THE CANBERRA Bh/SIIWALI'ing Cit/B 7 INC. NEWSLETTER GPO Box 160, Canberra ACT 2601
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THE CANBERRA Bh/SIIWALI'ING Cit/B 7 INC. NEWSLETTER GPO Box 160, Canberra ACT 2601 VOLUME 36 APRIL 2000 — • - - - - LGENERAEMEET!NG crt4: * r yrnr - ..- .r -,-- - - --- 8m.Wêdnesda'1 9LAji-i1 - A..t -t4-'j5 —----(tr--: t' .-.- —• peãkeri off-Undetñô6d:&Aifwçónnb1Iy on k41 - - r -- he TraTgic'Tale 6fthe'B?ush-Thi1edR6ek\Vallabyr _- Yr ;; - aDicksonLibrary Community Room 'i-Make the most of the evening andjohfóther members at 6pm for a convivial (13 10) meal at the PhiPhu Quoc staurant. inpeSUDk Try to bliarlyto ensure thècilI be ample er &flzr9 get to then g in with the ranger concerned and we required for any fires proposed to be President's Prattle agreed that, while there had been no lit. known breaches of Namadgi . car based camping is only National Park camping permit Circulation of our newsletter goes permitted at the designated requirements by the Club, it was well beyond the general membership campgrounds at Orroral, probably timely to remind our and our mailing list includes Honeysuckle Creek and Mount leaders of their obligations. These are outdoors shops, public libraries, park Clear. A maximum party size of six as follow: management agencies and other persons applies at Orroral and Mount bushwalking clubs. Recent evidence * no camping is permitted in the Clear. Permits are required for car that at least one of these 'outsiders' Cotter Catchment adjacent to or based camping and camping fees are reads IT, took the form of a below Corin Dam. payable. telephone call to a trip leader from a * a permit is required to camp Permits and payment of fees can Namadgi National Park ranger. The elsewhere in the Cotter Catchment. be arranged through the Namadgi ranger quizzed the leader politely The maximum number of campers Visitor Centre (6207 2900). about one of his coming trips that permitted in the catchment at any one will cross the Cotter Catchment. She time is 24 and the maximum was concerned that he may have been permitted size of any individual party The increasing number of Club unaware of the need to obtain a is six persons. The catchment is a trips that attract camping or other permit if he intended to camp in the 'fuel stove only' area and no fires are fees has prompted the Committee to catchment. As it turned out, the permitted. consider whether or not the Club leader will be camping outside the ought to underwrite these fees and be catchment and he was aware of the * elsewhere in the park, pennits prepared to accept a loss if a trip permit requirements. are not required for walk-in bush does not proceed or proceeds with camping, however permits are I subsequently discussed the issue fewer than anticipated participants. that we all buy from time-to-time to a cold drink as much as I did the one Also in this Ithué keep us alive and comfortable in the handed to me by one of Janet's Item. -Page.: bush and the costs of running the helpers when I arrived. 5&R CallOut motor vehicles that we use to get to -MonthiyHéettng- 13 and from our walks Terence Uren, President Wee Jasper Weekend • New Social •Sècretary 3 Advice from a number of local Mémbership Natters - - 4 equipment retailers suggests that the :Letters t6he Editor. Search and Rescue :rEtack 4 impact of the (1ST on their prices will -.Warwick B1aydn - be as follows: call out 5-6 March More burNames: •CiubRecordsm 7 * the price of clothing, footwear Sunday evening 5 March, the Smoke±s1ia1i •Access and packaged food will increase by Club received a call out for a search Wa1JcRepQr increase by 10% and rescue for two young girls who 'Niinnio)ti]i1 :•:- : 5 BikingrtS-WeéJasper 6 * the price of items such as were lost in an area east of the Kosciuzko•Gouñtet-. 7•' - sleeping bags, stoves and torches will Wombeyan caves. The request was hpalhâvePB1bck'-upL increase by between 2.5% and 8.5%. for us to be there by 7.30 the Aotiv±tyPr-ogramm& following morning. In response to .Iifo±matIo&Pagö,- 144 * items that currently carry 22% Membrsh-ip--foem-:. 