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333. Doctors Gully & Grand Designs Loop 7.8km

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 U3A Hike No 333 Hike Report by Anne Ottrey We were pleased to be starting the Doctors Gully walk early in the day as temperatures of 29 degrees were predicted.  Eleven walkers set off from the Hepburn Springs carpark and  jumpers and jackets were quickly discarded. The whole walk was very undulating with short,  sharp uphills followed by similar downhills.  We walked in a southerly direction following  Doctors Gully along the western edge of Hepburn Springs. The tracks were mostly unsealed roads, but there were some tramping through long grass, raising anxieties about snakes. However it was only a one snake walk, which the front walkers disturbed on a sunny patch of path.  Half way through we found a nice shady bank  to relax on and have morning tea, checking out the range of houses on the opposite slope.  These varied from a fibro shack surrounded by blackberries, to a sleek modern design  hallway up the hill with a large red brick Macmansion at the top. After morning tea we headed b
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332. A Walk To Parliament - Yarra - MCG - East Melbourne - Fitzroy Gardens.

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 U3A Hike No 332 Hike Report By Marianne Kennedy This was a hike with a difference for the 17 participants. It was very ably lead by Geoff Howard. After exiting Southern Cross Station we walked down Spencer Street and along the Yarra admiring the tall buildings and groups of kayakers making great use of the river. We continued along through Birrarung Marr and chose a lovely spot for morning tea. It was onwards then past the Federation Bells towards the MCG, stopping to watch the 'Melbourne Stars' women's cricketers practicing in the nets. We passed bronze statues of our sporting heroes then walked past Jolimont Station to East Melbourne. Here Geoff gave us an interesting tour around the streets familiar to him and pointed out some of Melbourne's most historic homes. Some of them had been the home of Peter Lalor, Norman Lindsay and Von Guerard, just to name a few. We then walked into the Fitzroy Gardens for a brief tour which passed by the Conservatory, the Fairies Tr
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