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JANUARY 2021
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JANUARY WALKS
Wednesday 6 Southern Cross – Parliament Bruce Armstrong
Wednesday 13 Eltham Circuit Gordon De Navi Sunday 17 Bushrangers Bay Terry Simpson
Monday 18 Belgrave Circuit Jenny Hosking
Sunday 24 Walter Briggs Hut Working Bee Kim Rosen
Wednesday 27 South Morang – Bundoora Gordon Proudfoot
Copy for February to: Charlie Freedman - Phone: 0415 558 249
email: [email protected]
before the 1st Wednesday in the month, 6th January.
Submissions may be edited for space and other considerations.
Laugh With Lance
Everyone laughed when I said I was going to become a comedian. Well, they're not laughing now!
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.
Talk Over Lunch Recommencing
Due to easing of restrictions (and barring further changes), the social lunches on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at the Charles Dickens Tav-ern will recommence in February (Tuesday February 9th). Members should use their discretion regarding the virus.
Barry Revill, Phone: 9555 1114 or email: [email protected]
2 January 2021
Current MWC Directions for Outdoor Walks:
NOTE: DUE TO COVID-19, SOME WALKS MAY BE CANCELLED OR AMENDED. Please check the following web page for current details before attending any walks:
http://www.melbournewalkingclub.org/activities/walk-status
As from Monday November 23rd, up to 50 people can go on a bushwalk. Note that it is still always at the discretion of the leader how many people he/she is willing to have on any particular walk.
Therefore, from now on until further notice, members will no longer be required to book in for Club walks, and visitors will be allowed to attend walks. Members and visitors must still notify the leader if attending Sun-day walks.
Masks will not be required outdoors unless you are unable to distance yourself from others, but they must be carried at all times.
Here is a link to the DHHS website for more details:
www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/victorias-restriction-levels-covid-19
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
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: Hugh Gibson
Peninsula Walks: Ron Anderson 3rd Wed Walks: Graeme Barker
Generic email addresses to contact appropriate Club Members: [email protected] [email protected]
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3 January 2021
JANUARY WALKS
Wednesday 6 Jan Southern Cross – Parliament via Botanic Gar-dens
Leader: Bruce Armstrong Phone: 0416 758 204
Rendezvous: 9.00am at Southern Cross Railway Station - Bourke St steps Ground Level Spencer Street.
Maps: Melway 2E, 2F & 2G Grading: Medium Distance: 10 km.
Transport: Arrive at Southern Cross Station prior to 9.00am.
Morning Tea: Melway 2E G8, Park with Toilet. Lunch is planned in the Botanic Gardens.
Walk Details: A very pleasant and casual walk for our 1st walk in 2021.
Wednesday 13 Jan Eltham – Sweeneys Flats – Eltham
Leader: Gordon De Navi Phone: 9729 9032
Rendezvous: Eltham Station at 9.35am.
Maps: Melway 21 & 22.
Grading: Medium, one steep hill Distance: 12km.
Transport: Train leaves Flinders St 8.40am to Eltham Station 9.35am.
Morning Tea: Grove St. Park opposite Primary School.
Walk Details: A circuit around Eltham to Sweeney’s Flats, then head back to Eltham Station.
Sunday 17 Jan Bushrangers Bay – Cape Schanck
NB. You must contact the leader if you intend to come on this walk.
Leader: Terry Simpson Phone: 0400 037 291
Rendezvous: 9:30am at 1350 Boneo Road, Cape Schanck (a car park and picnic area on the side of Boneo Road), Melway 259 K8. No toilet facilities at this picnic site.
Grading: Easy/medium Distance: Approx 12km.
Walk Details: This walk goes down to the beautiful Bushrangers Bay. The bay comprises of a sandy beach surrounded by basalt cliffs. This serene location is contrasted by the dark and brooding headlands and
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wild waves that often crash onto jagged rocks guarding the entrance to the bay. The track passes along Main Creek and goes through shady Banksia groves. You also get views over the surrounding farmland and into the creek valley below. There are lots of birds calling as you walk through the Banksia forest and there are grassy clearings where it's not difficult to spot kangaroos.
