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Obituariesbituaries Within the 4–16 Range THE NEWSLETTER g o r F OF THE CANBERRA e e r o b o r r o BUSHWALKING CLUB C it Volume 45, Number 1 February 2010 Canberra Bushwalking Club Inc PO Box 160 Canberra ACT 2601 GENERAL MEETING 8 pm Wednesday 17 February 2010 What kind of an ACT do we wish to see in 2050? Presenter: John Hibberd John is the Executive Director of the Conservation Council ACT Region. He will talk about the future of the ACT. The Conservation Council has formed the Acton Group to develop a set of alternative visions of Canberra, and to engage with government, the professions, business and civil society. Four scenarios are under development, to realistically identify potential futures for the ACT. They will encompass a range of residential intensities with varying urban footprints. As these are described, assumptions assessed, and barriers to change identifi ed, the Acton Group will instigate a staged process of engagement with the community, the private sector and government to catalyse debate. Hughes Baptist Church Hall, 32–34 Groom Street, Hughes walking in the Mount Hotham area. Considerations in setting numbers President’s In the course of the week, there are: were 21 trips offered by 10 leaders, ranging from easy to demanding. • the more people, the slower the prattle trip tends to be – better to reduce Over several days, three parties numbers on a hard trip; elcome to the new year. There (and a total of 31 walkers) reached the summit of Mt Feathertop – • newer leaders could keep to Wis growing activity as we ap- 8–12 to ease the burden of party proach the club’s 50th anniversary. 17 out–and–back via the Razorback (~24 km + ~900 m ascent) and management and allow them to We even appear to have consensus give more attention to navigation; on the date of the club’s “birthday” 14 via the Razorback and Bungalow from some of the founding members. Spur (a knee crunching 1400 m • walks off track and involving descent). Thanks Barry for making bush camping may have smaller The trickle of photos is growing this possible. numbers to limit environmental as the photo competition gains impact; momentum. The guest speaker for Not surprisingly, there are a wealth our March club meeting will be a of day and pack walks coming up • the more people on a trip, the well known professional photog- and I hope to meet some of you on more overt (some would say rapher. The presentation will be of future walks. All the best for the ‘authoritarian’) party manage- great interest for both amateur and New Year. ment tends to become, and some leaders and walkers find this professional photographers alike. Peter Jones Take this opportunity to learn some distasteful; President new skills or polish the skills you • the lower the limit, the more already have. people may need to be turned You will also notice we now have away and disappointed (though a new location for our monthly some might enjoy walking less in meetings – Hughes Baptist Church Walks large parties). hall, Groom Street, which is not far No doubt party numbers will con- from the Hughes shops and next waffl e tinue to be the subject of vigorous to the primary school with plenty discussion. of parking. Committee members identifi ed and followed-up on more BC has a normal minimum of Jeff Bennetts than 30 possible sites for our meet- Cfour and maximum of 16 on Walks Secretary ings. The new location offers better walks, with the Walks Secretary and acoustics, heating in winter and Assistant Walks Secretary able to comes with a much lower price tag. approve numbers smaller or larger. A large contingent of club members These limits have long been argued Membership took advantage of the Christmas/ within the club. New Year break to spend a week The minimum ensures some degree matters of support after an accident; one can look after the injured person while Please ensure that you keep the Contents two go for help. The minimum can Membership Secretary informed sometimes be waived if, for exam- of any changes to your email 2 President’s prattle ple, the walk is within mobile phone address. 