Walking for pleasure for 60 years

Meet at the BYC for those people who want to car pool at 830am. Travel 20 min to Boat harbour carpark, where we will leave the cars.

I felt the track is really a grade 2, but considered a 3 due to the rock scramble.

This is a well-marked coastal walking track, with a little bit of rock scramble following the shore line. We leave the shore line and slowly ascend to the highest point of the track at an elevation of 127m entering the Rocky cape national Park. We will continue walking down to the coastline, then following the road or beach, walking to the car park at Sisters creek where we will intend to have a lunch break. After lunch returning back to the cars the way we came.

Come and join us for a relaxing walk on our lovely coast!

Destination: Boat Harbour car park:  3JC8+XVP Boat Harbour Beach, Tasmania

                     Sisters Creek car Park: 3HM6+7FM Sisters Beach, Tasmania

                      (Google Plus codes, map location)

    Distance: 11 km rtn

Approx. duration: 6hrs.

Low Tide: 1133am

I haven't been back to Lake McCrae for over 20 years and would like to check out the Hydro Hut and the old mines at Commonwealth Creek. Also for an added bonus there is Razerback Falls near by too. The first day will be a long day and I hope to camp near lake Will. Next day get to the Hydro Hut near Lake McRae and have a bit of a wonder around. Monday we can go to the falls and have a good look at the old mines and huts sites and depending on time we may walk out part way back to Lake Will. Then on Tuesday will be a long walk back out to catch the last bus back to the visitors centre. Part of the trip will be on track but once we head to Lake McRae it will be all off track. If you would like to come please let me know. And lets hope for some lovely weather to go with the trip.

Mt Duncan returning to our cars via the Hales Spur

We will meet at the Mt Gnomon Carpark at 12 noon.  From the carpark we walk up the road to the Mt Duncan sign then follow this track up Mt Duncan.  From the top of Mt Duncan we connect to the Hales Spur Track and descend a different way off Mt Duncan.  I have allowed 5 hours return however it has never taken me this long.  As always bring a good quality rain jacket, good hiking boots, a warm top or thermals, water and snacks. Probably a good idea to have lunch before walking. 

This one doesn’t appear to have been on the program for a little while, as far as I can tell. It will be a loop walk requiring a short car shuttle. From the end of Smoko Road we’ll head up the track alongside Smoko Creek to the plateau. Once more or less up top we’ll leave the track we’ll have been following and head over towards Bastion Bluff. From there, we’ll drop back off the plateau following the Stone Hut track. Walk will be in the order of 17km and 8 hours. Ish……   It's quite pretty along Smoko Creek and once up on the plateau you get the usual good views. 

Here's your chance to give kayaking a go. Meeting on the Eastern side of the Blythe River near the highway bridge at 10:00 for a leisurely paddle up the river, lunch on a nice bank and paddle back. For those who just enjoy an easy paddle and those who would like to give it a try, subject to enough spare kayaks available (club members let me know if you can help out with a spare kayak & gear please). All attending- Please confirm with me Friday Nov 1 evening.

 Brian will take us on this amazing journey with images and why, when and how it took place. Counter meal.  

Base Camp Bruny Island Tues 5^th November to Sunday 10^th November

An exploration of the many great walks on Bruny Island over 5 walking days. Accommodation at the Captain Cook Caravan Park (Adventure Bay) gives a choice of cabins, powered and unpowered sites plus access to a large camp kitchen, BBQs and fire pots. As of 9/9/24 there are only two 2 bedroomed units left, so if you want a unit, book ASAP. Make your bookings (for any type of accommodation) direct with the Caravan Park and tell them that you are with the NWWC party.

A variety of walks from about 1 hour to 5 or 6 and grade 2 to easier grade 4 plus potential tours of the Lighthouse and the historic Quarantine Station and a meal together at the Allonah Pub will be on offer. My plan is check in Tuesday afternoon (NB NOT Monday as stated in an earlier version of this and consequently in the Walker), check out Sunday morning (5 nights) with a walk Sunday morning before heading for home, but you can come and go as you wish and join in what you wish. Please advise me of your ETA.

Information day for club members with prospective status.

The morning will start at Apex House, Ulverstone, and after lunch we will move outdoors, probably to the Dial Range for a short walk. Please bring a pack suitable for a day walk as this will be useful when we talk about equipment. The day will focus on an introduction to bushwalking in Tasmania and the club. There will also be opportunities to talk about topics of interest to more experienced walkers. Participants should be club members before they attend. 

More details will be added closer to the event.

 Destination:  963G+9WW Mersey Forest, Tasmania (Google plus codes map location)

This is a enjoyable, easy 12 km paddle.

