MAGAZINE OF THE CONFEDERATION OF BUSHWALKING CLUBS NSW INC. ISSN 0313 2684 AUTUMN - FEBRUARY 2001AUTUMN EDITION VOLUME 26 NO 3 www.bushwalking.org.au email: [email protected] LUE OUNTAINS ERITAGE I S THE B M H N ATIONAL TATUS EALITY P ARKS S - A R S ERVICE D UNPHY’ S GREAT by Andy Macqueen - ex-president F AILING Confederation THE PUBLIC? VISION natural bushland, for conservation of Response to letter from Ronald D. Woodland-Blanch You might say that the Blue Moun- wildlife and for the furtherance of all I refer to the issues of the supply of tains World Heritage Area can be traced kinds of recreation not destructive to firewood in national parks as raised by back to the energy and vision of one the essentials of the proposal). Ronald Woodland-Blanch. This issue man - bushwalker and conservationist Stretching almost from Kandos in was recently raised by the same corre- Myles Dunphy. In the 1920s Myles and the north to Mittagong in the south, the spondent in another publication how- his mates from the Mountain Trails park had at its core the ever, I am happy to reiterate the NSW Club spent their holidays exploring and and , which was National Parks and Wildlife Service mapping the remoter parts of the Blue making headlines at the time as a result (NPWS) policy on this matter. Mountains, and came to the conclusion of the successful efforts by bushwalkers (including Dunphy) to Campfires are only permitted preserve it. outside total fire ban restrictions – and Local government the Service asks visitors who wish to representatives, who light them to bring their own wood with could see the tourist them as unregulated timber foraging benefits, supported the clearly impacts upon the ecological park. In 1934 the balance of the area where it is removed. Katoomba Daily Dead and fallen timber not only published a four-page provides important habitat and protec- broadsheet advertising tion for small mammals, reptiles and the scheme at length. invertebrates, but is also important in The stage seemed set providing nutrients for other flora as it for the park to become decays. a reality. To assist visitors with their cooking arrangements, gas and electric barbe- Probably the best known view in the Blue Mountains - The Three Sisters But the slow wheels of government, cues have been installed in many parks for public use free of charge to ensure that something had to be done to complicated by the intervention of war, visitors can enjoy a hot meal and reduce preserve them for future generations. meant that nothing happened till 1959 - impacts upon the natural environment. As early as 1923 Myles was working 25 years later - when the Blue Moun- Alternatively, visitors are encouraged to on a scheme to create a national park tains National park was declared under adopt other minimum impact cooking over a large part of the mountains. A the Crown Lands Act. techniques such as fuel stoves. meticulous researcher and map-maker, At first it was only a very small While it is pleasing that an increas- (see page 6) he gradually put his ideas version of Dunphy¹s vision, but over ing number of people are enjoying on paper. However, he needed more the years it was greatly extended, and camping and day use facilities within clout before putting the proposal to the new national parks were added - national parks, it is important to ensure Lands Department. Together with other Kanangra-Boyd in 1969, Wollemi in a balance is maintained between bushwalkers, in 1932 he set up the 1979 and Nattai in 1991. The vision has enjoying these recreational opportuni- National Parks and Primitive areas Continued on page 5 ties and protecting the conservation council. values of the parks. The aim of the Council was to S EE ALSO PAGE FOUR FOR To help ensure the continued promote the establishment of national THE HISTORY OF THE protection of these magnificent areas parks under central government con- BATTLE FOR HERITAGE and to improve the quality of visitor trol. At the head of their agenda was the TATUS PAGE THREE experiences, the NPWS recently Blue Mountains National Park, the S & reviewed its visitor services and details of which were submitted to the FOR WHAT IT WAS SAVED charges. From 1 November 2000 the Surveyor General that same year. The FROM. SEE PAGES SIX NPWS is asking visitors to a purpose of the proposed park was the AND SEVEN FOR MAPS (preservation of scenery and areas of Continued on page 9 ...... Walk Safely - Walk With a Club THE BUSHWALKER C OMMITTEE MEMBERS Contributions, letters to the editor, original cartoons and sugges- President - Wilf Hilder Conservation Officer John Macris tions are welcome. They should be Bushwalkers Ph 9587-8912 (02) 9526-7363 (H) National Parks sent to the address below. Except for Association [email protected] short notes or letters, all contributions Vice President - Jim Callaway (02) Tracks and Access officer - Alex should be accompanied with text file 9520-7081 (H) (02) 9219-4379 (W) on three and a half inch floppy disk in The Sydney Bush Walkers Tucker (02) 9451-4028 National Parks Association [email protected] IBM format or E-Mail. Treasurer & acting Secretary - Prudence Advertising rates are available on Tucker (02)9451-4028 Magazine Editor & Communications request.Ring Judy Hellyer 029604-1101 or [email protected] Officer Colin Wood, Tel (02)4625-0916 H [email protected] National Parks Association 0438013500 National Parks Association Distribution is through affiliated [email protected] clubs, major retail outlets, council Bushwalkers Wilderness Rescue information centres and national park officer - Keith Maxwell (02) 9622-0049 Training officer - Peter Mullens offices. Pager phone 13 22 22 pager no 6277321 [email protected] Address all correspondence to Mount Druitt Bushwalking Club The Editor, The Bushwalker Insurance Office and membership [email protected] Bushwalkers NSW PO Box 2090 GPO secretary - Anne Plowman (02)9747-1346 Sydney 1043. [email protected] E-mail [email protected] Minutes Secretaey Judy Hellyer The Confederation of Bushwalking (02)[email protected] Clubs NSW Inc represents approxi- mately 70 clubs with a total membership around 10,000 bushwalkers. Formed in 2 2 1932, the Confederation provides a united voice on conservation and other issues, N HIS SSUE runs training courses for members, and I T I provides for the public a free wilderness Blue Mountains Heritage Status - A Reality ...... 1 search and rescue service. People interested in joining a bushwalking club are invited to Is The National Parks Service Failing the public? ...... 1 write to the Secretary Bushwalkers NSW at The Bushwalker the above address for information on clubs Blue MountainsWorld Honour ...... 3 in their area. Or web site www.bushwalking.org.au The Maze - Recounting over a decade of work towards World Heritage Prices for advertising Back cover $450 - full page inside Listing of the Blue Mountains ...... 4 back cover $400 - full page inside $350 - half page $175 - quarter page dunphy’s map ...... 6 $90 business card size $50 insert $250 +insertion cost approx $90. world heritage map nominated area ...... 7 Deadlines for magazine Summer edition, 2nd week in A World Heritage Walk Katoomba to Mittagong ...... 8 October- Autumn 2nd week in January - Winter, 2nd week in April - Spring, Bushwalkers Wilderness Rescue Training Weekend ...... 9 2nd week in July Letters to the Editor ...... 10 Forests Forever - 4 day ecology camp in East Gippsland ...... 11

