The NEWS of the MELBOURNE BUSHWALKERS INC. MARCH 1998 Internet: http://www.vicnet.net.a u!-bushwalk IEomoNs6s Print Post Approved. P.P. No. 338888/00016 PRICE 60 cents I All Busbies Welcome Yarra River lilo TriP Saturday 21st March /1~ 7ea & 'Pi~fbHa P~ Come and have a good time in W arrandyte, liloing Ue~~ down the river - followed by an evening barbecue at our place which backs onto the river Ken & Joan McMahon BYO everything including chairs and lilos. WILKIE WINTER BOOKINGS for skiing groups are now open. If you are a competent cross-country skier, like the idea of going away for a week but have no idea how the system works ring me up and I'll flll you in. For the 13 weeks of winter we are very short of Melb Busbies to from 3pm onwards make use of an excellent facility. Sylvia Ford Saturday 21st March 31 Jeeves Ave Kalorama Committee 1998 Stay on for BBQ tea but please note Tiris a completely empty house l·I>·;~id~~-i··············································r·nm:i~i-·a~c;~·-········1 So BYO everything- chair, esky's, meat for BBQ, :-----·· --- ... -----·······--·····-----·············----·-----------------:.--·······--·-···········-·-·····--···-······..: ! Vice Presidents ! Peter Chakley ! cutlery cups etc. Sleeping bag, pillow, sleeping mat and PJ's L............................... ..................................... l.~-~~~~-?.~?.~.~---··············.1 To help me celebrate my 1st mortgage. [.~~~~!~~..... .......................................... l.~.~~~- - ~~.?.~.~~~. ...... 1 !.!..~~-~~~-~~~ ............................................. l .~~--~~-~~ ............ .1 RSVP- Fiona \Walks Secretary \Pearson Cresswell \ ; ...................................................................... ;.. ............................................ ,: Music and dancing supplied by George. !Assistant Walks Secretary !Jean Woodger ! Prizes for the most imaginative pyjamas or nightie l Sunday Walks l l r.~i~:~~~~~~::~.~~:~~~~~:::::::::::::::r~~~~~::~:~~~~~~~::::::::::J :.~~~~-~--~-~-~~~~~---····························L~-~~-~-~~~.?. ......... .1 Subs are now due j Wilkinson Lodge Manager j Sylvia Ford ' We are now in the Subscription Renewal period, now !::~~~~::~~~!.~~::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::t:!.~~~:?~~~:~:::::::::::::::J to the end of May, but please pay early. Use the slip [Committee [Jan Palich \ at bottom of front page or pay the Membership · lFiona Gallery l Secretary who will be in the Club rooms every week. !Jenny Gregory [ The reminder is the 'SubsDue' on your mailing label, !Alan Miller ! which remains while you have not paid. Also check [ Stuart Mann [ your address and 'phone numbers are correct in the :. ......................... ·- - -- --······ ·· · ··- -···········-·-------- - -- ~- -- --- · ········ ·- -··· · ·· ······-···-·-·······j membership list and update them if necessary. !Page 2 The NEWS MARCH 19961 GWYnnvth Tavlor Committee RePOrts Treasurer: Accounts for February 1998 It is with regret that the club accepts the resignation of Gwynnyth Taylor due to ill health. Opening Balance $58,288.83 Gwynnyth is an "old time" member having joined in Receipts $2,769.60 1955. Not only was Gwynnyth a member ofMBW but Payments $2,788.15 she was also very active in conservation issues, she was Closing Balance $58,269.68 President of VNPA in the sixties as well as being very Walks Secretary: Attendances for January 1998 involved in her local Montrose conservation group. Indeed she was wielding a mattock removing Trips Av 1997 blackberries just before her 80th birthday. Sunday Bus 4 35 40.5 MBW will always be grateful to Gwynnyth for alerting Pack Carry 3 5 9.3 the club to the fact that Wilkinson Lodge was available Base Camp 2 16 40 for purchase from the Ski Club of Victoria. She was & Lodge(Walhalla) one of the keen members of MBW who bought and donated Wilky to the club. Without her instigation and Wed, Hist, 1 10 9 enthusiasm back in 1957 we may not have our well Dandenong loved lodge today. Canoe 24 Doug Pocock Cancelled 1 Jennv Flood and JoPie BodeHraven Jenny and Jopie were involved in a serious car accident Membership: when returning from a club weekend trip at the Life Members 11 beginning of February in the Otway region. Honorary Members 10 We wish them both a speedy recovery. Single Memberships 377 Bis Walk Family Memberships (2x 45 =) 90 On the 19th April the Rotary Club of Bright are Total membership 488 organising a walk on Mt Buffalo via the Big Walk track. Details on the noticeboard in the clubrooms. Duty Roster lith March Jenny & Stuart The NEWS is the official newsletter of the Melbourne Bushwalkers Inc. and is published monthly. 18th March Alan & Peter C Edited by Judy Gipps. 