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December 2011: new link to great website with lots of photos
and track notes from the Greater Blue Mountains by club member
Peter Medbury - see our Track
info Links page
2 December 2011: Leaders, click here
to submit your SNW via our online form
16th
October 2011: Info from NSW Dept of Sport and Rec about accommodation
for clubs in Jindabyne.
See
the Accommodation section on our Useful Links page
17th
September
2011:
Doing the GNW? There's some accommodation available that you
may not know about. Check
the Accommodation page
26th
August
2011:
New BWRS contact on Leaders Walk Report form - Please cross
off Kaye if you've got some already printed
Checklist
for leaders - using
the forms and guidelines
See the page Notes For leaders
Need
information about particular walks?
Try
the Google newsgroups or walks information links on our
Useful links page
Tip for
the track
Remember to bring a sense of humour and adventure. Our leaders are volunteers so please remember to be patient and kind.
Click
here
for a print version including all these tips and more
New phone number on walk
report forms
The phone
number for the Bushwalkers Wilderness Rescue Squad has changed,
and for emergency
contact you now need to call
0427 455 897
Wait for the number to connect. It takes around 10 seconds
to do so as its rings through a few phone
diversions, so don’t hang up! The BWRS paging service
has been shut down.
If you
have walk report forms already printed out, change the number
at the bottom.
Transport
sharing costs
The formula
for helping drivers pay for petrol is currently 33 cents per
kilometre.
In practical
terms this means you divide the kilometres you have travelled
by 3 and then divide by the number of people in the car including
the driver. The resulting figure is the dollar rate each person
pays the driver.
This changes occasionally according to the price of petrol.
Walks
Report form:
You
can add your (optional) newsletter comments to the body of
your email if you're sending it to Ron electronically
Numbers
on walks
For safety
reasons the minimum number of participants for an official
Bush Club walk is four.
TRAVELLING
SECOND
A note to train travellers.
We have
a tradition of travelling in the second carriage on trains.
So look for people with hats and backpacks in Carriage 2 (unless
you have to travel in a particular carriage due to short platforms).
A
couple of tips
Snake
bandage
A
really good item for your first aid kit (for any walk in the
bush) is a Setopress compression bandage, for snake or spider
bites. It has markings on it which show you the exact amount
of tension to use on the bitten limb. Start at the end of
the limb and work upwards over the bite, as far as you can
- use two bandages if necessary. And keep the victim immobile.
DIY
Recipe for insect repellant Mix a few drops of Cedarwood and
Rosemary oils into a sorbolene cream. Rub a small amount of
the cream to face,, arms etc (ears even). Spread gently for
even cover. It
smells great to humans but keeps the bugs away.
Cds
available
The 70
Rivers book was a great success!
Did you
know that booklets were also produced for the Bush Club's
50th and 60th anniversaries?
These
have been scanned and are now available on the one CD for
$10 including postage.
Be amazed
at the places travelled to 20 years ago, and the 60 mountains
climbed 10 years ago.
