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Ca Nberra Bush Wa L King Club Inc. Newsletter P.O CA NBERRA BUSH WA L KING CLUB INC. NEWSLETTER P.O. Box 160, Canberra, A.C.T. 2601 Registered by Australia Post: Publication number NBH 1859 VOLUME 29 JANUARY 1993 NUMBER 1 JANUARY BARBECUE WHERE? Iiriarra Crossing WHEN? Wednesday 20th January 1993, 6.00pm onwards WHAT? This barbecue has become our regular January get-together and will be held as usual under the huge Casuarinas at Uriarra Crossing (East). Follow the road to Uriarra Crossing but turn off to the left before you get to the crossing, Club. signs will probably be in place but if not just look around till you find us. Wood fuelled barbecues are available, there will also be ppportunities for swimming. Bring your own everything including cutlery and plates. For enquiries contact Sybille on 2824325(h). PRESIDENT'S PRAULE A successful year for the Club is now behind us and written up in the Confederation Newsletter "The we can all look forward to good walking in 1993. In Bushwalker" in July 1992 and the advice given was addition to our normal activities, the Club will that these can be dangerous places, with dogs or booby participate in several other projects. traps. The safe response to such a find is to get out of the immediate area as soon as possible. I can supply On Sunday March 7 we will again take part in the a copy of the article to anyone who is interested. annual "Clean Up Australia Day". If you have any ideas on what form our contribution should take, speak Allan Mikkelsen to the Conservation Officer Paul Wallace, otherwise just turn up for work party which will be scheduled in IT. Work Party We also expect to be able to organise a first aid course Blackberry Control in Burkes Creek and some members will conduct courses on navigation and other bush skills. The Club is also considering There is to be another •work project in Namadji publishing an updated version of George Carter's paper National Park to assist the ACT Parks and "Finding Your Way in the Bush" which was published Conservation Service with the eradication of a small in IT in 1988. but critical outcrop of blackberry in the .creek systems of the Park section between the Cotter River and On a couple of recent walks there has been some Tidbinbilla Mountain. This has been deemed to be discussion about the times walkers have come across essential "grass" plantations in remote areas. This subject was 2 because of the otherwise pristine nature of the area. Robert and Sybil also provided the Cub with an The area is not frequented much by bushwalkers, interesting article from the 13th July issue of the and tourists only visit some nearby picnic areas at Canberra Times, describing an event in which Bendora Dam and the Cotter River. The upper groups of people were driven blindfolded into the sections of Burkes Creek drain a spectacular and bush in the Wee Jasper area, given sealed rugged area on the west slopes of the Camels instructions and told to get to a particular campsite Hwnp and the PimpleiTidbinbilla Mountain ridges. by the following night. The course consisted of five The blackberry infestation is located at GR691792 checkpoints and one of the envelopes provided at the confluence of the north and south arms of instructions for locating these checkpoints. A Burkes Creek.The work will not be as glamorous as second 'panic envelope' contained instructions on that done by other work parties, and our efforts getting to the campsite should difficulties be met in may not be apparent to others. finding checkpoints. This event sounds like a predecessor of the 'Inward Bound' event which is We will have car access to the pipeline road to the now run annually by the ANti colleges. thouth of the creek, then a 1.5 kilometre walk to the work site. It should be pleasant during Summer Keith Thomas as the creek along here is wide and has a series of small cascades and pools, but not much scrub. The work party is to be on January 16th, since there is not much notice I will take enquiries till 8pm on the Friday night. See also the Activity Programme. Chris Leslie [2516123(h), 2513400(w)] A Note from the Librarian Robert and Sybil Story have kindly donated a copy of the Proceedings from a symposium held in 1991. The book, titled "Cultural Heritage of The Australian Alps" is published by the Australian Alps Liaison Committee. It contains sections on the following subjects: Overview of the Cultural Heritage of the Alps Aboriginal Cultural Heritage European Exploration, Settlement and Science Mining and Forestry MEMBERSHIP MATTERS Water Resources and Recreation New Members - the Club welcomes Geoffrey Clark and S.D. Hardy. An article by J. Geoffrey Mosley, "Conservers of the Australian Alps", makes a number of references to the role of the Canberra Bushwalking Club George Carter's River Trips during the 1960s in relation to lobbying for the declaration of a National Park in the ACI', and in The first of George's river trips for the season was particular, the preservation of areas of wilderness to the Nattai and Martihs Creek Canyon on within the Park. 21-22nd November. Three of last year's party of seven joined ten newcomers and left Canberra 3 under grey skies. A friend from another club told Most of the group enjoyed the trip so much that me about the leeches encountered on the Nattai in they fronted up again for George's second river May but as we saw none last year, I (and about thp, "Rivers and Rainforests of the Budawangs" on half of the others) took only a fly. This was our 12-13th December. The popularity of the area and worst mistake of the weekend! The overcast sky leader was shown when a second party was foimed finally deposited a light drizzle at about Mittagong and even after some withdrawals we had 14 doing a but there was optimism that it would pass. clockwise circuit with George and another 12 doing the reverse trip with Roger Beddis. George finally The first "event' of the weekend came as we got a well balanced group with 5 men and 9 neared the parking spot at the end of the access fire women in his party! trail and 4lan Davey managed to hole a tyre on his 4WD tank. During the delay to change the tyre we Saturday was spent in the long haul up Kallanna were passed by a succession of 4W1) vehicles and a Ridge and then in the great scenic areas of large number of trail bikes, few of who were Monolith Valley and the Upper Angel Creek interested in reducing speed just because some rainforest. Unfortunately such a large group is bushwalkers were on or near the narrow mad. We inevitably slow and we dropped further and further then looked forward to a weekend of roaring behind schedule. George did consider camping engines instead of the usual tranquillity of the bush. beside Angel Creek but thought that Sunday would be too long and that we probably had enough light Alter descending to the river the weather finally to just reach the planned camp site. The very steep turned foul and the heavy rain started. Fortunately, descent to Hollands Creek on the ridge to the west George knew of an old building neathy where we of Crooked Falls proved to be difficult for some could shelter and have lunch. We thus huddled in and the party became very spread out. Eventually, the shell of an old hut with no walls, lots of George went on with half the party to make camp missing floorboards, but thankfully a roof. During and light a fire, leaving John Thwaite and me to an interesting lunch break we were visited by a bring the remainder along when they got off the Range Rover and driver (who later turned out to be ridge. the Manager of the private property we were on) and the odd trail bike rider. When the rain stopped Our sub-group got together just on dark and we moved off down the river towards Martins blundered through thickish scrub on the last 100 Creek and away from the bikes. We finally metres descent and then started rock hopping and decided on a camp-site a couple of kilometres up wading in the creek towards the camp site. It soon Martins Creek and were immediately besieged by became obvious that with one member injured (sore hungry leeches. It was the thickest concentration of knee) and others exhausted, we would have leeches I have ever camped with and they seemed difficulty reaching the agreed camping spot. We to come from everywhere. I suspect they were thus stopped at the alternative site at the junction of dropping out of the trees as several of us suddenly Hollands and Angel Creeks and set up camp in the found leeches in the middle of our backs. dark. We hoped that George would guess what we had done and not worry about our absence. Fortunately, the weather improved on Sunday and we proceeded up Martins Creek sampling several of On Sunday morning we broke camp early and went the delightful pools on the way. This creek rivals downstream to George's camp where they were just Ettrema as a spot for great summer out of bed and still to breakfast. We continued on walking/swimming trips. George tried a new exit and met Roger and company only about 200 metres route this year and after a short scramble through downstream.
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