MUMC - Melbourne University Mountaineering Club

Welcome to MUMC, an outdoors club that has been around since 1944. In this time, we have run thousands of trips, ranging from day walks where you can see amazing landscapes, wildlife and flora — to major adventures on big rivers, deep caves, cliff faces and high mountains that offer rare opportunities to master the demands of such environments and of life.

Read about past adventures in our magazine, or come along to our Tuesday night meetings and find out more about us.

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Changes to Gear Hire Policy

Date posted: Mon, 29 Jun 2026
Posted by: Charlotte B

As you are hopefully aware, MUMC has gear that we can hire out to members who don't have gear that they need on club trips. It can be hired after your trip meeting on Tuesdays, starting from 7pm. Return is typically one week later during/after the meeting.

We have a gear hire policy which dictates how gear is to be hired out and the conditions of hire. Price spreadsheets are separate and can be found in the relevant gear stores on the walls.

During the June committee meeting, the committee approved an updated policy, making amendments from the...