Websniffer - your bushwalking guide to the internet ...... 11 T HEB USHWALKER is the magazine of the Confed- YHA brings the past back to The Blue Mountains (advertisment) 12 eration of Bushwalking Clubs NSW Inc. It's published quarterly. The wollemi Pine - An Update ...... 13 The aim of the magazine is to provide articles and information of Point Pilcher Blue Mountains National Park ...... 14 interest to the members of clubs affiliated with the Confederation Taffy’s Rock - Ku-Ring-Gai Chase National Park ...... 15 and Bushwalkers generally. Any opinions expressed by individual News from the Fiends of Blue Gum Forest ...... 16 authors do not always represent the official views of the Confederation. Confedederation of Bushwalkers calendar ...... 17 Walk Safely - Walk With a Club...... B LUE MOUNTAINSW ORLD HONOUR

by Keith Muir - Colong Foundation and Primitive Areas Council proposed World Heritage listing is about Since the Blue Gum Forest campaign the original scheme in 1934. Subsequent recognition of the “outstanding universal of the early 1930s, small groups of detailed national park proposal by values” within the national parks created dedicated conservationists have fought to groups like Total Environment Centre, through eighty years of conservation protect the Blue Mountains wilderness. National Parks Association, the Colo effort. The genuine community jubila- Alex Colley, Hon. Secretary of the Committee and Colong Foundation built tion over listing of the Greater Blue on the initial Mountains Area is the best possible vision. recognition of these historic efforts. Through Listing elevates the ongoing conser- this work the vation debate over the Blue Mountains. Mountains Development must never compromise have been the Blue Mountains, turning our world protected honour into a global shame. It is up to from clear- all of us to ensure that wilderness, World ing, a gas Heritage and national parks remain very pipeline precious principles relevant to and through the respected by everyone. Wollangambe The Blue Mountains should become wilderness, the benchmark for World Heritage area various protection and management. For now, powerline celebrate World Heritage as the fruit of easements past conservation victories. I hope these 3 (although a past efforts in nature preservation Bushwalker The A group of children enjoying the fruits of the pioneers work - photo Judy hellyer damaging one become the inspiration for future genera- scars the tions whose conservation difficulties will Jamison and Kedumba Valleys), several be so much greater than those faced in coal mines, at least two major dam the past. projects, a power station on Newnes Plateau, urban development at Colo G ENERAL Heights, clay quarries at Culoul Range, native forest logging around all its edges, D ESCRIPTION pine plantations on the Boyd The park has total area of 245,929 Plateau, hectares. It is located just west of Sydney serious in the Just an sewage hours drive from Sydney lies the mag- pollution, nificent Blue Mountains. Huge tracts of the more this land have been conserved by three recent major parks, Blue Mountains, Wollemi Badgerys and Kanangra Boyd. The land is very Creek Airport, rugged with spectacular sandstone cliffs superhighway predominating throughout. There are and countless num- literally hundreds of kilometres of bers of smaller madcap schemes. walking tracks Made up of sandstone As Sydney’s population grows, be canyons and hills, and clad in tall forests assured that development proposals in of bluegum, the Blue Mountains are the the Mountains will come thick and fast. elevated remains of what was once a vast State conservation laws and even the plateau. Over the centuries, it has been Empress Falls - photo Richard Merry World Heritage Convention are not the weathered by rivers and waterfalls, best firewalls to preserve our national leaving flat-topped ridges on which the Colong Foundation for Wilderness parks. These social constructs create white man has built towns. The Blue perhaps was speaking for all of us when process and responsibilities but they are Mountains in reality is hard country that he said, “if we hadn’t fought like tigers, not guarantees. It is people of NSW and took the early settlers a generation to they wouldn’t be worth listing” as World their representatives on all sides of cross. Heritage (SMH 30/11/2000). politics who ultimately must be counted The heart of the park is the Grose World Heritage listing celebrates the upon to protect the natural environment and Jamieson Valleys, carpeted with vision of the Greater Blue Mountains into the 21st century. It is our job to ferns and choked with gums. These lie National Park and the early bushwalking ensure they are true believers in nature north and south of the high narrow conservationists who supported it. conservation and will be ready, when the plateau on which the mountain towns of Myles Dunphy and the National Parks time comes, to help save the Mountains Blackheath, Katoomba and Wentworth again and again. Falls are perched...... Walk Safely - Walk With a Club T HE MAZE - RECOUNTING OVER A DECADE OF WORK TOWARDS W ORLD HERITAGE LISTING OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS The term maze features occasionally By John Macris among place names in Dunphy’s Conservation Officer bushwalking sketch maps of the Blue State and Federal agencies had decided to Mountains, along with equivalent terms undertake further review work, in part like labyrinth. In this brief review of the because the predominant theme being moves toward the recent listing of the pursued of eucalypt diversity was mountains as a World Heritage property, something being worked on for other the maze is a metaphor for the frequent forest areas of the Australian mainland frustrations to progressing this aim since and Tasmania. the late 1980s. The community groups however One of the recurring themes is the declared that ‘enough was enough’ (it difficulty in having a commitment had been ten years in the maze of carried through at both State and Federal assessment and reassessment by this the area’s credentials as an example of time). A commitment was gained from levels simultaneously - something stages of biological evolution, as the pine required for submitting a World Heritage minister Pam Allan, who instructed the represents a relic of the dominant flora NPWS to ensure a nomination was proposal to the international committee. prior to the succession by sclerophyll At all times over this period, the prepared for the June deadline. The one (drought adapted, hard leaf) species. drawback of this was that the nomination Colong Foundation for Wilderness filled The Fahey State Government chose the role of spearhead group for the area was rationalised to exclude most of to order more assessments rather than act the surrounding plateau areas identified campaign. Relying solely on donations on the report, perhaps due to elements of from their members, the foundation in the Herbarium report. commissioned a report entitled ‘Blue Finally a nomination was submit- ted by Senator Robert Hill as Austral- 4

