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CHRISTMAS BARBECUE YARRALUMLA NURSERY Wednesday 15 December 1993, 6.00Pm Onwards CANBERRA BUSH WALKING CLUB INC NEWSLETTER P0 Box 160, Canberra ACI2601 Registered by Australia Post: Publication number NMB 859 StIWALKI CLUB Ad VOLUME 29 DECEMBER 1993 NUMBER 12 CHRISTMAS BARBECUE YARRALUMLA NURSERY Wednesday 15 December 1993, 6.00pm onwards This is our traditional, not-to-be missed Christmas social event in the relaxing, tree-shaded surroundings of the Yarralumla Nursery. The gates (at the entrance to Weston Park) will be open from 6.00 to 6.30pm. If you are late the gates will be checked every ten minutes. In the event of bad weather shelter is available. Bring your own everything including plates and cutlery. For further information phone Sue Vidler on 272 3553(w) or 254 5373(h) CHRISTMAS/NEW YEAR HOUSE- Walks Secretary KEEPING If you want to add any activiites to the program, please let Maurice have them by Monday 20 December. The following arrangements have been made to cover Editor absences by Committee members during the 'Silly Season'. The January edition of IT will essentially be an activity Check-In Officer program. Closing date for essential copy is Wednesday 15 Michael Pedvin will be away from time to time. However December. he reassures us that: 'there is no cause for alarm as for all intents and purposes the MEMBERSHIP MATTERS arrangement remains unchanged theonly difference will be the voice at the end of the phone' New Members Matthew James, Giralang; Chris Roper, Holder With the aid of technology and Telecom's dedication to providing a better service Gust ask Maurice) he will be Prospective Members transfering his phone to his parents' place who have kindly Leo Lamb, Macquarie ACT volunteered to take on this role. He asks that we be patient Greg Came, O'Connor ACT with them. Guy Soffing, Page ACT. A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE tional use. Following the declaration of the Lower Gleneig National Park in 1969 and a 15 year phase out period nearly The Great South West Walk all the huts were removed. The only huts remaining are 18 to 28 October 1993 those at Pattersons which I understand have been retained for historical reasons. Pattersons was a canoe camp estab- Participants: Enid Brooker, Doug Cl/lies, David Hall, Pat lished in the 1920's by the Pattersons ofWarrock Station for and Eric Pickering, John Thwaite. their fimily and staff. This walk between Portland and Nelson in south west As we approached Nelson the white limestone cliffs of the Victoria had fascinated me since I read about it in the Glenelg River Gorge became much more evident and the November 1983 issue of WILD. The Portland Parks au- water seemed deeper. We could imagine how Mitchell felt thority provided track notes and the Portland Police ar- in 1836 as his party rowed towards the mouth of the river ranged safe parking for the cars. We contacted Mrs Gwen hoping to find a natural harbour. His hopes would have Bennett, Secretary of The Friends of the Great South West been soaring at this point ofthejourney. Unfortunately the Walk, who offered and kindly arranged transport to the start estuary proved to be quite unsuitable as a harbour. The track of the walk. Thank you, Gwen and Friends. followed the cliff-edge providing splendid river views. There were wild flowers in abundance, notably a very On 17 October Gordon Page, one of The Friends, met us attractive variety of grevillea. Here and there we caught at the Portland Police Station at 8.15 pm and transported us sight of the emus and an emu chick. Closer to Nelson were some 60 kilometres to Moleside camp. On the way Gordon a few boat houses. gave me tide charts for the coastal section of our walk and provi4ed some helpful advice. We set up camp in the dark We arrived in Nelson mid-afternoon after three days and 50 with steady rain falling. kilometres of walking. Nelson is a village with a store/post office, a hotel and accommodation. We collected the food Next morning we woke to find ourselvs in a rather for the second part of the walk which we had posted to the beautiful grassy place on a bend in the majestic Glenelg Nelson Post Office a week earlier. River. The river was much wider and deeper than I had expected. Pit toilets and water from a side creek were Next morning we set off down the road to the sand dunes available. The first three days of the walk were along the and the Discovery Bay Coastal Park. The walk over the next river which rises in the Grampians, winds its way west, seven days included a mixture of beach, dune and cliff briefly curving in and out of South Australia, and reaching walking and an excursion into the Mount Richmond the sea at Nelson. It