This Week's Walks: We are still walking this coming Wednesday even though we have twenty to thirty walkers in Tasmania. Popular Plimmerton and its coast has been selected for ths Wednesday's walks. The walks will start at 9:20am from the designated starting point.
The Walks:
PPs: A 3.67km there and back walk with a loop. A pleasant walk along the coast then a loop within a park and back again via the same bit of coast. You can see the walk here.
SSs: A 4.37km walk. The walk may look a bit shorter than usual but it does include a little bit of elevation. (Nothing too steep) The walk also takes in the coast. You can see the walk here.
FFs: A 7.58km walk. This is a variation of a walk done quite a few times. It is always popular as it has a mix of interesting coastline and rural areas not too distant. You can see the walk on Mapometer here and on Plotaroute here.
Parking: It is proposed that the parking for the walks is in the area alongside Plimmerton Domain and also the empty site alongside the Palmers Garden Centre.
Coffee: Nothing has been booked as we are not sure how many walkers there will be with so many walkers in Tasmania. However, Palmers Garden Centre with its café is an obvious first choice unless it seems too busy. There are other choices on the way home.
Russell Paterson
Reminder
Please ensure that you inform your group’s leader if you leave a walk partway through.
Cancellations
If the walks are cancelled an email will be sent out as early as possible but definitely before 8:00am.
Walk Schedules
You can look at the walk schedule for March 2025 here.
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CPCW Photos
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Wednesday saw the walkers combine a journey on public transport with a walk. It was meant to showcase the Johnsonville railway line, but the FFs, being a lazy bunch, couldn't be bothered walking from Nairnville Park to the station. They crossed the road and caught the bus!
Photos of the SSs and FFs have been provided by Brian Vincent and Russell Paterson respectively. Keith Thomas provided the photo of our incoming CPCW Convenor outside an appropriate Wadestown establishment.
(Editorial note: Ever the pedant, I am tempted to try some image manipulation on Keith's photo - the sign on the hairstylists' premises omits the necessary apostrophe which offends me greatly!)
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Thursday's group walked around Churton Park. It appears from the photos that they scared the local kids from Churton Park away from their playground to commandeer all the equipment! What a naughty bunch! Thanks, again, to Gillian Mills who provided the photos:
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On Friday the walkers were provided with a route that meandered around Wilton, Northland and Thorndon and included a visit to parliament. As it was drawn up by Gary Dick it included every set of steps in the vicinity! Gary had organised a day that was "one out of the box" and the views over Wellington were stunning - not so much as a ripple on the reflective surface of the harbour. Wendy Bentley provided the first photo of the "A Team" - on a set of steps, of course - and Keith Thomas provided the photo of the second group who, I presume, must be the "B Team" (B standing for "better").
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And the advance party of CPCW 'scouts', who are already in Hobart, sent through this photo taken at the top of Mt Wellington. I note that there are clouds - not like Wellington!! Thanks to John Houghton who sent through this photo, though it seems he may have co-opted assistance from another visitor.
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Home Page: Don't forget to take a quick look at the “Home Page” - there is usually a new photo each week.
Walkers: please try and take a photo of each group on walking days and email them to this link. Preferably use a small size (around 450kb).
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