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Magazine of the Confederation of Bushwalking Clubs (NSW) Inc ISSN 0313 2684 Spring Issue - August 1999 Volume 25 No 1 http://www.bushwalking.org.au NNNAAAVVVAGAAGAAGATIONTIONTION SHIELDHIELDHIELD 1999 Keith Maxwell Director TTTHEREHEREHERE’’’SSS AAA Wilderness Rescue NavShield ’99 was held on July 3rd / 4th and was based around Wingello State Forest. NIMBYNIMBYNIMBY There were over 450 participants in either the one day or two day event. The weather was dry and mild. Once again we had a NNNEAREAREAR YOUOUOU!!! representative of the NSW Premier (Carmel Tebbutt Minister for by John Macris Juvenile Justice) to present the two day Shield. The course as laid Conservation Officer out by Ken Smith and Glen Horrocks received many unsolicited In most of the Conservation reports in the Bushwalker, we favourable comments. The course also included National Park take the opportunity to publicise the plight of our more remote back country, under threats of unsustainable exploitation, over-the-top develop-

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going to focus on some local patches Bushwalker The - the much loved urban bushland and open space of greater . As described be- low, many a fight is underway over threatened patches of urban bushland. Look back at early planning schemes like Bradfield’s County of Cumberland concept of the 1940s. The green belt idea was being championed Peter Wood Andrew Wood Keith Macqueen Richard Butler even then for Sydney. We can be pleased that an Springwood Bushwalkers. Winners 2 Day event with 1630 Points outer green belt has largely been conserved in National Parks, closed water catchment areas and Defence Force and farm land around two gorges. BWR was kept busy with three lands and forms a natural boundary that even crazed developers groups overdue from the one day event and one from the two are compelled to respect. day event. Two of the three groups turned up quickly on Sunday People may be less aware that an inner greenbelt was also morning but the third couple were slow to turn up and search proposed for Sydney, sweeping from the bushland of the procedures were being steadily widened when they belatedly northern beaches through the Lane Cove valley, thence via the were found on a fre road. The record for lateness was not broken once rural lands of Marsfield/North Ryde towards the headwa- by the overdue two day team who didn’t return until 5pm. ters of the Parramatta , south via penalty points for lateness are 30 points for every five minutes or towards Liverpool and culminating in the upper valley of part thereof! . Unfortunately the one day Shield was won by the Victorian The inner belt has been severely fragmented by decades of SES but Keith McQueen copied his father as part of the winning urban expansion and since been forgotten about as a concept, two day Springwood BWC team. There were also Defence Forces worthy though it would be for the health of our city. teams, SES, Rural Fire Services, NP&WS, Police, VRA and What has emerged in the same period however, is a strong bushwalking club teams. The VRA radio amateurs WICEN sense of community ownership of local natural remnants helped again with communications and Radio Checkpoints. Our around the suburbs of Sydney. caterer provided good nourishing food as usual. A TAFE group The NIMBY (not in my back yard) sentiment could be has improved their navigation skills in helping us retrieve all viewed as the fuel which allows small local campaign groups to checkpoint markers. You can find full results on the web at take on major proposed developments by the Government or http://www.bushwalking.org.au. Mark your diary now for next private sector. Inevitably, people concerned about the impacts a years NavShield on July 1st and 2nd 2000. More results and photos can be found on pages 6-7 Continued on page 3 .

