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+ | =====A Walk In The Winburndale Nature Reserve.===== | ||
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+ | ===22/23rd MAY 1993=== | ||
- | A WALK IN THE WINBORNDALE. NAME RESERVE | ||
- | 22/23rd MAY 1993 | ||
by Bill Holland | by Bill Holland | ||
- | Intended Route: Winburndale Fire Trail - Big Flat Fire Trail - Dry Arm Creek Clear Creek - Middle Arm Creek - Yinburndale Trig - Dam - Fdre Trail | + | |
- | Party:. Bill Holland, Peter Miller:, Peter Kaye, Peter Caldwell, Jacqui. Calandra,:Barrie,,Wallace, | + | __Intended Route__: Winburndale Fire Trail - Big Flat Fire Trail - Dry Arm Creek Clear Creek - Middle Arm Creek - Yinburndale Trig - Dam - Fire Trail |
- | Winburndale Nature Reserve is a ,large area of bushland near Sunny Corner, between Lithgow and Bathurst. It includes the surrounds of Winburndale Dam | + | |
- | (restricted area) and is bordered by the Turon River near Portland. The area was well known in bygone years for goldmining. | + | __Party__: Bill Holland, Peter Miller:, Peter Kaye, Peter Caldwell, Jacqui Calandra, Barrie Wallace, |
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- | The area was declared a nature reserve in 1967 and with ongoing additions now approximates 9,40Q hectares. It is dedicated to conservation and scientific research - recreational use is not encouraged. Bushwalking is acceptable but groups of more than four people should advise NPWS Bathurst in advance. | + | Winburndale Nature Reserve is a large area of bushland near Sunny Corner, between Lithgow and Bathurst. It includes the surrounds of Winburndale Dam (restricted area) and is bordered by the Turon River near Portland. The area was well known in bygone years for goldmining. |
- | -.Brushtailed wallabies and koalas have been sighted in the area and lyrebirds are numerous. However, we failed to sight what is claimed to be the rarest butterfly. in NSW - the Yetholme Copper Butterfly. | + | |
- | Our' | + | The area was declared a nature reserve in 1967 and with ongoing additions now approximates 9,400 hectares. It is dedicated to conservation and scientific research - recreational use is not encouraged. Bushwalking is acceptable but groups of more than four people should advise NPWS Bathurst in advance. |
- | . the slippery rocks of the unexplored Dry Arm Creek on Saturday afternoon. Heavier overnight rain. stopped, us from exiting via Middle Arm Creek on Sunday. | + | |
- | So we kept to fire trails all the way. Rather pleasant apart from going up | + | Brushtailed wallabies and koalas have been sighted in the area and lyrebirds are numerous. However, we failed to sight what is claimed to be the rarest butterfly in NSW - the Yetholme Copper Butterfly. |
- | and down 400 metres at a time. The weekend seemed to be full of firetrials, some hard, some overgrown, all very slippery with small rocks and gravel. There were excellent views across the plain to Bathurst as we descended to Winburndale Dam. | + | |
+ | Our walk in the southern section | ||
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+ | So we kept to fire trails all the way. Rather pleasant apart from going up and down 400 metres at a time. The weekend seemed to be full of firetrials, some hard, some overgrown, all very slippery with small rocks and gravel. There were excellent views across the plain to Bathurst as we descended to Winburndale Dam. | ||
The promised wild flowers never eventuated; hopefully they will emerge in time for the next walk in this area later this year (Spring Program). | The promised wild flowers never eventuated; hopefully they will emerge in time for the next walk in this area later this year (Spring Program). | ||
- | * * * * * * * * * | + | |
- | SOCIAL NOTES | + | ---- |
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+ | =====Social Notes.===== | ||
by John Hogan | by John Hogan | ||
- | . . | + | |
- | Can you believe | + | Can you believe |
- | .and_WeThaye | + | |
- | The Club will supply refreshments, | + | The following week, August 18th, Jan Mohandas was to have given us a demonstration on cooking with spices, but unfortunately due to other commitments Jan has postponed this until later in the year. Instead we will have the pleasure of the company of Spiro Hajinakitas, |
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- | The following week, August 18th, Jan Mohandas was, to have given us a demonstration on cooking with spices, but unfortunately due to other commitments Jan has postponed this until later in the year. Instead we will have the pleasure of the company of Spiro Hajinakitas, | + | August 25th - Finally, as advertised in last month' |
- | Continued on Page 8 | + | |
- | PAGE 8,. THE, SYDNEY BUSHWALKER JULY1993 | + | Please mark 3rd September on your calender as the night of the Confederation' |
- | From the Clubroom | + | |
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+ | =====From the Clubroom | ||
by Maurice Smith | by Maurice Smith | ||
