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Tablelands Bushwalking Club Walks Program Tablelands Bushwalking Club Inc, P O Box 1020, Tolga 4882 [email protected] www.tablelandsbushwalking.org Tablelands Bushwalking Club Committee Members President: Sally McPhee 4096 6026 Treasurer: Christine Chambers 0407 344 456 Secretary: Travis Teske 4056 1761 Vice President: Patricia Veivers 4095 4642 Vice President: Tony Sanders 0438 505 394 Activities Officer: Wendy Phillips 4095 4857 Health & Safety Officer Morris Mitchell 4092 2773 Membership Fees: For all members 18 years or more there is a joining fee of $15.00 After that the Tablelands Bushwalking Club offers: Ordinary membership (individual) – where the appropriate joining fee has been paid, including voting rights if aged 18 or more - $25.00. Family membership – where the appropriate joining fee has been paid, membership of a family unit covering the parent/s and dependent children and students under the age of 18, with voting rights limited to the parent/s of the family unit - $50.00 Trip membership (visitor): membership of an individual only for the duration of a single trip, excluding any voting rights - $5.00 Standard Requirements: Boots, high gaiters, sock protectors, hat, sun block, morning and afternoon tea and lunch, at least 2 litres of water, whistle, personal first aid kit. Standard requirements apply to all the walks. Name Tags: These are issued when you join the club. Please attach them to your pack or carry them with you so that you can be identified as a club member. Departure Times: The times given in the program are departure times. Please ensure that you are at the meeting place at least 10 minutes prior to leaving time to sign in, car pool etc. Members: Members must sign the Trip Sheet to meet insurance requirements. Members are required to take reasonable care to avoid activities that expose the Club to unreasonable risk of loss or risk of liability, and avoid exposing any person, including other participants in an activity, to unreasonable risk of injury or risk of loss. Members are to carry first aid items and safety equipment as prescribed by the Club. Members are responsible for determining if they are capable of doing an activity, and are responsible for their own safety and wellbeing, based on personal judgement and their own level of risk acceptance. Before any activity starts, members are to notify the activity leader of any medical condition or other condition that could impact on their ability to safely complete the activity. Non-Members: Non-members are asked to sign an Acknowledgement of Risks and Obligations form before setting out on a club activity to ensure that the activity is within their capabilities, they have food, water and the necessary equipment appropriate for the activity. Leaders: Activity leaders are to determine the grading (a guide to the degree of technical difficulty and the level of fitness required) applied to a particular activity. Leaders are to have authority to reject nominees for an activity, and cancel or vary the activity. The leader has the right to refuse a walker he/she thinks does not meet the club’s requirements. Walkers: Consider offering to help with fuel costs if you are accepting a lift to or from a walk. If a Walking Trip is Delayed – What Your Emergency Contact Needs to Know: Occasionally trips are delayed due to unforeseen circumstances. Before leaving on a Tablelands Bushwalking Club (TBC) outing you should tell your emergency contact (family member or friend) where you are going and give them a copy of the phone numbers of the Committee Members as members of the Management Committee will be the Contact Officers. Contact should be with any member of the Tablelands Bushwalking Club Management Committee. The phone numbers of the committee members are found at the beginning of the Walks Program or the Newsletter. Move down the list until you find someone at home. If there were a situation that required a search or rescue, members of the Committee would liaise with experienced walkers within TBC and with the Police and SES. They will also hold membership details for all TBC members, including the name of a family member or friend to contact in case of delay or emergency. 