This is a rescheduled walk from February 28th, We start at RedGum Picnic Ground follow the Marshland Circuit and follow the river around, come to a ruin of a homestead and then continue  and rejoin the Marshland  Track back to the cars.

The second stage of the two stage walk to Lara starts at Southern Cross Station at 8.35 am to catch the 8.50 am VLine train to North Shore Station ( picking up at Footscray - 8.58am, Sunshine - 9.03 am, Deer Park - 9.08 am, and Tarneit - 9.17 am.), due at North Shore Station at 9.44 am.

The walk proceeds from North Shore Station to Moorpunyal Park (toilets), and then along Seabeach Parade to avoid the Industrial Area, We then continue along Shell Parade to reach Foreshore Road and walk past Geelong Grammar School to Lagoon Boat Jetty (toilets) and the start of the Hovell Creek Trail. After Limeburner Lagoon, we reach Hovell Creek and follow it as it passes under the Princes Freeway to reach Hovell Creek Reserve, an ideal spot for a lunch stop. From there it is about a 2 km. stroll into Lara for the VLine train back to Melbourne.

A short but exhilarating (ie, a bit tough) walk in Werribee Gorge, taking in some of the less-visited areas around Falcons Lookout. Only 8km, but rated hard - the majority is off track or very minor tracks, it's mostly rocky and sometimes scrubby, and in places quite steep (up, down and sideways). Total ascent/descent 800m. Poles, good footwear and long trousers highly recommended, consider long sleeves too. Note - there are 3 delightful places to sit for a rest on this walk, so plan your snacks accordingly - we'll have morning tea, lunch 1 and lunch 2! (and coffee in Bacchus Marsh).

The start point is Ironbark Gorge Track car-park, on Ingleston Road on the southern side of Werribee Gorge State Park. Meet 9.30am. Or car-pooling available, meet at Airport West (to the west of Target in the shoppingtown car-park) at 8.15am.

As well as registering on this system, please also phone Ron to nominate for this event.

This walk will start with a train trip to Kyneton.  You can either meet at Southern Cross railway station at 8.45 am in time to board the 9.05 am train.  Otherwise you can board at the Footscray station at 9.00 am in time for a 9.13 am departure.

We are expected to arrive at the Kyneton railway station at 10.30 am.  From here we will walk to the Botanical Gardens where autumn colours will be on full display and where we will have morning tea.  After morning tea we will walk along the Campaspe River to the racecourse where we will stoip for lunch.  After lunch we will do a history tour of the Kyneton town and have afternoon tea before making our way back for the 3.05 pm train. We expect to be back at Southern Cross station by 4.15 pm.  Boots and poles are not required.

The Coliban Main Channel was constructed in the 1860's and early 1870's, to deliver water to Bendigo from the Reservoir on the Coliban River at Malmsbury. Over 70km in length through hilly country, it was, and still is, an engineering marvel; not just a channel, it included numerous flumes (elevated channel over gullies), several tunnels through high ridges, a couple of inverted siphons (pipes across deep creeks) and several dissipators (artificial rapids when the channel slope needs to be high).

This is the third of a series of walks that will traverse, from Malmsbury towards Bendigo, those parts of the channel accessible to the public - about 58km in total. Several of the walks (including this one) will be "one-way", ie a car shuffle will be needed. The car-shuffle in this case is bit complicated as the road route between the start and end-point is circuitous - hence I'm asking for an earlier than normal meeting time (9.00am).

The walk itself is a delightful 15.6 km along the channel as it squeezes itself past Mt Alexander, the major impediment to the route from Malmsbury to Bendigo. Plenty of old granite stonework as gullies are bridged, and the third tunnel and second siphon of the route. All in excellent rural scenery.

The meeting point is a (rough) car-park just North of Mt Alexander, where Harcourt-Sutton Grange Rd meets Leanganook Track and crosses the Coliban Channel. There is no toilet there - stop on the way through Harcourt?

Car-pooling also an option from Airport West.

This is a loop circuit on gravel tracks and dirt roads. Passing historic sites of the Gun Powder Magazine built in 1864, then continues passing Devils Cave and Viewing Point Rock that provides views of Heathcote. 

It is recomended that sturdy shoes or boots are worn and walking poles could be of assistance on the few climbs and descents.

This is graded medium a function of distance not difficulty. It showcases a lot that Daylesford has to offer Lakes Daylesford and Jubilee, mineral springs, open country, forest , housing and history. We start at the Boathouse car park at 9.15 for 9.30 prompt start. We head out to Sailors Falls and back via an old railway line (lunch spot) and back via Jubilee Lake. We should be back in time to visit Harvest cafe for afternoon coffee.

A walk through Puffing Billy Country!!

Starting from Alma Treloar Reserve, McBride Street, Cockatoo, we will walk through the green lushness of Wright Forest and see peppermint and stringy bark eucalyptus trees and ferns in some of the gullies. Lunch will be at the tranquil Emerald Lake then spot the fairy trees on our return. Refreshments will be at a cafe in Emerald. 

Directions
As you enter Cockatoo from Melbourne on the Healesville - Koo Wee Rup Road look for Mc Bride Street. Turn left down McBride Street, cross over a railway line and after a few metres turn left at a small gravel road where you will see a sign Alma Treloar Reserve and ahead, a small car park where we will meet.

This walk is in the Organ Pipes NP the closest NP to Melbourne.  It will entail a mixture of walks on four wheel drive, narrow walking tracks and some bush bashing (no bush just grass) over rough ground.  Although most of the walk will be on the flat there will be a couple of steep climbs to the top of the escarpment which may not be on tracks!  See great views down the valley, the Organ Pipes and Rosette rock feature and probably kangaroos and wallabies.  Good walking boots and poles recommended.

This walk takes in the northern part of the Brisbane Ranges NP with a loop of about 15 kilometres from the Boar Gully Campground. We will explore several loop tracks through the northern part of the Brisbane Ranges National Park. There are great views to the north from the Glider Track and Bluff Track. There are no any major climbs, there are only several gentle ups and downs. Meet at the Boar Gully Camp Site (off Reids Road / Brisbane Ranges Road from Bacchus Marsh) at 9am. There are drop-toilets at the Boar Gully Campground (start/end), but none elsewhere. Encourage to bring the walking poles. Some parts of track surface are rough.