"The worst thing that can happen AMENDMENT 25 FINALISED is not energy depletion, economic The 5 December 2000 Council meeting saw Councillors collapse, limited nuclear war or finalise Amendment 25 to Local Environment Plan 1991. conquest by a totalitarian govern- This amendment has been many years in the making and ment. Terrible as these catastrophes now goes to the Department of Urban Affairs and Planning would be for us, they can be repaired for ratification. within a few generations. The one The Amendment was finalised on the casting vote of the process ongoing in the 1980-90s that Mayor, after Councillors had voted six-six on a BMCS/RAID learn. As The Hut's architect will take millions of years to correct is request that Council reinstate clauses that had been Nigel Bell said, good design the loss of genetic and species changed between the time the Amendment was on public starts with a site analysis, i.e. diversity by the destruction of natural exhibition and when it came before Council. looking at solar access for habitats. This is the folly our Councillors in favour of the BMCS/RAID request were energy efficiency, and so on. descendants are least likely to Clrs Greenhill, Burridge, Henson, Searle, Gaul and Kozelj. It's not just a matter of forgive us." (E.O. Wilson, Harvard Opposed were Clrs Hamilton, van der Kley, Kime, Myles, building with mud bricks. In Magazine, Feb 1980.) Egan and Angel. When announcing the tied vote, Mayor one book about healthy Angel announced that his casting vote would be to maintain design, called The Healthy Meeting on 26 January the status quo, which, in this case, was to re-instate the House (by Sydney & Joan Our January general meeting will be clauses that had been on exhibition. His comments were Baggs), it gives a good held on Australia Day. We will celebrate greeted with much applause from the large audience in the summary of what it's about: Australia Day and Blue Mountains chamber. "The aim is to provide living World Heritage with a special meeting. Amendment 25 will improve the level of Environment environments that are free In the first half there will be a guest (yet protection in the lands covered by LEP1991 — primarily the from pollutants, are in tune to be organised) who will tell us about land on village edges and the land between villages. with the needs, feelings and World Heritage and what it will mean to Much of this land is steeply sloping, has watercourses spiritual aspirations of the the Blue Mountains, and we will be on it, has rocky outcrops, or contains rare flora and fauna. family, and in concert with entertained by poetry inspired by the This Amendment recognises the importance of these features, and will limit the amount of land clearing and the nature around us." Blue Mountains. So, on January 21st, After supper, our guest speaker will subdivision that will be possible. The clauses that Council reinstated had previously been 2001, we're going to take a be David Geering, the coordinator of the little excursion, in a Regent Honeyeater recovery program. agreed by Council, had been on exhibition, and had drawn no adverse comment from the Community. By ensuring that community bus, and visit Australia is renowned for its fantastic the finalised plan was consistent with the version that was some of the examples of eco biodiversity, but so many species are in on public exhibition, approval by the State Government must designs, between Woodford danger of extinction. Here is a group of now be a mere formality. We are looking forward to seeing and Blackheath, and find out people who are trying to do something this Amendment included in LEP1991 early in the new year. for ourselves what a about it. In the Blue Mountains area, World Heritage Listing was announced just recently. difference this makes. It will regular tree plantings in the Capertee One week later, it would have been an amazing about-face be an interesting, informative Valley are increasing the Regent for Council to have passed a watered-down version of and inspiring day, to see how Honeyeater’s chance of survival. Amendment 25. passionate these people are The Regent Honeyeater was once a about their living spaces and common bird of the woodlands west of welcome. how much work and thought has gone the divide, but is now one of Australia's into it. Everyone is most welcome! rarest birds as well as one of its most Eco Site Tour Sunday, January 21 If you'd like to join us, please book beautiful. Aimed at preventing its Inspired by the Non-Conventional on Ph: 4782-5375 (Vera) or 4751-3671 extinction, the Regent Honeyeater Home Tours in Taree, the Enviro Ed (Vanessa). Places are limited so we'd Recovery Effort has been working for six group of the Society thought it might be like to know by January 10th. We'll years to increase our knowledge of this nice to do something similar in the meet at Wentworth Falls