ask23,
I fly at the gliding club of Victoria, one of the larger clubs and about 2 hours from Melbourne. I also have a friend who flies at VMFG in Bacchus Marsh. Which club you want to fly at depends on your preferences, I fly at Benalla because it is a larger club and they do weekday flying during the summer season, most clubs only fly on weekends. Best advice I can give is to go to the Gliding Federation of Australia website (
Gliding Clubs) it lists all the clubs and has contact details. Bacchus Marsh clubs are definitely the closest to Melbourne but personally (obviously I'm biased) I'd recommend Benalla, there are far less airspace restrictions, it is a bigger club and there is weekday flying, it's about 2 hours out of Melbourne compared to about 1 hour for Bacchus Marsh. I think all the other clubs in Victoria are further out from Melbourne so one of these 2 locations would probably be your best bet.