Murray Valley Bushwalkers Inc Bulletin #74 July 30 2013
Meet the New Committee
Murray Valley Bushwalkers proudly announces our new club president is Jan Douglas and her welcoming smile tells a story.
I was born in Altona a bay side suburb of Melbourne so spent the first 22 years of my life at the beach. I then had a tree change to Albury before I moved to the Corowa district which I still call home. Hours at the beach were replaced with hours spent driving around in a 4wd and car based camping in some very out of the way places. My love of the great outdoors grew.A couple of trips to New Zealand touring around and doing a number of walks there just confirmed my love of the great outdoors. In more recent years the 4wd has gone and I now explore even more remote places on foot and I love it. With multi-day walks allowing me to experience the Milford Track, Maria Island, Freycinet Peninsula and the Overland Track. Growing up near the beach has also meant I love being near water, I have spent many hours canoeing up and down the Murray river , locally near Corowa as well as Albury. After work canoeing is one of my favourite activities. Overnight canoe trips between Albury and Lake Mulwala rate fairly highly also.
Some of my favourite places to walk include the Bogong High Plains, Warby Ovens NP, Chiltern Mt Pilot NP and Mt Buffalo NP. Since the first meeting of the club, I have been on some fantastic walks, spent many hours canoeing and even tried cross country skiing. My favorite activity? How do you choose between so many great times spent with some fantastic people????? Its great to see how much the club has grown. With enthusiastic members putting on a variety of activities, I am sure that growth will continue. So if you would like an activity added to the program or if you would like to lead an activity just let Tony know.
Looking forward to seeing you soon in the great outdoors.
Jan Douglas
Recent events
You've got get out of bed early to keep up with Hans lately. Winter is clearly his favorite walking season and he moves into overdrive!
July 23 Hidden Falls on Nail Can Hill - Leader Hans
This walk involved finding a new set of waterfalls and installing a new geocache for the club - and 6 days later it was found for the first time and here is the report
It was an early start this morning on the deadly treadly for a quick blast across the border.
The fog was thick, the breeze was cool, the climb up the hill at Nail Can was slow, by the time i ditched the bike for the last 165 metre walk i was well and truely warmed up for the hike in to the Falls. The bush at this time of the morning is surreal, with mother nature waking up - i was enjoying every step. At Ground Zero soon enough, the creek was flowing & the water was falling & after a quick search the cache was found at 6.30am and a "White Blank Page" greeted me, FTF (first to find). Thanks Team MVB for a neat cache in an almost unknown part part of Nail Can.......Cheers.
Hans is always on the lookout for a great flora photo - check out this amazing macro of an insect eating plant called Sundew
July 27 Sugarloaf Hill Chiltern Mt Pilot NP - Leader Hans
Another fascinating loop walk in the Chiltern Mt Pilot National Park
July 30 Budginigi Hill Ettamoogah - Leader Hans (again!)
Today there was yet another attempt by Hans and Peter to find the extremely elusive geocache on Budginigi hill, a fascinating pimple named by Hume and Hovell at Ettamogah - and this time they had success!
Spot the cache rock in this lot if you will! and if you click the photo you will get some serious clues.
Evening Bicycle to Barnie Pub
3 members and a guest braved the crisp night air for this 50km cycle - sadly too dark for photos! Thanks John for putting this event on.
Whats On? heaps of stuff as usual!
Its Winter - in case you have forgotten we have a wonderful winter wonderland at our back door.
