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Affiliated with Issued free to members CIRCULAR www.melbournewalkingclub.org JULY 2021 JULY WALKS

Monday 5 Patterson Rd – Cape Schanck Jim Smith Wednesday 7 Mt Evelyn – Lilydale Stn Tony Cagney Sunday 11 Crossroads – Sailors Creek Rd Kim Rosen Wednesday 14 Olinda – Boronia Oliver Lucas Sunday 18 Mt Donna Buang CANCELLED Sunday 18 Kalorama – Mt Evelyn Jenny Hosking 3rd Wed 21 Yarran Dheran – Mullum Creek Graeme Barker Sunday 25 Sailors Creek Rd – Daylesford Kim Rosen Monday 26 Mernda Stn – Hawkstowe Stn Gordon Proudfoot Wednesday 28 Heidelberg – Doncaster Charlie Freedman

Copy for August to: Charlie Freedman - Phone: 0415 558 249 email: [email protected] by the 1st Wednesday in the month, 7th July. Submissions may be edited for space and other considerations.

Laughter Is The Best Medicine Do you remember the times you walk into a spider web, and suddenly turn into a karate master. Visitors Fee A $5.00 fee is now charged to all visitors attending club walks. Walk leaders are to collect the cash from each visitor. Trevor Rosen, President. Extreme Conditions & Fire Bans On days of EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS leaders may cancel the activity at their discretion. If a day of TOTAL FIRE BAN is declared in a walk area, ALL outdoor activities in that area are CANCELLED .

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Office Bearers 2020 -2021 Club Executive President: Trevor Rosen General Committee: Kim Rosen, Senior Vice President: Charlie Freedman David Jones, & Secretary: Michael Corrigan Richard Simpson Assistant Secretary: Jennifer Horne Treasurer: Terry Simpson Activities Officer: Jenny Hosking Membership Officer: John Rankin

Sub -Committee Convenors Other Officers Mt Buller Lodge: David Jones Website Administrator: Charlie Freedman Walter Briggs Hut: Kim Rosen Circular Editor: Charlie Freedman

Walk Coordinators Metro Walks: David Watkins, & Sunday Walks: Kim Rosen Oliver Lucas Easy Metro Walks: Gordon Proudfoot Peninsula Walks: Ron Anderson 3rd Wed Walks: Graeme Barker

Generic email addresses to contact appropriate Club Members: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Talk Over Lunch All members are reminded of the regular social event which occurs on the 2nd Tuesday of each month (except January) at the Charles Dickens Tavern Bistro , in the basement of 290 Collins Street Melbourne, at 11:45 am for 12:00 noon . Face masks must be carried. Barry Revill, Phone: 9555 1114 or email: [email protected] Want to Holiday in Victoria? Then visit the Club’s Mt Buller Lodge in summer. There’s lots to see and do in the Mansfield and Mt Buller area, and you don’t even need skis! The following websites may be useful ... Mansfield: www.mansfieldmtbuller.com.au/event -search Mt Buller: www.mtbuller.com.au/Summer/events/whats -on For enquiries, contact the Booking Officer, Ian Morton, on 0403 991 750. Membership Register Note that members may request that any of their details not be published in the Club’s Membership Register. Email the Membership Officer: [email protected]