Station at 9.15 enigmatic bird. This knowledge is being Mountains. So we've got a substantial sharp. Please bring your lunch, drink, put to use in identifying causes for the list of places that have been built or hat. The community bus will take us species decline and devising ways to stop renovated using features such as solar first to Woodford, then we'll make our and reverse this worrying trend. passive design, composting toilets, mud way up to Blackheath and back to David Geering will outline the past brick, strawbales, solar panels, etc. Wentworth Falls by 3.30 pm. and current status of the Regent Honey- The more one looks into 'eco design' eater, the findings of six years of the more one realizes that there is a lot to research as well as the actions “Hut News ”, the newsletter of Blue Mountains Conservation Society Inc. currently being undertaken as part P.O. Box 29, Wentworth Falls, 2782 Phone 4757 1872 Fax 4757 1753 of the Recovery Effort. Email: [email protected] Web page: http//www.pnc.com.au/~bmcs The meeting at the President: Robin Mosman (Ph/Fax) 4757.1354 First Vice President: Meredith Brownhill 4782.4823 [email protected] Second Vice President: Imre Gahl 4784-3286 Correspondence Secretary: Conservation Hut, end of Fletcher Frances Love , 4757.2585 [email protected] Meetings Secretary: Heather Hull , 4739.1493 Street, Wentworth Falls, starts at [email protected] Membership Secretary: Ross Coster , (H)4759.1837 (W)4759.1247 (Fax) 4759.1095 7.30 pm on Friday 26 January. [email protected] Treasurer: Les Coyne , 4757.3327 (Fax):4757.2820 [email protected] Bring your friends, up for the long Publicity: Jim Wallace 4784.3305 Land Use: Lyndal Sullivan 4782.1635 [email protected] weekend. Visitors will be very Walks Convenor: Bill Graham 4759.1692 [email protected] Plant Nursery Manager: David Coleby (Ph/ Fax)4784-1395 National Parks: Lachlan Garland 4754.2796 Bushcare: Laura Hays 4782.7692 [email protected] Education: Bob Seaborne 4751.6100, [email protected] Bushfire Rep: Hugh Paterson , 4751-2303 [email protected] Projects: Kathy Gott 4739-8124 Martin Beveridge 4758.9829 [email protected]. Helga Esamie .4787.7690 [email protected] Mike Purtell 4751.2143 [email protected] Newsletter Editor: Christine Davies 4787-7246 [email protected]

Hut News , No. 162, January 2001 — Page 1. nation WHC extensively. The result was think of, we've been fighting all the way. the unanimous vote in favour of the And of course, we campaigned in 1975 nomination when it came back to the when we'd won our Rainforest Campaign WHC at Cairns on 29 November 2000. [all the rain forests in the north of NSW], In putting forward the nomination, which were proposed by Neville Wran to the Australian Government promised to become World Heritage areas. Then, retain the area in pristine condition for all after that, there was Wollemi National time, and to restore any degraded parts. Park, very largely done by the Colo We should expect additional funding to Committee, with our support of course. be made available for environmental And then there was another drive for the restoration and protection. Yes, World Nattai National Park and the last one was Heritage Listing will also bring the Gardens of Stone National Park. We additional tourism to the area, but we started our Blue Mountains for World believe that the benefits form the Heritage campaign at the end of 1986. additional protection afforded by the Question: Was that the first time that it Listing outweigh the extra impact from was proposed to be listed? increased visitation. Alex: Well, it was the first time that we We often write to Government asking had thought about it and we spent a little for their support for our campaigns. It while organising a submission for the has been a pleasure to be able to write to park, which we did eventually. We asked our Local Members of Parliament and to for grants of course and didn't get others involved in the campaign, to pass them ...and anyway, eventually we on the Society's thanks for a successful thought we'd go it alone and we asked outcome. There have been many who Geoff Mosely [member for 7 years of the deserve our thanks, and comparisons are ISN World Heritage Committee and for World Heritage ——— At Last always difficult. However, there is many years president of the Australian At its recent Annual Meeting, held in absolutely no doubt that Keith Muir from Conservation Foundation] if he'd take it Cairns, the World Heritage Committee the Colong Foundation played a major on and we financed his book “Blue unanimously added the Greater Blue part in the successful outcome. Special Mountains for World Heritage ”. Mountains to the World Heritage thanks must go the Joan and Serge Question: So how does it feel to you Register. The listed area covers 10,326 Domicelj, (Leura residents and Society personally now, after all those years of square kilometres — an area about one- members), the editors of the nomination hard work? sixth the size of Tasmania. The area document. Bob Debus has been very Alex: It makes me feel very good comprises seven National Parks — Blue supportive, and made a special trip to because it's the culmination of all those Mountains, Wollemi, Yengo, Gardens of Cairns — a trip that had a major impact years, right back to the 1930's, in trying Stone, Kanangra-Boyd, Nattai and on the World Heritage Committee. And, to preserve the Blue Mountains, and that Thirlmere Lakes — and Jenolan Caves we must not forget Pam Allan, the was our idea. We'd got the Blue Moun- Karst Conservation Reserve. No private previous Environment Minister, who tains National Parks dedicated and we lands are included in the listed area. played a pivotal role in the earlier stages thought, well, to get the maximum The criterion finally chosen to list the of the nomination process. protection, the thing to do is to get World area was the uniqueness of its eucalyptus Let's all enjoy this wonderful Heritage because then it becomes not population. Earlier efforts to recognise outcome! only the Blue Mountains Council's job to the area's cultural significance and its Interview with Alex Colley look after it, but the State Government geomorphology were not pursued by the Members of our Environmental and the Commonwealth Government, Australian Government. Education Sub-committee recently too. There's a big incentive there, with The campaign to list the area interviewed Alex Colley of the Colong this World Heritage, even if they don't commenced in the 1980's, with the Foundation. Here is a transcript: fully appreciate the value of the Colong Foundation leading the campaign Question: Having been involved in mountains, to appreciate it and protect it. for the entire duration — with very campaigning for the protection of the So that's what it means to me. active support from our members. As Blue Mountains for so long, what does Question: I gather you used to walk in the campaign progressed, support was the World Heritage mean to you now? the mountains in the 30's. eventually received from all levels of Alex: Well, it means the culmination of a Alex: I started long before that. I used to Government — Local, State and very long campaign, that goes back 70 live in Lithgow and I used to walk in the Commonwealth — together with years. It started off with Milo Dunphy's mountains as a kid. ... The first walk I widespread support from the community Greater Blue Mountains National Parks did through there was in 1925, we went at large. Scheme, and that was promoted for a down to the Cox's River. We went down The nomination was submitted to the while before the War and then not very there to shoot rabbits really, but we did a World Heritage Committee in June 1998, much happened till the National Parks little walking. But from then on, I've with the expectation that the listing Association was formed and then it been going for walks to the mountains would be agreed at the WHC Paris really got underway when the Colong ever since, on and off, mostly on. When I meeting in late 1999. However, at that Foundation was appointed (or the joined Sydney Bushwalkers, that was meeting, concern was expressed about a Colong Committee as it was then) in their favourite walking area and I number of matters — primarily 1968 and Milo Dunphy was the suppose I've climbed all the mountains connected with the urban impact on the organizer of that. ...Then there was the and practically all the rivers. I've National Parks and the extent of the Colong Caves campaign which was probably done more walking in the inholdings within the nominated area. successful and then, a little while mountains than almost anyone else. There was also the suggestion that the afterwards, we started the Boyd Plateau Question: What do you think we need to nomination be resubmitted as part of a campaign to stop the pine plantation do now to better protect this World serial nomination, covering eucalypt there. And we went on battling against Heritage area? forests in a number of Australian States. one thing and another, the gas pipeline Alex: Well, I think the first thing to do is The nomination was then deferred, across the Wolangambi Wilderness, and to try and get the National Parks and pending receipt of further information there was a road proposed through the Wildlife Services to have some sense and from Australia. national park, and the raising of the dam realize that their Memorandum of The Australian Government res- which would have flooded the Cowmung Understanding, which enables the 4WD ponded vigorously and gave the matter River, and dams up the Colo and clubs to use some of the dirt tracks in the very serious attention. Colong powerline... and Kanangra Boyd mountains, [is no good and] should be Foundation obtained expert endorsement National Parks, and everything you can resisted very strongly. We are preparing for the nomination. Both lobbied the 21- a website now about the damage done by

