This is our current calendar of activities.  If you would like to try a trip please ring the leader listed and discuss the level of difficulty and your capabilities.

Below the table is a link to a local walks brochure.

General Trip Gradings

Easy - Usually suitable for beginners

Medium/moderate - some Fitness & skills required

Hard - Strenuous, high fitness & skills required

 

Bike ride gradings:

Easy - Up to 2-3 hours riding a day at a gentle and social pace with many short stops. The ride is mainly flat and up to 20kms.
Moderate - Up to 3-4 hours riding a day at a steady pace with regular stops. The ride may involve some hills and rough tracks up to 30kms.
Hard - Up to 5 hours a day at a steady pace with regular stops. The ride may involve some long and steep hills and rough tracks up to 60kms.

 

 2023

Date

Location

Leader/contact

Rating

type 

21 Jan 2023

Local Bike paths from shepp to Mooroopna

Shelley 

0422268102

Easy

Flat

Ride

25 Jan

8am

Goulburn River walking tracks of Shepparton

Di

Easy

Walk

13 Feb

Committee Meeting 7.30pm

11 Nillahcootie Cres Kialla

     

18 Feb

Axedale to Heathcote O’Keefe Rail Trail

Ray

0438591749

Easy-Mod

ride

22 Feb

8am

Cussen Park Tatura walk

Richard

Easy

walk

28 Feb

6pm

Club Day BYO, BBQ, Food, drink, Chair

Canoeing from earlier time

     

11 March

Beechworth to Yackandandah or Elmore to Rochester

Ray

Peter and Jan

 

ride

27-31 March

Tree tops camp Gunbower Island Mon-Fri 3 days walking. Canoeing, bike riding, bird watching and scenic driving

Richard G

0408547065

Easy

 

15 April

Wahgunyah to Rutherglen

Peter and Jan

0438093668

Easy

ride

18 April

Club Meeting?

     

26 April

Winton wetlands walk

Dianne H

0437289281

Easy

walk

20 May

Mulwala to Corowa

Overnight ride

Marty and Wendy

0421050880

Easy

ride

24 May

9am

Boat Hole to Mineral Springs Strathbogie walk

Dianne H

0437289281

Justus

Easy - Mod

walk

17 Jun

Longwood ride

Alfred & Maartje

 

bike

20 Jun

Club Meeting/dinner

     

28 Jun

Murchison Area Walk

Jenny S

0407556639

Easy

walk

16 July

Cornella - Tooleen area ride

Geoff & Lyndall  

bike

26 July

9am

Yundool walk

Kerry S

0417115385

Easy

walk

6 Aug

extra bike ride:

Axedale to Bendigo along O'Keefe rail trail, and return

 

Ray   ride

15 Aug

Club Meeting - AGM 7.30 at Shep Access 227 Wyndham St, preceded by dinner

 Jan G  social  

19 Aug

Bike Ride - Whroo to Reedy Lake return

Geoff and Lyndall

 

bike

23 Aug

9am

Dookie walk with Richard & Valda

Di H

0437289281

 

walk

13 Sept Around Shepparton Trails - 9am start at carpark near shed for a 2hr walk

Brendan E

0418 577607

Easy, brisk walk

16 Sept

Kyabram to Girgarre return ride - 42km

Philip S

0448 324792

 M

ride

27 Sept

9am

Broken Creek Nathalia/Waaia walk

Graeme B

0458 216598

Easy

walk

3 Oct

Club Meeting/Dinner - GV Hotel

 Jan G    
11 Oct AST walk from 8am

Dianne 

0437289281

Easy  
13-15 Oct weekend camp at Melville Caves with various walks, wildflowers etc

Maartje

0407 849794

E-M camp

21 Oct

Tocumwal Bike Ride

Peter and Jan

0438093668

 

bike

25 Oct

8am

Warbies Spring time Flower walk and pine gully nature trail

Dianne H

0437289281

Easy

walk

8 Nov AST walk 8am start Di    

22 Nov

8am

Gemmill Swamp

Barbara B

0417364985

Easy

walk

25 Nov

Tatura200 community fundraiser - 25km Gears & Graze event

Website https://tatura200.com.au/ register by 25 Sept

Maarjte and Alfred

0407849794

  bike

5 Dec

Club break up dinner, details to come

     

16 Dec

Tatura Twilight Ride with dinner

Ray

0438591749

Easy

ride

         

 

 

 For other clubs' activities nearby see these websites:

Benalla Bushwalking Club http://benallabushwalkingclub.org.au/

Border Bushwalking Club (Albury & Wodonga) -  www.borderbushwalkingclub.com.au

Warby Range Bushwalkers Clubhttps://warbybushwalkers.org.au/ 

Bendigo Bushwalking and Outdoor Club - www.gobush.org.au/

Echuca - Moama Bushwalkers - www.echucamoamabushwalkers.org.au 

Additional clubs and events can be found at www.bushwalkingvictoria.org.au

  

Attachments:

pdfSAC_GVwalks_brochureBW.pdf

Club Meetings


The Club generally meets the 3rd Tuesday of the months: February, April, June, August, October

Either for dinner and/or at the Mechanics Institute/Shepparton Access, 227 Wyndham Street, Shepparton, or at our shed on Tom Collins Drive, Victoria Lake (south end past the pools). See above or Facebook for latest info.

 

 

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