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| 12 Aug, Mon 9:00AM |
Long Angle and Cripple Creeks |
| Grade:3/6 |
Length |
13km |
300m |
Sydney Branch |
| Allan P. |
  Mostly roads and fire trails. Follow Long Angle Creek and Cripple Creek trails to Blaxland. Creek crossings. Cyclists and horse riders also use the fire trails. Some steep sections. Some loose surface on trails.
Location: Springwood Limit: 20.
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| 13 Aug, Tue 9:30AM |
Lake Illawarra – Bike Ride (Road/Mtn) |
| Grade:3/6 |
Length |
45km |
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Milton Branch |
| Herbert F. |
 (NEW!!!) Leaders: Herbert Frey & Leslie Reddacliff. We circumnavigate Lake Illawarra, mainly on off-road cycleways. Several short on-road sections have wide shoulders. Bring morning tea to enjoy at the lake entrance at Windang, and lunch on banks of Macquarie Rivulet at Darcy Dunster Reserve, Yallah (choice of BYO, or take-away from Hunger Buster kebabs or Hungry Jacks).
Map: Illawarra Cycleways Limit: 12.
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| 14 Aug, Wed 11:30AM |
Walkers get together |
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Sydney Branch |
| Mal |
 Walkers lunch at O'Donoghues, Emu Plains.
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| 15 Aug, Thu 9:00AM |
Emmetts Flat via Slotts Way & up Starlight Track, Nattai NP |
| Grade:5/6 |
Length |
16km |
410m |
Southern Highlands Branch |
| (SH Explorer Walks) Jerry |
 (Fully Booked - Ask leader about waiting list) Head along Ahearns LO Track and branch south down Slotts Way. Reaching the Nattai River, head down stream till reaching Emmetts Flat and then up Starlights Trail. Street descent and ascent, off-track in places. Creek crossing, slippery, cliff edges.
Location: Nattai NP (Hilltop) Limit: 10.
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| 16 Aug, Fri 9:34AM |
The suburbs series of walk: Parramatta |
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Sydney Branch |
| (SWAG) Esther |
| Leader: Lynne Hewitt TBA
Parramatta, Historic wall of parramatta Limit: 15.
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| 18 Aug, Sun 9:00AM |
Tabourie to Meroo Point |
| Grade:3/6 |
Length |
12km |
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Milton Branch |
| Kevin R. |
(NEW!!!) Park at Tabourie Beach, walk south on bush tracks, fire trails and beaches via Termeil Point and Meroo Head for lunch. Return to Tabourie via alternate route.
Map: Tabourie 89272S
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| 19 Aug, Mon 9:22AM |
Nellies Glen to Devils Hole |
| Grade:3/6 |
Length |
12km |
500m |
Sydney Branch |
| Allan P. |
Follow the Six Foot Track down Nellies Glen. Return to Katoomba via Devils Hole. Steep descent on old steps and track. Some rock scrambling ascending Devils Hole. Some sections will be damp and maybe slippery.
Location: Katoomba
Map: Katoomba Limit: 20.
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| 21 Aug, Wed 8:00AM |
Mill Bay to Dalmeny Campground – Coastal Walk |
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Length |
6km |
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Milton Branch |
| J&LWilkinson |
| (NEW!!!) Grade: Easy. This is a paved path and boardwalk, shared with cyclists. We will start at Mill Bay at Wogonga Inlet, passing Kianga & beaches with incredible views. Hopefully we will see sea eagles and whales. We will finish the walk at Dalmeny Campground. Lunch on the headland with great views of Dalmeny Beach. Bring your own lunch or purchase at the Dalmeny takeaway. Limit: 15.
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| 23 Aug, Fri 9:31AM |
The Suburbs: Chatswood West (Fullers Bridge to Mowbray Park) |
| Grade:3/6 |
Length |
11km |
180m |
Sydney Branch |
| (SWAG) Mike P. |
| Fullers Bridge to Mowabray Park in Lane Cove National Park. Limit: 15.
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| 24 Aug, Sat 9:14AM |
Dantes Glen |
| Grade:3/6 |
Length |
9km |
300m |
Sydney Branch |
| Allan P. |
(NEW!!!) From the station we walk along San Jose Ave to North Lawson Trail, then follow cliff top to Echo Bluff, Echo Point and Fairy Falls. Down steps to Dantes Glen Falls, St Michaels Falls, Empire Pass and a gentle up hill to Frederica Falls. Take Hughes Ave track back to Lawson. Don't expect the huge cliffs and scenery of Katoomba. But from this uncrowded Echo Point, we look out onto the Grose Wilderness Area just a few kilometres away. No houses or roads to be seen.
Location: Lawson
Map: Katoomba Limit: 12.
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| 24 Aug, Sat 12:35PM |
Griffiths Loop plus Cooks Nose Pass |
| Grade:2/6 |
Length |
13km |
230m |
Sydney Branch |
| Greg L. |
 Griffiths Loop - Barren Grounds picnic area - side trip to Cooks Nose - Natural Stone Bridge - loop track back to picnic area.
