): We start the walk at Brimbank Park :About 40,000 years ago: first signs of possible human habitation along the Maribyrnong River. The Keilor Cranium and femur of an aboriginal person, found in 1940 in a sand bank, has been carbon dated at about 12,000 years. The area is home to the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation. In the late 1830s, Europeans first settled the area and used the fertile river valley as stock runs. They often drove stock around the brim of the bank, thus the park's name, Brimbank. The river flats on the east bank were used for market gardening until 1983. We walk to the Homestead owned and operated as a farm by the Dodd family from 1860 to 1974. The Homestead was the residence of the Dodd Family whose farming activities included dairy farming, market gardening, beef cattle farming and orchards. In 1976, Brimbank Park opened to the public as part of the Maribyrnong Valley Park, combined with the adjacent Horseshoe Bend Children's farm and Greenvale Reservoir Park. The Maribyrnong River has hollowed out a valley some 55 metres below the Keilor Plain, with a steep bank on the northern side and gentle terraces on the southern side. We then walk down and cross the ford to Horseshoe Bend .Until 1854 the 26 ha property which is now Horseshoe Bend Farm served as the Keilor Village Reserve. This meant it was used for grazing and by any travellers who were passing through the area.
From 1854 until the early 1900s the land was subdivided. In the early 1900s William O'Neil Jnr purchased the property and operated it as a dairy farm. After O'Neils death in the 1930s the farm was subdivided into smaller lots. These lots passed through the hands of various owners who used them as orchards and market gardens The farm features an original weatherboard 1930s cottage complete with cottage gardens and outbuildings. It was closed 2012.
We will then walk down to the Old Calder freeway and walk uphill following the road around and down to the River and follow this track around the river back to the start.
Bring: Bring: Your happy smiles, cameras, usual day walking gear, water, snacks and lunch, 
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Cancellation Criteria: Walk be cancelled if there is a forecast for Code Red (Catastrophic) Fire Danger Rating or a total Fire Ban or a temperature greater than 30

Starting in Bridport St Daylesford, walk to Kidds gully then Hepburn Spa. Tracks to Argyle Spring then Mannings Rd follow GDT back to Hepburn Spa then Doctors Gully to return to Daylesford. Coffee at Harvest or somesuch.

Mount Charlie Flora Reseve is situated between Riddells Creek and Kerrie, to the East of the Macedon Ranges. It is a small reserve with a mixed eucalypt forest, an extraordinary number of grass trees, and other flora of interest. We will visit the top of Mt Charlie and the nearby Mt Tenerife. (Both about 720m elevation).  Both have good views, but filtered through the trees.

This walk is an 11.5 km loop, with most of the walk (total 7km) being "easy/medium" along minor roads and 4WD tracks. The other sections are (i) 1km along the ridge atop Mt Charlie, untracked and a bit rocky, but fairly level - "medium"; (ii) 1.5km steep descent from Mt Charlie, 300m descent, untracked through open forest - "hard"; (iii) 1 km climb of Mt Tenerife, on a foot track, 200m ascent - "medium/hard" and (iv) 1km descent from Mt Tenerife, 200m down, untracked, steep and rocky through open forest - "hard".

As an added bonus, Mt Charlie has an interesting geological surprise at the top!

The meeting point for the start of the walk is a small carpark on the North side of the reserve (there's a slightly hidden sign for "Mt Charlie Flora Reserve" at the spot). The small car-park is on Eatons Rd, 1.7km South of the Eaton Rd/Mt Eliza Rd intersection. Near Kerrie.

This easy/medium walk has two sections; a fairly straightforward "out and back" walk to Falcon's Lookout for a panoramic view over Werribee Gorge (4.4km) and a loop walk into and along the nearby Ingleston Gorge (5.6km). Total 10.0 km. There's a short drive between the two sections.

Meeting place 1, Moonee Ponds, 8.15am

Meeting Place 2, Ironbark Gorge Carpark, Ironbark/Ingleston Rd (depends which map you look at), on the South side of Werribee Gorge Park. (NOT Ironbark Gorge in Airey's Inlet). Meet at 9.30 am.

The Ingleston Gorge section is untracked along the creek, gaiters or long pants recommended.

Coffee in Bacchus Marsh afte the walk

Manor Lakes is a very new suburban development to the west of Werribee. This walk circles around and through the development, predominantly along recently constructed foot trails along Lollipop Creek, some linear parks and a few linking streets. The distance is 13km, nearly all well-made paths and almost completely flat - ie easy standard.

We will start and finish the walk at Wyndham Vale railway station (on the regional rail line to Geelong). For travel there are three options ...
1. Meet at Southern Cross Station - usual location, at the concourse by the historic clock. Meet there by 9am at the latest, we plan to catch the 9.10am train. (Also picks up at Footscray (9.18am) and Sunshine (9.29am) - let Jim know if that's your plan).
2. Drive to Manor Lakes/Wyndham Vale. There's a large car-park at the station, and also all-day parking at the shopping centre ("Manor Lakes Central") that's located about 300m East of the station - we'll be having our post-walk coffee there.
3. Or get to Wyndham Vale station some other way ... whatever, we will be hoping to meet at the station (West Side thereof) at 9.45am.

This walk starts at the Boar Gully Campground located in the northern part of the Brisbane Ranges National Park. When drivers arrive  at the entrance to the campground they will need to follow the road down to the end where there will be an open area to park their car.  An interesting walk with varying landscape and terrain. There will be a steep hill of a few hundred metres at the midway point and a gentler hill to follow at the 10 kilometre mark. Boots and poles are recommended.