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Brisbane Catholic Bushwalking Club Inc
e-mail: briscathbushclub@yahoo.com.au
For General Enquiries, Phone Greg on Ph:
(07) 3351 4092
For Specific Information About Events,
Phone The Nominated Leader
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or visitor, undertake all activities of the Club at their own risk.
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TRIPS still leave from St
Brigid's car park at
7th
AUGUST, SUNDAY
LEADERS, POTENTIAL LEADERS And WALKERS NEW AND OLD
TRAINING MORNING
Contact: Greg Ph: 3351 4092
Meet at: Picnic Shelter at the very end of the road, JC Slaughter Park, Mt Coot-tha.
Time: 9.00am.
Cost: Free.
Location: Near where Birdwood Tce joins Sir Samuel Griffiths Dr.
This is a Training Day for all. It is not just for Leaders or the newer walkers to the Club. If you are a new to leading a walk, come along. If you want to lead a walk, come along. If you come on walks, it is for you too.
I will go through the procedures of walk preparation, what a leader should know, what members should bring on a walk, and go for a simple walk up the creek showing you how to find a track though it.
Ring to let me know to expect you.
26th
JANUARY, THURSDAY
BLUE POOL
DAY WALK
Contact: Phil Ph: 5522 9702
Meet at: St Brigid's, Red Hill.
Time: 7.30am.
Cost: $18.
Grade: M33.
Distance: 13.9kms.
Location: O'Reilly's.
Web: http://www.lamingtonnationalpark.net.au/Documents/Scene/Blue.htm
Emergency Officer: Susan 5522 9702.
Join me on an easy graded track walk at O?Reilly?s to celebrate Australia Day - the West Canungra Creek Circuit trip. It is an easy 14km trip through lush green rainforest. The first stop will be at Picnic Rock. We then head down to Elabana Falls, then follow the track beside Canugra Creek to Blue Pool for an optional swim. We have lunch here then return to the cars at O?Reilly?s. this is an uphill walk at the end of the day.
I have attempted to do this trip 3 times in the last 2 years. The first 2 got called off due to flooding rain (February and October 2010). The third time (March 2011) we started the walk but one of our group had a stumble and needed to take the short cut back to the car. So several of us headed back up the Box Forest Circuit and I missed out on Blue Pool. So hopefully this time I will get there for the first time in about 20 years.
There are 3 reasons for this trip.
- an easy summer trip in the shade.
- a reminder of the Club?s history - the Club?s first official trip was a trip to O?Reilly?s on the Australia Day weekend in 1958.
- It is an Olympic Year and to get into the swim, so to speak, we are having the inaugural Blue Pool Dash - a swim across Blue Pool. There will be men?s and women?s races and perhaps a race for over 50?s and we will probably need a race for the over 60?s as well. Gold Medals will be presented to the winners of each race. (there will be no medals for synchronized swimming).
Please feel free to wear the Flag on our National Day and you are invited to bring some Australian cuisine to share e.g. Lamingtons.
26th
JANUARY, THURSDAY to 29thJANUARY, SUNDAY
BOONOO BOONOO
BASE CAMP
Contact: Justin Ph: 3366 3193
Meet at: St Brigid's, Red Hill.
Time: 5.00am.
Cost: $155.
Grade: M44.
Location: On the Qld/NSW Border, near Stanthorpe.
Web: http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/NationalParks/parkHome.aspx?id=N0056
Emergency Officer: Susan 3366 3193.
Take Friday off and join us in the Granite wilderness area of Northern NSW. The base camp is in bunkhouse accommodation near Bald Rock, from here well spend the next four days exploring the falls.
Thursday we will drive down to Undercliffe Falls via Stanthorpe & Amosfield and hopefully, after checking out the Falls, walk part of Bookookoorara Creek before heading over to camp for our Australia Day BBQ.
Friday we?ll visit Boonoo-Boonoo Falls and walk, swim to the crossing if we have someone to pick us up or return the same way.
Saturday we?ll drive to the crossing and head downstream through the Gorge and lower reaches of Boonoo Boonoo.
Sunday a visit to Basket Swamp Falls before heading home via Tenterfield.
There should be plenty of water in the Falls so come and join me in the Granite Creeks of Northern New South Wales. If you can?t get Friday off come down Friday Night after work and still have two days of great walking.