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MAGAZINE MAGAZINE MAGAZINE MAGAZINE MAGAZINE TISING TISINGTISINGTISINGTISING Address all Address allAddressAddress allAddress all all  Walk Safely - Walk With a Club  ...... From page 1 may receive some type of formal access. In 1996 the Dharawal State protection. Options for the traditional Recreation Area was gazetted over most Several rare and endangered species are owners range from continued preserva- of these lands with management being at risk. The climbing fish Galaxias have tion of the area to rural, residential or handed across to the NPWS. However a been observed in the catchment of Manly exploitative developments (eg forestry 500 hectare hole was left out of the Dam. This is the only known population and sandmining). reserve for the development of a rifle in suburban Sydney and it is thought 4) ADI St Marys - Contrast this site range. that water quality impacts will directly with somewhere in the east of Sydney for Despite the identification of an affect the species. Other species affected a moment. The Federal Government alternative site on already degraded land are the Red Crowned Toadlet and ‘Duffys announced with much fanfare that at the edge of the reserve, plans pro- Forest’ vegetation - a rare plant commu- defence force lands around Sydney ceeded to use undisturbed bushland in nity of State significance. Harbour would be spared from residential the heart of the area for this damaging 2) Cromer Heights - adjacent to developments and made into public development. A stalemate situation Garigal National Park near Oxford Falls, parklands. Travel 50 km west to the between proponent and opposing this area is also proposed for a housing former Australian Defence Industries community groups was reached before development. Most of this dissected (ADI) munitions facility on South Creek the last State election. It is hoped that and its a very different story. This 1,500 under new Ministers for Environment ha site contains some of the best and Planning the merits of including this remaining patches of the rare and area in the surrounding reserve are endangered Cumberland Plain and realised. Castlereagh woodlands, yet ADI is 6) West Helensburgh - a critical part planning a major subdivision of 8,000 of the green belt between greater Sydney

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The site has recently been placed on limbo after three public inquiries and Bushwalker The the register of the National Estate, which years of effort for protection of the obliges the Federal Government to protect headwaters of the . The the area. The weasel clause being taken lands sought for addition to Royal by Government is that because ADI is National Park are currently privately now a government owned corporation owned, except for the small Kellys Falls rather than a division of the Defence Reserve. Numerous attempts at gaining Department, the lands should be rezoning from rural to residential land considered as freehold rather than public use have been challenged and defeated Maroota State Forest estate. by local groups. Such a rezoning would plateau has been sought for addition to If I may say so utter rotrot.rotutter As the have seen a new suburb constructed in Garigal for some time. Other problems recent law which divided the Sydney the upper reaches of the Hacking. With face the area in the absence of manage- Water Corporation into two bodies shows, the rezoning knocked back a number of ment of its natural values. Vehicular it is quite feasible to legislate to place the times, the problem now is that no tracks have been severely eroded through so called land assets of a government funding has been forthcoming to acquire recreational four wheel drive use, with corporation back clearly within the the lands for addition to Royal. university soil scientists who have carried public domain as occurred with our You may recall that the Prime out long term research in the area, catchment lands after the Giardia scare. Minister had put forward the case for noting that some tracks have been The local resident action group remain Federation Funding being used to buy incised by over a metre since the onset of adamant that the entire site should be harbourside land from the defence regular vehicular recreation. made a Regional Park. department (effectively the government 3) Maroota - In 1976 the Maroota 5) Dharawal - The title of least buying something from itself). A much State Forest in Sydney’s north-west was disturbed creek system in greater Sydney more positive use of such money (and revoked in order to establish a National would almost certainly go to O’Hares probably costing substantially less) would Park over the rare tall forests occurring Creek and its tributaries in the rugged be Federation funding of the purchase of on deep alluvial soils of several creek bushland between Wedderburn and the upper Hacking lands so as to secure valleys (see picture). Obstruction from Darkes Forest in south-western Sydney. the Sydney/Wollongong green buffer, the the Department of Lands prevented the O’Hares was reserved for water catchment rainforest filled gullies and key widlife gazettal of the new park for over a purposes along with the surrounding corridors once and for all. decade. In 1989 a land claim was made catchment areas for Cataract and 7) Kurnell Peninsula - Sitting over the 4,500 ha area by a local Woronora Dams. No water supply dam between Boral’s Calcsil plant and Botany Aboriginal land council. This claim has was ever built on this creek however, Bay National Park is one remnant, a tall recently been upheld in the NSW while the land remained in pristine sand dune with most of its original Supreme Court. Depending on further condition through the years of restricted woodland vegetation still intact. This appeals by the Government, the lands .

