KEEP FIT & FIND FRIENDS
Health and happiness go hand in hand.
Here’s a few groups that keep fitness fun and promote a sense of community while doing it.
Walking Groups
Mernda and South Morang Community Walking Group
Social midweek walks.
0418 521 281 (Joe Rechichi)
[email protected]
[email protected]
Meets on Tuesday 9:30am (Mernda) and Wednesdays 9:30am (South Morang).
Mernda Village Community Centre, 70 Mernda Village Drive, Mernda VIC 3754
St Ivy Café, 4/1 The Promenade, South Morang VIC 3752
Joe says: Our walking group is a social, supportive and simple way to boost your health and make connections in our community.
Whittlesea Walk and Talk
Social walks and connection.
Quarry Hills Park, Gravier Way, South Morang VIC
0402 370 422 (Vinay Nair)
www.facebook.com/Whittleseawalkandtalk
[email protected]
Walks begin on Saturday 9:00am.
Running Groups
Parkrun Mernda
Social 5k run. Starts Saturday at 8:00am.
Mernda Adventure Park, Mernda Village Drive & Greig Dr, Mernda 3754
www.parkrun.com.au/mernda
www.facebook.com/merndaparkrun
[email protected]
Northern Runners Melbourne
Social runs. Contact Virginia Tainton
and Tania Houghton.
www.facebook.com/northernrunnersclub
www.instagram.com/northern_runners_club
[email protected]
Doreen Running Group
Social runs. Meets at different location each week on Wednesdays at 6:30pm, but always within Doreen.
0415 851 446 (Ian Whitmore)
www.doreenrunninggroup.com.au
[email protected]
Costs $15.00 per session.
Cycling Groups
Whittlesea Bicycle Users Group
0434 730 163 (Glenn Eckardt)
www.wbug.org.au
[email protected]
Whittlesea Bicycle Users Group (BUG) are a social group of bike riders catering for women and men of all ages, backgrounds, and riding abilities. Our aim is to get more people to ride bicycles more often and we offer a range of different types of rides each week that are free of charge. Details of our rides are available on the Whittlesea BUG Facebook page and via our TeamApp.
For Whittlesea BUG, it wouldn’t be a proper bike ride without a flat white to finish it off.
Plenty Gorge Mountain Bike Club
0400 944 033 (Ron Harvey)
www.facebook.com/PGMTB
www.plentygorgemtb.org.au
[email protected]
President: Jamie Sharp
Social rides, trail maintenance and advocacy. Rides on every Tuesday night (advanced), fortnightly on Sunday (intermediate and advanced). Details posted on the
Facebook page above. Group rides are weather permitting.
