CA NBERRA BUSH WALKING CLUB INC. NEWSLETTER P.O. Box 160, canberra, A. CT. 2601

Registered by Post: Publication number NBH 1859

VOLUME 27 SEPTEMBER 1991 NUMBER 9

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

WHERE? Dickson Library Community Room

WHEN? Wednesday 18 September 1991, 8.00pm

WHAT? Presentation of the President's Report and the election of the Committee for the 1991-1992 Club year. Come along and elect your committee for the coming year. All positions are vacant.

Visitors are welcome but only financial members of the Club may vote in the elections.

Before the meeting, join Club members at 6.00pm for dinner (BYO) at the Vietnam Restaurant, O'Connor (the one on the corner).

PRESIDENT'S PRATFLE

This is the end of the 1990-91 Club year and time remind you to consider standing for a position on the Club Committee (see descriptions of positions in this IT). In addition, it is important to think about who you would like to see on the Committee and to encourage them to stand, or at the very least, think about who you might vote for on the night.

On the surface, serving on the Committee can be seen as a means of service to an organisation and an activity which you consider important. As well as the direct satisfaction of giving service, it is an opportunity to develop, helpful skills, abilities and attitudes which may otherwise be unavailable to you. While serving on the cdmmittee does hae status - which is a revvard members give as acknowledgment for taking on such duties, I believe it is the skills and so on which arise from serving an Organisationof over three hundred members which is the true reward of being on the committee.

While issues of gender and age may be important in the make-up of a committee, there are two contradictory elements which also are important. While an organisation develops a character and purpose as an aggregate of its members and of its constitution and by-laws, it also develops its own character and purpose on the basis of its history. For this reason it is important to have previous committee members serving on the committee.

At the same time, it is imperative that we have 'new blood' on the committee who are representative not only of the newer members but who are able to bring a new purpose and direction to the Club. Participation on the committee does not require a long history of involvement in bushwalking.

At its last meeting your committee decided to rejoin the Club with the NSW Confederation of Bushwalking Clubs. The cost of membership, on an individual basis is $3. Following representation made to the Confederation at their 1991 annual general meeting on 24 August, the Confederation will consider introducing a maximum affiliate fee. 2

The Confederation is the peak bushwalking organisation in this region and one which speaks on behalf of bushwalkirig and conservation. As it is a NSW organisation we will be able to bring more weight to bear on issues through this organisation than we can on our own. In addition the Confederation supplies an experienced and important search and rescue service within NSW in which we can participate.

These issues aside, membership of the Confederation gives the Club and its members access to third party insurance which we could not obtain on our own. John Thwaite and Mike Morriss have looked at the Confederation-based policy and compared it with what is available elsewhere - there is nothing available within the price range.

Finally , thank you to you, the members of the Club, and to the committee for your support and input. This has been a busy and active year for all of us. I wish next year's President the same support. See you on September 14 at our anniversary reunion. David Campbell

MEMBERSHIP MATFERS Prospective Members Paul Edstein P0 Box 131 Jamison 2614 2415767(h) 2714514(w)

Sharon McAuliffe 18 Melrose Mews,Medley St, Chifley 2606 2851505(h) I Paul Donoghue 42 Elimatta St, Reid 2601 2470268(h) Natalie Webster 29 Doonkuna St, Braddon 2601 2576090(h) Donald Hare 49 Fincham Cres, Wanniassa 2903 2316174(h) 2468639(w) Donna Gordon 26 Etheridge St, Page 2614 2541682(h) Tom Gordon 26 Etheridge St, Page 2614 2541682(h) Robin Chapple 2 Dunlop St, Hackett 2602 2473508(h) 2465237(w) Susan Thomson 6 Wilsmore Cres, Chifley 2606 2812677(h) 2447522(w) Ian Windsor 78 Sharwood Cres, Evatt 2617 2591026(h) Arthur Knight 29 Greenough Crct, Kaleen 2617 2415812(h) 2421602(w)

New Members The Club welcomes the following new members: Lin Arias, Dave Compston, Keith Bradley, Patrick Crone, Barbara Crone, Lynette Taylo, Paul Wallace, Paul Allen, Dianne Thompson.

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

To help intending and enthusiastic Club members commit themselves to positions on the Club Committee, here is information on the main responsibilities of the various Committee positions. It's important to have an enthusiastic and hardworking committee to meet the needs of the Club in the new decade - 'new' Committee members who can bring fresh ideas and new approaches to the life of the Club and other people with appropriate experience and commitment: -

President The President's role is to coordinate the setting of realistic goals for the Club year, support their achievement and to represent the Club.

Vice-President/Treasurer The Vice-President/Treasurer deputises for the President and manages the finances of the Club for its members. The V-PIT maintains the account books, advises the Committee and Club members on Club financial matters, pays accounts, banks monies, provides receipts and drafts the budget for the following year.

Walk Secretary The Walk Secretary is responsible for organising a balanced programme of walks. This includes encouraging members to lead walks, ski tours and similar activities. It also includes seeking out new leaders. The success of the Club is highly dependent on the Walk Secretary.

Assistant Walk Secretary In addition to assisting the Walk Secretary, the Assistant Walk Secretary may also be the Check-in Officer. For the latter role, the AWS, or someone in that household, must be available to receive check-in telephone calls, mostly on Sunday evenings. The Check-in Officer sometimes has to ring 3 forgetful leaders to check that the party has returned and if not, alert the Search and Rescue Officer. The Assistant Walk Secretary maintains statistical information relating to trips and looks after search and rescue policy.

Social Secretary The Social Secretary is responsible for the social programme. This person books the meeting room, obtains guest speakers, arranges suppers at monthly general meetings and makes pre-meeting dinner bookings. Do not be daunted. You will receive many ideas and much support from the other Committee members.

Membership Secretary The Membership Secretary answers membership inquiries, handles receipts, processes membership applications and renewals and maintains membership records. Good communication skills are needed. The busiest time of your year will be the period from October to January, when many renewals are received.

Minute Secretary The Minute Secretary takes minutes of Committee meetings and the formal business of the Monthly meetings.

Correspondence Secretary The Correspondence Secretary collects mail from the Club's post office box (P.O. Box 160, Canberra City ACT 2601) and ensures that correspondence is handed to the relevant Committee member for prompt consideration at Committee meetings. The Correspondence Secretary drafts replies as required by the Committee and maintains files of all inward and outward correspondence. Access to a fax machine is useful but definitely not essential.

Editor The Editor encourages contributions for the monthly newsletterIT, undertakes the typing and the layout and generally prepares the newsletter for publication. You will need two or three evenings at the end of each month for typing and ideally, access to a wordprocessor and printer.

Publisher The Publisher arranges printing and the preparation of IT for posting. In particular, the Publisher arranges venues and stationery requisites for IT Collations, and directs the people who assist at IT collations. Finally the Publisher posts the newsletters on the day after collation.