Hut News , No. 162, January 2001 — Page 2. 4WD's. It was condemned by the State get people to install gas-boosted solar hot Pollution Control Commission Inquiry, Greenhouse Corner water systems, the in 1981. ... And horse-riding could do a Integral Facts installation must be lot of damage. A few horses in the old During the recent Sustainable Energy planned and undertaken days of the cattlemen didn't do much Workshop held at Lawson, the only invited before the old system harm but when you've got a dozen or guest speaker who actually turned up was fails. The pay-back more horses traipsing up and down the John Ross from Integral Energy. period for a solar hot Cox or through the Kuringai Chase, they John is a friendly fellow, whose job at water system is about 7 make a hell of a mess of the place. Integral is to sell less electricity! He conducts years, yet they last about Question: Anything else? energy audits for business and domestic 15 years, making them Alex: I would like to say one thing and customers, and shows them how to reduce economical right now. that is that the person who did all the their energy use. John Ross believes work was not me but Keith Muir, the As John was the only guest speaker, we that most people will only spend money on director of the Colong Foundation. He used the opportunity to grill him for some reducing their energy consumption if it has a worked day and night for years on the electricity facts. Here are some facts about short-term economic pay-back and/or it will thing and he went up with our assistant hot water heaters. immediately improve their comfort level. For director Tom Whiddup and they had a Each kilowatt hour of electricity used this reason, Integral concentrate on efficiency beautiful Lobby Book, illustrated with produces 1 kilogram of carbon dioxide at the measures like insulation, double glazing, Henry Gold's photographs, and the power station, and the average home pelmeted curtains and draught excluders. feature of it was that it summarised or produces 17 tonnes of CO2 through electricity I have been critical of Integral Energy in just gave a brief description of the consumption. Most of this consumption the past for not having a 'real' green energy opinions of 12 leading botanists. One of comes from hot water and space heating. program whereby customers can buy them was Sir Robert May, the scientific An average domestic electric water heater renewable energy for a premium price. adviser to the British Government and produces as much CO2 as a family car! Integral will be introducing such a scheme in another one was Professor Raven who is Hot water systems are replaced on 2001, using electricity from wind power and about the top botanist in the U.S. and average every 12 years. As they are normally biomass (sugar cane waste) systems from then there was Professor Spatier (?) in replaced after a catastrophic failure, most around the State. Ross Coster. Australia and a number of other people install the same system again. So to Australians, leading botanists, who all said that the Blue Mountains should become a World Heritage area because Welcome to New Members The Wrong Trees in the of its values. That had a lot to do with it, James Lees, Guildford Wrong Place? because when Keith and Tom went up Andy Cairns, Woodford Recently there has been a spate of there, they took this Lobby Book and Marek Bowman, Glenbrook letters in the Blue Mountains Gazette they were able to interview all of the 21 Dianne Eyre, Springwood regarding 14 Canary Island Date Palms members of the World Heritage Astrid Evans, Hazelbrook planted at Blaxland. Committee, give them a Lobby Book, Rhonda Phillis, Faulconbridge Our weed experts agree that Canary and talk to them. Now a lot of them Rachel Bowman, Glenbrook Island Date Palms are an environmental didn't know anything about the Blue Suzanne Hodge, Valley Heights weed in NSW. Weed mapping for the Mountains and neither the State nor the Matt Johns, Leura Urban Runoff Control Program by The Commonwealth government had gone to Astrid Stephens, Linden Bush Doctor has shown that this species the trouble of giving them much data on Mike and Kim Williams, Katoomba is already spreading as a weed in the it. So they listened to Tom and Keith and Ron and Pauline Hartshorn, Bullaburra Blaxland area. although, when they went, about 8 were Alison Towerton, Bullaburra Date Palms are dieoceous. That is in favour of it, by the time they'd finished David and Simone Bowskill, Wentworth males and females are separate plants. If with them, all 21 voted for World Falls only males are planted there will be no Heritage for the Blue Mountains. That Ray Green, Katoomba seeds so it will not spread. was a wonderful thing. So Keith is