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THE Newsofthe :Js~~~~:L~~ MELBOURNE BUSHWALKERS INC THE NEWSoFTHE :Js~~~~:l~~ MELBOURNE BUSHWALKERS INC. A000133X EDffiON612 FEBRUARY 2002 60 CENTS INSIDE: • Annual Reports from · Office Bearers for 2001 • Labour Day & Easter Long Weekends Previews • Regent Honeyeater Project • Wilky Winter Bookings Info. • Davies Plain & Beyond ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Wed. 27 February 2002 8.00 p.m. TheAnnexe Level 1, Trades Hall Cnr. Lygon & Victoria Sts Carlton It's your club, make sure you know what's happening & what's planned. Come along & cast your vote (members). Non-members also welcome to attend but may not vote. New committee to be installed. A Form for the Nomination of Officers & Committee Members Au Revoir John Kittson is on Page 13. John Kittson, Sunday Bus Leader Extraordinaire, in familiar club night attire enjoys a drink at his farewell party on Wed. 23 January 2002. The recently renovated clubrooms were full to overflowing as members including Bob Me Lellan, the club's Sunday Bus driver, gathered to celebrate & farewell a remarkable walk leader. John & his wife, Carol are retiring to the south . coast ofN.S.W. but John plans to walk with the club from time to time as you can read in Jean Woodger's article on page 9. Photo: v Scrivenger ENQUIRIES: CLUB OPEN: 7- 9 PM WED., HORTICULTURAL HALL, MACKENZIE ST., MELB . WEBSITE: www.melboumebushwalkers.org.au EMAIL: [email protected] Members ofthe Melbourne Bushwalkers Inc. meet on Wednesday evenings Vale Gra~me Laidlaw between 7.00 & 9.00 pm in the Oubrooms, Victorian Horticultural Society Hall, Older members ofthe club MacKenzie Street, Melbourne. will be saddened to hear Visitors are always welcome. ofthe loss of Graeme Laidlaw, who died last month in Sydney. Graeme was a keen walker with the club General correspondence should be directed to: in the '70s and '80s, The Secretary, serving as Secretary in 1979 - 80. Melbourne Bushwalkers Inc., PO Box 1751Q, Melbourne, Vic., 3001. The News ofthe Melbourne Bushwalkers Inc. is the newsletter of the Melbourne Bushwalkers Inc. WALKS PROGRAM CHANGES & is published monthly. Editor: Vicki Scrivenger. Sun. 3 March - Condons Track- Deb Heruy is the As- sistant Leader. Call Ralph Blake on for info. W ai.k previews & reviews, articles, poems, news items, photographs of club events, repQrts _gf new gear, LabOII!. :Q~ We~kend 8- 11 M~rch Base ..Camp - is book reviews, letters "to the Editor", advertisements, etc. now at Halls Gap (the Grampians). Contact Rob Davies are always welcome. on for more information. The Editor reserves the right to edit contributions where space, clarity or propriety dictate Labour Day Weekend 8-11 March Canoe Trip- on & to maintain editorial consistency. the Glenelg River is a private transport trip not Bus. Con­ tact Doug Pocock for more information on Contributions to The News may be sent to the Editor by: Sunday 31 March Mt. Blackwood - Lerderderg * Emailing to: * Placing diskette or hand written material Gorge - Jill Dawson is the Assistant Leader. Contact Alan in the "Red Box" in the clubrooms Ide for more information on * Posting diskette or hand written material to either: Sunday 19 May- Cape Woolamai- Please note Sybille The Editor, Melbourne Bushwalkers Inc., Holdheide's correct telephone number is PO Box 1751Q, Melbourne, Vic., 3001 or V. Scrivenger, News Editor, DECEMBER '01 WALKS STATS Electronic mail is preferred. Dec. 2001 Trips People Average Dec. '00 Closing date for receipt of material for The News is the last Wednesday ofthe month. Sunday Bus 3 84 28 27 Advertisements in The News Other Day- 1 10 10 16 Only advertisements directly relating to bushwalking Wed.10 will be accepted (e.g. gear, maps, trips, tours, etc.). Members' ads are free. Pack Carry 3 24 8 8 Advertising Rates (Artwork Ready): Base Camp 2 34 17 7 1_ Size: 1 Issue: 3 Issues: 12 Issues CaQ.o~ - -- 6 6 - . ' - .. (1 Year): Cancelled 1 -- 2 Y4 Page $30 $80 $300 Total 12 158 - 160 V:z Page $50 $135 $500 The cancelled trip was the Base Camp challenge of climb­ Full Page $80 $220 $800 ing Victoria's two highest peaks- not enough interest ROD NOVAK WALKS SECRETARY FEBRUARY 2002 THE NEWS OF THE MELBOURNE BUSHWALKERS INC. PAGE2 MARCH DAY WALKS, ETC. Sunday Bus: Dom Dom Saddle- ~ Historical Walk: Fernshaw & Condons Track IIIII Merri Creek & C.E.R.E.S. DATE Sunday 3 March DATE Labour Day: Monday II March STANDARD Easy/Medium & Medium STANDARD Easy DISTANCE Approx. 13 & 20 km DISTANCE Approx. 9km LEADER(S) Ralph Blake & Deborah Henry LEADER(S) Nigel Holmes - Ph.: TRANSPORT Bus· South Bank Blvd at 9.00 am TRANSPORT Public RETURN TIME Approx. 7.00 pm RETURN TIME Approx. 