Conservation Officer The Conservation Officer coordinates the Club's conservation programme, represents the Club at the Conservation Council of the South-East Region and Canberra, and advises the Club on conservation issues, campaigns and projects. The Conservation Officer may also represent the Club at other conservation meetings such as thosefor the Confederation of Bushwalking Clubs NSW Inc.

The non-Committee positions, which are also filled at the Annual General Meeting are:

Honorary Auditor This person cannot be a Club member. If a Club member is selected, they are effectively made honorary members for the year.

Conservation Associate (2 positions) The Club's membership of the Conservation Council of the South-East Region and Canberra entitles it to representation by three delegates on the main committee. Two associates are appointed at the Annual General Meeting. You should be prepared to participate in monthly council meetings.

Confederation of Bushwalkinp Clubs NSW Inc. (4 positions) The Club, as an approved organisation of the Confederation, is entitled to nominate four CBC members to represent the Club as Confederation members. One member is appointed by the new Club Committee. You need to keep abreast of Confederation business, or better, participate in Confederation activities. WALK SECRETARY'S WAFFLE

In this, my last "waffle" (printed, anyway!) for the club year I would like to thank all those who contributed to the walks programme - particularly leaders but also participants. Without you there would be no Club. The lucky ones will be thanked with a bottle of wine or similar as walks awards at the AGM.

There have been a few "unusual" trips on the programme this year {ie. not walks or ski trips) and I think these add to the Club's appeal and service to members. A glance through an IT of a few years ago showed "Botanising in the Budawangs", a photography trip, a mountain bike trip, and a bird watching trip. If you can think of such an activity or lead it, talk to me or the new Walk Secretary and add a little more variet'y to the progrã'miit

A couple of members have mentioned to me that they feet the road to Nerriga through Tarago and Oallen Ford has been improved and may be preferable to the usual route through Braidwood. Eric Pickering has now confirmed that it is definitely quicker via Tarago and well worth a look by people going beyond Nerriga. As I have a dislike for out-and-back trips, my practice will probably be to go one way and return the other. The direction will depend on whether the fleshpots of Tarago are as attractive as those of Braidwood for the stop on the way home. Allan Mikkelsen

STOP PRESS: I desperately need more walks for late October/November so that I can hand a reasonably full program to the new Walk Secretary! THE CLUB'S 30th ANNIVERSARY!

14-15 September 1991

Only 4 days away and it will be on, rain, hail or shine, real bushwalking style!

Venue: Orroral Valley, drive along the Boboyan Road, turn right to Orroral Valley after going over Fitz's Hill. Orroral campground is where the road crosses the Orroral , about 3.5km after turn-off from Boboyan Road.

Time: Commences 12 noon on Saturday. If you know you will be attending Saturday lunch please ring the CBC number below.

Food: Bring along an interesting dish to share at the communal lunch on the Saturday. Soup and damper provided plus pre-dinner gluhwein at lunch. Provide all your other meals.

Utensils: Bring a mug, plate and cutlery. Bring own cooking facilities.

Entertainment: Musicians for dancing and singing around the camp fire.

Walks: See Activity programme in this IT.

Donation: $5 from current members to help cover costs.

RSVP: To help the caterers etc. please ring the CBC answering machine 254 5373 and let us knon if you will.be attending.

WALK REPORTS

Grassy Creek, Sentry Box Mountain and the Naas Valley (L/M) - Sunday 21 July Grassy Creek flows down the southernmost of the nine or so parallel valleys running NW to SE between Tharwa and the southern ACT border. It rises on the southern approaches to Sentry Box Mountain and winds through a gently undulating valley with a less pronounced valley floor than the Naas Valley, just across a ridge from it. Having been on many club trips elsewhere in southern Namadgi, I couldn't recall any previous walks up Grassy Creek - so this trip was exploratory.

Only a month after the winter solstice there's still not much light, and with a long walk to do, rendezvous was set for 0730 at Tharwa Bridge. A crrrisp frost! We reached Brayshaw's Hut (beside the Boboyan Road) in an hour and while two cars did a shuffle (to leave one at the stile on the Naas Valley Road), the rest of the party of 16- Richard wearing shorts and a short sleeved shirt over blue flesh!!! - inspected Brayshaw's Hut. This was built in about 1904 and is smaller inside than the area many Canberra people would have just as a family room - so spoiled we are now.

We set off due west at 0845, across a semi-open rolling flat and into open woodland, and in quite a short time (about one and a half kilometres) we struck the creek. Even after prolonged rain until the previous week, Grassy Creek was still fairly small, although the ground was saturated - as was the Naas Valley when we came down it later in the afternoon. The walk up Grassy Creek valley was most pleasant, with low wooded hills to the north and south, patches of snow gum and black sallee on the valley floor (if you can call it that) and interesting small boulder arrangements protruding from the ground. The feeling was less of a valley floor than of a rolling landscape with a small creek as an incidental to it. Strengthening, cold westerly wind gave a bite to the day, and the sky was bright blue and wide, with sharp cloud arrangements begging for a camera with a polarizing filter. The feeling was close to wilderness.

The long ridge sloping south and southeast from Sentry Box Mountain offers an ascent in easy stages, with pleasing open woodland changing to Alpine Ash at middle altitude, and a morenr less continuous but fairly open procession of boulder outcrops. As we climbed higher the rock slabs on the side of the mountain ahead of us stood out with glistening patches of ice, and as the view opened up we-encountered frozen waterfalls and iced ponds. 'Once we reached the plateau above 1 630m we found most interesting arrangements of low rock like the ruins of ancient temples. From the top of the plateau the Snowies were visible to the south, and the eastern flank of Mt Scabby to the north had a good cover of white. The view from Sentry Box is one of the best in the ACT.

We had lunch from 1320, huddled behind a large boulder in the bush, but even with a fire to boil the billy it was perishingly cold - one glad soul who actually carried a thermometer (in his kitchen sink??) gleefully read out four degrees, though not the wind chill. As opportunities for sunbaking were limited, consensus determined a fairly short lunch, so we started out at 1410. To descend we headed at first north a short distance to escape the dense scrub, then sidled east, enjoying the view from the exposed rock faces on the northern face of Sentry Box. Once reaching an outlying hump covered with trees, we headed northeast straight down to the Naas Valley. The descent was easy and pleasant and the open expanse of the valley was welcome, promising a fast walk back to the cars - which we reached at 1730 in rapidly fading light. Excellent timing, and in everyone's expressed opinion, a first class walk. David Truman

Leatherbarrel Creek ski tour - August 3-4 A 'civilised' rendezvous time and the obligatory Jindabyne pastry stop meant a lateish start from Dead Horse Gap for the six participants in the first leg of the annual Leatherbarrel Creek double.

