BUSHWALKING CLUB lIE N EWSLETTER P.O. Box 160, Canberra City, A.C.T. 2601

Vol 11 June 1975 Na 6

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June Meeting: Wednesday 18th June at the Land Use Research Meetings Rotm, COS Q I O R00 0 , Black Nouht&in, at 7.45 pm. Business: General Meeting, Walks Reports. avid Lewis tetefãn ndrthg&ter. of laMn and sea will be gitin"a taut with slide s; on his experiences sailing ..solo 'around Antartica

A ôhilly Word from the Pro sident

WOG WOG There has been some good news at last. The IPWS have negotiated with the owner of Wog Wog for the construction of an access corridor to enable access to the park from Wog '

Photographic Competition - AUGUST 1975

It is planned to have our annual photo competition at the August General Meeting0 This will necessitate a closing date for the Competition at the July General Meeting, so start getting out all your prize photos now! and sort them into the following categories. COLOUR SLIDES 1. Bushwalking ) Ski Touring ) Other e.g. Town and Country, Portraits, Overseas trips BLACK -• and WHITE Bushwalking mounted or unmounted Unrestricted) on 10 x 8 or 15 x 12" If thei'e is sufficient interest then there could be a mount4,g night for the Black and Whiters. Contact Rene Lays0 The winning photo in each category will be awardeda prize. Should the entry justify it there may be some encouragement awards. CONDITIONS -Each transparency should be mounted, titled, and spotted. The spot should be in the bottom left hand cornerof the mount as viewed from the hand. Also your name, category If the photo 1, 2., 3. etc, No ptbize will be awarded in anyone category if the standard is not sufficiently high. Please leave out previous entries in club competitions.

WALKS REPORTS

Mt. Franklin Weekend 17 - 18 May.

Forty-six people went to Mt. Franklin, and, as far as we know, forty-six people returned. Some hardy souls with a masochistic bent decided that cold mist and rain previded ideal walking weather, and walked dn over Tidbinbilla, down to the Cotter where they found four huts previously unknown to the Club, and up into the mist shrouding Mt. Ftanklin. Nevertheless, they seemed happy to be greeted with mugs of hot cabbage soup when they reached the hut. Meanwhile, a Prominent Member decided that the best way to spend a chilly evening was to sample the goodies., Page 3 IT June 1975 and then spent a considerable period of time thinking about it under the table. The rest of us enjoyed the soup, casseroles, cakes, ice cream and wine that Joanand, her helpers.had provided. After dinner, the dancing became wilder, until the hut could conta:n us no longer and the hardier souls stripped the willow outside. Later still, a touch of decorum was added to the proceedings by dancing a minuet to the strains of Abdul and other similar ditties0 On Sunday morning we breakfasted a:, the reiins of the previous night's meal (fancy curry, chocolate, cake and gluhwein for breakfast?) and some members proved they could mix socialising and bushwalking by finding their way 6own to Ginini Falls.

Mousynoan

Mt. Scabby, 'Mt0 Kelly but not quite Gudgenby Hilt 24-25 May (Majority report) We started out with 17, and from the beginning it was clear that we were not going to remain as one group of 17, but were going to disperse ourselves as widely as possible through as much bush as possible in as sbort a time as possible. It started when Gary, Bob, and Marguerite decided to bypass Gudgenby Hill to th.e north rather than to the south as the rest of us intended; moreover : the party crossing through the saddle to the south of Gudgenby somehow split into 3 parties; and what's more, one of these parties split again when two of its members turneJ to go back due to illness0 Thus, at this point of time., the original 17 people were now, walking in 5 distinct groups. A brief reunion was held 'at the bottom of the climb to Scabby'. But, as.always when cJ.!imhingis involved, the party, once.again became very widely spaced. We plodded up.the open slopes towards the top of Scabby pausing to admire the view of Kelly obtained when the wooded hillside gae way briefly to a sphagnum. swamp. We arrived at one of the several peaks of Scabby to be rewarded by the superb panorama of much of the surrounding country. From here, some of the party braved the cold west winds and did .a circuit of all the pealçs of Scabby, while others headed along the ridge towards Kelly :in'search of adampspot. We found a saddle, about a third of 'tie way between'" Scabby and Kelly, complete with lake 4 and es'ablished'camp. Miraculously,, all the remaining 15 members'of the party found their 'way to the same campspot. Next morning we awoke to find that the higher peaks, including Kelly, were now snow-capped. It was cold and snowing intermittently as we set out for Kelly, and by the Fage 4 IT June 1975 time we reanhed the top, through inch-deep snow for the latt few hundred feet the visibility had fallen to about 20 yards0 Alas for the views we had hoped for! Nairigatihbecaiae more problematical in these conditions, and two of the party headed off in the Wrong direction; they were not seen again till after dark that night having pioneered a new route out from Kelly0 Given the alternative of pushing on along thefl ridge to Gudgenby in freezing c6nditions and with a less--than-- even chance of a view or taking the easy way out down Sam's Greek we opted fbi? the latter0 Four of us lingered for a while hoping that the two strying members might turn up. but evidently their travels had load them far afield by this time and after an hour or so we gave them up for lost and set off in the footsteps of the rest of the party0 After follcwing down Sam's Creek ) we passed through the same saddle that most of us had come through on the previous day. Scattered over a period of about 3 hours, in dribs and drabs., and oppearing from various directions, all 15 of us arrived back at the cars and went hone0