2 Walks waffl e range or the party has a Personal 2 Membership matters Locator Beacon. The maximum New members: Mark Bowman, limits environmental impact and Rachel Davenport, Anna Hassett, 3 Trip report: Exploring ensures the leader doesn’t have Bruce Lemin, Leanne Mason, Erick the Finns and BurrunBurrun- too many people to manage. An McPherson, Donna Priol, Helena gubuggegubugge Rivers – andan experienced leader could safely take Seagrott a few more than 16 on a walk all on activationactivation ooff an EPIEPIRBR good track or fi re trail. Gary Trevean 4 ClubClub discountsdiscounts Membership Secretary Leaders can set their own limits 5 ObituariesObituaries within the 4–16 range. Some leaders 6 20112011 calendarcalendar anandd like to keep parties to four; others Quip of the month photographyphotography competitioncompet have no worry about taking 16 walk- ers. My ‘ideal’ is eight though I will I have to walk early in the morning 6 DiscountDiscount offersoffers forfor clubc normally take 12 to avoid having to before my brain fi gures out what membersmembers turn too many people away. If I get I’m doing 6 FirstFirst aidaid subsidiessubsidies very heavy bookings and there are Submitted by John Evans suitable alternative leaders, I will 7 EquipmentEquipment hirehire arrange for a second party to go, Send me your best exercise/ walk- 7 Activity program at a different time or in the reverse ing related jokes to: direction. 11 Bulletin board [email protected] g o r F e e r Page 2 – Canberra Bushwalking Club it February 2010 o b o r r o C g ro F ee or b ro r o C On day two we climbed up and over from the newer. All that remained TTriprip rreport:eport: Disappointment Spur. The line we standing was a galvanised iron EExploringxploring tthehe were following on the map went toilet, being seriously undermined straight down the other side into by a wombat! FFinnsinns aandnd Finns river and up to Bolton’s Hut. However, the view from the saddle From the huts we ascended a differ- BBurrungubuggeurrungubugge convinced us that the descent would ent ridge, in the wake of a mob of RRiversivers – andand be very steep and scrubby, so we brumbies, which afforded a much sidled around the hillside before clearer path. Despite this, it was aactivationctivation ooff aann descending a gentler slope onto the almost 3 pm before we finished grassy plains labelled as a swamp crossing the boggy ground below EEPIRBPIRB on the map. It was not so very our campsite. wet – the walking was easy for the Walkers: Leader Michael Banyard, By this time, we were seriously couple of kilometres up the Finns worried about Basil’s condition. David Hatherly, Meredith River, then we climbed a gentle He had been below his best all trip, Hatherly, Basil Yule (non CBC ascent to the saddle just to the SE attributing this to a lingering cold. member) of Mt Porcupine. We decided on an Even though he had started well early stop here, just over the ridge, in the morning, the last kilometre our of us set out on 15 Novem- and partially sheltered from the had taken him almost 45 minutes, Fber for a four day walk, led by strong westerly wind, leaving the and he was feeling nauseous, cold Michael, towards the Finns and Burrungubugge River as a day trip and exhausted by the time we Burrungubugge Rivers, which lie next day. reached our camp. Bundling him just to the east of Tin Hut and the Day three again dawned clear, and up in his thermals and a sleeping Brassy Ranges. This is an area not bag, and giving him electrolytes often visited, and we were looking we set off early with day packs: across the sphagnum moss plains to sip, we monitored his pulse and forward to exploring a new area. We condition for an anxious couple all agreed we needed to share our forming the headwaters of a tribu- tary to Tollbar Creek. After crossing of hours. Michael, a vet, noted a positive experiences of this walk, heart arrhythmia, at which point and in particular the very impres- the creek we climbed a gentle ridge and were able to look down we decided to summon help before sive response to our activation of daylight faded to the point where an EPIRB on day 3. into the river valley, almost 400 m below. That steep 400 m downhill a helicopter would need to make a We were not able to leave Canberra was a challenge, being thick with night landing. At 5:15 pm we set off until 2 pm, so on our fi rst day we had regrowth as savage as anything in the EPIRB. time only to walk from Munyang Namadgi. Once down, though, we It was less than 45 minutes later that power station up the aqueduct track found a delightful river in a fairly the fi rst helicopter arrived, making to camp in the lush green grass narrow valley. We had an easy walk a beeline straight for us across the outside Disappointment Spur Hut. downstream to the site marked on hills. Colin, the pilot, a private The snow gums were noticeably my map as Constance’s Hut, but operator from Jindabyne, had been taller than when I was last here two on the newer 1:25,000 maps as asked to come out to check the situ- years previously, but it will be a Burrungubugge Shelter.
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