In many years, club members (and friends) go for a four or five  day holiday. Past trips have taken members to Marysville, Swan Hill, Bright, Lakes Entrance, French Island, the Snowy Mountains, Broken Hill and Mungo National Park, the Gold Fields Area of Victoria, to Colac, to Corowa, Chiltern and Yarrawonga and Beechworth. These places are used as bases for tours of the surrounding country side by chartered coach. For suggestions or questions about excursions, please click here. For a copy of the Registration Form that must be completed every year before a Trip/Excursion or Outing, please click here.

We are planning a trip away in April 2026 to Lakes Entrance and Bright. This is an 8 day (7 night) event Monday April 27th to Monday May 4th. A bus will pick us up from Windy Hill and drive us to Lakes Entrance for three nights. We then go over Mt. Hotham to Bright to see the autumn foliage the region is known for. The Bright Festival will be on while we are there. Excursions are arranged for each day and the bus will take us. Breakfast and the evening meal are included and some morning teas. For further information please click here.

The most recent Club excursion was a 4-day trip (September 30th to October 3rd 2024) to Swan Hill, staying at the Jane Eliza Motel. The members caught the Country train at Southern Cross Station. The motel was across the road from the station and a short walk from the RSL and the Worker’s club. On Tuesday there was a visit to the Pioneer Settlement, just 10 minutes walk away. Wednesday featured a cruise down river on a paddle steamer, with a short walk to shops and cafes. An early train on the Thursday returned all to Melbourne. Click here for photographs from this trip thanks to Anna Lin.

The last Club excursion was a 4-day trip based at Howlong, NSW, in September 2022. Each day there were excursions to places of interest in the Victorian high country. Click here for an itinerary for this trip; and click here for a map following the itinerary.

For more photos from the Howlong trip, please click here.

The previous trip was to Lakes Entrance and Phillip Island in March 2020. For details of the trip, please click here.

For a full list of trips organised by the Club click here.

For photos from the 2012 trip to Beechworth, please click here.

In late April/May 2015, thirty members and friends joined in another successful tour to the Grampians region based at Hall’s Gap. On our way we visited the Ballarat Mechanics Institute and Glenview Park Heritage Fruit Trees at Beaufort. Visits from Hall’s Gap included the Little Desert National Park; Brambuk Living Cultural Centre, Boroka Lookout and Hall’s Gap Zoo in Hall’s Gap; J Ward at the original Ararat Gaol; Seppelts Greater Western Winery; and the Stawell Gift Hall of Fame. Returning to Melbourne we visited the National Trust property, Mooramong, and the Skipton Gallery.

For photos from the 2015 trip to the Grampians region, please click here.

In April/May 2017 a select group of eighteen members and friends joined in a most enjoyable tour to the Murray River region in north-west Victoria,  based in Barham, NSW (twin town with Koondrook, VIC). Highlights included visits to citrus orchards and packing shed; the 112 year old span lift bridge (about to be restored); a marvellous museum set up by the “Fly Wheelers Club”; Torrumbarry Weir; the port of Echuca including a cruise aboard a paddle steamer; The National Holden Museum; Bendigo including the pottery, gold mine and Cathedral; Swan Hill including the Pioneer Settlement; Lake Boga including the Catalina Flying Boat Base; not to mention several impressive galleries. A copy of the itinerary for this trip may be found by clicking here.

In October 2018, around thirty members and friends enjoyed a trip to the Newcastle region, NSW. The five day trip began with a flight from Melbourne to Newcastle. Included in our busy excursion were a tour of Newcastle, a visit to the Museum, a River Postman cruise on the Hawkesbury River, Port Stephens Dolphin Cruise, Newcastle Cathedral guided tour, Fort Scratchley guided tour, Hunter Valley day, including Gardens, Chocolate Company and the Kevin Sobel Winery.

For photos from the 2018 trip to the Newcastle region, please click here.

For suggestions or questions about excursions, please click here.