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THE CANBERRA • BUSHWALII'ing CLUB 7 INC. NEWSLETTER GPO Box 160, Canberra ACT 2601 THE CANBERRA • BUSHWALII'ING CLUB 7 INC. NEWSLETTER GPO Box 160, Canberra ACT 2601 VOLUME 35 NOVEMBER 1999 NUMBER 11 opportunities for social interaction The Committee has recently made President's Prattle outside general meetings and IT a couple of new appointments to collations; There are advantages for non-elected positions withinthe Club. the lông term health of the Club if All leaders should note that Stan In last month's IT, I noted that a such social events create greater Marks is the new Check-In Officer to number of working groups were enthusiasm for our activity whom they should report the safe being fanned to give closer attention programme and lead to some of these return or cancellation of their trip. to particular aspects of the Club's members becoming more regular Those intending to hire gear should activities. The first of these groups - walkers. note that Jenny and Rob Horsfield are the Social Programme Working the new equipment officers. Many Group - has now been set up. thanks to Elizabeth McCamley and Michael Hansford, Cate Kennedy and Elsewhere in this IT you will find Mike Pedvin for performing these Michael Sutton are helping Wendi details of this year's Christmas Party. roles over the past year(s). in a Johnson to organise speakers for next This year's party will be held on similar vein, Jenny Horsfield has been year's general meetings and to Sunday 12 December at Jenny at Rob appointed as Vice President and Rob encourage members to arrange a Horsfield's home. The changes in Horsfleld and Alan Vidler have number of additional social events on timing and venue from previous agreed to continue as Confederation the Club's programme. These events years are aimed at making the event representatives on the Alpine should be seen as an addition, rather more.accessible and friendly. I ant Walking Track Liaison Committee than an alternative, to our regular delighted to extend an invitation to all and the Kosciuszko Summit activities - we are, after all, a walking members to come along on the day, Management Committee respectively. club, rather than a social club that catch up with old friends, meet some uses the bush as a venue for some of new faces and celebrate the season in Terence Uren, President its activities. Having said that, 1 an style. aware that there are a number of members who are seeking veteran of the gruelling Murray meetings and from: Marathon. Wendi Johnson at Lyneham At the November General (tel 6257 0338); Meeting, Chris will talk about a Stan Marks at Hawker recent trip to Bathurst Harbour in (tel 6254 9568); South West Tasmania. The trip was a Kate Kennedy at Kambah stunner, not only for its splendid (tel 6231 4444); scenery but also for the complexity Janet Edstein at Waramanga (tel of its logistics with the party walking 6288 1398) overland to the start of the paddle Michael Sutton at Narrabundah *hilst its kayaks were transported by (tel 6295 7107) yacht from Hobart. The November social event will Terence Uren be a Bush Dance at Yarralumla Wool Shed on Saturday 27th November at 8pm. We will gather inside the hall SOCIAL NEWS UPDATE near the ticket door. Woolie's Home Band will be playing. I hope to see A social subc6nunittee is bein you there. November General Meeting set-up to assist with co-ordinating social events for the next year. If you Wendi Johnson, Kayaking in South West want to participate S the sub- committee please contact Terence Social Secretary Tasmania Uren or myself. If you have any suggestions for speakers at club Chris Bellamy meetings or ideas about social events Membership Matters please let me know them. If you think of canoeing and New member: One of the major annual social kayaking as being a form of events for the Alan Gamble 'bushwalldng on water', then it is year will be entirely appropriate that the Canberra Roger Edwards, t h e Bushwalking Club includes these Membership secretary Christmas activities in its programme. Party. The theme and The fact that our Club has a more date for the extensive flatwater touring Walk Reports party has progranmie than either of the two changed. This year we will have a Canberra based canoe clubs is largely Ovens, Ovens Creek, Cyril BBQ on Sunday 12th December at 6pm at the Horsfield's residence at Rock, Coorongoobra, 11 Studley Street Kambah. Tickets October 2 -4th. will be $7/head Party:- AS & David Sweeting, (c hi 1 d r .e n Gosta Lynga, Monica Binder, David I. under 10 years Jolmstone, David Drohan, Xaver free). due to the efforts of Chris Bellamy. Chyan