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JULY WALKS Monday 5 Jul Patterson Rd – Cape Schanck Leader: Jim Smith Phone: 0437 077 532 Rendezvous & Morning Tea: 9 -45am at Melway 253 H 10. Maps: Melway 253 -254 Grading: Easy……..Distance: 11km. Transport: Private car. Walk Details: Drive along Patterson Rd to Rogers Rd and park (the Rangers have put a opening in the fence for us now). We start the walk from there and head to Limestone Rd where we pick up the Two Bays Track, and circuit back to gate 3 in Rogers Rd and then to the cars. There is some seating and a toilet at lunch. This is an easy bush walk surrounded by farmland and a vast variety of flora and fauna and native bushland with a small hill towards the end. Wednesday 7 Jul Mt Evelyn – Warburton Rail Trail – Lilydale Stn Leader: Tony Cagney Phone: 0411 843 609 [email protected] Rendezvous: 8:45am train to Lilydale at Flinders Street Railway Station / 9:45am Bus #679 from Bay 3 at Lilydale station or 10:00am at rotunda behind Mount Evelyn Reading Rooms. Grading: Medium Distance: 14 km (Escapes at 5km, 8km and 11km). Transport: 8:45am train to Lilydale from Flinders Street then 9:45am bus #679 departs bay 3 at Lilydale station. Morning Tea: 10am at rotunda behind Mount Evelyn Public Reading rooms. Walk Details: A mix of rail trail, quiet country roads and bush tracks. Walk starts on the Warburton Rail Trail then via Connors Flat Road, Victoria Road, Picnic Hill bush track, Boundary Road, Old Gippsland Road and Grand View Grove before re -joining the rail trail. Lunch: Taken on the track in the Picnic Hill Bushland Reserve. No seating or toilets. Recommend bringing something to sit on. Notes: Toilets at Flinders and Lilydale train stations and at Mount Evelyn Memorial Gardens on Wray Cres. Close to morning tea. Escapes: The following are for buses to Lilydale Train Station: • 5 km, Bus #683 – before lunch turn right onto Warburton Hwy before crossing and entering Connors Flat Road • 8 km, Bus #683 – after lunch at corner Warburton Hwy and Old Gippsland Road • 11 km, Bus #676 - Mangans Road turn right before crossing Old Gippsland Road and down into Grand View Grove.

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Sunday 11 Jul Goldfields Track – Stage 5: Crossroads – Sailors Creek Road NB. You must contact the leader if you intend to come on this walk. This is a Combined Walk with the Boroondara Bushwalkers Club with a maximum of eight walkers from each club walking on any day. Preference will be given to those walkers who are intending to walk the whole track of 210km on 14 separate day walks. Leader: Kim Rosen Phone: 0422 804 816 Rendezvous: 9.30am at the Mollongghip Community Hall, Dean -Mollongghip Road. There is a toilet available. Car shuttle from here to Sailors Creek Road and return. Morning Tea: At the Mollongghip Community Hall while some are doing the car shuttle to the end of the walk and back. Distance: 15km Grading: Medium. Maps: Melway X909 B11 & Google Maps. Transport: Private car. Approx. 116km and 1 hour 30 mins drive from the eastern suburbs of Melbourne via Westgate Bridge and Western Highway. Take the C291 exit and turn right (north) over the Western Freeway to Ormond Road, then left at Springbank Rd and right at Barkstead Rd which becomes Mollongghip Rd. Turn left at Dean -Mollongghip Rd. The hall is a short distance along on the right. Walk Details: This is the fifth stage of the Goldfields Track (GT). The walk starts at the Wallaby Rd/ Goldfields track intersection and continues through the Mollongghip area before entering the Wombat State Forest and following the route of the Andersons tramway. The walk passes Mullens Dam and arrives at Wombat Station, a good spot for lunch. The forest walk continues until the end of this section at Sailors Creek Road. Wednesday 14 Jul Olinda – Ferndale Road – Boronia Leader: Oliver Lucas Phone: 9571 6865 Rendezvous: Croydon Station at 8:59am. Maps: Melway 66 & 65 Grading: Medium Distance: 12 km. Transport: 8:15am train from Flinders Street, arriving Croydon at 8:59, then catch the 688 Olinda bus departing from Croydon at 9:10. Morning Tea: At Olinda (Melway 66 H7). Toilets available. Walk Details: From morning tea - to Range Road - to School Road, and eventually Mountain Highway to Hansen Track. After a few more tracks, arrive at Boronia Station. A pleasant walk with a few ups and downs . No escapes. Note: Toilets at morning tea, then bushes en route.