- | PETER TRESSIDER in the KIMBERLEYS | + | |
- | The Club meeting on the evening of 16 June saw. a standing room only audience to witness the undoubted skills of Peter Tressider.. Peter appeared in the guise of:an intense mild mannered, conservatively besuited, bespectacled, | + | The Club meeting on the evening of 16 June saw a standing room only audience to witness the undoubted skills of Peter Tressider. Peter appeared in the guise of an intense mild mannered, conservatively besuited, bespectacled, |
- | The scene which greeted me on arrival was the large number of seats already. taken by members and the "high tech" audio-visual equipment which Peter used for his presentation. | + | |
- | The presentation featured Peter' | + | The scene which greeted me on arrival was the large number of seats already taken by members and the "high tech" audio-visual equipment which Peter used for his presentation. |
- | How do I do justice to the wonderful quality of the many slides shown or the audio tracks which accompanied the presentation. The audio tracks delightfully | + | |
- | enhanced the feeling of the ancient aboriginal presence which Peter felt through- | + | The presentation featured Peter' |
- | out the trip. While I am sure we have all seen., in person or by slide p' | + | |
- | ation, the KiMberley | + | How do I do justice to the wonderful quality of the many slides shown or the audio tracks which accompanied the presentation. The audio tracks delightfully enhanced the feeling of the ancient aboriginal presence which Peter felt throughout |
- | there, done that response). | + | |
- | Included in the many slides shown were those of aboriginal rock paintings, river gorges, dry river beds, crocodiles (freshiegand | + | Included in the many slides shown were those of aboriginal rock paintings, river gorges, dry river beds, crocodiles (freshies and salties), heat, harsh environment, |
- | gorges, mud flats, lack of drinking water, water holes, lily pads, great. walking companions. | + | |
- | Peter, I enjoyed the presentation, | + | Peter, I enjoyed the presentation, |
- | , I look forward to your next visit, which I hope will be soon. | + | |
- | SOCIAL NOTES Continued from Page 7 | + | ---- |
- | August 25th - Finally, as advertised in last month' | + | |
- | there has been a change of topic for Dot Butler' | + | =====Tootie Creek.===== |
- | Ttip she did some years ago down the Yukon River. Judging,by what she has told me about this wilderness experience, this ia a | + | |
- | night not to miss. | + | |
- | Please mark 3rd September on your calender as the night of the Confederation' | + | |
- | to have a big table this year, so give Denise Shaw a call on 922 6093 and took your spot. | + | |
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- | JULY 1993 | + | |
- | THE ,SYDNEY: BUSHWALKER | + | |
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- | TOOTIE CREEK | + | |
- | Red cliff lines | + | |
- | break from ragged cover. Squared, stylised blocks round in strange places,, while under some overhangs | + | |
- | ' lives a different rock, | + | |
- | soft and -honeycombed. | + | |
- | A surreal pattern of colour | + | |
- | from pale clean yellow to a random: | + | |
- | and, red, the great lines of red. | + | |
- | From afar the red, dominates as though nature has painted 'its own history of fire. | + | |
- | We visit, we observe, | + | |
- | we revere, we pass. | + | |
- | This earth goes on aging and growing. | + | |
- | From the ridgetops we barely know | + | |
- | one millennium from another' | + | |
- | *****44-** | + | |
by Tony Holgate | by Tony Holgate | ||
- | THE JUNE GENERAL MEETING | + | |
+ | Red cliff lines\\ | ||
+ | break from ragged cover.\\ | ||
+ | Squared, stylised blocks\\ | ||
+ | round in strange places,\\ | ||
+ | while under some overhangs\\ | ||
+ | lives a different rock,\\ | ||
+ | soft and honeycombed. | ||
+ | |||
+ | A surreal pattern of colour\\ | ||
+ | from pale clean yellow\\ | ||
+ | to a random mosaic\\ | ||
+ | of lichen and moss\\ | ||
+ | at times almost black\\ | ||
+ | and red; the great lines of red. | ||
+ | |||
+ | From afar the red dominates\\ | ||
+ | as though nature has painted\\ | ||
+ | its own history of fire. | ||
+ | |||
+ | We visit, we observe, | ||
+ | we revere, we pass. | ||
+ | |||
+ | This earth goes on\\ | ||
+ | aging and growing. | ||
+ | |||
+ | From the ridgetops\\ | ||
+ | we barely know\\ | ||
+ | one millennium from another. | ||
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+ | =====The June General Meeting.===== | ||
by Barry Wallace | by Barry Wallace | ||
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- | frOm-DeniseiShawand' | ||
- | one ' | ||
- | saY that about Margaret Sheens even if she was A new member from time' before | ||
- | who had mot previous]4y, | ||
- | The Minutes of the previous general meeting were read and received with | ||
- | the only matter arising being mention that the proposed Kirribilli Centre coffee | ||