A howling tailwind and the leader's cracking pace however, meant that we made Teddy's Hut in time for an early lunch. Some much needed stabilistation and conservation work has recently been carried out on the hut and it is well worth a visit. i -, - - --

The weather closed in over lunch and we faced a long afternoon in our Goretex cocoons. The party set off on the steady climb to Brindle Bull, following a compass bearing and friendly ski tracks.

We soon tired of being blown about on the ridge tops and dropped down with the aintention of finding more protected conditions along the upper .

An hour or so later, with the snow cover decreasing and the tree cover increasing, it became obvious we weren't where we ought to be. We stopped to take stock and discovered that our friendly tracks had done a broad turn to the north towards Paddy Rushes Bogong and that we were well and truly up Friday Flat Creek. It was too late to retrace our steps and we were left with no option but to take off our skis and walk down the creek towards Thredbo.

For four hours we struggled through snow and mud, manoeuvring our skis with difficulty through the tighly packed ti-tree scrub. An hour after dark, we finally made it to the top of the last ridge with a view of the lights of Thredbo in the distance.

We crashed down the final slope with great relief - only to be met part-way by a group of off-duty downhillers out molesting the local fauna. They'd mistaken our noisy stumblings for the world's biggest wombat which they were determined to add to their collection. PA

They must have been satisfied with their catch for they insisted on carrying our skis, finding a taxi to take the drivers back to Dead Horse Gap and making sure we missed none of the fireworks display over Crackenback. We retired to the Thredbo Alpine (Hotel) for some warmth and comfort and to prepare ourselves for the trip to Leatherbarrel Creek.

Rachel suddenly remembered she'd forgotten to feed the cat. David had a really sore throat and Michael had left a lot of unfinished work in the office. Damian was already asleep in a corner of the bar.

Faced with such a feeble crew, Bill reluctantly agreed to shorten the trip and the party made a late early return to Canberra. Don Davidson

Budawangs: Yadboro/Long Gully - Newhaven Gap August 3-4 This walk is rightly regarded as the classic Budawangs walk. It provides hefty samples of the best of the Budawangs. Pat and I have walked most areas of the Budawangs but had never done the one-way walk between the coast and the tableland. In recent years we have kept away from the central Budawangs, not wanting to contribute to its. overuse. The walk is a complete north-south traverse. It impresses on you the ruggedness, the strength, the compactness, the fragility of the area and above all, its sheer grandeur.

Up at 4.30 am, after an uneasy night of "is it time to get up yet?". To Red Hill to find passenger Geoff in the darkness. To Queanbeyan, the other three cars, shivering people, some in shorts, tossing packs and gear from one car to the other. Would I end up with my own pack and a pair of boots big enough? We met again at Braidwood, even colder, and did the fine-tuning on the gear and people shuffle. The two groups set off, one to Newhaven Gap, the other to Yadboro/Long Gully with a fond farewell and "see you in the middle".

The gravel road from Braidwood to Sassafras was in excellent condition. The track from Sassafras to Newhaven Gap, our starting point, was rough but negotiable. Our party of seven set off at a brisk pace across the plateau, our gloves and beanies affording scant protection against the cold wind. The route to Folly Point and Watsons Pass must be one of the best approaches to the heart of the Budawangs. You soon have distant, tantalising glimpses of Hollands Gorge and its mighty circle of oddly-shaped mountains. There are immediate views of the deep and densely wooded upper Clyde Gorge to the left and the rugged Crevasse Canyon and Island Mountain to the right.

We stopped briefly at Folly Point and enjoyed the majestic views of Hollands Gorge, some 600 metres below, where we were to camp that night. Across the Gorge some four, five and six kilometres away we could see the two layers of weathered, ochre coloured, sandstone cliffs, with steep forested buttresses supporting each layer. They rise from the Gorge to form the rugged circle of flat-top mountains separated from each other by a series of secondary gorges, saddles and waterfalls. There they were before us - the cliff-bound island, known as Byangee Walls, a layer lower than the rest, the Castle, Shrouded Gods, Mooryan, Cole, Tarn, Elliott and Sturgiss and most importantly Donjon with Angel Falls and Creek nestled in its northern flank. This was to be tomorrow's route to Monolith Valley, the Castle and the waiting cars at Yadboro. The view from Folly Point is one of the most spectacular views on the planet. I no longer take photographs from Folly Point - I have plenty but photographs never do it justice. I now just sit, admire, contemplate and let the wonder of it all soak into the memory banks.

After lunch at the top of Watsons Pass with similar views, we clambered down the well-placed chain and not so well placed pegs, into the first of the two comfortable chimneys. We passed packs in the awkward places, and were soon through the first cliff-line. Then it was down, down, down into the rugged terrain of Camping Rock Creek and Hollands Creek. This is a beautiful rain-forest area and progress is at times very slow. We arrived at our camp-site about 100 metres from Angels Creek, three hours after leaving Watsons Pass. An hour later just after dusk we were glad to hear the unmistakeable sounds of Alan Vidler's party arriving in the gathering dusk. I was particularly glad - I had the tent, but Pat had the dinner.

It had been a long day and most of the party went to bed early. The head of our 80 cm high bivy tent in which you must be supine is of fine netting which allows you to gaze at the stars. I do not think I will forget the beauty of that night. The ground was soft and comfortable, covered with soft earth and scattered with dry leaves. I could not see the moon, but its glow caught cloud and tree, causing an eerie, soft-white luminescence which silhouetted the upper tree branches and twigs. It was a beautiful sight which lasted most of the night. I just wanted to look, relax, enjoy and remember. The only sound was the unobtrusive sleep-inducing monotone of the waters of Hollands Creek. I woke in the morning refreshed and happy - even the nearby nocturnal and, I am told, sonorous presence of Richard in his portable sound shell had not disturbed my reveries.

We rose at dawn and by 7.45 am were on our way upstream to the junction of Hollands and Angel Creek where we took the steep west, south-west spur to the base of the cliff-line near Angels Falls. After a brief visit to the cliff-tops to admire the views, we continued in a south-westerly direction around the base of the cliffs above Angel Falls. We dropped down to Angel Creek via a small, beautiful, mossy rain-forest gully, which brought us to a delightful, flat, leaf-strewn, and yes, mossy, camp-site. We battled our way up Angels Creek until we found an ancient cairn on a large mossy boulder and a beaten path up the steep western bank. This was the track which would lead us to Monolith Valley.

It took us quickly to the base of the lower cliffs of Donjon but then mysteriously disappeared into a deep gully. There was no obvious way either of following the base of the cliff any further or of getting to the top of the cliffs. After a coupleof minutes searching Allah M noticed agap between two large rock slabs right behind where I was standing. Inside the gap was a short tunnel leading upwards. This was the track Alan V had taken some pains to tell us about. We scrambled through, passing packs, into a steep gully which we followed to the top of the lower cliffs.

