200012 Newsletter

Seasons Greetings to All A Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all our members and readers. We wish all our members a very happy, enjoyable and safe year of walking, camping and meeting other people with similar interests.

This bumper 4 page Christmas edition of our Newsletter has extra articles to keep you entertained. Many thanks to members who contributed.

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Club News Notice of AGM

The Secretary herewith advises that the Club's Annual General Meeting will be held on Tuesday 6th February 2001 at the end of the Club's usual monthly General Meeting at 7:30pm.

The seven management committee positions as stipulated in the constitution will be up for re-election.

1. Secretary 5. Social Secretary 2. Treasurer 6. Training Officer 3. Outings Secretary 7. Editor 4. Membership Officer

If you would like to nominate yourself or another person for a position, please do so and hand the Nomination Form to the Secretary, prior to the start of the General Meeting at 7:30 pm.

We look forward to seeing you at this meeting.

New Meeting Place

At the November General Meeting members voted to change our monthly meetings from Northgate to the East Brisbane State School, corner of Stanley Street and Wellington Road. This will start from January 2001.

Entry to the carpark inside the school grounds is off Wellington Road. Please check your street directory as there are a number of one-way streets in the area.

Membership Fees

Membership fees for members is now due and is $20 for the year 2001. Note that our Club year begins on the 1st of Febru-ary and ends on 31st of January the following year.

Any new members joining the Club after the 1st of December 2000 can pay $20 and be a member for the whole of the next Club year.

New Web Address

Our web site address is now shorter and simpler. Please change your bookmark or favorite site accordingly. It is:

www.geocities.com/qldbwc

The old site will stay but only feature our calendar and a link to the new site above. On some browsers the old site may not show up as Geocities has changed its address system.

Our email address is unchanged.

2001 Calendar Our Calendar for next year features more Base Camps and Through Walks than ever before. We have had an influx of members who are keen throughwalkers and we would like to thank them for being prepared to lead walks to some of the most beautiful parts of Queensland.

If you would like to preview the proposed calendar to June 2001, see Barry Ellerington. Suggest future walks and we will do our best to accommodate you. Even better, be willing to lead a walk for the Club so that others may experience the beauty, serenity and majesty of the bush.

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Special Coming Events Still in the planning stage are several Extended Trips for 2001. Here is a preview.

Easter School Holidays (13th to 22nd April 2001 approx) Blue Mountains. See Barry (3886 3451) for more information.

4th to 19th August Cania Gorge. See Barry (3886 3451) for more information.

September School Holidays The Budawangs for 1 week and Warrumbungles for 1 week. September is the best time for these two National Parks in New South Wales as the wildflowers are just starting to bloom. See Richard or Patricia (3341 7509) for more information.

Hinchinbrook Island We tried to book Hinchinbrook Island for the June School holi-days but it was all booked out even at this early stage. However if enough people are interested and are available for a time out-side the school holidays, it may be possible to organise this great 5 day walk. See Barry (3886 3451) if interested.

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New Members Welcome to the following new members.

Sandra Lamb Tony Neibling Jennifer MacDonald Jodi Rees

Total number of financial members 82

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Newsletter Deadline The deadline for articles for the next newsletter is 21/2/2001.

Articles clearly written or on floppy disc are acceptable. Articles may be handed to any committee member at a meeting or on a walk or emailed to [email protected].

Members are encouraged to submit their own articles about any aspect of bushwalking, or humorous articles. Write-ups of past walks by leaders are very much appreciated. Even photos may be handed in for inclusion in the newsletter.

December 2000

Mt Coolum and Cooroora Day Walk

74 Kallista Rd.

Rochedale South

QLD 4123

Phone No (07) 3341 7509

email [email protected]

www.geocities.com/qldbwc

What is FMR? Federation Mountain Rescue (FMR) is an autonomous group, associated with bushwalking clubs, which is trained and avail-able for search and rescue operations in rugged bush and mountain terrain in south east Queensland.

Objectives

Promote and encourage safe bushwalking practice.

Assist the Safety and Training Officers of bushwalking clubs.

Maintain skills in Search and Rescue techniques.

Organise training in search organisation and technique.

Obtain equipment to enable the search and rescue function.

Maintain liaison with police, SES, property owners and clubs.

How FMR works

FMR is associated with the State Emergency Service (SES) under the Counter Disaster Organisation Act 1975/78 and works under the SES 'umbrella' like other volunteer organisa-tions such as Air Sea Rescue, Coast Guard, WICEN and Surf Rescue services.

FMR works directly under Police control. FMR is activated un-der SES Administrative Instruction No 39 with callouts often being done from Police Operations Centre.

