AUGUST 2010
Weekend 7-8 August: Tree Planting Weekend with Essendon BWC Organiser: Sylvia McLean 54287364
Sun 15 August: Walk the Lerderderg 5. Simmons Reef to Balt Camp: 15.5 kms, Medium; Ed Butler. More detail closer to event.
SEPTEMBER 2010
Sun 19 Sept:Walk the Lerderderg 6. Balt Camp to Daylesford. 20 km, Medium and Celebration Lunch: Gib Wettenhall.
OCTOBER 2010
Sun 3 Oct: Scones @ Plaistow (NB: DAYLIGHT SAVING BEGINS) Alison Lanigan
Weekend 8-10 Oct: BWV Federation Walk - Otways Waverley BWC
Sun 31 Oct: Daylesford-Blowhole-Daylesford Circuit: Neil Campbell
NOVEMBER 2010
Sat 6 Nov: Essendon GDT Marathon: Bill Casey
Sun 21 Nov: Domino Trail Trentham: 10km, Easy: Sue Cooper
DECEMBER 2010
Sun 5 Dec: Short Family Walks, with Gold Panning and Fossil Hunting: Tipperary Springs (on the outskirts of Daylesford): Barry Golding
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Walk
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Section
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Distance
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Rating
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1
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Exploring Buninyong village:
Mt Buninyong - Whitehorse Bridge to Sebastopol
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13 kms
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Easy
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2
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Crossing Ballarat’s hidden valleys & wetlands:
Whitehorse Bridge – Gong Reservoir
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14 kms
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Easy-Medium
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3
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Skirting cool highland lakes & rivers:
Gong Reservoir – St George’s Lake Creswick
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16 kms
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Easy-Medium
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4
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Conquering the Divide & discovering potato country: St George’s Lake – Mollongghip
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23 kms
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Medium
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5
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‘Falling’ off the Divide along railways & timber tramways: Mollongghip – Sailor’s Falls
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23 kms
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Medium
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6
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Exploring Daylesford’s lakes & valleys:
Sailor’s Falls – Bryce’s Flat
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13 kms
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Easy Medium
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7
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Meandering through Hepburn Springs’ valleys:
Bryce’s Flat – Chocolate Mill Daylesford
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Medium
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8
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Experiencing the wild beauty of the upper Loddon forest: Chocolate Mill – Vaughan Springs
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21 kms
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Medium
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9
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Going for Gold along the water races into Castlemaine: Vaughan Springs – Castlemaine
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19 kms
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Medium
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10
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Exploring the historic Mt Alexander goldfields:
Castlemaine – Calder Highway
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15 kms
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Medium
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11
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Crossing Leanganook – the granite mountain:
Calder Highway – Sutton Grange
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13 kms
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Medium-Hard
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12
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Discovering historic water channels through ironbark country: Sutton Grange – Sandhurst Reservoir
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22 kms
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Easy-Medium
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13
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Reaching Bendigo’s golden edges:
Sandhurst Reservoir – Bendigo
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13 kms
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Easy
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