The club has received funding to help cover the cost of a snow shoe event or two. Here is a chance on August 4 to have a very cheap day to try out snow shoeing
Sun Aug 4 Intro to Snow Sports
Come and try it - click here for more details and hit the join button to communicate with Tony
Sat Aug 3 Pub to Pub XC Ski
A classic ski event led by John Jamison - click here for more info
Sat Aug 3 Nail Can Hill Wildflowers
An easy half day walk with Hans - click here for more details
Sun Aug 4 Easy Abseiling
There are still vacancies for easy abseiling with Neil Brown next Sunday August 4 - more details here
Tues Aug 6 Mungabareena Birding
Bird watching and easy half day walk with Hans - more details here
Sat Aug 10 Bushwalking and Geocaching
Mick Webster is offering another fantastic walk in Chiltern Mt Pilot NP - a 10km loop walk amongst granite tors spiced with a couple of geocaches on Saturday August 10 - limit of 12 participants so book in early Click here for more details
Tues August 13
Nail Can Hill Wildflowers
An easy half day walk with Hans - click here for more details
Sun Aug 18 Nail Can Hill Gorges
Hans and Peter recently reconnoitered a walk to explore little known gorges on Nail Can Hill and are offering the chance to explore these on day walk - click here for more details
Down the Track
The grand tour of north east townships resumes on September 14 click here for more details
Grampians 1 week base camp in October 18-15 click here for more details
Cocoparra National Park a weekend base camp in early November click here for more details
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Membership Renewals
Lots of people have successfully navigated their way around the new system to renew their membership. If you've tried and got into strife help is at hand - email Tony at greencomputing@gmail.com or phone him on 0417687842 - note if you wish to join an event and you are not financial you will need to pay the visitor fee of $5 and submit an acknowledgement of risk form for each event.
Catch you on a club event soon!
regards
Lin Starke
Secretary Murray Valley Bushwalkers Inc
Murray Valley Bushwalkers Inc Bulletin #73 July 19 2013
Membership Renewals
Thanks heaps to those people who have successfully navigated their way around the new system to renew their membership. Currently we have 50 financial members well down on the 106 we had a month ago. If you are unfinancial we would love to have you back! There are detailed instructions as to how to achieve this by going to the Join, Renew Membership menu item on the website or go directly to that page by clicking here. If you get into strife help is at hand - email Tony at greencomputing@gmail.com or phone him on 0417687842
Recent events
Old Coach Road Chiltern Mt Pilot NP
Hans has put on a number of delightful walks centred on the historic Old Coach Road near Mt Pilot - click the photo for more pics of this event.
Tuesday July 16 Maher Hill Bonegilla
Another mid week classic led by Hans. This is one of least known local hills and provides extraordinary views of the Hume Weir - who said we live too far from the ocean! - photo by Hans Kaspers - click photo to see wonderful panorama photos of this event
En route to Maher Hill - photo by Hans Kaspers
Whats On!
At the time of writing the natural snow base at alpine resorts has been trashed by heavy rain. The coming weekend promises to deliver very cold snowy conditions to put the snow activities season back on track.
As previously reported the club has received funding to help cover the costs of a snow shoe / cross country event or two - it will happen so keep an eye on the calendar.
Abseiling
There are still vacancies for easy abseiling this Sunday July 21 and August 4 - more details here
Evening Cycling and/or Dinner
At Barnawartha Pub Thursday July 25 - join John Jamison for a classic ride or just drive to the pub for dinner! Click here for more details
Bushwalking and Geocaching
Mick Webster is offering another fantastic walk in Chiltern Mt Pilot NP - a 10km loop walk amongst granite tors spiced with a couple of geocaches on Saturday August 10 - limit of 12 participants so book in early Click here for more details
Down the Track
The grand tour of north east townships resumes on September 14 click here for more details
Grampians 1 week base camp in October 18-15 click here for more details
Cocoparra National Park a weekend base camp in early November click here for more details
Having trouble viewing photos in this bulletin? - you can view the bulletin on the club's website here.
Catch you on a club event soon!
regards
Lin Starke
Secretary Murray Valley Bushwalkers Inc
Murray Valley Bushwalkers Inc Bulletin #72 July 10 2013
Annual General Meeting Friday July 5
The meeting commenced with an insightful and informative presentation by Bruce Key on climate change.
A new leadership team with 3 new executive members was elected for the next 12 months
President - Jan Douglas
Secretary - Lin Starke
Treasurer - Lena Sandstrom
Coordinator - Tony Marsh
Website - Neil Brown
Publicity - Peter Presutti
The past president thanked all members of the previous committee for their input into the running of this club.
