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VOLUME 21 DECEMBER 1984 NUMBER 12
SOCIAL NOTES CHRISThAS DINNER - PINE ISLAND - WEDNESDAY 19 DECEMBER All CBC members and friends are invited to have Christmas Dinner at Pine Island, 6pm onwards. Share your Christmas food and drinks, Christmas cake, mince pies and other goodies with other members in keeping with the spirit of Christmas. Barbecue cooking will be dependent on there being no bushfire restrictions. Usually some people lilo to Pine Island from Point Hut Crossing , while others just lilo/swim/socialise at Pine Island. For further information contact Keith Vallard 540115(h). Contact Alan Vidler for transport arrangements if you •wish to lilo from Point Hut Crossing. Happy Christmas everyone!
JANUARY BARBECUE - BLACK MOUNTAIN PENINSULA - WEDNESDAY 16 JANUARY
FEBRUARY MONTHLY MEflING - MIKE HINCHEY —A.N.P.W.S. Mike will talk about the wildlife and vegetation on some of Australia's least known small islands.
YARRLAMULA WOOLSIIED DANCE - FRIDAY 29 MARCH Keep this date free and get your friends together to make this dance a success like the last one!
RENEWAL OF MEMBERSHIP 1984/1985 If your address label for this IT has four $$$$ signs on it then, according to our records, you are unfinancial! The mailing list for January IT will only include members who are financial as at 1 January 1985. Annual subscriptions are Ordinary membership $15.00 Family membership $23.00 (2 adults at same address) [For full time students/unemployed a rebate may be available. Contact Membership Secretary.] Complete the form at the back of this IT and send it with your subscription to: The Membership Secretary Canberra Bushwalking Club P0 Box 160 Canberra City ACT 2601 2
CHANGE OF ADDRESS/PHONE NUMBERS
If you have changed your addressand/or phone numbers slime the last publication of the membership list (March 1984) please notify the Membership Secretary, Rod Peters 512580(h).
CHANGE OF ADDRESS/PHONE NUMBERS Ross DI BARTOLO 470700(w) Tony GARR (0648)23442(h) (0648)32891(w) John HAYDON 59 Longstaff St LYNEHAM ACT 2602 Chris & Helen THOMPSON 2 Garrett P1 MACKELLAR ACT 2617 PROSPECTIVE MEMBERS Margaret MAXWELL 70 Franklin St FORREST ACT 2603 Paul NELSON 5 Mackellar Cresc COOK ACT 2614 David KING Macquarie Private Hotel BARTON ACT 2600 Jonathan KELSO 58 Raymond Terrace AINSLIE ACT 2602 Danny DRAKE—BROCKMAN 38 Casson St RICHARDSON ACT 2905 NEW MEMBERS Donna COHEN 29 Wentworth Gdns Eyre St KINGSTON ACT 2604 Geoff Hayes 8 Mt Taylor Court Hodgson P1 PEARCE ACT .2607 Mike WORSLEY 18 Brookman St TORRENS ACT 2607 WALKS LISTS Would all walkers please give WORK and home phone numbers on the duplicate booking sheet in Paddy's! If the Check—in Officer has WORK phone numbers then a lot of time can be saved when trying to ascertain if the party has returned safely. Giving your work phone number on the duplicate sheet, UNDER the top sheet, should also ensure that your number is not too freely available.
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At the November Committee Meeting it was decided to allocate $300 - 350 for the - purchase of a slide projector. For many years projectors have been méde available to the Club by generous members. It is now felt that a projector would be a worthwhile purchase.
ENVIRONMENT FAIR
The Environment Fair will be held on Sunday 10 February. If you are interested in helping with the Fair please contact Andrew Jackson 882423(h) 477260(w) who will be organising the Club's participation in the Fair.
