Walks Program

This is a return walk. The Bumble Hill Dray Track is steeped in history as it was originally cut during the mid 1800's to allow teams of bullocks to haul felled cedar to Mangrove Creek. The walk is mainly on fire trails and bush tracks (with a few steep sections) and takes us through open dry eucalypt forests, ferny gullies and alongside the base of a tall rock wall. We finish in the quaint township of Yarramalong for a relaxing lunch in the beautiful gardens of the Angel Sussurri cafe.  Following lunch we then retrace our steps back to the start of the walk and to our cars. NOTE: Your own transport will be required for this activity. When registering please provide your membership number and mobile phone number.

Join Lynn and co-leader Denise on this walk through Ku ring gai Chase NP, north of Duffy's Forest.  We will be walking on a firetrail with great views overlooking Smiths Creek and  Cowan Creek.  We may be lucky and  see some flowers.  

Join Nina on this fund raising event to support cancer research and cancer services. Link: https://www.7bridgeswalk.com.au.  You need to register and touch base with Nina who is willing to put a club team together.   Ticket is $20 PP (as set out in the 7 Bridges Walk website).  You can do the entire walk which covers 7 bridges around the Harbour or part of it.

Recently retired librarians, Adrian and Alison, feel prepared to face the excitement of Italy in their longed-for trip. Venice! Rome! Tuscany! with a copy of Lonely Planet in one hand and a phrase book in the other. However tensions can arise travelling with a couple you have just met. Cost: Adults $35.65 Concession $30.65. Please book and pay Len no later than Thursday 5th October, 2023. There will be an opportunity for a pre-theatre dinner.

Starting in the quaint Yarramalong Village, this section of the GNW is an easy ramble following quiet rural roads taking in valley views whilst soaking up the vibe in the semi secluded rural valley community finishing at the Cedar Brush Track Head.  NOTE:  Your own transport will be required to get to the Yarramalong Village.  A car shuffle will then be organised from Yarramalong to the end point.  When registering please provide your membership and mobile phone number.

We will be walking between Padstow to East Hills along the Georges River and Salt Pan Creek.  The walk will be 15.8km on well marked fire trails with an optional coffee start and pub drink finish.

Join Ed and trusty co leader Denise on this walk along Parramatta River via Chicken and Hen Bay.   Lunch will be at the Canada Bay Club. Cost approximately $20 pp.   You can bring your own lunch but can’t eat it in the Club. The walk is a good introduction to Grade 3 and is on well marked tracks/footpaths with a touch of road walking.

This is an urban walk with various bush tracks, shared paths with cyclists and parks with lots of dogs. We will visit the Willoughby Incinerator (designed by Walter Burley Griffin, the designer of Canberra), Henry Lawson's Cave, and the ruins of "Fatty Dawson's" Piggery. We will also experience the underside of the Northbridge Suspension Bridge soaring above us. All of this is combined with great views of Middle Harbour and the homes of the wealthy. On arrival at The Spit we can inspect the memorial to the ship "Lucinda" and the plaque commemorating the boxer Les Darcy. This walk involves one set of steep stone steps (40 metres down), and three headlands with ascents/descents of 30, 50 and 40 metres. The overall descent from Artarmon is 70 metres.

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Join Ed and  co-leader Denise on this walk following bush tracks along the west and east side of the Lane Cove River.  It is a great introduction to a Grade 3 as it is an easy Grade 3.

Join Ed and I on this classic inner city walk.  We walk from Summer Hill Station down to the famous Bay Walk which is a circuit walk around Iron Cove in the suburbs of Rozelle, Lilyfield and Five Dock.   We then walk back to the station with optional drinks at the pub.

Join Ed and I to walk off the Christmas excesses with this great coastal walk from Bondi to Watsons Bay.  Depending on the weather we are intending to walk to the South Head Lighthouse.  The walk will be on well marked tracks with some road walking with optional swimming at Watsons Bay.