Friends of Kevin Hoffman Walk

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Kevin Hoffman Walk: An Aussie native garden walking trail, east side of Hovells Creek, Lara, Victoria
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This tranquil trail, which is approximately 900 metres in length, stretches along the east side of Hovells Creek between Station Lake Road and Flinders Avenue in Lara. It was created by Lara resident Kevin Hoffman back in 1970 and over the following 40 plus years, he landscaped and beautified the area, creating a walk that is filled with numerous Australian native plants and indigenous vegetation. With supporters along the way, Kevin has created a walk that locals and many visitors far and wide have enjoyed and will continue to enjoy in the years to come.

30/10/2026

Local Connections, Lasting Support

Our Gold Sponsors help us preserve a special place close to home — the Kevin Hoffman Walk.

A warm thank-you to:

🌿 Lara Window Shutters
🌿 Geelong Travel

We are delighted to welcome Geelong Travel to our sponsorship community and look forward to a wonderful partnership ahead. Their sponsorship provides a lovely contrast to Lara Window Shutters who are now in their 9th year - so grateful for this long term support.

Their support, together with sales of our 2027 calendar, helps fund the ongoing care that preserves the Walk and Kevin’s legacy for our community and visitors to enjoy.

Whether you are making plans for your home or your next holiday, please keep these local family run businesses in mind. Supporting those who give back to our community is a lovely way to return the kindness.

Thank you to our Gold Sponsors for being part of the Walk’s story. 🌿

Enjoy your Walks!
FKHW

Lara Window Shutters
Geelong Travel

27/10/2026

A Warm Welcome Back to the Friends of Geelong Botanic Gardens

After around seven or so years since their last visit, it was wonderful to welcome 17 members of the Friends of Geelong Botanic Gardens back to the Kevin Hoffman Walk.

We began with morning tea prepared by Beverley; a lovely opportunity to reconnect, share ideas and get to know one another before heading out on the tour hearing about the history of the Walk.

With great weather for our wander, their keen interest in the gardens and the story of how Kevin created the Walk made for thoughtful questions and lively conversation. It was especially rewarding to connect with fellow garden enthusiasts who were so interested in our work and keen to exchange ideas.

A thoroughly enjoyable morning. Thank you for your curiosity, conversation and company.

Visits like these help us share the Walk’s story, while sales of our 2027 calendar help preserve the gardens for our community and visitors to enjoy.

Calendars are $15 each, available at newsXpress Lara or through our online shop, with postage or local pickup.

Enjoy your Walks!
FKHW

23/10/2026

Your Calendar Purchase Makes a Difference

There is plenty of work behind the peaceful gardens you enjoy at the Kevin Hoffman Walk; weeding, pruning, planting and caring for what is already growing.

Our calendar is our major annual fundraiser. Every purchase helps fund our part-time gardener and our ongoing maintenance program.

So when you buy a 2027 calendar, you are helping care for the very place pictured on its pages. 🌿

Calendars are $15 each, available at newsXpress Lara or through our online shop, with postage or local pickup.

Thank you for helping us keep the Walk cared for and welcoming.

Enjoy your Walks!
FKHW

20/10/2026

Looking Back at Our Winners Event

Photographs, conversations and plenty of community support — our September Winners Event was a lovely opportunity to celebrate the people behind our 2027 calendar.

We recognised our photo competition winners and featured photographers, thanked our generous sponsors and enjoyed a conversation between President Greg Wilson and guest speaker Jim Szabo, President of the Corio Bay Camera Club.

We also introduced two new blank card packs, giving more photographers an opportunity to have their work enjoyed and shared.

You can read more about the evening in our Winners Event blog on our website by clicking the below link.

https://www.friendsofkevinhoffmanwalk.com.au/latestnews

Our 2027 calendar is $15, available at newsXpress Lara or through our online shop, with postage or local pickup. Every purchase helps care for the Walk. 🌿

Enjoy your Walks!
FKHW

16/10/2026

Local Support for the Walk

The Kevin Hoffman Walk is cared for by local people, with the support of organisations who believe in its place in our community.

