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QUEENSLAND

BUSHWALKERS

CLUB Inc.

PO Box 2199

Sunnybank Hills

QLD 4109

Email qldbwc@yahoo.com

Phone No (07) 3341 7509

http://sites.google.com/site/qldbwc/

Newsletter August 2010

Shepherds Walk

ClubNews

Shepherds Walk 17 July 2010

13 Club members attended this annual walk sponsored by the

Beaudesert Historical Society Inc. on a fine sunny Saturday inJuly. Over a 100 people which included members from otherbushwalking clubs and locals from nearby areas assembled inBeaudesert at 8.00am.

Two buses then took us to Christmas Creek to view themonument erected in memory of Chinese shepherds killed in askirmish with aboriginals back around 1850. A Chinese womanmanaged to hide and escaped unharmed, eventually walking tothe Shepherds hut at Kerry to relate the events. The ShepherdsWalk follows the route taken by her.

The walk is about 9 kilometres and starts in Christmas Creekand goes over the Jinbroken Range and then down to the AlbertRiver in the Kerry Valley. It crosses private property and theslope up the Jinbroken Range was only mild.

After plenty of rests and stops to admire the scenery along theway, we arrived at the Albert River where the BeaudesertHistorical Society provided a sausage sizzle with toast, tea,coffee, and freshly cooked damper with syrup. At $15 it was abargain as it also included the bus transport there and back.Proceeds go to the maintenance of the Beaudesert Museum.

QBW would like to thank the Beaudesert Historical Society Inc.for putting on such a well organised event. Richard Kolarski

K2 Evening Function 21 July 2010

Sixteen members attended this function held in Wickham St,Fortitude Valley to find out about the latest gear available forbushwalkers.

After a short presentation members were free to try equipmentand to ask questions. Light refreshment was provide by the K2staff.

Many took the opportunity to purchase gear at discountedprices. QBW would like to thank K2 for the evening.

Membership Now Due

Membership is now due and all members will have received a

notice by email or by postal mail.Membership is still only $30.00 and is valid to 30/6/2011.

A Membership Form can be downloaded from the Club websiteat http://sites.google.com/site/qldbwc/membership

Members have until the end of August to renew theirmembership or risk having their membership cancelled.

If you wish to have the Newsletter posted to you, it will cost anadditional $15.00. Otherwise the Newsletter can be downloadedfor free from the Club website athttp://sites.google.com/site/qldbwc/newsletter

Books Donated

QBW would like to thank Danuta Gur, a former member of QBWfor the donation of several books recently.

QBW's library of bushwalking related books is growing steadily.Members may borrow books from the library at the Clubmeeting. Contact Noelene on 3889 0264 for any furtherinformation.

BWQ Blog Site

Bushwalking Queensland now has a free blog site which isintended to be a publicity facility for all clubs affiliated with BWQ.The web address is http://bwq.org.au/blog/

Clubs can now send material promoting their activities such asmeetings, upcoming walks, trip write-ups and pictures to theemail address on the blog home page. The blog is being run byTracey Smith in Bundaberg.

The QBW committee will send material to the blog site asnecessary. In the meantime members may visit the above site tosee what other clubs are doing.

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General Information

Meeting Place

Club meetings are on the first Tuesday of the month starting at7.30PM. There is no Club meeting in January.

Meeting are held at the Little King's Hall on the corner of Carland O'Keefe Streets, Buranda. Entry is via the gate on Carl St.

There is parking within the grounds and in Carl Street.

Tea/Coffee and cake/biscuits are provided after the meeting. Acoin donation would be appreciated.

Membership

Probationary Membership

A non-member automatically becomes a Probationary Memberon his/her first walk after signing the waiver form. There is nofee payable to become a Probationary Member.

However a Probationary Member must become an OrdinaryMember on his/her second walk by filling out a MembershipForm and paying the membership fee.

Ordinary Membership

A person may become an Ordinary Member by filling out andsigning a Membership Form, having a proposer sign the formand handing the form with the membership fee to a committee

member or walk leader.The proposer may be a friend (who is a member of the Club) ofthe applicant, the leader of the walk that the applicant is on, theMembership Officer at a Club meeting or if the MembershipOfficer is not available, one of the committee members.

An Ordinary Member has the right to vote at an AGM or beelected to a committee position. A Probationary Member hasneither of these rights.

Members of Another Bushwalking Club

Members of another bushwalking club which is affiliated withBushwalking Queensland Inc. (or an interstate Federation) andwho are covered by the same Insurance do not need to becomea member of our Club to go on our walks. However Club

members will have priority if there is a limit on numbers.