The members of FMR are members of bushwalking clubs who train within clubs for their basic skills and within FMR for their more specialised skills in the use of cliff rescue equipment and search and rescue organisation.

The leaders of FMR (Rescue Leaders) are a group of individu-als selected by peers. They have considerable experience and maintain training and skills at a high level. The list of Rescue Leaders is reviewed periodically.

Members of FMR offer to the community a unique group of ex-perienced personnel with current skills required for search and rescue. They are all currently active bushwalkers.

Experience

FMR has many members who have:

- trained as doctors, nurses, ambulance officers or first-aiders;

- the fitness required to undertake searches and rescues;

- familiarity with the places they are searching;

- skills in self-reliance and navigation in these areas;

- personal equipment to be self-sufficient for multi-day hikes;

- leadership experience in bush areas;

- ‘esprit de corps' arising through club membership.

Are we Members?

The Queensland Bushwalkers Club is an affiliated member of the Queensland Federation of Bushwalking Clubs and so all our members are also FMR members.

Benefits

Members of FMR are entitled to attend any appropriate activ-ity on the training program.

There is worker's compensation cover for participants of all FMR activities (in addition to any club or personal insurance).

Members of FMR have preferential access to the Mt. Tinbeer-wah cliffs for climbing, abseiling, prussiking and other training activities. (Inform the FMR administrator, or a rescue leader to arrange this and to be informed of the conditions and benefits.)

There is a special discount on equipment purchases at most of the leading outdoor stores in Brisbane for FMR and/or bush-walking club members.

Members are entitled to FMR assistance if they are lost or injured. Notify a rescue leader for help in an emergency.

Past Walks Booloumba Creek & Mt Allen Sunday 24/9/2000

This walk was one of the substitutes during the fire ban. The creek and Mt Allen are part of the State Forest on the Conandales Range. It is a pretty spot with some very nice camp-ing grounds with good fa-cilities. Mt Allen has a for-estry fire tower at the sum-mit, this offers some good views of the area.

The track to the summit is very steep and continues for 4 kilo-meters, winding its way through some pristine forest. The sum-mit is flat and has a good grassy spot for morning smoko. We made the decent down the opposite side of the mountain into Booloumba Creek for lunch where we were met by Janet who kindly did a car shuffle for the group.

The afternoon walk was to the Booloumba Creek Falls and to have a look at a rock formation known as The Bread Knife. The group took up the challenge and made their way into the creek to climb this rock. The walk ended with a good old sausage siz-zle and a pleasant swim. Best wishes – Barry.

Wilsons Peak Day Walk Sunday 8/10/2000

Fire bans had cancelled the Kinnanes Falls walk but after a few quick emails to the ranger, Barry found Wilsons Peak was still open. We stopped to have a look at Teviots Falls along the way but it was reduced to only a slight trickle.

The walk up starts along the border fence on the western ridge of Wilsons Peak. Ken spotted a small snake along the fence but it quickly scurried away. The walk, initially along a dirt road, de-graded to a walking track when the terrain steepened. We had to hold on to the border fence as the track was steep and slip-pery. There were views over to Mt Barney and Mt Lindesay along the way.

At the cliff line there was a short scramble but all made it with-out trouble. At the summit we had a short rest before going back to the cliff line for lunch. The track down was again very slippery with Lynn having a fall and receiving some minor scratches.

Thanks to all who came and enjoyed the day. Richard

Cascade and Ridge Trails Overnighter 14-15/10/2000

The fire bans had cancelled the Lizard Point throughwalk so we decided to explore this area in the Goomburra State Forest which was still open.

As fate would have it, it rained heavily the Friday night which temporarily eased some of the fire bans.

We drove up Saturday afternoon and met up with the others who had arrived the previous night. They told us of the heavy rain and showed us a bower bird nest nearby. That night we were able to have a campfire and have an enjoyable social eve-ning. The camp ground itself is well maintained with a large camping area and environmentally friendly toilets.

Sunday was bright and clear and we began the walk along the Cascade trail. It was well marked and we had a short tea break at one of the waterfalls. The trail took us up to the top of a ridge and the vegetation changed from rainforest to sclerophyll. Both trails combined were only 11 kilometers and we were back at the campsite before lunch. We drove on to Mt Castle lookout and enjoyed the views while we had lunch.

Thanks to all who came and especially to Lindsay who assisted in the planning of this walk. Richard

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Past Walks (Contd)

Mt Hobwee Day Walk Saturday 21/10/2000

After such a long spell of dry weather it was surprising to see the clouds gathering as we headed up to Binna Burra. Ten of us set out along the Border Track, stopping at Joalah Lookout for some very limited views down into the valley with the clouds getting lower all the time.

