MELB METROPOLITAN PENINSULA - MORE CHALLENGING - Bushrangers Bay Sunset Hike

Come and join us on a hike from Cape Schanck Lighthouse car park to Bushrangers Bay and return. The trek down to the beach is approximately 3km where we will enjoy the beauty of Bushrangers Bay whilst watching the sunset, with opportunities to take some pretty amazing photos. After sunset, we will venture back up the stairs and along the trail the way we came using headlamps to guide our way.

PLEASE BRING A HEAD TORCH.

Escaping Your Comfort Zone is Body Positive Adventures for women and non-binary crew.  The outdoors don't care about your size, your speed or your fitness, and neither do we!  100% body positive, no focus on weightloss. Just having fun in the outdoors, cause we can! 

This is 100% achievable for anyone without mobility issues, and we will take it slowly, with plenty of breather stops.

Hike Leaders: Jayne - (red Mazda hatch ‘Jellybean') and Tracey- (silver MG SUV)

Important COVID Information - 

• Due to Victorian government health directives on community sport and recreation, all participants be fully vaccinated, or have a valid exemption.
• All participants are required to carry a a mask.  
• Carpooling is accepted, but please be respectful of other passengers and personal choices. Masks may be required where requested by the driver.  
• Please review the latest COVID information that applies to this hike

Hike Rating: More Challenging (refer to Hike Ratings for details)

• This is an out and back hike.  Trails across this hike vary from wide open and single trails with some tree roots along the way, with stairs along the trail and down to the beach.
• This hike is approximately 300m of elevation gain and for this reason, it has been rated as more challenging.
• We have allowed 3.5 hours for this hike/watching the sunset.  This will allow for tons of drink and breather stops.
  We may take longer than the allotted time depending on pace on the return trip to Cape Schanck.
• This hike will be paced at the slowest in the group, to ensure no one is left behind.
• This hike is not suitable for beginners.
• PLEASE BRING A HEAD TORCH FOR OUR RETURN TRIP.
• Please contact Jayne or Tracey if you have any specific questions or concerns about this hike.

Kids:  This hike is not appropriate for kids.

Dogs: Dogs are prohibited in National Parks.

Accessibility: This hike is not suitable for wheelchairs

What to bring

• Properly fitting mask
• Hand sanitiser
• Water - at least 1 litre. MORE IF IT IS HOT - THERE IS NO ACCESS TO DRINKING WATER AT THE SCHANCK.
• Wear comfortable exercise clothing, and layers are great as you can add and remove as you get hot or cold. Any comfortable shoes with laces will be fine.
• Bring a light, waterproof raincoat if you have one and rain is forecast.
• First aid kit, including any medications you might need, such as asthma puffers and antihistamines. Your health is your responsibility. Please alert the leader to the location of your medication (if you are carrying any).
• Emergency Contact/Medical Details form  Please print out and fill in a copy of this form before your attend any EYCZ event, and leave it in your pack.  If you can't access a printer, please simply write the details on a plain piece of paper, and put it in a ziplock bag in the top of your pack.  Any medications you are carrying should be stored in the same section of your pack.

Other key information:

• THERE IS NO MOBILE PHONE COVERAGE AT CAPE SCHANCK.
• Parking (always reverse park into all EYCZ events)
• There are toilets at the Cape Schanck Lighthouse Car Park. 
  The parking area is quite large where we will meet however due to the time of the year the car park can get full (one of the reasons the hike is on a Friday night).  If the car park is full you can park up along Cape Schanck Road and walk down to the car park (this has not happened to anyone in previous years hikes).
  Please ensure you allow plenty of time to arrive and park prior to hike start time as will we need to start promptly at 7pm.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Cheers

Tracey and Jayne