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QUEENSLAND Rochedale South

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Newsletter March 2001

Northbrook Gorge with its five swims provided a cool relief during the January heat.

Welcome First Aid Weekend

Welcome to our first edition for 2001. May this new century be the A weekend course in First Aid with a wilderness emphasis will be
start of many new and exciting walks for the Club and its growing run by the QAS at Boonah Hospital on June 16-17.
number of members. This Newsletter is also growing and will now It will be a fully registered course with a Senior First Aid certificate
stay as a 4 page edition. valid for three years. It includes CPR.
Club News Drive down to Boonah each day or stay the weekend.
New Management Committee Accommodation is available in the nearby National Parks,
Caravan Park or Hotel or camp in the Boonah Showground.
At the February meeting the AGM was held. The past committee
members presented their reports and a new committee was Cost at present is $100.00 per person. Limited places available.
First come, first served. $10 deposit will secure your place.
elected. Thanks to the past committee for all the hard work they
put in and best wishes to the new. See Richard Kolarski or ring 3341 7509 for more information.
The new committee members are: ___________________________________________________
Secretary Wanda Lawson 3300 9341 (H) New Members
Treasurer Patricia Kolarski 3341 7509(H)
Welcome to the following new members.
Outings Secretary Ken Fraser 3852 1607(H)
Membership Officer Ken Walters 3344 1927 (H) Ruth Bonnet Lia Johnston
Social Secretary Barbara Makepeace 3245 2186 (H) Alex Byram Judith Jones
Training Officer Steve Moyle 3800 3963 (H)
Editor Richard Kolarski 3341 7509(H) Stephen Darday Greg Jones
New Meeting Place Trevor Davern Harvey Kramer
Just a reminder that our meetings on the first Tuesday of each Esther Dobbyn Barbara Makepeace
month are now held at the East Brisbane State School, corner of Dianne Ferguson Paul Makepeace
Stanley Street and Wellington Road. Meetings start at 7:30pm. Desley Forrest Michael Menzel
Entry to the car park inside the school grounds is off Wellington
Road. Please check your street directory, as there are a number Manjit Gosal Denise Rivers
of one-way streets in the area. Jenny Gwyer Anne Saunders
General Meeting Talks Pamela Hartfield Katherine Smart
April 3rd Kevin Casey author of Australian Bush Survival Ted Hartfield Danny Strong
Skills: A Complete Guide to Surviving in the Wild will give a talk
on Bush Survival Skills. Come along and improve your skills. Mark Harvey Mary Tucker

May 1st Slide show by Ray Baker of Back Track Steve Hill Eveline Wilmen
Expeditions on Trekking in Nepal. Judy Hoch Lorraine Woodford
June 5th Slide show of past QBW walks. May Isaac
Membership Fees
Membership fees are now payable, $20 for the year 2001. This Total number of members 88
will be your last Newsletter if fees are not payed. Newsletter Deadline
First Aid Certificate Reimbursement The deadline for articles for the next newsletter is 22/5/2001.
At the Committee Meeting on 27/2/2001, it was decided that any Articles accepted if clearly handwritten or typed, but preferably by
Club member who does a First Aid Course will be reimbursed floppy disc or emailed to qldbwc@yahoo.com
30% of the course provided that the member has led or will lead a
walk for the Club this Club year.

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 Special Coming Events
Blue Mountains Extended Trip
This Easter the Club is planning a trip to the Blue Mountains,
about 100km west of Sydney. Con Vink, our ‘Sydney
representative’, has carried out many pre-outings to work out the
best places to stay, and a variety of walks to the best locations.
Here is Con’s description of what is on offer…
The Blue Mountains National Park is a fascinating area of great
scenic beauty with a smorgasbord of walks and views. In
November last year it was proclaimed a World Heritage Area, a
tribute to its great beauty and its unique qualities so close to a
major city.
Those who went on last year’s trip to the Snowy Mountains will
tell you it was a lot of fun, and this trip should be too. I’ve
prepared some tips and walks, which I will summarise for you.
