SASC NEWSLETTER

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Registered by Post Publication No NBH 7060 Category B Volume 16 Number 4 Email: [email protected] October, 2016 Address for Club Mail: SASC, PO Box 841, Spit Junction 2088 Payment of subscriptions: PO Box 568, Gymea 2227 Please visit our web page at http://www.sasc-aus.com

VALE SELMA KAHANE 7/1/1916 to 22/7/2016 Selma passed away peacefully at Montefiore Hunters Hill. Her funeral at Macquarie Park Cemetery was at- tended by many friends and a large number of SASC members. Selma was the widow of Arnold Kah- ane, foundation Chairman of SASC Lodge Co-op., long-term SASC mem- ber and activist. Selma’s daughters Marie Westgarth and Sylvia Gore have been stalwarts of SASC for over 50 On a personal note Selma was born years. Grand daughter Cathy Stanyer in Vienna, she lost her birth mother at has been involved with SASC Juniors age 2 and had a difficult relationship and Grandson Darren Gore a Vice with her step mother. In the late 1930s, Anchor House was the family residence President of SASC. after the Nazi occupation of Austria she until 16 years ago when Selma moved For over 20 years Selma’s home at 814 was able to escape to England where to Windsor Gardens Retirement Vil- Pacific Highway Chatswood was the after 6 months she was granted a lage. registered office of the SASC Lodge permit to enter Australia where Arnold Two years ago Selma moved to Mon- Cooperative and where Lodge meet- her fiancée had already settled in Ra- tefiore Jewish Home where she cel- ings were held. venshoe, North Queensland. He had ebrated her 100th Birthday in January Selma was a non-skier; she suffered an been sponsored by a distant relative this year. injury skiing in Austria as a teenager. who owned a sawmill. She leaves a family of 3 children, 11 In the 1960’s on Friday nights in the Selma lost all her family in the holo- grandchildren and 24 great-grand- ski season Arnold and Selma caught caust except for 2 sisters Martha and children. the ‘ Express’ alias Trudie who she managed to get to She had a most interesting and chal- the Cooma Mail from Central Station Australia through persistent contact lenging life. at 8pm on route to Charlottes Pass. with the Minister for Immigration-Arthur May she rest in peace Often they took some of their grand- Caldwell. children with them. Selma supervising Selma ran a boarding house in Ra- them to ski. venshoe for a few years then moved When Christiania Lodge was acquired to Tully where they had purchased the ************ by the Lodge Coop., Selma with her Astoria Café whose main business was • Club subscriptions are due on sisters and friends spent up to 2 weeks looking after cane cutters. 30 September. over Xmas and New Year bushwalking In the early 1950’s they moved to Wil- • and socialising. loughby where they started the family Guessing Competition ticket butts to be returned to Outside the dining area of Christiania business Anchor Metal Products. In the Marie Westgarth before 11 on the balcony is a bench seat which early 1960’s they bought Anchor House November 2016. honours Selma’s contribution to the at 814 Pacific Highway Chatswood an old building , redeveloped in 1967. Lodge. • SASC AGM – 8pm, Wednesday 16 November, North’s Leagues Club. (starting with Juniors Presentation and ticket draw) ************