Club EquipmentCompasses Topo Maps GPS'sEmergency Lights First Aid Kits UHF Radios

The above are for free use by members.Contact David at 3395 1838 or email david.r.rae@gmail.com

PLBs with inbuilt GPS

The Club has 5 PLBs with inbuilt GPS. The PLBs will be madeavailable at each Club meeting and will need to be returned atthe following Club meeting. Contact Richard on 3341 7509.

Abseil Gear (ropes, harnesses, helmets, karabiners etc.)

Ordinary Members- $5.00 charge for use of the Club rope andanother $5.00 charge for use of harness and accessories .

Probationary Members and members of affiliated clubs- $10.00charge for use of the Club rope and another $10.00 charge foruse of harness and accessories.Contact Trevor at 0411 512 202

Back Pack for Hire $5.00 chargeContact Trevor at 0411 512 202

T/W Tent for Hire 2 man, 2.8kg $5.00/weekContact Dave Haliczer 0432 901 030

Bivy Bags For Sale $3.00 each or 2 for $5.00.

These bivy bags are 2 metres by 0.9 metres and are bright

orange in colour. Use as a pack liner or emergency bivy bag.Contact Patricia Kolarski on 3341 7509.

Space Blankets For Sale $2.50 each.

Light weight and take up no room at all. A must for all walkers!Contact Patricia Kolarski on 3341 7509.

The Management CommitteePresident Gil Gunthorpe 3272 4366(H)

Vice President Noelene McCay 3889 0264(H)

Secretary Sue Ward 3844 6389(H)

Treasurer John Hinton 3343 3724 (H)

Outings Officer John Brunott 3209 9598 (H)

Membership Officer Frank Garland 3341 5207 (H)

Editor Richard Kolarski 3341 7509 (H)

Social Secretary Traci Nudl 3890 8196 (H)

Training Officer Stuart Mackay 3890 8196 (H)

Other Voluntary Positions

Equipment Officer John Brunott 3209 9598 (H)

Supper Convenor Mary Sherlock 3209 8514 (H)

BWQ Rep Stuart Mackay 3890 8196 (H)

BWQ Rep Richard Kolarski 3341 7509 (H)

Campsite Monitors

John Brunott Ballows, Paddys Knob

Kerry de Clauzel Throakban, Barney Gorge andLower Portals

Ann Kemp Spicers Peak (east & west)

Richard Kolarski Running Creek Falls

Barbara Makepeace Rat-a-tat, Spicers/Doubletop saddleRum Jungle

John Shera Panorama Point

John & Julie Shera Mt Superbus & Rabbit Fence JctLower Panorama

Ken Walters Mt May saddle & Paddys Plain

Editors Pic

A Shoe In?

During the Shepherds Walk John B. gave a demonstration onboot picking which is a very important skill to master.

1) Make sure your client is calm and not wanting to wander off.

2) Start on the left (near) side, as the client will be morecomfortable with interactions on this side of the body.

3) Introduce yourself, and let the client know you have goodintentions - give gentle strokes (not pats) on the neck, andshoulder and speak softly.

4) Don't look the client squarely in the eyes - this ignites theclient's flight instinct. For a client that may kick, position your

body comfortably and safely with your outside leg slightly in frontof the other for better balance and efficient manoeuvring.

5) Say "foot up" or whatever command you want, as long as it'sthe same one every time and doesn't sound like any othercommand.

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Special Coming Events

Larapinta Trail 13 September 1 October 2010

Arrive Monday 13th September 2010 in Alice Springs at 1.30pm.Tailormade Tours will meet the plane and allow a food and fuelshop before going that afternoon to Redbank Gorge via 3 fooddrops at Emery Creek, Ormiston Gorge and Standley Chasm.

Then walk back the full distance to Alice Springs arrivingThursday 30th September.

Fly out of Alice on 1st October so it means there are 17 days to

complete the walk rather than the recommended 20 but haveworked out where the 3 days can be made up without anyhorrendously long days.

I have booked ground transport for a maximum of 6.

For more information contact Murray Haines on his mobilenumber 0419 745 616.

Cooloola Great Walk late September

I am planning to do this walk in late September as a cross-overwith another walking group. It is a five day walk and would bedone Monday to Friday. Anyone interested please let me knowby Monday 9 August. Patricia Kolarski

The Grampians 16 to 30 October 2010There is space for one more person on this all-female trip to theGrampians. It will be Day Walks only and accommodation will bein cabins. We shall be going via Fran's place at Portarlington onthe Geelong peninsula where we'll do a couple of walks beforeheading up to Halls Gap.

