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Vol 43 No 1 Mar 2006 March 2006 NATIONAL PARKS ASSOCIATION (ACT) INCORPORATED Upcoming event: NPA ACT Symposium Members walking and working Call for members to volunteer NPA BULLETIN Volume 43 number 1 March 2006 CONTENTS • From the President! 3 Kosciuszko huts j 13 Christine Goonrey David Pfanner Historic heritage within Namadgi National Park 4 ACT arboreta and Friends 14 Alan Brown Walking from Cape Naturaliste to Cape 6 Leeuwin via Margaret River, WA Environmental news 15 Timothy Walsh Graeme Wicks Update on Namadgi Management Plan 8 Longterm security for ACT wetlands 15 Syd Comfort Graeme Wicks Management Plan gambles with climate change 8 Book review: Unlocking History's Secrets 16 Martin Chalk Work parties 9 Survey of recent Gudgenby seeding 16 Meroo National Park 10 Syd Comfort Fiona MacDonald Brand Cascade Hut: bushwalking record 17 Camping inTidbinbilla 10 Brian Slee Syd Comfort PARKWATCH 18 Symposium Caring for Namadgi—Science and people 11 Compiled by Len Haskew Kevin McCue Inquiry into national parks and protected areas 19 Honorary life membership of NPA ACT 11 Syd Comfort Kevin McCue Meetings and Calendar of events 20 Tantangara Huts: bushwalking record 12 Brian Slee National Parks Association of the ACT Incorporated The NPA ACT office is in MacLaurin Crescent, Chifley, next to the Inaugurated 1960 preschool. It is staffed by volunteers but, at present, not on a regular Aims and objectives of the Association basis. Callers may leave phone or email messages at any time and • Promotion of national parks and of measures for the protection of they will be attended to. The post office mail box is cleared daily. fauna and flora, scenery, natural features and cultural heritage in Phone/Fax: (02)6282 5813 the Australian Capital Territory and elsewhere, and the reserva­ Email: [email protected] tion of specific areas. Address: PO Box 1940, Woden ACT 2606 • Interest in the provision of appropriate outdoor recreation areas. Internet: www.npaact.org.au • Stimulation of interest in, and appreciation and enjoyment of, such natural phenomena and cultural heritage by organised field The NPA ACT website is hosted by our outings, meetings or any other means. 3 generous sponsor, Encode • Cooperation with organisations and persons having similar inter­ ^nccirJe ests and objectives. Subscription rates (I July to 30 Jane) • Promotion of, and education for, conservation, and the planning Household membership S40 Single members $35 of landuseto achieve conservation. Corporate membership $30 Bulletin only $30 Office-bearers Concession $25 President Christine Goonrey 6231 8395(h) Advertising Vice-President David Large 6291 4830 (h) The Bulletin accepts advertisements and inserts. The standard cost Secretary Sonja Lenz 6251 1291 (h) of an A4 insert is $310 but some concessional rates may be arranged. Treasurer Rod Griffiths 6288 6988 (h) NPA Bulletin Committee members Contributions of articles, line drawings and photographs, including Chris Emery 6249 7604 (h) colour prints, are welcome and should be lodged with the Secretary. Steven Forst 62516817(h), 6219 5236 (w) Clive Hurlstone 6288 7592 (h), 040 778 3422 (mob) Deadline for June 2006 issue: 1 May 2006 Judy Kelly 6253 1859 (h, after 7.30pm) Articles by contributors may not necessarily reflect association opin­ ion or objectives. i Immediate Past President This Bulletin was produced by the NPA Bulletin Working Group. Kevin McCue 6251 1291 (h) Printed by Copy-Qik, Canberra, ACT. Conveners Outings Sub-committee Steven Forst 6251 6817 (h) ISSN 0727-8837 6219 5236 (w) Bulletin Working Group vacant Cover Photo: Termed Beach and Meroo Headland See Environment Sub-committee Clive Hurlstone 6288 7592 (h) page 10. Photo Fiona MacDonald Brand contact 040 778 3422 (mob) From the President There are some very interesting and topics as they are confirmed so special interest are, but we haven't been challenges ahead for NPA ACT this keep those dates free and encourage able to follow up because the year. One of our biggest challenges will friends and workmates to attend. information hasn't been collated and be to ensure that the final Management Planning for our 50* anniversary made easily accessible. One of our first Plan for Namadgi is the best possible has also begun. We would like to mark tasks we need to do this year is collate one for our park. That means we still this anniversary by special events and that information and contact those have to keep a close eye on the process publications which promote people. Any volunteers?? As you can as the draft plan makes its way through understanding of the unique see, it is easy to get involved so please the political jungle to finalisation. We environment in the ACT and the give me a call or any other members of