Further information can be obtained by emailing me on
cvink@robertbird.com.au. If you don’t have email facilities, pass
the message through Richard Kolarski (3341 7509).
Accommodation
I have checked the three caravan parks in the Blue Mountains, at
Katoomba, Leura and Blackheath. I recommend the Blackheath
Caravan Park, 12km from Katoomba. It is small, located in a quiet
area, well away from traffic (a problem at Leura) and crowds (a
problem at Katoomba). Sites are $8 per head per night, for a
group of 8 (maybe $9 - $10 for lesser numbers). Please let me
know as soon as possible if you plan to come, so that I can make
the booking before the sites are taken. Also let me know if you
plan to extend your stay.
Travel
Options are road, rail and air. By road, you can enter Sydney
from the north and take the M2 (Epping Road) to meet the Great
Western Highway (M4). (The toll on the M2 is $3.30 per car.)
Alternatively, you can drive via Dubbo and Bathurst to the Blue
Mountains and avoid Sydney altogether.
Flights are still cheap, but early bookings are advisable. If you
travel by air, you will need to still get to the Blue Mountains by
other means – road or rail.
I can take three persons by car with me, with an overnight stay at
my place if necessary.
There is a regular and cheap train service from Sydney to the
Blue Mountains. It is about a 500m walk from Blackheath station
to the caravan park.
The Walks
I have planned four walks – two full-day leg-extenders, and two
shorter scenic walks. Most walks are loop circuits so that you
don’t retrace your steps on the way back.
Friday 13 April: Shorter walk from Echo Point at Katoomba, down
the Giant Staircase past the Three Sisters, along Federal Pass to
Leura Forest, Marguerite Cascades, Linda Falls, Leura Falls,
Bridal Veil Falls, Leura Cascades and return via Prince Henry
Cliff Walk with its many lookouts. If time and energy permits, the
walk may be extended to Gordon Falls. There are some
spectacular lookouts on this extra portion.
Saturday 14 April: Full day walk from Evans Lookout Road
parking area, to the caravan park where we are staying, via
Neates Glen, Beauchamp Falls, Junction Rock, Trinity Falls,
Bridal Veil Falls (there are two falls with the same name in the
park) and Govetts Leap. If you wish, we can also divert to the
spectacular Pulpit Rock (1.5 hours return). When we reach the
caravan park, one car will take drivers to collect the cars left
parked at the start of the walk.
Sunday 15 April: Shorter walk from Wentworth Falls picnic area to
Wentworth Falls, Rocket Point, National Pass Circuit to Valley of
the Waters with its many waterfalls, up to Conservation Hut and
return via the Overcliff Walk and Den Fenella. This may be
extended by a side trip to Edinburgh Castle via Lilians Glen and
the pretty Asmodeus Pool.
Monday 16 April: Full day walk down Furber’s Steps near the
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Scenic Railway, past Juliet’s Balcony, Vera’s Grotto, Katoomba
Falls and the coal mines, scrambling across a spectacular
landslide, past Narrowneck Ridge to Ruined Castle and Mt
Solitary. Return past Ruined Castle to the Golden Stairs up onto
Narrow Neck Plateau and return via Cliff Drive to our starting
point. The return walk is partly along a dirt road, but to
compensate for this there are great views on both sides, as
Narrowneck separates two valleys.
On most of these walks, there are “shortcuts” that may be taken
by those who do not feel up to walking the full distance, and
“extras” for those who like a challenge. In particular, on the
Monday walk there is a lovely scramble to the top of Ruined
Castle for those with a reasonable head for heights.
I have carried out pre-outings for almost all these walks in
sections, and will be doing a “test run” for the full walks when it
gets a little cooler.
For our Catholic members, the shorter walks may be arranged to
allow for attendance at Mass on Easter Sunday morning and also
possibly the service in the afternoon on Good Friday.
Please let me know as soon as possible if you plan to come. The
earlier I can make bookings, the less likelihood that we will miss
out on limited camping spots.
Cania Gorge Extended Trip
4th to 11th August
Ring Steve (3800 3963) for more information.
