74 Kallista Rd.

QUEENSLAND Rochedale South

QLD 4123
BUSHWALKERS Email qldbwc@yahoo.com
CLUB Inc. Phone No (07) 3341 7509
www.geocities.com/qldbwc
Newsletter December 2004

Love Creek

Club News
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
The QBW committee would like to wish all members a happy
and safe walking Christmas and a prosperous New Year to
come.
Walks Planning Day
A Walks Planning Day was held at Dave’s place on the
30/10/2004. A draft Calendar has been done up to July 2005.
Thank you to everyone who contributed and especially those
who put their names down to lead walks.
The Club needs more members to become leaders to ease the
burden on those who are already regularly leading walks.
Anyone who has a suggestion for a walk or is willing to lead a
walk please contact Dave on 3349 8238
Membership Renewal
Any member who joined QBW between January and July last
year has their membership due on the 1st of February 2005.
These members will be contacted by mail soon, so no need to
wonder when you joined. We know who you are!
These members will need to pay an additional $10.00 to bring
their membership up to the new financial year ending 30 June
2005.
Next Newsletter
There will be no January Newsletter. The next Newsletter will be
in February 2005.
Next Club Meeting
There is no Club Meeting in January 2005. The next Club
Meeting is on 1st February 2005.
First Aid Course
The Bushwalkers Of Southern Qld. Inc (BOSQ) will be
conducting another First Aid Course on 19 & 20 March 2005.
They held a very successful one last year.
This will be virtually a repeat of the previous one, except that
there will not be catering for the group. Participants are to bring
their own lunch, and BOSQ will provide tea and coffee.
BOSQ are extending the invitation to Federation/FMR to make it
available to all member clubs in the Brisbane area, and to
promote it as a Federation/FMR event. It will enable people to
renew their CPR if they need to.
Contact Lyn Edwards on 3379 1585 for more information.
Trainer St. John's Ambulance
Cost approx. $120
Numbers need 20 to make it viable
Venue Wellers Hill State School
Date Saturday & Sunday, 19 & 20 March 2005
Note that the QBW committee will reimburse a member who
does a First Aid Course up to $50.00 if that member has led or
leads a walk.
We encourage all members to have a First Aid Certificate and
what better way to do it than with fellow bushwalkers.
Comings and Goings
Peter P was seen recently after spending some time in Scotland
chasing munros. A munro is any mountain in Scotland that's
3,000 feet or higher.
Richard and Patricia K are back safely from the Middle East
after spending 6 weeks there.

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 General Information The Management Committee
Membership President Trevor Cox 3273 3484 (H)
Before a visitor can go on a walk, he/she must become a Vice President Trevor Davern 0411 512 202
Probationary or Ordinary Member or be a member of an Secretary Bob Gur 3345 3971 (H)
affiliated club.
Treasurer Gary Woodward 3245 2695 (H)
Membership is only $20 and lasts till the end of the Club’s
financial year, ie on the 30th of June each year. Outings Secretary David Kenrick 3349 8238 (H)

Probationary Membership Membership Officer Ken Walters 3344 1927 (H)

A non-member automatically becomes a Probationary Member Editor Richard Kolarski 3341 7509 (H)
on his/her first walk after signing the waiver form. There is no
prescribed fee for a Probationary Member. Other Voluntary Positions
A Probationary Member must become an Ordinary Member on Social Secretary Evelyn Campbell 3809 2354 (H)
his/her 2nd walk by filling out a membership form and paying the Training Officer Frank Garland 3341 5207 (H)
prescribed fee.
Equipment Officer Steve Moyle 3800 3963 (H)
Ordinary Membership
Supper Convenor Danuta Gur 3345 3971 (H)
A person may become an Ordinary Member by filling out a
membership form and handing the form to a committee member Federation Rep Richard Kolarski 3341 7509 (H)
or walk leader and paying $20.00. Federation Rep Trevor Cox 3273 3484 (H)
An Ordinary Member has the right to vote at an AGM or be FMR Rep Richard Kolarski 3341 7509 (H)
elected to a committee position. A Probationary Member has
FMR Rep Frank Garland 3341 5207 (H)
neither of these rights.
Members of Another Bushwalking Club
Campsite Monitors
Members of another bushwalking club affiliated with the
Queensland Federation of Bushwalking Clubs or another State Ratatat Hut Barbara Makepeace
Federation are covered the same Insurance. Thus they do not Ed Thistlethwaite
need to become a member of our Club for insurance purposes. Running Creek Falls Richard Kolarski
Gary Woodward
Meeting Place
Throakban Kerry de Clauzel
Club Meetings are held on the first Tuesday of each month at
Trevor Smith
the East Brisbane State School, corner of Stanley Street and
Wellington Road, starting at 7:30pm. Mt Superbus Christine & Cliff Harrison
Spicers Peak Ann Kemp
There is parking within the school grounds off Wellington Road.
Mt May John Brunott
Consult a street directory, as there are a number of one-way
streets in the area. There is also parking in Wellington Road.
Tea/Coffee and cake/biscuits provided after the meeting. A coin Creature Feature
donation would be appreciated
Equipment for Hire
The Club has a backpack (suitable for use as
a day or through pack) for hire at $5.00 per
week.
QBW is also looking at purchasing further
equipment in the near future. Any
suggestions for equipment to buy would be
appreciated.
Also any person who has surplus equipment
and would like to donate or sell to the Club,
please contact one of the Committee
members or Steve Moyle on 3800 3963.