From Bushrangers Bay beach we take the track to the Cape Schanck car park where you will see some of the best coastal scenery near Mel-bourne. This coastal cliff-top walk has excellent views over the sea and rocky bays as well as the spectacular Cape Schanck and its lighthouse.
We will have lunch at Cape Schanck where there are toilet facilities and then return by the same way to Boneo Road Car Park.
Monday 18 Jan Belgrave – Sherbrooke Falls – Belgrave
Leader: Jenny Hosking Phone: 0423 627 232
Rendezvous: 9.31am Belgrave Railway Station. Leader will meet this train. If travelling by car, parking in Old Monbulk Road, down the hill, in picnic ground.
Morning Tea: 9.45am Puffing Billy Picnic Ground, 1 Old Monbulk Road.
Maps: Melway Maps 75, 124 and/or Google.
Grading: Moderate to Hard – Hilly Distance: Approx 15km.
Transport: 8.30am Belgrave Train ex Flinders St, arriving Belgrave Sta-tion at 9.31am or via car. Morning tea will be at Puffing Billy picnic ground.
Walk Details: A splendid walk through natural forest, bush and fern-filled gullies. The area is an important habitat for native wildlife and plants. The full walk is challenging and best enjoyed if reasonably fit. There are steep ascents and descents. Escape approx. 1.30pm at Grants Picnic Ground via Buses #694, # 663 or return walk via Coles Ridge Track.
Sunday 24 Jan Walter Briggs Hut – Working Bee
NB. You must contact the leader if you intend to come on this walk.
Note the change of date (was January 31st).
Leader: Kim Rosen Phone: 0422 804 816
Fire District: CENTRAL. Check the fire danger rating prior to the day at http://www.cfa.vic.gov.au; if the rating is “Very High” or above, the
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working bee will be cancelled.
The Vic Emergency app. is also recommended.
Rendezvous & Morning Tea: 9.30am at the Warburton Bakery on the corner of the highway and Thomas Avenue. Melway 290 B4.
Distance: 300m walk into hut from car park. Grading: Easy.
Transport: Private car. After morning tea we will drive up the mountain, a 30 minute drive, and park near the hut.
Details: There will be something for everyone to do at the hut. The goal over summer is to paint the exterior. Work has already commenced on filling, scraping and sanding. We will need lots of painters. If painting is not your thing, there is always work to be done cleaning the interior, saw-ing up wood or helping with track clearance and maintenance. Come up and just enjoy the pristine forest, the calls of the lyrebirds and a cup of tea.
Bring your own lunch, drinking water and a thermos for hot drinks.
If you have not had an opportunity to visit the hut before, this is the per-fect time.
Wednesday 27 Jan South Morang – Bundoora
Leader: Gordon Proudfoot Phone: 9717 0909
0405 083 074
Rendezvous: South Morang Station at 9.28am.
Morning Tea: At Lookout Quarry Hills Park. Melway 182 K7. Shelter and seats but no toilets.
Maps: Melway 183, 182 & 9 Grading: Easy/medium Distance: 13km.
Transport: 8.35am Mernda train from Flinders Street. Return trams from Plenty Road (tram stop 68) Melway 9K 11. Alternative is 566 bus to Watsonia connecting with trains to Greensborough for 901,902 or 293 bus. NOTE: There is a shorter option (avoiding the climb to the lookout) by having morning tea at the reserve at south end of Quarry Hills Park. (Melway 182 K9), At this point both parties would join to complete the remainder of the walk.
Walk Details: On quiet suburban roads and bike tracks. Lunch will be taken at Thomastown East Reserve (Melway 9 E8) where there is seat-ing, shelter and toilets nearby. There is an escape to Epping Station.
6 January 2021
FEBRUARY PROGRAM
Monday 1 Feb Peninsula
Leader: Jim Smith Phone: 9790 5257
Wednesday 3 Feb Upper Ferntree Gully - Knox City S.C.
