Altona Beach Social Walk

# 🌊☀️ ALTONA BEACH SOCIAL WALK?
# — WALK • TALK • LAUGH • CONNECT! 🎉

Meet at Altona Lifesaving Club- Altona beach - Address: 127 Esplanade, Altona VIC 3018-

### 💛 Are you Ready for a brilliant Sunday by the bay?

### Starts-10am

Leave the week behind, get outdoors, enjoy some sunshine and meet some fantastic new people! 🌴🌊😄
Join us for a fun, upbeat and friendly social walk at Altona Beach, designed especially for 35–55 year olds who want to get out, enjoy good company, have great conversations and expand their social circle. 🥰👋
Whether you’re coming with a friend or flying solo — come along and join the fun! 🎉
You never know who you might meet, what conversation might start or where a new connection could lead! ✨💬❤️

## 📍🌴 WHERE WE MEET

📍 In front of the Surf Life Saving building, 🌊

Altona Lifesaving Club- Altona beach - Address: 127 Esplanade, Altona VIC 3018
🕙 Meet: 10:00 AM
🚶‍♀️ Walk starts: 10:15 AM
Please arrive a little early so we can say hello, meet everyone and get the day started together! 👋😊

# 🌊🚶‍♀️ THE WALK

We’ll make our way along the beautiful Altona foreshore towards The 100 Steps of Federation, enjoying the bay views, beach, fresh air and relaxed seaside atmosphere. ☀️🌊🌴
It’s approximately 7 km return, with a comfortable social pace and plenty of opportunities to chat, laugh and enjoy the scenery. 😄💬📸

### Along the way, you can:

🌊 Soak up the beautiful waterfront views
🚶‍♂️ Get some fresh air and gentle exercise
💬 Meet interesting new people
😂 Share a few laughs
📸 Capture some great photos
☀️ Enjoy the sunshine and seaside atmosphere
🤝 Make new connections
❤️ Enjoy a fun Saturday with a great group
We’ll naturally move between smaller groups during the walk, giving everyone plenty of opportunities to meet different people and enjoy different conversations. 🗣️✨

# 🕙⏰ THE PLAN

🌟 10:00 AM — Meet at Altona Lifesaving Club- Altona beach - Address: 127 Esplanade, Altona VIC 3018 👋

🚶 10:15 AM — Start our walk
🌊 11:15 AM — Reach The 100 Steps of Federation + photos 📸
🚶‍♀️ 11:30 AM — Start our return walk
🎉 1:00 PM — Finish the main walk

☕🍴 After 1:00 PM — Optional coffee, lunch & more socialising!
Timings are approximate and may vary depending on the group.

# 💬✨ LET'S MAKE SOME CONNECTIONS!

Meeting new people should be fun! 😄
We’ll have some light-hearted conversation prompts available to help everyone get chatting and discover something interesting about each other. 🗣️💡
You might meet someone who shares your interests…
You might discover a new friendship…
Or you might simply have a fantastic conversation with someone you would never normally have met! 😊❤️

### 🌟 WALK • TALK • LAUGH • CONNECT • ENJOY 🌟

# ❤️🎉 THIS WALK IS FOR 35–55 YEAR OLDS

If you’re 35–55 and looking to bring a little more fun, connection and energy into your social life, this is for you! 🌟
✨ Meet new people
✨ Make new friends
✨ Enjoy great conversations
✨ Get outdoors
✨ Explore beautiful local places
✨ Have some laughs
✨ Expand your social circle
✨ Enjoy a fun and positive Saturday

### 🌈 Come solo. Come with a friend. Come ready to meet people!

The more the merrier! 🥳🙌
Strict age group 35 - 55 year

# 🎒☀️ WHAT TO BRING

👟 Comfortable walking shoes
💧 Water bottle
🧴 Sunscreen
🧢 Hat
🕶️ Sunglasses
🧥 Light layer
📱 Phone/camera
😁 Your smile
✨ Your positive energy!
The bay weather can change, so bring an extra layer just in case. 🌤️

# ☕🍴🎉 KEEP THE GOOD VIBES GOING!

Why rush home? 😄
After the walk, anyone who wants to continue the fun is welcome to join us for coffee, lunch or a drink. ☕🍴🥂
📍 The Corner of Altona
32–34 Pier St, Altona VIC 3018
🌐 https://thecornerofaltona.com.au
Stay for 30 minutes or stay for a few hours — totally up to you! 😊
The walk might finish at 1:00 PM…

### …but the conversations don't have to! 😄💬❤️

# 🚻 TOILETS

Yes! 👍
There are toilet facilities along the route.