For some reason that now escapes me, we thought the climbing was over. However there was another 150 metres of steep climb to get to the upper cliff line. Our hopes of lunching in the Green Room faded. Instead we sheltered in an overhang at the base of Donjon's upper cliff and ate our rations, the cold wind biting into our sweaty shirts. A short time later we entered the gap between Donjon and Cole where the magical world of Monolith Valley slowly revealed itself. The track wanders through giant "Bungle Bungle-like" sandstone monoliths, worn by wind and rain to their striated, conical shapes.

On my last visit some years ago the area had been showing signs of degradation by overuse. Conservation work and the banning of camping have done wonders. I was most impressed with work done by the Canberra Bushwalking Club. The large logs sunk into the walking track have reduced erosion and given the area the strength to handle the increasing traffic. The walk down Eddie's staircase and through the narrow passage known as the Green Room was especially beautiful with its mosses, lichens, and exposed tree roots of native fig, coachwood and sassafras clinging to the near vertical rock walls. In the more open sections, the red-gold flowers of banksia ericifolia were attracting hundreds of twittering honeyeaters; in sunny, sheltered places, a few brave flowers of pink boronia were heralding the coming Spring.

We soon left Monolith Valley, sidled around Mooryan and Nibelung to the tail of the Castle and along the track to Kalliana Ridge. This section of the track is badly inineed of repair and erosion control. Our party seemed to be going slower and slower as the day progressed. I was glad that we completed the descent from the lower level of the Castle to Kalliana Ridge via the well-placed but unnecessary rope before dark. As it was we had about half an hour of darkness down the ridge and across the Yadboro to the cars.

This is indeed a classic Budawang walk. At Meakins Pass near the end of our journey we had met another group of bushwalkers who had been pottering about Monolith Valley, Cole and Owen. They asked where we had come from. When we replied, "Newhaven Gap", they said," That would be a terrific walk. How long? - four or five days?" "No," we replied, "two!" It is a long but comfortable, two day walk for fit and experienced bushwalkers, with good navigational skills. (Two short August days do not provide time for any error of navigation). I agree with our southbound leader Allan M that a three, four or even five day version of this trip, which abounds with beautiful camp-sites and side trip options would be marvellous.

Thank you Allan M for conducting the south-bound tram. I enjoyed your company, leadership style, and navigation. Thank you Alan V for putting the walk on the program and masterminding the car shuffle and logistics, including the request by Pat and me to walk in opposite directions. We enjoyed meeting in the middle very much. Eric Pickering

Gingera(?) In the Snow - Saturday August 10 A week before my annual pilgrimage to Gingera I was being rubbished about "truth in advertising" as there was no snow to be seen at all. However, Gingera is a pleasant mountain to visit at any time and I quite looked forward to the walk. Most of the week was spent in Sydney in balmy weather out of touch with home and I was amazed to turn on breakfast TV at my motel on Thursday morning to hear a spokesman for Thredbo talking of a blizzard since Monday night and see most of the and ACT ranges blanketed in snow. Well, at least they couldn't get me for a false walk description.

On my return to Canberra on Friday I discovered how difficult it is to get accurate and up to date information on the state of the roads. I finally discovered that the Corin Dam road was closed at Smokers Gap but would probably be open on Saturday so decided to go ahead with the trip, with a backup plan to go out to McKeahnie Trig and/or Mount McKeahnie if we could not get to the Dam for the start of the 900 metre climb to Gingera.

Early Saturday morning saw 16 well rugged up walkers arrive at the Corin Dam road in lovely weather and bright sunshine to be greeted by signs showing that the road was closed, not just at Smokers Gap, but even to Gibraltar Falls. This put any good snow walking in the immediate vicinity out of range. Group discussion brought three options assume the road was now trafficable and the sign was out of date and continue on, bypassing any barriers or gates - rejected as not being wise from a PR or safety view. * go to Tidbinbilla and walk the range there - rejected as the gates would not be opened for about another hour. * go to the Orroral Valley and climb something there - accepted by most as the least unacceptable outcome. Fortunately, no one suggested abandoning the trip and going home!

We thus headed to the Orroral Valley with our sights on Mount Orroral. (I last climbed this peak in July last year when another of my walks further south was blocked by snow closed roads - it is a good standby with fairly reliable road access). A quick sprint for some (and a trudge for people like me) up the access road led us to the Geodetic Station where we were given a guided tour and shown how they had been testing their laser by firing it at the rock outcrop where we planned to have lunch. Toasted sandwiches on the menu perhaps? The walk to the summit was interesting, with deepening snow and some fascinating ice crystals and stalactites on the huge boulders.

Lunch was had on and in the summit boulders in bright sunshine with only a little wind and clear views of all the surrounding peaks. Two of us ventured onto the rock scramble to reach the trig point but the extra height and view was not really worth the risk on the ice and snow covered rocks. One step by me onto what I thought was solid rock with a calf deep cover of snow ended with me embedded in a drift to above the waist. A dark black cloud enveloping Bimberi seemed to be a sign to leave so we headed for the headwaters of Nursery Creek - our ambitions and expectations being constantly revised downwards. By sheer good luck and Eric Pickering's assistance with navigation we dropped straight down to the Aboriginal rock paintings and followed the track back to the road.

It was not quite Gingera but there was enough snow for even the keenest snow-walker and an acceptable substitute. Allan Mikkelsen

North of Kiandra - 10-11 August I'm sure every reader will instantly have noticed that this trip was supposed to be to Finn's Swamp, which is somewhat south of Kiandra..

There were only three of us - me, Rod Peters and Rene Lays. On the way to we finally decided, after tossing up since Wednesday, that we would take advantage of the first good snow AND good weather weekend to avoid the crowds and visit a rarer area, as I'd visualised for a month earlier. Rene's Subaru easily got us to Sawyer's Hill, though many, even most drivers heading for Kiandra had fitted chains by then.

We skied uphill from the road, in excellent snow and weather. Progress was particularly leisurely as two of us were on our first ski trip for the season, and we had no set destination. Undulating along the ridge, in and out of trees - my favourite type of skiing - we eventually dropped off the 10 ridge (Why are all navigational decision points on the edges of maps?) for an early lunch and camp at about 1 440m on Chance Creek - still plenty of snow, but hardly alpine vegetation. After erecting Rod's 2.2 person tent we spent the afternoon undertaking a leisurely ski tour across Wild Horse Plain, up a couple of low peaks on the Range, down a (too!) heavily wooded slope to Kiandra Creek, back up the creek, and thence to camp.

After a night which wasn't too crowded after Rene, in the middle, moved her head to the opposite end of the tent, we packed up then left our packs to climb up Tantangara Mountain, the highest peak in the area. The views were great and so was the 300m descent back to our packs.