from Canberra. Included in the His efforts over the years have ticket price is a We all met at the gate to the Old introduced many members to the BBQ dinner Anny Trail at 10:30, the Newcastle delights of flatwater touring and have and desert - lot there at 10:00 after pizza on the also led to a number of paddlers vegetarians go, the Canberra party after a multi joining our Club and becoming will be catered course 2 hours plus Chinese banquet fanatical bushwalkers! for. BYO at Bathurst. It was decided to just Chris is an experienced kayaker drinks, chair, say "David" if you wanted to speak who has completed most of the plate, cup and cutlery RSVP for to anyone - save confusion. We camped at foot of Mt Darcy pleasant possible long distance paddle tours in ticket sales is 5th December. Eastern Australia and is a three-time Tickets can be purchased at club overcast night, so flies or tents or "Combies" were the order of the Canberra Bushwalking Club IT November 1999 page 2 night, slight sprinlde of rain during the dark. Gradually came awake the sound of birds all around us including the usual Lyre birds practising their bird call lies not too far away. On the go. b7:30,Ami'èldIiiiily añdgently drove us up the hill to the start point in her HiLux, bit crowded with all the packs and people, but saved an the nattiral state, truly dèlightfiul hour or so, and a lot of ssreat, well interest frees, plants, flowers, spots, (unfortunately often cleared by done Aini. Followed down the ridge crayfish/yabbies, fungi, overhangs 511 578 to the Ovens easy àoing early settlers for farming and beautiful spots, Theo and Petet grazing). Also made famous by a with vestige of track. Wild flowers showing the largish crayfish with most beautiful every where many number of bush raiging and cattle eggs. duffing stories, tales of hidden colours and varieties. The Ovens is Passed my oiiginal, valleys to secret stock or people. first possible a large cleared hole" nicely grassed camping spot by 10 am. At side but with a sprinkle of blackberry to Onwards down the Ovens creek, creek 537 541 found a well trodden dodge. bit swampy at the start (easier to track that went over the obvious "Holes" are areas where basaltic walk on the sides of the hill) but soon saddle right on the next bend into plugs intruded through the sand stone into creek proper. Mixture of going "The Swampy Bottom Hole". From from eay under rainforèst areas and then eroded faster than the sand the top of the saddle Monica and two where cieek narrow or east/wesç to stone leaving fertile often level based. Davids could see a big yellow and bit viny where more open or "holes" in the sandstone plateaus. green marquee between the scrub on Theyare mostly blue gum forests in north/south, to B scrubby and viny in the grassy slopes.below [but the wee open places like creek junctions often folk had removed it by the time we exacerbated by fallen trees got down (or was it the leaf the (fortunately not too: many). The cieëk" delightful sand 'bottorn reasonably flat eay going banks. Tall cliffs either side in places, wonderful hidden spots. • I was glad I'd spoken to Ian Hickson who told me what the Ovens creek was like, because I originlly expected a canyony start with much slower going (not from the map but from experience just a little to the west). Ian also told me.of the • delightful hole opposite Cyril Rock which was to be our camp for tonight. Everyone was moving well sighters were èhewing on)]. This is a taking turns trail blazing/route nice hide possibly cleared in.thç past finding and showing things of hut I'm not sure. Base swampy but Canberra Bushwalking Club ITNovember 1999 page 3 good water after it had settled. 4 Where every one sick of wet clothes, from a few years ago. Saw Cut is p.m. camp spread out on flat spots dried off, had hot tea and then some delightful, narrow with ferns and up the hill 545 542, good place to be. went for a swiniiwash in the pool moss then opening into a clam shell Pleasant bird calls, Lyre, Whip, with bubbling stopper (bit cool I'm overhang, with water raining down Choughs, Mopoke and some new to reliably told). Today the bush has from the rounded edges above. Duck me. As would be expected lots of been wonderful with lushness and under the chock stone and there is the frogs of many calls. Leisurely tea flowers every where, somehow the saw cut about 50 ft of very narrow and dinner with much light hearted or colour is enhanced in the rain and the cleft with a 15 ft very narrow ponderous chatter depending on the drips add gleaming highlights waterfall if you wanted to continue.
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