- | shop is intended to operate on weekends only and is therefore of no iMmadiate | + | It was around 2020 when the President, in the chair, called the 16 or so members present to order and got things under way. There were apologies from Denise Shaw and Fran Holland. Of new members there was a dearth, but one there was "a stripling on a small and weedy beast" |
- | interest to the Club. | + | |
- | Correspondence brought letters from: The Total Environment Centre regarding a proposed committee on toxic chemicals, the World Heritage Committee for the Blue Mountains and a press release from John Coulter of the -Australian Democrats. | + | The Minutes of the previous general meeting were read and received with the only matter arising being mention that the proposed Kirribilli Centre coffee |
- | , The Treasurer | + | |
- | .The Walks Report commenced at the weekend of 14,15,16 May with Les Powell | + | Correspondence brought letters from:- The Total Environment Centre regarding a proposed committee on toxic chemicals, the World Heritage Committee for the Blue Mountains and a press release from John Coulter of the Australian Democrats. |
- | reportihg-brilliant:weather for the :6 persons who went along on his Shoalhaven | + | |
- | River below Tallowa Dam trip. He also reported this section of the river as | + | The Treasurer' |
- | having become weedy and overgrown: There was no report of Bob Hodgson' | + | |
- | PAGE 10 THE SYLNEY BUgHWALKER JULY 1993 | + | The Walks Report commenced at the weekend of 14,15,16 May with Les Powell |
- | exploratory walk in the Wollemi Wilderness. | + | |
- | the bridge at Audley is now closed and this forced some changes to the | + | The weekend of 21,22,23 May saw the cancellation of Bill Capon' |
- | proposed route. Greg Bridge' | + | |
- | Falls went, led by Dick Weston, with a party'of- 10 enjoying. a good day. Jo | + | Carol Lubbers led a party of around 14 on her base camp with two day walks in the Airley area over the weekend of 28,29,30 May. The walks were good and the weather was great. Jim Percy' |
- | Van Sommers, not far awarliazelbrook/Lawson, reported cold conditions but a pleasant day for the party of 20 who came on her walk. | + | |
- | The weekend of 21,22,23 May saw the cancellation of Bill Capon' | + | Over the weekend of 5,6 June Bill Holland led a party of 8 on a slightly re-routed (they found an easier way folks!) version of his Mountain Lagoon, Colo River walk through overcast but fine conditions. Wilf, in his series of Great Western Walks, stage 7 it was, had the party of 14 enjoying a beautiful day with a detour via the wreck of an old Wirraway aircraft. The Tony Maynes / Kay Chan co-production of 4 combined rock-hop refreshment-stall-crawl from Stanweli Park to Werrong went, with a complement of 12 and few other details. |
- | morning period. This walk was mainly restricted to the firetrails in the area | + | |
- | due to the aforesaid wet conditions. Bill believes the area has promise for | + | There was also a report of David Rostron' |
- | between seasons walking and will schedule more exploratory trips to try to evaluate this. There were no details of. StephenEllis's day walk on the Cox River but Morag Ryder reported fine cool'conditons and an enjoyable day for the 9 starters on her Blackheath to Blackheath via Junction Rock walk. | + | |
- | Carol Lubbers led a party of around 14 on her base camp with two day walks in the Airley area over the weekend of 28,29,30 May. The walks were good and the weather was great. Jim Percy' | + | Conservation Report was next. We learned that the NPA Bill will be deferred until the August session of State Parliament. The Blue Moutnains City Council supports the proposal to include the Gardens of Stone area in the Blue Mountains N.P. A recent article in the Financial Review discussed the plan for the NPWS to develop ways of exploiting National Parks for financial returns. This led to a discussion of the plan to lease Bantry Bay to SCEGGS for 361 days per year to the exclusion of all others. |
- | Creek had a party of two and no other details. Zol Bodlay led a party of 18 (reduced to 17 when one starter pulled out. along the way) on his Saturday day walk from Mount Kuring-gai to Cowan along the Benowie Track in fine weather. Errol Sheedy re-routed his Bundeena to Waterfall walk to become a Kirrawee to Temptation Creek trip due to ferry-re-scheduling. The party of 12 had some | + | |
- | problems with a prospective who became separated from the group. It all ended. in a welter of phone calls after the. walk was completed. | + | Confederation have held discussions with some sub-group of the Sporting Shooters Association. There was a recent call out to search for two trail bike riders in the Shoalhaven area. It seems they had run out of petrol. NPA will take up Confederation insurance for a limited number of their members. The equation for this looks more like a zero-sum every time it gets a mention. |
