Special Events
- 50th Anniversary Activities
- Other Events
Anniversary Dinner: Friday evening 11 November 2011
Table centrepieceOver 80 people attended the 50th Anniversary dinner at the Southern Cross Yacht Club on Friday 11 November 2011.
The stunning centrepieces were designed by Cynthia Breheny and set-up by her and a small team of enthusiastic helpers. The speeches were kept to a minimum with the President giving a short speech and then John Evans presenting the awards for the 50 peaks in 50 weeks competition. Not surprisingly, Phillip Starr had the highest number of points and had climbed the highest number of peaks (75). All this before he broke his ankle. No doubt he would have reached 100 peaks if this had not been so.
The 50th anniversary book was 'launched' at this event with all participants receiving a copy of the book, whether they were current members or not. It would have been nice to allow a little more time for members to mix and chat with people whom they hadn't seen for a long time, but as soon as the first enthusiastic members hit the dance floor the music volume was raised and a few people decided it was time to leave.
Nevertheless, the rest enjoyed a stint on the dance floor with even the older members getting up to 'shake their thing'.
Bungonia revisited: 19/20 November
This trip commemorated a walk completed 50 years ago when a group of enthusiastic young bushwalkers went through Bungonia Gorge and downstream along the Shoalhaven River to what was called Cedar Flats for camping and swimming. A few months after this walk, members of the group formed what became the Canberra Bushwalking Club. Every 5 years the Club celebrates by following the same route or the easier route via Mt Ayre.
The indomitable Gösta Lynga, one of the Club's founding members, was to have led this walk but a temporary physical indisposition forced him to withdraw from the trip. Instead Alan Vidler emerged from his temporary bushwalking retirement to lead the trip. On Saturday morning Alan and his party of three – Margaret Roseby, Rupert Barnett and Rene Davies – piled into Alan's commodious 4WD and headed for Bungonia via Goulburn. More details on the walk are published in the Club newsletter.
50 Peaks in 50 Weeks
50 Peaks in 50 Weeks was a huge success. Over 2/3 of members participated. Thank you to all involved, both leaders and walkers. We stood on a few hills and breathed plenty of fresh air. 5 members topped 50 or more peaks and certificates were presented to Phillip Starr, John Evans, Chris Francis, Nathan Holt and Edwina Yee at the recent 50th anniversary dinner.
Certificates were also presented to those members who gained 100 or more peak-walk-points: Karen Cody, Rob Horsfield, Stan Marks, Brendan Kelly, Quentin Moran, Di Gillies, Stephen Marchant, Russell Howroyd, Jenny Horsfield, Linda Stone, Ralph Young, Jeff Bennetts, Lorraine Tomlins, Lois Padgham, Adan Lilley, Carol Anderson, Mike Bremers, Barry Keeley and Peter Conroy.
As part of the club's 50th anniversary celebrations, CBC is launching the "50 peaks in 50 weeks" event. We challenge you to meet this target. Points will be awarded on the height of the peak and the length and difficulty of the walk. Multiple peaks may be achieved on a single walk, but all peaks must be achieved on a club walk.
The individual results of the challenge and the peaks climbed can be seen on the 50 Peaks page.
Anniversary book
The 50th anniversary book was published in November 2011 and launched at the 50th Anniversary Dinner. The book included an abridged article on the Macdonnell Ranges, written by Meg McKone. Click on the link to view a PDF file of the full article.
In the book, there are a couple of errors in the list of past committee members and a corrected page of this can be downloaded by clicking on the link.
Back issues of IT
Digitalisation of past issues of IT since 1964 was completed in November 2011 and searchable PDF files are now available on the website. Thanks to Reet Vallak for lending her hardcopy collection for scanning. Visit the CBC Newsletter Archive to browse these back issues.
Broom Clearing - an annual CBC event
Every year since 1992 the CBC has organised a Broom clearing day at Cotter Flats in the Bimberi Wilderness area of Namadgi National Park. Broom is an invasive weed species which is prevalent in this area.
Broom team 2008
Broom plant
Track clearing team
Folly Point Track Repair
20-21 October 2007
It was a rather warm weekend but 17 CBC members in conjunction NSW National Parks cleared all but the last kilometre of this well known 6 km walk in the northern Budawangs, Morton National Park.
We had the opportunity of driving from Sassafras along all 8.5 kms of the fire trail leading to the Folly Point track head at Newhaven Gap - the last 6 of which you normally have to walk along as well. Here's some of the Track Clearing Team at Newhaven.
Wog Wog to Corang Peak Track Clearing 23-24 May 2009
On a rather wet weekend of 23rd & 24th of May a party of 15 enthusiastic "gardeners" from the CBC and NSW National Parks cleared a 4 km section of the Wog Wog to Corang Peak Track in Morton National Park (Budawang Ranges). The track is now much safer for walkers. Here's the Track Clearing Team and here's some members hard at work
Members hard at work clearing the track
Corang track clearing team