Mountains for World4 Heritage’ by Dr Geoff Mosely, which was ia’s Environment Minister. And out submitted to State and Federal of the domestic maze into the inter- Governments in 1989. national one. Among the complicat- This document was well received ing factors facing the Blue Mountains by the NSW Government and nomination was the dispute over opposition of the day, however the ’s management of the Kakadu World Heritage area due to The Bushwalker culture of demarcation between the work of government versus non- creating excisions for uranium government bodies, meant that mining. The international body also further assessment was called for by Wentworth Falls - photo Richard Merry the main environment agencies. queried whether Australia could Hence a four year hiatus followed conceivably present an expanded anti-conservation within the Coalition nomination covering the most significant while NSW waited for commitment of parties. After a change of Government in Federal money towards further studies. eucalypt forest areas of all of the eastern 1995, the incoming Environment States and Western Australia. A casual With a very minimal Federal contribu- Minister Pam Allan committed to seek a tion, an assessment finally proceeded in look at our constitution and the various nomination to be submitted to the World levels and shades of government that 1994, with the National Herbarium Heritage bureau by mid 1996. briefed to examine and report on the would need to cooperate for this to Once again, delays at the Federal occur, shows that such a nomination will World Heritage values of the Blue level were encountered. Having put little Mountains and further areas of dissected only work in incremental stages if at all - resources into the earlier assessments, ie following on from a Blue Mountains sandstone bushland in the . the Federal Minister decided to appoint This comprehensive report supported listing with other suitable areas like the an expert panel to give further advice. Alps and South-East Forests over time. the case for World Heritage values under This provided little if any new informa- criteria including cultural heritage and It appears this practicality was tion and some of its equivocal output ultimately appreciated, as was Austral- landscape evolution, but most particu- regarding the degree of larly for the area’s representation of ia’s case that our diverse and unique geomorphological significance led to the eucalypt forests are World Heritage eucalypt forest diversity. The report also June 1996 nomination being missed. favoured the inclusion of several sur- material, because the nomination was At the more grass roots level, a finally accepted in November last year. rounding plateau areas such as Morton, community reference group was estab- Budawang, Yengo and Goulburn River Making up Australia’s twelfth World lished by the member for Blue Moun- Heritage property are Wollemi, Yengo, National Parks and the Metropolitan tains the Hon Bob Debus. Although yet water catchments. Gardens of Stone, Blue Mountains, another process, this forum allowed Kanangra Boyd, Nattai and Thirlmere At around the same time as this work community groups a significant input was carried out, the significant discovery Lakes National Parks and the Jenolan into the ultimate development of a Caves Karst Conservation Area. of the rare and distinct conifer the nomination document. Wollemi Pine was made in a moist Special thanks must go to the In 1998 the opportunity to submit a Colong Foundation for their 14 years sheltered gorge of Wollemi National nomination very nearly passed by again. Park. This find gave a further boost to of work on this proposal. Walk Safely - Walk With a Club......

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Continued from page 1 become reality, though under the banner of four national parks, not one. Of course, there has been the great bonus that the extends far to the north of the original proposal. The World Heritage Area includes that extra part, as well as other adjacent national parks. The fact that large portions of the World Heritage Area are declared wilderness can also be attributed partly to Dunphy. It was his view that undeveloped parts of the proposed park should be designated as ‘primitive areas’ - a term which he preferred to ’Wilderness area’, the term being promoted at the time in the USA. One of these primitive areas was to be in the Grose Valley. Today, we await the government’s decision on the declaration of Grose Wilderness, proposed by Confederation in 1996. It is thanks to Myles Dunphy and the many conservationists who have followed that so much of the new World Heritage Area is today in a wild state. Without their vision, today we would have less public land; more roads, powerlines, pipelines and pine forests; a dam on the Colo; a coal mine in the Wolgan; a limestone mine at Church Creek... the list goes on. What we would not have is such a magnificent expanse of undis- turbed eucalypt forest.

