January:
26 - 29 January: BTAC (Bushwalking Tracks and Maintenance) Team Track Maintenance - McMillans Walking Track
February:
19 February: Bushwalking Victoria (BWV) Board Meeting
March:
2 - 3 March: BTAC Team Track Maintenance Bogong High Plains - Alpine National Park
2 March: BSAR (Bush Search and Rescue) GPS Skills day at Jell’s Park
5 March: Affiliated Clubs to receive insurance renewal questionnaires
8 - 11 March: BTAC Team Track Maintenance AAWT - CANCELLED DUE TO BUSH FIRE RISK
16 - 17 March : BTAC Team Track Maintenance Installing Leadbeater Possum nesting boxes in the Baw Baw National Park - CANCELLED DUE TO BUSHFIRE RISK
19 March: BWV Board Meeting
21 March: Nominations for 2019/2020 BWV Board opens.
23-24 March: BSAR First Aid training - Westerfolds Park
April:
1-30 April: Premier's Active April
6 April: Active April Family Walks - Anglesea
6 - 7 April: BTAC Team Track Maintenance East Tyers Walking Track - Tanjil Tyres State Forest
6 April: Deadline for affiliated clubs to submit insurance renewal forms.
13-14 April: Day Walk Leader Training - Westerfolds Park
16 April: BWV Board Meeting
25 - 28 April: BTAC Team Track Maintenance Alpine National Park Mt Wills Hut & Omeo Highway
May:
4 - 5 May: BTAC Team: Grampians National Park - Various Tracks to be worked on.
9 May: Technology Information Session for Clubs - Westerfolds Park, Templestowe
11-12 May: BTAC Team Track Maintenance Howqua Area - Alpine National Park (Upper Howqua walking track) - CANCELLED
18 May: Smartphone Navigation Workshop - Westerfolds Park, Templestowe
20 - 26 May National Volunteer Week
21 May: BWV Board Meeting
June:
5 June: World Environment Day
8-10 June : BTAC Team: Track Maintenance Hattah Kulkyne National Park
15 June: Leadership Forum and Annual General Meeting and Board Elections
18 June: BWV Board Meeting
July:
1 July: Affiliated Club Insurance renews
16 July: BWV Board Meeting
26-28 July: BSAR alpine training at Mount Bogong
28 July: National Tree Day
31 July: World Ranger Day
August:
9-11 August: BTAC Team: Bunyip State Park - Bushfire Recovery Works
10-11 August: BSAR main training weekend on snow including ski skills at Mount Stirling
20 August: BWV Board Meeting
31 Aug - 1 September BTAC Team: Track Maintenance Great Otways National Park
September:
7-8 September: Victorian Backcountry Festival at Mount Hotham. BSAR will run:
Survival skills in the snow – what to do if you get lost
Searching in the snow on skis (in the field)
7 September: Smartphone Navigation Course
17 September: BWV Board Meeting
21 September: BTAC Team: Track Maintenance Walk into History - Yarra State Forest
27 September: Facebook Workshop for Clubs
26 - 29 September: BTAC Team: Track Maintenance Croajingolong National Park
October:
5 - 6 October: BTAC Team: Track Maintenance Cathedral State Park
Thu 17 October: BSAR members night, Elgin Inn Hotel - 6:30pm for dinner
19-20 October Annual Federation Walks - Great Ocean Road
19-20 October: Grampians National Park
22 October: BWV Board Meeting
November:
9 November: Smartphone Navigation Course
16 & 17 November: Day Walk Leader Training
19 November: BWV Board Meeting
23-24 November: BTAC Team: Track Maintenance Howqua Area - Alpine National Park (Mt Howitt and Stanly Name Spur tracks)
December:
10 December: BWV Board Meeting
20 December: BWV Office Closes until 10 January 2020.
2020 Dates to save:
1-30 April: Premier's Active April
20 June: Bushwalking Victoria Leadership Forum and AGM
13-16 November: Federation Walks - Gippsland Foothills and the Southern Alps