Bivy Bag/Pack Liners for Sale

The Club has purchased a quantity of pack liners from VicWalk
suitable for through packs. They are 2 metres by 0.9 metres in a
bright orange colour. The packliners can double as an
emergency bivvy bag and have helpful information printed on
them.
They are available from the Club for $3.00 each or 2 for $5.00.
Club Shirts
The club still has a number of Club polo shirts for sale. They are
available in XL, L, M and S size. $20.00 each
EPIRB Available for Members
The Club has purchased an EPIRB. It will be available to any
member of the Club at no charge for use on weekend or
weekday walks.
If you would like to take the EPIRB on a walk, ring 3341 7509
on where to pick up and return the EPIRB.
Stick Insect
Phasmids (Leaf or Stick Insects)
Stick and Leaf Insects have developed the shape and colouring
of the leaves and twigs of plants they live on. They can change
colour to match changed surroundings.
If disturbed, they may sway gently like leaves or twigs in the
breeze. They may drop to the ground, pull their legs to their
body and remain very still, perfectly camouflaged as a stick. If
grabbed by a predator, they can drop a leg, and later grow a re-
placement.
Phasmids have the ability of parthenogenesis [Gr. = virgin birth].
This is a form of reproduction in which the ovum develops into a
new individual without fertilization.
There are about 150 different phasmids in Australia.