References: Dunphy, M., et al, Blue Mountains National Park Special Supple- ment, Katoomba Daily, 24-8-1934. Macqueen, Andy, Back from the Brink‹Blue Gum Forest and the Grose Wilderness, Andy Macqueen 1997. Mosley, Geoff, Battle for the Bush‹the Blue Mountains, the Australian Alps and the Origins of the Wilderness Movement, Colong Foundation/Envirobook, 1999...... Walk Safely - Walk With a Club

A REGIONAL MAP OF THE B LUE MPOUNTAINS N ATIONAL PARK S CHEME, PROPOSED BY THE NATIONAL P ARKS AND PRIMITIVE AREAS C OUNCIL ( FORMALLY B LUE MTS, N ATIONAL P ARK C OMMITTEE) AND 6 6 SUPPORTERS IN JUNE 1932. T HIS MAP IS DATED O CTOBER The Bushwalker 1933

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7 The Bushwalker The ...... Walk Safely - Walk With a Club A WORLD HERITAGE WALK KATOOMBA TO MITTAGONG Alex Tucker This is a six day walk half as long key tourist destination . The NPWS again as the more famous classic Cradle organises tag along vehicle tours one Mountain - Lake St Clair in the Tasma- weekend per month along fire trails nian World Heritage Area .. The chal- normally closed to the motorised public lenges of terrain and weather are differ- There is road access from Oberon 105 ent. You wont find a Tasmanian board km away and a small airstrip allows for walk or a wide track and there are no emergency evacuations. spring or autumn. Summer is too hot and As you are now half way to shelter hut at the end of each days walk. there arent enough daylight hours in You wont find the crowds of walkers Mittagong you may fancy a lazy day winter .A 7.00 am start is recommended walk to . Yerranderie Peak (about 4km that ensure that only the early arrivals for each day and if all goes well you will find room for their sleeping bag on the return ) or Colong Gap (about 7 km have completed your 20 plus kilometres return) by about 6 Some details arein Volume 1 0f the p.m. or you could take a day trip to include a “Bushwalks nshort excursion to the Colong Caves, in the You will need a permit and some special Sydney gear to enter the caves beyond the Region “ daylight. ( Details of these side walks Volume 2 . are in Volumes 1 and 2 of Bushwalks of published the Sydney Region ) . by the Back on the main track, there are National spectacular view of the upper Parks Burragorang Valley and to the east a gap 8 8 Association in the cliffs of the Wanganderry Table- of NSW Inc land This is Beloon Pass .the second big provides climb.. There is a log book at the crest three pages in which to record your visit whilst you of detailed enjoy the vita of the upper Wollondilly A group of walkers on Bulga Cone, above the Kowmung - photo Richard Merry instructions On the last two days you are in the and three hut floor. Enough of odoous compari- Nattai wilderness lose count of the The Bushwalker sketch maps for the south bound walker. sons Both are among the greatest number of times you cross that river. If you think that such details make the Features of the final day are a side trips trip too easy, try starting from to the Forty Feet Falls and the Box Vale Mittagong. track This follows an old railway line to Southbound travellers have the the top of an incline from the Box Vale advantage on the first day of heading coal mine. If you struggle up to this well towards the views from Narrow Neck made track you pay the price later in over the Megalong and Jamieson Valleys having to walk along the old Hume In springtime thre are large fields on Highway into Mittagong wildflowers on Scotts Main Range and It may be preferable to stick to the often hundred s of kangaroos grazing the valley of Gibbergunyah Creek and the common on the east side of the Tonalli Lake Alexandra picnic area. River, It is worth continuing up the hill Walk Safely Walk with a Club to an excellent grassy camping ground behind the BUSHWALKER old Court House in Yerranderie. This is WILDERNESS RESCUE an old mining town’ At its peak in 1903. TRAINING WEEKEND 350 men mined ST silver, lead and gold MARCH 31 / APRIL Near the Nattai - K to M - then worth about photo Richard merry 1 ST, 2001 100 000 pounds The deposit was CATARACT SCOUT Australian bushwalks worked out by 1950 On the K to M you will have two and later the whole PARK gruelling climbs,each more than 400 village was sold F OR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT metres and two major rivers (Cox’s & off.. The old Post S TEVE IRWIN 4626 8404 (HOME) KEITH Wollondilly ) to cross This is a walk for Office is now a experienced bushwalkers proficient in Guest Lodge and M AXWELL 9622 0049 (HOME) navigation to be attempted only in the village is a low SEE PAGE 9 We Want the Good Ones Bushwalkers Wilderness Rescue is after your Club’s good bushwalkers to join our volunteers for bush search & rescue. Most of the important skills we need they will already have such as navigation, bush fitness, self equipped and self reliant for overnight walking in all weathers. I describe good bushwalkers as those who have done a variety of trips throughout the years in a diverse range of terrains such as (but not exclusively) Budawangs, Wollemi, Blue Mountains, Barrington Tops, etc. So you could put them anywhere with a map and they’d not only survive but enjoy the trip! Your club needs them! All successful clubs have a core of good walkers who make trips happen with a minimum of fuss. They naturally work together and don’t merely follow the leader but use good observation to be actively involved.Confederation is only as good as its member clubs and their walkers. Our active media willingly report all bushwalking incidents. All manner of "ideas" suddenly appear for ‘our’ safety from self appointed experts. From 1934 the Confederation has worked to maintain the good name of bushwalking by co-ordinating its good bushwalkers via its self help rescue section, Bushwalkers Wilderness Rescue, to assist both fellow bushwalkers and others in trouble in the bush. But Since 1934 rescue has become increasingly dependent on organisation and technology. Cars have made it far easier for more people than ever to go bush. Unimagined resources are now available such as four wheel drive vehicles, helicopters, compact radios, medical drugs and skills etc. While many groups perform valuable roles in bush rescue there is still a role for bushwalkers skilled in remote area travel - Bushwalkers Wilderness Rescue (BWR). However being keen and responding promptly to BWR midnight phone calls for help is no longer professional enough. BWR has had to formalise its training / procedures and has produced an Operations Manual (now version 2.02). BWR needs your good bushwalkers to be trained in rescue skills, organisation and procedures. We want the good ones to train at Cataract BWR would like to have you as a good bushwalker to join our ranks of