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SOUTHERN ALPS SKI CLUB INC 2016 Contact appropriate Club office bearers OCTOBER for queries re Annual Fees (both Lodge SOCIAL SECRETARY: Sun 9 End Public School Holidays and Club members), Membership Num- Marie Wesgarth Tue 11 Junior Committee Meeting bers, Booking forms, Club Members [email protected] – Mosman Change of Address, etc Mon 17 Lodge Meeting – all EDITOR: welcome – Homebush PRESIDENT: Helen Pearson Sat 22 Walk – Blue Mountains Rod Peile 0448 670 586 [email protected] Andy Cairns [email protected] JUNIOR TRAINING: NOVEMBER VICE PRESIDENTS: Chairman 4-7 Camping Weekend (4WD) Lindy Ellis-Jack - Daniel Kavo – Abercrombie NP - Phil Friedlander Vice-Chairman Bob Sims Bill Sidwell - David Green Wed 16 SASC ANNUAL GENERAL Darren Gore Secretary - Lisa Manoy MEETING at North Sydney [email protected] Treasurer Leagues Club – 8pm - Michael Este ALSO Junior Presentation SECRETARY: Junior Bus Co-ordinator and RAFFLE DRAW Kim Easdale 0416 800 360 - Sue Pike 19-20 Lodge Meeting – [email protected] Junior Racing Co-ordinator Directors only - Thredbo ASSISTANT SECRETARY: - Kim Easdale ADVERTISING: NOTE CHANGED DATE! Stephanie Witts 0416 800 360 Rod Peile 0448 670 586 Sun 20 January 2017 Newsletter - TREASURER: deadline Peter Collett CROSS COUNTRY AND Sun 27 XC & BW group Christmas ASSISTANT TREASURER: BUSHWALKING COMMITTEE: Picnic Walk and David Collett Chairman - Bob Sims Peter Collett's Secretary - Sally Sims 90th birthday CLUB CAPTAIN: Arthur Owens 6457 8334 – Bob Sims LODGE DELEGATE: FAX 6457 8335 NOTE CHANGED DATE! Joe Di Falco [email protected] VICE CAPTAIN: AUDITOR: Robert Kavo ************ Ron Giles MEETING VENUES and TIMES Club meetings (and AGM) held at North Sydney Leagues Club at 8pm.

Open Lodge meetings held at Sports House, Quad 1, Level 2 8 Parkview Drive, Sydney Olym- pic Park. Sports House entrance is locked after hours so please call Joe 0418 238 552 or Rod 0448 670 586 for access. Lodge AGM held at 8pm at North Sydney Leagues Club

Cross Country and Bushwalk- ing meetings held at 6.30pm at West Pennant Hills Sports Club 103 New Line Rd, West Pennant Hills (June) or the Sims home (September)

Junior Committee meetings to SASC members visit the Perisher Fire Station be held at different venues. Contact Daniel Kavo for details

SASC Vol 16 No 4 Page2 Presidents report The Charlotte Pass and Perisher and Suites, Travelplan SKI, Snow Ski- management review is very important ers Warehouse, Alpsports, SX Snow for our Lodge future at Charlotte Pass. and the Club & Lodge Co-op. Dear Members, See page 8. Apart from the manage- The AGM will receive annual reports I was saddened when I heard Selma ment review NPWS are also working from the Sub Committees then we will Kahane had passed away. I pass our on KNP carrying capacity review and elect the committee for 2017. If you sympathy to all of Selma’s family and horse management plan that may affect would like to nominate for any of the friends – within Southern Alps there our visitor experience in the mountains; positions, please call or email me for are many. Selma’s made a significant links to latest information are on our information. I mentioned earlier this contribution to Southern Alps – please website. year I was looking to stand down and see page 1. give someone else the pleasure of tak- Lodges are open for summer bookings; ing on the President’s role but to date What a winter it has been, with huge don’t forget the L’ETAPE Australia bike no one has offered. If that remains the snow falls followed by warm weather race on 3/12/16. case at the AGM I will stand again for and precipitation. Some of us have another term. been lucky to be in the mountains at The SASC AGM will be proceeded by I have not had time to progress the the “right” time. I was on two occasions; a short Juniors Presentation and the Constitution review promised last the first big fall just in time for the Cross Juniors Guessing competition draw, year – this was the Clubs constitution Country bus trip in June – great expec- I hope you can join us at Norths on 16 (not the Lodge Cooperative) so if re- tations when we arrived in Thredbo November at 8pm. elected I would like to complete this in with 15cm on the ground and snow still Perhaps you will win the fantastic 1st 2017. The changes are mainly about falling. Then I caught another dump at prize – Ski Holiday at Sun Peaks for electronic media, privacy policy and Charlotte Pass during school holidays two! Please ensure your Guessing alignment with the way we do business. and enjoyed fresh snow on Gutheries Competition ticket butts are returned to Your comments and suggestions on with members Paul and Daniel. Marie Westgarth before 11 November any of the Club activities are welcome There was disappointment when the 2016. The tickets were enclosed with at the AGM. Supper will be served at Junior Thredbo Interclub and the the July newsletter – call me if you would the conclusion of the meeting. Paddy Pallin Junior Shield races like some more tickets. The guessing Hope to see you soon. were cancelled due to blizzards. Of competition sponsors deserve our Rod Peile course we all appreciated the snow that support; Sun Peaks - Canada’s Alpine 0448 670 586 fell. Congratulations to the 2016 Club Village, Nancy Greene’s Cahilty Hotel [email protected] Champions, and Senior Thredbo Interclub team that won by a clear margin - see the Club Captains report for details. Thanks to Club’s committee members for doing their best to get events under- way but sometimes the weather wins. Thanks to Stuart Lowndes who helped again with the Snowline Cup GS race at Charlotte Pass.

