Events by Category

Beginners and Intermediate Abseiling events were conducted by Neil Brown in the first 3 years of the club

Backpacking-OvernightCamping-Hiking (122 events)

Pack carrying events involve overnight or multiday walks where all food, clothing and equipment and tents are carried for the duration of the event and we get to camp out in awesome locations

BaseCampCabin (3 events)

Events that involve overnight and multiday base camp activities typically with fantastic day walks but cabin based

BirdWatching (30 events)

Easy strolls armed with binoculars and bird book where birds seen are hopefully identified and recorded - if we can we take photos for later consideration

Canoeing (285 events)

With the longest river in australia in our backdoor we are going to want to spend sometime paddling - and you bet we do - this is the most popular club activity by a long shot

CanoeingOvernight (16 events)

Canoeing events that involve carrying overnight camping equipment for multiple day paddles usually down the Murray River

CarCamping (77 events)

Events that involve overnight and multiday base camping with activities typically including fantastic day walks

Christmas Party (3 events)

CrossCountrySkiing (55 events)

A popular winter activity at the nearby ski resorts particularly Falls Creek and Mt Hotham and usually these events are shared with snowshoers

Cycling (52 events)

There are some great local and nearby railtrails and cycling tracks and we really should be running more of these events

DayWalks (557 events)

Day Walks phew - what to say - this is our bread and butter - an enormously diverse and exciting category with something for everyone. To get an idea of its significance we offered nearly 300 events in this category in the first 4 years of the clubs exist

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Downhill skiing (1 event)

Dragonboatpaddling (1 event)

The newest event category is the sport of dragonboat paddling.This sponsored by the charity group called Bravehearts on the Murray Inc

EveningWalking (60 events)

This activity is particularly suited to daylight savings time in spring, summer and autumn evenings after work but we have had some great walks in winter with a campfire and bbq of course!

Extended Day Walks (3 events)

Four Wheel Drive Camping (3 events)

Four Wheel Driving (1 event)

FunRun/Walk (11 events)

A category for fun run events eg Parkruns on sat mornings A popular event in this category with MVB members is the annual Nail Can Hill Fun Run and the Parklands Albury Wodonga Fishy Run

Geocaching (22 events)

GPS based treasure hunting activities that are great for improving navigation skills as well as being just plain fun

GuidedExtendedWalks (5 events)

These events may take place in NZ and Tasmania, Northern Territory and elsewhere and involve private operators providing all the resources for wonderful and comfortable day pack walking and overnight accommodation and food where participants need to carry

very light packs