Leader: Richard Bowen Phone: 9885 0438
0406 500 061
Rendezvous: Upper Ferntree Gully Station at 9:48am.
Maps: Melway 74, 64 & 65 Grading: Easy Distance: 11 km.
Transport: 8:56am Belgrave train, departing Flinders St Station, arriving Upper Ferntree Gully at 9:48.
Morning Tea: Kings Park, Upper Ferntree Gully, Melway 74 D6.
Walk Details: Follow rail line to just after Ferntree Gully Station, cross the line (underpass) and follow Blind Creek to Knox City Shopping Centre.
Escapes: Several escapes.
Note: Lunch at Tim Neville Arboretum, Dorset Road.
Sunday 7 Feb Punchbowl to Kilkunda
NB. You must contact the leader if you intend to come on this walk.
Leader: Trevor Rosen Phone: 0412 136 124
Wednesday 10 Feb Fishermans Bend – Flinders St
Leader: Stewart Stanlake Phone: 9870 9061
Monday 15 Feb Drouin and Tree Walk
Leader: Alex Hordijenko Phone: 9383 3257
3rd Wed 17 Feb Coburg Lake
Leader: Jenny Hosking Phone: 0423 627 232
Sunday 21 Feb Sebastopol - Brown Hill, Ballarat
NB. You must contact the leader if you intend to come on this walk.
Leader: Colin Crook Phone: 0418 386 459
7 January 2021
Monday 22 Feb Easy Metro - Kensington – Essendon
Leader: Peter O’Donoghue Phone: 9376 7400
Wednesday 24 Feb Victoria Park – Amphitheatre – Clifton Hill
Leader: Stuart Galloway Phone: 0421 560 031
Walter Briggs Hut Access
Please note that the Mt Donna Buang Rd from Warburton, which was closed due to Covid-19, is now open. This means that access to the Wal-ter Briggs Hut has been restored.
Walter Briggs Hut Working Bee
Interior of hut facing north Lance Cranage having a rest
Subcommittee meeting outside the hut
8 January 2021
Leader Required for Easy Metro Walk
As convenor for the Easy Metro Walks, I am currently looking for some-body to lead an Easy Metro Walk on 27th September 2021. It is an easy ramble around Westerfolds Park and would suit anybody living anywhere near that area. It was last led by Hugh Gibson back in 2017 and I have all his notes on this walk.
I can be contacted on 9717 0909 or 0405 083 074. Gordon Proudfoot.
Death of Peter Schulz
I regret to advise that Peter Schulz passed away on 19th November.
Peter had been a member of the Club since 2001 (when he moved from Hobart). He led many Wednesday walks and several 3rd Wednesday walks. He was a good walker and I valued him as a friend. He and I went on many "reccees" together as well as regular Club walks and bus trips. He was a relatively private person but often reminisced on his time as a member of the Hobart Walking Club (of which he had been a member for many years). He was a good photographer and had many of his photos published in the monthly circular. He also took great joy in attending per-formances of "Morning Melodies."
I believe he is survived by a wife, daughter, and son - all living in Hobart.
He will be sadly missed. Rest in peace, Peter. Gordon Proudfoot.
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.
Vision Test
A man goes to the optician for his annual eye test. The optician puts a contraption on his face, and asks him what he can see.
"I see empty airports and empty football grounds," he says. "I see closed theatres, closed pubs and closed restaurants."
"That's perfect," says the optician, "You've got 2020 vision."
9 January 2021
An Opportunity To Walk The Goldfields Track In 2021
Have you always wanted to walk the Goldfields Track from start to fin-ish? This is your chance to walk the entire track from its start at Mt Bu-ninyong near Ballarat to its conclusion in Bendigo. The walk will be divid-ed into fourteen sections of one day walks. Most sections will be be-tween 14 and 18 km. The total distance is 210 km. We may decide to stay overnight for one or two days at accommodation along the way. The first stage of the walk will be on Sunday 28 March and the second stage will be on Sunday 25 April.
