Long weekend in March (2 – 5 March)
Help clean up the Australian Alps Walking Track where it traverses the Baw Baw plateau. There will be a variety of work to undertake, requiring a range of skills and experience, including chainsawing, brush cutting, clearing debris, transporting equipment and fuel, clearing water bars and replacing/adding track markers.
Parks Victoria will supply all food and water, so please provide us with the days you will attend and any special dietary requirements. You will need to bring all your camping gear (tent, sleeping bag and mat etc.).
We will camp at Jeep Flat Track, a short walk from the Mt St Gwinear carpark. Remember, we will be in alpine conditions, so bring appropriate clothing.
Come for a day or stay the entire four days. To help with planning and catering please book by Thursday 16 February.
Contact: Convenor Peter Maffei, Bushwalking Tracks and Conservation, Bushwalking Victoria by email at tracks@bushwalkingvictoria.org.au or phone 0418 149 465
Mountain Journal 
February 3, 2017 at 12:49 pm
Hi. I’m an IB Diploma CAS Coordinator at an international school in Malaysia. From Melbourne. These experiences, opportunities, are exactly the kind of things year 11 and 12 student must undertake as part of their service requirements for the IB Diploma CAS programme. Do you put your feelers out in to IB DP schools in Melbourne?
One of the greater challenges as a CAS coordinator is locating and highlighting opportunities for meaningful involvement for students. If I was doing this job in Melbourne your post would be shared with students and you’d have ten volunteers by the end of the day.
CAS, by the way, is a compulsory element of the IB DP where students must undertake a series of long term and short term experiences under the strands of C creativity, A physical activity and S service. They must set goals for themselves and then meet Learning outcomes as defined by the IB, ethics, global awareness, collaborative skills, planning etc.
Connections with IBDP schools is good!
Cheers, Libby
[Note from Cam: hi Libby. I’m not actually organising the event, it is put on by Bushwalking Victoria, so best bet would be to talk with them directly. There is an email address at the end of the article].