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199512 [2020/12/26 18:48] – [A Matter of Sole] joan199512 [2020/12/26 18:56] – [The November, 1995 General Meeting.] joan
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 Confederation report saw mention of a plan to close off part or the Mount Hay firetrail. The discussions with Sydney Water are continuing. A coal company has lodged an application for an exploration licence adjacent to the existing Clarence colliery. The Confederation's next meeting with NPWS will be held sometime in the near future. Confederation report saw mention of a plan to close off part or the Mount Hay firetrail. The discussions with Sydney Water are continuing. A coal company has lodged an application for an exploration licence adjacent to the existing Clarence colliery. The Confederation's next meeting with NPWS will be held sometime in the near future.
 Conservation report brought further details of the proposal to close off roads in the vicinity of the Grose River near Mount Hay with a view to establishing a sort of wilderness zone. There was some debate and a narrow, vote opposing the idea. The NPW is preparing a plan of management for the private and commercial use of the canyons in the Blue Mountains area. Some of the proposed annual person trip numbers are enough to create great alarm in those who love the areas. It was unclear whether they propose to produce an EIS but the meeting seemed to think this was a good starting point. Conservation report brought further details of the proposal to close off roads in the vicinity of the Grose River near Mount Hay with a view to establishing a sort of wilderness zone. There was some debate and a narrow, vote opposing the idea. The NPW is preparing a plan of management for the private and commercial use of the canyons in the Blue Mountains area. Some of the proposed annual person trip numbers are enough to create great alarm in those who love the areas. It was unclear whether they propose to produce an EIS but the meeting seemed to think this was a good starting point.
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 General business saw mention of meeting proposed by Hornsby council to discuss their policy on the use of open space in the municipality, or is that city? Then it was just a matter of the announcements and the meeting closed at around 2153.  General business saw mention of meeting proposed by Hornsby council to discuss their policy on the use of open space in the municipality, or is that city? Then it was just a matter of the announcements and the meeting closed at around 2153. 
  
-First. Aid Weekend - St Johns +=====First. Aid Weekend - St Johns===== 
-Senior Certificate.+Senior Certificate.\\
 Bill Holland Bill Holland
-The second of two residential first aid instruction weekend courses Was held on 2nd/3rd DecemberSeven people participated in the St John Senior First Aid qualifying course with instruction provided by Dave Shepherd, an accredited St Johns instructor. Dave is an active bushwalker and regularly - conducts courses for the Confederation.+ 
 +The second of two residential first aid instruction weekend courses Was held on 2nd/3rd DecemberSeven people participated in the St John Senior First Aid qualifying course with instruction provided by Dave Shepherd, an accredited St Johns instructor. Dave is an active bushwalker and regularly - conducts courses for the Confederation. 
 We had a lot of fun. Dave applied his training skiffs to practical bushwalking experiences. Some of the "emergencies" took place in the bushland of our garden and I’m not sure what the neighbours thought of the mock screams of pain and bandaged "casualties". Saturday night provided a change from first aid to "thirst aid" with a barbecue and some additional members adding to the social occasion. We had a lot of fun. Dave applied his training skiffs to practical bushwalking experiences. Some of the "emergencies" took place in the bushland of our garden and I’m not sure what the neighbours thought of the mock screams of pain and bandaged "casualties". Saturday night provided a change from first aid to "thirst aid" with a barbecue and some additional members adding to the social occasion.
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 The Club encourages all members to have formal First Aid qualifications. Both The Club, and Confederation, provide bushwalking orientated first aid courses with accredited instructors. Our Club is very fortunate in having qualified St Johns instructors as members and willing to give up their time. The Club encourages all members to have formal First Aid qualifications. Both The Club, and Confederation, provide bushwalking orientated first aid courses with accredited instructors. Our Club is very fortunate in having qualified St Johns instructors as members and willing to give up their time.
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 The Wilderness Rescue Unit of The Confederation of Bushwalking Clubs is seeking to have all participants in search, and rescue activities qualified to at least a current St Johns senior certificate level. As well, a certificate for Remote Area First Aid is desirable.  The Wilderness Rescue Unit of The Confederation of Bushwalking Clubs is seeking to have all participants in search, and rescue activities qualified to at least a current St Johns senior certificate level. As well, a certificate for Remote Area First Aid is desirable. 
