Secret Forest Walks
Secret Forest Walks
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10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
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10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Tuesday
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Wednesday
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Thursday
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
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10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
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10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
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10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
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Secret Forest Walks has unique outdoor activities to enrich your Daylesford and Hepburn visit. Our fun and challenging GPS Treasure Hunt at Lake Daylesford is a hit with families, and for friends enjoying some time away together. With our hand held Garmin GPS units, you’ll be searching for a series of hidden objects, cleverly concealed around lovely Lake Daylesford, to solve a puzzle and receive a prize. Bring a group and make it a team challenge. 90 min - 2 hour.Treasure Hunt, 1, 2 or 3 people - $50. 4 + people $15 pp- U/5 free. We also have special combinations of Treasure Hunts and walks designed for conference groups and organisations looking to develop connectedness and teamwork or simply to have some fun together. POA. Please note, Secret Forest Walks is going north for the winter. Back 19th August 2024. See you then!
Daylesford, Victoria, Australia
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2024
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HILTZ59
Melbourne, Australia38 contributions
June 2021 • Family
We had a wonderful time geocaching. Brendan provided us with really clear instructions at the beginning which was great for the children. It was actually quite a rainy day, but we were dressed accordingly and to be honest made it more fun for the kids. We were split into two teams which created a friendly bit of competition to be the first team to solve the puzzle.
I highly recommend this activity for school groups, birthday parties, sporting clubs, business conferences or any sort of team building activity.
I highly recommend this activity for school groups, birthday parties, sporting clubs, business conferences or any sort of team building activity.
Written 26 June 2021
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Thanks very much for the great review. And also the wider recommendations. Daylesford is a great place to bring your family or organisation for a fun and constructive experience.
Written 3 July 2021
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UJP
7 contributions
Jan 2020
Our family forest walk on gently inclining terrain good and challenging enough for us. Our guide Brendan gave us an insightful introduction into Wombat State Forest. He showed e.g. wombat holes, 'art works' and once I could hear a kookaburra laughing in the background. Midway at the Bullarto Reservoir a moment of rest on a picnic rug in a peaceful and scenic setting. Thanks to you Brendan, it was not only an outdoor experience, but finally a proper bush walk for us.
Written 2 February 2020
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John B
9 contributions
Jan 2022 • Couples
Brendan went above and beyond to help me turn my secret forest walk into my engagement proposal. We follow various locations guided by a gps and a treasure hunt untill we arrived at a jetty with most amazing view of daylesford lake where i proposed to my partner. The gps then guided us to a secret location where brendan had pre set up a picnic for my partner and i to go and celebrate our engagement. We continued the rest of the treasure hunt it took us to places i wouldn't of found on my own. My experience was seriously amazing i highly recommend this tour to anyone engagement or not its so much fun 😁
Written 14 January 2022
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Thanks John
The Proposal Edition is a special joy. It was a pleasure to lay the groundwork for your and Jasmine's amazing day.
I wish you every happiness in the future. And thank you also for maintaining my 100% success rate!
Brendan
Written 17 January 2022
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Emma G
Yala National Park, Sri Lanka13 contributions
July 2020 • Friends
Had such a wonderful time on this walk, organised by Brendan. We had a party of 11, and opted for the Bullarto long walk (approx. 11km) and a picnic lunch catered by local cafe Spade to Blade. It was a freezing day with gentle mist, but this honestly didn’t detract from how lovely it was and what a great activity this was! Great for social distancing and fresh air in the time of COVID-19, and the walk was perfect for our group. The picnic was absolutely delicious, and they were able to plentifully cater for some vegans and vegetarians in our group. Brendan set this up for us, and met us about two hours into the hike with hot soup and so much food we could barely walk the rest of the way! Thanks to Brendan from all of us- I know they could easily cater for shorter walks and I would absolutely recommend this for anyone (local or from abroad) looking for a way to explore local food and nature!
Written 5 July 2020
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Thanks very much Emma
I personally think this is the best time of the year in the forest, so it was great to host you and your lovely friends for the walk. Spade to Blade catering in Daylesford and Secret Forest Walks definitely make a pretty good combination. I will pass on your compliments to the chef. All the best with your current and future developments.