Meeting at Sheffield carpark via High street @0830. We will then travel 45 min to Lake Parangana boat ramp, where we will launch the kayaks.

The plan then is to paddle South to the source of the Lake via Gads creek (3km), then paddle up into the Fisher river via Colorado creek, where we will look for a lunch spot (5km). After lunch a paddle back to the cars via the Dam wall (4km).

This should leave time to finish with a coffee in Sheffield.

(High tide is 1152, if an alternative coastal plan is required)

Hopefully the winter weather has been kind to the PCT and the days will be pleasant for a working bee. This is also the time to clear the track, ready for dealing with foxgloves along the Leven River, at Gunns Plains and Loongana. Come along for a day out and help keep the Club’s track open for the summer season.

We will start out on the Blue Peaks Track, after a couple of kms turn off & head off track towards Fisher Bluff, we may encounter a little scrub, but it is mostly coral fern & alpine grass. After summiting Fisher Bluff we will head south to Harry Lees Lake where we set up camp amongst the pencil pines. For those who wish to do so we will head west to another tarn for an explore. The next day we will head out past Middle Lake & back on to the Blue Peaks Track, & for those who wish to, climb up Blue Peak. After that head back to the cars

NWWC Executive Meeting, 7.30pm at Apex House. 

This will be the fourth consecutive year I’ve run this trip and hopefully it will be as successful as the others.  Some of the highlights are -- three rides on quiet back roads through our spectacular rural countryside (52km, 75km & 45km), lunch at the Raspberry Farm, two relaxing nights at Quamby Corner, one evening meal at a pub and a guaranteed fun time. Accommodation options range from tenting to cabin hire and if you intend going you need to book your own.  You are welcome to come for any combination of days that suits you.  Just about any bike will do; touring bike, road bike, mountain bike, ebike or gravel bike.

Meet 9.30am Deloraine Train near toilets.  We will be walking from here so park safely. We will follow the River Road towards Wadleys Rd and return to the British Hotel at 80 Emu Bay Road for lunch at 12.30pm.  kms walked should be about 6+ The Hotel was originally established in 1859.  So come for a fun days outing on a British walk to the British Hotel (aka Home of the Little Green Men Brewing Co) and we will see if we can find a little green Man anywhere! Limit of 12 Walkers!

A long day. Wonderful scenery of the western mountains . Includes walking on tracks, untracked & an old 4wd track.

text me on 0428 451 528. Will be an early start.

An easy little walk to Montana Falls with object of the walk to find and photograph orchids. The waterfalls are a bonus.

Mt Emmett is adjacent to Cradle Mtn. A longish day with plenty of rock hopping. Text me 0428 451 528

Mt Dial – Mt Gnomon and return

It is always a delightful day in the Mighty Dial and this walk will have all the elements that allow for some challenge, views and lots of fresh air.  We will meet at the Mt Montgomery Carpark at 12pm. The track up to Mt Dial is a little huff and puff.  After a bite to eat, we will continue along the saddle to Mt Gnomon.  Even though it is a return trip, there is always more to see and experience.  I expect that walking time will be around 3 hours of up and down.  The usual applies - good walking boots, hat, rain jacket, food, water and a smile.

To the best of my knowledge its been sometime since we summitted Cradle with  many of us having been happy to watch the tourists from Kitchen hut.

Be assured this walk is a distinct leg stretch and all walkers must carry an extra warm layer as well as the usual coat etc.

In the event of unfavourable weather , walk will be moved to another date.

Club Meeting and Christmas break-up with Reviews and the possibility of Victoria Bruce and daughter Emilie as Guest Speakers. They are planning to be walking in Tassie and Victoria is an award winning author “Adventures with Emilie”  about their long-distance six-month hiking adventure along New Zealand's Te Araroa Trail. Walker Out.

Meeting will commence at 6.00pm, bring a plate of finger food to share and we will celebrate our Christmas break-up.

We will meet at 9.30am at the Narawntapu Visitors Centre car park. A pleasant stroll across spring lawn, then up to the top of Archers Knob for morning tea. Then along the beach and up to the Copper Cove camp site for our lunch break. We will attempt to find the steep track above the camp site back to the track and re-trace our steps along the beach and back to the cars via the coastal track. Hopefully we will have a beautiful sunny day in this great coastal area. Time permitting, afternoon tea in the day shelter at the car park.

This is a reasonably solid grade 4 walk. The Jukes traverse is quite a scenic traverse of the (you guessed it), Jukes Range down near Queenstown. Reasonably speccy in good weather – and we’ll only be doing it of course if the weather behaves itself. It is a through trip requiring a car shuttle. I’m planning to drive down the day previous to the walk to camp at the Queenstown caravan park. Do the walk the next day, before returning to the caravan park that evening (hot showers). I’m putting the trip over a four-day window to give us the best chance of getting a good day for the walk. My preference will be to do the walk on either the Saturday or Sunday but that will be determined by the weather in the week leading up to the walk. It may turn out to be on Monday. The current rates for a tent site at Queenstown are $15 pp/night.