The sponsorship study group, formed earlier in the year, has made recom- mendation to the September Club meeting. I thank them for their con- tribution.

Congratulations to Chris and Alli Sch- neider who celebrate 10 years manag- ing Southern Alps Lodge at Charlotte K night at Kahane Pass. Members have enjoyed being welcomed and looked after by the Charlotte Pass team including Dexter and Jake who we have seen grow from youngsters to mid-teens.

Peter Collett, Club Treasurer and Executive officer, Kahane Lodge Treasurer and Lodge Executive Officer is celebrating his 90th birthday in De- cember – members are invited to join the Cross Country and Bushwalking committee Christmas function where Peter’s birthday will be recognised – see page 1.

Page3 SASC Vol 16 No 4 Sponsored Skiers Applications for the 2016/17 sponsor- ship have been received and assessed. Sam Wells, Tim Easdale, Sami Ken- nedy-Sim and Jenny Owens applied. Snippets We wish all of them the very best for their northern hemisphere endeavours Charlotte Pass Summer Caretakers – some will have already departed for training and race preparation. This Members interested in caretaking season is very important for selection Southern Alps Lodge at Charlotte in the 2018 Winter Olympic team that Pass are advised that vacancies exist will compete in Korea. between 1/2/17 and the end of summer Sam Wells is vying for place in the aeri- season. Please contact Tim Moore als team, Tim and Sami in Ski Cross Peter’s Turning Ninety!! 0411 220 789. and Jenny in Alpine events – Downhill and Super G and Combined Alpine. Peter Collett will be reaching the ripe Club Subscriptions To keep up to date news will be pub- old age of 90 later this year. Membership subscriptions were due on lished or linked on our website sasc- The X-C and Bushwalking group 30/9/16 and payable before 31/12/16. aus.com are planning to celebrate Peter’s Renewal notices are included with this milestone as part of our annual newsletter - If you have a subscription Paddy Pallin Junior Shield Christmas Picnic Walk on Sunday 27 query please contact Peter Collett Unfortunately, after entries were taken November.

