Events

Our club offers a wide range of events, and we welcome anyone interested in registering for an event. Prospective new members are welcome to attend up to three events before being required to join as a full member. Simply follow this guide: How to Join Watagan Wanderers Bushwalking Club to join as a Temporary Member (free) before registering for events

Prior to registering for an event, members and visitors are required to read our club's Rules and Risk waiver and complete the mandatory personal information form when registering for the event. Click here to read the club's Rules and Risk waiver.

Apr
15

Club Newsletter March 2026

Date: Wednesday 15^th Apr 2026  12:00 PM - Friday 31^st May 2030  12:00 PM

Public Event

Details: Club Newsletter for March 2026  Read More...

May
9

G2 Reconnaissance Walk only - Catherine Hill Bay

Date: Saturday 9^th May 2026  09:00 AM - Thursday 31^st Dec 2026  04:00 PM

Member Only Event

Details: Grade 2: Leader: Rosanne Embury Description/Location: Catherine Hill Bay Meeting Time and Place: TBA  Read More...

May
11

Beginner Abseil Training and Skills Development - Day 1 Beginner Training

Date: Monday 11^th May 2026  09:00 AM - 04:00 PM

Member Only Event

Location: Narara

Details: Title_Beginner Abseil Training Leader: Merrilee Phone/Email 0490756607 Description/Location: An opportunity to learn to abseil or refresh & practice your skills Meet by 9am at the end of Reeves St Narara (see map)  Read More...

May
13

G3 This event is now filled: G3 Newcastle Geotrail - southern half

Date: Wednesday 13^th May 2026  09:00 AM - 04:00 PM

Member Only Event

Location: Merewether

Details: G3 This event is now filled: G3 Newcastle Geotrail - southern half". Continuing the Geotrail from Dixon Beach to Glenrock Lagoon and return. Mainly beach walking and stopping to look at evidences of past history based on the local geology. Meet at Dixon Park Beach carpark 9am.  Harwood Lockton  0468717602   Read More...

May
16

G2 Toronto-Fassifern circuit

Date: Saturday 16^th May 2026  09:00 AM - 04:00 PM

Member Only Event

Details: Grade 2: Leader: Rosanne Embury, 0403 755 665, rembury@bigpond.com Description/Location: G2 Toronto-Fassifern & return. An easy walk along footpaths and dirt tracks following the rail line and creeks from Toronto to Fassifern via Blackalls Park and return. Meeting Time and Place: Meet 9.00 am at Goffet Park carpark, Brighton Ave, Toronto (opposite Wharf Road). Note, this carpark does fill up quite early so may pay to arrive 8.45 am.  Read More...

May
17

Beginner Abseil Training and Skills Development

Date: Sunday 17^th May 2026  09:00 AM - 04:00 PM

Member Only Event

Location: Narara

Details: Title_Beginner Abseil Training Leader: Merrilee Phone/Email 0490756607 Description/Location: An opportunity to learn to abseil or refresh & practice your skills Meet by 9am at the end of Reeves St Narara (see map)  Read More...

May
20

G2 Cooranbong Heritage Walk

Date: Wednesday 20^th May 2026  09:00 AM - 04:00 PM

Member Only Event

Location: Cooranbong

Details: Grade 2: Leader: Stuart Callan, callanstuart.m@gmail.com Description/Location: Cooranbong Heritage Walk - walk in the heritage & history of Cooranbong's past. Possibly access to historic building Meeting Time and Place: Meet at 9 am at the picnic shelters in the park  near Cooranbong Playground, Freemans Drive, Cooranbong  Read More...

May
21

Club Meeting

Date: Thursday 21^st May 2026  07:30 PM - 09:30 PM

Member Only Event

Location: Booragul

Details: Club Meeting at the Landcare and Sustainable Living Centre, 80 Toronto Rd, Booragul. Starting at 7.30pm. Contact: Margaret: 0412 194 194  Read More...

