Summer Newsletter 2025-26

President’s Report Welcome to summer! The weather has been a guessing game lately, but the Ramblers continue to hike, paddle and ride. First of all, my apologies for not making it to the AGM. I was in Western Australia with my 2 sisters enjoying the wildflowers....

Lake Illawarra Projects

Wollongong Council are offering an opportunity for users of the lake and its surrounds to take part in a program that will give participants an understanding of the lake ecology. Participants can then put forward a project to help protect Lake Illawarra and make it a...

Meet the President!

As a walker in the Ramblers I don’t get to meet many paddlers or cyclists so I thought I should introduce myself, having accepted the illustrious role of President of the Ramblers! I’m a country girl, raised on a dairy farm in the Bega Valley and so used to roaming...

Website Update

Some members may have noticed that the website is occasionally difficult to access or very slow.  Penny has done a lot of work on this and the committee has agreed that it is time for our website, now 11 years old, to be rebuilt.  Hosting Australia have hosted our...

Grand Pacific Walk – Austinmer Project Update

Illawarra Ramblers received an email updating us about the Grand Pacific walk. Google AI kindly offered me a summary which I am, as Editor, gladly using because my end of year brain is not functioning fully! If you would like to read the full article I can send it to...

Whitsunday Islands National Park – New Walk

A new walking track is opening next year in the Whitsundays. Details are below: Formed between 19,000 and 6,000 years ago when rising sea levels ‘drowned’ an ancient mountain range, the Whitsunday Islands now stand as breathtaking peaks surrounded by turquoise waters...