# 🗺️📍 ROUTE MAP

Check out the walking route here:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/F8j8m9AymomGAWjN9

# ⏰🏃 RUNNING LATE?

We’d love everyone to be there for the start! 😊
Please aim to arrive a little early so you can meet everyone and join the introductions.
If you’re running late, check the route map and come find us along the way! 🚶‍♀️🌊

# 💰🎉 COST: FREE!

### Yep — absolutely FREE! 🙌🥳

Just bring yourself, your walking shoes and your best Saturday energy! ☀️👟😄

# 🚶‍♀️✨ THE FACILITATED WALK

WALK • TALK • LAUGH • CONNECT
Welcome to our Facilitated Walk! 🌏
This is a chance to meet new people, share stories, discover different cultures, have a few laughs and enjoy the walk together.
Our walk unfolds in 3 fun and easy steps, with 20 questions in each set to help keep the conversation flowing.
💡 There are no right or wrong answers — and no need to get through every question.
Pick a question, share your story, ask a follow-up and see where the conversation takes you!

🌟 STEP 1
BREAK THE ICE
Easy Introductions • Travel • Culture
Let’s start light and easy, get comfortable and discover a little about the people around us.
1. Tell us your name, a little about yourself, and one of your strengths.
2. What’s something you’re really enjoying doing these days?
3. What’s your favourite way to spend a weekend?
4. Are you a morning person, daytime person, or night owl?
5. Coffee, tea, or something completely different? ☕
6. What’s your favourite type of cuisine?
7. What’s your favourite way to relax after a busy week?
8. What’s one hobby or activity you enjoy regularly?
9. What’s something you’ve always wanted to try?
10. What’s the most interesting thing you’ve learned recently?
11. What’s the best place you’ve ever travelled to? ✈️
12. What’s a country you’ve visited that really surprised you — in a good way?
13. What’s something from your culture that you’d love others to experience?
14. What’s a food from your home country that you think everyone should try? 🍜
15. What’s a cultural tradition from your childhood that you still enjoy?
16. What’s something people often misunderstand about your country or culture?
17. What’s a word from your language that you wish existed in English?
18. What’s one cultural habit from another country that you’d happily adopt?
19. What’s something you thought was completely normal until you lived or travelled somewhere else?
20. What’s one thing about living in a multicultural environment that you absolutely love? 🌏

🤝 STEP 2
CONNECT & SHARE
Stories • Friendship • Common Ground
Now let’s go a little deeper — discover shared interests, experiences and the things that bring people together.
1. What brought you to this meetup?
2. What’s something you’re looking forward to at the moment?
3. What’s your favourite way to meet new people?
4. What makes you feel welcome when you join a new group?
5. What makes someone a great friend, in your opinion?
6. What’s one quality you really admire in other people?
7. What’s something you’re passionate about?
8. What’s something you’d like to do more often with other people?
9. What’s one activity you could happily do with friends every week?
10. What’s something you’d love to find more people to do together?
11. What makes you feel connected to a community?
12. What’s something you’d love to learn from someone in this group?
13. What’s something you and your friends could talk about for hours?
14. What’s one thing you’d recommend everyone try at least once?
15. What’s the most spontaneous thing you’ve ever done?
16. What’s the most adventurous thing you’ve ever done?
17. What’s the strangest thing you’ve ever seen while travelling?
18. What’s a travel experience that taught you something about yourself?
19. What’s the funniest thing that has happened to you because of a language barrier? 😄
20. What’s one travel experience you’d happily relive?

😂❤️ STEP 3
LAUGH, REFLECT & CONNECT
Fun • Laughter • Meaningful Conversation
Time to loosen up, share some laughs and finish with questions that might leave us smiling — or thinking a little deeper.
1. What’s your most embarrassing autocorrect or text-message moment? 📱
2. What’s the strangest food you’ve ever tried?
3. What’s the funniest thing that has happened to you recently?
4. What’s something silly you believed when you were younger?
5. What’s the strangest nickname you’ve ever had?
6. What’s the funniest misunderstanding you’ve ever experienced?
7. What’s the weirdest compliment you’ve ever received?
8. What’s your funniest “I’m getting older” moment? 😂
9. What’s something you do now that your younger self would find hilarious?
10. Have you ever nodded and smiled even though you had absolutely no idea what someone was saying?
11. What’s the funniest cultural misunderstanding you’ve ever experienced?
12. What’s the funniest language mistake you’ve ever made?
13. What’s a moment from travelling that still makes you laugh?
14. What’s something that always makes you laugh, no matter what?
15. What’s something you appreciate much more now than you did 10 years ago?
16. What’s something you’ve changed your mind about as you’ve gotten older?
17. What’s one goal, dream or personal project you’re working towards?
18. What’s something you’d like to make more time for in your life?
19. If you could organise the perfect group outing for everyone here, what would you plan?
20. What’s one thing we could all do together that would make this meetup memorable? 🌟

🌈 MOST IMPORTANTLY…
WALK 🚶‍♀️ → TALK 💬 → LAUGH 😂 → CONNECT 🤝
Be curious.
Be open.
Share a story.
Listen to others.
And most importantly…
HAVE FUN & ENJOY THE WALK! ❤️🌏