A warm thank-you to our Platinum Sponsors:

🌿 Community Bank Lara District
🌿 Lara Sporting Club
🌿 Lara Smile Group
🌿 Nurse Next Door

Their sponsorship, together with sales of our 2027 calendar, helps fund the ongoing care of the Walk, including our part-time gardener.

As we head towards the busy end of the year, we hope you will keep the organisations supporting the Walk in mind. We are grateful to have them alongside us.

Enjoy your Walks!
FKHW

Community Bank Lara District
Lara Sporting Club
Lara Smile Group
Nurse Next Door

13/10/2026

What Has Caught Your Eye This Spring?

We are halfway through spring already! 🌿

Have you spotted any flowers at the Walk that you have not noticed before? Perhaps a new colour, an unusual shape or a small bloom you have walked past on previous visits?

Recent rain caused this gorgeous Mint Bush vision down one of the paths causing a carpet of purple petals. It just looked beautiful causing raking to be prohibited!

Take your time on your next wander — there is always something worth a closer look. We would love to hear what has caught your eye.

Our 2027 calendar celebrates the Magic of the Walk through photographs taken by the winners and featured photographers of our annual photo competition.

Calendars are $15 each, available at newsXpress Lara or through our online shop, with postage or local pickup. Every purchase supports the ongoing care of the Walk.

Enjoy your spring Walks!
FKHW

09/10/2026

A Peek Inside Our 2027 Calendar

Birds among the flowers, fungi after rain, ducks in the water… there is so much to notice along the Kevin Hoffman Walk.

Here is a little peek at some of the photographs inside our 2027 calendar. Taken by the winners and featured photographers of our 2026 Magic of the Walk themed Photo Competition, each image captures a different moment along the Walk.

Calendars are $15 each, available at newsXpress Lara or through our online shop, with postage or local pickup. Every purchase helps us care for the Walk throughout the year. 🌿

Which image catches your eye first?

Thanks for your support and enjoy your Walks!
FKHW

07/10/2026

Pops of Purple!

The purple flowers are making themselves noticed at the Walk this spring! 💜

There is mint bush, Tetratheca thymifolia (Fairy Bells — such a cute name), native hibiscus, Thomasia purpurea and Indigofera australis — just to name a few.

Take a wander and see which ones catch your eye.

These changing colours are part of the Magic of the Walk, the theme of our 2027 calendar. You can pick up a copy at newsXpress Lara or order through our online shop.

Enjoy your spring Walks!�FKHW

02/10/2026

Meet Soft & Serene and Bright & Bold

Our two new blank card packs offer two different ways to share a little of the Kevin Hoffman Walk.

Choose the gentle feel of Soft & Serene or the lively colour of Bright & Bold.

Each $12 pack contains four A6 cards with envelopes. The cards are blank inside and individually packaged in cellophane sleeves, ready to give or keep on hand for birthdays, thank-yous and notes just because.

Both packs are available through our online shop, with postage or local pickup. You can find our 2027 calendar there too if you would like to share a whole year of the Walk.

Every purchase helps us care for this special place. 🌿

Thanks for your support and enjoy your Walks!
FKHW

29/09/2026

Do you enjoy weeding?

Our last weeding Working Bee was a great success, so we are keeping the momentum going. Many hands really do mean more weeds removed!

Come along and lend a hand this Sunday:

Sunday 4 October
8.30 am – 10.30 am
Meet at the green container, Walkers Road end

Stay for an hour, the full two hours or whatever time you can spare. Please bring gloves, a bucket, kneeling pads if you require them and your preferred gardening hand tool. We will have some hand tools available too.

Whether you love weeding or are a reluctant-but-helpful weeder, we would love to see you. Please send us a message or email to let us know you are coming.

If you cannot join us on Sunday, you can still support the ongoing care of the Walk with our 2027 calendar. It is available at newsXpress Lara or through our online shop.

Thanks for your support and enjoy your Walks!
FKHW

Address

Lara, VIC

Telephone

+61438022552

Website

http://www.friendsofkevinhoffmanwalk.com.au/

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