Burdened now with our weekend packs, we ventured out to Wild Horse Plain, then circled back over a saddle to Black Walters Creek, which we followed back to the main road, emerging near the crossing of the . Rene then showed a proper non-sexist attitude by volunteering to walk the —1.7km uphill to retrieve her car while Rod and I guarded the packs and skis.

The snow was great, like the views, the weather, the leisurely pace, the company and the campsite. Too bad there weren't more people to enjoy it - but that was their problem, not ours! Alan Vidler

A ski tour to Purgatory (otherwise known as a ski tour to the Chimneys) Leader: Mike Morriss The tour took place on the weekend of 17-1 8 August in perfect weather, with a beaut snow cover. Nine of us left the warmth of our cars, picked up our beds and followed the Thredbo River up the hill from Dead Horse Gap towards Boggy Plain. Our first destination was Sam's Camp where we were to pitch our tents for Saturday night.

Arrival at the camp site commenced the educational value of the trip. Mutterings of disgust from the Vidler encampment revealed the Eclipse of the Omnipotent due to a mismatch of tent poles. A degree of jury rigging resulted in passable, albeit cramped, living quarters for those concerned. At the same time Don's Optimus became a Pessimus as it could not contain sufficient pressure to boil the billy. Thank goodness for alternative cooking facilities.

The difficulties above notwithstanding, we had a pleasant lunch and took off for the Pinnacle. A pleasant trip upward through snow gums with a little skiborne bush bashing in places (Minute Secretary please note). Time prevented a climb of the Pinnacle. Some played lizards, soaking up the sun and obscuring beloved hats. Other pottered and took photos of the country beyond, to the east. The return trip along the edge of Boggy Plain presented the opportunity to photograph a very cooperative wombat at close quarters.

The evening meal showed our cooking talents at their best. The highlight was the impromptu White Lady prepared by one of our number who mixed the powdered milk with meths instead of water. I've not seen coffee burn before. Perhaps there's a moral about labelling.

Sunday was a beautiful as the previous day. A very leisurely start at about 1000 and we headed for Purgatory via Jerusalem, leaving our packs hanging like fruit bats in a tree, conveniently near the river. A long steady climb amongst the snow gums led us to some beautiful views of the Victorian high country across the Murray Valley. In the saddle between Jerusalem and Purgatory we discovered the solitary track of a very literate emu which had signed its name and direction of travel across the snow. After lunching at the top and deciding that Paradise was too far away, we returned on the same track. The last bit was a beautiful downhill run among snow gums, back to the packs.

The final path back to Dead Horse Gap was very icy as a result of heavy traffic and an overnight freeze. Some of us had visions of an unplanned swim in the river but with a lot of sideslipping, we returned to the cars about 1530, intact and mentally refreshed. The evening's meal at Hanna's was most welcome. Don Davidson 11

Mount Clear - 18 August Our keen party of 13 left Tharwa bridge at 0750 and by 0900 were walking down the fire trail from Mt Clear campground towards Horse Gully Hut. A brilliant day, cold and clear, with promise of some warmth without wind. Crossing Grassy Creek after five minutes, we saw the first of many mobs of kangaroos, some of which eyed us with caution but.without hopping away. -

Though we could have avoided the two crossings of Naas Creek by detouring to the south of the V in its course, all of us except Margaret took shoes off to paddle across. Agonisingly cold! As we continued for another 1.5km or so along the fire trail, generous snow cover on the eastern flank of Shanahan's Mountain came into view. No wonder the creek was cold!

We struck southeast from the fire trail and after a leisurely morning snack on some comfortable boulders, continued directly towards the summit of Mt Clear. The ascent was fairly easy, steady but not very steep, through open bush with boulder outcrops presenting no great difficulty. Intermittent snow patches gave way in the last 50 metres or so of the climb to an almost continuous crusting of white. With the top in sight, a surprise - a fence still in good repair, bringing to mind how recent is the creation of (and explaining why the area is still of special interest to the Roseby family).

Mt Clear is crowned by a fine trig station atop a large cairn and provides a perfect lunchstop, with excellent flat grassy patches, picturesque snow tussock and jumbles of granite, healthy copses of snowgum and silver wattle and very good views. As we sat in the sun on a gentle grassy slope, clear of snow but surrounded by bright whits-snowdrifts, we could look out and down in all directions as we drank hot tea and ate our assorted goodies. To the east there was the grey grassland 900 metres below us around and Colinton. To the northeast were the Tinderries and beyond them the . The Booth Range to the north was blue and white, and to the west the mountains of southern Namadgi - Sentry Box, Gudgenby, Kelly, Namadgi and Scabby - were sharp in the sun. Most impressive of all was the grand white rampart of Jagungal to the south.

After lunch we had fun scrunching down snowdrifts in the shade as we headed south on the fire trail along the top of the range. The fire trail appeared little used and made for pleasant walking. The forest was tall and beautiful, and the ridge top reasonably wide, with small grassy flats perched above the slopes, offering idyllic campsites. Snapped-off trees here and there gave sad evidence of gales the previous week.

On reaching a hump in the range again above 1 BOOm we headed down to the northwest, stright towards the sun. Directly in front of us in the distance below, the long narrow grassland of the Naas Valley extended backwards between sloping walls of blue towards the dark blue and white battlement of the Scabby Range, with mirrors of water flashing back to us from the valley floor. It seemed a pity to leave the ridgetop with its fine tall trees and inspiring views.

The descent was easy andunusually pleasant. An extensive lawn of snowgrass tussock and occasional bracken sloped gently down among small boulder outcrops, soaks and flowing creeks. At the bottom we reached the first of a series of grassy flats bordered by snowgum woodland with a flowing creek meandering through it. We followed a major creek north for several kilometres along the eastern side of a tall ridge until the fire trail to Horse Gully Hut came into view. Following it back to trip's end, we passed up the opportunity of chilling our feet again in Naas Creek (skirting the V in the creek instead), and were back at the cars in fading light at 1530. David Truman

Hoddle, Haughton. Tarn - 17-18 August I really wasn't enthusiastic - I'd been walking or skiing for at least the previous 4 weekends so other things were accumulating, and the weather looked unpromising. However, Chris Leslie's trips are sometimes slack, sometimes not, but always enjoyable, and anyway if I didn't go neither would the trip, so..