the Jacqueline Cole, Glenbrook Don Morison, whose column will be real architect of it. Carolyn Williams, Woodford back next month, has had advice from And Henry Gold's photography was Steve Burton and Jackie van der Neut, Botanist Roger Lambit, who says that another reason why we won this. Springwood this species has become a bushland pest Because politicians don't go bushwalking Pauline Evatt, Leura in the Pittwater area where a number really and they don't know much about Barbara Usher, Faulconbridge have been planted in nearby urban areas. the place, but when they see Henry Christopher and Carol Ann Steward, Mr Lembit told Don that the seeds Gold's photographs, they realized it's Faulconbridge are spread by Currawongs and that the something worthwhile. So, Henry has Blaxland plants are a disappointing been a very valued supporter of our Call for a member departure from the RTAs usual campaign. responsible planting policies. Question: Do you think that citizens who with a Flair? have houses up here can contribute to Do you have a flair for preparing the protection of it in some way? posters or leaflets? “I’ve lived Alex: Oh, yes. They can protest against in harmful developments such as Every couple of months the developments on the edge of the cliff.... Committee needs someone to help Blaxland They're proud of the place and they can present information for either a public 80 years - resist any moves to put resorts in the display or to illustrate a point to No-one middle of the wilderness or give the 4WD Councillors or politicians. Usually it will ever comes drivers and the horse-riders, and... I involve using photos and text already here for a noticed when I was up there with the prepared. Someone is needed to present date.” ABC, there was a blasted helicopter it and organise copying or mounting etc. reverberating up and down there, at the This could be a job for you if you are (Graphics: top of the Jamison Valley, and it only available to help the Society every Joshua absolutely stopped the serenity of the now and then. Hopefully we could Thompson; scene and I think there would have been develop a list of those interested —- just Text: Don several hundred people who would have ring Meredith on 4782.4823 or email Morison) heard it. I think that's one thing local [email protected] people can do. We'll resist them all the time but I think protests from the local people would be even more valuable.

Hut News , No. 162, January 2001 — Page 3. DATES FOR YOUR DIARY Thursday Bushwalks Jan 20 (Sat) Management Meeting , 9 am, Mid Mountains Community Centre, Our Thursday morning interpretive Lawson. bushwalks will start again on 8 February. Jan 21 (Sun) Eco Site Tour. (see page 1) Walks will be in the upper mountains Jan 26 (Fri) Australia Day General Meeting , at the Conservation Hut, 7.30 pm. where the weather is not always so hot, Guest speaker will be David Geering, National co-ordinator of the and we will seek cool places on hot days. Regent Honeyeater Recovery Program. (see page 1) There will be eight walks of 3-4 hours QUOLL CLUB (Activities for 12 and under) duration, medium grade, at a leisurely For more information contact Jessica on 4757.2783. For a copy of the pace. Cost will be $20 for the eight Quoll Club Newsletter, phone Ross Coster 4759.1247. walks, with expert guests on some. BUSHCARE (Tools provided — bring morning tea and gloves.) Numbers will be limited. Contact Jan 09 (Tue) Valley of the Waters Bushcare Group. (2nd Tuesday of every Christine on 4787.7246. month) Contact Jessica 4757.2783 for the meeting place. (following Walking, Gawking and Tuesday if wet). Jan 14 (Sun) Digger Cooper Reserve Bushcare Group. (2nd Sunday of every Relating month) Meet 9 am at the Reserve (GWH, West of Sorenson Bridge). My partner Glenys and I have Contact Ross Coster 4759.1247. enjoyed our Thursday walks with BMCS BUSHWALKS : Carry drinking water (minimum 1 litre), bring morning tea, this year. For me, being a newcomer to and lunch for day walks. Wear shoes with a good tread. the mountains and BMCS, the walks Monday Leisure Walks: Usually half day walks,easy/medium, leisurely pace. have been a very enchanting and Jan 15 Harbour Foreshores from Cremorne Wharf to Mosman to Taronga. inspiring introduction to, and sensing of Meet on train, 6.39 from Lithgow (7.42 at Lawson). Morning tea at Lee’s. place. Our last two walks into Mount Take lunch. Easy. Wilson and Glastonbell were particularly Jan 22 Bus to the ‘Warringah Bicentennial Coastal Walk’ Bilgola. Starting so. 8.30 am from Anna-Maries, Honour Ave, Lawson. Meet at Lawson When Mr Zinfandorfer - whom I Pharmacy 8.30. Arrange other pick-ups with Bill Graham 4759.1692. assume is the senior caretaker of Take lunch. Easy. Booked seats only, only a few left — Call now . Glastonbell - was welcoming our group Jan 29 Braeside Walk to Govetts Leap. Meet Blackheath Neighbourhood to