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Box 2446 GPO Melbourne 3001 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 . 1 July 2021 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] 2 July 2021 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. 3 July 2021 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. 4 July 2021 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.