Budawangs and Warrumbungles
September School Holidays 22 Sept to 7 Oct
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.
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Annual Reports
Treasurer’s Report
Profit and Loss statement for year ending 31 January 2000
Income
Opening Balance $ 245.85
Membership Subscriptions $ 1368.00
Visitors Fees $ 225.00
Donations $ 15.00
Total $ 1853.85
Expenditure
Stationery/postage $ 228.05
Bank Charges $ 46.50
Insurance $ 200.00
Hall Hire $ 240.00
Total $ 714.55
Surplus $ 1139.30
Patricia Kolarski
Outings Secretary’s Report
This past year has seen the club grow from 35 members to
around 100 members. I believe there are a few reasons for this
dramatic increase, one of those being the hard work and
diligence of steering committee. I would like to take this
opportunity to thank my fellow committee members for their
support through the year.
Another reason I believe is the diversity and quality of walks that
have been presented into the Club calendar during the past year.
We have seen many new areas and enjoyed the beautiful scenic
views and I believe that this will continue this year.
Lastly and not the least reason is the friendly nature, team work
and help our members have shown to our visitors and
newcomers to the field of bushwalking. All this has given the club
a very good reputation. It has been labelled as one of the more
active clubs in the Federation.
My sincere thanks to Ed for his help during the year as my fellow
Outings Secretary.
56 walks successfully went out during the year, 3 additional walks
were cancelled due to bad weather, bush fires etc. On top of
these there has been over a dozen pre-outings done by leaders
to ensure the walks did go out.
Without the leaders these walks would not have been possible. I
would like to thank all those members who took on the job of
leading the walks, for the research they did and the help they
gave to others to get the pre-outings done.
Let’s not forget our ‘tail end Charlies”. Without them we could
have lost a few members. Everyone did a great job. A special
mention to Richard and Patricia who led 19 of these 56 walks
between them.
The Club was also selected to be a host to the Pilgrimage, and
although the fire ban caused chaos to this event, a great deal of
hard work went into it and it became a good success. The fire ban
caused chaos to our own calendar, but this did not stop us
walking, thanks to modern communications (e-mail) we just went
to different areas.
Lastly, I would thank you all for the suggestions given to build our
calendar. My sincere thanks to Ed Thistlethwaite in helping me
carry out the task and may I wish you mall a very happy new year
of walking.
Barry Ellerington
Membership Officer’s Report
Our membership at the end of January 2001 is exactly 100.
Twelve months ago we had 46 members. Since then 32 members
have remained and 68 new members have joined.
Out of the 100 members, 64 are Ordinary Members and 36 are
Probationary. (Ordinary Members are members who have either
been in the Club for more than 6 months, have done 3 walks or
more, or were members of another bushwalking club previously.)
During the past year information has been sent to over 250
people making enquiries about the club.
I would like to thank Barry, Ed and Suzanne for filling in as the
contact person for the Club while I’ve been away.
Richard Kolarski
Newsletter Report
The Newsletter was produced 4 times last year, coming out in
early March, June, September and December. It has been
distributed to all members soon after, and to people who enquire
about our Club. The position of Editor was taken up by Sandra
Rice in the second half of last year.
The focus of the Newsletter has been to be interesting,
informative and entertaining. Photos and graphics have been
included as much as possible. The quality has improved since
changing over to a newer printer.
Thanks to all the people who have contributed articles, photos
and ideas for the Newsletter with a special thanks to Lynn who
has helped in the production.
Richard Kolarski
Social Secretary’s Report
During the year we had a mixture of social gatherings where
various cofffee clubs were visited. For the coffee nights we visited
“The Three Monkeys”, Mt Coot-tha, Stones Corner Coffee Club,
New Farm Coffee Club and Kedron.
During February we had a Fish and Chip night at the Pelican Nest
at Wynnum and a similar night at Morgans in Scarborough. A
Pizza Night was enjoyed during July and a visit to Crushers
League Club for a scrumptious dinner during April. The Christmas
Party was once again held at the Mt Barney Lodge and was well
attended.
