We welcome you to trial a Sunrise Bushwalk with us. During the year our group continually runs a fundraiser for cancer research. For every new participant, our club will double the $10.00 participation subscription/donation in aid of cancer research.

Our early morning bushwalks which start at 7.30am are sure to get your endorphins excited and get you kinetically energised for the rest of the day. It's nature's drug that helps with health and well-being. It can also decrease the risk of heart disease and some cancers among other things.

There too, is new research that shows our style of Sunrise events can keep you younger by lengthening the longevity of life cycle. One day you may still be around and have the stamina to play with your Great Grandkids.

If you would like to feel yourger, get healthier and have fun, then simply register below, trial a Sunrise, meet and greet our members then if you choose, join our members for morning tea afterwards.

If you enjoy the event you may choose to continue on, join up as a full member and if not, you may choose to move away.

The choice is entirely yours.... You are under no obligation! The bottom line though, is that your participation has given cancer research a $20.00 boost towards finding a cure, and in advance, thank you for your participation and the contribution you have made towards our fundraing campaign.

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Why It’s Never Too Late to Get Moving.... And, It Is Fun Too!

Research has found that walking speed is linked with heart health and life's longevity. In particular, middle-aged adults who walk at a slow pace were twice as likely to die from heart disease compared with their fast-walking peers. The research is clear, exercise can improve your heart health, even if you haven’t laced up your sneakers in years. If you have been thinking about starting a walk exercise program, there is no better time to begin than today.

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Get Your Heart Health Back On Track Today and Lower Your Risk of Developing Cancer.....

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Check Out Our Next Trial My Sunrise Day:

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​01.  Saturday 25 July   Sunrise: Berowra to Lords Bay
Another great endorphin enhancer with beautiful lush scenery and rainforest as you drop down into the lovely Waratah Bay then meanders beside the shoreline to Lords Bay via the pristine waterway of Cowan Waters. Cowan Waters was once home to many boatsheds with the most remembered of them all, being the boatshed at Waratah Bay. This boatshed was built by Edward Windybanks in the late 1800s. He built rowboats and motorboats along with the popular houseboats that he let out for accommodation. If you look closely you can still see the remnants of a houseboat and the boatshed’s piers and sliprails used for servicing the fleet of boats.  Distance approximately 8km. Expected event finish time is 9.50am.

02.  Saturday 01 August   Sunrise: Reserves, Gardens & Heritage Steps
From everyday urban life to a vibrant bushland retreat of volcanic origins. This Sunrise journeys through the newly formed Hornsby Park in Old Mans Valley. Take a deep breath as you tune into birdsong and the whisper of gum leaves in the breeze. Old Mans Valley will excite your endorphins leaving you with a full workout as you challenge the park's heritage steps that may also give you a feeling of being naturally restored. These steps are also known as the depression steps as they were hand-hewn out of sandstone by workers who had signed up as part of the State Government’s unemployment relief program during the Great Depression. If you look carefully you will see rock graffiti which was carved out by some of the workers. There too, are breathtaking (and breath-giving) views of Hornsby's magnificent volcanic basin. Apart from this, the journey will take us through a section of Florence Cotton Reserve. In the valley area of this reserve there is a temperate rainforest type community which backs onto the beautiful Lisgar Gardens, a peaceful hillside garden that is especially well-known for its range of rhododendrons, azaleas, gardenias and other exotics in harmony with native trees and ferns and highlighting over 80 varieties of camellias. Some of the original camellias, which are over 60 years old, still exist in the gardens today. The gardens cover total area covers 6.5 acres (2.63 hectares). In 2020, Lisgar Gardens was acclaimed as an International Camellia Garden of Excellence by the International Camellia Society. Distance is approximately 5kilometers. Expected finish time is 9.10am.

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03.  Saturday 08 August   Sunrise: Saddington to The Great North Road
Here is another idyllic Sunrise that takes you to the ‘Great North Road’ via a small section of the Step Track and the Great North Walk, a long distant walking trail that links Sydney with Newcastle. There is also much history in The Great North Road, which is an historic 240km convict-built road in New South Wales, Australia, constructed between 1826-1836 to link Sydney with the Hunter Valley, famous for its incredible stonework like bridges, walls, and culverts, with a 43km section known as the Old Great North Road preserved as a World Heritage site within Dharug National Park. Distance is approximately 9.0km. Expected event finish time is 10.05am. 

