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+====== The Sydney Bushwalker. ======
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-THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER'-- Established June 1931
-A monthly bulletin of matters of interest to The SydneyBush Walkers, Box 4476 G.P.O., Sydney, 2001. Club meetings are held every Wednesday
-evening from 7.45 pm at the Cahill Community Centre (Upper Hall), 34 Falcon Street, Crow's Nest.
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-EDITOR: Ainslie Morris, 45 Austin Street, Lane Cove, 2066. Telephone 428 3178.
-BUSINESS MANAGER: Bill Burke, 3 Coral Tree Drive, Carlingford, 2118. Telephone 871 1207.
-PRODUCTION MANAGER: Helen Gray. TYPIST: Kath Brown.
-PRINTERS: PHil Butt, Barry Wallace, Morag Ryder, Fran Longfoot.
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-FEBRUARY, 1986.
-Page The Hon. Bob Carr Supports a State Wilderness Act Alex Colley 2
-Jim Somerville, A.M. TT 3
-Six Brothers - The Second Colo River Trip Ainslie Morris 4
-New Members 5
-Advertisement - Belvedere Taxis, Blackheath 5
-- Eastwood Camping Centre 6
-Yerranderie 1898 to 1905 Geoff Grace 7
-What Now? Series on First Aid Ainslie Morris 9
-What's Biting You?!! - Leeches Geoff McIntosh 10
-Report on the Committee Meeting of 5/2/86 13
-Public Meeting - Friday 7 March - "Forestry & Woodchipping" 13
-The Hon. J. C. Kerin, Ministry for Primary Industry
-Advertisement - Canoe & Camping, Gladesville 14
-What Now? First Aid Answers 15
-Coolana Re-Union & Swimming Carnival 15-16 March 16
-Page 2 TEE SYDNEY BUSEWALKER February, 1986.
-THE HON. BOB GARR SUPPORTS A STATE WILDERNESS ACT.
+Established June 1931.
+A monthly bulletin of matters of interest to the Sydney Bush Walkers, Box 4476 G.P.O., Sydney, 2001. Club meetings are held every Wednesday evening from 7.45 pm at the Cahill Community Centre (Upper Hall), 34 Falcon Street, Crow's Nest.
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+|**Editor**|Ainslie Morris, 45 Austin Street, Lane Cove, 2066. Telephone 428 3178.|
+|**Business Manager**|Bill Burke, 3 Coral Tree Drive, Carlingford, 2118. Telephone 871 1207.|
+|**Production Manager**|Helen Gray.|
+|**Typist**|Kath Brown.|
+|**Printers**|Phil Butt, Barry Wallace, Morag Ryder, Fran Longfoot.|
+=== February, 1986 ===
+===== In This Issue: =====
+| | |Page|
+|Page The Hon. Bob Carr Supports a State Wilderness Act|Alex Colley| 2|
+|Jim Somerville, A.M.|Alex Colley| 3|
+|Six Brothers - The Second Colo River Trip|Ainslie Morris| 4|
+|New Members| | 5|
+|Yerranderie 1898 to 1905|Geoff Grace| 7|
+|What Now? Series on First Aid|Ainslie Morris| 9|
+|What's Biting You?!! - Leeches|Geoff McIntosh|10|
+|Report on the Committee Meeting of 5/2/86| |13|
+|Public Meeting - Friday 7 March - "Forestry & Woodchipping"|The Hon. J. C. Kerin, Ministry for Primary Industry|13|
+|What Now? First Aid Answers| |15|
+|Coolana Re-Union & Swimming Carnival 15-16 March| |16|
+===== Advertisements: =====
+| |Page|
+|Belvedere Taxis, Blackheath| 5|
+|Eastwood Camping Centre| 6|
+|Canoe & Camping, Gladesville|14||
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+===== The Hon. Bob Carr Supports A State Wilderness Act. =====
 by Alex Colley.
-It was most appropriate that the H a. Bob Carr M.P., Minister for Planning and Environment and a bushwalker, should have made his talk to the Sydney Bush Walkers on Wednesday 22nd January the occasion of the announcement of his support for a State Wilderness Act. The S.B.W., as Mr. Carr
+It was most appropriate that the Hon. Bob Carr M.P., Minister for Planning and Environment and a bushwalker, should have made his talk to the Sydney Bush Walkers on Wednesday 22nd January the occasion of the announcement of his support for a State Wilderness Act. The S.B.W., as Mr. Carr said in his opening remarks, were the first to adopt the wilderness conservation ideals inspired by Myles Dunphy and the Mountain Trails Club. (In those days wilderness was described as a "primitive area". Myles worked for the preservation of major natural areas in a series of national parks which included most of our present national parks system. The Helman report in 1976 delineated 20 wilderness areas covering a little over 1% of the eastern portion of the State.) Mr. Carr's proposal would cover 29 wilderness remnants aggregating some 7% of the State. About half of this area is outside the national parks system. The Act would enable the protection of wilderness, whatever its current status.