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 Special Coming Events
Hinchinbrook Island 5-9 September 2005
Thorsborne Trail
I have booked the Thorsborne Trail for six people, the maximum
party size permitted for this walk. Spread over five days this will
be a fairly easy throughwalk. Five days’ food as well as camping
gear needs to be carried but water will be available each day.
Also, because of the long lead-up time, I will have a waiting list
just in case someone has to pull out. If interested please phone
me on 3341 7509. Patricia Kolarski
Hinchinbrook Island 5-9 September 2005
Mt Diamantina
At the same time there will be a separate trip with 5 people
booked to climb Mt Diamantina on Hinchinbrook.
Contact Richard on 3341 7509 for more information.
Future Safety And Training Research
Proposal
A letter from Ron Farmer, Vice President of the Queensland
Federation of Bushwalking Clubs (QFBWC) and Vice President
of Federation Mountain Rescue (FMR).
Hi All,
Both the Federation Mountain Rescue and the Queensland
Federation of Bushwalking Clubs have recently approved bush-
walker participation in some new Safety Research related to in-
juries sustained on club bushwalks.
Your future contribution is consequently now being sought.
Background
Over many years FMR has been a pioneer in improving the
Safety and Training, and, Search and Rescue of Bushwalkers in
South East Queensland, in particular, and indirectly more wide-
ly. Here are a few examples, in no obvious order.
FMR’s formation predated that of SES. Bushwalkers were thus
the first to recognize a need and to then address it.
FMR successfully advocated selected signage to reduce the in-
cidence of bushwalkers becoming lost on selected wilderness
areas. This has been quite successful.
FMR pioneered the adoption and improvement of overseas
stretchers originally designed for snow and ice work. They li-
aised directly with the inventor and manufacturer, Hamis
McInnes, in this work.
FMR produced probably the first manual on Mountain Search
and Rescue in Australia. FMR, much later, started, a Safety and
Training level manual.
The development of FMR’s peer-review Rescue Leader process
and skill and knowledge acquisition mechanism in a volunteer
setting were also novel.
FMR first developed and then published in the public domain,
the first comprehensive set of base administration forms appli-
cable to Search and Rescue work.
FMR first emphasized the importance of second aid after first
aid and through our Rescue Leader Neil Musch, who was also a
qualified first aid instructor, gave the first course on what is now
regularly done under the name of Wilderness First Aid.
FMR has been able to influence clubs by various means, lead-
ing to a drastically reduced absolute number of bushwalking fa-
talities per decade. In relative terms this performance is even
more spectacular.
FMR has also been able, by various means, to almost reduce
bush searches for club members to zero. Many bushwalkers,
still living in the past, fail to recognise this improvement and
fondly look back to the past when there were more searches as
a means of sustaining interest in FMR. FMR’s role is now main-
ly in preventative training and skill and knowledge development.
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A full half decade before Minister Dawkins set in train the whole,
and largely unnecessary, accreditation industry, FMR had final-
ised its suggested list of training topics for use at both the club
and FMR levels. NORLD etc. are still fluffing around with their
Standards etc. This same list of topics that we use has stood up
well over two decades to use in the real world.
FMR has probably the longest history of actually testing equip-
ment, especially old equipment, under laboratory conditions of
any comparable organisation in Australia.
FMR has and maintains a wider range of Mountain Rescue
Equipment than any other known comparable group in Australia.
FMR has not had a serious injury in either training or Search and
Rescue work, despite the obvious genuine risk in the case of
Searches and Rescues.
By examining Insurance claim statistic FMR has been able to
alert bushwalkers to common causes of claims such as age-re-
lated fractures and simple stumbles arising from the need to use
glasses.
Following this last line of enquiry further, Frank Bowling and my-
self recently investigated the QISU (Queensland Injuries Surveil-
lance Unit) database for clues on what injuries in the bush pre-
sented most frequently to Queensland Hospitals.
The Future Safety And Training Research Proposal
This letter describes the future direction this last investigation
might take. It is concerned with distinguishing between club
bushwalkers and others who walk in the bush but are labeled in
the popular mind as bushwalkers.
It is concerned also about more meaningful collection and analy-
sis of relevant data. It is concerned about what is already pub-
lished in this regard. Finally, it is concerned with the future use of
this new data to better target our training to further reduce the
occurrence of hospitalization from within the club bushwalking
fraternity. As stated above QFBWC and FMR have already ap-
proved, in principle, the pursuit of this work.
At a meeting with Dr Peter O’Rourke from the School of Public
Health, University of Queensland, Frank and myself outlined the
case for seeking a research student to pursue this work profes-
sionally as part of their dissertation component of their degree
course work. Peter agrees that the project had merit and is cur-
rently seeking a suitable student. Frank is seeking a supporting
liaison officer from within the bushwalking community. This has
now been successful.
QFBWC and FMR now want to encourage and assist club par-
ticipation in this valuable work.
The results of this study may help us reduce our Insurance pre-
miums in the longer term and aid in discussions with QPWS re-
lated to unwarranted closures from alleged but unsupported
dangers in wilderness areas. The principle liaison officers with
the bushwalking community would be the Outing’s Officers of
each club.
Data collection might run for a month only, in the first instance. It
is envisaged that once a sound methodology is established fur-
ther more significant research would be done. The results, of
course, would be available for use by bushwalkers.
A call is therefore now being made for some volunteers, individu-
als or club, to run an FMR Bushwalker Safety Research meeting
next April, similar to our recently successful video, talk and film
evening. This will be an FMR/QFBWC sponsored event. The fo-
cus of presentations will be on the above-described investigation
and related material.
We will also need someone to approach the equipment stores
for prizes to aid as inducement for full co-operation in the data