Morning-tea at the Araucaria Circuit turnoff before taking the left fork and beginning a loop that would take us up to Mt Hobwee for lunch among the misty clouds; no views possible but pleas-ant company.

We continued along to meet up with the Border Track again and turned for home. Better views right out to the coast at Joa-lah Lookout on the return trip.

Paul was very pleased with his huge scones for afternoon tea at the coffee shop but why were Fran’s so tiny?

Thanks to all who came – Lyn, Fran, Ray, Michael, Andrew, Paul, and visitors May, Tim and Don. Patricia

Mt Coolum and Cooroora Day Walk Sunday 22/10/2000

After meeting outside the Ettamogah Pub we drove on to Mt Coolum. The ascent is a wide track with good views to the sea and surrounding areas. Coolum is only 207 metres high but we all had a rest at the top and watched as a butcher bird fed with its morsel of food jammed in a tree notch.

Steve knew the area well and instead of retracing our steps, we were able to go down a different way to see more of the coun-tryside. A stop at Coolum Beach where Konrad and Jodi had a swim and then off to Mt Tinbeerwah where Steve showed us the abseiling cliffs. The views were great and it made a suitable lunch stop.

The hardest walk was left for after lunch. We drove to Mt Cooroora and began the steep climb up. We could only marvel at the fitness of the people who do this “King of the Mountain” run. After a short stop to take photos we headed back down and made our way home.

Many thanks to Steve for this enjoyable walk. Richard

Harry’s Hut Base Camp Weekender 4-5/11/2000

Only a small group of four finally made it to this walk for the weekend with Barry joining us for the Saturday.

The track in is recom-mended for 4WD vehicles, which was a deterrent for some. However, it was in fairly good condition, not much mud and only one sandy spot near the camp.

We just about had the place to ourselves with only two other tents further up

towards the Day Use area.

After about a 3 hour trip from home, we arrived about 9am, set up camp and headed off to the Fig Tree camping area about 7Km south on the edge of Lake Cootharabah. The track is fairly flat with only a couple of damp spots along the way.

Lunch at the lake then return to camp and a relaxing afternoon and evening beside the river and, for some, a dip in the Noosa River.

Light rain after dinner wasn’t enough to stop Ray from lighting a fire with wood supplied by the Rangers.

We awoke to a fine though slightly cloudy day. Many options were available but we finally decided to spend our day driving to Elanda Point and hiring a tinnie with a small outboard motor for eighty-five dollars for the day.

We set out for a pleasant, relaxing trip across the lake and up the river to a morning-tea stop back at Harry’s Hut, calling in at the Information Centre along the way.

Lunch at Campsite 3 then a trip back via a short side trip into Como Lake to see the wreck We encountered a little rain with a couple of heavy showers but not enough to spoil the day.

For anyone who has experienced paddling a canoe across Lake Cootharabah, this is certainly a very different and far less energetic way to enjoy this part of Cooloola National Park.

Thanks to Richard, June, Ray and Barry for helping make this a wonderful weekend. Patricia

Mt Superbus Day Walk Sunday 11/11/2000

After meeting at Boonah, we set off to Teviot Gap to start our walk up this mountain, the highest in south east Queensland. All had been warned that it would be a steep climb and none were disappointed. The first steep section was loose and slightly muddy but everyone managed it, only to be met by another steep section and then another and another.

After about an hour, there was a stop for morning tea, with Steve boiling up the billy. Refreshed, we then continued on to the next steep scramble. Cloud enveloped us and with a fine misty rain and the rainforest trees covered in moss, no one would have been surprised if a “hobbit” had suddenly appeared.

Finally the summit was reached where we sat down for lunch and then went for a short exploratory walk. For a short time the clouds lifted and we were able to see some of the surrounding mountains from a lookout near the summit. The Flame Trees with their bright red flowers stood out clearly against the dark green of the surrounding forest.

Everyone took care on the way down but there were slips, spills and thrills but no great harm. A final look at Teviot Falls at the end of the walk before we all set off for Boonah for a well de-served afternoon tea.

Thanks to all for coming along and sharing the day. Richard

White Rock, Spring Mountain Sunday 12/11/2000

Ed took us on this walk, so close to Brisbane but so little known. We met at the end of Redbank Plains School Road where there is now a Conservation Park with picnic facilities.

We began along graded tracks and then a fire trail, before start-ing off on the walking trail to White Rock. It was only a short walk to this impressive rocky outcrop. Some of us had difficulty scrambling up to the lookout at the top, but we all made it and had morning tea.