The Bushwalker 4 ...... and othercoastalopenspacebetween without lessonsbeinglearned. established watersidesuburbs,seemingly ultimately lostashasoccurredinmany meaning publicrightsofwaywouldbe public parklandsalongthewaterway, forms amissinglinkbetweenother nearby residents.Thelandinquestion were metwithvocaloppositionfrom fronting SaltPanCreeknearLugarno Hurstville Counciltoselloffbushland be subjecttosandmining. taking thestancethatupto80%should of thisduneinBotanyBayNationalPark, sources continuestoopposetheinclusion high dunes. would beviewedintheabsenceofany south thantheheavyindustrywhich natural skylineforresidentialareastothe sula, thedunealsocreatesamore being thelastofitskindonpenin- containing rareplantassociationsand over 20yearsbylocalgroups.Apartfrom sought forprotectioninNPWSestate National Estatelistedrelichasbeen 9) Maroubra-TheAnzacriflerange 8) SaltPanCreek-Recentmovesby The DepartmentofMineralRe- WILDERNESS WILDERNESS WILDERNESS WILDERNESS WILDERNESS NSW NSWNSWNSWNSW local StateMP, aMrB.Carr. provisional supportbeingofferedbythe public parkwereapparentlyheard,with murmurings morerecentlyabouta or yetanothergolfcourse.Some residential, commercialaccommodation land usesfortheriflerangeincluded ecological community. Projectedfuture tion Act(1996)asanendangered the State’s ThreatenedSpeciesConserva- vegetation associationstobelistedunder Banksia Scrub.Thiswasamongthefirst last refugesfortheeasternsuburbs Maroubra andLaPerouserepresentthe C really wildplaceswereprotected. everyone wouldkeepquietsolongasthe slaughtered fortheongoingsprawland whereby urbanbushlandcouldbe frequently doingdealswithgovernments, of remotelandinNationalParkswere who foughtforprotectionoflargetracts made thatgroups(perhapsincludingus) published inthe1980s.Theassertionwas I’ve everreadwasfromalocalbook One ofthemoreridiculousthings ONCLUSION Join oneofourtreksacrosstheKokodaTrail. Small groupdeparturesoperatemostmonths of theyear. Alternatively, canoetheSepik PNG hasaspecialadventureforyou- River, hikewithHuliWigmanor bike challenge ofthisuniquedestination. Savour theatmosphere,historyand [email protected] For furtherdetailscontact: through NewIreland. Sydney, NSW2001 Fax (02)9267-6118 Ph (02)9290-2055 (lic.2TA 0001455) without thecrowds GPO Box7002 St Sydney. cil, Level5,362Kent Conservation Coun- team attheNature Bushland project be theUrban place tostartwould take action,agood threat andwishto be underimminent patch youbelieveto coin. any means,justtwosidesofthesame bushland issues.Notopposingforcesby lead andthisisespeciallysowithurban but oftenitisthelocalgrouptaking campaigns forrainforestsorwilderness, top down,suchasallencompassing grass rootsgroups.Sometimesitworks between thelargeorganisationsand Walk Safely - a Walk Club With (02)927-92466 If youhavealocal This ignoresthenatureofinteraction  Walk Safely - Walk With a Club  ......