-said in his opening remarks, were the first to adopt the wilderness conservation ideals inspired by Myles Dunphy and the Mountain Trails Club. (In those days wilderness was described as a "primitive area". Myles worked for the preservation of major natural areas in a series of national parks which included most of our present national parks system. The Helman report in 1976 delineated 20 wilderness areas covering a little over 1% of the
-eastern portion,of the State.) Mr. Carr's proposal would cover 29 wilder-
-ness remnants aggregating some 7% of the State. About half of this area
-is outside the national parks system. The Act would enable the protection of wilderness, whatever its current status.
 The proposal for a State Wilderness Act was made to Mr. Carr at a meeting with the Colong Committee on March 8th last year. He then appointed a working committee of environmentalists and public servants to develop guidelines for wilderness legislation. The report is now near completion and will probably go to the Premier by the end of February.
-At the S.B.W. meeting he defined wilderness as a large tract of country with its land, waters, native plants and animal communities not substantially modified by humans. The means of preserving wilderness are described in
-the Wilderness Management Policy of the National Parks & Wildlife Service
+At the S.B.W. meeting he defined wilderness as a large tract of country with its land, waters, native plants and animal communities not substantially modified by humans. The means of preserving wilderness are described in the Wilderness Management Policy of the National Parks & Wildlife Service (published in the September issue of the Sydney Bushwalker). This policy is substantially in accord with that of the bushwalking movement.
-(published in the September issue of the Sydney Bushwalker). This policy
-is substantially in accord with that of the bushwalking movement.
+In support of his proposal Mr. Carr said - "I don't think it is unreasonable, as we approach the 200th year of European settlement, to seek to preserve a small part of the State essentially as it was when Europeans first stepped onto our shores. This is a responsibility that falls on this generation. In the next century the European forests will have been destroyed by acid rain; the rainforests of South-East Asia will have been logged and great areas of Africa turned into desert. Even Antarctica will be touched by pollution. Wilderness areas will be precious to a degree we cannot now conceive. Australia has a chance to conserve more than perhaps any other nation."
-In support of his proposal Mr. Carr said - "I don't think it is unreasonable, as we approach the 200th year of European settlement, to seek to preserve a small part of the State essentially as it was when Europeans first stepped onto our shores. This is a responsibility that falls on
-this generation. In the next century the European forests will have been
+The inclusion of wilderness areas in the national parks system is essential for their preservation. About half the areas are now within parks. The next step is to zone them as wilderness in park management plans. All park areas having wilderness managethent are now being reviewed, and the programme is to declare not less than three areas per year. Another means of protecting wilderness would be to add a provision to the State Constitution requiring a referendum before any wilderness zoning could be revoked. Probably the most practical means of preservation is a State Wilderness Act, because the annulment of such an act would provoke public outcry, but, as Mr. Carr made plain, the only real means of preserving wilderness is a majority of conservationists in the legislature. Mr. Carr did not extol the virtues of his Government in the conservation field. He simply read ten quotations of statements by National and Liberal leaders and parliamentarians declaring the intention of the Coalition to "review" the boundaries of national parks and permit logging within them. It was also the intention of the Opposition to transfer national parks from the Conservation portfolio to that of Resources. This would mean that they would be under the control of Mr. Matt Singleton M.P., an opponent of rainforest and other park system extensions.
-destroyed by acid rain; the rainforests of South-East Asia will have been logged and great areas of Africa turned into desert. Even Antarctica will be touched by pollution. Wilderness areas will be precious to a degree we
-cannot now conceive. Australia has a chance to conserve more than perhaps
+Mr. Carr referred to the cancellation by President Reagan of the gains in wilderness conservation introduced by President Carter as an example of the results of the accession to power of anti-conservationist legislators.
-any other nation."
-The inclusion of wilderness areas in the national parks system is
-essential for their preservation. About half the areas are now within
-parks. The next step is to zone them as wilderness in park management
-plans. All park areas having wilderness managethent are now being reviewed, and the programme is to declare not less than three areas per year. Another means of protecting wilderness would be to add a provision to the State Constitution requiring a referendum before any wilderness zoning could
-be revoked. Probably the most practical means of preservation is a State
-Wilderness Act, because the annulment of such an act would provoke public outcry, but, as Mr. Carr made plain, the only real means of preserving
-wilderness is a majority of conservationists in the legislature. Mr. Carr
-did not extol the virtues of his Government in the conservation field. He
-simply read ten quotations of statements by National and Liberal leaders and parliamentarians declaring the intention of the Coalition to "review"
-the boundaries of national parks and permit logging within them. It was
-also the intention of the Opposition to transfer national parks from the
-Conservation portfolio to that of Resources. This would mean that they
-would be under the control of Mr. Matt Singleton M.P., an opponent of rainforest and other park system extensions.
-Mr. Carr referred to the cancellation by President Reagan of the gains in wilderness conservation introduced by President Carter as an example
-of the results of the accession to power of anti-conservationist legislators.