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Sunday 18 Jul Mt Donna Buang NB. This walk has been cancelled. It will be rescheduled for later this year. Contact Trevor Rosen on 0412 136 124 for more details. Sunday 18 Jul Kalorama – Aqueduct – Mt Evelyn NOTE: This walk was originally scheduled for Monday 19th July. NB. You must contact the leader if you intend to come on this walk. Leader: Jenny Hosking Phone: 0423 627 232 Rendezvous: 10.05am at Croydon Railway Station (south side). Morning Tea: 10.45am at Kalorama Park Picnic Area (Melway 52 J10). Maps: Melway Maps 52 & 120 and/or Google. Grading: Medium Distance: Approx 15km. Transport: 9.06am Lilydale Train ex Flinders St, arriving Croydon Station at 10.05am. Then Ventura Bus #688 departing Croydon at 10.22am, arriving Fiveways Corner Kalorama approx. 10.42am. Return from Wray Crs by bus #679 to Ringwood or #663 to Belgrave/Lilydale. Walk Details: Attractive walk in forest areas on secluded tracks where birds and quiet bushland can be appreciated. Some longish hills but not steep. Lunch at Silvan Reservoir (Melway 120 H11). After lunch the walk tracks to the Aqueduct Trail to Mt Evelyn. Escapes via bus #663 to Belgrave/Lilydale (hourly buses): 1. After lunch cnr Monbulk & Stonyford Rds, and 2. Corner Monbulk & Priestly/Margaret Rds. 3rd Wed 21 Jul Yarran Dheran – Mullum Mullum Creek Leader: Graeme Barker Phone: 9874 6938 Rendezvous, Morning Tea & Lunch: 10.30am at Schwerkolts Cottage, Melway 32 D5. Map: Melway 32 Distance: am: 5km. pm: 1.5km. Grading: Easy (but some uphill sections for those who are game). Transport: 9.26am Belgrave train ex Flinders Street, arriving Heatherdale at 9.58. Leader will meet train for walk to Schwerkolts Cottage. Return trains at 15 minute intervals. Car: Park in Schwerkolts Cottage car park. If seeking a longer walk (ie per distance below) park near Heatherdale station and join walk from there. At present there is plenty of car parking available in Buxton Road and surrounding streets, but watch out for limited 2 hour parking on some sides of the streets. This situation may change if more commuters use public transport. Walk Details: There are a variety of walking conditions with some minor undulations. The Cottage was built in 1864 of locally quarried stone and mud,

5 July 2021 and incorporates a cellar and smokehouse, which is of historical interest. There are some unformed track and uphill sections on the walk. AM: Mainly a downhill walk of 1.5Km to the Cottage for morning tea, then to Yarran Dheran Park via the Mullum Mullum Creek track. Visit the exhaust stack for the Eastlink tunnels beneath your feet. Return for lunch in the pleasant Cottage environs. If not wishing to walk far, this in a nice area for a rest/wander. PM: Return to Heatherdale station using a different route via Antonio Park. Sunday 25 Jul Goldfields Track – Stage 6: Sailors Creek Road – Lake Daylesford NB. You must contact the leader if you intend to come on this walk. This is a Combined Walk with the Boroondara Bushwalkers Club with a maximum of eight walkers from each club walking on any day. Preference will be given to those walkers who are intending to walk the whole track of 210kms on 14 separate day walks. Leader: Kim Rosen Phone: 0422 804 816 Rendezvous & Morning Tea: 9.30am at the carpark near the Boathouse Café beside Lake Daylesford. Bring own morning tea. (The café only does coffee with breakfast.) Toilets and picnic tables available. Car shuttle from here back to Sailors Creek Road for the start of the walk. Distance: 14km Grading: Medium. Maps: Melway X909 C9 & Google Maps. Transport: Private car. Approx. 120km and 1 hour 30 mins drive from the eastern suburbs of Melbourne via Westgate Bridge and Western Highway. Take the C141 exit to Daylesford. In Daylesford turn left at Bleakley St to reach the Boathouse café parking area. Walk Details: This is the sixth stage of the Goldfields Track (GT). The walk starts at the intersection of the Goldfields Track and Sailors Creek Road and continues through the Hepburn Regional Park. We will divert to admire the Sailors Falls and then continue through forest to Lake Daylesford and the end of the walk. Monday 26 Jul Mernda Station – Old Mernda – Mernda South – Hawkstowe Station Leader: Gordon Proudfoot Phone: 9717 0909 0405 083 074 Rendezvous: Mernda Station (southern end) at 10.08 am. Morning Tea: At Mernda Recreation Reserve. (Melway 390 J9). There is no shelter, but there are toilets and seating. Maps: Melway 390 & 183 Distance: 10km.

