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Canberra Bush Walking Club Inc Newsletter CANBERRA BUSH WALKING CLUB INC NEWSLETTER V. ¼ GPO Box 160, Canberra ACT 2601 VOLUME 31 JULY 1995 NUMBER 7 • More recently, I urged The idea of accreditation being • ,, people to adopt a park fostered by NORLD, we think and near to their home and to hope, is aimed at the commercial eareforit. Myarea,Mt traders and to ensure that they are - Taylor, is still pretty competent in leading outdoor • • -, - cleanafterl'dcleanedthe pursuits. Certificates for lifter months ago. proficency in scuba-diving, 's - •.- What's your area like? parachuting, rafting etc. are already necessary. I. think it pertinent for our Club to be Imagine: if every one in our Club PRIESI[]DIENTtS involved, along with the donated a day, it would add up Confederation.of NSW. We don't 1111 tiiTtfl[ to over 300 days' work. want to find next year that we all The Rangers would welcome have to have a certificate to lead walks! I WAS INTERESTED to more work parties - they have lots read an article by Andy of projects for us, if we want. So Thirty people enjoyed the Winter MacQueen, President of if there is anyone who would Solstice. Pates, cheeses, tuna the Confederation of like to volunteer and help organize mornay, potatoes with sour cream, NSW Bushwalkers, on the activities, please contact me. spicy sausages, cheese fondue, use of our National Parks. goulash, herbed egg fritters, lamingtons, wine and apple strudel In The Bushwalker he suggests that I commend members to read Clive were all consumed, with Vance 'all bushwalkers need to do their Hamilton's article Listen to the welcoming the sun's return. bit for the bush, whether pulling Trees in this IT. It may help in out weeds, helping to map rare clarif'ing people's concerns over Read carefully Rob Horsfleld's carnivore seats .... or educating the woodchipping debate. Notice of Intention on page 2. We're interested in your comments. other bushwalkers on the minimum The NORLD (National Outdoor impact code', a view I share. The Recreation Leadership Develop- Happy walking and skiing. Park Rangers can only do so much. ment) Project is continuing. Janet Edstein P In the past, the Club has set aside a weekend in October to clear the Spanish Broom around the Cotter Hut in Namadgi NP. We have also asked members to report any sightings of the Corroboree Frog (refer IT April 95). There have been work parties at Bolton's Hill Hut and track making up from the Corin Dam. The biggest project by the Club was the Monolith Valley track, in the Budawangs. - -I -i 1-1 -1 'Issue of the Moment', of course, is the threatened resumption of French nuclear testing in the Pacific. Letters to the French Embassy, and probably your local politician, are the best means of expressing your concerns. If you plan on boycothng French goods, or taking other such action, let the French Government know about it! The Sustainable Times carries details of key issues in the ACT and region that are likely to be of significance over the next twelve months, including MEMBERSHIP MATTERS transport, contaminated sites, local area planning, and forests and - bushfires. More details from the In September a large number of memberships are due Environment Centre or Conservation Council. - for renewal. Please look at the top right hand corner of the label on your iT where the month and year your The Dalgety and District Community Association, subscription finishes is indicated. Please send in formed in 1991, is pressing to have the Snowy River renewals early: the Membership Secretary is not flowing again, and seeks to have itrestored to 25 per prepared to stay up till 3 am to process a large number cent of its original flow, from the present one per cent of renewals submitted at the last moment! since the river was dammed at Jindabyne in 1967. Wouldn't the platypuses be happy! Please note that renewals received after the Monthly John Webster Committee Meeting / IT Closing date will not be processed until the next month. (In estimating our receival time, allow for time in Australia Post.) II your subscription finishes in July and your renewal VOLUNTEERS WANTED arrives after the 26 July Committee meetiné, you The Canberra and South East Region Environment will not get your August IT. Centre needs volunteers to help in the library and shop. Roger Edwards General library work as well as projects need * * * enthusiastic helpers to achieve great results. If you have time to spare and enjoy working in a friendly NEW MEMBERS: Dave Hooper, Sandy Bay (TAS), environment come into the Centre or call Michael or Simon Munslow, Kaleen; Ron & Carol Hosking, Tamsin