Jenny Bauer

Nt Kelly - Ninority reoort

It was B, 00 00 cold windy and I was frostbitten so damn I'm off leaving the others to find thefr own way0 Rene also following so off we go losing attitude rapidly and getting warm- great but we've left everyone else behind - who cares there's the hill ahead0 I'll be charitable; get up there first and have a billy boiling for the rest0 Scrub rocks - never seen anything like it ma blizzard0 Fire won't start cooees all round but no one fronts up so off we go - scrub hellish thick but we drop into &mm's Creek - Furry no track!! Scrub getting thicker, steeper - God I'm hungry, cold, wet also lost0 Compass left behind - map falling apart0 Tired we're so tired we keep falling down - steeper, roughet lonelier. Re-assessing the situation we missed Sam's Creek nolth either to the or south by one Or two creeks 0 We came out north of the cars or Tantangara danwards, Eventually we're out on easierground heightened expectancy cleared area ahead do we get hone tonight or an extra day 1 s walk to Adaninaby. No Fine Trees!! Oh Hell!!! weare'nt near the cars then,. . . . . ,. Fage5 IT June1975

Food - Soup 9 a potato', an onion, chocolate, corn Finkes, stinging nettles; Food for a day anyway. DeTihitely no Pines but lots of kangaroos. Darkness - Mi Fines at last and back to the cars and a good hot fire.

A. Hobbs

Wilpena Pound, Flinders Ranges EveninR on St, Na's Peak'

The Pound looks softer now, though the brittle scrub matches that of Tasmania and only a few bare rocks betray cavernous Edeowie Gorge0 To the west Heysen's • Elder;ts Range is masked in evening shadow; on the plains lies the salt white expanse of Lake Torrens and cars squirt thili trails of dust into the quiet air0 From the Found a range snakes northwards where it eventually fades, with rest of the mountains, into the pale sky. For the rest scattered hills or ranges float on the sea flat horizon. A wedge tailed eagle does another fly by0 Gliding crabwise towards us then hovering above, then with a, twitch of a feather slipping :Lnta the valley. Later', the yellow bail casts St0 Nary's shadow onto eastern clouds. We. squart on the rocky peak absorbing the last heat of the day, watching the ball slip between the orange sky and purple plains.

• Now gone, only the fading oranLe reaains and the chilling desert, night begins. We descend to our shelterd camp between those rocks where the total fire ban fire warms our souls

