Federation Walk

Area: Southport SLSC on Macarthur Parade
Distance: 10 - 12 km return
Time: 3+ hours
Difficulty: Easy - Moderate
Start Time: 9.30am
Cost: $2
Carry your lunch in your back-pack:

Meet up 9.15 am Macarthur Parade Car Park, Southport Surf Club.
Walk Leader: Warwick

Please read the Conditions of Group Membership and event participation at the end of the walk description.

If you RSVP YES and then for whatever reason change your mind (that’s okay) but please cancel and amend your RSVP to NO, at least 72 hrs prior to a walk. If you cancel the night/day before this is unacceptable to others possibly waiting. To do so once, at late notice, is forgivable, twice is unacceptable, to do so a third time, you will automatically be placed onto a wait-list for any walks you RSVP YES thus placing you at the bottom of the availability list.

A fig tree marks the starting point of the Federation Walkway constructed by the Main Beach Progress Association. The Federation walkway winds its way through areas that are undergoing regeneration as a littoral rainforest before passing underneath the sand bypass jetty and then along to the southern training wall of the Gold Coast Seaway. We then proceed along the Ocean-way to the east until we reach the tip of the training wall itself. There are several grassy areas nearby, suitable to sit and have lunch, before we head back. The walk is approximately 10 - 12Ks

The Official Opening of the Federation Walk Pathway on 6th June 2002, the Mayor; Cr Gary Baildon unveiled the plaque on a large rock at "The Fig Tree". The pathway is a peaceful part of The Spit, traversing a unique area popular with locals and tourists alike, it is the only natural beachfront Public Open Space in this region. The Gold Coast City Council has dedicated the naming of this Reserve to FEDERATION WALK COASTAL RESERVE.

Conditions of Group Membership and event participation
1 GCMWWG is not an incorporated association or organisation and is composed of individuals who join with each other in an informal manner to engage in the pleasurable activity of bushwalking and accordingly each individual member is required to take personal responsibility for his or her own safety and to comply with the recommendations published on the Group’s meet up website and with directions given from time to time by any walk leader of a Bushwalk undertaken by the Group.
2 Participants are recommended:
(i) to wear walking boots which provide ankle support;
(ii) carry his or her own rucksack which will contain at least 1 litre of fresh water in watertight containers and personal first aid items including band-aids (or similar), bandages, antiseptic, insect repellents and sunscreen and foodstuffs appropriate to the length and timing of the bushwalk;
(iii) to make a realistic assessment prior to participating in a bushwalk as to whether the participants’ physical condition will allow the participant to enjoyably and safely engage in the bushwalking activity without endangering the safety and enjoyment of other participants;
(iv) to wear or carry clothing suitable for each walk including clothing (such as a waterproof jacket or poncho) that is appropriate for unexpected changes in the weather.
3 Each bushwalk undertaken by the Group shall have a nominated leader who will walk at the front of the Group (“walk leader”) and a nominated person who will walk at the rear of the group (“back marker”). The walk leader will set the pace of the walk and will halt the walk at appropriate times in his or her discretion for rests and drink breaks and meal breaks. The back marker will endeavour to keep the group together at all times and to notify the walk leader if any untoward accident or injury is sustained by any participant. The walk leader and the back marker for each bushwalk will be nominated by the Group Leader.
4 Each participant will be required to observe any directions or instructions given by the walk leader including any instruction to shorten the walk, change the route of the walk or abandon the walk due to any unexpected change of circumstances such as track closure or obstruction, inclement weather and/or injury or illness suffered by any member.
5 Any one of the Group Leader, walk leader or back marker for each bushwalk undertaken by the group shall carry with him or her a mobile phone and a first aid kit.
6 There shall be published in each event's description a degree of difficulty by the Group a statement as to the degree of difficulty of the proposed bushwalk so that members may realistically assess whether they (or their guests) have the requisite degree of physical fitness required to pleasurably and safely undertake the proposed bushwalk.
7 Details of each proposed bushwalk including the walk route, the commencement time and the anticipated time required to complete the walk will be published on the Group’s meet up website.