collection side of this endeavour. Any volunteers?
Help will be needed with promotion of this initiative. Again who is
prepared to lend a helping hand?
Finally, Rescue Leader level review of the type of data to be col-
lected will be needed so as to improve the usefulness of QISU
data gathering. Rescue Leaders are invited to participate.
Regards, Ron Farmer
 Past Walks
Love Creek and Cedar Creek 3 July 2004
A large group of adventurous souls left to brave the unknown
bushland at Brisbane's back door. The wilds of the Brisbane
Forest Park were unknown to some of our group and most had
never heard of the Love Creek-Cedar Creek circuit. The weath-
er was clear and warm, ideal for walking in this shaded creek
system.
After leaving the cars we made our way to Annie's creek and
had an enjoyable time negotiating numerous faces, shallow
creek crossings and rock hopping down to the top of Love
Creek Falls for smoko. The falls consist of two drops of approxi-
mately 15 metre each with a wide rock shelf in the middle. Un-
fortunately the "poor people" on the coast were living in a haze
that day and we were unable to distinguish any of the coastal
features normally seen from this spot. A short detour was made
to view one of the last giant red cedar trees still standing in BFP.
A short distance up Cedar Creek on top of another waterfall was
the site for lunch. We were surrounded on all sides by rain for-
est and rock faces, a beautiful setting. A comparatively easy
stroll up Cedar Creek took us to the foot of Greene's Falls, up
over the ridge to Annie's Creek then up to the cars.
Once back at the cars it was back to Samford for that longed for
coffee fix to end a great day's walk.
My thanks go to Richard for acting as point, to Steve for going
tail and to all members of the group for making the day so en-
joyable for everyone concerned.
Hopefully I will see a whole new group of faces when I put this
walk on again so that they too can enjoy the beauty of this off
track walk. Happy trails to all. Drew.
Araucaria Track 11 July 2004
This track is located at the Binna Burra section of Lamington
National Park. It is 18km return but an easy and very interesting
walk.
Araucaria Track
Nine of us (two new members – welcome Neville and Hugh)
commenced down the Border track, trudged passed the Daves
Creek turnoff and headed toward Mt Hobwee circuit.
The track is well sign-posted and very soon we came across the
junction for Araucaria. Only one small section of this track was
overgrown but not impassable.
At the Lookout we all managed to scramble up onto the ledge to
take in the magnificent view over the Numinbah Valley and a
well-deserved break. Even the small shower did not phase us.
Ok, let’s get back folks. The loop easily located and down we
went. Whoops, nearly forgot the inevitable photo shot. Thanks,
everyone. A great day.
Bob and Danuta
P.S. If anyone finds a gold “R….. watch” it could be Bob’s.
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(Interesting Fact 1: Araucaria is the scientific name for the hoop
pine that is found in the area”.
Interesting Fact 2: When the Tweed volcano was active, 21-22
million years ago, there was a subsidiary vent. This filled with
lava which solidified before it could be expelled from the vent.
Over millions of years the actual vent eroded away, leaving the
harder intrusive rhyolite plug which we know as – Egg Rock.)
Gwyala Peak 24 July 2004
Gwyala Peak is one of the high peaks situated just north of the
Barney Spur and sitting between Mt. Barney and the Ballows.
It’s one of those peaks I have been thinking of climbing for a
number of years but until now have not had the opportunity.
About a week before the walk I was talking to a fellow club mem-
ber who had done it, and he indicated that he did not think the
trip worthwhile so I was starting to wonder what I had put myself
down for.
Chow Time at Gwyala
After our usual rendezvous at Boonah we set out for Windy
Ridge above Grace’s Hut where we started the walk towards the
Upper Portals. After reaching the Upper Portals camp site it was
an easy matter of following an obvious ridge directly south of the
old camp. A solid slog up this ridge brought us to a shoulder
where after a morning tea break we continued the now very
prominent ridge to a knoll a 100 metres or so below the main
peak. From here the ridge changed direction across a saddle to
the final climb to the main peak.
Just after crossing the saddle we came out on to a rocky slab
area with the best view of the Ballows range that you are ever
going to get. The whole Ballows section appears to be laid out in
front of you like a giant relief map. It was decided to continue on
to the top and return here for lunch. After scrambling up some
short steep rocky outcrops the top of Gwyala Peak was reached
which has a large flat area where views were obtained through
the trees over to Mt. Barney, Mt. Lindsay etc. After a short ex-
plore at the top we returned to the rocky slab for an extended
lunch break where we took in the sensational view of the Bal-
lows. This alone was worth the price of admission.
After our lengthy lunch break (compliments of an early morning
start) we retraced our steps back to the Upper Portals for a short
rest before tackling the most painful part of the trip – the long
slog up the hill to the cars on Windy Ridge.
Before I did this trip I consulted the trip notes in the South East
Queensland Bushwalkers Guide which stated the entire trip up
from the Upper Portals was entirely through rainforest. This
proved incorrect with the entire route through open forest on a
very obvious ridge making the navigation a breeze. Overall the
trip was well worth doing and with good company, good views
and wearing a new pair of boots for the first time that did not
give me blisters, what more could you ask for. The only thing we
missed out on was some nice sun to warm us at lunch time.
I would like to thank all who joined me on this walk for making
the day such an enjoyable outing. David Kenrick
Bithongabel 24-25 July 2004 creek and the gorge from the creek bed, something not possible
when the creek is in flood. We took our time to reach the falls,
Six of us met up in an otherwise empty O’Reilly’s carpark on a
enjoying the walk, as time was not an issue.
cool and cloudy July morning. This walk was billed as a begin-
ner’s through-walk, and for two of us, it really was our first at-
tempt at carrying on our backs all of life’s essentials for an
overnight away.
After checking our gear and adjusting straps, and learning how
to get a heavy pack from ground to back unassisted, we set off
down the Border Track soon after nine am. Bithongabel was a
relatively easy 6.5 km along the track, and we made good time
despite the unfamiliarity of a heavy pack.