Operational Personnel as a "Bushwalking Club Member" or "Team Member" by training at Cataract Scout Park on 31st March / 1st April. In the past years the training at Cataract has been both intensive and very enjoyable. The lowest level of committment is "Bushwalking Club Member". You would only be required for difficult large scale incidents where weather and terrain have made searching difficult, eg the May 2000 Budawangs search for four Scouts. "Team Members" are expected to be our first response personnel and will be trained in a wider range of skills (competencies). Bushwalking Club Members can advance to Team Member or Team Leader. Cataract will continue the process started in October 2000 (on Newnes Plateau) of training / documentation of skills / review bush fitness for appropriate member levels for BWR. Where CATARACT SCOUT PARK - campsite no. 3 starting 8.30am both days Get there from from southern SYDNEY by driving drive via Campbelltown to Appin. Take the Appin to Bulli (Wollongong) Road. Watch for turnoff to RIGHT (south) to Scout Camp and Cataract Dam. If driving from Wollongong face the other way - drive up either Mt. Ousley or Bulli Pass. Take the road to Appin and turn LEFT (south) at the sign for Scout Camp / Cataract Dam. Gear - what to bring Enthusiasm. APPIN 1:25,000 (9029-I-S) map. Overnight camping gear so as to have realistic gear for improvisations. Spare clothes for the refurbished Challenge Valley course (you will get dirty). Camping will be close to cars. Your compass (naturally) is essential as some sessions will be at remote parts of the Scout Camp. Questions: For additional information contact Steve Irwin 4626 8404 (home) Keith Maxwell 9622 0049 (home) So Join the ‘good bushwalkers’ at Cataract. Stir some others up in your club to make a great group. Meet other ‘good bushwalkers’ from Confederation Clubs you may have never heard of! Be part of your Confederation and its all weather, all terrain self help search & rescue section - Bushwalkers Wilderness Rescue...... Walk Safely - Walk With a Club L ETTERS TO THE EDITOR Continued from page 1 oped bush camp site on Oxford Creek number of national parks across the State near the end of Dawes Rd Belrose. Who to make a small contribution to the would drink from those creeks today ? ongoing maintenance and improvement Camping practices that were acceptable of visitor facilities through the introduc- in our youth are not necessarily accept- tion of park entry fees. able now. Funds raised through the collection I find that I disagree with many, but of day entry fees will stay in the local not all, of Mr Woodland- Blanche’s area and be used to improve visitor other comments but I support his right ( facilities and services such as toilets, The prob- and duty ) to criticise the NPWS when picnic grounds and better management lem for NPWS Managers is whether it is he considers it necessary. It he cares to of camping areas. This will help free up better to concentrate the impacts of contact me through the Editor I can send more NPWS funds for pest, fire and camping, for example, at two locations him my written reasons. Name supplied weed management and for other pro- in Royal NP and four in Heathcote NP grams to protect threatened and endan- where toilets can be installed and gered species. maintained, or to spread the devastation Charging for entry into national parks more thinly but more extensively I The Editor The Bushwalker is not new. Indeed, fees have been don’t know the answer but I believe the Regarding the vitriolic and negative charged for entry into some parks in cause of the problem is associated with letter by Woodland-Blanch in the NSW since the early 1960s when the population growth in Sydney over November issue criticising the National community-based trusts sought to raise the past 50 years. . During WWII my Parks and Wildlife service. funds to provide for conservation and suburb of French’s Forest was a few We should keep in mind that Na- visitor facilities within the parks. scattered houses, a large army camp, a tional parks were founded by far-sighted 10 The NPWS regularly10 under- people to protect out unique flora and takes maintenance work on fauna. If we can get an extra bonus by NPWS estate throughout the walking through these magnificent areas, State both to improve visitor then that is great. facilities to ensure all visitors Let us keep our eye on the main game gain the most from their visit, and be positive. It is later than we and to reduce environmental realise, the many things we took for The Bushwalker impacts. granted as “our inalienable right” in the Media Enquiries: Warwick old days are no longer acceptable. Few Brennan (02) 9585 6500 or pager people now will chop down the nearest 9214 9832 sapling for tent props, and many people, like myself, who enjoyed the log fire, now realise that it is necessary for our The Editor The Bushwalker wildlife to have forest litter. Some parks Mr Ronald D Wood- that are well patronised are in danger of land – Blanch asks “Is the being ‘loved’ to death. National Parks Service Failing To consider the NPWS as merely a the Public ? “ ( The supplier of firewood and a cleaner up of Bushwalker November ) I other peoples rubbish is a very sad view. believe that the question all And as for ‘everybody’ wanting to see bushwalkers should ask them- the staff wielding the brushcutter and selves is “Am I contributing to chainsaw, it makes me think the author the degradation of the National does not appreciate the Australian bush. Park Estate ? “ The honest The NPWS needs our support in answer is yes because every park protecting our dwindling stock of native user has some impact on the park animals and their habitat, they may have environment and the only a bigger budget, but they have a much differences are the magnitude of Kanangra-Boyd National park - photo Richard Merry greater area to service the impacts, What you and I Len Outram. can do is to practice Minimal Copies were also sent to the NPWS Impact Bushwalking and to volunteer for primary school and a post office. Since and Minister for the Environment. maintenance work in the parks. then five completely new suburbs have I guess that I am about 15 years been carved out of the bushland sur- E D - IT’ S GOOD TO SEE younger than Mr Woodland- Blanch. I rounding Middle Harbour The Scouts of too regret that it is no longer possible to Northern Suburbs District (Milsons THE CONCERN FOR THE camp wherever I choose, to enjoy Point to Waitara ) used to hold their BUSH AND SUPPORT FOR yarning and singing around a campfire or annual competition camp at the Cascades THE NPWS to drink water from creeks in National at the end of Douglas St St Ives, Parks Mosman District had a similar undevel- Walk Safely - Walk With a Club......

