MUMC CON FEST – Celebration of Bush, Movement & Conservation

A social event with bushwalking, film screenings, skill-swapping and lots of play and movement!

Plan:
Friday
- Leave clubrooms at around 6.30pm for Castlemaine (120km, 1 hr 30 mins)
- Film screening: Chasing Ice
- Retreat for the night in a charming and rustic shack in the bush (private space)
- Mattresses and couches provided, bring sleeping bags/hammocks or option to camp out

Saturday
- Forest Creek Diggings walk (12km, 4-5 hours) – Welsh Village, Garfield Water Wheel and Expedition Pass Reservoir (option to swim)
- Evening film screening: Once Upon a Forest
- BBQ and/or BYO
- Music-making (bring your instruments and hidden talents)
- Campfire

Sunday
- Morning acro-yoga jam, juggling session
- Vaughan Mineral Springs (short walk, 2-3 hours)
- Guildford vineyard tour and/or Harcourt cidery tour (1-2 hours for each)
- Drive back to Melbourne by 5pm


What to bring
- Walking boots
- Togs for swimming
- Towel
- Sleeping bag, and tent (if you decide to camp out). Summer nights will be warm enough for hammocking under the stars, plenty of trees there! (Learn how to hang your hammock without damaging the trees.)
- Musical instruments (if you play any that can be carried around)
- Money for petrol and shared BBQ meal/s

… and anything else you can think of. Feel free to share ideas!

Sign up below or email conservation <at> mumc <dot> org <dot> au