and the bibs issued, the much needed We would love to have as many blizzard continued through race day. SASC members as possible join Do we have your EMAIL address? Charlotte Pass management cancelled us for the party. We should now be We only have about 50% of member’s the race early and after initial thoughts well organised so if you would like to email addresses – Please remember to of running the Paddy on Thursday attend please ring Sally or Bob Sims keep your email address updated. It’s were dashed we cancelled the main to get all the details. easy – go to the website home page Alpine event. Thanks to Paul Berry for http://www.sasc-aus.com/ click on the assistance processing the entries and “Please update my email address” but- preparing start lists. ton in the right hand column and your Many of the children raced in the details will be added. Thursday Standard Race on a very soft course set on Waterfall run. Ben Rickett’s Environmental Pre- The Paddy Pallin Super Juniors (U8 serve year olds) race did go ahead on Thurs- Members may not be aware Southern day using the ski school course beside Alps holds a share in Ben Rickett’ En- the poma. Will Smyth and Charlotte vironmental Preserve located on the Smyth (SASC temp members) were near Jamberoo. the fastest of the 16 children that There have been many attempts to entered. Prizes were given out prior invigorate usage of the preserve ac- to the Charlotte Pass Standard Race commodation but with a diverse group Presentation. Let’s hope for favorable of shareholders gaining approval for weather next year! improvements has not occurred. A working group has been formed to come up with some new ideas that may be acceptable to the shareholders. NEXT DEADLINE, for the January Phil Friedlander has joined the working 2017 Newsletter, is group so if you have any suggestions Sunday, 20 November, 2016 to Editor. please contact Phil. To [email protected] or ring Helen. PHS newsletter The winter edition has a link on our website home page. This edition has K night at Kahane some interesting stories; Ski touring near Mount Jagungal, Personal Reflec- tions on Carl Melvy, Peter Ward OAM, Vale Bob Arnott, Zurich to Cooma – Hans Zollinger (Hans Oversnow owner).

Lodge Share Holdings Currently there are a few lodge share holdings available for purchase; inter- ested members should contact Beverly Endicott at [email protected] Heading for the Pass Icicles on Stillwell

SASC Vol 16 No 4 Page4 CAPTAIN'S REPORT Bushwalking and Arthur Owens Cross Country Another successful season has been Bob & Sally Sims experienced by Southern Alps race teams and those members attending Past Events Race Week. Both KAC and TAC joined us this year in what turned out to be a great week. Each of the clubs hosted a Kuring-Gai Chase – Myoora Rd to St Ives party on particular nights which added Abandoned due to the weather, we’ll to a very enjoyable environment. try again next year. At the SASC party it was agreed that the trophy that SASC and KAC contest each year would now be called The Tri- Michael Grace presenting the Shield Annual Summit Tour XC Bus Trip to Arthur Owens at Race Week. When the coach left Sydney it looked Club Shield to include TAC. Our club like a certain bushwalk but then at was successful this year in winning 1am Mother Nature came good and the Shield. the snow arrived. There was so much Highlights included: Alpine Champions eight clubs participating. The Mocko snow that we were able to ski all the - Libby Parry & Chris Hardy; Rex Cox Trophy was won by Targangil. way to Perisher for the first time in Trophy - Ben Hardy; Alpine Masters It was Southern Alps turn to host the several years. Many thanks to Ron and - Penny Bean & Robert Kavo; Cross Australia Alpine Clubs race this year Owen for stepping in as Tour leaders Country - Alastair Sloan at Thredbo on 3 September and again and to all the skiers who participated – Southern Alps had a big victory in the it rained all day. Six clubs competed it’s always a great week-end but often Thredbo Interclub beating Ski Club of and while SASC cannot win the major it’s a fabulous week-end!! Australia by 62 points to 53. trophy as we are only associates, we Fastest woman - Jenny Owens; Fastest were the fastest in the Masters event Male - Scott Kneller Royal National Park - Wattamolla to with a team of Kim Easdale, Jan Ow- Garie ens, Butch Young & Arthur Owens. On a “bluebird” Sydney Sunday, 16 The Snowline Cup was run on 17 members met at Wattamolla and August and it rained all day. Nonethe- Please visit the SASC web page, under walked along the cliff top to Garie less, the race was completed with some Racing, for the results of all events. Beach. We stopped at the very beautiful Curracurrang Cove for morning tea then on to Eagles Rock ******************************** for lunch, there were about 12 whale sightings during the day. A great walk on a beautiful day. Many thanks to Russell and all who attended.