F ORESTS FOREVER - W EBSNIFFER - 4 DAY ECOLOGY CAMP IN EAST YOUR G IPPSLAND BUSHWALKING The East Gippsland forests will again be the venue for the 21st annual Forests Forever Camp this Easter. Expert botanists and ecologists will lead walks and tours GUIDE TO THE around some of the best old growth and rainforests that the Errinundra Plateau and surrounds has to offer. INTERNET This camp has been held in East Gippsland since the local environment group was formed in 1982. The Con- cerned Residents of East Gippsland (CREOG) now has a membership of over 400 and this camp is their annual fund-raiser, which helps them continue their work to protect the environment of the region. The camps are held in a small farming settlement called Goongerah, which is the base for walks and other activities. Goongerah is about 70 km north of Orbost and sits between the Errinundra and National Parks. This little valley hugs the Brodribb River and a pleasant camp site among the peppermints and manna gums is set up to cater for the 120 or more Surely what was to be the biggest people who attend. Solar power, a large marquee, information tent, firewood and disappointment for the new year was the bush toilets are provided by the group. shutting down of one of the most com- The tour leaders comprise of people with many years experience in the forests prehensive sites on the web for of this region. A regular well-known personality is David Cameron. He has bound- bushwalking. It is so non-commercial, less enthusiasm and knowledge of the plants and history of East Gippsland with his with scope for the inexperienced and 11 specialty being adventurous and inexperienced adven- Bushwalker The rainforests. If turers. They are NOT closing down! you chose to Send in your appreciation after finding take a walk with detailed descriptions of walks, photos, David, be ready advice on all things relative to for brain bushwalking, and great links at : overload - and www.galactic.net.au/bushwalking/ take a torch. Bushwalking barefoot would surely His love of be for the under fives and other socially these parts challenged people, but no, this site begs seems to to differ. For a laugh and podiatry envelope him in persuasion try: www.lisp.com.au/ a world where ~daven/barefoot.html For something time is irrel- more touristy but with historic tidbits: evant. David www.info.mountains.net.au/activity/ also brings his walk.htm Follow the links for a nice tour Kanangra-Boyd National Park - photo Richard Merry famous rainfor- of the mountains. est slide show to Another well researched site belongs explain every fascinating aspect of a rainforest’s workings. This solar powered show to John Chapman at is presented under the marquee with Yellow-bellied gliders calling from the trees www.ozemail.com.au/~johnchapman/ above. index.html John writes for WILD Dr Kevin Thiele is our other regular botanist and walks leader. He has lived and magazine and has a lot of experience to worked in East Gippsland for many years and has discovered plants unknown to the pass on through this site. region. His scope of knowledge spans far wider than merely flora; he can identify a For a well linked and interesting set Gahnia sedge butterfly at 100 paces and tell you of the fascinating mating habits of of features and current issues try: the arboreal mammals as he takes night time prowls in the forest with a spotlight. www.bigvolcano.com.au/stories/ He often finds possums and gliders but the Powerful and Sooty owls are a little feature3htm So what is a Caldera? And more difficult to spot. do you agree with the politician’s views? Jill Redwood is the coordinator of CROEG and the other raconteur of the Of course all these sites and more can be walks. She will explain the environmental and European history of the region. As accessed at www.bushwalking.org.au these forests have also provided the logging industry with wood for many decades, the results of forest management on the ecology and biodiversity of these areas is also explained. If this sounds like a holiday for plant fanatics you’re right! The four days will cost $40 ($30 conc.) per person, or $15 a day, children 15 and under, no charge. For more information or to make a booking, call Ian on 5154 0146 Jill on 5154 0145, or email [email protected]. Details and map can be posted out...... Walk Safely - Walk With a Club