4 pm at Rushall station AREA Near Healesville AREA North-east inner Melbourne MAP REFERENCE Juliet North & Juliet South MAP REFERENCE Melway p.I7, 29, 30 & 44 Both walks will start at Dom Dom Saddle. The ElM walk Meet "under the clocks" at Flinders St. station for a I 0 am will finish at Fernshaw and the Med. walk will conclude start. We will take a tram to the start of the walk and have at Maroondah Dam. Both walks are through forested areas a choice of tram or train back to the city. All travel is in and are mostly on tracks. Met zone I. The Med. walk will head N-W from Dom Dom & then S­ The number I9 tram will take us to the start of a walk E to ascend Mt Monda. Then we will take Condon's walk­ along Merri creek near the former Pentridge prison site. ing track to the Maroondah Dam, a steep descent to the Lunch will be at C.E.R.E.S. where we can look at low en­ south. The ElM walk will head to Mt Dom Dom & then ergy houses and "alternative technology." We follow the along the track to Carters Gap. From there it's along the Merri creek generally to Rushall station. Rail bridge tech­ Morley track with a gentle descent to Fernshaw. nology, local geology and social history will be amongst the features of this walk. Sunday Bus: Daylesford - Hepburn Springs Sunday Bus: Lake Mountain DATE Sunday I 0 March STANDARD Easy & Easy/Medium DATE Sunday I7 March DISTANCE Approx. I4 & I8 km STANDARD Easy/Medium & Medium LEADER(S) William Cone & Peter McGrath LEADER(S) Paul Beers & John Coe TRANSPORT Bus - South Bank Blvd at 9.00 am TRANSPORT Bus - South Bank Blvd at 8.30 am RETURN TIME Approx. 6.30 pm AREA Hepburn Springs & Wombat State Forest Please talk with the leaders in the clubrooms about these walks or phone Paul Beers on MAP REFERENCE Daylesford & Eganstown 1:25 000 N.B. 8.30 am start. We will visit many interesting spots on this pleasant walk. The Easy group will start at the Hepburn mineral springs, and gently climb to Jacksons Lookout tower. The walk then joins the Dry Wednesday Walk: Diggings Track, passing old gold mines and mine workings. This includes the Blowhole - a short tunnel taking a creek Donna Buang - Cement Creek through a rock outcrop. The track passes Fairy Dell Spring and several other mineral springs. At the springs you can d.rink the DATE Wednesday 20 March mineral water. We will meet the bus at the Lake Daylesford ki­ STANDARD Easy/Medium osk. The Easy walk will be on tracks and mostly flat. DISTANCE Approx. II km The ElM group will walk to Hepburn Springs before following LEADER(S) Max easley the same route as the Easy Group. This will include an off-track TRANSPORT Private walk along Argyle Gully. Peter and I saw native orchids and RETURN TIME Approx. 6.00 pm butterflies in this area on our preview. AREA Warburton Be prepared with sun cream, a hat and plenty of water. Mostly MAP REFERENCE Juliet South 1:25,000 the tracks are shaded by trees but there are some open sections. Meet at 10.15 am at Cement Ck. car park about 7 km from War­ burton, near junction of Donna Buang Rd & Acheron Way. Call me on for further transport details. This walk is among huge eucalyptus trees & has views from Mt. Donna Buang. The distance is short but there are some steep climbs. There are also options for shorter walks if you prefer. The plan is to walk up Cement Ck. track to Mt. Donna Buang Lookout Tower. Then a side trip to the Melbourne Walking Club hut. After that we go to Mt. Victoria along a track which may be a bit overgrown, & finish at the Ten Mile Turntable car park. FEBRUARY 2002 THE NEWS OF THE MELBOURNE BUSHWALKERS INC. PAGE3 Dandenongs Explorer One Tree Hill DATE Saturday 23 March STANDARD Easy LEADER(S) Warren Baker TRANSPORT Private Please phone Warren Baker on about this walk. Regent Honeyeater Project Nest Boxes for Endangered Species Sunday Bus: Saturday 13 April Somers to Flinders (Winery) Meet at 10 am at the Natural Resources & Environment offices, Benalla DATE Sunday 24 March STANDARD Easy & Easy/Medium Activities will include: checking nest boxes DISTANCE 13& 15 km to see if the wildlife are at home, LEADER(S) Clare Lonergan & Fay Pratt removing fora/ bees ifnecessary, TRANSPORT Bus- South Bank Blvd at 9.00 am placing new nest boxes in trees, Momington Peninsula AREA ~ stqg-"»:.atching qt dl!sk to see gliders Flinders 1:25,000, Somers 1:25,000 MAP REFERENCE emerging from nest boxes & This is a lovely walk where we meander along interesting spotlighting walk after dark to view and varied coastal tracks and open beach with good views possums and gliders in their element. across to Phillip Island. The Easy/Medium group com­ Self-catering (lunch, etc.
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