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9A1c8f448be1475ec6d4 - - CANBERRA BUSHWALKING CLUB INC. rat N EVVSLETTER PG Box 160, Canberra City, ACT. 2601. REGISTERED BY AUSTRALIA POST PUBLICATION NO. NBH 1859 60 cents VOLUME 19 JULY 1982 No. 7 EDITOR BiLL Brown, 17 Hale Cres, Turner 487629(H) 486644(W) USEFUL CLUB CONTACTS: PRESIDENT Ann Gibbs—Jordan 487549(H) 480066(W) WALKS SECRETARY: John Street 487325(H) 643245(W) MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY: Lorraine TomLins 723624(W) CONDENSED CLUB DIARY Wed 21 July: MONTHLY GATHERING at the Griffin Centre, Room 1, Canberra City 8pm (Spiders) Mon 26July: COMMIIIEEMEEIING •at Nick Crofts', 35 Foveaux Street, Ainslie, 8 pm. All welcome Thu 29 July: IT CLOSING DATE (Contributions to the Editor Wed 4 August: BUSH OS at Joy Cocker and David O'Connor's, 5 Nielson Street, Garran Tue 10 August: !I_c2LhI19!,i at Bill Brown's, 17 Hale Crescent, Turner, 8 pm. 4 CHANGE OF VENUE FOR CBC MONTHLY GATHERINGS - For several years now Bob Story has arrived earLy at our meetings to open the CSIRO Land Use Research Meetings Room for us, and then stayed patiently until the last of us leave in order to lock up. He has been unabLe to find anyone from CSIRO to do this for him while he goes overseas for four months, so the next few meetings will be held at the Griffin Centre in Bunda Street, opposite Gus Petersilka's coffee shop. Most of them are in Room 1, which is on the ground fLoor at the Bunda Street end. The Griffin Centre is very convenient for those who rely on public transport,. so if this has been your reason for not attending past meetings then come along to the Griffin Centre and you will probably meet somebody who can give you a lift home. And we hope Bob and Sybil have a very enjoyabLe time overseas. - Pat Miethke YOUR SOCIAL CALENDAR At the July mobthly meeting (21st), we are turning to look at matters biological. Specifically it is your chance to find out answers to those questions about spiders that have been burning in I :n: your mind for so long : how do they spin such geometrically reguLar webs and why different geometrics. which spiders live in the Canberra—Monaro region; should you be worried about those spiders which Like to share your boots or sleeping bag; what happens if you are bitten? All this and more can be revealed by Dr Russell Moran of the CSIRO Division of Entomology in his address on 'Spider Appreciation'. His talk will be supported by audio—visual spectaculars and specimens from the CSIRO. collection. - Ian Carruthers SKI TRIP I plan to be in Canberra July 31 to August 15, 1982, and am interested in Long or short ski trips particularly through the week anywhere or anytime during that period. Trips are difficult to organise from Adelaide. Please contact me by writing - P0 Box 409, Unley, S.A., 5061, or telephoning (08)274 8200(W) or (08)278 41170). - Lyle A. Burgess SIR EDMUND HILLARY Sir Edmund Hillary is to give four Public Lectures in Australia later this year. Using colour slides and film footage he will share with us the most memorable moments of his adventure- packed life - his 1953 Everest climb, his subsequent climbing, yeti hunting and schoolhouse expeditions in the Himalayas, his journey to the South Pole in converted farm tractors and to the headwaters of the River Ganges in Jet—boats and his recent journey through Tibet with an American expedition attempting the formidable Kang- shung face of Everest. In Canberra the venue will be; Llewellyn Hall, Canberra School of Music, William Herbert Place, Thursday September16 at 8 pm. (Tickets at the door or from Canberra Theatre Centre from mid—July). Part of the proceeds of the evenings will go towards the Himalayan Trust's schoolbuilding and other activities in Nepal. Tickets will be $9 for adults and $7.50 for students and pensioners. CHANGE OF ADDRESS/TELEPHONE NUMBER Gary Duncan Keith Vallard 25 Dutton Street Tel: 31 3584 (H) Dickson ACT 2602 GUIDE BOOK The following notes are continued from the last IT on proposed contents for the Club book. For information on what is required see the June IT. Any comments or contributions should be directed to Rob Cannon, Tel: 81 1061. More information on the book is included in the supplement. AREA_4: Northern Snowy Mountains - southern border Snowy Mountain Highway - eastern border: ACT Border - 1:400,000 map IT JULY 1982 Page 3 4.1 Headwaters of the Murrunbidgee 4.1.1 Cooleman Mountain - Cave Creek 4.1.2 North-east of Kiandra 4.1.3 Access to the A.C.T. border 4.2 The Tumut Catchinent 4.2.1 Maragle Range 4.2.2 Bago Range; Buddong Falls 4.2.3 Area west of Kiandra 4.2.4 Cumberland Range: Sands Creek Falls & Big Talbingo 4.3 The Fiery Range 4.3.1 The Fiery Range 4.3.2 Dubbo Falls 4.3.3 Cooleman Mountain - Cave Creek AREA 5: The Snowy Mountains - the areas bounded by the Snowy Mountains highway in the north, the Kiandra-Khancoben Road in the west, the Alpine Way in the south and cow pats in the east - Snowy Mountains Walks gives an adequate description of walking within the area. The notes would suggest starting points and describe the first few kilometres of walking from them. 5.1 Access from the north 5.1.1 General comments 5.1.2 Adaminaby (bot-a-boat) 5.1.3 Kiandra - Tabletop 5.2 Access from the west 5.2.1 General comments 5.2.2 Tumut pond 5.2.3 Round Mountain 5.2.4 Tooma Dam 5.2.5 Bradney's Gap 5.3 Access from to the south-west corner 5.3.1 General comments 5.3.2 Grey Mare Range 5.3.3 Geehi Dam - Tate West Ridge and others 5.3.4 Olsens Lookout - Watson's Crags 5.3.5 Hannel's Spur IT JULY 1982 Page 4 5.4 Access from the South 5.4.1 General comments 5.4.2 Dead Horse Gap - Ramshead 5.4.3 Dead Horse Gap - top of chairlift 5.4.4 Thredbo (in a word) 5.5 Access from the east 5.5.1 General comments 5.5.2 Gungarlin River 5.5.3 Eucumbene Dam 5.6 Acces from within the park 5.6.1 General comments 5.6.2 Burrungabugge 5.6.3 Munyan Power Station 5.6.4 Guthega 5.6.5 Charlotte's Pass 5.7 Walking within the park 5.7.1 Nature trails comment on existence only 5.7.2 The Main Range - general comments - see 5MW 5.7.3 The Jagungal Area - general comments - see SMW 5.7.4 The Kiandra Area - general comments - see SMW AREA 6: The Southern Snowy Mountains - northern boundary: the Alpine Way - eastern boundary: the Barry Way - southern boundary: The Ben-Limestone Road - western boundary: Davies Plain, Limestone Creek 6.1 walks from Thredbo 6.1.1 Dead Horse Gap - The Big Boggy - Chimneys - Thredbo 6.1.2 Alpine way - Little Thredbo River - Chimneys 6.1.3 Dead Horse Gap - Horse Flat - Purgatory Hill 6.1.4 Dead Horse Gap - Cascade Hut - Tin Mine Hut 6.1.5 Cascade Hut - Paradise Hill - Purgatory Hill 6.2 walks from the Murray River 6.2.1 Tom Groggin - Hermit Mountain - Pinnibar 6.2.2 Tom Groggin - Pinnibar (direct) 6.2.3 Tom Groggin - Davies Plain - Round Mountain - mdi R. 6.2.4 mdi River - Cowombat Ridge - Tin Mine Trail 6.2.5 The Upper Murray: general comments IT JULY 1982 Page 5 6.3 Walks from the Ben-Limestone Road 6.3.1 Limestone Creek - Round Mountain - mdi River 6.3.2 Limestone Creek - Quambatt Flat - Tin Mine Hut 6.3.3 Native Dog Plain - Buchan Rock - The Cobberas - Quambatt Flat 6.3.4 Mt Stradbroke - Mount Wombargo - Native Dog Flat 6.4 Access from the East 6.4.1 Grosses Plain - Tin Mine Hut 6.4.2 Jacobs River - Charcoal Range 6.4.3 Pinch River - Ingeggodbee River 6.4.4 The Ingeegoodbee Trail to Tin Mine Huts 6.4.5 Suggan Buggan - Berrima River - Quambatt Flat 6.4.6 Hamilton's Gap - Mt Stradbroke - Suggan Buggan River WILDERNESS Wilderness means different things to different people, and the problem in discussing wilderness is to know which of these meanings if indeed it is only one, is being used. A second problem is to separate the concept of wiLderness from what we hope to get from it. We can start by Looking at the attitude of the NPWS. In their terms, wilderness zones are zones for which there wiLl be no deveLopment of facilities for visitors. They do not see the publication of a guide book about such an area as being in confLict with their management policy. They have no explicit Limitation on the number of people entering such an area. If it is found that an area is being over- used, then presumably they would introduce some form of 'ballot' system to provide an equitable way to limit the number of people in the area at a particular time, as welL as the number of times 3 person couLd visit the area. What speciaL appeal does wilderness have for a bushwalker? The greatest attraction is the lack of jeep tracks. Solitude brings added enjoyment and wiLderness areas are more likely to provide this. But this soLitude should result from how access is controlled and not from withheld information. The sense of adventure and exploration for the initial visit to a wilderness area is the same as it is for any other area.
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