4th
FEBRUARY, SATURDAY
TOOLOONA CREEK CIRCUIT
DAY WALK
Contact: Liz Ph: 3356 4874
Meet at: St Brigid's, Red Hill.
Time: 7.00am.
Cost: $20.
Grade: L34.
Location: O’Reilly’s Resort in Lamington National Park.
Web: http://www.queenslandholidays.com.au/things-to-see-and-do/tooloona-creek-circuit/index.cfm
Emergency Officer: Michele 3351 4902.
This is a long, 18.5km walk but is entirely graded track and, as the name suggest, a circuit.
We will begin on the Border Track and then take the Elabana Falls Track on the left to Picnic Rock. 200m after that we will take the Tooloona Creek Track on the right. This track rises 360 metres and passes several waterfalls before looping back to join the Border Track at the Wanungra Lookout, a possible lunch spot which overlooks the Limpinwood Valley and Murwillumbah. Mt Warning is a prominent landmark from this lookout. It is also possible to make out Pt. Lookout to the north.
We will also include both Toolona and Bithongabel Lookouts as we return to O’Reilly’s via the Border Track, a downhill trek.
Some impressive Antarctic Beech forest can be seen along this walk. Also, above Tooloona Falls, Helmholtzia lillies grow abundantly in the creek beds. In many pools we may catch a glimpse of the Lamington Spiny Crayfish.
10th
FEBRUARY, FRIDAY
TERRY’S NOUGHTIE BIRTHDAY
SOCIAL
Contact: Justin, Susan or Mary Ph: 3366 3193
Time: 6.30pm.
Where: 2 Samford Rd Alderley, cnr Elgin St.
Web: http://www.alderleyhotel.com.au/
Terry the Keeper of The Books, Manager of the Money and driver of the Blue Datsun is turning ??? It’s one of those noughties.
Come and help him celebrate at the Alderley Arms. The more the merrier.
Make it a fun night as we tell our Terry stories and remember the good times. Bring your photos and stories.
Contact the Tobin’s to book your place.
11th
FEBRUARY, SATURDAY
SUMMER CREEK
DAY WALK
Contact: Justin Ph: 3366 3193
Meet at: St Brigid's, Red Hill.
Time: 7.00am.
Cost: $20.
Grade: L55.
Location: Sunshine Coast Hinterland, west of Maleny.
Web: http://www.derm.qld.gov.au/parks/imbil/pdf/imbil-conondale-map.pdf
Emergency Officer: Susan 3366 3193.
Summer Creek in Summer. Water, water and more water.
Summer Creek is a fantastic creek in the Conondale’s. We’ll head down the creek with its swimming holes, rock pools and cascades, check out the falls, hopefully they are still flowing. It’s an incredible piece of rock anyway.
There is a lot of exploring to be done so join me for an interesting day in the Sunshine Coast hinterland.
17th
FEBRUARY, FRIDAY
JOHN TOOHEY SOCIETY MEETING
MERTHYR BOWLS CLUB
Contact: Phil Ph: 5522 9702
Time: From 4pm till 10ish.
Where: 60 Oxlade Drive New Farm (250m from Brunswick St, just before Turner Ave.)
What for: For a chat, a beer and a meal.
Web: http://www.merthyrbowlsclub.com.au/
Emergency Officer: Greg Ph: 0418 122 995.
We have been to the Merthyr Bowls Club for Coffee Nights before but never a JTS. It is also a great idea to catch a CityCat down to New Farm and then enjoy a beverage or two.
Sit outside under the umbrellas on the River Bank – February still has those balmy summer nights: sit in the river breeze amongst friends, watch the traffic on the River sail past, listen to the birds as they go to bed on dusk, view the youthful joggers as they bounce up & down on the bike track next door, peer at the bare bowlers on the green. (Ed Note: should be Barefoot Bowlers) Oh, the enjoyment of eating outdoors in SE Qld. And not too far from civilisation. Or transport. Or parking. Or the inner City.
Bring along your stories of dinners past, photos of trips past, memories of holidays past. Talk about trips future, holidays coming, photos to be taken. But do not mention ze verk.
Remember, Bare Foot Bowls is on from 3pm to 5pm – so wear your whites if you want a go.
Transport details: Bus: the 196 Buz from The City which stops at the front gate of the club (Every 10 minutes.) Central Adelaide Street Stop 25, far side of Edward St (In front of the old State Government Buildings next to ANZAC Sq).