WALKS REPORT
4 November Wog Wog to Bibbenluke At last, a Wog Wog to Bibbenluke walk that succeeded! Fifteen people left the cars at 8.00am and by 12.30 were on the top of Bibbenluke,looking for a suitable lunch spot. The weather was good with no rain at any time and suitably cool during the few climbs. On the way out there was a low cloud cover that obscured the tops of most peaks but by the time we had climbed out of Burrumbeet Brook the cloud had broken and risen so that we could easily see Bibbenluke, Owen and Cole before us and all of Corang behind us. Lunch was at a point that gave a magnificent view of everything in an arc from Donjon, Owen, Cole to Currockbilly, Admiration Point and Corang as well as some good views of the sheer Bibbenluke Walls themselves. S
During the outward journey we had also met Rod's weekend party at the base of Corang Peak. (Incidentally, Rod, you weren't solely responsible for the fine weather - I helped by leaving my camera at home). On the return journey some of us made a brief detour to Yunga Lookout for more spectacular views, including masses of the flowering epiphytic orchid, Dendrobium striolatum. I think that the only people who suffered on the trip were (1) Dave Truman who had some boot trouble and (2) a couple of people who paid more attention to the 'E' part of the VL/E classification than to my red ink warning on the booking sheet that this was NOT a beginner's walk, nor a leisurely stroll. Despite this everyone managed a fair pace at least, but next time I'll try to make sure that everyone knows exactly what the walk involves. Heino Lepp
WALKS PREVIEWS
Sat 15 December Kambah Pool Red Rocks Gorge An afternoon and evening walk - bring food for evening meal (cookable/gourmet/Christmassy if desired) and a torch in case darkness catches us. Those with lilos can explore the pools in Red Rocks Gorge by water. Total distance 6km, or 8km if we go as far as the rapids. Jeff Bennetts
15-16 December Endrick River An opportunity to link with the day walk on Sunday. Saturday will be a conventional Endrick River trip to set up a base camp about 2km downstream from the access point. Then there will be an optional side trip further downstream. On Sunday, we will return to the access point and join the day walkers for a side trip to the spectacular Endrick Falls. Suitable for less experienced walkers. Rod Peters Sun 16 December Endrick Falls This walk involves a short walk along a fire trail, a drop of a couple of hundred metres down a ridge then a rock hop of about 2km to the falls. The Endrick Falls are well worth seeing in their own right but the swimming pooi at the base of the falls must be the biggest and best in the area. If the river is very high it may be necessary to make a compulsory swim to get to the falls so put the gear in your pack in a plastic bag. In a normal summer the falls can be reached with dry feet but last summer it was necessary to swim! Vance Brown
(21)22 - 30 December Cape Barren Island There are still three vacancies on this trip, subject to availability of seats on commercial flights from Melbourne to Launceston. If interested, please contact the leader, Rod Peters, as soon as possible. Short/medium trip involving mainly beach walking. Rod Peters
Sat 29 December Tuesday 1 January Four days somewhere in east Gippsland My preferences are for either a walk in the Little River Gorge area of a lilo trip from MacKillop's Bridge to Buchan on the Snowy River. In both cases the map is Murrindal 1:100 000.Depending on the abilities, inclinations and size of the party, I might do one of these trips or something else, not necessarily for 4 days. Expressions of interest, the sooner the better, by phone, but no later than noon on Thursday 27 December. P.S. If this trip doesn't go to the Snowy, I'll put one of the Snowy trips on for the January long weekend. Hick Crofts El