A loop walk entirely on tracks. Beautiful heathland and forest, great scenery, spring wildflowers.
Joint walk with Bush Club.
Location: Barren Grounds Nature Reserve
Map: Kangaroo Valley 9028-4S Limit: 15.
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| 25 Aug, Sun 8:00AM |
Kiama to Gerringong – Coastal Walk |
| Grade:3/6 |
Length |
17km |
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Milton Branch |
| Shauna G. |
| (NEW!!!) We will travel by car to Gerringong, then catch the train back to Kiama to start the walk, so bring your Opal card. The walk commences at Kiama Harbour and Blow Holes and then heads down the coast to Gerringong. We walk along the streets to get back to Gerringong Train Station to meet the cars. Spectacular coastal views all the way.
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| 26 Aug, Mon 8:55AM |
Woodford Paradise |
| Grade:3/6 |
Length |
10km |
336m |
Sydney Branch |
| Janet R. |
(NEW!!!) Meet at Woodford Station. Walk to Ridge Street. A steep rough down, then up to fire trail. Tracks to Paradise Pool. Up to Linden (NOTE bridge is broken crossing creek). Parts of Coxs on both sides of Linden. Coxs Road back to Woodford Station. Rough, uneven surfaces, creek to cross.
Map: Katoomba 89301S Limit: 15.
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| 28 Aug, Wed 9:00AM |
Buckleys Headland |
| Grade:2/6 |
Length |
6km |
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Milton Branch |
| Paul B. |
 (NEW!!!) Mostly flat and gentle incline walk through weather-beaten and fire recovering forest to Buckleys Headland. Continue on to Conjola Beach Lookout and return to cars via the beach, or the same track. This is a great walk for anyone who isn’t into too many hills with a rewarding unencumbered view south to Narrawallee and north to Cunjurong Point. Coffee in Milton.
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| 30 Aug, Fri 9:30AM |
The Suburb series : Pennant Hills; Cherrybrook (Callicoma Track) |
| Grade:2/6 |
Length |
10km |
100m |
Sydney Branch |
| (SWAG) Ian B. |
| Booking opens two weeks prior to event. A delightful loop track through interesting bushland.
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| 1 Sep, Sun 8:00AM |
Otford to Bundeena |
| Grade:4/6 |
Length |
28km |
240m |
Sydney Branch |
| Greg L. |
 (NEW!!!) Otford Station - Coast Track - Bundeena (ferry wharf). The classic long walk in Royal. Beautiful country and beautiful coastline. A long hard walk with no time for loitering. Very fit walkers only. Joint walk with Bush Club.
Location: Royal National Park
Map: Otford 91294S and Port Hacking 91294N Limit: 10.
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| 1 Sep, Sun 8:30AM |
South from Batemans Bay Walk 3 – Rosedale Beach to Tomakin |
| Grade:3/6 |
Length |
10km |
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Milton Branch |
| Helen M. |
| (NEW!!!) At a relaxed pace and does include a slightly challenging 1km long rock shelf. More gorgeous coastal scenery as we traverse Guerilla Bay, Burrewarra Point, Long Nose Point and Barlings Beach. Walk past Jimmies and Barlings Islands with views of Broulee Island at the end. There are no public toilets and no water supplies along the walk. One-way walk with a car shuffle.
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| 6 Sep, Fri 9:00AM |
The Alphabet series.”W”. Wild Flower Garden at St Ives |
| Grade:3/6 |
Length |
9km |
250m |
Sydney Branch |
| (SWAG) Esther |
| Leader: Heather Lakiss. RSVP direct to heatherlakiss@gmail.com
Commencing Kitchener Street, St Ives and down to the creek and fire trail via creek, Mueller Track, where the stillness of nature surrounds you, and up to The Wildflower Garden. Continues to Solander Track. Pretty along the creek, with a waterfall (Phantom Falls). Some quite wet tiny tracks. Lots of ups and downs. Those who use hiking sticks, bring them. Visitors/info centre, next to Senses Track, has a coffee machine and native plant nursery. Return via a slightly shorter route. Limit: 15.
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| 11 Sep, Wed 11:30AM |
Walkers get together |
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Sydney Branch |
| Mal |
| Walkers lunch at O'Donoghues, Emu Plains.
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| 13 Sep, Fri 10:00AM |
The suburb series of walk: Second Ponds Creek; Allan Porter’s birthday walk |
| Grade:1/6 |
Length |
8km |
100m |
Sydney Branch |
| (SWAG) Allan P. |
This walk starts and finishes at The Ponds Shopping Centre. Morning tea and lunch here or at adjacent park. Bring own morning tea and lunch or buy from the shops. Bring a snack in case we end up having a late lunch. The suburb of The Ponds straddles Second Ponds Creek. This creek flows north over 10km from Parklea, through The Ponds and Rouse Hill Regional Park, to join the Cattai River at Annangrove. Along our walk we will see remnants of the woodland that covered this flood plain. As well, we visit Dragonfly Pool and the pretty Ironbark Lake. Mostly on shared concrete pathway.
Location: The Ponds Limit: 30.
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