CITY CAT: Stop at the New Farm Terminal and walk 300m along Oxlade Drive. (Every 7 minutes.)
OR: stop at the Sydney St Terminal and walk along the River Walk about 1km to the club
TRAIN: Catch a train to Central Station, then transfer to Buz 196 Central Adelaide Street Stop 25, far side of Edward St (In front of the old State Government Buildings next to ANZAC Sq).
The question is: if it is a bowls club, do we have to bring our own bowls or do they provide them with the food?.
20th FEBRUARY, MONDAY
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING & MONTHLY
MEETING
Contact: Desley Ph: 3369 5530
Time: 7.30pm – Doors open & meeting starts soon after
Where: St Michael’s Parish Hall, 250 Banks St, Dorrington (in the lower carpark behind the church. Drive down ramp on left.)
We need a quorum for the AGM to be held. A quorum is 11 members – so come along and help make up the quorum and ensure that the AGM can proceed.
The business conducted will include:
• Receive the Committee’s Report,
• Receive the Statement of Income & Expenditure, Assets & Liabilities, for the year 2011,
• Receive the Auditor’s Report,
• Election of Committee for 2012,
• The appointment of the 2012 Auditor,
• Voting of Honorary Members,
• Other business relating to the annual running of the Club
All persons are welcome to attend – Do NOT be put off – you are getting 2 meetings for the price of one.
Members should attend to carry out their democratic right of questioning, in a civilised and polite manner, the outgoing committee about the running of the Club during 2011, and to vote in the new committee. It works better if we have more than the usual number of members present.
As soon as the AGM is completed, the normal February Monthly Meeting will commence under the command of the new committee.
Visitors will find it a bit slow, but will see the Club in operation. Also, the regular monthly meeting is on afterwards, so Visitors can ask leaders about their coming trips.
See you all there.
25th
FEBRUARY, SATURDAY
BYRON BAY
DAY WALK
Contact: Phil Ph: 5522 9702
Meet at: St Brigid's, Red Hill.
Time: 7.30am.
Cost: $20.
Grade: M22.
Location: The most easterly point on the Australian Mainland.
Web: http://www.byronbaydirectory.com.au/blog/map-of-byron-bay-headland-and-lighthouse-walk
Emergency Officer: Susan 5522 9702.
The trip has been changed to a day walk due to high cost of camping in the Bay area plus, with the improved roads, and according to the RACQ trip planner, Byron Bay is 167km from Brisbane and it should take about 1hr 45 mins drive to get there.
We will arrive around 9.30am. The first issue will be to find a car park where we don’t have to pay. The walk will be out to Cape Byron - about 10km in distance. We walk along the beach until we get past Clark’s Beach then head up across the bush towards Tallows Beach and then up to the Lighthouse.
The party will have an early lunch near the Lighthouse and enjoy the view. Then we come down the paved footpath that follows the spine of the ridgeline down to the Wategos Beach. There are outstanding views from the Lighthouse and also as we come down the ridgeline. Now make a quick detour to look at the viewing platform overlooking “The Pass”, a famous surfing spot. There should be time for a quick swim along here. Walk back along the beach to the cars. You can pack light for this trip – water, lunch, a rain jacket and sunscreen. It is a very easy walk but there is a small hill and some steps and we will be walking along some wobbly rocks along the edge of the beach. The tides for the day are
Description Time Height
High Tide 9.10 am 1.40 m
Low Tide 3.18 pm 0.33 m.
There should be plenty of time to do the “extras” part of the trip. A short drive down to Broken Head where we will do a quick walk out along the ‘Two Sisters Walking Track’ - where we do the walk around the headlands to a few secluded beaches.
So say goodbye to summer with a visit to Byron Bay. Only away for a day but it will seem like a week.
2nd
MARCH, FRIDAY
THE COURTYARD
JAMES BOAG SOCIETY GATHERING
Contact: Liz Ph: 3356 4874
When: 4pm onwards including after work.
Bring: Beer, wine, champagne, soft drink, juice etc, photos, conversation, companionship, smiles.
Cost: $2 per pizza slice; (nibblies, coffee, etc. provided.)