Cheers
Brendan
Written 14 July 2020
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Steve C
1 contribution
Dec 2021 • Family
I was looking for an outdoor activity to do with my two 10 year olds. The treasure hunt activity was an absolute winner. Something different. Brendan was punctual, excellent with the kids and accompanied us to the first post and then watched us from afar to the second post to make sure we knew how to operate the handheld GPS unit. But it was easy to operate anyway. It took us about 90 minutes to complete and covered 5.5k on mostly flat track. A few steep hills to climb to find some posts but these were very short (30 metres or so). Along the way, we got to taste some spring water hand pumped straight from underground and Brendan even supplied us with some paper cups. We solved the puzzle and were rewarded with some treasure. Kids loved it. Highly recommended. Best thing was to
see the kids getting back to nature and away from technology.
see the kids getting back to nature and away from technology.
Written 21 December 2021
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Thanks for your enthusiastic and personally quite heart-warming review Steve. Arousing curiosity and joyful endeavour in kids in the open air is to a large degree the raison d'etre of the whole thing. Cheers.
Written 30 December 2021
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Reena M
8 contributions
Oct 2021 • Family
Had an amazing morning doing the GPS Treasure hunt around Lake Daylesford with my family and friends.
Brendan was a wonderful host. He was very informative and explained the process very clearly.
This allowed our older children to take charge in small groups and to lead the younger ones.
Everyone had an amazing time and as a bonus we got out and about, had some fresh air and got lots of steps in.
Highly recommend if you are traveling to Daylesford.
Brendan was a wonderful host. He was very informative and explained the process very clearly.
This allowed our older children to take charge in small groups and to lead the younger ones.
Everyone had an amazing time and as a bonus we got out and about, had some fresh air and got lots of steps in.
Highly recommend if you are traveling to Daylesford.
Written 15 October 2021
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Thanks Reena.
It was a pleasure to meet all those great families and to see them doing the Treasure Hunt with such enthusiasm.
Cheers
Brendan
Written 26 October 2021
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Jane A
1 contribution
Mar 2022
As a team looking to get to know each other better and understand each other's strengths, the Forest Walk Treasure Hunt was a fun and engaging activity! It was a lovely way to enjoy some fresh air, collaborate to find the markers and solve the clues along the way in order to open the safe at the end. Fun for all ages, and great as a team building exercise. Thanks Brendan - thoroughly enjoyed by all!
Written 28 March 2022
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Thanks very much Jane.
The Treasure Hunt aims to do all of the things you've highlighted. I'm very pleased that your team had so much enjoyment from the activity.
Cheers
Brendan
Written 28 March 2022
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Christine E
1 contribution
Sept 2024 • Family
The GPS Treasure Hunt is an innovative idea that makes great use of the beauty of Lake Daylesford. It offers a whole new perspective to what we thought was familiar. It was well organised, lots of fun, and we would highly recommend for families and groups who are keen to discover something new about Daylesford. It was a great adventure! Thanks Brendan it’s a treasure!
Written 27 September 2024
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Thanks Christine
I'm very, very pleased that you had such a good experience. I haven't heard of a Treasure Hunt like this being available anywhere else.
Your kind review is greatly appreciated.
All the best.
Brendan
Written 7 October 2024
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SumpinElse
Greater Melbourne, Australia15 contributions
Sept 2024 • Couples
Brendan is a true legend! We organised a GPS treasure hunt over text and communication was friendly, prompt and professional. On the morning of our treasure hunt he contacted me to ask if we wanted to postpone because it was raining cats and dogs. We couldn’t find a date that would work for either of us so I offered him to pay him the cancellation fee. He wouldn’t have a bar of it! I highly recommend Brendan. Even though we didn’t end up going on the hunt, his professional and accomodating attitude deserves 6 stars!
Written 29 September 2024
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Thank you very much. That is a very kind review. I'm blushing!! I look forward to seeing you for a Treasure Hunt when the weather is better.
All the best.
Brendan
Written 7 October 2024
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hspencer336
Melbourne, Australia3 contributions
Nov 2023 • Business
Our already amazing annual staff day was made even better with the addition of Secret Forest Walks activities with Brendan and team. It's a challenge wrangling a group of 75 people but the day went off without a hitch. Beautiful weather, friendly, knowledgeable and enthusiastic guides plus the amazing Hepburn backdrop made for a special day. Brendan is helpful, organised and very professional - highly recommend Secret Forest Walks for all groups big and small.
Written 8 November 2023
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Thank you very much for the great feedback, Helen. Conducting multiple activities with such a large group was a new challenge, but it all worked beautifully. Having a great team to start with always an important factor though.
Cheers
Brendan
Written 27 November 2023
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