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 To assist in this, the Club is considering holding another residential course in the first half of next year. This time it will be an advanced course, leading to a Remote Area First Aid qualification. It will be open to all those who have a current Senior certificate. If you are interested please advise so that a place can be reserved for you. To assist in this, the Club is considering holding another residential course in the first half of next year. This time it will be an advanced course, leading to a Remote Area First Aid qualification. It will be open to all those who have a current Senior certificate. If you are interested please advise so that a place can be reserved for you.
-Prospective Members Please + 
-Note+**Prospective Members Please Note**\\
 The Club video "Finding Your Way" will be shown at the clubrooms on the first Wednesday of each month (with some exceptions), and until further notice. This is a training video on the use of map and compass, which all are invited to view. The Club video "Finding Your Way" will be shown at the clubrooms on the first Wednesday of each month (with some exceptions), and until further notice. This is a training video on the use of map and compass, which all are invited to view.
  
 +=====President's Christmas Wish=====
 +Greta James 
  
-KIMBERLEY COAST +Another year is almost over and once againmany people are planning their Christmas walking. The walks program has terrific selection not only for Christmas but for the entire three monthsWhatever your plans are over the holidays - walking or staying home or holidaying with the family I hope that you enjoy the break.
-EXPEDITION +
-March 24- April 27 1996 Space is still available but time is running out. +
-This is the longest, most adventurous trip we offer. It is not an endurance test. +
-You begin with a boat from Wyndham to the head of the spectacular, 20 km long +
-Berkeley Gorge. After a day's walk to and from Berkeley Fallsyou walk back north along the gorge, past a number of side gorges and waterfalls, then walk from creek to creek as you move overland to King George 'Falls. Here the river plunges 90 metres into the sea at the head done of Australia's most spectacular gorges. From the King George, you walk to the Drysdale River where we do a week long loop along one of the largest rivers in the Kimberley. The expedition ends with seaplane ride back to Kununurra. +
- Too long? The trip is divided into three sections. The seaplane that brings in the two food drops provides transport for those doing only one part of the trip. +
-The more people we have, the less it costs us per person. Book together with two friends and we'll give the three of you an additional 5% discount on top of any other discounts which may apply. For more information about this expedition and the rest of our bushwalking program contact +
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-Wink tic Walkabouts +
-12 Carrington Street, M1LLNER NT 0810 +
-Ph: (089) 85 2134 Fax: (089) 85 2355 +
-1 DECEMBER 1995 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER PAGE 11 +
  
-President's Christmas Wish 
-Greta James Wade Butler Search 
-Greta James 
-Another year is almost over and once again, many people are planning their Christmas walking. The walks program has a terrific selection not only for Christmas but for the entire three months. Whatever your plans are over the holidays - walking or staying home or holidaying with the family I hope that you enjoy the break. 
 If you are driving, please, take care. Remember that the drive could be the most dangerous part of the walk. If you are driving, please, take care. Remember that the drive could be the most dangerous part of the walk.
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 In the new year, we plan to get advice on how best to deal with the weeds at Coolana and then from time to time, we will be asking for volunteers to participate in working bees. We tend to mostly see the camping and hut areas at Coolana which are lovely, but there are other sections of the property which are less frequented, which have different vegetation and which are also very beautiful I. hope many people can find time to help with the "Coolana gardening". I'm sure it will be a rewarding experience. In the new year, we plan to get advice on how best to deal with the weeds at Coolana and then from time to time, we will be asking for volunteers to participate in working bees. We tend to mostly see the camping and hut areas at Coolana which are lovely, but there are other sections of the property which are less frequented, which have different vegetation and which are also very beautiful I. hope many people can find time to help with the "Coolana gardening". I'm sure it will be a rewarding experience.
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 I look forward to seeing you at the Christmas party or on a walk or both! In any case, Patrick and I wish you a happy Christmas and a safe and fulfilling New Year. I look forward to seeing you at the Christmas party or on a walk or both! In any case, Patrick and I wish you a happy Christmas and a safe and fulfilling New Year.
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 +**Wade Butler Search**\\
 Six club members spent several days in Tasmania searching for Wade Butler. At the time of writing, no news of Wade has yet been received. Our thoughts are with Dot at this most difficult time. Six club members spent several days in Tasmania searching for Wade Butler. At the time of writing, no news of Wade has yet been received. Our thoughts are with Dot at this most difficult time.
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 Dick Smith has provided magnificent financial support which has allowed the search to continue after it had officially been called off but, even so, additional money will be needed. For this reason, the committee has decided to donate $500 toward the search (to be ratified at the next General Meeting). Dick Smith has provided magnificent financial support which has allowed the search to continue after it had officially been called off but, even so, additional money will be needed. For this reason, the committee has decided to donate $500 toward the search (to be ratified at the next General Meeting).