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And it and Turpentine Road. should assess the value of the loss this · There will be some delays of up to community amenity, levy this amount as one hour, depending on traffic density and a rental for the road reserve and allocate pattern. the funds to improvements to the · In remaining areas of difficult Alex Tucker conditions of the road Particularly in the construction (approximately 5 kilometres of Tracks & Access Officer rough length between Bulee Gap and creek crossings, road cross-overs and PPPURCHASE OFOFOF CORANGORANGORANG PEAKEAKEAK... Sassafras narrowing roadbed) there will be some Last November The Hon Secretary I will be seeking Confederation’s delays of up to five hours. · A shutdown of construction activity and I represented our President at a approval to write to Council in support of in the event of prolonged inclement ceremony at the Wog Wog campsite at the club’s Objection, As the closure would weather. which a cheque for $8,000 was presented apparently include the October long The construction work will be managed to Pam Allen, Mininster for the Environ- weekend, other clubs may also wish to according to strict safety standards and in ment by Wilf Hilder, the Chairman of the object. accordance with RTA requirements. Budawang Committee. This cheque Letter Received from Duke-Energy · Periods of long traffic delays will be Closure of Braidwood extensively advertised with Rd for Construction of · Construction can be carried out with Gas pipeline one-way traffic access for approximately 32 Construction will begin in of the 37 kilometres between Endrick River Nowra in August and head and Turpentine Road. north and south from that · There will be some delays of up to starting point. South of that one hour, depending on traffic density and point the pipeline will be set pattern. into a section of the · In remaining areas of difficult Corang Peak looking towards Pidgeon House Braidwood Road which passes construction (approximately 5 kilometres of through the Morton National creek crossings, road cross-overs and narrowing roadbed) there will be some enabled the NPWS to purchase the 152ha Park. In order for this construction to delays of up to five hours. private in holding of Corang Peak. · A shutdown of construction activity The minister also unveiled a plaque in the event of prolonged inclement commemerating the splendid work of weather. Colin Watson AM as foundation chair- The construction work will be managed man of the Budwawang Committee and according to strict safety standards and in up to the present. accordance with RTA requirements. CCCLOSURELOSURELOSURE OFOFOF NOWRAOWRAOWRA - · Periods of long traffic delays will be BRAIDWOOD ROAD extensively advertised with particular Shoalhaven Bushwalkers have attention paid to local and regular road lodged a formal objection to the users. Shoalhaven City Council concerning a · RTA-approved signs and lighting will proposal to close the above road for a be used to mark traffic lanes and the construction area. month from 29th September to 27th occur with minimal impact on the · Precautions will be taken each night October to allow a private contractor, National Park, we are proposing that this to ensure security and maintenance of signs Duke Energy International to install the section of the road be closed for a period and lighting for safe night-time travel. Eastern Gas Pipeline. Shoalhaven Club of four weeks. The area affected would Duke Energy International and justifably claims that the Contractor begin south of the intersection where Transfield/Wilbros/McMahon appreciate should employ construction methods Turpentine Road intersects with your interest in this matter and trust that appropriate to a narrow road reserve and this letter adequately addresses your Braidwood Road, and continue south provide traffic controls that involve a concerns. through Sassafras to the Endrick River minimum disruption to road users. If you have any further questions please area, north of Nerriga. This will have It seems to be giving the company contact me at Duke Energy International on some impact on Bushwalkers, as access the advantage of the cheapest construc- (02) 42610542. 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TTTHREEHREEHREE PEAKSEAKSEAKS RECORDECORDECORD CCCONFEDERATIONTIONTION’’’SSS BUSHUSHUSH DANCEANCEANCE BBBROKENROKENROKEN PPPETERSHAM TOWNOWNOWN HALLALLALL In April 1999, Peter Treseder managed, on his second attempt, to 171717THTHTH SEPTEMBER7-307-307-30PMPMPM reduce his 1987 Three Peaks record of SINGLESINGLESINGLE AMILAMILAMILYYY 14 hours 30 minutes to 14 hours 19 $10 SINGLESINGLE $25 FAMILAMILYY minutes. This is the fifth time he has DDDANCEANCEANCE TOTOTO THETHETHE MUSICUSICUSIC OFOFOF reset this record. The route is as follows: TTTHEHEHE CURRENCY LADSADSADS Katoomba (Cliff Drive)- Narrowneck-Medlow Gap-Yellow Pup Ridge-- Strongleg Buttress- Dex Creek-Mt Cloudmaker-Thunder Buttress--South Paralyser Buttress-Mt Paralyser-North Paralyser Buttress-Whalania Creek- Nooroo Buttress-Mt Guouogang-Mt Jenolan-The Gaspers-Coxs River- Breakfast Creek-Carlon Head- Narrowneck-Katoomba(Ciiff Drive). SUBSCRIBE TO THIS MAGAZINE AND RRRESCUEESCUEESCUE BE SURE OF GETTING YOUR COPY Two weeks earlier in April 1999,

Peter rescued two women who were 11 trapped in Gordon Smith Chimney. This Join the growing list of Bushwalkers who sub- Bushwalker The is one of the access routes through the cliffs on in the Blue scribe to “The Bushwalker” every quarter. Keep Mountains National Park, NSW. up with all the news and developments happening One of the women had slipped while abseiling and fallen to the end of within the NSW bushwalking scene for only $5 per the rope where a knot stopped her from falling to the year. (This covers posting and handling valley floor. charges only the magazine is free) She did, however, Name...... knock herself Address...... out and ended up hanging ...... hundreds of metres from Postcode...... the ground. Do you belong to a bushwalking club?

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The other woman who went to her If yes name of Club...... aid got herself stuck and ended up also If NO would you like a copy of our clubs list being trapped. The third woman raised the alarm. free. Please tick.tick.Please The rescue was achieved in raining, blustery conditions and took most of the night. The worst part was going straight Payment can be made by cheque, money or--- to work having missed a nights’ sleep. The day before Peter spent riding der made out to pushbikes for about 120 kilometres in the company of several Federal Ministers Confederation of Bushwalking Clubs PO Box to raise money for Youth Insearch, an 2090 GPO Sydney 1043 organisation which helps troubled youth. .