The trail to Spring Mountain was much longer with some height to be gained. It was a hot day and Cathy had to forego the final steep climb to the summit. The views of Brisbane in the dis-tance made it all worthwhile. After a long break for lunch we headed back to the cars. A stop at a café at Redbank rounded off the day nicely.

Thanks to Ed for leading this walk and to the five new walkers who came along. Richard

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Bushrangers Cave & Mt Wagawn Sunday 19/11/2000

If it rains it pours and that’s what stopped the walk to Turtle Rock Caves. Unfortunately the rock was too wet for us to ven-ture on and the walk was changed, but we did have a nice day at the Bushrangers cave.

This walk started at the border gate in the Numinbah Valley. It follows the border fence for a few kilometers and turns towards Mt Wagawn. The cave is an overhang at the base of the cliffs. There are spectacular rock formations around the area and some pristine rain forest to enjoy.

The extension to the days outing was the climb to the summit of Wagawn itself. There are a couple of vantage points that gave some good views of the Limpinwood valley and across to Mt Warning, but the summit unfortunately was clouded in.

Lunch was had at the Bushrangers Cave and for those who had not had the fortune, we decided to finish the day by visiting the Natural Bridge. Best wishes to all – Barry.

Black Canyon Pre-outing Sunday 26/11/2000

Ten of us met at O’Reillys but only one, John, had been on this walk previously. We set off at a brisk pace along the Border Track and turned into the Albert River Circuit. We found the spot to drop down into the Albert River and began a long scrambling descent. At Silver Falls we had to use a rope over a particularly slippery and wet section. Finally 3 hours from the start, we reached the Albert River and had a well earned morn-ing tea.

After an hour of rock hopping up the Albert River we came to the spot where Thunder and Lightning Falls crash down into the Albert River. It was a spectacular sight and we enjoyed it to the full while having a leisurely lunch. We were also entertained by some Blue Lamington Crays in the pools at the base of the falls.

We rock hopped down and began the ascent. However we be-gan too early and we ended up scrambling up the canyon wall. It was fairly dangerous and not recommended as loose rocks were easily dislodged, narrowly missing some members. Thankfully we reached the Albert River Circuit track and began the long but much safer walk back.

Many thanks to John for leading this walk. We are already plan-ning another walk to Black Canyon to find a safer route to show fellow members this hidden wonderland. Richard

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Do You Know?

T here is a land border between Tasmania and Victoria. Straddling the declared parallel line of latitude of 39° 12' S

separating the two States is Boundary Islet. This rocky outcrop in Bass Strait measures approximately 85 metres east-west by 160 metres north-south.

T he first park to be dedicated for public use in Australia was Kings Park in Perth, in 1872. The oldest national park in

Australia, Royal National Park, at Port Hacking (NSW), was es-tablished in 1879. However, it was not until the 1950s that con-servation reserves began to be systematically dedicated in Aus-tralia.

T he highest mountain in each State.

State Mountain Height

ACT Bimberi Peak 1,912m New South Wales Mt Kosciuszko 2,229m Victoria Mt Bogong 1,986m Tasmania Mt Ossa 1,617m South Australia Mt Woodroffe 1,435m Northern Territory Mt Zeil 1,531m Western Australia Mt Meharry 1,253m Queensland Mt Bartle Frere 1,622m

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Medically Incorrect Dictionary ARTERY The study of paintings ASTHMA A pregnant donkey BACTERIA Back door of a cafeteria BARIUM What doctors do when patients die BOWEL A letter like A.E.I.O.U. CAESARIAN SECTION A neighbourhood in Rome CAT SCAN Searching for kitty CAUTERISE Made eye contact with her COLIC A sheep dog COMA A punctuation mark D&C Where Washington is DILATE To live longer DNA National Dyslexic Association ENEMA Not a friend FESTER Quicker FIBULA A small lie GENES Levi’s brother GENITAL Not a Jew GRIPPE A suitcase HANGNAIL Coat hook HERPES The name on everyone’s lips IMPOTENT Distinguished, well known INFARCTION Something you keep inside LABOUR PAIN Getting hurt at work LIFE Sexually transmitted disease that is invariably fatal MALARIA A slum MEDICAL STAFF A doctor’s cane MORBID A higher offer NITRATES Cheaper than day rates NODE Was aware of OUTPATIENT A person who has fainted PAP SMEAR A fatherhood test PELVIS A cousin to Elvis PYREXIA Microwave safe RECOVERY ROOM A place to do upholstery RECTUM Dang near killed ’em SECRETION Hiding something SCHIZOPHRENIC Someone beside himself SEIZURE Roman emperor SUTURE Looks good on you TABLET A small table TERMINAL ILLNESS Getting sick at the airport TUMOUR More than one URINE Opposite of “you’re out”

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