Andrew Thompson

The SENSW and ACT Conservation Workshop

On the weekend 15th .- 19th April Alain Vidler and I attended a workshop for Cané'ervation Societie's'in SE NSW and ACT. This had the aims of bringing together the information on areas in South eastern suitable for declaration as national parks or wildlife reserves - to find effective ways for conservation groups in the area to Page 6 IT June 1975 help one another to carry out this aim and to enable conservation groups within the arc?, to discuss coimnon problems To achieve the first aim Cohn Watson of the National Parks Association of NSW gave us a review of parks, reserves and proposals in the area. The situation down along the coast was regarded as critical., there being a more handful of reserves at present0 Later in the weekend the situation in Illawarra north, of the Shoalhaven was reviewed in detail by a representative from the Local Natural History Society0 He had studied the reserves, a series of small "islands", from a zoologists viewpoint and concluded that unless the reserves were linkby corridors of native vegetation they would not be viable entities for conserving native fauna0 The guest speaker was Graham Yapp of Csiro who has been researching recreation in the region in and around Eurobodalla Shire,; stretching from the Eudawangs to the 'iross river catchuent, He attempted to give an outsider's view of the conservation movement0 It appeared to him that conservationists were advocating the reservation of land as national parks.) then wanting to use it only for restricted recreation purposes i0e. bushwahing. They were the first people to complain when the £Oral public, also seeking recreation began to visit national parks in large numbers. After pointing out t'.e inequalities involved in use of national parks for bushwalking Graham Yapp went on. to suggest that conservationists should strongly support the concept of recreation reserves to take some of the recreation pressure off national parks. He suggested that conservationists should go out of their way to improve their relations IitJa foresters which are presently bad. State forests provide a good possible alternative recreation area to national parks. Conservationists must also consider the implications of education the public in conservation matters as this will lead to more pressure for public use of national parks. Dr. Peter Rudman from the College of Advanced Education gave a talk on Land use planning emphasising the lack of it in New South Wales, The following organisations attemded: National Parks Association of NSW State Council Berrima Branch Milton Branch Bega Tathra Conservation Society Geehi Club Goulburn Field Naturalists Society Illawarra Natural History SocietyU Nonaro Conservation Society National Trust of Australia (NSW) South Coast Conservation Society Page 7 IT June 1975

ACT Enviropont Centre Canberra Bushwalking Club Society for Growing Australian Plants National Parks Association of the ACT South Coast Committee Thetsneafeeling was that communication between bodies was our biggest problem; that this conference was a big help in this regard; and we shouldfollow it up with other such meetings.

Dave Whiteley

Scrub Squashers

First Round Alan Vidler Ann Gibbs Don Shepherd Henr Burmester Sue \Tidler Gary Nedaris Rene Lays Lin Chai'fer Betty Pearson Roy Keith Robin Blessing Geri Crouch So far only two games have been played and Ann has beaten Alan 9:3, 9:4. 9:2; and Sue has beaten Gary 9:?, 9:?, 9:? Gary refuses to devulge his score0

Changes to Ski-•Touring prgjae

Adrian Hobbs (w) 613383 'sTIgloo - Short" trip has been tranferred from 19/20 July to 5/6 July0

Alan lfidler's ski-tour 24th June will be bancelled unless a suitable leader contacts Sue Vidler 545373 (H) beforehand.

U S H S0N'GS • The next meeting of the Bush Songs Group will be on Monday 23 June at Jenny Brierley's flat. V]at 4, Block 10, Northbourne Flats., Turner,

Left at Mt0 FRANKLIN fl 1 Bone jumper - male or large female 2 Striped inner sheet 30 Red Get-with-the-Strength Drinking Mug

Rene's Work No. 488 922 Page 8 IT Juno 1975

To all those avid readers of literature about NJiPAP11L

10 An excellent article on vegetation of Nepal in April 1975 issue of the Geographical Nagazine (of London)0 2 Most of the December 1974 issue of the UKESCO COURIER was devoted to Nepal. It is available -from Canberra Public Libraries or from Dominic Fty. Ltd0, Box. 33., P.O. Brookvale NSW 2100

TRAVELLERS TO NEW ZEkLMTD4

Suo Brierley asks if any members are travelling to New Zealand shortly0 She would like some kind soul to bring her back an ASEFORD spinning Wheel (in kit form)0 Anyone able to help can contact Sue c/o Riverina College of Advanced Education, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2650

THE COTTER CATCHP'ENT - A HISTORY Walkers who have been in Canberra for some time will, I'm sure., have their favourite areas0 Perhaps its the Sand Stone and conglbmerdte cliffs of the Budawangs, or the Sub alpine heathlands of the Snowys0 Some may praise theindabellas or curse its scrub and slopes, but in spite oféveryone 1 s foibles it featured in 1974 as the most visited area in the club's walks programmes0 Its hoped the following histDry of the Cotter catchment will be of interest to members0 This is an extract from the first Presidential Address of the Canberra District Historical Society and was delivered late in 1974 by Dr. John Cunpston, to whom we are most grateful.