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Grading: Medium/Easy as only one hill in entire walk. Transport: There is a limited express leaving Flinders Street Station at 9.06am. The earlier train at 9.03am only goes to South Morang. Return trains from Hawkstowe station at 2.07pm, 2.27pm and 2.40pm. Walk Details: On walking paths, grass and quiet suburban streets. Lunch will be taken at Woodlands Waters Recreation Reserve (Melway 183 F1) where there is shelter, seating but no toilets. There are various escapes. Wednesday 28 Jul Heidelberg – Doncaster Shoppingtown Leader: Charlie Freedman Phone: 0415 558 249 Rendezvous: 10:15am at Fred Lasslett Reserve, just outside Heidelberg Station on the east (lower) side (Melway 31 K5). For the addicts, coffee is available at the Bean There Espresso Bar in the reserve (on the corner of Mount and Yarra Streets). Morning Tea: Approx 10:45am at a small group of tables near the tennis courts in Plymouth St, Heidelberg (Melway 32 E3). Maps: Melway 31, 32 & 33 Grading: Easy Distance: 13.5km. Transport: 9:39am Hurstbridge train ex Flinders Street, arriving at Heidelberg at 10:14. The following return buses depart Doncaster Shoppingtown: 207, 279, 280, 281, 282, 293, 295, 304, 305, 902 & 903. Walk Details: A pleasant and mostly flat walk along the Main Yarra and Ruffey Creek Trails, with a few side streets. We will start at Heidelberg Station, and finish at the bus terminal at Doncaster Shoppingtown. Lunch will be at Ruffey Lake Park, with tables and shelter. Toilets are available at Heidelberg Station, before morning tea, at lunch and in Shoppingtown. Escapes: The following buses cross our route in Templestowe: 280, 281, 282, 309 & 905. AUGUST PROGRAM Sunday 1 Aug TBA NB. You must contact the leader if you intend to come on this walk. Leader: Tony Cagney Phone: 0411 843 609 Monday 2 Aug Mt Martha – Moorooduc – Osborne Leader: Les Littlejohn Phone: 5987 2215 0409 400 302 Rendezvous: For car travellers only, 9.30am at bend in Century Drive, Melway 145 K9. We will leave some cars here and drive to the start of the walk at Forest Drive and Nepean Highway, Melway 151 C5. For public transport users, Forest Drive bus stop 103 on Nepean Highway at 9.53am.

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Maps: Melway 151, 152, 146 & 145. Grading: Medium Distance: 15km. Escapes: No escapes. Car Transport: Car travellers drive to rendezvous at Melway 145 K9 for car shuffle to Forest Drive. Public Transport: Frankston train at 7.56am ex Flinders Street, arriving at Frankston at 9.04am. then route 788 Portsea bus departing Frankston at 9.19am. Alight at Forest Drive, stop 103 at approx 9.53am. Leader and car travellers will meet bus. Return journey; route 785 bus from Racecourse Road to Frankston departing at 3.00pm then first available train to Flinders Street. Check Metro website for rail works which could affect journey time. Morning Tea: At Forest Drive bus stop, no facilities, but plenty of bush. Walk Details: This is a new walk, mainly on quiet country roads or on bush tracks and passes through areas in which the Club does not generally walk. There is only one short hill. Near the start are views of the Kangerong Basin; later we pass through Woods Reserve, then pass Devilbend Reservoir to Moorooduc Recreation Reserve for lunch. Toilets, water and shelter are available. After lunch, a little road walking leads us to a pleasant bush walk along Balcombe Creek, eventually leading us to where cars are left, and for public transport users route 785 bus stop is not far away. There is one point on Barak Road where wet feet are almost guaranteed after heavy rain unless good boots are worn. The public transport option allows members who usually attend only Metropolitan walks to come and enjoy our beautiful Peninsula and meet Peninsula members. Wednesday 4 Aug Seville East – Woori Yallock Leader: Miles Pierce Phone: 9890 8319 Sunday 8 Aug Goldfields Track No.9: Porcupine Ridge Rd – Vaughan Springs NB. You must contact the leader if you intend to come on this walk. Leader: Kim Rosen Phone: 0422 804 816 Wednesday 11 Aug Beaconsfield – Harkaway – Berwick Leader: David Watkins Phone: 9870 3782 Monday 16 Aug Greensborough – Plenty River – Westerfolds Park Leader: John Rankin Phone: 0408 373 148 Rendezvous: 9.30 am at Greensborough railway station. Maps: Melway 21, 20 & 33 Grading: Easy Distance: 13 km.