Chris, Richard Bain and I left the 'Wog Wog' park entrance about 9am in chilly, very windy weather - a tail wind, happily. We made our way unhurriedly via the track to Corang Lagoon where we had morning tea/lunch #1, before leaving close to 11am. We crossed the Corang about half a km upstream, then climbed a ridge in moderate scrub, curving northwards to rarely visited Barney's Hill, where we enjoyed good views and late lunch #2 in a sheltered spot. 12

We found our way via another ridge across to the SW corner of Hoddle, then strolled to the top via a very easy route a little to the left of the SW corner. On top, we enjoyed the magnificent views in strong but decreasing winds. Chris told us this was the highest point in the "proper" Budawangs (It is, we checked later) and I jokingly said it would be much more of an experience to spend the night on top watching the sunrise and sunset than in a dusty old camping cave under F1aughton as planned... We soon convinced ourselves that the wind was decreasing, the clouds were thinning, there was water aplenty in rock pools, we'd covered over 18km with significant bursts of scrub, and it was 4pm anyway so why not?

Chris and I ensconsed ourselves alongside some low bushes on naturally-occurring leaves, pine needles, rock and Thermarests. Richard "put up" his fly - arranged for it to flap around above his head (mainly) while loosely attached to some bushes. We gathered firewood, water and frozen fingers and lit a fire downwind of the sleeping places and a long way upwind of other vegetation. By now we were all quite rugged up - even I had tracksuit pants on and was glad of them. While finishing our first litre (each!) of tea we walked 40m to watch the sunset, but missed it due to a small cloud at the wrong time. Anyway, the view in the opposite direction - setting sun on the side of Haughton, Tarn, Folly Point, Shrouded Gods, Talaterang etc. was even better.

We were in bed by about 8pm. I started wearing my usual sleeping bag and inner sheet, but by morning was also wearing tracksuit pants and a long sleeved Peter Storm. My (summerweight) sleeping bag, like my groundsheet and other items around, had a substantial layer of frost over it.

The views in the morning were superb, with cloudless sky and no wind, but the cold was such that we were on our way well before 7:30am, after watching the sunrise. There is a difficult-looking but actually very easy climb down to the saddle between Hoddle and Haughton. It's marked top and bottom with a small cairn. We followed the track picked up at the saddle around Haughton and up on to Tarn. We detoured to the eastern edge of Tarn to spend time gazing into the splendour of Hollands Gorge and its surrounding features - Sturgiss, Elliott, Folly Point, Talaterang, Shrouded Gods, Donjon. One of my favourite Budawangs scenic spots.

Rejoining the main N-S track we descended to rejoin the main Wog Wog-Owen bogway. Several stretches of this track are thoroughly overdue for treatment. I'm thinking of joining NPA just to help with the excellent work they are doing - there is more to be done here than we've done in Monolith Valley! Anyway, we had morning tea on a creek near Bibbenluke, and lunch at the conglomerate slope, early on clock time but very late on AV stomach time. From there we followed the track back to the cars arriving about 3:30pm, tired after about 24km for the day. I was very glad I went, as I usually am in such circumstances, and we were all pleased that we chose the unusual accommodation option for the evening. Thank you Chris. Alan Vidler

I, -k WALK PREVIEW

Yalwal - Danjera Plateau October 18,19,20 October is peak spring blossom time for flowers of the coastal plateaus. A visit to see and admire them has become an annual event for us. This year we are planning to visit the Yalwal area between Boolijah and Bundundah Creeks east of Ettrema. There should be an abundance of pink boronia, purple mints, indigofera, yellow wedge teas, red mountain devils, white eriostemon, and rock orchids. Last year I counted 38 different species of plants in flower. We hope also to visit a couple of waterfalls. Eric Pickering

(IT's new style is a consequence of the new printer acquired by the Vidler computer installation. It is different, unlike last month's negligible changes - we found a printer similar to the previous printer. Who knows what will happen next month?- Ed.) 13

THE FINAL BIT

The Editor wishes to thank all contributors to IT over the past Club year!

Club members who have contributed bush walking articles and walk reports have provided stimulating and informative reading and awakened interest in wider issues. Committee members have used the newsletter to keep members in touch with developments in bushwalking, related pursuits and conservation and the newsletter continues to receive positive comments on the quality of the material and its presentation from Club members, interstate walking clubs and interested agencies.

Thanks are due also to the Walk Secretary, Allan Mikkelsen who prepared and entered the walking sections of the Activity Programme over the last Club year and to Alan Vidler who provided technical advice and support.

TO ALL INTENDING IT CONTRIBUTORS!

Please help your Editor by observing IT closing dates! ALL information on proposed walks MUST be handed to the Walks Secretary before IT closing date. Help! Please send more walk reports, previews, Letters to the Editor and other suitable articles!

See you at the reunion! 14 Activity Programme

Transport costs are presently 25 cents per kilometre per car divided equally among ALL participants. This amount is a guide only and can be varied at the discretion of the leader depending on the condition of the roads, the number of passengers per car, and other factors. The figures given for individual trips are rough estimates only, based on four people per car - the cost may rise if cars are only partly filled.

Check-in / Contact Officer for the club is Chris Leslie 251 6123(h). He (NOT the Police or other bodies) should be the first point of contact for worried relatives if you are late returning from a trip. Leaders must also report the safe return OR cancellation of their trip to the check-in officer.

September 14-15 - 30th Reunion - Orroral Valley A number of day walks will be offered in conjunction with the 30th anniversary reunion. We already have some walks listed below. It is expected more will be arranged at the reunidn.

Sunday September 15 - Nursery Swamp/Orroral Ridge - S/M This will be a ramble (meander? - WS) down Nursery Swamp after the usual short climb from the cattle grid, then a climb over the range back to the campground at Orroral. Come and see what time, park authorities and visitors have done to an area which, as the focus of many easy day and weekend walks since the Club's beginnings, has been a "Nursery" to many of us. Maps: Bimberi 1:50000 or ACT 1:100000 or Rendezvous Creek 1:25000 depending on your era! Leader: A/an Vidier 254 5373(h) or at the festivities.

Sunday September 15 - Fitz's Hill to Glendale Crossing - S/M An interesting walk on the ridge east of the Boboyan Road from the top of Fitz's Hill to Glendale Crossing. Features include unusual rock formations and views into the Naas Valley. Map: ACT 1:100000. Leader: A/Ian Mikke/sen 254 0764(h) 264 3472(w) or at Orroral on the day.

Sunday September 15 - The Belfry Tower and Legoland Cave - MIM Two prominent features of the Orroral area. A huge granite spire visible from the valley and a house sized cave (complete with split level rooms) nestled in the hillside above the valley. Bookings taken on reunion Saturday only. Map: A CT 1:100000. Leader: Chris Leslie 251 6123(h) 251 3400(w).

Wednesday September 18 - Annual General Meeting. Dickson Library, 800pm.

Saturday September 21 - Tallaganda State Forest - M/M A walk in the open forest of the Great Dividing Range in Tallaganda State Forest south of Parker's Gap. Open ridges, interesting rock fàrmaiions, and tree fern gullies: The return trip home will be enlivened by a stop arthe Captains Flat pub for refreshments. Map: Kain 1:25000. Leader: Allan Mikke/sen 254 0764(h) 264 3472(w). Transport cost about $14.

