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THE NEWSLETTER OF CANBERRA BUSHWALKING CLUB itit Volume 42, Number 5 June 2006 Canberra Bushwalking Club Inc PO Box 160 Canberra ACT 2601 JUNE GENERAL MEETING 8pm Wednesday 21 A detective story: authenticating natural history watercolours from the First Fleet Speaker: Linda Groom, Curator of Pictures, National Library of Australia, and CBC member since the 1970s Late last year the National Library purchased 56 unsigned and undated watercolours of birds and plants from the First Fleet period. In addition to their appeal as beatiful works of art, these paintings are significant as a visual survey of what was flying around, or flowering in, Port Jackson in 1789. They include over 20 paintings which are the first European representations of Australian plant species. In this illustrated talk, Linda explains the process of authenticating these works, a detective story that involved art history, biology and even a little bit of bushwalking. Main meeting room, St. John’s Church Hall Constitution Avenue, Reid Canberra Bushwalking Club it June 2006 page 1 President’sPresident’s and wouldn’t like to see it disappear details of gear, food, walking, from our venerable magazine so I navigation, camping and photos of PrattlePrattle wish to submit the following notice far-off places must have contributed of motion. to a state of mind that still persists. My own children, when young, he time is nigh when the Club I am sure that this motion will used to complain, “Dad, why is it is going to have to make a vital generate a vigorous debate in the T that we always go bushwalking and decision that will affect our very best traditions of the Club. camping in our holidays? So and identity as a Club. Should we retain Rene Davies So’s going down the Coast for two that sporty little gold and black President weeks”. My semi-serious reply was endangered frog that has that when people had a few spare symbolised our Club for over 30 days it was usual to go walking. My years? Some time ago we took out WalksWalks kids didn’t seem to accept that a a trademark to protect our wily little WaffleWaffle statement of absolute truth. Paddy’s emblem. But now that trademark is book is very good. The details on due for renewal on 9 August 2006. gear and food, particularly, are as The cost - $300.00 to register our ur walks program for this relevant now as they were then and trademark for another 10 years. Omonth is quite reasonable with his short statements of value and Three hundred dollars is a some good trips, both day and over- poetic excerpts besides significant sum for the Club to night, for all. The recent weather communicating a passion for the outlay. So the membership will have has been exceptionally pleasant for outdoors, asserted even then the to decide. I am very fond of our frog walking and the nights mild for this need to preserve our heritage and time of the year. In the middle of environment. May we had an enjoyable trip over NOTICE OF In July and August the weather gets Tidbinbilla Mountain (always a MOTION cold and our overnight trips are great trip!) and down the spur from usually fewer in number. I usually That the Club T. Peak. Here the post-fire regrowth say that this need not necessarily be approve expen- was quite thick for a half hour or so; that bushwalkers are a hardy, diture of $300 to so, but manageable. re-register its Spartan, make-do lot and the gear corroboree frog I’ve just been looking through the available these days makes it even trademark. 1971 edition of Paddy Pallin’s easier. For me the climate and mood Moved: Rene Davies Bushwalking and Camping. in the hills at this time of the year Seconded: Keith Thomas Nostalgic. As a teenager I’d had an has its appeal and it’s often a earlier edition and all the little different walk to the same venue in the warmer months. So, keep walking and camping in July and Cook’s 1 garlic clove, minced, or 1/8 August. teaspoon garlic granules In the meantime, Good Walking! Bring salted water to a boil. Add Rob Horsfield Corner macaroni and cook till done, about Walks Secretary 10 minutes. Drain. Add remaining ingredients. Stir over low heat until cheese is melted. Members’ contributions to this Membership section each month are most Variations: add canned tuna or Membership welcome. shrimp; add chopped onion along mattersmatters Macaroni and Cheese with macaroni, omit draining; add a little chilli powder and ground 2 to 3 cups of water cumin; use buckwheat noodles and New members: David and 1 cup macaroni (wheat, buckwheat, season with oregano; season with Meredith Hatherly, Eva