Despite the difficulty of access to the Cotter Valley it has had a long history; The first record of a. visit to the Valley known to me, is a record in the Que.nbeyan Deposition Book made in October 1839 This relates that it was mentioned in evidence by William Herbert of Naas Valley.: in the case of King and Dawkins, charged with felony., that he found then at the , thirty miles from his father's residence at Naas0 This suggests that they wre at the Upper Cotter, to which a track led from Naas, over Fitz's Hill to Orroral and thence to the Cotter Gap0 Another track (you. can still see evidence of an old track leading from BooroPna Homestead up Punchbowl Creek - Eds) led from Booroomba through a saddle now known as Smoker's Gcp, thence via Kangaroo Creek and the Cotter River, The Road to the rin Dam follows this route once it reaches the flats above Gibraltar Falls. Page 9 IT June 1975

The Cotter River undoubtedly •tdkes its name from Garret Cotter who appear'to have been familiar with the area from the 1820s Garret Cotter was born in Ireland in 1801. On 31 July 1R31 Cotter was at the Goulburn Plains on a Ticket of Leave. This was apparently cancelled in 1032, after a scuffle with a Policeman', although his employer, F. Kenny, of Goulburn, described him as being honest, diligent, and faithful in carrying out his duties0 Cotter was then not allowed to live in the district, and so had to live to the west of the MurrUnbidgee River. This took him to the Cottet'. In 1863 the wheat shed of Garret Cotter, settler of Michelago, was burnt to the ground. His house still stands, on the west' side of the Cooma road; opposite the railway station. Some years later Garret was running cattle in the Upper Cotter, his brand being G.C. About this time he had two very useful and intelligent aboriginal ëerants, Hong Kong, and Jimmy the Rover. The latter lost his life during an attack by an unfriendly tribe, at Naas Creek0 The whole of the tribe was wiped out, with-the exception of Rang Kbng;• who was a very fast runner0 Hong Kotg eventuiiy' cOme back to the area, and is buried on a hill a little downstrean from the viIlag of Tharwa. The 'Tpp'r Gotttt home'stend' was also occupied b y the Oldfields. " In 1913 it was taken'over by the mmonwbalth Government as part of the water .c.ç.tchment for the Canberra Water