Anyone interested please let me know ASAP.

Patricia Kolarski Ph 3341 7509

QBW Christmas Party 3-5 December 2010

Place Camp Constable, Mt Glorious

Cost $20 if staying one night, $35 for 2 nights.

Accommodation will be in cabins and rooms only, with no tentsites. There is a kitchen with tables and chairs provided plus toi-let and shower facilities with hot water. We will have the use ofthe Activities Hall for the weekend. Rain will not call off theChristmas Party!

Walks are planned for the Saturday. Prizes, games, slide showsand a whole heap of fun are on the agenda.

There will be a BBQ on the Saturday. The Club will supply themeat but members are asked to bring along a salad or dessert.

More information to follow.

Tasmanian Hikes 29 December 2010 to 14 January 2011

I am leading two exciting extended hikes for a group of up to 6

hikers after Christmas. The first hike will be the Precipitous BluffHike following the Moonlight Ridge trail to Pindars Peak andthen on to Precipitous Bluff (affectionately known as PB byTasmanians).

This is followed by a descent to New River Lagoon where thereis some wading expected before joining the South Coast Track.This walk will take place over 10 days to give us time to smellthe roses along the way.

The second walk takes place from Lake St Clair where we willcatch the ferry to the Overland Track and hike up to Pine ValleyHut. From here we will ascend into the Labyrinth area and campup near Lake Helios or in Big Gun Pass. We will then make ourway over Falling Mountain back on to the Overland track.

For both of these walks there is an extra day factored in as arest day or a day to wait out bad weather should there be any.For the last two years the weather has been very mild andsunny over this time.

If you are interested, please contact me on 0432901030 oremail me at d.a.haliczer@stpeters.qld.edu.au Dave Haliczer

Pilgrimage 2010Date 20-22 August 2010

Host Toowoomba Bushwalkers Club

Venue Crows Nest Show Grounds.

Cost $25.00 per adult with an early bird special of$20 if paid by 8-Aug-2010

Children under 18 - free

The Pilgrimage is an annual bushwalking and social eventattracting members of affiliated clubs from throughout the south-east corner of the state and sometimes further afield.

All attendees must be members of their respective clubs andtherefore insured. Fees will need to be mailed in with theappropriate registration form.

Program

Friday 20th

12:00 noon onwards Registration of arrivals and setting upcamp.

7:30pm - late Walks sign on sheets available. Click here forwalk details.

7:30pm - late Supper - soup, coffee, tea etc (BYO Mug andChair).

Saturday 21st

6:00am onwards Registration of arrivals.

7:00am onwards Staggered walk departure times. Click here forwalk details.

Throughout the day Coffee and Tea available. Self-guided orienteering course will be available. Non-walkers maylike to take advantage of visiting some of the local scenic spots.

7:30pm - 11:30pm Bush Dance. Band O' Coots at theCrows Nest RSL. Supper provided. (please BYO cups)

Supper at 9pm

Sunday 22nd

7:00am Sausage sizzle7:00am Buy and sell your wanted/unwantedbushwalking/camping gear (please have all items clearly markedwith price and your name)

8:00am Presidents Meeting

8:30am Entries close for competitions

9:00am Federation Mountain Rescue presentation

9:30am - 11:30am Bush Olympics

11:30am - 12:00pm Announcements

Handing over the boot for the 2011 Pilgrimage

Prizes

12:00 noon Pilgrimage close.

Saturday Walks List

Kipper Creek 6.5hr M76Lockyer Forest Reserve 6.0hr M55Ravensbourne Falls 6.0hr S65Gorges of Upper Perseverance Ck 6.0hr M65Paradise Creek & White Mountain 5.5hr S65Valley of Diamonds 6.0hr S76Vinegar Hill 4.5hr S54Lake Cressbrook 5.0hr M44Perseverance Heights 5.0hr S55Perseverance Dam to Crows Nest Falls 4.5hr S55Ravensbourne Forest Reserve 2.5hr S22Munro's Tramway 1.5hr S22Crows Nest NP Graded Tracks 2.0hr S22Hartmanns Park 2.0hr

For more information, a Registration Form or how to get there,go to the website athttp://www.bushwalkingqueensland.org.au/pilgrimage.html

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Privacy Policy For QBW?The QBW committee discussed the issue of a Privacy Policy forthe Club at their meeting on 27/7/2010.