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 In addition, if members would like to donate money, please send it to Tony Holgate at the Club's postal address (PO Box 4476 GPO Sydney 2001) and make cheques payable to "Margaret Butler - Search and Rescue Expenses". In addition, if members would like to donate money, please send it to Tony Holgate at the Club's postal address (PO Box 4476 GPO Sydney 2001) and make cheques payable to "Margaret Butler - Search and Rescue Expenses".
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 The six SBW members who joined the search, leaving Sydney with less than 24 hours’ notice, were Bill Capon, Alan Donnelly, Don Finch, Tony Holgate, Tony Manes and Jim Percy. I would like to thank you personally, for your magnificent response. The six SBW members who joined the search, leaving Sydney with less than 24 hours’ notice, were Bill Capon, Alan Donnelly, Don Finch, Tony Holgate, Tony Manes and Jim Percy. I would like to thank you personally, for your magnificent response.
-Coolana Weed Update+ 
 +**Coolana Weed Update**\\
 Greta James Greta James
 No, these are not ineffectual individuals who inhabit the Club's Kangaroo Valley property, but vigorous plant growth which infests areas of our land, particularly along the river flats. Joan Rigby has done some fine work documenting the flora of Coolana and she has been investigating ways of controlling the weeds - particularly methods which will not require large amounts of work over long periods. The most promising avenue at present appears to be to work with Sydney Water who own the river flats and Joan is organising a meeting with them at Coolana. No, these are not ineffectual individuals who inhabit the Club's Kangaroo Valley property, but vigorous plant growth which infests areas of our land, particularly along the river flats. Joan Rigby has done some fine work documenting the flora of Coolana and she has been investigating ways of controlling the weeds - particularly methods which will not require large amounts of work over long periods. The most promising avenue at present appears to be to work with Sydney Water who own the river flats and Joan is organising a meeting with them at Coolana.
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 After this meeting we will organise a series of working bees/social gatherings at Coolana - so stay tuned. We'll keep you informed! After this meeting we will organise a series of working bees/social gatherings at Coolana - so stay tuned. We'll keep you informed!
-PAGE 12 + 
-THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER DECEMBER 1995 + 
-Blue Mountains NP: Hat Hill, +=====Blue Mountains NP: Hat Hill, Crayfish Creek, The Hole & Return=====
-Crayfish Creek, The Hole & Return+
 Carol Lubbers Carol Lubbers
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 This reprint story is about a walk that took place back in January 1993 but as Geoff McIntosh has included "The Hole" in his February 96 walk, it 'seems appropriate to run the story again now. This reprint story is about a walk that took place back in January 1993 but as Geoff McIntosh has included "The Hole" in his February 96 walk, it 'seems appropriate to run the story again now.
-The Hole+ 
 +The Hole\\
 Leader: Geoff McIntosh. Party: 7 members & 1 visitor: Bendigo Kerry, Pat Bradley, George Mawer, Peter Lafferty, Carol Lubbers, Keith Perry, Vince Smith & Louise Sylva Leader: Geoff McIntosh. Party: 7 members & 1 visitor: Bendigo Kerry, Pat Bradley, George Mawer, Peter Lafferty, Carol Lubbers, Keith Perry, Vince Smith & Louise Sylva
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 The weather was very hot as our party left Hat Hill and negotiated the short steep descent into lush and beautiful Hat Hill Creek. Lush is the word, the Blackheath Sewage Treatment Works are up creek! If you ever need liverwort, this is the place. Just don't drink the effluent. The weather was very hot as our party left Hat Hill and negotiated the short steep descent into lush and beautiful Hat Hill Creek. Lush is the word, the Blackheath Sewage Treatment Works are up creek! If you ever need liverwort, this is the place. Just don't drink the effluent.
-The climb up the other side was excruciating - hot, 'steep and scrubby. Frogs sat in trees calmly watching us claw by. We were consoled by the expansive views of the Grose Valley from Baltzer Lookout and awed by the sheer drop below us. "It became a weekend of proposed abseils. If Only we had a long enough rope! + 
-Late on -Saturday afternoon, we sidled through the scrub along Crayfish Creek to where it drops to the Grose Valley. Along the way, we indulged in several well deserved ice cold sit baths in the creek.  At the drop, there were huge boulders from rock falls in the creek bed and many big trees beside. A green and pleasant place. We camped back along the creek in a large, clean overhang - ideal for happy hour after such a hot day. +The climb up the other side was excruciating - hot, 'steep and scrubby. Frogs sat in trees calmly watching us claw by. We were consoled by the expansive views of the Grose Valley from Baltzer Lookout and awed by the sheer drop below us. It became a weekend of proposed abseils. If only we had a long enough rope! 