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lent were allowed on the roofs of nothing. BWR took part in several multistorey dwellings. V3 Fire Brigades more large combined searches ventur- personnel were brought in from the far ing further into more remote country North Coast among other areas. All than any other group. The poor full members of the Rock Squad of location details gave rise to multiple BWR are V3 qualified. Now, the theories of its disappearance. Eastern Suburbs have not been bush Despite difficult weather BWR has for 150 years. Rock Squad members lead several minor searches that have spent several days up to five storeys comprehensively covered several high working along side V3 personnel potential sites. In October, 1988 what from VRA Squads from all over NSW. was known as the “smell site” was Non V3 bushies also helped by moving definitely ruled out. Finding VH-MDX “T“T“THEHEHE VIEWIEWIEW’’’SSS GREAREAREATTT BUTUTUT supplies. I worked on the roof of a five has become a challenge for BWR. DDDONONON’’’TTT LOOKOOKOOK DOWNOWNOWN””” storey dwelling in Edgecliff and Many people have helped in the travelled up by large cherry picker with research including friends of the TTTwo recent incidents proved great views of Sydney Harbour but missing men and aviation experts. The again that Australia cannot operate didn’t look down! The cleanup is still more you learn of its disappearance without volunteers. In April, 1999 two incomplete. and the efforts made to locate it, the major incidents occurred virtually Keith Maxwell - more you will be sucked into solving right on top of each other. On the Director Wilderness Rescue the riddle. Our current knowledge Central Coast there was a poultry suggests that it had traversed over all epidemic that required quarantine of

BBBARRINGTON but the last and highest ridge (with 13 chicken farms and mass destruction of Wangat Trig. on it). Only bushwalkers Bushwalker The birds to stop the spread of Newcastle OPSOPSOPS UGUSTUGUSTUGUST TTT A will find VH-MDX now. In October, Disease. This disease threatened the 19811981 1994 we only partly covered this high export oriented, frozen chicken 198119811981 “S“S“SOLOLOLVEVEVE THETHETHE MYSTERYYY OFOFOF probability area. Our plan is to industry in Australia! Although farms complete the task. are definitely not bush. Bushwalkers VH-MDX” On the night of 9th August, 1981 a In 1993 a light plane disappeared Wilderness Rescue (BWR) was in- around the back of Kanangra Walls. It volved. small Cessna plane, VH-MDX, with five To maintain the quarantine, there men were restrictions on the movement of aboard stock birds from properties and a struggled maritime patrol provided by the Royal eastwards Volunteer Coast Guard and (volunteer) against Coastal Patrol. People were actually the trying to smuggle birds out of the elements quarantine area! BWR is a member as it squad of the Volunteer Rescue Associa- crossed the southern front of Barrington Tops. took bushwalkers to find it tion of NSW Inc. (VRA). BWR worked when an aerial search failed. BWR with many country VRA Squads (and It was attempting to return to the coast to complete a trip to Sydney from needs your help on October 15th and others) to help exterminate (thousands Queensland. A lightning strike and fire 16th (and 17th for the keen) in an per day) chickens. damaged its instruments so it could not combined effort with other specialist This incident had not been fully tell up from down. High turbulent groups to solve this mystery and prove contained when on 14th April a massive winds and biting cold put ice in its what we all know - BWR are the hail storm damaged roofs in Sydney carburettor. When it disappeared specialists in bush search and rescue. coastal suburbs especially the Eastern around 7-30pm it was partially in a You too could become a bushwalking Suburbs. This has been one of the radar shadow. Barrington Tops is legend on the front page of the Sydney greatest natural disasters ever in densely forested as its 1,500 metre Morning Herald! Australia. Volunteers from SES and (5,000 ft) peaks capture bad weather. Details of the search program Rural Fire Services districts across An immediate frantic air and ground will be sent to your club closer to Sydney were drafted into the cleanup. search which included Bushwalkers the weekend. For further informa- For safety only persons skilled to State Wilderness Rescue (BWR) found tion contact John Tonitto on 9789 Rescue Board V3 standard or equiva- 2527.2527.2527. .

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