The issues raised were the use of names and photos on theClub Newsletter and Website. Other information that might be ofconcern is the publication of addresses, phone numbers andemails. The Club Newsletter and website are open to thegeneral public and thus any person has access to them. Thecommittee does not wish that any information published to beharmful to a member.

As an incorporated body, QBW does need to collect and keepinformation on members. The main source of this information isfrom the Membership Form. Below are Sections 13 and 14 fromthe Club Rules.

13 Register of members

(1) The management committee must keep a register ofmembers of the association.

(2) The register must include the following particulars for eachmember

(a) the full name of the member;

(b) the postal or residential address of the member;

(c) the date of admission as a member;

(d) the date of death or time of resignation of the member;

(e) details about the termination or reinstatement ofmembership;

(f) any other particulars the management committee or themembers at a general meeting decide.

(3) The register must be open for inspection by members of theassociation at all reasonable times.

(4) A member must contact the secretary to arrange aninspection of the register.

(5) However, the management committee may, on theapplication of a member of the association, withhold informationabout the member (other than the members full name) from theregister available for inspection if the management committeehas reasonable grounds for believing the disclosure of theinformation would put the member at risk of harm.

14 Prohibition on use of information on register of members

(1) A member of the association must not

(a) use information obtained from the register of members of theassociation to contact, or send material to, another member ofthe association for the purpose of advertising for political,religious, charitable or commercial purposes; or

(b) disclose information obtained from the register to someoneelse, knowing that the information is likely to be used to contact,or send material to, another member of the association for thepurpose of advertising for political, religious, charitable orcommercial purposes.

(2) Subrule (1) does not apply if the use or disclosure of theinformation is approved by the association.

Addition to Club Bylaws

The committee passed the following bylaws at the meeting:

1) Any photos of Club events will not be given out to a thirdparty.

2) Photos may be taken on Club walks and put on the Clubwebsite and newsletter. If a member does not wish to havehis/her photo taken or published, he/she must ensure to let thewalk leader know.

Feedback from members

At present Richard Kolarski is gathering information for a draftprivacy policy.

If you have any concerns or would like to discuss what thecommittee should do about the publication of members names,phone numbers, email addresses or photos, please contactRichard on 3341 7509.

Queensland Bushwalkers Club

2010 Photo Competition

The Queensland Bushwalkers Club Photo Competition is onagain. Entries of digital images only. Sorry, no more prints.

There are 3 categories:Pictorial: Photographs of any broad natural scene. Pictorialphotographs can include for example creeks, seascapes,waterfalls, mountains, rocky outcrops, and clouds

Nature: Photographs depicting flora or fauna, excludingdomestic animals. This category should also exclude evidenceof man. Examples of nature photographs are birds, animals,native flowers, forest, fungi, reptiles, insects etc

Club Character: Photographs showing one or more peopleparticipating in a bushwalking type of activity and can behumorous as well as serious.

5 entries allowed per category per member (limit of 15 in total).

Images must have been taken on a Queensland Bushwalkers

Club event since the November meeting 2009.Photos must be saved as a JPEG image file with nocompression. Make them the maximum resolution from yourcamera and they will be resized to suit viewing.

The images may be produced from a digital camera or ascanned image of a print or slide.

Photos must be submitted on a CD or DVD, or USB MemoryStick (named, which can be returned).

Please do not email your entries.

Each entry photo needs to be titled as follows:

Name_Title_Location_Category_Image Number.jpg

eg. Evelyn Campbell_MtNorman_GirraweenNP_Nature_1.jpg

Photos must be titled this way or the entries cannot be identified.

Hand your entries to Evelyn Campbell or post them to 36Oberon Street Morningside 4170 by the November Club meeting2010.

The winners will be announced at the Club Xmas Party.

Besides the winners in each category which will be decided by apanel of judges, there will also be the People's Choice award.

Any questions call Evelyn on 3395 8086 or 0434 985 371

New MembersTim Apelt Julie Harris

Glen Josephson Azra PotapovLance Rutherford Carmen Wieckhorst

Peter Victor

As at 27/7/2010 we have 42 financial members

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Past Walks

Daves Creek Upper Ballanjui Falls 6 June 2010

The Daves Ck circuit is by far the most popular of all the walksthat the Club puts on. It is noted for the changes in vegetationtypes: heath, coachwood and New England ash. The wonderfullookouts: Molongolee, Nunimbah and Surprise Rock. The walkis easy at about 12km with no elevation along a well upkepttrack. The detour to the Upper Ballanjui Falls added another6km.