May
23

G2 Canton Beach to Red Gum Trail  

Date: Saturday 23^rd May 2026  09:00 AM - 04:00 PM

Member Only Event

Details: Grade 2: Leader: Stuart Callan, callanstuart.m@gmail.com Description/Location: Canton Beach to Red Gum Trail  - walk on lakeside & rainforest, then national park trails. Meeting Time and Place: Meet at 9 am at TBA  Read More...

May
27

G3 Centennial Parklands - Randwick

Date: Wednesday 27^th May 2026  07:00 AM - 05:00 PM

Member Only Event

Details: Grade 3 Leader: Debra Hall, 0409 271 313, halljdss@gmail.com Description/Location: G3 Centennial Parklands - Randwick. Come along and enjoy exploring the formal gardens, peaceful ponds and leafy tracks of the Centennial Parklands. Bring morning tea and lunch. We should be able to "get a coffee" at one of the cafes at - or enroute to - the Parklands. Meeting Time and Place: Access will be by Train and Light Rail - details to be provided.  Read More...

May
30

G4 Lemon Tree Circuit

Date: Saturday 30^th May 2026  09:00 AM - 06:00 PM

Member Only Event

Location: Morisset

Details: Grade 4: Leader: Graeme Mee, 0429 004 976 gbmee@yahoo.com Description/Location: Classic Watagan ridge walk to Handle Road and fire tower. Meeting Time and Place: Meet at 9am in Morisset in the carpark opposite library  Read More...

May
31

Beginner Abseil Training Continued

Date: Sunday 31^st May 2026  09:00 AM - 04:00 PM

Member Only Event

Location: West Wallsend

Details: Title_Beginner Abseil Training Continued Leader: Merrilee Phone/Email 0490756607 Description/Location: Day two of our Beginner Abseil Training programme and an opportunity to practice your abseil skills  Read More...

Jun
3

G3 A Walka Walk.

Date: Wednesday 3^rd Jun 2026  09:49 AM - 04:00 PM

Member Only Event

Details: G3: Leader: Jennifer Sanderson, 0424 070 068 Description/Location: Begin at Telarah Station (Train departs Newcastle Interchange 9.14am, arrives Telarah at 9.49). Through streets of Telarah to Walka Water Works for a lovely bush walk through grounds. See waterbirds, turtles, & old Pumphouse Bldg “with its striking chimney & ornate brickwork, one of largest & most intact 19thC industrial complex in the Hunter Valley". Meet at 9.49 am at Telarah Station. Travel by train or car.  Read More...

Jun
6

G2 Wangi Peninsula

Date: Saturday 6^th Jun 2026  09:00 AM - 04:00 PM

Member Only Event

Details: Grade 2: Leader: Rosanne Embury, 0403 755 665, rembury@bigpond.com Description/Location: Walk along Wangi peninsula and bush tracks at Wangi Point including the WW2 anti-aircraft gun emplacement site. Parts of the trail can be rough so may need walking sticks. Mostly bush tracks but some street walking Meeting Time and Place: Meet at 9.00 am Dobell Park, cnr Kent Pl & Dobell Drive, Wangi.  Read More...

Jun
10

G5 Blarney Creek Exploratory Creek Walk 4

Date: Wednesday 10^th Jun 2026  09:00 AM - 04:30 PM

Member Only Event

Location: Cooranbong

Details: Grade 5 Leader: Greg Mob: 0438031006 Description/Location: Another exploratory Walk in Blarney Creek. Enter a feeder creek (at the exit point of the previous walk) off Carrols Meadow Road and explore towards Blarney Creek. Exit via the second ridge downstream and Carrols Meadow Road. Meeting Time and Place: Church Car Park corner of Martinsville Road and Babers Road, Cooranbong9.00am  Read More...

Jun
13

G4 Broken Back Ridge

Date: Saturday 13^th Jun 2026  09:00 AM - 04:00 PM

Member Only Event

Location: Morisset

Details: Grade 4: Leader: Graeme Mee, 0429 004 976 gbmee@yahoo.com Description/Location: Great views on a classic Watagans Ridge walk. Meeting Time and Place: Meet at 9am in Morisset in the carpark opposite library  Read More...

