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Warkworth walkers were lucky to strike a four-day fine spell for the event last month.
The organisers of the annual Warkworth Walks, which were held from November 5 to 8, are celebrating another successful event.Now in its seventh year, the original programme of 360 walk places sold out in the first 48 hours.
“After a mad rush to suppliers and hosts, we managed to scale up the number of places to 440 – which were also completely filled 48 hours later,” an organiser Luke Williamson says.
“Our systems were stretched to the limit and we really appreciated everyone’s patience and forgiveness as we struggled to keep up with the initial surge of bookings. Our intention is to revamp our booking system next year so that it is more efficient for everyone involved.”
Luke says the event was also fortunate in its choice of weekend, getting the best four-day run of weather that last month had to offer.
“Our walkers were impressed by our luck and made the most of the spring sun and beautiful views on offer.”
Luke says the walks weekend directly added around $20,000 to the local economy and there was plenty of evidence of walkers purchasing additional accommodation, food, drinks and equipment throughout the four days.
“We feel that we admirably fulfilled the twin aims of Warkworth Walks which are to bring business to the local area and to show off our beautiful surroundings.
“We couldn’t do any of that without the very generous assistance of our hosts, guides, suppliers and the walkers themselves.”
A special thanks was extended to the volunteers who make up the dedicated committee.
“We would also like to acknowledge the amazing contribution of Alan Spicer who has retired from our committee this year. Alan has been an extraordinary webmaster, treasurer and admin guru, and we are so grateful for his contribution over the last seven years.”