Supply0 I. Despite the rugged nturo of the country the old bullock teams crossed the Cottex River Valley in tyo places. The first traek led fren the Uriarra Homestead over the hills into the Conftpr Creek Valley.0 The Condor Creek was crossed five times to a small slab hut, ocoupied by a man who oñc,e advertised in Sydney for a housekeeper, A girl replied and he duly met her at Queanbeyan. The further they drove i'iitQ the bush the more anxious she became, and her wdrst fears were realized when she found that she was supposed to sleOp in the sane bed with her, employer. She fled incontinently for Sydney. (A, Percival) About 1939 a new road was surveyed by Colonel J.T.H. Goodwin on the slopes above the creek, and this soon replaced the Pine Crossings then badly eroded by traffie. The track then led ü .akd )ver,.'uhe hills to a fork. To the right the track led downhill to a honestead on the Condor Creek at the foet of Mt. Coree occupied by Mr. Howard Blundel]. He l•ive'• there for half a century. There should still be some, old fruit trees on the flat where the horfestead stood" near the creek, but they would by now be buried deeply in the pine forest0 To the left, the track 'led up the 'spur which 'orms the divide between the Cond'or Creek and the Cotter River, and eventually energed at Lee's Sprin@s, situated a few yards from the saddle in the from which the road runs down into the Brindabella Valley. At the floodradigbee River the road divides and the right fork climbs to the top of the range and winds through beautiful Page 10 IT June 19?5 mountain country now being planted with pine forests, to Thnut. The other fork is folloed by the Power Line to Rules Point, whence it goes south to Kiandra, and Yarrangobilly Caves, and nortk to Tunut across the top of the Ranges0 The second bullock track led into the Cotter Valley0 This seems to have been from Angle Crossing to Naas, then 'up Fitz's Hill, the terror of the early motor card, which cane down towing trees to Orrorul, then through the Cotter Gap and down to the Cotter Homestead, At the Cotter Homestead the track split, one truck leading south to the Thoult Hone stead and on to Adaninaby, the other carrying on through Murray's Gap and on towards Kiandra. I am told that the marks o.f the axles o:n th.e bullock drays on the rocks can still be seen. There were also foot tracks leading into and through the Cotter Valley aid the surrounding hills. One well known one led from the Tidbinbilla Honestead over the Fish. ing Gap down.to the River. Once ccross the river the country is very bro1en. and this has led to at least two parties being overdue in recent years0 Another ledfron Booroomba Homestead to the Kangaroo Creek. and down it to the Cotter0 The track then turned to the south up the Cotter River Valley. From Nount Gingera a track lcd to Stockyard Creek, thence ov.r the Ginini Flats to Littl.e Gthini, then it followed the bips of the mountaths until it reache the Brindabella Road0 Doubtless parties.on hnrsback followed these tracks0 The Cadets from the R,oyaLTtLlitary College used to undertake exercises in this area in the 1920s. One gained the impresi'm when following these tracks, that they may well have been used by Aborigines in by- gone years. The Bogong moths that collected on the rocky uountain tops would have attracted them but there is now little evidence of their presence. The bushfies that swept the mountains from time to time would have eliminated most signs that they had been there. These fires were often lit by the local residents, particularly in summer. to clear away the forest litter and undergrowth and stimulate the growth of plants useful for stockfeed. Since this practice has been discontinued it has become much more difficult to move through the high forested valleys.

S A L E Fair Trysil Knut Touring Skis, 190 cm with rate trap binding gsod Conditions A$ 20 - ONO I Pair of l:thather touring boots, size ? Ring: Frank Rigby Tel, No, 4911 98 (H) Nn, 8322 42 (W)

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PIEMBERSHIF We welcome the following new members: Wendy Davidson, Jocelyn Dexter. Ted Edwards, Rcbert and Jeni Goldsmith John Gillam, Jonathan Hillman, Sue McLaughlan, Margaret Merrotsy, Keith Vallard. Geoffrey Hall Bill LeLacheur, Ken Singh, John Wilson. Prospective Members: CORLETT, Richard EA39 University House, Box 1535. 2601 (W) 492761 DUXBON r Leigh 5 Macgregor Street, Deakin 2600, (H) 812380 (W) 819573 LINDEMANN, Heza 19 Rymill Place. Mawson 2607 (H) 864926 (W) 488311 SELLERS, Joanna Flat 15, Lyndon Court, Blarney Ores Campbell, ACT 2601 (vi) 478949 RATZING-ER, Theresia 186 La Ferouse Street,, Flat 2 Red Hill, Canberra 2603 (vi) 951376 THORPE, Jane 18 Bedord St, Deakin. ACT 2600 (H) 731136 VANEY David University House Fox 1535, ACT 2601 (H) 492269 (vi) 492758 Latest Renewals: BROWN, Bill Box 487, Canberra 2601 (vi) 487332 HYDE J Dal 8 Kilby Cres, Weetangerra 2614 (H) 543116 732072 Changes: . . ( vi) GOLDSMITH Robert and Jeni 33 Arabana St Aranda 2614 MACLEAN Thea c/o BAE, Box 1563, Canberra City 2601 (vi) 483840 MORRISS, Michael 6 Logan St.0 . Narrabundah 2604 (H) 957823 (vi) 486644 PUGH John 39 Hicks St0, Red Hill, ACT 2603 (H) 959673 VAN SICaE, Kaaren A/I loung Street Barton ACT 2600 HOBBS, Adrian . : ( vi) 613383

TREASURER'S REPORT MAX . Geral Account

Total Receipts $ 124650 (md0 $ 300,- from Publication Account.) Total Expenditure $ 100086 Balance T 8738

(incl. Conservatini Fund $ 400,-) .. . Publication Account S 14551 Expenditure since last "IT" (major items)0 2nd Printing of Book 5 1954-- Insurance 5 10,-- Huts Maintenance $ 12,--- .. Page 12 1 IT June 1975