Dave's Creek CrewWe had morning tea was at the Numinbah Lookout. In brightsunshine, the warmth added heat to our bodies which had astarting walk temperature of 6c and the day warming to 20c.From there we continued along the escarpment, capturing thebeauty of the Valley. Facing East, we came to Surprise Rock,where one can do a small scramble to the top and gain a broadview of the Gold Coast and the Hinze Dam. A real must on thiswalk.

To add to the splendour of the natural scenery and to lengthenthe walk, we visited the Upper Ballanjui falls where we hadlunch. The walk to the Falls is picturesque along the banks ofNixon Creek, passing the Nagarigoon Falls, Cascades and adrop in elevation of 300m to the top of the falls and views down

the Kurraragin Valley.With stops, the total walk took 6.5 hours.

As this walk was my second walk as a Leader, and with itssimplicity, I thought that there would be no cause for stress andworry. Basically this is a true statement until the human elementcomes into play. I kept thinking of John Brunotts words ofwisdom: What do you do if something goes wrong in the middleof the walk. To all you novice leaders, nothing did go wrong andI am now planning future walks. Bruce Stephens

Mt Cordeaux + Bare Rock 12 June 2010

Five cool souls met at "the Rat" (Aratula ) at 8am, then on up toCunningham's Gap for a very cold 5 deg start.

We set off without delay trying to warm up. Rounded first bendtoward west and into a chilling west wind.

Cordeaux Thaw Us

On arrival at Mt Cordeaux it was very pleasant to warm buttockson the toasty rock. Views were clear in the crisp air. Mt MitchellEast Peak, Spicer's Peak and Mt Greville were spectacular.

Then on to Bare Rock. On the rock isthmus behind Mt Cordeauxsome giant spear lilies were already emerging in multiple deepred flowers.

Why so early we wondered? More great views east and west.

Bare Rock was a bliss on the warm rock sheltered from the wind- superb views along the Ramparts and to Mt Castle.

Back at Cunninghams Gap it was a "warm" shady 9 deg at 2pm.

The coffee shop at Aratula was a hit with hot coffees, tarts, andgreat real burgers like we used to enjoy "long long ago".

North and Isolated Peak 13 June 2010

Leaving Brisbane at 5am is not easy but it does lead torewarding walking. In this case we were rewarded with lovelysunrise and morning views as we ascended North Ridge.

With Richard's trusty GPS, North Ridge was expertly located asevery ridge and every creek up to 400 m in altitude look alike inthis region. By 8 am we were ascending lovely granite like slabsand enjoying world class views that would be with us all day.

Going Up North Ridge

Reaching North Peak at about 10 am, morning tea was hadwith Wanda, the Richards and Ken finding a lovely sunnyposition overlooking Leaning Peak whilst the rest of us tried tokeep out of the exceptionally strong gusts that were very cold.

After a quick 5 minute visit to the summit for the views we beganour trek along Eagles Ridge with some of the best slab walking

and stunning scenery. Murray compared the views of this part ofBarney National Park with Tasmania's Western Arthurs and itwas hard to disagree.

The descent down Eagles Ridge was tricky in sections with Kenand Richard W finding an easier alternate route on the eastslabs of Eagles than I have used in the past. This should be keptin mind for future hikes along this route.

The saddle before Isolated Peak offers a quick descent but thegroup decision was to eat lunch on Isolated Peak and keep tothe original plan. Ascending Isolated from this side is not easy tofind but a new route was discovered that was fairly safe andeasy to follow.

After lunch, Isolated Peak was descended down the north ridge

until the saddle with Tom's Tum was met. An easy descentdown this saddle was discovered and followed and it only took90 minutes to arrive back at the cars.

This was a tremendous day walk with a very able group ofhikers. Well done to them and thanks needs to be given to allwho came for making the walk a great adventure. Dave

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North and Isolated Peak Alternate View 13 June 2010

I walk with another club but taking up the offer on your websiteof visitors welcome I decided to visit. I like different trips, onesthat have a little bit of exploration and a little challenging. Thesolo Mt Coot-tha full traverse is one of my more challenging tripsbut I dont advertise it as I am fairly modest about myachievements.

I contacted David to go on his North- Isolated Peak trip and heasked me to meet at Lower Portals carpark at 6.30AM Sundaymorning. Every body duly arrived and was introduced around asthey were gearing up.

