Ben Cruachan Gippsland
The Ben Cruachan Walking Club was established on 26 June 1965 by a group of like-minded bushwalking enthusiasts at a meeting on the summit of Ben Cruachan, a mountain rising to 836 metres about 25 kilometres northwest of Maffra. The 'bump' at the summit of Ben Cruachan is from a now disused helipad . The locals say that when they are travelling along the highway from Melbourne, when they see Ben Cruachan, recognized by its 'bump', they know they are nearly home.
The Ben Cruachan Walking Club celebrated its 60th Anniversary on 28 June 2025 with a walk to the summit of Ben Cruachan where President Peter Jennings welcomed members past and present and gave a brief history of the club. A 60th Birthday cake was cut by Life Members Monica Scicluna and Jack Winterbottom followed by by the unveiling of a new bronze toposcope by long standing club members Helene Dennis and John Kellas.
The plaque on the plinth indicates that the new toposcope was made possible due to a bequest from life member Norm Williams.
Celebrations continued with a 60th Birthday Dinner at Duart Homestead in Maffra on 2 August 2025.
Ben Cruachan Scotland
Ben Cruachan (Gaelic: Cruachan) is a 1126 metre mountain that is the highest point in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It gives its name to the Cruachan Dam, a pumped-storage hydroelectric power station located in a cavern inside the mountain. It is the high point of a ring of mountains, known as the Cruachan Horseshoe, that surrounds the power station reservoir. The horseshoe includes a further Munro (Stob Diamh) a Corbett (Beinn a'Bhuiridh), and several susidiary summits.