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04.  Saturday 15 August   Leightons Circuit  ☕ MT
This Sunrise has all the hall markings of a WildTrek adventure but is easy enough for those members who love a little challenge along the way. This walk takes in mainly informal tracks that are not maintained and covers some relatively moderate areas of terrain. It also covers some light scrambling and will no doubt make this Sunrise easy enough for all members to get through to the finish quite comfortably This Sunrise walk takes in some of our historic trails and roads that once led into the bush and were often an easy access in years gone by where many people would dump their unwanted motor vehicles. Members will enjoy the meandering through Spring Gully in a rich, almost lush rainforest type environment. Torches are recommended for this event as the trek takes you through two long tunnels under the M1 motorway. Don’t forget your camera for this one, as you can often snap postcard material shots in this diverse area of the park.  Distance is approximately 5km. Expected event finish time is 9.45am.

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05.  Saturday 22 August   Sunrise: The Gordon Moore Circuit 
From the backstreets of suburbia, this sunrise captures the watery environments of three creeks which are local to East Lindfield. On this journey, you can expect some great scenery as you trek through each of the bushland filled corridors. The Sunrise returns for morning tea in the park at the Dukes Green Café which is just opposite our meeting place.  Distance is approximately 7.2km. Expected finish time is 9.35am.

 

06.  Saturday 29 August   Sunrise: Mueller Track & Wildflower Gardens
It’s the start of the wildflower season, so why not join us for a Saturday Sunrise along the Mueller track in the heart of the Ku-ring-gai Wildflower Gardens. There is sure to be a bit of colour about on this walk as we follow alongside two tributaries that flow down into Cowan Waters.  During the Sunrise we will also turn off for a brief moment to visit Whip Bird Gully. Distance approximately 6.5km. Expected finish time is 9.20.

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07.  Saturday 05 September   Berowra to The Waters ⛪ ☕ MT

This moderate Sunrise walk first takes you partially on the Curralah Circuit before joining a section of the Great North Walk which will take us to Washtub Creek at Berowra Waters. There are grand views of ‘The Waters’ as you descend the hillside. In the gully below you will find aboriginal engravings. The return walk though, will give you a degree of heart pumping exercise as you ascend the 200 meters out of the valley where we will re-join the Curralah Circuit for the journey home. At the end of this Sunrise, we invite you to attend the Uniting Church to throw a few dollars around for a delightful morning tea and/or some cakes or maybe a bacon & egg roll. NO BOOKING REQUIRED. While there, you might also like to make a purchase at their fete. Note: All walk subscriptions from this day go to the Berowra Uniting Church to help them in their charity fundraising efforts.  Distance approximately 7.0km. Expected event finish time is 9.40am. 

 

08.  Saturday 12 September   Sunrise: Twin Creeks - Celebrating Women With Amazement  ☕ MT

This Sunrise will take us through the Twin Creek Reserve which has one of around the 150 diatremes scattered across the Sydney Basin. There are rainforest communities along with tall eucalypt forest containing Blackbutt, Sydney Peppermint, Red Gum and Turpentine. Discover the different types of mushrooms near the creeks while you enjoy the unique landscape. While on this Sunrise, you will almost certainly see, or at least hear, a number of bird species. Blue wrens and whitebrowed scrubwrens inhabit the shrub thickets, as do Whipbirds with their characteristic call and response notes. Golden whistlers sound a bit similar to whipbirds and are common in the valleys. At the end of the walk we will reward our Women With Amazement Team with a complimentary morning tea.  Distance is approximately 7.3km. Expected event finish time is 9.35am. 

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​Note: Our club charges a non-member $10.00 event subscription/donation that is payable on the day of the event.

100% of all subscriptions received from the TrialMySunrise goes to our cancer research fundraising campaign. Our club's beneficiary is the Australian Cancer Research Foundation.

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Doubling our Donation for Cancer Research:

By joining any of our TrialMySunrise events as a guest, our club will match your $10.00 participation subscription/donation making it a $20.00 donation to Australia Cancer Research Foundation. How good is that.... "You get to be fit and healthy while saving lives, it's a win, win situation for all"