25th March Sylvia & Marisa Articles, walk reports, poems, snippets of news, reports of new gear, book reviews, letters "to the Edi.tcr",-advenisements; etc are aiways 1st April Jean &Fion.a­ welcome. The Editor reserves the right to edit articles, letters or gth April other contributions, where space, clarity or propriety dictate. and to Peter G & Derrick maintain editorial consistency Next committee meeting 6th April, 1998 Please note that articles for The NEWS may be : placed in the Red Box in the clubrooms or mailed to Judy Gipps, faxed to me on emailed to Advertising Rates V. Page l Issue-$20; 3 Issues-$50: 12 Issues (l year)-$180 Meetings are held in the Clubrooms, MacKenzie St., Melbourne 'l'> Page 1 Issue-$30; 3 Issues-$75: 12 issues-$270 (rear of the Royal Horticultural Society building) Full Page l issues-$50; 3 issues-$125; 12 issues-$450 on WEDNESDAY Evenings between 7.00pm and 9.00pm. Only advertisements directly relating to bushwalking v.111 be Visitors are alwavs welcome. accepted (eg gear, maps, trips, tours) Members Ads - FREE General correspondence should be directed to: The Secretary, Melbourne Bushwalkers Inc. Closing Date for APRIL 98 News is 26thMarch 98 PO Box l751Q, MELBOURNE 3001 jTbe NEWS MARCH1998 Page 3j Previews for APril DaY Walks Highway via Lilydale to Yarra Glen, then turning off to Walk on SundaY 15th March Steels Creek and returning home the same way. This walk is to Aireys Inlet and the leaders are Fay pratt Don't forget the fresh water and the dry change of & Clare Lonergan. clothes, and a thermos left on the bus, just in case it Please note this walk will leave at 8.30am from rams. Southbank Blvd not 9am as previously stated. Sunday 12 April Taradale Saturday 28 March Dandenong's Explorer I Easy & Medium Fryerstown Easy Leaders: Alan Miller & Clare Lonergan Leaders: Michael Humphrey Transport: Bus from Southbank Boulevard at 9.00 am Transport: Private Area: South of Castlemaine Expected time of return: Approx 4.00pm Expected time of return: 6.30pm Approximate length of walk: 12 kms) Approximate length of walk: 10 & 15km Map Reference: Drummond As you can see from the details or perhaps lack of details above I have not decided on the actual location Tne waiks are through dry eucalypt forest with good of this walk as yet - so be sure to give me a call at home views from the ridge line which we reach about lunch on for further information. time. The easy walk is only about 1Okm and mainly on tracks. The medium walk is mainly off tracks. Both See you there - where ever that might be ! ! ! walks end at the old gold mining town of Fryerstown. Sunday 29th March Moorabool Gorge Previous leaders have usually got lost in the vicinity of Easy & Easy/Medium Nuggetty Creek. Several substantial nuggets of gold were found in the creek bed last century. Leaders: Marisa Rizzuto & David Laing Transport: Bus from Southbank Boulevard at 9.00 am Monday 13 April East Melbourne­ Expected time of return: 7.00pm Easy Fitzroy Gardens Approximate length of walk: 14 & 18 km) Leaders: Athol Schafer Map Reference: S Brooks Brisbane Ranges Nat Park Transport: Tram, Meet under Flinders St Station Both walks will descend a short steep untracked section Clocks at 10am to Spring Creek. Following the dry creek (at time of Area: preview) for about 6 km. The easy walk will return Expected time of return: 3.30pm along a combination of tracks and roads while the EM Approximate length of walk: Skm will cross over the main access road and follow tracks Map Reference: Melways map 2G generally along ridges then a road back to the bus. The East Melbourne was a Government Reserve untill852- creek walking will involve some rock hopping but not 53 when the first Crown Land sales were held in the difficult and quite pleasant. area, coinciding with the great influx of wealth bought ISunday 5 April Kinglake in by the gold rush. Blocks which had a reserve of Easy/Medium & Medium S300 bought up to S2000 by the new rich. The walk takes in these residential areas; then lunch either at the Leaders: John Kittson & Janet Norman kiosk or in outdoor picnic style, before exploring the Transport: Bus from Southbank Boulevard at 9.00 am leafy and sunny expanses of the gardens. Area: Kinglake Approximate distance from Melbourne: 65km Expected time of return: 1830 approx Approximate length of walk: 15km &15km(climb) Map Reference: Kinglake Outdoor Liesure Map I Both walks will start/finish at the Steels Creek Picnic Ground. The ElM and Medium walks will be on I tracks. The medium walk has a fairly steep climb just I after the start. The wildlife is plentiful and lyrebirds I ---~~~....t-~alio- nal1 Park I can be heard in the fern gullies, so if the weather is fine I it should be a great day. We will be using the I Bunyip State Forest I Canterbury Road exit from Melbourne and The Melba -o::r---- WiJs.ons Promontory I JPage 4 The NEWS MARCH 19961