Balmain to Darling Harbour 13 members met at Circular Quay and took the ferry to Balmain East. The walk then followed the waterfront admiring the many sandstone terraces, then Walsh Bay, the old wharf and dry dock, Ballast Point, Snails Bay, Birchgrove Park, Callan Park along the Hawthorn Canal and back to Central via the Light Rail. Thanks Ron a great walk enjoyed by all. On the Cliff Tops Royal National Park

Coming up in 2016

October – Blue Mountains (note the changed date Sat 22 October) November – 4WD Camping week-end in the Abercrombie NP November – Annual Christmas Picnic Walk (note new date Sun 27 November) and Peter Collett's 90th birthday celebration.See page 4.

Please refer to the club calendar for a complete list of activities including each walk leader’s contact phone number.

We look forward to seeing you on a walk soon. Balmain Walk

Page5 SASC Vol 16 No 4 turns before their lessons. The whole day. Isla, our coach from Perisher Ski JUNIOR COMMITTEE mountain was open apart from the high School, showed us some secret pow- REPORT speed poma. The kids had a ball and der stashes in the trees. There were Daniel Kavo - Juniors Chairman had some very productive lessons ski- some spectacular crashes in the deep ing in sun with some soft, fluffy snow. snow, but the ‘mojo’ was high. Juniors Preparation Day - Daniel Afterwards Nelson and Jacob made a The Paddy Pallin Shield was cancelled Kavo snowman, while Rose and Grace made on the Wednesday due to the visibility With great weather this year, we organ- their own natural snow cones. Ally pro- being less than 2 metres with gale force ised some ice breakers for the children vided the green cordial, everyone loved winds. Hayden, Rod Peile & I hastily to get to know each other, learnt some this idea and did the same. re-arranged a ‘version’ to be run at the exercises to prepare for being good In the afternoon, the sun was shining, Pass on Thursday. The stoke levels skiers and explained the plans for the so we had the group photo and then were high after a day which included Bus Trip weekend to come. A lovely out for some cross country skiing. The X-C, GS racing, powder skiing and barbecue, overlooking the Lane Cove children thought it was hilarious finding rock jumps. River, completed the day. their feet and trying out cross country Team members this year were Hannah Many thanks to Sue and Lisa for or- skiing for the very first time. Everyone Williams, Nadia Rosenberg, Imogen ganising the food and drinks for the put in a good effort, with some kids re- Este, Max Christie, James Lahoud, children and adults, and thank you to ally taking a shine to it. Hugo Thompson, Nat Manoy and Will those who help organise the day. That evening, the famous Games Night Elliott. Louie McCrohon also joined the Many new forged friendships were en- was organised by Hayden. The children children in Cameo whilst training with hanced once we got to Charlotte Pass. went wild making decorative signs with Perisher Snow sports. So thanks team SASC. glitter and pom poms. They were chal- Thursday and Friday the wind finally lenged with trivia questions and then dropped and the sun came out making Junior Bus Trip - Lisa Manoy competed in the balloon running and for some excellent fresh snow skiing popping competition. across Perisher and Blue Cow. By the There was plenty of excitement board- Saturday morning, our last day, had end of the week, the kids had bleary ing the bus at Canterbury this year, come around so quickly. The children eyes from lack of sleep and tired legs, with snow at Charlotte Pass! We had packed up all their bags and got or- but general satisfaction from a fun, but two bus drivers, so we arrived at Jind- ganised for their last lesson. It was challenging week in the snow. abyne well ahead of schedule and the another beautiful day to finish off the All the kids improved their racing kids had a good sleep while we waited 2016 bus trip. technique, X-C skiing and learnt to for the Ingles and Thompson children. Those who had never skied before im- wax their skis. Stack of the week was We arrived at Perisher in a snow storm, proved so much over the course of the won by Imogen Este (Girls) and Hugo and the snow cats got us to Charlotte weekend. There was lots of sadness Thompson (Boys) and a special award Pass in record time, We were so grate- to leave our cocoon of Charlotte Pass was made to Nat Manoy for the sheer ful to get into the warm lodge to feast as everyone had bonded so beautifully. number of stacks he managed to cram on Alli and Chris’s delicious food. The Thank you to Chris and Alli for looking into the week. weather was wild with snow and wind after us with your delicious food and Thanks to lodge manager Tony, for but we saw the beautiful Charlotte Pass warm hospitality. We cannot wait for dropping our gear to the ski tube ter- mountain all white, a stark and welcome another year at Charlottes Pass. minal, (and picking it up again about contrast to last year. half an hour later once the races had The children settled into their rooms been cancelled). Special mention must then collected their hire gear and Junior Race Week – Julian Thompson be made of his white chocolate semi- headed for their first lesson. The day Hayden Cairns and I were honoured to freddo and killer berry pavlova – which was extremely windy so only the poma be asked to manage the 2016 Juniors I hope you all have a chance to sample and the magic carpet were open. The team. this winter. children had a great morning, our The SASC Juniors Race Training Week beginners stayed on the magic carpet was a mixed platter, weather wise. We Any Junior member who has raced in and the rest did runs up and down started off at Kahane on 9 July for the the poma. After the lesson we happily week with a great bunch of enthusiastic Club races, Interschools, participated in headed back to the lodge for lunch. kids. On spring slush over the weekend race club training or entered other snow The weather got progressively worse we had some introductory X-C skiing sports races during this season, can so only Imi, Hannah and Bea braved it and GS training in deep ruts. be considered for our “Most Improved together with Bana, Jeremy and Jett. On Monday morning we battled pouring Bana had never skied before and that rain and 100 km/hr winds on our way Junior Skier” and “Most Outstanding afternoon graduated from the magic to the 6:30am ski tube en-route to the Junior Racer” awards. So please sub- carpet, with lots of determination and Thredbo Junior Interclub Race. The mit your results to the Juniors secretary, cheers, to the poma. text that the race had been cancelled Lisa Manoy at [email protected] The evening was very subdued as the arrived seconds after the doors closed kids were exhausted. After dinner the on the train so we had a lovely trip to before our next meeting on 11th children had a few games of cards and Bullocks and return, including lugging October. then went to sleep. our sodden gear and selves back up to Sponsorships may also be avail- Friday morning was incredible! We Kahane in the rain. The wind howled at able if you are racing/training during woke to powder snow blanketing the dinner that night, but the chocolate cake mountain. Hugo and Artie were dressed kept the spirits up. 2016/2017 season, so contact Lisa and outside at 7.20am ready to ski. The dump of the season started early Manoy with details before our 11 Oc- The children had a quick breakfast on the Tuesday and by Wednesday tober meeting. and headed out for a few early morning powder skiing was the order of the