15 sales tax (packs, tents, most climbing the request, seven members of the equipment and most general camping Club made themselves available on equipment) should decrease in price what, as itso often, very short notice. The Committee has decided that it is by between 2% and 61/o, although the North of Goulburn through Taralga, not appropriate to do so at this stage price of some high dollar mark-up' and a few kilometres east of the and that trip leaders will continue to items may either stay the same or Wombeyan caves. The drive was be responsible for managing the risk increase slightly because of the way interesting because of low clouds that associated with the payment of such existing retail margins are treated provided an incentive for cautious fees. under the (1ST. driving. This and the back country The impact of the GST on motor driving beyond the Wombeyan caves Next year the club will celebrate vehicle running costs is less clear at the 40th anniversary of its founding. meant we arrived at 8.30, though still this stage, given uncertainties The Committee believes that there ahead of others. - surrounding the effect of recent petrol would be merit in preparing a special price rises on the setting of excise All told, about 50 emergency publication to mark this event. Some rates, although it seems certain that people were there. Twenty from the initial thoughts on the type of they will rise. The Committee will Confederation and the remainder publication include a monitor closely the need for a from the police and emergency commemorative issue of IT, an possible increase in the Club's anecdotal history of the Club or a services, including search dogs. The transport rates. route guide to Namadgi National family of the two girls and family Park. The Committee is proposing to friends waited in the mist around set up a small working group to Janet's recent efforts on behalf of fnes, which I suspect, were bunting further investigate options and the Club have included not only her all that night. develop a proposal (and associated work on the (1ST but also the costings) for consideration by the organisation of the recent Wee Jasper By 9.15 am, ourselves and other membership. Please give me a call if weekend. Janet and her helpers members of the Confederation were you would be interested in deserve a special thanks for a being broken into search parties to contributing to the work of this splendid evening. I took part in the sweep adjoining search zones in the group. bike ride to the area. We were marking out the event and respective zones on our maps, when arrived at Wee Janet Edstein's recent article by 9.20, the girls were found walking Jasper 11 hot (March IT) on the possible effect of down the road. There were nervous hours and 100 the GST on our running expenses waves of acknowledgement from the and our membership subscriptions is, rough kilometres girls as we left for breakfast in of course, only part of the story. after setting out, Goulburn. Other direct effects of the tax will with all but one include its impact on the price of the of the party Thanks are due to Alan Vidler having suffered multiple punctures clothing, equipment and accessories who was the other driver and who along the way. Seldom have I enjoyed went out late at night knocking on Can berm Bushwalking Club ITApril 2000 page 2 them again. They arrived at the April Meeting shearing sheds and cottage at 3pm Social Secretary and worked non-stop until 11pm. The fhe Tragic Tale of the kitchen was quite tiny so we had a Wendi Johnson has resigned as ftrncli:toiiod 1~nrir:Wei1ahtr bank of 7 electric flypans cooking social secretary and Cate Once widespread m areas 2of outside on one of the tables. My team Kennedy has agreed to fulfil of helpers included this role for the rest of the Club jjijofojnd in year. Many thanks to Wendi for Stan Marks who helped with the all her efforts in the first half of tickets, arranged all the transport, the year, and to Cate for peeled potatoes, carrots and pumpkin stepping in now. and ably marshalled all the diners to the different courses. Rosemary Edwards and Jenny Cate Kennedy who bought and Horsfleld helped serve and watched stuffed the fish, and worked non-stop over the cooking. Jenny also offered all evening. to lead the Sunday walk. Isabelle Ferru and Michael Vance Brown who cooked a hot Maconachie who helped with the vegetarian curry and designed the buying of the food, designed the table tickets. pennants (The Castle, Nattai Gorge, doors; David Drohan and Nick There were also many others who Mt Gingera, Monolith Valley to name Bendeli, who brought their simply helped cater for the crowd, a few) prepared delicious vegetarian Confederation Rock Squad uniforms like Sue Vidler and James dishes and worked non-stop all and rock equipment; Ian Turland, Ashburner, both volunteering to evening. who arrived at Alan Vidler's by taxi; carve the roast lamb and pork, like Roger Beddis and his wife who Jayne Baker. What a way for a drove him to the Sutton turn-off; new member to meet others! She ably Terence Uren, who as President, cooked all the pumpkin and carrots meant he was collected from home and helped serve. and myself, who collected the Gary Trevean, a veteran from the President.