September 21-22 - Mt Wee Jasper, Pompey Pillar and Micalong Creek - LIE [car swap or /ongish shuffle] Starting at Fitzpatrick Trackhead on the Hume and Hovell Track, we will climb 700 metres to the top of Mt Wee Jasper for splendid views over Buccleuch State Forest, Burrinjuck Dam and the Goodradigbee Valley, the western side of the Brindabellas and the northern end of the Kosciusko National Park. Descending through wet native forest and some pines we will camp at Log Bridge Campsite. On day 2 we continue south via Pompey Pillar Creek (yes, there is a pillar) and have a lunch by Micalong Creek, continuing then past rapids, wet native forest and some pines to exit via the Brindabella Road. Maps: Couragago & Bobbys Plains 1:25 000 or Brindabella 1:100000. Leader: David Truman 254 6700(h) 272 4632(w). Transport cost about $13. NOTE Change of date from last IT.

September 21-22 - Ski Tour - Wilkinson's Valley - tIM Approximately 500 metre climb from Dead Horse Gap, then camp in Wilkinson's Valley. Optional side trips to the high peaks. Map: Thredbo 1:50000. Leader: Rod Peters 251 2580(h), 280 3721 (w). Transport cost about $26. 15

Sunday September 22 - Upper - MIM About 7km upstream from the village of Monga we will cross the Mongarlowe River and climb up onto the coastal range escarpment. Then follow the escarpment back to near Monga and return to the cars upstream along the river. Map: Monga 1:25000. Leader: Mike Morriss 288 6947(h), 289 3422(w). Transport cost about $15.

Wednesday 25 September - Committee Meeting & IT Closing, venue tba. -

September 28-29 - Ski Tour - Guthega area - S/M Actually two day trips. We will be camping at Island Bend, skiing around the Guthega area (probably Farm Creek and near Guthega Trig). Map: Mount Kosciusko 1:50000. Leader: John Kyatt 238 251 7(h), 274 5675(w) - switchboard only so ask for John. Transport cost about $26.

September 28-29 - Ski Tour - Guthega area - S/M Car camping at Island Bend. One day cross country downhilling, probably off Guthega Trig, the next day touring in the Guthega area. Come for one or other day or both. Suitable for skiers with basic experiencej Map; Mount Kosciusko 1:50000. Leader: Michael Gauci 258 1464(h). Transport cost about $26.

September 28-29 - Wog Wog to Burrumbeet - MIE A walk on track from the Wog Wog entrance to Morton National Park to camp in one of the caves near Burrumbeet Brook. Visits to Corang Peak, Admiration Point and Yurnga Lookout for spectacular views of the Budawangs. Map: Corang 1:25000. Leader: Richard Bain 257 4816(h). Transport cost about $16. NOTE Change of date from last IT.

September 28-29 - Mt Dromedary & beach walk - MIE An interesting beach walk near Bermagui on Saturday with a car camp at a great site on Dignams Creek at the base of Mount Dromedary. On Sunday climb Dromedary for good views of the southern NSW coast and as far north as the Budawangs. Map: Cobargo 1:25000. Leader: Rosemarie Pretty 288 6768(h). Transport cost about $30.

Sunday September 29 - Cycle Trip around lakes Meet at Lake Ginninderra at 10.00 then cycle through Aranda and around Lake Burley Griffin (morning tea). Return back through AIS to Lake Ginninderra. Map: Canberra Street Directory or Cycle Paths. Leader: Debi Williams 258 1645(h), 250 6200(w).

Sunday September 29 - Mount Nibelung - MIR A rarely visited peak in the Budawangs giving breathtaking views of the Castle, Clyde Gorge, Mount Owen and the Monolith Valley. Depending on the preference of the party, we may possibly begin with a car camp and gourmet dinner on the on Saturday evening, for an early start next morning .. Map: Corang 1:25000 or C'MW Budawangs. Leader: 'George Carter 251 2130(h), 263 3549(w). Transport cost about $22.

Wednesday October 2 - Woden Valley ridges - LIE Starting from the Woden Bus Exchange we will walk mostly cross country to the Red Hill lookout, then around the horseshoe of ridges to Mount Wanniassa, Mount Taylor, and back to Woden Bus Exchange. See preview in this IT. Map: ACT 1:100000 or Canberra Street Directory. Leader: Eric Pickering 286 2128(h). Transport cost bus fare to Woden.

October (3)4-7 - rock climbing/walking - M-L/R The plan is to flex-off Friday (maybe Thursday as well) so we can have a go at a couple of the fantastic rock climbs on the towering Warrumbungle spires. Final details will depend on desires, abilities, and equipment. There is plenty of scope for walking as well as climbing. Anyone interested in this bumblies' picnic please contact the geriatric leader at least a couple of weeks beforehand. Map: Warrumbungle National Park 1:30000. Leader: John l'Ons 231 6326(h), 276 6582(w). Transport costs to be negotiated.

October (4)5-7 - Axehead Range Area from Verranderie - M-L/R Ridges, cliffs, views (weather permitting) and spring flowers. Leave Friday night. Bring water bottles. Maps: Yerranderie 1:25 000. Leader: Meg McKone 254 5902(h). Transport cost about $35? w

Saturday October 5 - Murramarang beach crawl - MIM Celebrate the opening of the swimming season with a relaxed walk that links some of the South Coast's finest - Oaky Beach, Richmond Beach, Myrtle Beach, Dark Beach and Emily Miller Beach. If you feel it will still be too cold to swim - join us anyway and bring your fishing rod, camera, or favourite book. Map: Durras 1:25000. leader: TeArence Uren 282 2403(h), 281 9422(w). Transport cost about $20.

Monday October 7 - The Long Plain to Kiandra - LIE From near Rules Point we will visit Millers Hut and then strike south to Witses Hut and southwest across Wild Horse Plain to reach Kiandra via the Nungar Creek fire trail. Most of the route follows a section of the Alpine Walking Track and averages about 1400m altitude. Maps: Tantangara 1:100000 or Rules Point and Tantangara 1:25000. Leader: David Truman 254 6700(h), 272 4632(w). Transport cost around $22.

Tuesday 8 October - IT Collation, Patrick Tobin's, 9 Cussen St, Higgins, 800pm.

October 12-13 - Tinderry Range weekend - SIR Starting from the saddle south of the main peak, w&take a leisurely trip, exploring as many of the rock outcrops and knolls as we please. Camp somewhere on the main ridge. Map: Tinderry 1:25 000. leader: Chris Leslie 251 6123(h), 251 3400(w). Transport about $9.