Jun
17

G3 Wollstonecraft to Circular Quay

Date: Wednesday 17^th Jun 2026  06:21 AM - 07:00 PM

Member Only Event

Details: Grade 3 Leader: Frank Kupina, 0402 456 459 Description/Location: Walk along a creek in a beautiful forest to Berry Island, the old gasworks site, the old coal loader site, Balls Head, Lavender Bay, Luna Park for ferry to Circular Quay and back to Central station. Bring morning tea and lunch. Meeting Time and Place: Meet on 6.21am train from Newcastle Interchange. Change trains at Hornsby for Wollstonecraft station.  Read More...

Jun
18

Club Meeting

Date: Thursday 18^th Jun 2026  07:30 PM - 09:30 PM

Member Only Event

Location: Booragul

Details: Club Meeting at the Landcare and Sustainable Living Centre, 80 Toronto Rd, Booragul. Starting at 7.30pm. Contact: Margaret: 0412 194 194 Speaker: Robert Inshaw from Whippa Packs  Read More...

Jun
20

G3 Chain Valley Bay South

Date: Saturday 20^th Jun 2026  09:00 AM - 04:00 PM

Member Only Event

Details: Grade 3: Leader: Margaret Covi, 0412 194 194 Description/Location: Explore bushland & lakefront in Chain Valley Bay South Meeting Time and Place: Meet at 9am at Mulloway Foreshore Reserve, at the end of Mulloway Rd, Chain Valley Bay.  Read More...

Jun
24

G3 The Lookouts Tour & Walks

Date: Wednesday 24^th Jun 2026  09:00 AM - 04:00 PM

Member Only Event

Details: Grade 3: Leader: Jenny Duffus, 0413 029 975, jduffus26@gmail.com Description/Location: The Lookouts Tour & Walks - a tour of 5 different lookouts. Car Pool from Terrigal Haven.  Read More...

Jun
26

Pack Walk North NSW

Date: Friday 26^th Jun 2026  09:45 AM - Monday 29^th Jun 2026  04:00 PM

Member Only Event

Location: Myocum

Details: Title: Gidjuum Gulganyi walk Leader: Matthew O. Phone Email 0448913120 Description: 4 day backpack in the Nightcap and Mt Jerusalem National Parks. Meeting Place and Time: Mullumbimby 26 June at 9.45am (Mullumbimby Bus Stop River Terrace).  Read More...

Jun
27

G3 The Fossil Trail

Date: Saturday 27^th Jun 2026  09:00 AM - 04:00 PM

Member Only Event

Details: Grade 3: The Fossil Trail Leader: Jennifer Reid 0437 332 686  Description/Location: Explore the Dudley rock platform & find the fossils! Meeting Time and Place: TBA  Read More...

Jul
1

G2 Sunshine

Date: Wednesday 1^st Jul 2026  09:00 AM - 04:00 PM

Member Only Event

Details: Grade 2: Leader: Phyllis Esau, 0427 334 463, phyllispesau@hotmail.au Description/Location: Lakeside & bush circuit to Shingle Splitters Point Meeting Time and Place: Meet at 9am in the carpark in Sunshine Park, off Sunshine Parade, Sunshine  Read More...

Jul
1

G4 Day Walk: Norah Head to Magenta via North Wyrrabalong NP.

Date: Wednesday 1^st Jul 2026  09:00 AM - 06:00 PM

Member Only Event

Location: Norah Head

Details: Grade 4 Day Walk: Leader/s: Greg S. 0438031006 Description/Location: Coastal Heathland, Red Gum Forest and Coastal paths. All on track, slightly undulating with a small amount of street and beach walking. Also a short section of off track through open grassland. Approx. 20kms, 250M elevation gain. Meeting Time and Place: 8.30am Mazlin Reserve, Norah Head.  Read More...

Jul
8

G2 Hunter Wetlands Centre

Date: Wednesday 8^th Jul 2026  09:00 AM - 04:00 PM

Member Only Event

Details: Grade 2: Leader: Jenny Bourke, 0419 249 335   jlbourke@y7mail.com Description/Location: Hunter Wetlands Centre - guided walk through 45 hectares of internationally recognised & restored wetlands.  Home to over 200 species of birds, animals & reptiles.  160 volunteers & over 300,000 trees planted.  The Centre is a self-funded, community owned , NFP charity. Entry: $6 (conc) Meeting Time and Place: Meet at 9am at entry to Visitors Centre, Hunter Wetlands Centre, 1 Wetlands Place, Shortland  Read More...