ECHTIVE COMNI TTEE

President: Richard Kemmis., 6 Castles Place, Nelba, 2615 (H) 582457 Vice-Pres: Alan Vidler, 56 Wollner Circt, Hawker 2614 (H) 545373 Secretary: Reno Lays, 33 Faunce Ores, O'Connor, 2601 (H) 476082 Minutes Secretary: Glenys West, 4A Gunn Street, Yarralumla. 2600 (W) 897205 Treasurer: Adrian Hobbs, 12/67 McQuoid St0, Queanbeyan, NSW (W).613383 Walks Secetary: Terry Jordan, 6Gow.Street, (VI) 493679 Ainslie, 2602 (H) 498593 Membership Secretary: Roy Keith 61 Spowers Circt, Holder, 2611 (H) 883714 Social Secretary: Joan Goodrum, 25 Eggleston Ores Chifley (H) 816090 Member: Editor & Meg McKone, 22 Longworth Place., Staff Holt, 2615 (H) 545902 Jo Craft, 86 Petterd St0 Page., 2614 (H) 544396 Mike Nerrony 5 Fullwood St0, Weston 2611 (H) 886340 Tjst: , Theresia Ratzinger Keeper of the Labels: Joan Rigby Other Officers: Archivist: Thea Exley Auditor: John Hogan Conservation . Officer: David Whiteley Equipment Officer: John HoJtzapffel, 32 Daglish St., . Curtin, 2605 (H) 815817 Federation Rep: Warwick'BIdtden .. (W) 818245 Librarian: Therry Jordan (H) 498593

Search & Rescue Officer: Bob Galloway •. (H) 512501

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Page 1 IT, Vol. 11, No, 6, Appendix 1 June 1975 ACTIVITIES PR0GRAE Date Details Leader Map

Tumbeet rn/rn Arminel Ryan Budawangs • June Brook 14-15-16 Woila rn/r DavId Whiteley CObargo 818275w 1100000 14-15-16 0rroral-Gingera-Cave Creek l/r Gary Modaris Tantangara Orrors.i 496188w 1:100000 wed 18 GENERAL MEETING - C,S.I,R.0. - 7.45prn 21-22 Quilty's Mountain area rn/rn Robert story Budawangs 8i2174h sun 22 Mt. Booth m/ ; Jon Hhllman mon 23 BUSH SOTGS - Jenny Briorley's, Fiat 4, Block 10, Nort!focurts mrn 23 CC1GvIITTEE MEETING - Kenimi&s - 7.30pm F1at wed 25 Moonlight walk: Mt. Taylor easy David O'Boest sat 28 Tidbinbilla Ridge - rn/rn Richard Kathrnis Brindabella from the north 582457h 1:100000 28-29 Folly Point-Crooked Falls- m/r Meg McKone Budawangs Mt. Tarn 545902h sun 29 STallaganda State Forest: easy Denise Black Braidwood Botany walk 492645w 1:100000 sat 5 Dingo Dell-Mountain Creek rn/e Joirn Hogan Brindabella July 730429 1:100000 (4)5-6 Bunning Memorial Walk: rn/rn Ann Gibbs Gangerang Kanangra-TiWilla-Kowmung River 952111w mon 7 IT COLLATION - Bauor's, 105 Stornaway Road, Queanbeyan 12-13 Shoalhaven Gorge rn/rn Bill Brown Moss Vale 487322w 1:100000 un 13 $North Tindorryi, from the east dm - Tony Rent Michelago (18)19-20 Byangee Walls-Castle traverse s./sev. Terry JoIdn Budawangs + 498593h sun 20 Upper Honeysuckle Creek rn/rn Eric Rumbo Tantangara 465246w 1:100000 tues 22 CoMMITTEE MEETJThTG wed 23 WALKS PLANNING EVENING - Gow Street 26-27 Bungonia Gorge and . rn/rn Dot DeBedeci Moss Vale Shoaihaven. 1:100000 sat 26 Family walk etsy Richard Kernrnis 582457h

