Longlea to the Knowsley State Forest through Axedale with a pub lunch. GRADE | LENGTH | TYPE: Moderate 15 km walk. ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION: We need to position one or two cars at the end of the walk in the Knowsley Forest then carpool to the start of the walk at Longlea. Leaving Peppercorn Park, the […]
The Nomads annual Winter Solstice Dinner, this year at The Grandview Hotel, Fairfield. GRADE: Social ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION: This year we are doing a pub meal at the historic Grandview Hotel in Fairfield. We have our own function room where tables and chairs will be set up for us. It will be an order and pay […]
A Saturday train trip to Bendigo to view this possibly once-in-a-lifetime and world-class exhibition, at their art gallery, visiting the Paris: Impressions of Life: 1880 - 1925 exhibition, with paintings by unknown impressionist artists working there, recording the huge social change, urban development and artistic innovation of the period. A late pub lunch nearby to […]
There are not many places like Williamstown - certainly not in greater Melbourne. The streets of Williamstown were amongst the first laid down by Europeans in Victoria in 1837. Up until then the narrow peninsula of Williamstown had been known to the local people as Koort-Boork-Boork, or "patch of she-oak trees." GRADE | LENGTH | […]
Our regular monthly social night - this month at the Arcadia Hotel. GRADE: Social. ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION: The Nomads hold a social night each month, where members and guests can enjoy a meal, talk about upcoming events, compare notes on past activities and float ideas on events they would like to see run. July is planning […]
Travel through the Latrobe Valley by train with views to the Baw Baw Plateau, a pub lunch, two short river walks with historic rail bridges and a bat colony. GRADE | LENGTH | TYPE: Easy to Moderate 13.5 km walk, slightly undulating/flat on a paved, shared cycle rail trail and partly gravel on the river […]
A pleasant winter's day stroll along the Melbourne foreshore, finishing at Bay Street, Port Melbourne. Highlights include Brighton bathing boxes, Elwood Beach, St Kilda Beach, life saving clubs and million dollar real estate. GRADE | LENGTH | TYPE: A Moderate, mainly flat 12.5 km walk (graded as per Leaders Guide - Appendix A: Activity Grading […]
A circuit walk west of Melbourne, near Melton. GRADE | LENGTH | TYPE: Moderate 9 km circuit walk (graded according to the Leaders Guide - Appendix A: Activity Grading Guidelines). A fairly easy hike with just a few spots having more challenging sections. ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION: This walk has just enough changes in the surroundings to […]
Our regular monthly social night - this month at the Junction Club in Moonee Ponds. GRADE: Social. ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION: The Nomads hold a social night each month, where members and guests can enjoy a meal, talk about upcoming events, compare notes on past activities and float ideas on events they would like to see run. […]
After driving along the Geelong Road just looking at the You Yangs, why not go on a walk there to be rewarded by the splendid views? GRADE | LENGTH | TYPE: Medium, 12.5 km circuit walk, climbing up and down 400M (this is optional and you don't need to go all the way to the […]
A gem of a short coastal winter ramble, taking in some lovely vistas of Port Phillip Bay, Frankston, and Kananook Creek bushlands following beachside boardwalks and riverside trails to Seaford, with a post luncheon option of continuing on to Carrum. GRADE | LENGTH | TYPE: Easy 8 km walk (Seaford), Moderate 15 km if continuing […]
Our regular monthly social night - this month at the Nixon Hotel, Docklands. GRADE: Social. ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION: The Nomads hold a social night each month, where members and guests can enjoy a meal, talk about upcoming events, compare notes on past activities and float ideas on events they would like to see run. New members […]