is fortunate that this section of the river National Park. and its surrounds are protected by National Park status. It BEACHES. The beaches are wide, backed by dunes and was rather beautiful and peaceful walking alongside the pounded by an unrelenting sea. The surf was enormous. river. There were many wildflowers in a variety of colours- The huge waves reared up, curled over and disintegrated purple (glycine), red (kennedia, epacris impressa), pink (boronia, black-eyed susies), yellow (wattle, daisies), cream into a white foam. The wind would catch them at the crest sending sheets of fine spray several metres into the air and (epacris), white (tea-trees) etc. and a host of other varieties. travelling in unison with the breaking waves. We noticed The forest is mainly stringy-bark, with thickets ofgrass trees several fast flowing rips. These factors and the reasonably (Xanthorrhoea) with their tall four-metre woody stems cool conditions were enough to set aside any thoughts of covered with white flowers. Occasionally the track takes serious swimming or surfing. interesting diversions into the bush away from the river- the Eagle Hawk and Bullocky's Tracks are examples of these. Discovery Bay has 60 kilometres of beach broken only by the rugged Cape Montesqieu headland. We walked 35 En route to Nelson we camped at the Post and Rail Camp kilometres along the beach and did not see another soul. and at Pattersons. Pit toilets and water from a water tank fed There were enormous pieces of thick, leathery seaweed, by the toilet roof were available. These facilities were to be some interesting sea-birds - gulls, terns, dotterels and a feature of all but two of our camp-sites. oystercatchers - and in places, plenty of flotsam and jetsam. There are several other camps and landings in this section The camp-sites on the beach sections of the walk are tucked presumably used by canoeists and those in other watercraft. away in the shelter of dunes. The White Sands, Lake At Pritchard's landing we met Mr Kelly, a Park's officer. He Mombeong and the Swan Lake Camps are situated near was the only person we saw on this section of the walk. He fresh-water lakes in the Discovery Bay hinterland. The told us some interesting things. The river is tidal for over 70 beautiftil Trewalla Camp overlooks Bridgewater Bay. kilometres •upstream - as far inland as Dartnioor where Major Thomas Mitchell started his voyage in 1836. There LieutenantJames Grant of H.M. Brig Lady Nelson was the had been about 70 huts along the river, largely for recrea- first European to see this coast-line on December 3, 1800. Ew Page 2 found the dunes fascinating. Some dunes, particularly the ones a kilometre or so inland, are thickly vegetated with OdeIrate O%thArat 9a masses of impenetrable scrub. Beautiful green "curtains" of a species of rasibling succulent hang from any convenient bush or tree branch. Wild flowers were abundant - the de lad beautiful noonflower (carpobrotus) and the vividly purple daisy (brachycome) were two very spectacular varieties. cfpriègiad fe/arL. Without the track maintained by the Friends of the GSWW, progress in these areas would have been slow and difficult. The inland track from White Sands to Lake Mombeong was an example of this. The last kilometre of this section is a memorable walk along the shores of the picturesque and tranquil Lake Mombeong. Other dunes have little vegetation but contain evidence of Aboriginal presence - shell middens, chert miningand tools. It is likely that similar evidence has been engulfed by shifting sands possibly to be revealed at some ftiture time. At the base level of these dunes is a peat-like material, appearing also on Doug Wnght's famous Chrislomas Day fesfivifies on Springbank the beach, which may belong to a former wetland. These Island are on again this year. dunes a1s6 contain relics of a former forest. Meet at noon just west of the boot ramp on Acton Peninsula (where Yet another variation on the dune theme occurredbetween the old Royal Canberra Hospital is) opposite Spnngbank Island. the beach and Swan Lake Camp. The two kilometre stretch from the beach to the Camp was stunning. We could have ALL ARE WELCOME. You will even see some of last year's participants been in the Sahara Desert! There were so many dunes with almost no vegetation. The dunes were huge, rising to 40 or BYO gourmet lunch. Contact Doug if you wish orif you are able to bdng 50 metres and the area vast. Some are used for the strictly o canoe, boat or other sailing vessel. controlled sport of dune buggy driving. Othetwise just turn up readyu to relax in the shade and peace of the MOUNT RICHMOND NATIONAL PARK. As a break magnificanent trees.
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