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Transport: Hurstbridge train, departing Flinders Street at 8.40 am, arriving Greensborough 9.28 am. The #901 and #902 smart buses also stop at Greensborough station. Morning Tea: Poulter Reserve (Melway 21 A2). Toilet and seating but no shelter. Walk Details: A pleasant walk following the Plenty River Trail to Main Rd then the Old Eltham Rd and across the Yarra into Westerfolds Park. In the past we have done this walk starting at Westerfolds Park but the reverse direction avoids the many long uphill inclines. Lunch will probably be at Cheverton Rd Park. We end the walk at a bus stop in Porter St, Templestowe from which the #905 smart bus runs every 15 minutes to the City or to the Pines Shopping Centre. There are toilets at morning tea, before lunch, at Fitzsimons Lane bridge and Porter St. Escape at Main Road/Para Road (#513 and #901 buses). 3rd Wed 18 Aug Kananook Creek – Seaford Leader: Jim Cone Phone: 9560 8175 Sunday 22 Aug Goldfields Track No10: Vaughan Springs - Castlemaine NB. You must contact the leader if you intend to come on this walk. Leader: Kim Rosen Phone: 0422 804 816 Wednesday 25 Aug Hughesdale – Outer Circle – Surrey Hills Leader: Alan Manzoori Phone: 9830 4627 0417 546 604 Sunday 29 Aug Goldfields Track No11: Castlemaine – Specimen Gully Rd NB. You must contact the leader if you intend to come on this walk. Leader: Kim Rosen Phone: 0422 804 816 Monday 30 Aug Easy Metro – Alphington – Darebin Leader: Alex Hordijenko Phone: 9383 3257 Goldfields Track: March to September 2021 Fourteen One Day Walks Leader: Kim Rosen Phone: 0422 804 816 [email protected] The Goldfields Track is a continuous walking track starting from Mt Buninyong and passing through Ballarat, Creswick, Daylesford, Castlemaine and ending in Bendigo. In total it is 210km long. The walk is being completed as a series of one day Sunday walks, except for the last 3 sections which will be done from a base in Bendigo (2 or 3 nights base

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under cover staying at a central motel). This is a Combined Walk with The Boroondara Bushwalkers Club with a maximum of 8 members from each club walking on any one day. It’s possible that there will be 1 -3 vacancies for MWC walkers on some of the individual walks, so please contact Kim Rosen (see details above) if you are interested in walking particular sections. It is essential that you confirm with Kim that there is a vacancy prior to attending any walk. Please note that a car shuttle is needed on each of the 14 day walks. The dates planned for the remaining sections are: GT 5 : Sunday 11 July (see details in this circular) GT 6 : Sunday 25 July (see details in this circular) NOTE that these two walks were cancelled in June, and have been reschedule in July. GT 7 & 8 : NOTE that these two walks, which were originally scheduled for July 11 & 25, are fully booked, and will be rescheduled by Kim Rosen for sometime in July or August. GT 9 : Sunday 08 August GT 10 : Sunday 22 August GT 11 : Sunday 29 August GT 12 : Friday 3 September (Stay night in Bendigo) GT 13 : Saturday 4 September (Stay night in Bendigo) GT 14 : Sunday 5 September THE END!

Strategic Review - Report to Members The Melbourne Walking Club recently completed a strategic review of its operations and activities. A link to the report outlining the results of this review can be found on the Downloads page of the Club's website (see the last link titled Strategic Review - Report to Members ):

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10 July 2021

With Apologies To All Politicians

During and immediately after World War II petrol in Australia was severely ra- tioned. To provide an alternative fuel, 'Gas Producer Units' (charcoal burners) were attached to vehicles. They were cumbersome and dangerous, and they needed to be lit at least 20 minutes before travel. But a new forestry industry on the NSW South Coast resulted ... the production of charcoal. In 1941 the RACV published a series of cartoons in its magazine 'The Radiator', to encourage greater public acceptance of Gas Producer Units. This was one of them. Gordon Proudfoot

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