We will walk from the headland  following trails close to the shoreline, onto Chinamans beach,  and  Goanna head via bush track. We will return mostly via the beach or depending  on the tide part beach and part bush track. Dolphin sightings likely. Approximately 9 km, grade 2-3. Bring your  morning tea, lunch, sunscreen, water, first aid kit and swim wear.  Leader Paula - 0427667791          Assistant leader: Stan 

We now have almost a full group of 12 showing interest in going to Ladakh in September this year. So let's get together for an info and slide night in Byron, Thursday March 12, 6pm at 2\59 Centennial circuit, Byron Bay. We have also opened expressions of interest for the Barah Bangal trek in September 2027, so anyone interested in this trek are also welcome to attend the dinner or on Zoom because info about the trek arrangements like food and accomodation are the same. As well as info, a dahl curry and a chicken curry will be served to get us in the mood- just $10 per head. Please indicate if you can make it, or if you can zoom in if you are far from Byron.  Any more questions about the info evening, phone Steve, 0414312917 Dahl curry and chicken curry

This Sunday morning walk is to take the overflow from our International Womens Week walk which was on March 1 and was very quickly booked out. The International Womens Week walk was advertised by Buskwalking NSW as a promotion to attract new hikers to our Club so they could expand their hiking options. We have created this same hike for our members and guests. We will drive up Koonyum Range Rd and then hike down Nandaly Rd to the cascade above the waterfall which plunges 200 metres down into Upper Wilsons Creek. There are panoramic views across the valley to the seldom-visited Blackbutt Plateau and into the headwater of the Wilsons River. We then take a path to an interesting water feature variously dubbed the 'bumcrack' or the vulva! We continue on the path until we join the very end of Koonyum Range Rd where there are sweeping views of Woolumbin, Mt Chowan and as far as the Tweed Valley. Meeting at 8am at the start of Koonyum Range Rd. Bring water, and lunch.        Grade 3: Leader Steve 0414312917, assistant leader Diana 0408103542

Our first forest bathing hike for the year will take us to one of our favourite locations – Unicorn Falls and South Chowan Creek in Mount Jerusalem National Park. This walk follows the creek from the falls to a turnaround point where we stop for a swim and lunch by beautiful swimming holes where few people go. Be prepared for rock hopping, some rock scrambling and walking/swimming through water on the way back. I love this walk for its sensory variety, out-of-this-world splendour and the getting wet part! Most of the first half will be walking in silence with several nature connection activities. At the turnaround point we chat over lunch with laughs on the way back as we plunge ourselves into waterholes. Walk time is only 1 – 1.5 hours each way but rated Grade 4 with rock hopping, some rock scrambling and the off-track nature of the walk. Saturday 8.30 am to 3.30 pm. Final details with meeting place will be emailed a few days before the event. Enquiries: David david@davidroland.com.au

To celebrate International Women's Week, Bushwalking NSW is offering members of the public the opportunity to walk with their local club for free as a guest. Nandaly Falls is a spectacular rocky cascade with panoramic views across the 200 metre deep Wilsons Valley to the seldom-visited Blackbutt Plateau. It is an easy loop walk mainly on an old fire trail  with about 500m on a single file path through thick forest. This section goes past a small cascade which is a narrow slit in the rock. In keeping with the Womens theme, it has been described as a vulva in rock! We will have lunch at a lookout over MainArm with views as far as the Tweed valley. There is an option to cool off in a small pool below a cascade up above Boogarem Falls. Grade 3. Leaders Cass 0402 503 540, Diana 0408 103 542  

This half-day Grade 3 walk is in the Border Ranges National Park on Bundjalung Country. It starts beneath towering eucalypts on the western side of the Wollumbin (Mount Warning) Caldera, and heads west, gently down through magical World-Heritage listed Gondawana Rainforest with its 2000 year old Antarctic Beech trees. At an elevation of approx 1,135 metres, it can be a good few degrees colder up there so I would suggest packing a jumper/coat. At the base of the walk there is a lookout with a vista over Collins Creek and, weather permitting, all the way to Mount Lindesay and Mount Barney. There we will stop to rest, perhaps have something to eat, and enjoy the view. The walk back up to the picnic area is a little steeper, with some views and flora and fauna to enjoy on the way. For those who would like to, I will suggest we take the walk down at a 3/4 pace in quiet, connecting with the land, reutrning to chatting as we approach the lookout and for our walk back up. The traditional billy will be boiled back at the picnic area for those who enjoy a cup of tea. Meeting at the Bar Mountain Picnic Area at 9am. Grade 3, Leader Kerrie, 0432872148, assistant Steve 0414312917

We will meet at The Channon Hotel Carpark at 9 a.m. & depart 10 minutes later. Will need another couple of 4WD vehicles (depending on numbers) to help with the car-pool up to the trail-head. Estimate about 8kms of hiking all up. Bring water, lunch & maybe some reef shoes (or other) The last part of the track is a little overgrown with lots of hopping over logs but nothing too radical. Spectacular views from the top of the Falls. Grade 3, Leader Bob 0456462813

Going to the Blue Lagoon tomorrow, Sunday. It needs the amount of rain that fell this week to fill it. It will be gone in a few days. 9am-12 as it's just an hour each way. We are meeting outside 1020 Wilsons Creek Rd at 9am. Grace 4, leader Steve 0414312917 Expect leeches and showers but this is a rare event.

We will hike the first day of the new Gidjuum Gulganyi trail. We begin from the top of the Whiskey Creek trail and descend into rainforest and rock-hop along a luxuriant section of Whiskey Creek before passing the entrance to Hell Hole Falls and then past the Sandridge camp. Our camp is another 1.5 km further up Mt Jerusalem. We camp on the very headwater of the Wilsons River. On Sunday as we go over Mt Jerusalem, there is a panoramic view over Wollumbin and the Tweed Valley. The trail winds around the tops of a number of rainforest gullies as we pass just under the summit. We turn onto Wild Dog Rd on the descent. At the saddle on the narrow ridge that links Mt Jerusalem with Blackbutt Plateau we descend into Dave's property in Upper Wilsons Creek. Grade 4, Leader Steve 0414312917

This Saturday, let's do an easy grade 3, 6km walk which is part of the new Gidjuum Gulganyi 4-day trail in the Nightcap National Park. We'll be setting off from Rummery Park Campground at 8am. The trail has some views out to the ocean with an option to explore the Secret Chasm before passing Weeun Weeun Camp. From this 3rd camp we take a short cut past a swimming hole and a nice cascade. Leader Steve 0414312917

We will hike from Mt Nardi at the western end of the historic Nightcap trail, passing the Teatree Lookout and the Postman's tree. Then we will descend to camp on Gibbergunyah Rd where Rocky Creek crosses it. On Sunday we have several choices to descend into Wanganui or to finish at Rummery Park. Grade 4. For more details, phone Steve 0414312917. Assistant leader Narelle 0434937975

A beautiful, morning, beach to bush to beach walk through a variety of ecosystems. We start at Bay Roots Cafe in South Golden Beach for a loop walk through the Billinudgel and Marshalls creek nature reserve. We finish at the beach so bring your swimmers, it'll be low tide so great swimming. Finish the walk with Brunch at Bay Roots (formerly Mrs Birdy) if the mood takes you. NB Please park on Pacific Esplanade or the Vacant block on the corner of Peter street and the Esplanade