Click here for minutes of the AGM
Recent Events
Kelly's cave Sun 7th July
Mick Webster led a group of 14 members to the elusive Kelly Cave last Sunday - by the look on Kaye's face it looks like the going got tough at times!
Click the photo to see more pics of this fabulous event.
Whats On!
For those of us who indulge in snow sports winter has finally arrived with some great falls in the nearby resorts. The club has received funding to help cover the costs of a snow shoe / cross country event or two - and these will be advertised in the next bulletin. This is a great opportunity to experience something new or renew experiences from the past.
Sunday July 14 Sugarloaf Circuit, Old Coach Road
Join Hans for another delightful exploration of the Old Coach Road near Mt Pilot - more details here
Tuesday July 16 Mahers Hill Bonegilla
This is one of least known local hills and provides awesome views of the Hume Weir Join Hans to enjoy this walk - more details here
July 19-21 Snow Camping at Mt Stirling
David Findlay is offering a great opportunity to join him for a great weekend in the snow at Mt Stirling one of the most beautiful of our treasured alpine resorts - cross country skiing experience required
Sunday July 21 - Easy Abseiling at the Albury Quarry
Join Neil for this exciting activity - more details here
Catch you on a club event soon!
regards
Lin Starke
Secretary Murray Valley Bushwalkers Inc
Murray Valley Bushwalkers Inc Bulletin #71 July 2 2013
Annual General Meeting 2013
Date/Time: Fri 5th July at 7pm
Venue: Thurgoona Community Centre - see map for location
Guest Speaker Bruce Key
Topic: Global Warming and climate change - implications for outdoor activities
Bring along a plate and your questions for Bruce and the audience to discuss - tea and cofee provided
Nominations are now open for Office Bearers for 2013/14 - click here for more details of the AGM
Membership Renewal
Please note that membership subscriptions are due July 1.
We have implemented a new Membership Subscription process on our website which is designed to automate the process as much as possible. This will give us more time to get out and about doing the stuff we love!
If you have registered on the website but not paid a subscription fee but would like to do so now, the process described below will work for you as well. If you have been part of a family membership that arrangement will continue with the new system - select a subscription plan appropriate to your family circumstances.
Payment of your subscription will require you to login to the MVB website to edit your profile.
If you need to recover your useranme and/or password there are detailed instructions as to how to achieve this by going to the Join, Renew Membership menu item on the website or go directly to that page by clicking here.
If you need help with the process please contact Tony at greencomputing@gmail.com or 0417687842
What We've Been Up To
Sat June 29 Around Mt Pilot
Hans completed a circumnavigation of Mt Pilot and is the MVB expert on this part of the Chiltern Mt Pilot NP. Hans wrote on his Facebook site
A wonderful walk around Mt Pilot on a beautiful winter's day. The first signs of spring: Wattle blossoms (Blackwood) and a dwarf greenhood (native orchid)
First signs of spring is not much consolation for those of us hanging out for the first evidence of winter - SNOW
Upcoming Events
Sun July 7 Kelly Caves at last!
Join Mick Webster for a walk to this historical site click here for more info
July 12-13 Yackandandah to Beechworth
Join Peter and Tony for a short walk to a campsite on Friday evening followed by a day walk to a coffee shop in Beechworth - click her for more details
July 14 Sugarloaf Circuit, Old Coach Road Chilern Mt Pilot NP
Join Hans for another delightful winter walk in the vicinity of the Old Coach Road - click here for more details
July 19 to 30 Going North for Winter
Some people are so averse to the cold weather they are prepared to drive along way north to warmer climes. Join Hans for a 7 to 11 day driving and walking journey to NE NSW and SE Qld click here for further details
MVB Flickr Website
If you havent visited it for a while the format has changed - its well worth a look - we have over 4,000 photos of club events over the last two years arranged into sets each corresponding to an event.
Check out the sets page which gives you an overview of this wonderful resource.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/murrayvalleybushwalkers/sets
Bulletins on the website
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Catch you on a club event soon!
regards
Tony Marsh
President Murray Valley Bushwalkers Inc