Thank you to all who came along to make these events a
success. Best wishes
Janet Ellerington and Cathy Thistlethwaite
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Past Walks
Walk: Daves Creek Circuit Date: 7.01.01
Leader: Catherine Thistlethwaite.
There were 21 people on this popular walk. It was a glorious day
for we had escaped Brisbane City's heat. We started at the
carpark and entered a rainforest passing many fig trees, lianas
and epiphytes along with lichens, mosses and climbing plants. A
very diversified place indeed. There was a dramatic change in
vegetation from "Rainforest to Tall Open Forest".
There were great views of Woggunba Valley, Springbrook
Plateau and the eroded caldera of the Tweed Shield Volcano.
The heath community was plentiful with bottle brush, banksias,
she-oak, wattle and hakea.
We found a lovely cave in which to have a spell and share
goodies. Then on to Numinbah Lookout with a spectacular view
of the valley.
Surprise Rock impressed many who decided to climb down a tree
supported only by a rock.
We then walked to Nagarigoon Falls where we had lunch and
experienced the coolness of our surrounds. Many happy little
vegemites made it back to the carpark where we all had coffee
before our trip home. Thanks to all who joined me on this walk.
Catherine Thistlethwaite.
Walk: Northbrook Gorge Date: 13.01.01
Leader: Bill Butler
Northbrook Gorge is a hidden treasure in Brisbane Forest Park
and definitely well worth the effort.
22 walkers set out from Maiala Picnic Area for the top of
Northbrook Mountain. From a number of rocky outcrops along the
ridge we had views to Wivenhoe Dam. There were also quite a
few orchids in flower along the way.
After lunch we had to negotiate a long downhill section to reach
Northbrook Creek which we followed downstream until we
reached the gorge. From here we had to swim and rock hop
through the gorge. The swim was very refreshing after a long hot
day. A 3km walk along the creek put us back with the cars and
the end of an excellent walk. Barbara
Walk: Border Ranges Date: 26-28.01.01
Leader: Ed Thistlethwaite
Four people made their way firstly to the Big Mac at Beaudesert
to regroup and continue to Forest Tops via the Lions Road at
approximately 4:00pm. In clear weather the tents were set up and
in the cool a pleasant night’s sleep was obtained.
Fridays walk was Brindle Creek to the Antarctic Beech area past
the beautiful Selva Falls. Paul and Barbara arrived just prior to
our start of that walk. After lunch at the Antarctic Beech area we
proceeded along the circuit which gives a tremendous view of the
Mt Warning caldera. From there we could also see the
spectacular Pinnacle. Most were very impressed if not awe-
inspired.
Saturday found us clambering out to the Pinnacle which gives a
birds-eye view of the caldera. Saturday night’s menu was iron pot
casserole and Barbara’s beaut big hot scones followed by billy
tea.
Sunday’s walk was from Forest Tops to Sheepstation Creek with
a swim at the end. A minor car shuttle with thanks to Paul
facilitated this walk. Ed Thistlethwaite
 Past Walks (Contd)
Walk: Illinbah Circuit Date: 28.01.01
Leader: John Brunott
Twelve fresh walkers left the heat of Brisbane behind and met at
Canungra at 7.30am. Steve Moyle thankfully was co-leading the
walk with me. Steve led a quick pace down the steps cut out of
stone to the Gwongoorool Pool track.
After that quick pace it was down hill for approx. 8kms past small
cliffs and across several small rock gullies to reach Coomera
River for morning tea. We found out Steve brews a nice cuppa,
with even sugar and milk.
It was at this stage that we had a discussion on how to cross the
12 creek crossing. Head up, eyes up, walk slow and feel the
rocks with your shoes. Steve went off with 11 walkers to tackle
the 1st creek crossing with disastrous results for Lynn. She
decided to swim half way across, that certainly is one tough lady.
We then headed off into the Illinbah clearing, a section containing
lantana and regrowth forest. The creek crossings now become
easy, however we now have to have a break to pick off the
leeches from our legs and shoes (the group became professional
leech pickers by the end of the walk).