This walk has been previewed and is being organised by Kim Rosen. Only three people in the club have expressed an interest in walking the track so far. If you are interested in walking the track next year it is im-portant that you contact her to discuss your availability and the logistics of the walk. The Boroondara Bushwalking Club is very interested in tak-ing your places if MWC numbers are low. Contact Kim on [email protected] or 0422 804 816.
Two Past Club Members, September 2002
Lindsay DeMarchi
Bob Thompson (foreground)
10 January 2021
The Murray River
Where the clouds rest on the ranges, and the gum trees drip with rain
Where the Tree ferns crowd the gullies and the Ridges stand out plain
Rock ledges gleam with moisture, moving down to the valley floor That's where the mighty Murray River, starts it's run to a distant shore
At first, merely a trickle of water, between the rocks and ferns
Seen only by timber cutters, as their lonely bread they earn
Fed by melting snowfields, from distant mountain peaks
The stream becomes a great river, as through the range it leaps
The river bounds with ageless youth, clear, strong and young
As the black fellow must have seen it since time begun
Soon it leaves the Ranges, wending out to lowly hills and plain
The river lost its youthful joy, which, like us, won't come again
She runs into a man made lake held back by a concrete dam
The wild river, tamed and managed, for the benefit of man
A million lights will flicker, a million homes will glow
There's millions of lives depending on the Murray River's flow
The Murray River leaves the dam, wends across an irrigated plain
Meandering slowly south, then north and south and north again
The Murray River wanders slowly, seaward in an ever twisting line
To travel one mile forward, it seems to meander nine.
Poem supplied by Gordon Proudfoot
Golden Boot Count 2019 - 2020
Member Overall Total Days Walked
Jim Cone ................ 50
Les Littlejohn ........... 45
Alex Hordijenko ....... 38
Oliver Lucas ............ 38
Kim Rosen .............. 30
Trevor Rosen .......... 30
Graeme Barker ....... 29
Lance Cranage ....... 28
Stewart Stanlake ..... 26
Terry Keating .......... 25
Denis Ward ............. 25
Congratulations to Jim Cone, who has won the Golden Boot Award.
11 January 2021
2020/21 Subscriptions
Rates for 2020/21 are as follows: Members -- Within Victoria and under 80 years $65
-- Outside Victoria $60
-- Aged 80 years and over $60
Note: Life Members and those who have been members for 50 years or more are not required to pay annual subscriptions.
The following discounts apply: Prompt Payment: $5 (for payment by 30 June 2020).
Emailed Circular: $10 (for 12 months).
Please send a cheque payable "Melbourne Walking Club Inc" to: Mr T. Simpson, 10 Ti Tree Av, Bonbeach, Vic, 3196.
Or
By bank transfer to the Club’s general account: Account Name: Melbourne Walking Club Inc. BSB: 063-000, Account No: 1078 3218. Please ensure that you clearly state your name on the transfer.
Terry Simpson, Treasurer, MWC.
Bushwalking News Victoria (BNV)
The Melbourne Walking Club is affiliated with Bushwalking Victoria which publishes “Bushwalking News” monthly on the Internet. The Current and past BNV’s can be read on their web page:
http://www.bushwalkingvictoria.org.au/what-we-do/publications/newsletters
BNV Covid-19 Tips
Where possible, avoid carrying passengers who do not live in your household in your vehicle. Increase ventilation in the vehicle by open-ing windows whenever possible. Pack face masks, hand sanitiser, dis-infectant wipes and medicines to keep you CovidSafe.
Membership Register
Note that members may request that any of their details not be pub-lished in the Club’s Membership Register.
12 January 2021
If undeliverable, return to:
Melbourne Walking Club Inc.
Box 2446 GPO
MELBOURNE VIC 3001
Melbourne Walking Club Circular
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Frank Ryan & Neville Flanders below Jagungal, NSW, 1978 Christmas Walk
