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The Last Gasps of an Amazing Summer

 

 

Here is what the Murray Valley Bushwalkers have been up to in the last week. It was a very busy week for the club President!

 

Wednesday Feb 22nd saw  Hans out and about on the very popular Tuan Track  for an easy evening  7km walk in the Chiltern Mt Pilot National ParkBox / Iron bark forest

On Saturday 25 February Hans led a walk at Mount Buffalo which took in some of the rock formations for which Mount Buffalo is well known.The Egg Rock

 

 

Thursday 23 Feb once again delivered fine weather for paddling which has become one of the most popular activities in the club, this week saw Hans come along for the first time after much encouragment from members

Near Noreuil Park

 

Whats on This Week

Wednesday Feb 29 after work evening walk will be at Budginigi Hill near Ettamogah

 Full details here

 

Thursday March 1 - relax with another easy evening after work paddle and bbq

Full details here

  

Sat March 3   - join Hans for series of easy walks on the bogong high plains to check out some of the huts South of Rocky Valley

 

Full details here

 

Note that there are events scheduled through February and March - you can view these by advancing the calendar on the home page by a month at a time or by choosing Future Events from the Program menu on the home page.

As always you can use the booking enquiry link on the right of event details pages or contact leaders by any of the ways listed in the event details if you wish to join an event.

Regards

Tracey Barkley

Confined to Barracks

Welcome to two new founding members this week - Carole Atkinson and Belinda Pearce. If you would love to be able to tell your grandchildren hey guess what I was a founding member of MVB its not too late!
Find out how to do this on the membership fees page
Wow what a week its been! Record rainfall events have occurred in many places in the north east. For example Chiltern had 300 mm of rain last Thursday - thats a foot or 12 inches if you arent too young to remember what that means.

Not surprisingly we had to cancel three events last week - but I did manage to squeeze in a trip to Chiltern on Sat morning (before the next deluge a few hours later). The forest floor was scoured by run off. Click the photo below to see more Chiltern forest photos.

Heavy rain

We checked some nest boxes with the Friends of Chiltern Mt Pilot National Park

I had a pole top camera with me which we were able to poke into nest boxes to see what was inside. We found lots of occupants - anyone want to guess what we found? If you click the photo you can view some  avideo taken with the camera to find out.

Pole top camera

Did you know that Chiltern Mt Pilot NP is the most biodiverse place in the whole of South Eastern Australia? -  I only found this out myself on Saturday - it has the most number of endangered flora and fauna of anywhere in that region.

 

This Week is Huge!

Wednesday March 7 after work easy evening stroll along the Murray River meeting at the information centre on the causeway

 

Thursday March 8 - relax with another easy evening after work paddle and bbq - if you havent joined us for this iconic activity yet there are only 3 more events after this Thursday. By the way an astonishing 60% of our membership have joined us for a paddle at some stage this summer. If you were booked in last week you will still need to get a message to me confirming a place for this week.

  

Sat March 10   - the Cobungra Ditch walk on Mt Hotham is not to be missed - this is a fantastic opportunity to delve into our gold mining past and experience one of the most extraordinary engineering feats of the gold mining era

 

Sun March 11 - the Big Walk on Mt Buffalo - when it comes to iconic walks of the North East this one has to be top of the list

 

 

As always you can use the booking enquiry link on the right of event details pages or contact leaders by any of the ways listed in the event details if you wish to join an event. 

Having trouble with the Booking Enquiry form? - if you cant see or get to the Submit button try this  - hold the Control key down and tap the Minus key a couple of times. You should then see the button.

Regards

Tony Marsh

Secretary Murray Valley Bushwalkers Inc

Autumn Splendour

The March long weekend (for Victorians at least) is behind us - I hope you were able to take advantage of the great weather. There were 4 club events in the last week.
The Wednesday evening walk was a delightful stroll along the south side of the Murray almost to where it joins the Wodonga Creek - we could look across the river to Noreuil Park and marvelled at the extraordinary river red gums.

Giant RedgumThe Thursday evening paddle on the river had 15 participants all of whom stayed for the bbq afterwards - the river level was quite low as water is impounded to help alleviate downstream flooding

Early evening on the river

 

Eight members made the trip to Mt Hotham to enjoy the magnificent Cobungra Ditch trail a 12.5km historical and environmental gem in the Victorian Alps. Even with such an exciting prospect ahead the leader managed to sleep in - his alarm clock set for the right time but the wrong day! No wonder he is hiding under his hat in the photo below.