YHA BRINGS THE PAST BACK TO THE BLUE MOUNTAINS Opening in April 2001 the new Blue Mountains YHA brings the glory days of Katoomba in the 1920s-30s back to life. Our fully renovated Art Deco guesthouse retains its original charm (as well as its Cabaret stage & sprung dance floor !) but with all the great, modern facilities that you would expect from a YHA. Different sized dorm rooms offer the budget traveller great choice & couples are catered for with lots of doubles & twins on offer (many with private bath- room). Families can choose private family rooms with ensuites or cheaper dorm op- tions. Blue Mountains YHA offers 24 hour security access, a large off street parking area, lockers in all dorms plus day storage. So why not relax by roaring fires, socialise on our great outdoor terrace or lie in the garden and soak up the ambience of the beautiful Blue Mountains. Located only 650m from the railway station, the YHA is on Katoomba’s main drag with heaps of groovy cafes & restau- Victoria Cascades - photo Richard Merry rants, pubs/live music venues, 12 12 antique dealers & interesting shops right on our doorstep.With only a 10 minute walk to the National Park you have easy access to one of Australia’s most beautiful wilderness areas that offers walking tracks for all levels of fitness (self-guided or with a qualified eco guide) plus fantastic adventure options such as abseiling, canyoning and rockclimbing. Go mountain biking or visit the famous limestone caves at Jenolan? All sound too energetic? Then check out the area’s glorious gardens & art galleries, feed your caffeine addic- tion, have a massage, or try yoga or meditation. Adventure or relaxation - it’s your choice. The Bushwalker Walk Safely - Walk With a Club...... T HE WOLLEMI PINE - AN UPDATE A GREEMENT FOR COMMERCIAL WHAT’S IT LOOK LIKE? 500 and 1000 years old. PROPAGATION AND The Wollemi Pine (Wollemia nobilis) is a conifer that grows to a height of 35 WHERE DOES IT GROW? RELEASE OF THE THE metres with a trunk diameter of over one Two small groves of seedlings and OLLEMI INE W P metre. The leaves vary from bright lime mature trees occur about 150 kilometres (WOLLEMIA NOBILIS) green when young to yellow-green as north-west of Sydney, within the In March 1999 a consortium of they mature. Its bark is particularly boundaries of the Wollemi National Queensland Forestry Research Institute unusual, looking very much like bub- Park. The Park contains the largest and Birkdale Nursery were selected as bling chocolate and is quite different wilderness in . It is a the successful partners for the future from the bark of other related species. very rugged mountainous region of commercialisation of the Wollemi Pine gorges, cliffs and undisturbed forest. The on behalf of the Royal Botanic Gardens RELATIVES Pines are growing on wet ledges in a The Wollemi Pine’s closest living deep, sheltered rainforest gorge. relatives are the Norfolk Island Pine, Bunya Bunya Pine, Hoop WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT? Pine, Monkey Puzzle Pine and The Wollemi Pine is a ‘living fossil’. Its Kauri Pine, all members of the discovery is particularly significant since family Araucariaceae. it belongs to a new genus of plants previously known only as fossils that SEX date back to the age of dinosaurs, some Like its closest living relatives, the 150 million years ago. It is one of the Wollemi Pine is bisexual with both world’s rarest species with only 38 adult female and male reproductive trees known in two small stands. 13

cones on the same tree. The male The discovery of the Wollemi Pine Bushwalker The and female cones are borne on emphasises that conservation areas are separate branches at the very tips. extremely valuable in the preservation The male cones are lower down the of all plants and animals, especially tree on older branches. The seeds endangered species. The Pine has are winged. already yielded the known anti-cancer chemical taxol, previously associated HOW WAS IT FOUND? mainly with Yew trees from the North- Like many notable finds, the Pines ern Hemisphere. Who knows what other were discovered by chance. In extraordinary plants and animals – and August 1994, David Noble, a cures – are still waiting to be discovered? NSW National Parks and Wildlife Adult Pines in the Wollemi national park Service officer, was bushwalking in Sydney and the New South Wales the Wollemi National Park when he saw National Parks and Wildlife Service. a grove of trees that he did not recognise The consortium and the Royal immediately. C ONFEDERATION OF BUSHWALKING Botanic Gardens are currently undertak- C LUBS AND WILDERNESS RESCUE ing a major propagation program to HOW OLD ARE THE PINES? WISH TO THANK THE FOLLOWING increase the numbers of the Pine to Nobody DONORS firstly ensure there long term survival really FOR THE GENEROUS PRIZES THEY and secondly to produce viable knows, PROVIDED FOR THE RECENT quantities for commercial release. but some B USHWALKER BUSH DANCE. Due to the small in-situ popula- of the tion of the Wollemi Pine it is ex- Pines may A LPSPORT pected that commercially viable have been E ASTWOOD CAMPING CENTRE quantities will not be reached until around KATHMANDU 2005. before the M OUNTAIN DESIGN Further information on the Roman M OUNTAIN EQUIPMENT venture can be obtained from the Empire. P ADDY PALLIN consortium partners or from The The older Business Services Manager, Royal Wollemi F OR MANY YEARS, BUSHWALKERS Botanic Gardens, Mrs Macquaries Pines have HAVE APPRECIATED THE RANGE OF Road, Sydney 2000 Australia http:// multiple EQUIPMENT ANDTHE www.birkdaleinternational.com/ trunks of A pine seedling at Birkdale Nurseries. HELPFUL ADVICE OFFERED BY THESE cdromframe.htm different FRIENDLY COMPANIES. Some background information about ages and, in many cases, the original the pine. [email protected] trunk is long gone. Scientists estimate that some of the trees may be between ...... Walk Safely - Walk With a Club P OINT PILCHER B LUE MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK Richard Merry basically ends and turns into a water Some years ago this used to be a four This is a nice, comfortable, out of the course meandering down the side of the wheel drive track, but it was way walk that my uncle showed me a hill. Now’s a good time to fill you out on closed (as is evidenced by couple of years ago. It’s not widely where your headed. You’ll notice that to the barriers) and the bush known but shows the walker a the right the land curves round in front allowed to regrow. As marvelous view of the southern arm of forming a bit of a gully down below. such there is no defined the Grose Valley where it joins the Beyond the gully the land climbs again to track where the four wheel Grand Canyon and Govett Gorge. The the trees. The water course wind its way drive trail peaters out. Take a topo if you track is not clearly defined so take down the hill and then veers left behind need it - I believe the the foliage just in front to your left track is on the following the gully. For now just follow Katoomba map - but the water course down. don’t fret if you As the track enters the gully it leads don’t have one. I into a marshy swamp. Lots of tall grass would never nor- and probably a fair bit of water. The mally advise a trip more defined track suddenly ends but on a non-marked you can make your own way to the cliff track without a topo, edge without a lot of bother. Lots of long but its not far and grass and thick foliage. As with most your return course is gullies the wind near the cliff can be always in sight. A rather strong at times and can blow the sheltered picnic area inattentive traveller off the edge. Just a

