The West Gippsland Bushwalkers Club is organising the 2025 Combined Clubs Bushwalking Event. The proposed Day Event will be Sunday 16th November.  This is a break from the tradional weekend of walks.

Gippsland Combined Clubs Day 16/11/2025 – Hosted by WGBC

The members of SGWAAC are cordially invited to join the West Gippsland Bushwalkers Club on our Combined Club Day with a choice of 3 walks of various lengths on offer, all designed to showcase the beautiful Noojee area.

The distance and difficulty of the walks is based on the WGBC structure of Ramblers, Hikers and Trekkers.

Members of your club can choose the walk that suits their capabilities and then must contact the Leader prior to the day to inform them of their intention to walk.

We will all meet at 8:45am at the old Noojee Railway Station - plenty of parking there.

The day will commence at 9:00 with a 15-minute information session from a member of the local historic society to enlighten us on the settlement of the area and the history of the railway and local sawmilling industry.

The walks will all commence no later than 9:30 and you will need to bring your morning tea, lunch, water, poles, wet weather gear, hat, sunscreen and insect repellent and basic first aid supplies, plus whatever else you may need.

After the walks are completed, each group will adjourn to the iconic “Toolshed” Bar and Restaurant for a “debriefing” and some rehydration.

Note: Originally we planned to finish at “The Nooj” Pub, but it has got very popular and is just too busy on weekends.

We will have enough tables booked for all and if anyone is hungry after our reasonably challenging walks, the Toolshed has a variety of wood fired pizzas and other menu items available all day on weekends.

The walk options available are:

“Ramblers” – Ralph Cornwall Tk - Trestle Bridge

9k, 240m Elev Gain, Easy/Medium, Poles Optional (good surface all way) – This is a great walk along the beautiful Loch River valley on an old tramline lined with tree ferns. We then return to cross over the mighty Latrobe River and on to the Trestle Bridge Rail Trail to the very impressive bridge and then back to town.

Leader: Megan Major 0425 702 788    Coleader: John Durrant 0416 826 689   

“Hikers” – Noojee South Loop

12k, 420m Elev Gain, Medium, Poles Recommended – The walk starts with a small but interesting section along the Latrobe River and then heads south into the small but scenic Noojee Bushland Reserve. We head up a great single person track through lush bush with hopefully lots of wild flowers in bloom and then continue down to the Old Noojee Road, which we follow up to farmland at the top of the ridge where there are great views of the local area. The walk continues around a road for a while, then back into the bush and down to the old train line heading towards the imposing Trestle Bridge and back to town.

Leader: Rob East 0434 169 364        Coleader: Sue Cock 0411 251 716

“Trekkers” – Loch River + Noojee South Loop

17k, 620m Elev Gain, Medium, Poles Recommended – Starts with the “Ralph Cornwall” walk following the beautiful Loch River for just over 2km. We then return to town, cross the Latrobe River on the footbridge and walk through town to connect up with the “Hikers” Noojee South Loop as described above.

Leader: Liz Fenwick 0459 235 483   Coleader: Helen Boomsma 0417 104 122   

Hard copy Alltrails Walk maps will be available from the leaders on the day.

We look forward to you joining us to enjoy the company of fellow passionate bushwalkers and to show off this fantastic walking area.