Watson’s Creek Falls

Follow the Leader at Bithongabel
We set up camp amongst the Antarctic Beech trees, had a cup-
pa and lunch, and were ready for the next part of the adventure,
which involved continuing along the Border Track for about an-
other 3 km or so towards Mt Merino, before heading off track in
search of Belson’s Falls.
After pushing through quite a bit of scrubby undergrowth, we
found the remains of an old track and followed it along the creek
to the top of the falls. This could have been a lovely spot to
linger a while, but we were conscious of the need to get back to
camp well before nightfall. Staying on the old track, we man-
aged to avoid most of the scrubby undergrowth, and re-joined
the Border Track a little further on from where we had left it.
We were fairly tired that night so managed to sleep on and off
for many hours, and were sufficiently re-juvenated in the morn-
ing to decide to take the longer, more scenic route back to
O’Reilly’s along the Tooloona Track.
As a beginner, my overall impressions were the great beauty of
the landscape, particularly the mist around the Antarctic Beech-
es, the many and varied waterfalls we passed, good company,
and the satisfaction of doing something I hadn’t done before.
There was some learning as well. For us novices who had bor-
rowed camping gear, we agreed that it would be preferable to
choose equipment that suited us better. The other first-timer
found her tent to be too much like a coffin, while mine was larg-
er and heavier than it needed to be.
Still, I’m looking forward to the next time. Helen McAllister
The falls are impressive even without water and would be more
so in wet weather. They are high, maybe 100 metres and in two
sections of about 50 metres each. The first section falls to a spill-
way before cascading to the ground.
I was so glad to have completed this walk in the dry first up, be-
cause it will be a completely different walk in wet weather.
We left the base of the falls all vowing to come back after some
prolonged rain and climbed out of the creek bed to have a look
at the falls from the top down.
After about an hour we reached the top of the falls and cautious-
ly had look down once again being surprised by the height in-
volved. After lunch at the top of the falls we set out for the climb
back to the rabbit fence (some more negotiating, no wonder the
rabbits have trouble) which would lead us back to the cars.
This walk was very enjoyable and exceeded my expectations. I
will take the walk again as soon as we have decent rain. Over
coffee at Boonah the group agreed that it was a great walk.
Thanks to Ken for navigation, welcome to Nina and well done on
your first walk and thanks to the walkers who joined me.
Trevor Cox
Larapinta Falls 11 August 2004
After previous unsuccessful attempts to get to the top of Larapin-
ta Falls, I was determined that this time it would be completed.

Watson's Creek Falls 8 August 2004

Another typically perfect August morning for 12 walkers to dis-
cover the wonders of Watson's Creek. Ken Walters was the only
one of the group to have done this walk before so it was a first
for the rest of us and the first walk with the club for new member
Nina Komlenovic. On Top of Larapinta Falls

We met at Boonah at the respectable time of 8 am and drove to
the other side of the Boonah border gates where we left the
cars. Watson's Creek is situated at the base of Mt Clunie. Mt
Clunie is bisected by the rabbit fence and this was the first ob-
stacle we had to negotiate. Once over that we began the decent
into the downstream end of the creek. The country out there is
very dry, as it is all over, but this simply added to the stark at-
traction of the area.
Watson's Creek is protected by heavy scrub in places but we
found a passage through and began to rock hop up stream to-
wards the falls. This was a great opportunity to observe the
Eight of us set off along Christmas Creek on a fine sunny day. It
was an easy creek crossing as there had not been rain for a
couple of months and the water level was low. We made good
time up to Westrays Grave, a favourite spot to stop and have
morning tea.
From here we went further upstream to the creek junction. We
then took the ridge separating the two branches. Wait-a-while
and loose steep earth hampered our way. Some of us felt the full
tearing force of the vicious lawyer vine. The thick rainforest
changed to open sclerophyll as we ascended and the going be-
came relatively easier.

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Near the top of a knoll we found a red tape and a faint trail lead- We reached the top of the ridge and were surprised to find the
ing down to where the top of the falls should be. We decided to Stretcher Track clearly visible. It looks as if it gets regular use.
follow it, wondering whether it would lead us to our goal. It did!
The track led us directly to the top of the falls.
There were great views through a small gap in the foliage but
only the brave risked going to the edge of the falls. Though it
was relatively dry, the rock had still the potential to be slippery
with a deep drop down to the icy pool below.
We had lunch savoring our success. As our jubilation eased, the
cool of the day set in and we made our way back. On the return
we found a better way down, avoiding the thick wait-a-while.
Many thanks to those who came along on this first trip by the
Club to the top of Fountain Falls. Richard

Wallangarra Ridge Walk 14 August 2004

Walkers from Toowoomba, YHA, NPA, Family Bushwalkers and
Queensland Bushwalkers, nine in all, spend a lovely day walk-
ing from the campground via the Sphinx and Turtle Rock to the
Running Creek
trig point at the end of Wallangarra Ridge.
It was then an easy walk mostly downhill along the ridge back to
As we set out, we could see smoke in the distance from the
the car. The clear day gave us fantastic views. At the Neglected
Rangers’ burnoff, though our track was not effected, and there
Mountain saddle we decided we had followed the wrong ridge
was a dust haze on the horizon.
down. This only encouraged us to try this walk again.
Many thanks to Drew for suggesting the walk, Jenny for her
company and Steve for his driving. Richard

