Upcoming Trips: August 2018
Trips Program
Some of the trips on this program are open to Visitors. You may contact the leader of a 'visitors welcome' trip by clicking on the leaders name. This link is only available for trips commencing within the next two months.
We invite prospective members to take the oportunity to experience our activities and meet our members before joining our club. Due to insurance restrictions we can only allow prospective members to participate in a maximum of two trips. To participate in additional trips you must join our club.
All persons participating in our trips must be aged 18 years or older.
Before contacting the trip leader you should read our Guidelines and Acknowlegment of Risk pages. Our guidelines page should answer many of your questions on how our trips are organised.
- Area:
- Blue Mts NP
- Maps:
Our walk is along a section of the historic Six Foot Track. Starting at Old Ford Reserve in the Megalong Valley, and walking to the Cox's River for lunch, and a crossing of the swing bridge before returng to the cars. This trip has been rescheduled from an earlier date.
Visitors Welcome
Visitors are welcome on this trip. Please
contact the trip leader
for more information.
- Area:
- Lake Macquarie
- Maps:
- Supplied
A 6 or 12 hour event, beginning midday Saturday, and located near Morisset only one hour north of Wahroonga. Watch the effects of a full moon. Choose a bushwalk with a few checkpoints on it, and then go find them with your team. Your route may be only a few kilometres or a marathon length, and virtually all trail or none. Go as far as you please. Food supplied at end of event. http://www.nswrogaining.org/ Grade: As you please.
Sept 9 Gloucester Mountain Man Triathlon. The friendliest triathlon around, with half the town to cheer you on. Mountain bike, paddle and run, with each leg about 1 hour. www.gloucestertri.com.au Leader: John Barnes Phone: 9381 0143(w) 0478 963 965(h)
Visitors Welcome
Visitors are welcome on this trip. Please
contact the trip leader
for more information.
Bushwalk: Gingra Creek walk
- Visitors Welcome
- Grade:
- Medium
- Duration:
- 2 days
- Leader:
- Paul
- Contact Leader
- Area:
- Kowmung River
- Maps:
- Kanangra 1:25000
Kanangra Tops to Junction of Gingra Creek and Kowmung River. Past Craft's Wall and down Gabe's Ridge to campsite. Return via Gingra Ridge on Sunday..
Visitors Welcome
Visitors are welcome on this trip. Please
contact the trip leader
for more information.
- Area:
- Royal National Park
- Maps:
- Royal National Park
The Curra Moors track is a good winter / spring walk in the Royl National Park - it is mainly coastal heath vegetation and some nice patches of eucalypts including some beautiful angophoras. The Curra Moors track meets up with the coast track where we will get some exceptional coastal views as we walk towards Curracurrong Creek and the famous Eagle Rock. Hopefully if we are lucky we will get to see some whales since we will be right in the middle of whale watching season.
Walk is about 10 km and relatively flat although few short steep hills and few steps.
Plan would be to car pool from Sutherland and meet up with people coming by train.
Visitors Welcome
Visitors are welcome on this trip. Please
contact the trip leader
for more information.
- Area:
- Royal National Park
- Maps:
- Royal National Park
The Curra Moors track is a good winter / spring walk in the Royl National Park - it is mainly coastal heath vegetation and some nice patches of eucalypts including some beautiful angophoras. The Curra Moors track meets up with the coast track where we will get some exceptional coastal views as we walk towards Curracurrong Creek and the famous Eagle Rock. Hopefully if we are lucky we will get to see some whales since we will be right in the middle of whale watching season.
Walk is about 10 km and relatively flat although few short steep hills and few steps.
Plan would be to car pool from Sutherland and meet up with people coming by train.
Visitors Welcome
Visitors are welcome on this trip. Please
contact the trip leader
for more information.
Bushwalk: Blue Bush Point - Kowmung River
- Visitors Welcome
- Grade:
- Medium
- Duration:
- 2 days
- Leader:
- Paul
- Contact Leader
- Area:
- Kowmung River
- Maps:
- Yerranderie 1:25000
Kanangra Tops to Kowmung River via Cambage Spire. Upstream to spur at Blue Bush Point, Return via the ridge to meet Uni Rover Trail at Mt Lannigan and then back to road.
Visitors Welcome
Visitors are welcome on this trip. Please
contact the trip leader
for more information.
- Area:
- Manly Vale
- Maps:
- Manly Vale
Manly Dam walk is a 7.3km circuit trail around Manly Dam which is surrounded by 377 hectares of native bushland. Manly Dam Reserve is known as the largest freshwater lake in Sydney. The lake was created as a result of the damming of Curl Curl Creek (now Manly Creek) in 1892.
It is nice walk on a sunny winter day and would be a good walk for those that are new to Span or haven't done a walk for a while.
The route we will take is the Nature Trail, McComb Hill Track and Wildflower Walk which form part of the Manly Dam Circuit walk, before we continue on to the Wetlands, and at most northen point we will cross Manly Creek and towards end of walk we can walk on top of the Dam wall.
Start of walk is at Manly Vale and I can pick up a few people from North Sydney station for anyone coming by train.
Visitors Welcome
Visitors are welcome on this trip. Please
contact the trip leader
for more information.
- Area:
- Mt Jagungal
- Maps:
- Khancoban 1:50000
In via Cesjack's Hut and down Doubtful Creek to Boo Bee Hut for the first night. Next day over to Round Mountain Hut area. 3rd day is to Derschko's Hut, and final day out cars.
- Area:
- Wiseman's Ferry
- Maps:
- Mangrove
A loop ride starting from Wiseman's Ferry Road and going via Old Convict Road, Ten Mile Hollow, Simpson's track, Mangrove Creek and returning via Western Commission trail. Some rocky parts and some significant hills. Approx. 50km.
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Suggested programs are shown to the left. Trips which are open to visitors are highlighted in green.
Use the calendar to view trips available on a particular date. You may view details of an individual trip, and obtain contact information for the trip leader, by clicking on the trip title.
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