SASC Vol 16 No 4 Page6 If you are interested in helping with our Congratulations to Paul and Louise of Juniors training program please attend Snow Skiers Warehouse, celebrating 25 years of service in August, in their our next Juniors meeting at Mosman on new shop. 11 October. Contact Daniel Kavo SX SNOW for details. Caringbah (formerly Ski Exclusive Cronulla) * Sales & Service, Hire, Kids Dept Our JUNIOR PRESENTATION and Snow Skiers Warehouse *Open 7 days Guessing competition draw, with re- Rockdale Phone 9526 2566 *Your Freeriding Ski Specialists* freshments, will be held before the Club Fax 9525 8116 *Contact Paul or Louise* AGM on 16 November at North Sydney www.sxsnow.com.au For great service with skis, Unit 11, 59-63 Captain Cook Drive, Leagues Club. Race Team trophies, snowboards and gear Caringbah 2229 Most Improved and Most Outstanding for sale or hire. (street frontage and access is 420 Princes Highway, Rockdale. Junior Skier will be presented. If you off Willarong Rd) (NEW location 100m down the need additional information please call Special discounts to SASC road) members, see Adam or Nicole Daniel Kavo or Lisa Manoy. Phone 9597 3422 www.snowskierswarehouse.com. ************ au Fundraising Tickets Please return your raffle tickets (en- ************ closed in the July newsletter) before 11/11/16 for your chance to win. ************