on 248 0885. Watson;• Apzyl & Geoff Hurling, Flomy; Gerry Santosuosso, Murrumbateman; Sarah Kedge, Duft'; Mike Bremers, Richardson. SKIING IN THE ACT PROSPECTIVE NEW MEMBERS: Peter Henderson, - KIM SOCIAL Cook; David Edwards, Banks; Rod Morriss & Carol Wood, Curtin; Oliver White, Farrer; John Dean, Koseiusko Huts Association Gowrie; Cliff Williams, Bruce; Viki Fox, Hawker. will be holding a winter slide cQmmcntary on the history ~dalv & of skiing in the ACT (around Mt Franklin Chalet), with other slides being shown on Krgyzstan by Di Thompson. Wednesday 30 August, 7.30 pm at the V Griffin Centre. Supper and gluhwein provided for entry of $5. Contact: Graham Scully 230 3352 (Ii). CBCITJuIyI99S page2 NATIONAL PARKS OF SOUTH COAST OF NSW AND VICTORIA As a result of a friendly encounter with a Park Ranger on our Easter trip near Mallacoota, I have attempted to put together a summary of conditions-of-entry requirements to the following areas. Arrangements for booking are at the bottom of the article. BoUrnda National Park Managed by National Parks and Wildli?e Service (NPWS) Eden. Car camping, hot showers, hence fees are relatively high. A park use fee of $7.50 applies and is included in these fees: 1 & 2 persons/ I night stay $17.50 2 nights - $27.50 3 persons/i night stay $19.50 2 nights $31.50 4 persons / 1 night stay $21.50 2 nights $43.50 6 persons / 1 night stay $25.50 2 nights $43.50 You get a reimbursement of $7.50 if you have a NPWS car sticker. Croajingolong National Park Bookings for Christmas open 1 August and for Easter Managed from Eden NPWS (yes, NSW). Group on 1 January, and are on a ballot system. Apart from numbers will be limited to 10 - the number arrived at by these holiday seasons, bookings are accepted up to 3 NPWS being two teachers and four students each. In months in advance. the near future camping will only be allowed in designated campsites and fires will be limited to stoves. Ben Boyd National Park There is no permit system in place (yet) and there are no Managed by Eden NPWS. A limit of multiples of six park fees. to 1 campsite - a tent site being room for one medium and one small tent! Car campsite at Saltwater creek For bookings contact the NPWS, P0 Box 186, Eden holds 14 sites. Bittangabee holds 30 sites. Expensive NSW 2551. No bookings taken by phone or fax - I if there is only one person to a tent. checked. Include self-addressed envelope indicating: Same fees as above, same conditions for Christmas and • the particular campground of interest within the Easter. Bring your own water. particular national park, • the number of adults and children in your group, Nadgee Nature Reserve Managed by Eden NPWS. Camping fees are as above • your preferred dates. at Newtons Beach. However you can get a walker's permit for S at a cost of $2 per person per day. Don't Fees are payable in advance. forget the Rid! Inquiries: 8:304:30 Mon-Fri tel (064) 96 1434. Rene Lays P EQUIPMENT HIRE Take advantage of the excellent gear the Club has available for hire before lashing out on your 6* 61 own equipment. Equipment Officer is Mike Pedvin - 288 5751 (h), 277 5409 (w). Ei 41 The equipment available and current rates per weekend are as follows. Please note that a leg refundable deposit of $20 is also required. Olympus two person tent $15 Macpac Microlight one person tent $15 + Assorted packs $5 3 season bag, mat and liner $10 + Long bed compass no charge - just a deposit of $5 + Snow sleeping bag, mat and liner $15 + Trangia and fuel bottle $5 CBC IT July1995 page 3 THE BUNGLE BUNGLES AND CARR BOYD RANGES - MAY 1995 by Pat Miethke Canberra organizer: Helen Stevens; Darwin organizer: Willis's Walkabouts Maps: Turkey Creek 1:100000 for Bungles; Deception Range 1:50 000 for Can Boyds We had been travelling by plane, bus, and 4WD except for our headlights, through a cavern 2 metres vehicles for three days by the time the Bungles hove into wide and immensely high. At the end were huge view, but we were in really high spirits, chattering and boulders and ehockstones and we spent an exciting time joking, and chiacking (7 - &i) whoever was trying to find a route up them, round this side and that unfortunate enough to be driving. A wide area of in the darkness. Voices saying: Tm up here.' '1 can't Purnululu National Park had been set on fire by the go any fhrther this way.' Some quite tricky moves. I Ranger (tourists aren't allowed to), and we actually shone my headlight down between two rocks and there drove through flames licking along the roadside in was just space below for as far as I could see. Murray several places, which added to the excitement.
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