October 12-13 - Base Camp at Meroo Point - VSIE Come on either, both, or none of the two day walks in the area (see below). Meroo Point provides a delightful campsite beside the ocean with a walk from the cars of only about 100 metres required. Bring plenty of gourmet refreshments for a feast on Saturday night. For details, contact day walk leaders.

Saturday October 12 - Pigeon House - S-MIE-M A walk to one of the spectacular lookout points for the Budawangs in conjunction with an optional base camp at Meroo Point. I hope to climb Pigeon House ifon, Yadboro via Longfella Pass and return down the track (with a short car shuffle) but will adjust plans to the preference of the party. Map: CMWfiudawangs. leader: Allan Mikke/sen 254 0764(h) 264 3472(w). Transport cost about $22.

Sunday October 13 - Mt Durras circuit - S-MIE-M A delightful walk taking in beaches, rocky headlands, and coastal forest. From Mount Durras there are good views of the Budawangs and the coast from Point Perpendicular to Mount Dromedary. Map: Kioloa 1:25000. Leader: Vance Brown 251 3997(h). Transport cost about $22.

Wednesday October 18 - Monthly Meeting, Anton Cook on his trip to Africa, 8.00pm.

October 18-20 - Yalwal - Danjera Plateau - MIR A three day walk starting on Friday to see the spring flowers of the VaIwal area east of Ettrema. See preview in this IT. Map: Sassafras 1:25000. Leaders: Pat & Eric Pickering 286 2128(h). Transport cost about $25. Please contact leaders by Tuesday October 15.

October 19-20 - Little Forest Plateau, Mt Talaterang, Ngaityung Falls - M/M A fairly short walk along open cliff tops and rocky ridges overlooking Clyde Gorge and Flollands Gorge from the coastal side. No long climbs. Maps: Milton & Tianjara 1:25000 or CMWBudawangs. Leader: George Carter 251 2130(h), 263 3549(w). Transport cost about $25.

Sunday October 20 - Devil's Peak - MIM This is a prominent peak north-east of . We travel a circuit in the Blue Range, mainly along fire trails which are very steep in places. There should be good views. Bring an extra $2 for a hikers dog and drink after the walk. Map: Cotter Dam 1:25000. leader: Margaret Cole 288 6947(h). Transport cost about $7. 17

October (25)26-27 - Monolith Valley Work Weekend A final chance to do your bit for the environment in Monolith Valley. Rescheduled from September 1. Map: CMW Budawangs. Leader: David Campbell 254 1511(h), 246 9156(w). Transport cost about $22.

See coming issues of IT for more information (and Corrections) on future activities, including:

November - Canoe Flat- S-MIE-M - Richard Bain November - Pretty Plain Valley - MIE - Richard Bain November 3 - Wallaces Creek Trail and the Ravine - LIE - David Truman November 9-10 - Mounts Manjar, Blackjack, and the Dargals - David Truman November 9-10 - Long Point to Badgery's via Bungonia Gorge - S-MIM/W - Alan Vidler November 10 - Long Point to Badgerys - MIM/W - Vance Brown November 16-17 - Mount Ginini - Goodradigbee via Harrys Spur - Bill Brown November 17 - - Tidbinbilla - Chris Leslie November 23-24 - Castle by Moonlight, Hollands Gorge, Talaterang - M-LIR -iAlan Vidler November 24-Dec 1 - Victoria - Viking, Razorback, Mt Speculation etal - David Campbell Saturday November 30 - Monga Forest waratahs - Morag Cameron & Guy Cotsell December - Wog Wog - Corang Lagoon weekend - MIE - Richard Bain December 7-8 - Shoalhaven/Endrick Junction - Endrick Falls - M-LIR - Alan Vidler December 5 - Endrick Falls - S/M-R - Vance Brown December 14 - Goodradigbee lilo trip - Bill Brown December 14-15 - Goodradigbee Gourmet! LiIo Trip - Bill Brown Christmas - Woila Creek and + side trips SIE-MIW - Alan Vidler January 4-5 - Blue Lake - MIE - Richard Bain January 11-12 - - SIM - Richard Bain January 18-19 - Canoe Flat - S-MIE-M - Richard Bain

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INFORMATION

Note: The Walk Secretary, Allan Mikkelsen is pleased to accept walks from leaders at any time. Please contact him to put your walk on the program. -

Bookings: For trips should be made by telephoning the leader no later than 2pm on Thursday. There is a Club limit of 16 on most walks.

Walkers: are reminded that there can be dangers associated with bushwalking and that they participate entirely at their own risk.

'EguiDment: for Club walks can be hired from Roger Edwards 2954598(w) 2887863(h).

Library: The Club Library is held at the home of Keith Thomas, 26 Allport Street, Downer 248781 6(h) at 6 - 7.45pm on the night of Club meetings.

Constitution and By-Laws: The Club's Constitution and By-Laws are published annually in IT.

For access at other times, please contact the Rebord Keeper. I

Grading of walks:

(5) Short - under 12km/day (E) Easy - firetrails, tracks, beaches etc. (M) Medium - 12-20km/day (M) Medium - bush tracks, alpine areas, some scrub (L) Long - over 20km/day (R) Rough - much scrub, steep climbs, rock scrambles (W) Wet - compulsory swims, many river crossings

NOTE: In calculating distance 1 km is added for every 100 metres climbed.

NOTICE TO ALL WALKERS: The leader should check that:

Each applicant is capable of completing the proposed trip. This is done by observation on previous walks or by contacting them personally and asking where, when and with whom they have walked previously. Everyone is aware of what the trip entails and of any special equipment or skills needed.

LEADERS MAY REJECT ANY APPLICANT THEY THINK IS NOT SUITABLE FOR THE TRIP.

SEARCH & RESCUE ORGANISATION

S&R Contacts are: Dave Drohan 2663363(w) 2413566(h), David Campbell 2469156(w) 1 2541511(h), Allan Mikkelsen 2540764(h), 2643472(w).

Area Coordinators: Belconnen - Frank & Meg McKone 2541311(w) 2545902(h), Pat Miethke 2493085(w) 2412798(h), Inner Canberra - Keith Thomas 281 9488(w) 2487816(h), Woden -

OTHER CLUB OFFICERS Chris Leslie 251 6123(h) is the Check-in Officer, Rod Dalgleish 281 3614(h) and Sandy Lolicato 251 5441(h) are the conservation representatives, Vance Brown is the public officer, Alan Vidler 254 5373(h) is the Club record keeper and Doug Wright is the Club archivist. Roger Edwards 295 4598(w) 288 7863(h) is the Equipment Officer. CANBERRA BUSHWALKING CLUB INC. MembershiD Renewal Form For 1991-92 (Current members only)

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Please forward form and subscription to: Membership Secretary, Canberra Bush walking Club, P0 Box 160, CA NBERRA CITY ACT 2601. >, < r.

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