2-3 • • Murrarnurrang Nat Park: easy Bill Brown August Pretty Beach, etc. 487322w I 9-10. . Thompson Memorial Walk: l/r/ex. ene. Lays Corang Cur±'ockbilly-Wirritin Ridge 476082h 1150000 sun 10 Tidbinbilla Ridge - rn/r Fred George Brindabella from the south 810385h 1:100000 16-17 Jiiiacarnbra • l/r Gary T'kddris Cobago

1 - 96188w 1:100000 23-24 .... Mongan-Murray-Birnberi: l/r •Thiry Jordan Tantangara Snowshoe Walk 498593h 1:100000 234-24 Buchler Anniversary Walk: rn/r ?T? . Caoura . 1:25000 Ettrerna . . . .. ,• . •(29)3031 EAst of Deua . rn/r Ann Gibbs Araluen 952111w 1:100000

6-7 Euranbene Mtn.-Badja Clearing-. rh/rn . Bob Harrison . Cobargo September: • Big Badja Hili . 49893h 1:100000 6-7 Magical Mysteiy Ski-tour • rn/cold • Barry Mayfield 22 ..... . . 613188w Page 2 IT, Vol. 11 9 No. 6, Appendix I June 1975

I Date Details Grade Leader Map (12)13-14 Mts;Colong & Yerranderie rn/rn Mark Ccx Gundungura Sept. 832222w 20-21 Beginner's Trip: Middle Creek rn/c Adrian Rdbbs Tantangara 613383w 1:100000 27=28 Blue Lake: Crampon trip hard Terry Jordan Kosciusko 498593h • Labour Day Weekend

• 4-6 Boyd Plateau; Guided tour by easy Denise Black Kanangra October (the) expert 492645w Tops • (3) 4-5 -6 Wolgan-Capertee area m/r Terry Jordan Glen Alice 498593h 1:50000 4-5-6 Tuross Cr.ssing-Wadbilliga Trig. m/r Fred George Yowrie -Wadbilliga R. 810385h 1:25000

see Previews

• - f... see Grading; also, 5ev, = severe, ax. = excruciating. • Grading of alks: Distance: Short (s) = under 121cm / day Every 100 h climbed or Mediurn (m)= 12-20lan / day dropped rates as one Long (1) .= more than 20km / day extra kilometre, Conditions: Easy (e) = no scrub; good track, open paddock, Or beach. Medium (m) = normal bush track; open alpine plateau or scrub-free hilltop. Rough (r) = any route involving substantial scrub, wading of • swampsor creeks, or scrambling on •rocks or • cliffs using hands.

BOOICNGS FOR WALKS: must be made on the appropriate sheet at Paddy Pallin's shop, Northbourne Avenue, Civic, by 5pm on the Thursday preceding the trip. DO NOT telephone Paddy's to book. Do not telephone the leader unless unavoidiblo, The Leader of a scheduled trip will be at the designated starting point of a trip regardless of Weather. Pets should not be brought on trips without permission from the Leader. Transport costs are-at present offset by accomplex process whereby passengers contribute to drivers. Running - are based on figures of 5.5cents/Ian for for cars undr 1700cc capacity, 7,0 cents/km for cars over 1700cc. In practice, this is usually about 1.8 cents/km/passenger. Equipment for Cub walks can.be hiredfrom John Roltzapffel (815817h). -=3=%=LL[L[[L[L[+JJiJiJJJi=%=3 - -

PREVIEWS: -- 1. Orroral-Cave Creek, etc. = June leng weekend. See preview 1 in May IT, 2. Tallaganda State Forest = Sunday, 29th June, - Large-scale forestry operations (cloa-felling, etc.) have recently begun in Tallaganda S.F. ,which is not all that far from Queanbeyan. Denise intends to look at. the more interesting natural features of the Lowden ridge area, particularly the dense forests of the southward-facing slope. Basicdlly educational, but those wishing to can climt to Lowden summit. - • -3.- North Ti-nderry Peak = Sunday, 13th Jály. This walk: is possible as a double-ender; if enough people are interested two parties could start at opposite sides, md-ct on top, and carry on to each others cars, Otherwise, The climb from Tinderry Station is a little scrubby, but not long, and return would be made by the same way. [Typed by Rorty Danjer, who holds himself responsible for all errors herein,