 

 

MVB walkers

Hans led the iconic walk of the North East Victoria on Sunday - the Big Walk up Mt Buffalo - highlights were a brown snake, an echidna, huge fallen tree to negotiate (as if the 1000m climb wasnt enough of a challenge) and of course the great flora and scenery. Swing bridge

 

 

Another Week of Great Events

Wednesday March 14  after work easy evening stroll on McFaranes Hill West Wodonga

 

Thursday March 15 - relax with another easy evening after work paddle and bbq - if you havent joined us for this incredibly popular activity yet there are only 2 more events after this Thursday. 

  

Sat March 17   - Hans resumes the quest to walk the Hume and Hovell track picking up from where we left off back in October

 

 

Looking Ahead

 

  1. Hans will continue to offer stages of the Hume and Hovell track. 
  2. Dont miss out on an opportunity to run/walk along the Kiewa, Murray and Wodonga Creek on March 25 with the Parklands Charity Fun run/walk. 
  3. Kay is kicking off the club's cycling program on March 31st with a ride out to the Kinross Woolshed for breakfast.
  4. With Easter fast approaching its a great time to think of and organise a club event. Contact Tony if youve been itching to go somewhere to walk, paddle or ride and just need some others to go with.

 

As always you can use the booking enquiry link on the right of event details pages or contact leaders by any of the ways listed in the event details if you wish to join an event. 

Having trouble with the Booking Enquiry form? - if you cant see or get to the Submit button try this  - hold the Control key down and tap the Minus key a couple of times. You should then see the button.

Regards

Tony Marsh

Secretary Murray Valley Bushwalkers Inc

Autumn Break

We often wonder when the long summer and early autumn drought will break and return the bush to a semblance of its spring glory. Well this year it was a summer break in February or was it January come to think of it!
The bush is in magificent shape - Hans led a walk in the Woomargarma National Park last saturday. Wildflowers we are lucky to see for a couple of weeks in spring were strutting their stuff.

Bush pea

Thanks to members Iris Joss and Ian Wood for providing 4wd support for this walk.
And despite all of the rain weve had (actually because of it) the Murray River was at extraordinarily low levels for our evening paddle last Thursday. It didnt stop us having a great time as usual and despite the mosquito onslaught we enjoyed the usual after paddle bbq.

Evening fun on the river

Thanks to Nicole Stephens for supplying delicous veges from her garden.
The Wednesday evening walk was postponed at the last minute. I was watching the radar intently and it looked a certainty that heavy rain was bearing down on Albury Wodonga from the north. Apparently it made it to just north of Lavington and then completely dissipated. Oh well, such are the vagaries of the weather.

 

Another Week of Great Events

Wednesday March 21  after work easy evening stroll at Hamilton Valley Lavington - well not entirely easy there is a steady climb involved to Hamilton Trig. As of Monday evening  7 people are already booked in for this walk.

 

Thursday March 22 - relax with another easy evening after work paddle and bbq - if you havent joined us for this incredibly popular activity yet there is only 1 more events after this Thursday. 

  

Sat March 24  - Hans resumes the quest to walk the Hume and Hovell track picking up from where we left off last Saturday to attempt Stage 7 from Tin Mines to Lankeys Creek.

 

Sunday March 25 - the Parklands Albury Wodonga Murray Charity Fun Run/Walk is not to be missed. This is a unique opportunity to walk parts of the Murray river and Wodonga Creek not normally accessible. 

Looking Ahead

 

  1. The last week of March will see some end of daylight savings revelry starting with an easy walk at Baranduda and a bbq aferwards on the Wednesday night
  2. Thursday 29th March will be the last evening canoeing event for this season
  3. Kay Hardie is kicking off the club's cycling program on March 31st with an easy ride out to the Kinross Woolshed for the $2 breakfast.
  4. Following on from last week's request we have had a suggestion from Steve and Liz Pardey for an Easter saturday easy day walk - if anyone has suggestions re location and / or woulld like to lead this activity please contact Tony.
  5. We are organising a public meeting with a guest speaker from Parklands Albury Wodonga on Friday May 11
  6. The Confederation of Bushwalking Clubs NSW publishes a magazine 4 times a year called "The Bushwalker" - you can access the most recent copy (and heaps of back copies) on the Confed website here

 

As always you can use the booking enquiry link on the right of event details pages or contact leaders by any of the ways listed in the event details if you wish to join an event. 

 

Having trouble with the Booking Enquiry form? - if you cant see or get to the Submit button try this  - hold the Control key down and tap the Minus key a couple of times. You should then see the button.

Regards

Tony Marsh

Secretary Murray Valley Bushwalkers Inc

 

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