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SASC Vol 16 No 4 Page7 SASC LODGE SASC LODGE CO-OPERATIVE LTD LODGE REPORT TELEPHONE OFFICE BEARERS Joe Di Falco - Lodge Chairman NUMBERS Contact appropriate Lodge office We had a successful season this year bearers for queries re accommodation, with regular snowfalls, reasonable CHRISTIANIA LODGE, Lodge members’ change of address, snow cover and good occupancy rates. THREDBO shareholdings, comments/general There have been many expressions of (02) 6457 6201 correspondence concerning the lodges. love and support from SASC members LODGE CHAIRMAN: for the special place that is Charlotte Joe Di Falco Pass. However we all need to recog- KAHANE LODGE, 1 Truscott Place, Killara 2071 PERISHER VALLEY nise that there are some significant Phone 0418 238 552 challenges to overcome if we are going (02) 6457 5317 to maintain a ‘business as usual’ situa- tion at the Pass.

SOUTHERN ALPS LODGE, LODGE DIRECTORS: Tim Moore is now co-ordinating the CHARLOTTE PASS K Bloomfield P Freidlander planning needed for our Charlotte (02) 6457 5223 J Gardner J T Moore Pass Lodge challenges and has pro- A Owens R Peile vided the following report: P Rochaix A Sloan A building audit was carried out by Club LODGE SECRETARY: Member Scotty Rose, on 26/27 August. LODGE SECURITY Beverley Endicott Scotty runs Fire Integrity Services Pty Members and guests are reminded 30 Pope Avenue, Berrara 2540 Ltd at Queanbeyan and is a specialist that they are responsible for the safety [email protected] in passive fire protection for buildings, of all their valuables, cash, credit cards, building audits etc. His audit report will equipment and clothing while staying LODGE BOOKING OFFICERS: give us an accurate idea of the scope in the lodges. The Lodge Co-operative Kahane Lodge - Perisher and cost of the fire upgrade work, due cannot accept responsibility for loss or Uschi Lobel for completion pre winter 2017, and damage of such items. PO Box 448, Epping 1710 will enable discussions with the Dept [email protected] of Planning and Environment on timing DRESS STANDARDS AT LODGES of the work relative to the lease renewal Members are reminded that guests timeline. Christiania Lodge - Thredbo in the dining and lounge areas of the We are in touch with the Charlotte Pass lodges are required to maintain a Danielle & Greg Ozolins Ski Lodge Association and the current reasonable standard of dress. Night 22 Kittani St, Kirrawee 2232 Head Lease holder, but there is no wear, bare feet or scruffy footwear are [email protected] further progress with our lease renewal. not permitted. We are still awaiting outcomes from Charlotte Pass Lodge - the Office of Environment and Heritage Christine Edwards process for Expressions of Interest for ************ (2pm to 9pm) potential management models to ‘sup- 141 Ewos Pde, Cronulla 2230 port the overall vision of the Resorts...’. [email protected] For more information on this process see http://www.environment.nsw.gov. au/alpineresorts/perisher-charlotte- market-engagement.htm

************ CHANGE OF PERSONAL DETAILS OF MEMBERS PLEASE INCLUDE: Club Membership Number K night at Kahane Surname, Given names Old Address, New Address Phone number, Mobile, FAX, Email

ALL MEMBERS: Email to [email protected] or post to SASC, PO Box 841, Spit Junction, 2088

LODGE MEMBERS: also email to [email protected] or post to Beverly Endicott 30 Pope Avenue, Berrara 2540

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