Shoalhaven Bushwalkers Inc. PO Box 403 Nowra NSW 2541 info@shoalhavenbushwalkers.org.au

A Short History of the Shoalhaven Bushwalkers

Compiled by Barbara Robertson

Contents

Introduction Preface Shoalhaven - the Early Days Towards a Shoalhaven Bushwalkers Club The Club Moves On The Years that Followed Meetings Newsletter Significant Events The Shoalhaven Bushwalkers March The Tracks We Walk On What We Like Doing Best - Walking As Well As Bushwalking ... Things We Do For Fun Bird watching Native plants Eating Canoeing Abseiling Cross-country skiing Caving Community Activities Socialising Trips away Rogaining - The Navigation Shield Search and Rescue Mittagong - 1992 Granite Falls - September 1992 Ettrema Gorge - September 1993 Budawangs - May 1995 That Rescue - May 1995 Saddleback Mountain - May 1995 Mittagong - 1996 Beecroft - June 1998 Budawangs - May 2000 Some Recollections of Shoalhaven Bushwalkers since 1985 The Leslie Family Walks - by Sally Leslie Around Sassafras - by Jim White From Hampton Cooper Great and Wonderful Times - by Ursula Turner A 1994 Walk Fred Backer Well Remembers The Jindabyne and Blackheath Jaunts, 1991-1998 - by Dot Gallagher Memorable Walks - by Dawn Evans Up the Corang with Stuart Leslie (1988) Margaret Brown Writes ... Walking with Wally Eastwood Ray Mathieson Reports - Hard Walks and Happy Times - by Audrey Eastwood Memories from Leila Kates Wednesday Walkers Visit Yalwal in Winter 1987 - by Dawn Evans Yarrunga creek via Mt Carrialoo - by Stuart Leslie A Night to Remember - by Barbara Robertson History of the 'Hole in the Wall' - by Alan Thomas 1993 New Year's Eve Snowy Mountains Walk - by Elizabeth Backer Mount Talaterang in a Day - by Yvonne White 1994 Snowy Mountains Hike - by Gwenneth Prior Western budawangs, July 1994 - by Daphne McCann A Whale of a Day - by Dot Gallagher Beware of Fallen Angels - by Jack Van Dam A Day in the Bush with Lillian - by Fiona Wilmot How to get ahead and scare your friends - by Anne Warren The Ensign Barrallier Walk - by Sandra Kelley To camp or not to camp - that is the question? - by Monica Keely The Brindabellas - by Daphne McCann Bright - May 1999 - by Barbara Robertson The Two Rivers Track - by Bruce Wright The Mt Dromedary and Montague Island Trip - by Brett Davis Thanks - from Anne Warren How long will it take to walk from A to B? - by Russ Evans What is a Pragmatic Walker? - asks Jock Finlayson Snowy Mountains Trip in April 2000 - by Jock Finlayson Four Day Budawangs Walk - by Sandra Kelley The Corn Trail Caper in August 2000 - by Russ Evans Historic Corn Trail Track Notes - by Dawn Evans Griffin's Fire-trail in June 2000 - by Paul Ellis The Castle, September 2000 - by Jock Finlayson Appendix Trips Away Theatre - Nowra Players Caving and Abseiling Canoeing Xmas in July Xmas in December Guest Speakers Other Significant Events Annual Rogaine Entries and Results Office Bearers

Drawings by Pat Campion*
* unless otherwise acknowledged
Those marked NBT are from the New Bush Telegraph

Disclaimer: The stories and items recorded in this book are memories and thoughts of club members.
They should be read and enjoyed with this in mind, for it does not matter if they are not complete.
© 2001 Shoalhaven Bushwalkers Inc.