Web: http://www.boags.com.au/#/history/
This meeting is entirely BYO for all cold liquids. Fortunately, there is a bottle shop across the road. Refrigeration will be provided, along with some snacks to eat. A variety of pizzas will be ordered at $2 per slice or $8 for half a pizza. Try to bring some coins for this. Nibblies will be provided along with tea and coffee.
The Courtyard is a pleasant garden setting in downtown Newmarket. It is quiet and not at all crowded. There are enough seats for all. Ample parking and convenient public transport (both train and bus) are available. Public transport can be checked at www.translink.com.au. For those travelling home alone, the bus stop is located in a busy, well lit place.
The company is always convivial. The gathering is a delightful way to wind down at the end of a working week. It won’t be a late night. We usually wind up about 8pm.
WARNING: All persons, adult or child, member or visitor, undertakes all activities of the Club at their own risk.
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D/W |
Day
Walk |
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½ D/W |
Half
Day Walk |
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O/N |
Over
Nighter |
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B/C |
Base
Camp |
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T/W |
Through
Walk |
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C/W |
City
Walk |
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|
Training |
|
S&T |
Safety
& Training |
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FMR |
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Social/Social
Walk |
|
Distance |
Terrain |
Fitness/Endurance |
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Short
Under 10km per day |
1
- Smooth reasonably flat path |
1 -
Basic - Suitable for beginners. Up to 4 hours walking. Flat |
|
|
2
- Graded path/track with minor obstacles |
2 -
Basic - Suitable for beginners. Up to 4 hours walking. Minor Hills |
|
Medium 10-15km per day |
3
- Graded track with obstacles such as rock, roots, fallen debris or creek
crossings |
3 - Easy
- Suitable for beginners. Up to 5 hours walking. Undulating terrain |
|
|
4
- Rough unformed track or open terrain with obstacles such as rock, roots,
fallen debris or creek crossings |
4 - Easy
- Suitable for beginners. Up to 5 hours walking. Up to 300m gain/loss per day |
|
Long 15-20 km per day |
5
- Rough or rocky terrain with small climbs using hands or rock hopping |
5 -
Moderate - Up to 6 hours walking. Up to 450m gain/loss per day. Agility
required |
|
|
6
- Steep, rough or rocky terrain with large climbs using hands or rock hopping |
6 -
Moderate - Up to 6 hours walking. Up to 600m gain/loss per day. Agility
required |
|
Extra Long Over 20 km per day |
7
- Climb/descend steep rock using hands or footholds. May be some exposure.
Good upper body strength |
7 -
High - Up to 8 hours walking. Up to 750m gain/loss per day. High fitness.
Endurance and agility required |
|
|
8
- Climb/descend near vertical rock with exposure. Climbing skills may be
required |
8 -
High - Up to 8 hours walking. Up to 1000m gain/loss per day. High fitness.
Endurance and agility required |
|
|
9
- Sustained climbing or descending of vertical or near vertical rock with
exposure. Advanced climbing skills required. Good upper body strength |
9 -
Challenging - Up to 12 hours walking. Over 1000m gain/loss per day. Very high
fitness. Endurance and agility required |
Example:
M48 is a medium walk
10 to 15kms long, over unformed rough ground with obstacles, in which the trip
is hard or strenuous for fit walkers requiring agility and endurance.
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Important Notice Below.
RELEASE,
WAIVER & INDEMNIFICATION
All persons, adult or child, member or
visitor, undertake all activities of the Association at their own risk.
I the undersigned, hereby take action for
myself, my executors, administrators, heirs, next of kin, successors and
assigns as follows.
I waiver, release, discharge, indemnify and
hold harmless the following from any and all liability, responsibility and
claims, for my death, disability, personal injury, property damage, property
theft or actions of any kind which may hereafter result from my participation
in any activity of the Brisbane Catholic Bushwalking Club Inc.
The Brisbane Catholic Bushwalking Club Inc.
The Management Committee of the Brisbane Catholic Bushwalking Club
Inc.
The leader of any activity of the Brisbane Catholic Bushwalking
Club Inc.
All members of the Brisbane Catholic Bushwalking Club Inc.
I acknowledge that activities of the
Brisbane Catholic Bushwalking Club Inc. carry with them the potential for
death, serious injury and property loss.
I hereby assume any and all risks
associated with participating in any activity of the Brisbane Catholic
Bushwalking Club Inc.
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