Mt Superbus 28-29 August 2004

Wallangara Walkers
The weather was cool, as you’d expect at Girraween in August,
and very windy, but the sun was out and the pace was steady.
We explored the cave under Turtle Rock and vowed to come
back someday to find some more. The huge granite slabs were
wonderful to walk on and no one was in a hurry for the day to
end. Even the lure of hot showers couldn’t make us hurry back.
As with everything else on this weekend this walk was a great
success. Thanks to Fiona and Nim for leading the walk and con-
grats to Ian for predicting the time it would take. Patricia
After meeting John Lane at Boonah we regrouped at the Head
parking area at Teviot Gap. 1¾ hours later we reached our 1st
monitoring site where we carried out our annual measurements,
assessments & photos. This site has increased by 50%, with
modification of log movement and excessive wear particularly
since last year.
Next Mt Superbus North, also monitored and showing excessive
dryness but excellent leaf litter cover protecting the site.
By 4:30pm we set up our overnight camp with the distant rum-
bling of an approaching storm. Somehow this year it circumvent-
ed us and disappeared, hopefully to a much-needed dry area.
After a couple of hours of westerly cold winds, these too died
down to a peacefully full moon lit night.
Sunday after breakfast we inspected the suggested monitoring
site near Mt Superbus once a reasonable grassed area, now
has become fully overgrown by brambling raspberry vine and
bracken. Took only photos.

Running Creek 22 August 2004

This walk was a preouting to check out a new way to get to
Running Creek Falls.
On a beautiful clear day we drove down to Christmas Creek
Road and the Stinson Memorial Park. After parking the vehicle
we set off to the Neglected Mountain saddle.
At the top of the saddle we spent some time looking at maps
and working out which ridge to take down the other side. We
eventually decided on one and began our descent. The ridge
initially was a gentle slope but it become progressively steeper
and steeper plus very slippery with the long grass. We did not Lincoln Wreck
cross an anticipated old road and eventually we reached Run- Onward to visit the Lincoln Bomber (crashed on 9th April 1955)
ning Creek. campsite for another monitoring exercise. The area looked in
We followed the creek upstream and after crossing it a couple good condition considering the dryness. The bomber and sur-
of times reached the junction of England and Running Creek. rounding area is slowly being encased by Raspberry vine.
We stopped and had a well-deserved rest and lunch. After lunch at the lookout, we retraced our steps back down to
From here we made our way up where once there had been a our cars by 2:30pm.
track up to the Stretcher Track. There was no sign of a track Thank you John for your company. Christine & Cliff
and we had to bypass a couple of small cliff faces.

