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Changes to Car Sharing Costs
Because of rising fuel prices, and in the interests of fairness, a new system for car sharing costs came into effect on September 1st, as follows:-
11 cents per km that each passenger travels, rounded up/down to the nearest 10km and then the nearest dollar.
Example: The distance from the helicopter to the Steamers Beach carpark is 39.27km, giving a round trip of 78.54km. This is rounded up to 80km. At 11c per kilometre, the cost per passenger is $8.80, which rounds up to $9.
Distances from the helicopter and costs will be displayed in the walk descriptions in the Ettremist. The cost can be reduced by mutual agreement for longer trips ie. outside the Shoalhaven
The system has the following benefits:-
- all passengers pay the same amount regardless of the number of people in the car
- the more passengers a driver takes, the more money the driver gets
- car sharing is encouraged
- the environment benefits because less cars are used
- parking at the start of the walk should be less congested
- the arithmetic is simpler
- future changes will be easier
FREE - L47 style ink cartridges - one of each colour to suit a Brother Multi-Function Centre. Old unit has died and the new one takes different cartridges. If interested please phone Kynie on 4446-0044.
Sabah in May 2009
Sabah – Malaysia: Historic WW2 Sandakan to Ranau Death March and a climb of Mt Kinabaulu [4101m] - click here for details.
Who to Call?
Leaders - immediately after the completion of your walks, please phone Brett Davis on 4443-2553 to let him know of your safe return, and the number of people you had on your walk.
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Vale Lynn Partridge
Lynn Partridge recently became our third club member to receive an OBE, receiving the award at a special presentation at the helicopter prior to the walks on Wednesday, August 13th. Sadly, Lynn passed away only two weeks later. Our sympathies go out to his family and to all of his many friends.
September 4 - Committee Meeting at 7:30pm at the home of Margaret Perkins.
October 2 - slide presentation on walking in Switzerland by John and Gill Souter, and Brett and Karen Davis, prior to the general meeting at 7:30pm at the Nowra Town Band Hall in Kinghorne Street, Nowra.
November 6 - Committee Meeting at 7:30pm at a venue to be decided.
November 25 - Destiny's Restaurant (see first column).
December 10 - Wednesday Xmas Party and Cannonball Run.
December 13 - Weekend Xmas Party at Wairo Beach (see Ettremist for details).
Aug 15 - updated the Library page due to recent additions of books, maps and other information.
July 15 - added a report by Paul Ellis about the Whale Watching walk in Booderee NP. Click here to view the report.
June 26 - added a link to the Links for Leaders page for a 137 page, 2.6MB PDF file which details everything you ever wanted to know about the GPS system, and more.
June 17 - added a link to the Reports page for a Paul Ellis report on his Light to Light club walk in late May. Click here to view the report.
June 10 - added "Links for Leaders" to the drop-down menu under "Walks". The links can help leaders when planning their walks. They include links to bus and ferry timetables, Cityrail timetables and track work, weather radar and forecasts, tide charts, National Parks track closures, and fire bans.
Click here to view what else is new on this site.
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Destiny's Restaurant
Dinner at Destiny's Restaurant has been arranged for 6pm on Tuesday 25 November, at a cost of $30 per head. Please make cheques payable to "Illawarra Institute of TAFE". Phone Sylvia on 4446-6969 or 0412 165 687 to arrange bookings.
This is a great night and a chance for all walkers to get together and meet friends and partners who don’t walk on Wednesdays. You do not have to be walker to book a seat – all family and friends are most welcome!!!
WARNING re Currambene SF!
On 7th March 2008, Ian MacDonald MLC, Labor Minister for Primary Industries, declared Currambene State Forest as one of the public lands designated for hunting for the purposes of the Game and Feral Animal Control Act for the next five years.
Currambene State Forest is located on both sides of Forest Road between Callala and the Princes Highway south of Nowra.
Licensed hunters may now shoot deer, California quail, pheasant, partridge, peafowl, turkey, pigs, dogs (but not dingos), cats, goats, rabbits, hares and foxes in this state forest. Will hunters be able to tell a lyrebird from a California quail, pheasant, partridge or peafowl?
The State Forests website states that signage will be placed at all entry points to forests declared for hunting. Unfortunately, Shoalhaven bushwalkers often enter forests through non-standard entry points. Recreational users are still permitted to visit these areas while the hunting is taking place. Great!
Lee Rhiannon of the NSW Greens blasts the legislation, saying that it is in the interest of hunters to increase the numbers and types of potential game animals in hunting areas, rather than eradicate them. She says there have been many incidents in the past of hunters releasing pigs and deer into forests to boost the numbers of game to hunt. In addition, hunters can use dogs as part of the hunt, and these of course are always able to discriminate between feral and native animals, aren't they?
Will this legislation be safe and effective?
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