Useful Links

Sydney Transport
Cityrail Train timetables
Cityrail trackwork
Countrylink homepage
Sydney Bus timetables
North Shore Shorelink bus timetables
Ferry timetables

Tide Tables

Weather
BOM home page
Sydney radar map
Sydney forecasts
Weather in Katoomba - current and over the last year

NPWS Fire and track closures

Total fire ban information (pdf 170kb)

Aerial imagery from the DPI

Google bushwalking newsgroup

Bushwalkers radio station. (no link) FM 88.5 2RRR. The bushwalking segment is on every Saturday between 2 and 3 pm.

How to reduce photos for emailing

Websites, track notes, photos from various bushwalks and parks

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Accommodation deals for clubs

Great North Walk, Jindabyne, Kiandra, New Zealand

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Packwalk gear and related issues

Dehydration recipes for pack walks (from Bushclub members)

Suggestions for packing for a day walk - now part of the Bush Club's Notes for Walkers

CMW has some good info about lightweight gear (Close the window to return here)

Miscellaneous information from Confed of Bushwalking Clubs (Close each window to return here)
- lightweight gear for daywalks and packwalks, includes suggestions for First Aid kits,
- food,
- books on bushwalks

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Interesting online article about safety issues when crossing creeks - http://www.trailspace.com/articles/how-to-cross-streams.html (Close the window to return here)
Please note that we don't condone crossing streams under any circumstances in dangerous conditions.

Information brochure for bushwalkers on all sorts of communications gadgets - put out by Bush Search and Rescue Victoria - pdf 230 Kb (Close the window to return here)

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