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 Kids History
The following excerpts are actual answers given on history tests
and in Sunday school quizzes by children in 5th and 6th grade.
Ancient Egypt was old. It was inhabited by gypsies and mum-
mies who all wrote in hydraulics. They lived in the Sarah
Dessert. The climate of the Sarah is such that all the inhabitants
have to live elsewhere.
Moses led the Hebrew slaves to the Red Sea where they made
unleavened bread, which is bread made without any ingredi-
ents. Moses went up on Mount Cyanide to get the ten comman-
dos. He died before he ever reached Canada but the comman-
dos made it.
Solomon had three hundred wives and seven hundred porcu-
pines. He was an actual hysterical figure as well as being in the
bible. It sounds like he was sort of busy too.
The Greeks were a highly sculptured people, and without them
we wouldn't have history. The Greeks also had myths. A myth is
a young female moth.
Socrates was a famous old Greek teacher who went around
giving people advice. They killed him. He later died from an
overdose of wedlock which is apparently poisonous. After his
death, his career suffered a dramatic decline.
In the first Olympic games, Greeks ran races, jumped, hurled
biscuits, and threw the java. The games were messier then than
they show on TV now.
Julius Caesar extinguished himself on the battlefields of Gaul.
The Ides of March murdered him because they thought he was
going to be made king. Dying, he gasped out "Same to you,
Brutus."
Joan of Arc was burnt to a steak and was canonized by Bernard
Shaw for reasons I don't really understand. The English and
French still have problems.
Queen Elizabeth was the "Virgin Queen," As a queen she was a
success. When she exposed herself before her troops they all
shouted "hurrah!" and that was the end of the fighting for a long
while.
It was an age of great inventions and discoveries. Gutenberg in-
vented removable type and the Bible. Another important inven-
tion was the circulation of blood.
Sir Walter Raleigh is a historical figure because he invented
cigarettes and started smoking.
Sir Francis Drake circumcised the world with a 100 foot clipper
which was very dangerous to all his men.
The greatest writer of the Renaissance was William Shake-
speare. He was born in the year 1564, supposedly on his birth-
day. He never made much money and is famous only because
of his plays. He wrote tragedies, comedies, and hysterectomies,
all in Islamic pentameter.
Writing at the same time as Shakespeare was Miguel Cer-
vantes. He Wrote Donkey Hote. The next great author was John
Milton. Milton wrote Paradise Lost. Since then no one ever
found it.
Delegates from the original 13 states formed the Contented
Congress. Thomas Jefferson, a Virgin, and Benjamin Franklin
were two singers of the Declaration of Independence. Franklin
discovered electricity by Rubbing two cats backward and also
declared, "A horse divided against itself cannot stand." He was
a naturalist for sure. Franklin died in 1790 and is still dead.
Abraham Lincoln became America's greatest Precedent. Lincol-
n's mother died in infancy, and he was born in a log cabin which
he built with his own hands. Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves
by signing the Emasculation Proclamation.
On the night of April 14, 1865, Lincoln went to the theater and
got shot in his seat by one of the actors in a moving picture
show. They believe the assinator was John Wilkes Booth, a
supposingly insane actor. This ruined Booth’s career.
Johann Bach wrote a great many musical compositions and had
a large number of children. In between he practiced on an old
spinster which he kept up in his attic. Bach died from 1750 to
the present. Bach was the most famous composer in the world
and so was Handel. Handel was half German, half Italian, and
half English. He was very large.
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Bethoven wrote music even though he was deaf. He was so
deaf that he wrote loud music and became the father of rock and
roll. He took long walks in the forest even when everyone was
calling for him. Beethoven expired in 1827 and later died for this.
The nineteenth century was a time of a great many thoughts and
inventions. People stopped reproducing by hand and started re-
producing by machine.
The invention of the steamboat caused a network of rivers to
spring up.
Louis Pasteur discovered a cure for rabbits but I don't know why.
Charles Darwin was a naturalist. He wrote the Organ of the
Species. It was very long people got upset about it and had trials
to see if it was really true. He sort of said God's days were not
just 24 hours but without watches who knew anyhow? I don’t get
it.
Madman Curie discovered radio. She was the first woman to do
what she did. Other women have become scientists since her
but they didn't get to find radios because they were already tak-
en.
Karl Marx was one of the Marx Brothers. The other three were in
the movies. Karl made speeches and started revolutions. Some-
one in the family had to have a job, I guess.
Why We Love Children
A kindergarten pupil told his teacher he'd found a cat. She asked
him if it was dead or alive. "Dead." She was informed. "How do
you know?" she asked her pupil. "Because I pissed in its ear and
it didn't move," answered the child innocently. "You did
WHAT?!?" the teacher exclaimed in surprise. "You know," ex-
plained the boy, "I leaned over and went 'Pssst!' and it didn't
move."
An exasperated mother, whose son was always into mischief,
asked him, "How do you expect to get into Heaven?" The boy
thought it over and said, "Well, I'll run in and out and in and out
and keep slamming the door until St. Peter says, 'For Heaven's
sake, Dylan, come in or stay out!'"
One summer evening during a violent thunderstorm a mother
was tucking her son into bed. She was about to turn off the light
when he asked with a tremor in his voice, "Mummy, will you
sleep with me tonight?" The mother smiled and gave him a reas-
suring hug. "I can't dear," she said." I have to sleep in Daddy's
room." A long silence was broken at last by his shaky little voice:
"The big sissy."
It was that time, during the Sunday morning service, for the chil-
dren's sermon. All the children were invited to come forward.
One little girl was wearing a particularly pretty dress and, as she
sat down, the priest leaned over and said, "That is a very pretty
dress. Is it your Easter Dress?" The little girl replied, directly into