14 and water tank is 14 thought. provided at the start. When you get to the edge you’ll Fill up - there is no The -Wollemi - photo Richard Merry discover a rarely seen view of the Grose drinking water on Valley. The waterfall you hear to your the track. somebody with some experience! left is Beauchamp Falls. Occasionally, if Initially the route is level and follows The track begins at the end Grand the wind is right, spray from the falls is the old four wheel drive track for about Canyon Rd. Travelling from Sydney remarkably refreshing in summer and

The Bushwalker half a click along the cliff. The best follow the highway past Katoomba. Just I’ve seen a rainbow of colours in the views are a little off track closer to the after the Hydro Majestic the road dog- mist. Further around is Evan’s Lookout, cliff and if your adventurous feel free to legs right and then left over the railway Bridal Veil Falls (the highest in the scramble down a bit. It’s rough, steep at Meadlow Bath. Follow the road to the mountains) and Govett’s Leap. On a and slippery but you don’t need to right over the bridge but turn off to the clear day you might just see Pulpit Rock venture too far. For those that feel safer right immediately into Railway Pde. directly ahead. up top you’ll get a good view soon. Take the fourth left into Rutland Rd, Just head back the way you came to The trail becomes narrower, veering which turns into Grand Canyon Rd. get to the car. You might want to stay a to the left through the scrub and leads to Continue past Katoomba airport until while however. Certainly a more inter- an open grassland. Here the track you reach the end. esting picnic site.

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&TIGERS T REKKING TEMPLES Walk Safely - Walk With a Club...... T AFFY’ S ROCK - KU -RING-GAI CHASE NATIONAL PARK I have been to many places in the Ku- remains of ‘Edwards’ Trig. The track by James Armstrong Ring-Gai Chase National Park but none then heads towards a peculiar rock compare to the serene location that is from here you can see all around. The which was named Mackerel Rock by one Taffy’s Rock. It is in the middle of the track then heads down into a saddle. of the members of our party. This rock park east of Cowan and offers some of From then on the track becomes a little can be climbed and from it Taffy’s Rock the best views around. harder to follow as the vegetation can be seen. It stretches along the top of The walk begins at Cowan station thickens but there are plenty of pink the ridge for a fair distance. After Mack- where you join the Great North Walk on ribbon markers to keep you on the right erel Rock the track goes past a small the eastern side of the railway track. On the other side of the first campsite and to the rock. On the eastern station. The track side of the rock there are views descends down of , , into the val- ley. The Sea and Lion Island. The 2 . 5 k m along only signs of civilisation are the the track is Jerusa- occasional boats on the water lem Bay. The below. Also on the eastern side ridge to the north of of the rock is a plaque which is the bay is Govett’s ridge, the ridge dedicated to the memory of a with Taffy’s Rock on it. The track heads young woman named Dorothy up the side of this ridge. Once at the top ‘Taffy’ Townson. She was bitten of the hill you will see a sign running by a tiger snake near ‘Frog parallel to the track with points to Flats’ (on the Overland Track in Brooklyn, in the north, and Cowan in the Taffy’s Rock - Ku-Ring-Gai Chase National Park Tasmania) and later died at the south. Behind this sign there are two Old Pelion Hut, also on the tracks, both very well hidden. The one saddle is a large rock cairn which was Overland Track. This was in 1948 and 15 that goes to the left tapers off fairly once used as a trigonometric station in the rock was later named “Taffy’s Rock” Bushwalker The quickly but the one to the right will take the 1800’s and was named ‘Cole’ Trig. by the Rucksack club, of which she you all the way along the ridge and to From here the track heads into another belonged. The rock which was once her Taffy’s Rock. The track stays level for saddle. On the other side of this saddle favourite spot has now been officially the first 500metres where it opens out, there is again a rock cairn which is the named ‘Taffy’s Rock’.

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The first of the biannual the city Council, , the Sydney Catchment management and most participate in the Annual Great Grose Gorse Walks for Authourity SRA and RTA have weed Walk 2001 is on February 3rd to March 23rd control programs for the lands in their They need YOU to Projects for 2001 include help on selected week days and # Containment of the known Gorse at weekends infestations in remote areas of the Upper For the past seven years Grose. volunteers have battled Gorse # Weed Control at Govetts Leap and other nasties including # Revegetation of bare areas to Scotch Broom .for 50 km of the supplement natural regeneration in area river’s course. There are more such as Braeside at Blackheath than 10,000 Gorse stored in # Surveys to locate remaining each square metre of soil. Each infestations in Hat Hill Creek, Scotch Broom plant can pro- Wentworth Creek and the Mt Victoria duce 6 000 seeds per year area Land Care groups supported # Identifying and encouraging rare by Bushcare Officers of the Blue plants as in Katoomba Creek Mountains City Council, # Cooperative work with private members of the Blue Mountains organisations and individuals Conservation Society and Success in these project s depends on individual bushwalkers have the efforts of existing and new volunteers achieved primary knock down Activities vary from half a day to 16 of all the known16 mature Gorse overnight camping infestations in Popes Glen, The next Walks this Year will be in Braeside , Days Crescent and the third and fourth weeks of August Upper Agencies such as NPWS , An artists impression of The Blue Gum Forest in 1934 by Joanne wells

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