Jul
11

G2 Gwandalan and Crangan Bay

Date: Saturday 11^th Jul 2026  09:00 AM - 04:00 PM

Member Only Event

Details: Grade 2: Leader: Stuart Callan, callanstuart.m@gmail.com Description/Location: Meeting Time and Place: TBA  Read More...

Jul
15

G5 Wyong River Feeder Creek Walk

Date: Wednesday 15^th Jul 2026  08:00 AM - 04:00 PM

Member Only Event

Details: Grade 5. Leader: Frank :0402456459 Exploration of a feeder creek of Wyong River. We will enter off Bevans Road. Meeting Time and Place: 8.00am at the church lane Martinsville Road , Cooranbong  Read More...

Sep
5

North West NSW Car Camp 1: Warrumbungles NP

Date: Saturday 5^th Sep 2026  09:00 AM - Tuesday 8^th Sep 2026  04:00 PM

Member Only Event

Location: Warrumbungle

Details: Leaders: Day walks - Phil 0408684688, Ruth 0408684689 , Pack walk - Jenny D 0413029975 Description: Camp 1 of a camping trip to the north west plains three possible campsites and comprising a variety of (depending on numbers and interest) G2, G3, G4 and a pack walk.  Read More...

Sep
9

North West NSW Car Camp 2: Pilliga Pottery

Date: Wednesday 9^th Sep 2026  09:00 AM - Saturday 12^th Sep 2026  09:00 AM

Member Only Event

Location: Coonabarabran

Details: Leaders: Day walks -  Phil 0408684688, Ruth 0408684689 and Glen Y. 0408237837 Description: Camp 2 of a camping trip to the north west plains three possible campsites and comprising a variety of (depending on numbers and interest) G2 and G3 walks. Pilliga Pottery is on private property with excellent facilities and many varied walks.  Read More...

Sep
12

North West NSW Car Camp 3: Mount Kaputar

Date: Saturday 12^th Sep 2026  09:00 AM - Wednesday 16^th Sep 2026  04:00 PM

Member Only Event

Location: Narrabri

Details: Car Camp with a variety of day walks. Leaders: - Greg S 0438031006 Description: Camp 3 of a camping trip to the northwest plains three possible campsites and comprising a variety of (depending on numbers and interest) G2, G3, G4 and a G5 walk.  Read More...

Sep
16

G3 Emerald Pool

Date: Wednesday 16^th Sep 2026  08:30 AM - 05:00 PM

Member Only Event

Details: Grade 3: Leader: Glen Yakimoff 0408 237 837 Description/Location: Waratahs & wildflowers in Popran NP. Optional swim at pool Meeting Time and Place: Meet at 8.30am at Mangrove Mountain Shopping Centre to car pool to start (cnr Waratah & Wise.ans Ferry Rds)  Read More...

Oct
12

Cycling - North Haven and Surrounds

Date: Monday 12^th Oct 2026  02:00 PM - Friday 16^th Oct 2026  10:00 AM

Member Only Event

Location: North Haven

Details:  Leader: Phyllis E and Jenny C Phone/Email Description: 3 days cycling on cycleways and quiet back roads in the North Haven area. Meeting Place and Time: Reflections North Haven Caravan Park. 5 pm for briefings, 9 am for rides.  Read More...

Oct
26

Pack Walk - Goulburn River

Date: Monday 26^th Oct 2026  12:30 PM - Saturday 31^st Oct 2026  05:00 PM

Member Only Event

Details: Leader: David Whyte Phone/Email dhwhyte55@gmail.com 0447834285 Description: This will be a an out and back walk along the Goulburn River starting at the Drip Car Park. On the morning of the 26th we will drive to the Drip arriving about lunch time. After lunch we will walk about 4Km to the first campsite to avoid camping at the car park.  Read More...