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+ | General Business brought a motion that we review the process of inducting prospective members. This in turn saw passage of a motion that we program intructional nights at the clubrooms concurrent with committee meetings. | ||
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+ | There was also a proposal that we re-introduce the compulsory requirement for prospectives to attend at least one instructional weekend, but this did not get up. | ||
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+ | Because of rapidly rising postage costs committee have decided to discontinue the process of mailing out copies of "The Bushwalker" | ||
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+ | =====Confederation Of Bushwalking Clubs N.S.W. - Monthly meeting 15.6.93.===== | ||
- | Over the weekend of 5,6 June Bill Holland led a party of 8 on a slightly re-routed (they found an easier way folks!) version of his Mountain Lagoon, Colo River walk through overcast but fine conditions.. Wilf, in his series | ||
- | of Great Western Walks, stage 7 it was, had the party of 14 enjoying a beautiful day with a detour via the wreck of an old.Wirraway aircraft. The Tony Maynes/ Kay Chan co-production of 4 combined rock-hop refreshment-stall-crawl from Stanweli Park to Werrong went, with a' | ||
- | There was -also a report of David Rostron' | ||
- | Walks Report. | ||
- | Conservation keprot was next. We learned thatuthe NPA Bill will be deferred until the August session of State Parliament. The Blue Moutnains City Council supports the proposal to include the Gardens of Stone area in the Blue MountainSN., | ||
- | Confederation have held discussions with Some sub-group of the Sporting Shooters Association.. There was a recent call out to search for two trail' bike riders in the Shoalhaven area. It seems they had run. out of petrol. NPA.will take up Confederation insurance for a limited number of their members. The equation for this looks more like a zero-sum every time it gets a mention. | ||
- | General Business brought a. motion that we review the process of inducting proSpeCtive members. L.This in turn saw passage of a motion that we program intruCtional nights at the clubrooms concurrent with committee meetings. | ||
- | Tt4E SYDNEY. BUSHWALKER | ||
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- | CONFEDERATION OF BUSHWALKING CLUBS N.S.W. | ||
- | MONTHLY MEETING 15.6.0' | ||
by Jim Callaway | by Jim Callaway | ||
- | After apologies, the Minute g of the previous meeting were accepted. | + | |
- | ColL2Epondence: A letter was received from Brian Saunders (NPA). Brian digputes NPWS's claim that 25,000 go bush camping in Royal and Heathcote National Parks annually. He is calling for volunteers to help him conduct a survey of the number of people who go bush CAMPING | + | After apologies, the Minutes |
- | Treasurer: Confederation' | + | |
- | , | + | __Correspondence__: A letter was received from Brian Saunders (NPA). Brian digputes NPWS's claim that 25,000 go bush camping in Royal and Heathcote National Parks annually. He is calling for volunteers to help him conduct a survey of the number of people who go bush camping |
- | GENERAL- Cheque account | + | |
- | Saving Investment | + | __Treasurer__: Confederation' |
- | S.& R. - Cheque account 288.95 | + | |
- | Savings Investment | + | |General |
- | Insurance: The position of Insurance-Officer will be added to Office Bearers to; be considered at the Annual General Meeting to be held on Saturday, 21st August at Burwood RSL. The Insurance Policy, besides covering the normal Public Liability negligence, has a special " | + | |General - Saving Investment|$17,558.41| |
- | Member | + | |S.& R. - Cheque account|$288.95| |
- | Becatige rising; | + | |S. & R. - Savings Investment|$12,109.79| |
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- | Mer' | + | __Insurance__: The position of Insurance Officer will be added to Office Bearers to be considered at the Annual General Meeting to be held on Saturday, 21st August at Burwood RSL. The Insurance Policy, besides covering the normal Public Liability negligence, has a special " |
- | Counry Cub. $3.00 " | + | |
- | Options accident Itigurari6e | + | __Member |
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- | member.- | + | * Metropolitan Clubs - $3.25 per member |
- | There was some discussion over NPA's Membership of Confederation as it appears they pay only $3.00 per member for Public Liability and'Accident Assurance. | + | * Country Clubs - $3.00 per member |
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- | Qth | + | Optional Accident Insurance |
- | QBB Butter Concentrate | + | |
- | WA | + | There was some discussion over NPA's Membership of Confederation as it appears they pay only $3.00 per member for Public Liability and Accident Assurance. |
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- | . JULY 1.993 . THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER - PAGE 13' | + | |
SO-S0 SNOW, SO WHAT? | SO-S0 SNOW, SO WHAT? | ||
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