North and Isolated Peak Walkers

Then something funny happened. David drew a line in the dirtacross the road and everybody started hammering in theirstarting blocks.

I thought to my self. UH,OH.

BANG. And we were away, as I yelled out. Hang on, I haven'tfinished my coffee yet.

They were not that far ahead as I could still see them, wefollowed the Portals track for a little way and then turned off togo cross country. I thought that's funny and questioned David

why were going cross-country when we could have followed thetrack a little further and then followed the forestry road backtowards North Ridge. HE duly replied that we can save 2min35secs by going cross country.

I thought to myself UH,OH.

It was a cool day with some wind at ground level. Walking crosscountry I was tiring at this pace and sweating profusely. We stillhad not started to climb.

As we climbed up North Ridge I could see the party up ahead inthe distance, I was thinking seriously off turning back when Inoticed them all sitting down so I persevered and eventuallycaught up looking forward to being able to get my breath.

Just as I was sitting down, David and party jumps up andexclaims that we just wasted 1min 11 secs by stopping and wehad better get going.

I thought to myself. UH,OH.

We wound our way up North Ridge and on to the rock. Pity I didnot have the energy to enjoy it. Eventually getting to the top ofNorth Peak at 10.10am. David announces that we are stayinghere till 10.30.

And to all you atheists. See, there is a God.

20 min of glorious rest. As a walker I am not useless, it is justthat the pace for my unfit body was relentless. At least it is downhill all the way now. I figured at the pace we were walking wecould have climbed East Peak, West Peak, down Savages andback to the cars for a late lunch.

And down we went, climbing down the rock slabs of North Peakwas great fun. Mainly due to the fact I am at home on rock andsome of the other walkers who raced up North Ridge werehaving difficulties. Revenge is sweet.

We arrived at the saddle before Isolated and were giving aoption as to which way we were going to go. At this stage you

could have hit me over the head with a cricket bat and it wouldhave no effect. I think some sadist suggested as seeing we hadcome this far we may as well climb to the top of Isolated Peak.Some other sadist called David the Soul Destroyer led off andwas trying to find a different route to the top via this overhangingcliff face.

I thought to my self. UH,OH.

What was wrong with the old route, it wasn't even worn out yet.

Eventually we reached the top of Isolated Peak and huntedaround for a lunch spot out of the freezing gale that the weather

forecast did not mention. We should have dragged the weatherforecaster with us and then he may take more care in hispredictions. Lunch at 1.15pm.

True to form David was started to fidget at 1.16 so we tied himto a tree until we were ready.

Unfortunately he broke free 14min later and we were off again,heading down the ridge to Toms Tum.

Isn't "Down" a lovely word. Doown or Dowwn. I could do Downsall day and not get bored, it is so relaxing. Where as " Up" whichis a sharp, abrupt word does not have the same appeal.

D-O-W-N. Think about it.

At the Toms Tum saddle we had another choice.

I thought OH, NO.

The trouble with David's choices is that we can choose betweenthe hard way or the impossible. Some choice.

We ended up going down the gully to the right down ainteresting loose scree slope. Note the use of the wordinteresting, that can convey many images. This brought us outon to the flat, open bush at 3.15pm and leaving us 2.5km ofopen bush back to the cars. Arriving at the Lower Portals carpark around 4pm.

Now I hope you don't take my little story too seriously and I mustthank all in the party for their patience and company andespecially David Haliczer for a wonderfully led trip andenthusiasm.

Queensland Bushies has a group of bushwalkers that they can

be proud of. Name not revealed due to embarrassment.

Bellbird Grove and Camp Mountain 19 June2010

Five of us set off on the short circuit walk along the Turrbal andGolden Bolder track to warm up before ascending CampMountain.

Camp Mountain Walkers

We re-discovered the gold rush days and walked pastabandoned gold diggings, some mine shafts and areconstructed miner's hut.

The recently erected signs on the historical walk were veryinformative about gold mining. The walk along the forestry road,mostly uphill to Camp Mountain was pleasant with tall eucalypts.The last 500m was a steeper gradient and we walked at aslower pace.

The Camp Mountain picnic area was an ideal spot for lunch. Weadmired the views from the lookouts overlooking the City in the

distance and Samford Valley.It was then downhill all the way back to the cars. A short drive toWalkabout Creek for refreshments beside the bird aviary wasenjoyed by all.

I would like to thank everyone for coming. Noelene

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