 Other subjects covered by Mr. Carr included the control of off-road vehicle use, regional environmental plans, the ski-tube, the control of pests, and national parks in the west.
-The Off-Road Vehicles Act allows local government and land owners to declare land off bounds to off-road vehicles and the Government has Power to control vehicles in national parks, but, as bushwalkers well know, excluding them from any area is not easy, particularly in view of the lack of resources available to the N.P.W.S. It is intended to make special
-areas available for ORV use (as recommended by the SPCC).
+The Off-Road Vehicles Act allows local government and land owners to declare land off bounds to off-road vehicles and the Government has power to control vehicles in national parks, but, as bushwalkers well know, excluding them from any area is not easy, particularly in view of the lack of resources available to the N.P.W.S. It is intended to make special areas available for ORV use (as recommended by the SPCC).
-Regional environmental plans have been prepared for Kosciusko and north coastal areas, the aim being to preserve the natural features, not only of the parks, but of the countryside. Public support of the plans
-is sought. Mr. Carr supported the construction of the ski tube. It was
+Regional environmental plans have been prepared for Kosciusko and north coastal areas, the aim being to preserve the natural features, not only of the parks, but of the countryside. Public support of the plans is sought. Mr. Carr supported the construction of the ski tube. It was the aim of the Government to preserve the snow country, so that it would be the same in a hundred years as now. The ski tube would enable the provision of overnight accommodation outside the park and thereby provide for the forecasted great increase in the use of the snowfields without creating further roading, car park extension and pollution problems.
-the aim of the Government to preserve the snow country, so that it would be the same in a hundred years as now. The ski tube would enable the provision of overnight accommodation outside the park and thereby provide for the forecasted great increase in the use of the snowfields without creating further roading, car park extension and pollution problems.
 The problem of control of feral animals and weeds in parks was difficult in view of the lack of resources. As an instance, it was estimated that there could be 100,000 pigs in Kosciusko Park.
-Mr. Carr said that the western areas were under-represented in the parks system. An example of this was the Bulloo Wilderness of 881,000 ha
-east of Sturt, which he described as "a classic arid habitat of salt bush and flood plain".
-Nature conservationists in this state are fortunate in having dedicated conservationists such as Mr. Wran, the late Paul Landa, and now Bob Carr adopting their cause. As Mr. Carr pointed out, the area of national parks
-has been doubled since the present Government took office. One third of the coastline is now in national parks, and our system is rated by the
-I.U.C.N. as one of the five best in the world. However, development
-interests opposed to conservation are both wealthy and influential. Only
-determined action to win more supporters and parliamentarians to our side will secure these gains against those who hope to exploit our wilderness remnants.
-JIM SOMERVILLE, A.M.
+Mr. Carr said that the western areas were under-represented in the parks system. An example of this was the Bulloo Wilderness of 881,000 ha east of Sturt, which he described as "a classic arid habitat of salt bush and flood plain".
+Nature conservationists in this state are fortunate in having dedicated conservationists such as Mr. Wran, the late Paul Landa, and now Bob Carr adopting their cause. As Mr. Carr pointed out, the area of national parks has been doubled since the present Government took office. One third of the coastline is now in national parks, and our system is rated by the I.U.C.N. as one of the five best in the world. However, development interests opposed to conservation are both wealthy and influential. Only determined action to win more supporters and parliamentarians to our side will secure these gains against those who hope to exploit our wilderness remnants.
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+===== Jim Somerville, A.M. =====
 by Alex Colley.
-Another bushwalker, Jim Somerville, an ex-member of the Coast & Mountain Walker's, has been honoured for "service to conservation". He
+Another bushwalker, Jim Somerville, an ex-member of the Coast & Mountain Walkers, has been honoured for "service to conservation". He has been made a Member of the Order of Australia.
-has been made a Member of the Order of Australia.
 Jim was a member of the Colong Committee from its inception in 1968, and took a leading part in the Colong and Boyd campaigns, being Chairman of the Committee from 1972 to 1975. When Colong and the Boyd were saved, he threw himself into the rainforest campaign and his research on alternative timber supplies and his tenacity may well have been the deciding factor in saving the rainforests.
-Soon after his retirement, after 30 years as accountant to Qantas, he was appointed, in 1977, as a Commissioner of the State Pollution Control Commission and continued in that office till last year. He has been treasurer of the Nature Conservation Council of N.S.W. since 1977, and is honorary auditor for the Total Environment Centre and other conservation organisations. For 38 years, until 1981, he was a member of the Heathcote
-National Park Advisory Committee.
+Soon after his retirement, after 30 years as accountant to Qantas, he was appointed, in 1977, as a Commissioner of the State Pollution Control Commission and continued in that office till last year. He has been treasurer of the Nature Conservation Council of N.S.W. since 1977, and is honorary auditor for the Total Environment Centre and other conservation organisations. For 38 years, until 1981, he was a member of the Heathcote National Park Advisory Committee.
 Congratulations, Jim, on your thoroughly earned honour.
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 SIX BROTHERS.