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December 2013 Bushwalking News Victoria December 2013 Benalla Bushwalkers clearing a track at Mt Samaria Contributions Inside this issue... Email or post news, views, club profiles, articles, photographs, Walking and Talking with the Re-opened GDT Track ..................... 10 sketches and letters on any Bushwalking Victoria President .......... 2 Proposed Investigation into topic of interest to bushwalkers BTAC—Bushwalking Tracks and Historic Places ................................. 10 (publication is subject to editorial Conservation ...................................... 4 Victorian High Country Huts approval) to: How BTAC Operates .................... 5 Association: [email protected] Around the Tracks—BTAC Speaker for your Club ................ 10 or e-Newsletter ................................. 5 2014 Calendar ........................... 10 24 Moorhouse Street Bushwalking Tracks & Conservation Camberwell Victoria 3124 Bushwalking Tips—Whistles ............ 11 Calendar ............................................. 5 Marysville Smart Phone App ............ 11 Deadline for the February edition: Clearing the Track to the Plane Crash Federation Walk Weekend 2014 Monday, 20 January 2014 Monument at Mt Torbreck ................. 6 Update .............................................. 11 The statements and opinions Conservation News: Who’s Who at BWV .......................... 12 expressed in articles are those of the Fluker Posts ................................. 8 Advertisements: author and do not necessarily Shine a Light for Parks at the Spatial Vision Maps ..................... 3 represent the views or position of Wilsons Prom ............................... 8 Bushwalking Victoria. Oz Satellite Rentals: Outdoor Hawkweed .................................... 9 Editor: Joslin Guest Equipment Hire ............................ 4 Issue No. 242 Bushwalking News Victoria December 2013 WALKING AND TALKING WITH THE BUSHWALKING VICTORIA PRESIDENT Bushwalking Australia Conference (with only the legal minimum 28 days is allowed for response) appears to be merely box ticking. Bushwalking Australia is, as its name suggests, This is not what we expect from the Victorian the peak body for all bushwalking organisations Government and we will be making in Australia. The annual get-together was representations to that effect. hosted by Bushwalking Queensland and was held at the eco lodge in the Glasshouse Hills Victorian Trails Strategy north of Brisbane. As I commented last month, this is a very important As you can guess, there are a lot of issues and document. It sets out the Victorian Government’s opportunities that the states share, and this has approach and priorities for the Victorian trails become an increasingly valuable forum for taking ‘network’ for the next 10 years. It potentially affects every advantage of others’ efforts and saving each state from bushwalker in the state. We got feedback and comments from duplicating work already done. a number of clubs and individuals, and several clubs put in Among the issues that affect us all are: their own submissions – which is excellent. insurance for bushwalkers and bushwalking clubs The second round of public consultation has been impact of mining and other extractive industries on completed. Bushwalking Victoria Board members attended accessibility sessions in Melbourne and the Latrobe valley. We feel that while the final document may not give bushwalkers finding and training event leaders everything they might wish, we have had a fair opportunity helping all bushwalkers become more responsible and to contribute and comment throughout the process of knowledgeable about how to behave in the bush evolving this strategic plan. The draft plan appeared to take building the strength of our clubs a reasonable approach to trail-related issues, but as the engaging with the wider bushwalking community. strategy is strongly tourism driven, we need to keep a very There are many more areas where we share common close watch on how it is implemented. We tried to interests and concerns, but the above list is enough to incorporate the comments and feedback we received in our start with. final submissions. As you may know, Victoria has taken the lead in putting The Victorian Trails Strategy is due to be completed in together a leader training course. This is not aimed at any December and to be placed before the minister for signature formal accreditation of leaders, but at drawing on the good prior to Christmas. We will be watching with interest. work already done by some clubs for the benefit of all. All Leadership Training of the states were very interested in what we are doing, As I mentioned above, this project has already begun, and and we propose to share our course material with any is progressing rapidly under the leadership of Gerard state that wants it. It is possible that South Australia will Vander from Diamond Valley. Better leader training can create a parallel course, aimed at teaching individual only benefit us all and, in particular, we hope that the bushwalkers (club or independent) how to behave in the training kit will help smaller clubs find and train the leaders bush, and how to bushwalk safely and responsibly. If this they need. I will provide an update on progress at the end eventuates, Victoria will benefit from the outcome. on the first quarter in 2014, at which time I expect to be Camping Fees able to tell you what the course will comprise, when the Bushwalking Victoria has put in a submission to the course material will be available and provide a schedule Department of Environment and Primary Industry (DEPI) for the first ‘train the trainer’ courses. in response to the Regulatory Impact Statement (RIS) 2014 and Beyond released in October. This is my last column for 2013; the year has gone We forwarded the RIS to the clubs and I am very happy to alarmingly quickly. They say that as you get older you get see that a number of clubs and individuals have also longer days and shorter years and I’m beginning to believe it! made submissions. I received quite a number of emailed It has been an eventful year, and I believe, a productive comments on the RIS and I tried to reflect the points made one for Bushwalking Victoria and for all Victorian in the Bushwalking Victoria submission. bushwalking clubs. In the first column for 2014, I will talk The submission will be available on the Bushwalking about some of the key initiatives we will be beginning next Victoria website shortly. year, and how they will (hopefully) enhance our In addition to the issues we have with charging for non- bushwalking environment. serviced camp sites and the very steep increases in some Meanwhile, let me wish every bushwalker a very happy categories of campgrounds, we objected to the fact that summer break, and all the best for 2014. there was no consultation with the key camp-user peak See you on the track. bodies prior to release of the RIS. In our view, this reflects a very cavalier consultation process, where consultation Tony Walker, President 2 Bushwalking News Victoria December 2013 3 Bushwalking News Victoria December 2013 BTAC—BUSHWALKING TRACKS AND CONSERVATION As Tony Walker explained in the November issue of Bushwalking Tracks and Conservation Club Bushwalking News Victoria, the Board has created a new Contacts act as a point of contact to receive standing committee called BTAC, to replace the information about projects and to advise BTAC of Bushwalking Environment Committee (BEC) to: track/conservation issues and activities that concern their clubs. The club contact person should have or Provide a more proactive focus on tracks and trails develop a close relationship with the local Parks strategy – ie, to concentrate on looking at ranger, Friends Group or Advisory Group which may opportunities for new or upgraded tracks and trails, have a common interest. and to be able to articulate a vision of the bushwalking facilities that we want for the future To update Club Contact details, contact Patricia Scales, Bushwalking Victoria’s Office Manager, at Increase the focus on engaging with key land-manager [email protected] decision makers so that Bushwalking Victoria can influence planning as it affects bushwalkers more If your club is planning a local track or conservation effectively and at an earlier stage. activity and would like additional help, contact Charlie Ablitt, Projects Coordinator, at A third aim is to more actively engage bushwalking club [email protected] members and individual members of Bushwalking Victoria Bushwalking Tracks and Conservation Field in track maintenance and conservation activities. This will Officers are appointed by the BTAC and are be reflected in the way BTAC will operate. responsible for a designated geographic area. They liaise and network with local bushwalking clubs and How BTAC Operates land managers and report monthly to BTAC. They are Bushwalking Tracks and Conservation Volunteers expected to be long-term appointees and not subject do the hands-on work on tracks and conservation to changes at club committee level. They should be projects that have been approved by Parks Victoria, frequent visitors to their area and build strong now part of Department of Environment and Primary relationships with land managers. Their task is to Industry (DEPI). Work may include clearing identify issues, recommend possible courses of action, vegetation, constructing or repairing steps or rails, research and investigate
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