THETHHE NEWSLETTER OFF CANBERRACANBERRA BUSHWALKINGBUSU HWALKING CLUBCLU it VolumeVolume 44, Number 1 FebruaryFebruary 200820 CanberraCanberra Bushwalking ClubClub IncIn PO Box 160 Canberra ACT 2601 GENERAL MEETING 8pm Wednesday 20 February Some recent walks Presenters: Leanne Aust, Tom Gosling & Meg McKone Great country, great photos. Presented by three Canberra Bushwalking Club members. Main meeting room, St. John’s Church Hall Constitution Avenue, Reid Canberra Bushwalking Club it February 2008 page 1 As part of our updating process, the irate phone-call from owner President’s we have identifi ed the differences to Walks Sec. No CBC walk was betweenbe the club’s documentation scheduled in the area at the time, prattle andan that proposed by Confedera- so an additional complaint from the tiontio (see Terence Uren’s article on writer, is the improper use of our pagepa 4). You are invited to offer club name. This paragraph, then, is Welcome to the new year. I expect comment on the issues that emerge to assure the owner that the matter that the break gave many the chance from this document. Send an email has been brought to the attention of to further enjoy the pleasure of the to Terence – his address is on the members and that they are reminded ‘pathless woods’. Along with nearly back page. Once comments have about the protocols of accessing 30 others, I was introduced to the been received, we will prepare a private property. Hotham area in northern Victoria. recommendation as to the changes to be made. In this issue readers will find an Spectacular stuff. Inaugural U35 Walk. The average The opportunity emerged there for The club has not published a mem- age of the membership is not getting several people to try their hands bership list since 2004. This list is any younger. This kind of walk is at leading. It turned out to be not posted on our password protected intended to encourage younger peo- too hard and I hope that others will members only web site and I have ple to join in CBC trips by restricting give it a try this year. Don’t assume often been asked why we do not the age of participants. One must be that what you might have to offer is have an up-to-date list there. The younger than 35 yrs and not just in no good or that no one else would answer is that this is due to privacy spirit either. Speculatively, along the want to do it. There will be people concerns. However, we have now track, there’d be a shift in the content who would like to do the walk that obtained written advice from the of conversation and perhaps a little you can offer. The more leaders we Privacy Commission about this more gung-ho in contrast to the staid have, the more walks we can offer; matter, the effect of which is that nature of ye olde walker. Another and the more options participants we can post a list provided certain speculation was the likely lack of will have. conditions are met. Consequently, participants: no-one in circulation a list will be posted in due course. that young! Now it may be that such The booklet Finding Your Way in the There is a notice on page 6 which blatant age discrimination is unac- Bush is selling well but many club sets out how the committee proposes ceptable to a number of members. If members are yet to buy one. See to approach this matter. this is the case please let me know page 3 to fi nd out how to get one. It and I’ll review the situation. is an excellent little book. Stan Marks President In mid-January we did a weekend As indicated previously, we are trip along the Booth Range to Max reviewing our club’s duty of care and Bert’s Hut. The Saturday was documentation (e.g. Notes for rain and drizzle and the close scrub Leaders and Participants). These Walks was very wet, members of the party documents are worth a read. They even more so. It is on occasions like describe how walks are operated waffl e these that simple matters of fact take and, if you are a newish member, on the status of deep philosophical may clarify some questions you import: we were pleased to be able have had or explain some things The activity program in this issue to dry our gear in the shelter of the that you thought were odd. They are has plenty of mid-week daywalks hut, in front of a warm fi re. available from the club web site (see but the Walks Secretary was also back page for address) under ‘club keen to have more weekend trips, In the meantime, good walking! documents’. day or overnight. It was good to Rob Horsfi eld see that almost all the Dec/Jan trips Walks Secretary Contents went and that participation rates were high. 2 President’s