The walk itself is in the order of 16kms and took us about 11 hours last time. The ascent to the top of the range is in the order of 500m or so and there is a cairned route up to the top. The walk along the range is relatively open and quite pleasant going - mostly. No track though. The drop off the range – which is an interesting exercise from memory – is a tad scrubby and quite steep in parts. We'll then pick up the Mt Jukes track for a 5km or so road bash to the cars.

The "Plus" part. Whilst down in the area we'll look at doing another walk. Weather, time & enthusiasm permitting. May be a hill, may be a waterfall, may be nada. I'll make it up as we go along. 

The Leven Falls are located near the southern end of the Leven Canyon. We’ll travel along the Loongana Road before commencing walking for 500m along the Leven Canyon Floor Track to the steel pedestrian bridge over the river at The Splits. At this point we’ll join the Penguin Cradle Trail as it heads north into the magnificent canyon before climbing steeply to the top of Griffiths Ridge on Loongana Range, where we’ll get the brilliant views back down into the canyon from the Patricia Jukes Scenic Lookout. Then it’s down the other side under some imposing cliffs until we reach the signposted turnoff to the falls. Most of the route is still marked with orange triangles but it’s a steep, rough, slippery and occasionally scrubby descent to the large river basin just downstream of the lower set of falls with its large pool, in which swimming is a possibility. The falls are truly brilliant and well worth the effort in getting there. After having lunch we’ll return by the same route.

The whole trip is less than 10km in total but it involves a steep climb and descent of about 300m which is repeated so that’s about 1200m of elevation change for the day. Expect about 7h of walking.

Please confirm on the evening of Thursday 5 December – I probably won’t be contactable on the Wednesday.

We will be based at Craggy Peaks where the accommodation options range from tenting to fully self-contained upmarket units.  You need to book your own accommodation but note that there are only two powered sites so if you need power, get in early!  Even though I put Grade 3 for this trip, walks of grades 1 to 4 will be on offer.  The easy walks are around the 'resort' with the more challenging walks being to destinations such as Castle Cary Ridge, Sphinx Bluff and Stacks Bluff.  I might not do the grade 4 walk(s) but if there is a suitable group who want to tackle them then that should be okay.  A day's sightseeing in the Storys Creek area is also an option.  You are welcome to attend for how ever many days suits you.

Early start from Farmhouse Creek on Saturday, aiming to camp near Mt Hopetoun's base. Visit Crest Range on the way out. Expect rough camping and creek crossings.  Expect long days. 

This is an easy walk.Leave the boom gate carpark and stroll along the boardwalk to Ronny Creek, then onto Dove Lake. After a wander around we’ll return by bus back to the carpark 

Leven River via Keddies Creek and return

We will meet and commence this walk at the Montgomery Carpark at 12 noon and walk the PCT (Penguin Cradle Trial) to the Leven River or thereabouts.  Depending on the group and available time, we may continue our walk along the old tramway track which follows the Leven River.  Please, note it is a return trip. Remember to bring rain gear, water and food with you.  It will an all afternoon walk.

With summer and longer days it is a nice time to explore the PCT and see what damage repair is needed. Come along for a pleasant day in the bush …. or maybe even a mountain view.

Joint trip with HWC. Coordinator Paul Geeves from HWC. This is a challenging walk suitable only for members in hard off track walking. The White Monolith Range sits to the north of the Western Arthurs and consists of some very green looking areas with dramatic white monoliths sticking out the top. The plan is ascend up to Sculptured Mountain and head west across the range to Corner Peak where we will day walk out to Mount Maconochie. The return route will be via the path of least resistance.

An easy stroll visiting Dick Lowe's historic bridge and then a walk to Redwater Creek Falls for lunch 

A nice asy ride from Devonport to Ulverstone with lunch 

Relaxing paddle on Lake Rowallan to the top end of the lake camping overnight near Old House Creek Falls.

Advance notice: The plan for this trip will be to focus on the Eastern Side of the Lake over 5-6 days, with at least a half-day climb for a great view. Keep the day before-hand free in case of a better weather window and perhaps two days after- i.e. we need some flexibility. The plan is to drive down to Scotts Peak Dam area and camp in the PWS site, then commence paddling the next morning. I have a rough flexible plan, probably going as far as mid-lake and looking at a few places many of us haven’t seen.

Numbers limited, experienced paddlers only; any conditions can be expected.