expect intense lobbying behind the protection of its natural values. We the executive committee to see how you scenes for some of the more have to begin planning so far out from could help. controversial aspects of the the actual date because we rely on This Bulletin is an appropriate place Management Plan, including low loader volunteers to do the hard yards in to mark the contribution of one of our access to the most pristine wilderness developing, designing, producing and longest serving members, Syd Comfort, areas and increased use of the park for managing these events and publications who has been editor of the Bulletin for large group sporting events. and five years is only just going to be more years than he cares to remember. The draft plan reflects an almost enough time. Syd is standing down from the overwhelming push in some Other work we plan this year position — he is retiring from retiring government circles to measure the includes updating and re-publishing our as he puts it — and on behalf of all the "success" of Namadgi by visitor bird, tree and frog books, ninning the members of NPA I would like to thank numbers, events and commercial Great Australian Bushwalk in the ACT Syd for his tireless efforts and excellent returns. This push to make Namadgi on 10 September and our regular work. The Bulletin is one of our "useful" and "return-generating" often program of outings. We expect some strongest assets and Syd and his team comes from people who love the bush form of review of the Nature have made it an essential part of our and want to draw more people into Conservation Act which regulates reading, not just because of the outings enjoying it. They accuse us of being management of the park and nature program and meeting schedule but also elitist and claim we want to lock up the reserves and we would like to make an because of its lively and informative park and prevent ordinary people using active contribution to that process. articles. Syd will be sorely missed in it. So we have the difficult task of Already this year there are two separate this role but he will be around to help speaking out to protect and preserve the national inquiries into the ninning of the next editor settle in so if you have many different fragile environments in national parks and reserves so we any thoughts of taking up this Namadgi while they claim the moral expect to have a busy program of interesting role, again please contact me high ground of promoting healthy responding to submissions and or any other committee member. outdoor recreation and increased public inquiries. These things are often a hard And if I ever need reminding what use. slog but it is where the grunt work of all this activity is for, I just have to look So this is the task ahead of us this developing and defending critical at the mountains which surround us. It year: to make a sound, scientific case in policies for the natural environment was very special to have January 18 local, political and media arenas, for takes place so it is worth it in the long marked this year by a steady, gentle careful management of the park to run. rain instead of our usual hot, dry preserve its ecology, to minimise It is surprising how many members summer weather. Tidbinbilla was human impact and to protect its natural contribute to the running of NPA ACT. covered by mist and rain clouds instead values. The good news is that not only I count up to 50 members actively of a fire storm and Namadgi was quite do we have a plan, members have been involved on a monthly basis when you beautiful with water lying everywhere. hard at work on it through January! take into account the office The impact of the 2003 bushfires is still The first step has been to set up a management, walks and outings quite marked but there is a tinge of three-day symposium on Caring for leaders, committees and publications. green creeping into the swamps in the Namadgi: Science and People on That is great but it still leaves over 300 park and steady re-growth in some of May 5-7. This symposium is aimed at others who could contribute, even if it the worst hit areas. The fire season isn't introducing the general public and park was just a few hours over the year. Now over yet, but we can hope for good users to the wide range of scientific is a great time for new people to step up rains this year and a continuation of the research which is already contributing and join them. We need many more of slow healing process. There are so to the management of Namadgi, other our members to get involved You can many places in Namadgi I want to visit areas of the Alpine National Park and join one of our committees or working this year, places I want to share with other ACT nature reserves.
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