the property, he reminded me of the Centre 9 am. Contact June Baxter 4787.7312. BBQ after at Govetts Leap. quality of Earth-Human relationship that This is an outstanding walk and always popular. still exists among some of the senior Feb 05 Tessellated Pavements at Mount Irvine. Meet Mt Vic Station 9 am. anangu custodians of Uluru Kata-Tjuta Contact Jock McKecknie 4758.6346. Long walk, easy. BBQ after. National Park. Glenys and I found it Last year’s top popular walk. very encouraging to meet a group of Bushwalks: Walks of various grades, full or half day. Australians of European descent who Jan 13 (Sat) No walk is planned, but you are welcome to attend the Bushwalking publicly declare their land to be 'sacred Workshop and Brunch to help plan the 2001 walks program. It will land' and then relate to it and care for it be held in Noble Street, Bullaburra and RSVP required by 7 January. accordingly. Contact Bill Graham 4659.1692. The whole walk experience inspired Jan 14 (Sun) Neates Glen to Grand Canyon. Meet commuter carpark,Blackheath me to dig out my copy of the report of Station 9.30. Contact Meredith Brownhill 4782.4823. Long morning the re-nomination of Uluru as a 'cultural walk, medium. Take lunch and extra water if hot. Steep climb out. landscape' (DEST 1994), which Jan 20 (Sat) Glastonbell circuit walk. Meet Mt Vic Station 9.30. Contact Alan describes the extent to which the Macaulay 4739.2767. Long morning walk. Medium. Take lunch. phenomenon of sacred sites reached a Jan 27 (Sat) Terrace Falls and South Lawson Waterfalls. Meet Hazelbrook unique level of sophistication among Station 9.30. Contact Kate McManus 4758.7936. Medium. Half day. Australia's indigenous people. The Feb 03 (Sat) Junction Rock. Meet commuter carpark, Blackheath Station 9.30. Contact Meredith Brownhill 4782.4823. Medium. Steep climb out. custodians of Glastonbell appear to be carrying on this powerful Australian Walks are generally Easy to Medium Grade, unless otherwise noted. Easy : tradition in an appropriate and valuable Mostly good surfaces, but some rough or steep sections. Suited to people of average modern day context. The above report is fitness. Medium: Includes rough or steep sections, some of which may require now in the BMCS library for members clambering over natural obstacles. Discuss with leader if in doubt. Hard : Strenuous reference. walks, suited to fit and experienced walkers. If this is your first walk , or you are in any doubt, contact the leader or Bushwalks Convener Bill Graham 4759.1692. Even though I have enjoyed a lengthy career of conservation work (1973 - 1998), including an inspiring decade (the 1990's) among the descendants of among tree ferns and moss covered down enough to contemplate it, there indigenous Australians, I have still found boulders on Springwood Creek - only really is little to stop us from going bush it increasingly difficult to imagine how fifteen minutes walk from the railway and increasing the quality of our own society at large can become more station and our home - where I enjoyed Earth-Human relationship through the motivated to enjoy and act wisely toward several hours listening to, and watching, pure wild and free flowing energy of it our natural environment. Hopefully the two magnificent lyrebirds. It was one of all. recent World Heritage Area listing of the the most enchanting experiences I have Glenys and I are looking forward to Blue Mountains National Park will help had. It was as wild and as soul satisfying the next season of walking, gawking and more people to value the biodiversity of as anything I have experienced in the relating within the Blue Mountains. Our this unique place. more remote parts of our great southern studies, seasonal celebrations and quality In the context of our BMCS Environ- land. of life will be all the richer for this mental Education program, I am Our European and Australian wonderful practice. Thank you BMCS. beginning to suspect that the BMCS ancestors invented the foundation stones Bob Seaborne & Glenys Livingstone. walking program is one of our most of human culture namely speech, effective practices. We humans appear symbols, tool-making and ritual, while hunting, gathering, walking, gawking Membership Enquiries to be at our best when we are walking, Contact Ross Coster gawking and relating together in the bush and relating within their country. No doubt our ancient ancestors needed to (Phone --- Work) 02 4759.1247 - and what an enchanting bushland we (Phone --- Home) 02 4759.1837 have surrounding us here in the Blue be a lot more vigilant, creative and aware of their natural environment than (Fax) 02 4759.1095 Mountains! Yesterday I was able to sit (Email) [email protected] we do nowadays, but when we slow (Post) PO Box 29,Wentworth Falls 2782 This issue of Hut News has been printed on 100% Recycled Paper Hut News , No. 162, January 2001 — Page 4.