This event has been postponed to Saturday 1st March due to wintery cold weather forecast for Sun 16th Feb.

This walk is for naturists. Enjoy a clothes free walk into a remote section of the Lerderderg River to find a pleasant waterhole and possible swim, near an old gold mine. A choice of two return routes. A challenging walk 1 km along the river boulders and up a steep return track. Or if you prefer, return on the easier but still steep track used to come in to the river.

GRADE | LENGTH | TYPE: (graded according to the AWTGS: Australian Walking Tracks Grading System):

Option 1: Grade 3: medium to hard 9 km circuit walk on steepish tracks and a 1 km rocky section along the river.
Option 2: Grade 2: approx 6 km medium walk in and out on the same track, on a reasonably good, but steepish walking track.
ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION: We will meet in Lohs Lane for a short catch up at 10:30am. There is no food or drinks available here, sorry. If you’d like coffee, you will need to get it in Bacchus Marsh which is 20 km and 20 mins before the Lohs Lane meeting place.

Once packed with minimal gear, and sunscreen on exposed skin, we will head off past one country house and the Mt Blackwood summit, 600m above sea level, along a pleasant walking track down towards the river. Once past the house, we can totally strip off, complete our sunscreen application and continue on down to the river. The river is a good spot for lunch and a swim. The group taking the challenging river walk and steep return trip will head off first after lunch. The group returning on the easier route can take off about 45 mins later, so that we can all meet at a track junction on the way home and then all return to the cars together.

AFTERNOON DRINKS AND SNACKS: If we’d like a cool drink or coffee and some snacks after our walk, we can drive back to a hotel in Bacchus Marsh. The particular hotel and address will be advised later.