-First thing Sunday, we made a short trip to a side canyon running into Crayfish - cold, slippery, wet and dark but worth the wriggling and risk of hypothermia. Could've seen more if we'd had along, enough rope to drop in from the topwe mused.+ 
 +Late on Saturday afternoon, we sidled through the scrub along Crayfish Creek to where it drops to the Grose Valley. Along the way, we indulged in several well deserved ice cold sit baths in the creek.  At the drop, there were huge boulders from rock falls in the creek bed and many big trees beside. A green and pleasant place. We camped back along the creek in a large, clean overhang - ideal for happy hour after such a hot day. 
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 +First thing Sunday, we made a short trip to a side canyon running into Crayfish - cold, slippery, wet and dark but worth the wriggling and risk of hypothermia. Could've seen more if we'd had a long enough rope to drop in from the top we mused. 
 Whilst making our way to The Hole we found an impossible side creek (just as well only one of us went over the overhang - we had to pull him back!). Geoff vowed to return to conquer by abseil. While the retrieval attempts were happening, we were buzzed by a nesting pair of rufous fantails whose nest was precariously glued to a meagre branch above the drop. We retraced our steps and continued on to Geoff’s usual way and then, THE HOLE. Whilst making our way to The Hole we found an impossible side creek (just as well only one of us went over the overhang - we had to pull him back!). Geoff vowed to return to conquer by abseil. While the retrieval attempts were happening, we were buzzed by a nesting pair of rufous fantails whose nest was precariously glued to a meagre branch above the drop. We retraced our steps and continued on to Geoff’s usual way and then, THE HOLE.
-Ominous clouds rolled across above and we became very cold, but it wasn't just because of the weather! We gladly donned our thermals. Cold, wet, slimy, scary - one at a time, with our packs on, we slid into a freezing deep pool, swam a few metres, slipped and slithered, quivered and quaked across a short, slimy, sloping section to dangle over the next edge on a rope. A few feet of freefall to more slippery rocks and Geoffs open arms, then drop packs down into a large pool at the bottom. A very thin slippery sidle with a handline for psychological comfort and Peter Laffertycheating death to ensure our safety (but not his!), lead to a ramp down to the pool (full of big rough, slimy bounders beneath The Hole). We had arrived in an amphitheatre of high sandstone walls, the base of which was littered with great boulders and fringed with rainforest. We hastily shivered into our dry clothes and said, next-time, we abseil!+ 
 +Ominous clouds rolled across above and we became very cold, but it wasn't just because of the weather! We gladly donned our thermals. Cold, wet, slimy, scary - one at a time, with our packs on, we slid into a freezing deep pool, swam a few metres, slipped and slithered, quivered and quaked across a short, slimy, sloping section to dangle over the next edge on a rope. A few feet of freefall to more slippery rocks and Geoff'open arms, then drop packs down into a large pool at the bottom. A very thin slippery sidle with a handline for psychological comfort and Peter Lafferty cheating death to ensure our safety (but not his!), lead to a ramp down to the pool (full of big rough, slimy bounders beneath The Hole). We had arrived in an amphitheatre of high sandstone walls, the base of which was littered with great boulders and fringed with rainforest. We hastily shivered into our dry clothes and said, next-time, we abseil! 
 Following a short exciting rainforest sidle back to the exit point on Hat Hill Creek, a hot climb was had by all back to Hat Hill Amazing to think that all this rugged walking was so close to the tourist traps. Following a short exciting rainforest sidle back to the exit point on Hat Hill Creek, a hot climb was had by all back to Hat Hill Amazing to think that all this rugged walking was so close to the tourist traps.
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 A magnificent weekend. Thanks, Geoff! A magnificent weekend. Thanks, Geoff!
-New Zealand South Island + 
-Expressions of interest invited for a 6 to 10 day walk:, in New Zealand south island - mid February 1996. Contact PeterRossel. work: 259 1222 home: 416 8945.+**New Zealand South Island**\\ 
 +Expressions of interest invited for a 6 to 10 day walk in New Zealand South island - mid February 1996. Contact Peter Rossel. work: 259 1222 home: 416 8945.
  
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