For lunch, Steve decided to stop at the last creek crossing for
water and rest because the next 3kms of the walk was all zigzags
and uphill and had 180 steps. The walk to the car park included a
de-leeching and a phantom flasher. I will say no more, but it was
nice walking in the thunderstorm and rain.
Finally, it was great to see Fran and daughter Jodie walking
together, and Christine and Andrew who are great friends from
way back.
Thanks also to Steve, Gary, Lynn, John, Steven, Ruth and Gary
for driving me home safely. John.
Walk: Kinnanes Falls Date: 11.02.01
Leader: Steve Moyle
This is a very easy walk and is the ideal introduction to walking in
the bush for beginners wishing to experience the thrill of
bushwalking.
21 of us turned up for the walk which is an excellent number of
people.
All of us appeared to enjoy the walk and the views from the top
of the mountain were quite good. The water was actually flowing
over the falls which made it all the more enjoyable.
We walked up the hill to where the verandah is situated and split
into two groups. One half ventured around the verandah which is
a narrow ledge that traverses around the cliff face about 300
meters up and about 25 meters below the top of the cliff face.
This ledge continues for approximately 200 meters before it
comes out to the top of the cliff.
We waited here for the rest of the group that went up and over
the top with Ken. Thanks Ken for assisting.
From here we continued on and viewed the water flowing over
the falls. We then continued our walk and came down the other
side of the mountain where we had our lunch and after lunch we
made our way back to the cars and headed back to MacDonalds
at Beaudesert for a cup of coffee and a chat.
I wish to thank everyone who came on the walk.
Regards Steve
Walk: Boghaban Falls Date: 18.02.01
Leader: Richard Kolarski
Dark rain clouds greeted 15 members as they drove to Binna
Bura for this creek walk. Undeterred we set off on a muddy track
along the Shipstern Track. Slight rain drizzled down but hardly
reached us through the thick rainforest canopy. We had morning
tea at Lower Ballanjui Falls which were fuller than I had ever seen
them.
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A little further down Nixon Creek we began the rock hop to
Boghaban Falls. The going was slow as the rocks were wet and
slippery. Eveline had a mishap and hurt her side, but was able to
continue.
Finally we reached the falls and began lunch. A fine mist of rain
fell and this encouraged us to move on quickly. We began a
steep ascent of about 200 metres up a ridge and ended up on the
Lower Bell Bird Circuit. From here it was a straightforward walk to
the cars for a change of clothes and a final de-leeching.
Thanks to all who came on this walk which has not been done by
the Club before. Richard
Recipes
Camp Oven Scones
2 cups SR flour
2x20ml spoons butter
1 egg
1 cup milk
Place flour in large bowl. Cut butter in small pieces and add to
flour. Rub butter into flour using fingertips. Add egg and milk to
flour mixture and stir quickly to just combine ingredients. Use
extra flour to knead dough lightly. Place handfuls of mixture into a
greased camp oven. Place lid on camp oven.
Place a shovel full of hot coals from the fire to a smooth clear
area away from main fire. Place camp oven on top of coals. Place
more hot coals on lid of camp oven. Remove lid and check after
15 minutes. Vary quantity of coals on top and below camp oven
to get even cooking of the scones.
Thai Beef Salad
500g slice rump steak (chicken breast can be used as well)
Dressing
juice of 2 limes
3 tbspn fish sauce
1 chilli, seeded and chopped (leave seeds in for a hotter taste)
1 clove garlic, chopped
1 tbspn kaffir lime leaves, finely sliced (leave this out if you can't
get fresh leaves)
1 tbspn mint leaves, chopped
1 piece lemon grass, finely sliced
1 tbspn Coriander leaves(optional)
Salad ingredients eg. lettuce, cabbage, green beans, green
capsicum, sprouts, etc
To make dressing mix all ingredients in a small bowl. Dust steak
with salt and pepper. Cook on hot BBQ grill, turning once, till
cooked. On large platter place chopped salad ingredients. Slice
steak into finger width strips and layer on top of salad. Pour
dressing over salad and steak.
Bon appetit! Barbara