WHAT IS FoMRP in the Activities Calendar??
Friends of Macedon Ranges Park is a hands on maintenance and park cleanup monthly on Wednesdays. All volunteers meet at Parks Victoria, Macedon Regional Office for a four hour working bee run by Ken Wheeler. Get into the trails and parts of the local park to weed, record damage, clean up debris, and liaise with the fantastic Parks VIC staff.
Activities
- Day-walks are generally in National and State Parks within a reasonable driving distance of Gisborne and car-pooling is used as much as possible. However, walks that can be accessed by public transport are also offered.
- The day-walks are generally scheduled for two weekend days in each month plus a mid-week (wednesday) walk each month.
- There are occasional full pack-carrying activities.
- Walks of varying grades are offered during the year.
- There are usually a number of base camps with a series of integrated day walks offered during the year. Recent examples include Anglesea, Mt Buffalo, Falls Creek and Phillip Island. Cabin-style accommodation is usually offered for these activities.
- Occasionally, interstate base camps are arranged, such as to Tasmania, NSW or ACT.
- Walk Leaders are members of the Club who volunteer to identify a suitable walk for their chosen date, then check the suitability of the walk, provide a description of the walk for the Newsletter and co-ordinate transport arrangements for the day. The Leader then takes responsibility for the successful completion of the walk on the day.
- Provided appropriate arrangements are made by the Walk Leader, all walkers who are club members (or signed-up temporary members) and the Walk Leader are covered by insurance made available through the Club’s affiliation with Bushwalking Victoria.
The following lists the activities for the next month:
Date Activity Location Leader
Wed 25 Sept Urban Walk Maribyrnong Laraine /Elizabeth
Thur 3 Oct Members Night/ AGM Gisborne Gail Davies
Sun 6 Oct Andrew Hardie Nature Walk Macedon Gail Davies
Wed 9 Oct FoMRP Macedon Ken
11 -13 Oct Federation Walks Wilsons Promontory BOOKED OUT
Sun 20 Oct Bushwalk Mt Buninyong Elizabeth /Mark
Thur 24 Oct Sunset Walk Mt Holden Sunbury Deborrah J
Sun 27 Oct Wildflower Walk Macedon Shirley Forsythe
Sun 3 Nov Map &Compass Training TBA Gail Davies
Sun 10 Nov Bushwalk TBA Geoff Caddick
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