Takes you places!
A selection of our upcoming Activity Program is below.
Date/s | Activity Type | Name / Location | Grading |
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Sun 22nd Dec | Day Walk | Onkaparing River East | M E E |
Wed 25th Dec | Day Walk | Belair National Park - Bah Humbug Hike | M E E |
Tue 31st Dec 2024 - Wed 1st Jan 2025 | Day Walk | Chambers Gully - New Year Fireworks | M E E |
Sun 12th Jan 2025 | Day Walk | Section 1 - Yurrebilla Trail | M M E |
Fri 17th - Sun 19th Jan 2025 | Kayak/Canoe | Murray River NP | M E E |
Sun 19th Jan 2025 | Day Walk | 4 Seasons Social Walk: Summer | S E E |
Sun 26th Jan 2025 | Day Walk | Section 2 - Yurrebilla Trail | M M E |
Sat 1st - Sun 2nd Feb 2025 | Kayak/Canoe | Blanchetown | M |
Sun 2nd Feb 2025 | Training Walk | Scott Creek Conservation Park - Day Walk | M E M |
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Whether we know it or not, ABW members owe a large debt to Peter Beer, who passed away in the Royal Adelaide Hospital on Sunday 22/9/2024. On joining in 1959, he and a handful of energetic, young members found a club entering its adolescence after foundation in 1946. It could not have been in safer hands.
Peter was one of those people who put their best into everything they do. He was a frequent and popular walk leader, and intrepid explorer of ...
The following article was written by Peter Beer in 1963. Much of what he wrote then is just as relevant and useful today. The things that have changed are interesting enough that I’ve added them as footnotes below. Ed.
The Pound is a large basin, some ten miles by four miles, drained only by Wilpena Creek, which is permanent near the Chalet[1]. The rock on the summits of the peaks is red quartzite and is underlain by purple slates in the ...
We packed our essentials into duffel bags and a day pack and were transported to Kathmandu airport after breakfast. After a 6 hour wait we were suddenly moving. There was a break in the weather and we needed to go immediately.
The flight to Lukla airport was 45 minutes but felt nothing like it. Upon seeing the welcome sign and airstrip, I felt the realisation of a dream was possible. So much needs to go right still but we are here, ...
Last month seven ABW members went on Nigel’s navigation weekend to the Hattah Lakes. We all came with map and compass at the ready and GPS devices nowhere to be seen. Here’s what we found:
It was a lot easier than we expected We were watching the terrain a lot more instead of our phones It was a lot of funSo here’s what we learnt. Firstly, though, why learn this skill anyway?
There will be times when phones get lost, break, or go flat Compass ...