| The above Alpine Mosaic shows images taken on December 12 and 13, 2009. L-R: From Danny's Lookout, Great Alpine Rd, Hotham; Mt Bogong from Sullivan's Lookout, Tawonga Gap; Buffalo Massif from Power's Lookout, Whitfield; King River Valley from Power's Lookout, Whitfield. |
Hiking Victoria celebrated its 2nd birthday on November 3, 2009!
This is the HOME PAGE of the HIKING VICTORIA MESSAGE BOARD, a friendly group founded in November 2007, for anyone who would like to share their experiences on-line about recreational or educational walking in Victoria, Australia.
For the purposes of this Board, Walks can include short strolls of an hour or less, coastal walks, snow outings, longer half or full day trips, or multi-day/overnight excursions.
Hiking Victoria is a "Gold" (Premium) Board, hosted by the Canadian-based Company "Sparklit". It's funded by voluntary donations from members. Donations pay for the Board's ongoing hosting expenses, Only Registered Members may read the Forums, or post to them. To Register, please click on "New Member" at the sign-up box which will take you to the Registration Screen
 IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR PROSPECTIVE MEMBERS! This Board has been subject to repeated disruption by large numbers of anonymous registrations originating from spammers and bots.To reduce these intrusions, please be be advised that new registrations will NOT be accepted unless you provide your REAL NAME, your LOCATION, your DATE OF BIRTH, and your COUNTRY at the sign-up page. Thank you! |
Check out these important FREE sites, authored by Bob Padula and updated regularly! Guide to Short Walks in Victoria (hundreds of walks described - fully searchable!) Bob's Australian Bushwalking Journal (hundreds of searchable entries, with selected images, in chronological order!) Bob's Photo Album (searchable descriptions of nearly 1000 walks, with over 10,000 images!)
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 | General News - Members Only New members, messages from Admin, news items | 4 | 27 | |
| Housekeeping - Members Only Some tips on using this Board | 1 | 1 | |
| Donations! - Members Only Information about how to send in donations, which help pay for the Board's hosting fees. | 1 | 1 | |
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| Your Best Walks! - Members Only Tell everyone what you consider to be your Best Walks, and why! These can be short or long, day or overnight. Keep short, sharp, and concise! | 2 | 5 | |
| Walktalk! - Members Only This is a Letterbox, where you may post your ideas, suggestions, complaints and thoughts about the Board. You can also post items here which don't easily fit into other Forums! | 6 | 15 | |
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| Short Hikes (not overnight) This is where you post details of day walks (ie, not overnight!) completed or planned, and related information! | 280 | 371 | |
| Overnight Walks - Members Only This is where you post details of your overnight walks completed or planned, and related information! | 7 | 33 | |
| The Lounge Room - Members Only A place for rest and discussions! You may tell us a little about yourself, your family, where you are located, and how you became interested in hiking. | 19 | 52 | |
| New Walks Opened or Reopened - Members Only Information about recently opened, or reopened walking tracks | 8 | 10 | |
| Proposed new walking tracks - Members Only Details of proposed new walking tracks | 5 | 5 | |
| Walking tracks recently closed - Members Only Information about tracks which have been closed to public access | 3 | 3 | |
| General Interest - Members Only Postings of general interest - archived articles are here. | 206 | 323 | |
| Equipment and Gear - Members Only Information, reviews, new products, where to buy, shopping, for-sale, wanted-to-buy. Including clothing, tents, boots, hats, packs, trekking poles and food | 8 | 45 | |
| Resources - Members Only Information and questions about maps, navigation, guides, books, on-line services and resources, Hiking/Walking Clubs | 20 | 53 | |
| Expeditions outside of Victoria - Members Only This is for descriptions of walks undertaken outside of Victoria! | 7 | 10 | |
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Registered Members: 15 Topics: 577 Total Posts: 954
There are currently 0 member(s) and 1 guest(s) online. 28 user(s) visited this forum in the past 24 hours The most users ever online was 4 member(s) and 3 guest(s) at Mon Jun 29 2:22 PM, 2009 |
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This is a community funded Gold Forum. The contributions of our members help keep this forum ad-free and provide many enhanced features, such as the Chat Box, Custom Avatars, Custom Smileys, File Attachments, and graphical Headers/Footers. Thanks to Peter Jiebel, our most recent contributor. contributeThis forum currently has a credit of $-14.85. To keep this forum ad-free, $19.80 is still needed for the next month. |
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Founder/Administrator is
Bob Padula,OAM.
Please contact Bob if you have any queries concerning donations, features of the Board, membership, sign-up, or registration
bobpadula@mydesk.net.au
404 Mont Albert Rd, Mont Albert VIC 3127; tel (03) 9898 2906
The content, descriptions of activities, and opinions expressed in the articles, stories and information only represent the personal views of the stories' creators. The Board Administrator or writers will not be liable for any injury, damage or loss sustained by any person undertaking activities described in the Board.