(4)5 - 6 January Canyons - Clatterteeth and Wollangambe Following from last year's Bell and Wollangambe canyon trip, a similar trip will go down Clatterteeth and Wollangambe this year. These are the two classic lilo canyons in the Blue Mountains. There are many long pools which we can drift slowly along. You will need to bring a lilo, a number of strong plastic bags to waterproof your pack and sunburn cream etc. because it is easy to get burnt while liloing. There will be no abseiling. Any people with questions can ring me at home on 478175. Keith Thomas
Sun 13 January Tuross Cascades and Falls This walk involves a walk along a fire trail to the cascades, the length of which will depend on the state of the road and how far we can take the cars. Tuross Cascades has a number of small waterfalls and rock pools, the largest of which provides good swimming. If the river level is not too high there is also a natural waterslide into this pool. There will also be an optional trip to the lookout point at Tuross Falls, a spectacular waterfall if the river is high. The vantage point offers a view down the impressive Tuross Gorge where we may see the weekend party staggering along. This trip will involve some scrub (about 1.5km) before another fire trail is reached, a short distanCe from the falls. We will then return to the cascades for another swim and/or cup of tea before returning to the cars. The grade to the cascades is short/easy and if the falls are included it is medium/medium. Vance Brown
12-13 January Bumberry Creek and Tuross Gorge Becoming an annual event under various leaders. The trip is emphatically L/R with a very early start (about Sam ex—Canberra), long days (usually camp just before dark) much river walking/ rock hopping, several compulsory swims and a couple of simple downclimbs with rope. In return, possibly the most spectacular scenery and river gorge country south of the Blue Mountains. Phone bookings are ok and REQUIRED from walkers not very well known by me. Alan Vidler
FIRST AID COURSE
Knowledge gained from a First Aid course is an essential adjunct to bushwalking and many aspects of our daily lives! If you wish to enrol in such as course, please watch IT for further details. In the past we have been able to arrange a First Aid course concentrated over one weekend with the examination one evening a couple of weeks after the course. We need to muster about 25 bushwalkers to enrol in the course to justify a course for our needs. Enquiries to any Committee member. 5
ACTIVITIES PR0GRAPTE
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*Sat 15 Kambah Pool - Red Rocks Gorge (optional S/C Jeff 0ennetts 315899(h) Tuggeranong 1:25000 liloing) *9j 16 Endrick Falls S/Mild Vance Brown 513997(h) Nerriga 1:25000 *15_16 Endrick River rn/rn Rod Peters 512580(h) Nerriga 1:25000 15-16 Mt Kelly L/M Kim Hello 479745(h) Rendezvous 1:25000 716570(w) Yaouk 1:25000 Wed 19 Barbecue at Pine Island in lieu of Keith Vallard 540115(h) Monthly Meeting. 6.30pm. Lilo Trip from Point Hut Crossing 51W Alan Vidler 545373(F)
Thur 20 It Closing - 56 Woolner Circuit, Hatt4 22-23 Biitheramala River & Stony Creeks S/R/W Mick Crofts 479745(h) Broornan 1:31680 Phone bookings only by nOon 20 Dec 433347(w) Dec 20 - New Zealand - Arthur's Pass,Fiordland & neg. Chris Sinkora 812477(h) various end Feb Mount Cook areas *before Christmas-New Year Cape Barren Island Rod Peters 512580(h) Lady Barron 1:100000 *29_1 Jan Somewhere in east Gippsland Puck Crofts 479745(h) Murrindal 1:100000 433347(w) JRMJARY 1985 5-6 The Shoalhaven(in via Long Point,out via Vance Brown 465600(w) Caoura 1 :25000 Badgery's Spur) *(4)5_5 Canyons - Clatterteeth and Wollangambe - M/R/W Keith Thomas 478175(h) Mt Wilson 1:100000 lilolng,N0 absailing Tue B It Collation 35 Foveaux St,Ainslie.Bpm. *12_13 Bumberry Creek - Tuross Gorge L/R Alan Vidler 545373(h) Yowrie 1:25000 467347(w) *Sun 13 Tuross Cascades and Falls S/E Vance Brown 513997(h) Cobargo 1:100000 P1/rn Wed 16 Pkwttily I'leeting- Dickson Library.Bpm. mike Hinchey - Life on little known islands