1 Walks Program July - September Standard requirements needed on all walks unless otherwise stated. If you think a walk might not go ahead please contact the leader the night before. July Wednesday 2nd – Watsonville Hills Easy walk mainly along old mining tracks. Some uphill at start. Open country with old mines. Will take about 5 hours with a distance of approximately 6km. Depart Old Post Office Gallery, Atherton 8.00am. Contact Travis Teske 4056 1761. July Sunday 6th – Mt Empress. Herberton Easy to moderate walk mainly along power line road and dirt road. 7 km. Mt Empress is 1152 m high. Depart Old Post Office Gallery, Atherton 8.15 am Contact Travis Teske 4056 1761. July Wednesday 16th – Crystal Cascades to Copperlode Dam and back. May be too cool for a swim at Crystal Creek. A moderate short walk (about 8km) along zigzag Ergon track which climbs up to meet the Lake Morris Road. Should be back mid-afternoon. Assemble at Crystal Cascades car park (via Redlynch). Depart 8.30 am. Contact Marilyn Czarnecki on 0409 066 076. July Sunday 20th – Innesfree Easy day of swimming and walking at Danny Gibson’s place, RN 569 Hitchconole Road, Tarzali. Depart Old Post Office Gallery, Atherton 8.00 am or Tarzali parking area, opposite the shops at 8.30 am Contact Wendy Phillips 4095 4857 July Wednesday 30th – Gallo’s to Malanda Falls and return - Bike Ride Moderate Ride of approx. 40km along quiet bitumen roads from Gallo’s to Malanda via East Barron Road, Stonehouse Road with a short stop at the Bloomfield Swamp viewing area. Morning Tea at Malanda Falls with an opportunity to swim and enjoy a coffee at the Tree Kangaroo Café. Return to Gallo’s via Peramon Road, Ball Road and Fig Tree Road. There are some uphill sections on this ride. Inexperienced riders may wish to finish the ride at Malanda and may wish to organise a car shuffle. Depart Gallo’s (Park in East Barron Road) at 8.00 am. Please ensure you carry a spare tube that fits your bike so that any punctures can be fixed. Contact Rex Hutchison 4057 7010 July Wednesday 30th - High Ways and Byways of Malanda Easy walk for the non-bike riders of approx. 10 kilometres along back roads and lanes around Malanda. Depart 8:00 am at 21 Heale Street, Malanda (corner of Heale and Emerson). Views to lush pastures and surrounding hills. Mostly flat but with two small undulations on Glen Allyn road. Contact Travis Teske 4056 1761 August Sunday 3rd – AGM Lake Tinaroo At the double BBQ’s near the pontoon, Tinaroo. Meeting starts at 9.30. Brunch at 10.30. The club will provide sausages and steak but asks members to please bring either a salad or dessert to share. Members may like to bring swimmers, canoes etc. Partners welcome to join us for the day but we need a rough idea of numbers to purchase the meat. It may pay to bring a chair, plates and cutlery. The club will provide tea and coffee. Important - Please phone Sally or contact [email protected] if you are coming plus what you intend to bring. Or if you can’t get Sally [email protected] August Wednesday 13th – Ella Bay Easy walk through open paddocks dotted with literally hundreds of wallabies (private land) plus walk along beach. Depart 34 Elizabeth Street Flying Fish Point at 8.30 am. Contact Tanya Quirk 4061 9668. August Sunday 17th – Stoney Creek Falls Moderate walk to Stoney Creek Falls from Speewah. Walk through National Park on tracks to Toby’s Corner, across to the falls for a swim and then out again. Mostly downhill. Depart corner Kennedy Highway and Speewah Road 8.00 am. Contact Wendy Phillips 4095 4857 2 August Wednesday 20th – Lunchtime Rocks, Bartle Frere For this walk we are tackling part of the Bartle Frere track from the Tablelands' side. Initially 20 minutes of easy walking to the Bobbin Bobbin Falls turnoff before approximately 3 hours of ascent. This is a hard grade, due to unrelenting steep pinches. Track all the way. Depart Lamins Hill at 7.30 am for an 8 am start at the beginning of the track. Weather conditions need to be excellent for this walk to take place. Contact Patricia Veivers 4095 4642 August Saturday 23rd – Lake Eacham - Night Walk A walk around Lake Eacham to celebrate 25 years since the club was started in August 1989. Meet at 5.30 pm with finger food and drinks to share plus a torch or headlight. After indulging, a walk around Lake Eacham. Please contact [email protected] before 17th August so that we know numbers. August Sunday 24th – Bike Ride Depart Kairi Hotel 9.00am Easy – One hour bike ride around farm roads with Sheila Experienced riders – Two hour bike ride around farms with Ernie Morning tea at children’s playground across from the pub then another half hour bike ride. Contact Ernie Verity 4096 2327 August Wednesday 27th – Robson’s Track/Lake Newell Moderate to Hard walk. Follow the historic track to the Tableland up a steep spur first explored by 19th century Scottish settler James Robson. Initially the track follows dry forest and weaves through large boulders giving way to rainforest near the top. This steep climb to morning tea sees us at the old Hang Glider launching pad (Gillies Lookout) and then on to lunch at the fascinating Lake Newell.