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342. Lake Wendouree - Victoria Park 12km

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 U3A Hike No 342 Hike Report By Monica McCormack On the sort of bad-hair day that sets every hiker’s - and firefighter’s - nerves on edge, the plan to walk through the local Glen Park State Forest, was abandoned. Last minute messaging and phone calls from Andrew re-directed our excursion to Victoria Park in central Ballarat for a two-stage walk: the first, around Lake Wendouree, the second around Victoria Park itself. This trusty stand-by option during extreme fire danger days, proved once again to allow a walk-and-talk session for the 13 plus one (Colin joined us for morning tea after locating us on his bike) participants. For several newcomers to the hiking group it also allowed a snapshot view of Ballarat’s green and wetland scene, together with location highlights, that might otherwise be overlooked when concentrating on driving and traffic lights. The first leg involved the familiar circuit walk for native Ballarat-ians around Lake Wendouree, its grey waters whipped up by high...
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341. Yarrowee Canadian Loop 11.7km

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 U3A Hike No 341 Hike Report by Greg Anderson On a warm morning nineteen keen hikers met at Valley Drive Canadian and by 7:50 we were walking in a southerly direction along the Canadian Creek, then crossed Geelong Road and made our way over the hill to the Yarrowee River Trail and then walked in a northerly direction to Ballarat City. We then followed the Canadian Creek Trail back to our starting point in Valley Drive. We were all done by 11am.  LEADER:  Andrew Parker NAVIGATOR:  Kim Radenic WHIP:  Mark Hawley   DISTANCE 11.7km   DIFFICULTY easy flat walk on made paths  Along the way Andrew filled us in on history and points of interest.  Morning tea break was under shady trees at White Flat Oval. We had lunch/cuppa under Andrews welcome shady veranda.  Thank you to all contributors for another great hike of FUN FITNESS AND FRIENDSHIP  Photos By Andrew Parker LINKS INTERACTIVE MAP DOWNLOAD A GPX ROUTE FILE FOR GARMIN ETC. ...
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340. Upper Maribyrnong River 11km

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 U3A Hike No 340 Hike Report By Jan Herperger Today’s hike was on a 5th Thursday which meant we were off to Melbourne. Using public transport to get to the start of the hike and then back from the finish point was too convoluted so we drove instead to Canning Reserve in Avondale Heights. Two of the vehicles were left there and then the nine of us climbed into the other two cars and set off to begin the walk at Brimbank Park, in Keilor Park. This is a very large parkland (328.7 hectares) managed by Parks Victoria and judging by the size of the car parking area and large number of picnic tables it must be a very popular spot. The weather was overcast at the start and there was a bit of a cool breeze - perfect for a ramble along a river. The path was nice and wide which made it perfect for chatting with the person next to you and also flat enough and devoid of rocks and bark and other trip hazards so that it was easy to look around at the scenery. This scenery included lovely old red ...
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