the priest's clip-on microphone, "Yes, and my Mum says it's an
absolute bugger to iron."
When I was six months pregnant with my third child, my three
year old came into the room when I was just getting ready to get
into the shower. She said, "Mummy, you are getting fat!" I
replied, "Yes, honey, remember Mummy has a baby growing in
her tummy"? "I know," she replied, but what's growing in your
bum?"
Maths
A little boy was doing his math homework. He said to himself,
"Two plus five, that son of a bitch is seven. Three plus six, that
son of a bitch is nine...."
His mother heard what he was saying and gasped, "What are
you doing?" The little boy answered, "I'm doing my math home-
work. Mum." "And this is how your teacher taught you to do it?"
the mother asked. "Yes," he answered.
Infuriated, the mother asked the teacher the next day, "What are
you teaching my son in math?" The teacher replied, "Right now,
we are learning addition." The mother asked, "And are you
teaching them to say two plus two, that son of a bitch is four?"
When teacher stopped laughing, she replied, "What I taught
them was, two plus two, THE SUM OF WHICH, is four."
 MUMS OZ Words
1. My mother taught me TO APPRECIATE A JOB WELL DONE. The results are out for the Ozwords comp where entrants were
"If you're going to kill each other, do it outside. I just finished asked to take an Australian word, alter it by adding or subtract-
cleaning." ing or changing only one letter, and supply a new and witty defi-
2. My mother taught me RELIGION. "You better pray that will nition:
come out of the carpet." billabonk to make passionate love beside a waterhole
3. My mother taught me about TIME TRAVEL. "If you don't bludgie a partner who doesn't work but is kept as a pet
straighten up, I'm going to knock you into the middle of next
week!" dodgeridoo a fake indigenous artefact
4. My mother taught me LOGIC. "Because I. said so, that's fair drinkum good quality Aussie wine
why." flatypus a cat which has been run over by a vehicle
5. My mother taught me MORE LOGIC. 'If you fall out of that matesh*t all your flatmate's belongings lying strewn around
swing and break your neck, you're not going to the store with the floor
me."
shagman an unemployed male roaming the Australian bush
6. My mother taught me FORESIGHT. "Make sure you wear in search of sexual activity
clean underwear, in case you're in an accident."
yabble the unintelligible language of Australian freshwa-
7. My mother taught me IRONY. "Keep crying, and I'll give you
ter crustaceans
something to cry about."
8. My mother taught me about the science of OSMOSIS. "Shut bushwanker a pretentious drongo who reckons he's above av-
your mouth and eat your supper." erage when it comes to handling himself in the
scrub
9. My mother taught me about CONTORTIONISM. "Will you
look at that dirt on the back of your neck!" crackie daks 'hipster' tracksuit pants
10. My mother taught me about STAMINA. 'You'll sit there until shornbag a particularly attractive naked sheep
all that spinach is gone."
11. My mother taught me about WEATHER.. "This room of
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yours looks as if a tornado went through it." Last night as I lay sleeping
12. My mother taught me about HYPOCRISY. "If I told you I died or so it seemed.
once, I've told you a million times. Don't exaggerate!" And then I went to heaven
(but only in my dreams).
13. My mother taught me the CIRCLE OF LIFE. "I brought you
into this world, and I can take you out." And when St Peter met me
outside the pearly gate
14. My mother taught me about BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION. he said I'll get your record
"Stop acting like your father!" please stand here and wait.
15. My mother taught me about ENVY. "There are millions of
He came back rather flustered
less fortunate children in this world who don't have wonderful
Your records full of flaws
parents like you do."
Didn't you do anything
16. My mother taught me about ANTICIPATION. "Just wait until on earth for a good cause.
we get home."
I see here you drank liquor
17. My mother taught me about RECEIVING. "You are going to and used bad language, too.
get it when you get home! " Seems that you’ve done everything
18. My mother taught me MEDICAL SCIENCE. "If you don't good folks would never do.
stop crossing your eyes, they are going to freeze that way."
We can't have your kind up here
19. My mother taught me ESP. "Put your sweater on; don't you your life was full of sin.
think I know when you are cold?" Then St Peters eyes grew large
20. My mother taught me HUMOR. "When that lawn mower cuts He gasped and said, "Come on in".
off your toes, don't come running to me." He took me to the big Boss
21. My mother taught me HOW TO BECOME AN ADULT. "If you Please treat this sinner well.
don't eat your vegetables, you'll never grow up." It says he walked with Dave
22. My mother taught me GENETICS. "You're just like your fa- He's had his share of hell.
ther."
Did You Ever Wonder
23. My mother taught me about my ROOTS. "Shut that door be-
hind you. Do you think you were born in a barn?" Why the sun lightens our hair, but darkens our skin?
24. My mother taught me WISDOM. "When you get to be my Why you don't ever see the headline, "Psychic Wins Lottery"?
age, you'll understand." Why "abbreviated" is such a long word?
25. And my favorite: my mother taught me about JUSTICE. Why Doctors call what they do "practice"?
"One day you'll have kids, and I hope they turn out just like
you!" Why lemon juice is made with artificial flavor, while dishwashing
liquid is made with real lemons?
Why the man who invests all your money is called a "Broker"?
The Paomnnehal Pweor Of The Hmuan Why there isn't mouse flavored cat food?
Mnid Who tastes dog food when it has a "new & improved" flavor?
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't Why Noah didn't swat those two mosquitoes?
mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt Why they sterilize the needle for lethal injections?
tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae.
Why sheep don't shrink when it rains?
The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit
Why they are called apartments when they are all stuck togeth-
porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey
er?
lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. amzanig huh? "
Why they call the airport "the terminal" if flying is so safe?

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