prattle Throsby Trig on the Kybean Range 2 Walks waffl e is east of Cooma and perhaps 10 or 2 Membership matters 15 km south of Numeralla. Access is Membership 3 Finding your way in the across a number of private properties. People intending to walk in the area matters bush: book launch are reminded to request permission 3 Review: Coast to coast from land owners where appropri- across Northern England ate. Recently one party camped New members: on a property without permission, 4 Review of duty of care had a campfire and subsequently Susanne Bilney, Diane Bramich, documents: part 2 encountered the owner. A number of Pearl Chaloupka and Jo Taylor, 5 New NPA publication complaints emerged: trespassing, fi re George Hill, Kylie Marks, Noel shouldn’t have been lit, fabricated Mungovan, Celeste Rowlands, 5 General meeting venue story and an ensuing dialogue that Debbie Soxsmith, Sharon Swincer 6 Mt Gingera became less than polite. The walkers Allan Mikkelsen 7 Walks program claimed that they belonged to The Canberra Bushwalking Club; hence Membership Secretary Page 2 – Canberra Bushwalking Club it February 2008 Finding your way Review: Coast in the bush: book to coast across launch Northern England The Club’s annual Christmas party was hosted by Rob and Jenny Horsfield. Given the Club In June this year, Mark Hopkins and membership, it was disappointing Warwick Blayden walked from coast that there wasn’t a larger turnout, to coast of England, from the Irish to however, Rob fi red up the barbie the North Sea across Cumbria and and those in attendance mingled North Yorkshire. Mark recounted and chatted, while catching up with their adventures, on what his daugh- members they may not have seen ter rather unkindly called ‘Dad’s for some time. It was great to see long pub crawl’, at our November Frank Rigby and his wife there, both meeting. For me this was a chance to recently having been in hospital. indulge in deep nostalgia, since the English Lake District is very close This also seemed an appropriate to my home country in the UK and place to launch George Carter’s book my earliest hiking experiences were Finding your way in the bush. In the in this area. spirit of the occasion, Rob used an air compressor to ‘launch’ (with the Mark and Warwick began their aid of Roger Edwards’ daughters) walk at St Bees Head and followed water filled bottle rockets, but a west to east route over the Lake perhaps they didn’t so much ‘aid’ District fells and mountains, over to launch the rocket, as to aid Rob the Pennines to the North Yorkshire getting a drenching. moors and wolds to end at Robin Hood Bay. The trek took them After speeches by Stan and George, over some of the most beautiful the previous Club president offi cially country you can see anywhere (in bought the fi rst book, after which my unbiased view). Jenny cut the cake, appropriately decorated by corroboree frogs. They walked over some very high and steep mountain areas with very As Stan mentioned in his Prattle, grand scenery – well illustrated the books have been selling well but in Mark’s photos. This included there are still plenty of copies left. high peaks and passes, the famous To get yours see the order details long lakes occupying the floors below. of the classic, long U-Shaped valleys of glaciated upland areas, and the beautiful broad valleys of North Yorks. Whilst heights above sea level appear quite modest by our standards, the relative height Finding Your Way in the Bush difference between mountain tops How to navigate and plan bushwalks and adjacent lowlands is of similar George Carter scale in the Lake District and Namadgi/Kosciuszko. Order details: Cost: $12.95 + $2.00 postage (per order) Fells, moors, wolds; what is the difference? Each refers to broad, fl at or gently rolling upland areas, with Email: [email protected] (include postal address) steep and uncultivated slopes, usually Make a direct deposit to Canberra Bushwalking Club BSB 032-719 account covered by coarse grazing and hill 17-6134 (ensuring it gives your name as depositor) then email your name and sheep farming. The main difference address as above. relates to derivation: fell is from old Norse (cf modern ‘fjell’), moor from Mail cheque or money order to: Canberra Bushwalking Club, 18 Beedham old High German for open heathland, Place, LYONS ACT 2606 and ensure that your name and address are wold from OHG for forest (cf modern included. ‘wald’). This refl ects the colonisation Credit card payments: phone Alison Milton on (02) 6254 0578, answering in the pre-Norman period by Vikings machine or after hours.