Van Gorsel, soy) rosemary, basil, or savory; omit Sandra Volk, Zdenka Grundelova, ¼ pound cheese (cheddar, Swiss, garlic and add chopped walnuts. Karen Jackson. Austin and Beatrice Jack) (Serves 2) Kenney, Alan Coates. ¼ cup milk powder 1 tablespoon parsley flakes Keith Thomas and Rene Davies Allan Mikkelsen Membership Secretary Page 2 – Canberra Bushwalking Club it June 2006 EttremaEttrema CreekCreek forfor novicesnovices 18-2018-20 MarchMarch Participants: Rene Davies and Keith Thomas (co-leaders), Sue Vidler, Alan Vidler, Rob Horsfield, Meg Boyd, Leanne Aust, Ros Woodward, Andrew Meers , Meg McKone. lthough Rene and Keith had Aadvertised the walk for “fit novice overnight walkers”, it was mainly older, experienced members of the Club who crawled out of their armchairs and flexed their creaking limbs in order to reaquaint themselves with the beauties of Ettrema. That said, there were one or two sprightly young things in their forties who fronted up as well for their first experience of this jewel of eastern Australian bushwalking. Terence had convinced most of the party of the desirability of packing light at the previous Club meeting. Many were sporting “toy packs” of 10 kg or less, the lightest being only 7 kg. Despite this, it was surprising what goodies people managed to pull out to share – squashed fly biscuits, Tim Tams, dips, fruit jellies, Ginger Bears (the latest rage) and, the pièce de résistance from the leaders, panforte (Siena cake) with Cointreau. But I’m ahead of myself; we had some walking to do before we got into the food. Keith did a great job of leading us out to Pardon Point from Quiera Clearing, taking us on a relatively scrub-free route across the shallow gully at the top of Myall Creek to follow a series of rock leads to Transportation Spur – much better than tackling the scrub on the top of the ridgeline. We fortified ourselves with morning tea while gazing down cliff-rimmed Ettrema Gorge and at Hamlet Crown directly opposite before negotiating over Canberra Bushwalking Club it June 2006 page 3 the tricky scrambles through the cliffs at the top of the spur and making our way down the steep 500 metres to the bottom. Many pairs of ageing knees were glad that their owners had brought a walking pole to lighten the load. Time for lunch – but where was the usual swimming hole? We sat in the shade of a cliff as we ate and decided to pass on the shrunken scum-rimmed pool at the base of the spur. As we rock-hopped upstream over the mostly dry creek bed, we wondered if this was a foretaste of a warmer, dryer south eastern Australia. At last a large pool lay before us, and we were soon washing off the morning’s grime in its cool, deep, clear green waters. Arriving at the Jones Creek junction, we found that a party of three we had seen by the roadside second big pool and swam and lay good handholds, to the top. Myall on the drive in had beaten us to the around in the sunshine while Keith, Creek provides one of the most campsite, leaving their packs while Rene, Rob and Alan continued on interesting routes out of Ettrema they explored Jones Creek. We did to the waterfall. On returning to with plenty of rock hopping, some our best not to crowd them out, camp, we found that we had a exciting scrambles and great views scattering far and wide to put up our visitor, a lone young walker who down its gorge as you climb higher. tents or flies, and if they were had walked in via Jingles Pass and Even the top waterfall this time was annoyed at the unexpected seen a koala on the way across the relatively easy, as it was dry enough company when they returned late tops. We did our best to persuade to climb up the middle of the fall in the afternoon they were polite him of the benefits of club instead of negotiating the narrow, enough not to show it. They were membership. We were also visited sloping ledges around the side. Like from Span, and like bushwalkers by the Conroy-Groom family who any steep, narrow gorge, however, everywhere, we found plenty to talk were camped upstream near Myall it had its obvious dangers in the about. Creek. Quite a social weekend for form of several fresh falls of rock a camp out in the wilderness! We at widely spaced locations which Jones Creek junction is an ideal could have done without the black made us wonder if they had been place to watch the sunset light up snake, though, that seemed keen to dislodged by a recent earthquake. the cliffs at the top of the gorge. The take up residence during our great blocks of sandstone form Finally we emerged from absence up Jones Creek.

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