Sat 19 Pebbly Beach - Mt Durras - Murramarang P1/rn Jeff Bennetts 315899(h) Kioloa 1:25000 Coast Tue 22 Walks Planting - Flat 23 1-layley, 114 Blarney Cres,Cabell.8pm. Wed 23 Coamdttee I'eting - 9 Barney St, Oowner.Bgmi. (25)26-28 Nadgee S/E Bill Brown 473468(h) Nadgee 1:25000 26-28 Ettrema (classic) rn/R/ljJ Fred George 819385(h) Touga 1:25000 6 Nai1ooma. 1:100000 2-3 Nt Dromedary and CapS Dranedary to Corunna S/E Keith Vallard 540115(h) - Lake Wed 6 map and Compass Practice - Mt Ainslie.6ptn. Jeff Bennetts 315899(h) ACT 1:100000 Sun 10 Environment Fair - Commonwealth Park Sun 10 Nursery Swamp/Hill - M/M Heino Lepp 511732(h) CoHn Dam.1:25000 526114(w) Tue 12 It Collation 15-17 Ettrema - down Transportation Spur - up M/R Rene Davies 487816(h) Touga 1:25000 Jones Creek - - Nerriga 1:25000 Sun 17 Ettrema via Rock Slabs Creek S/A Alan Vidier 545373(h) Nerriga 1:25000 Wed 20 Pbnthly Pet$.ng - Dickson Library.Bpm. 23-24 Endrick River and Falls s/rn/lu Vance Brown 513997(h) Nerriga 1s250 -. 465600(w) - Sun 24 Gingera from Ginini WE David Truman 546700(h) Corin Dam 1:25000 Tue 26 Walks Planiing 8pm. Wed 27 Coimmittee Meeting 8pm. Thur 28 It Closing - 56 Woolner Circuit,}-Jawker.Bpm. NARth C (1)2-3 Lower Ettrema (with optional side trips) S-M/M Jeff Bennetts 315899(h) Burner 1:25000 Sun 3 Mt McKeahnie MM? Vance Brown 513997(h) Corin Dam 1:25000 465600(w) 9-10 Cave Creek M/M Melanie 0'Flyt in 474856(h) Tantangaral:100000 Sun 10 Bungonia Gorge - Shoalhaven M/M Vance Brown 513997(h) Caoura 1:25000 16-18 Ettrema - Tullyangela Creek- M/R/W Vance Brown 513997(h) Touga 1;25000 465600(w) - Sun 17 South Black Range S/ME David Truman 546700(h) Bothay 1:25000 23-24 Hoddle,I-lcughton,Tarn from Newhaven Gap M/R Rene Davies 487816(h) Clii) Budawangs 30-31 Newhaven Gap m/M Keith Vallàrd 540115(h) CP1W Budawangs 462114(w) APRIL Sun 7 Wog Wag - Corang - Yurnga Lookout M/E David Truman - 546700(h) CIt Budawangs * se Walks Previews 7 l . NOTE The Walks Secretary, David Truman 546700(h) is pleased to accept additional walks from leaders at ANY time. Please contact him if you want to lead a walk. Bookings for trips should be made by 5.00pm Thursday on the appropriate sheet at Paddy Palling, Northbourne Ave. - CXI NOT TELEPHINE PADDY'S TO BOOK Eqiiptnt can be hired for-Clit- walks from Rod Peters, 512580(h). Transport costs are 15 cents per km for each car, divided equally among ALL participants. Grading of walks (5) Short Under 12 km per day (E) Easy firetrails,tracks,beaches etc. (In) Medium 12 - 20 km per day (m) Medium bush tracks,alpine areas,sane scrub (L) Long Over 20 km per day (R) Rough lots of scrub,steep climbs,rock scrambles (W) Wet compulsory swims,many river crossings £ Note:that in calculating distance, 1km is added for each 100 metres climbed. Millil TO ALL WAI.KERS. The leader should check that Each applicant is capable of completing the proposed trip -by observation on previous walks, or by contacting them personally and asking where,wtien and with whom they have previously walked. Everyone is aware of what the trip entails and of any specialised equipment needed. Leaders may reject any applicant they think is not suited to the trip. This issue of IT typed by Sue Vidler. Registered by Australia Post, Publication No. NBH 1859 S MFI4BERSHIP RENEWAL FORM NAME (5) RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS WORK PHONE NUMBER ...... HOME PHONE NUMBER I/WE enclose $ ...... for membershipsubscriptions 1984 - 85. Signed ...... Date ...... (dflOJb JO) 390 31104 (5315 JO UM01-$04) 103 IliPijfle) I NOUY3flBfld a3uaIsuoaa I 1 days. please return to If not delivered within 3; P.O. Box 160, Canberra City. A.C.T. 2601 Postage Paid CANBERRA C)../L CANBERRA 1. BUSHWAUCING CITY auB A.C.T. 2601 INC. _____ AUSTRALIA Reet 'JALLA)< 5 Fuliwood St r WESTON ACT 2611 I) I. Registered by Australia Post, Publication No. NBH 1859. • / . .hg ...... 19 NoiOO ?&ngtngh ti4t...Mat thcump724Z ...... ...... beTh7& ...... 4...... (f......