AA Hobart Women's Weekend 2024

The Hobart AA Women's Recovery Weekend is a beautiful opportunity to meet other recovering AA sisters in a beachside bushland camp for sisterhood and to share experiences, strengths, and hopes with each other.

When: Friday 21 - Sunday 23 June 2024

S tart: 5 PM

Where: Orana Girl Guides Camp - Malunna Camp House

146 Roches Beach Road, Roches Beach TAS 7170

Cost: $130 (all meals included from Friday dinner to Sunday morning tea)

The weekend revolves around the AA Twelve Step program and offers meetings, entertainment, meditations and a connection with nature. Together, we can help each other navigate life's challenges and transitions and support each other on our ultimate journey to a sober, vibrant, meaningful and joyful life.

Meals and Accommodation

Full registration includes:

- Two (2) nights of shared accommodation

- All meals, including Friday night dinner and morning tea on Sunday. Please bring your own if you are on a special diet. Vegetarian options are available.

- Use all facilities, including the halls, full commercial kitchen, dining room, fireplace, fire pit, BBQs, bushwalks, etc.

- Linen, pillows, towels and blankets are not included. Please bring your own and make sure the bedding is warm. There is no individual room heating. Please bring a hot water bottle and warm clothes!

- Saturday night entertainment, yoga or meditation and other activities

This retreat is for alcoholic women only. No babies or children are accommodated. No animals.

Please let us know if you want to stay together. We will do our best to accommodate you as a group of no more than four.

The venue is the Malunna Camp House in the Orana Girl Guides Camp.

Girl Guides Tasmania owns Orana Camp, which has been operational since 1967. It is approximately 20 kilometres from Hobart city centre on the Eastern Shore and 10 minutes from the airport. It is established on 31 acres of natural bushland with plentiful birdlife and native fauna. The property is on beautiful Roches Beach, with direct access to the sheltered beach frontage. Access is wheelchair friendly. A Volunteer Caretaker lives on the property and can assist in emergencies.

A fitness course, challenge valley (large play equipment), cricket pitch, outdoor gym equipment and a playground are all located on the site. There is a safe beach for water activities.

Malunna Camp House

This large brick building consists of a commercial kitchen, a large dining room with a wood heater, a carpeted conference room with electric heating, amenities, and a disabled bathroom. It can comfortably sleep 63 people in bunk rooms.

Malunna House is equipped with cooking, eating and seating facilities. There is a commercial refrigerator, small freezer, 6-burner dual-fuel stove and oven, bain-marie, automatic urn, toaster and dishwasher. There is a large BBQ near the kitchen.

The laundry has a coin-operated washing machine, dryer and iron.

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Refund policy

We offer a full refund or a ticket rollover to the AA Hobart Women's Weekend 2025 in case:

- the event is cancelled because of COVID-19;

- you are unwell and can provide a medical certificate (no later than three days before the event)

- any other government restrictions, weather events, or reasons outside our control. You can also transfer a ticket to another member or donate it. Please email the request to aahobartwomensweekend@gmail.com.

To attend the event, you MUST BE REGISTERED to comply with the camp policies and insurance.

Spaces are limited to 68. We have activated a waiting list feature. Please put your name down in case there are last-minute cancellations. We can't wait to see you!