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Walkers: Christine, John, Joy, Bruce & Julie, Pam, Keith, Colin
A wonderful time was had by all hiking in Girraween National Park and touring the delights of Stanthorpe
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Walkers: Christine, John, Joy, Susan, Kerry, Michele & Gary, Pam, Bron, Colin
Distance - 14.1k
A very pleasant walk in beautiful sunshine.
Saw the effects of fire and firestorm damage throughout Lamington National Park.
Walkers: Werner and Vangie, John, Colin
Distance - 17.8k
A very tough climb to Mt Superbus and then the more pleasant walk along the ridgeline to the Lincoln crash site.
The heart wrenching visit to the crash site which is the story of a medical emergency and evacuation for a two day old baby girl from Townsville Hospital to Brisbane Hospital by the RAAF using Lincoln Bomber A73-64. The baby, a nursing sister who volunteered to travel with the baby and four crew lost their lives when they crashed into Mt Superbus after going off course.
The site has a memorial to those who lost their lives.
Walkers: Werner and Vangie, Phil, Colin
Distance - 14.3k
A very tough but incredibly enjoyable walk through the enchanted forest of Mt Roberts to Lizard Point
Walkers: Colin (leader), Werner and Vangie, Christine D, Pam D, Philip, John, Colin
Distance - 8.5k
A very tough but incredibly enjoyable walk to Mt Greville.
Walkers: Werner and Vangie, Phil, John, Colin
Distance - 8.2k
A very tough but incredibly enjoyable walk to Mt Maroon + Caves. Thanks to Philip Pascoe, who accompanied us and guided us to the Mt Maroon summit from the west side.
Walkers: Werner (leader), Vangie, Christine D, Christine J, Susan, Pam, Jackie, Keith, John, Colin
Distance - 19.1k
A cold, dry and very windy day made conditions tough for all. Once in the forest we were protected from the wind but we were exposed at lookouts along the way.
The forest had been devestated in places from the fires that went through late last year and high winds that had knocked over huge numbers of trees. We could see plenty of evidence that regrowth was on the way, but it would seem that many years would be needed to again show the forest at its best.
Walkers: Colin (leader), Christine D, Christine J, Vangie and Werner, John
Distance - 12.5k
A cold, dry and very windy day made conditions tough for all. The air was filled with dust which made breathing uncomfortable, especially climbing the slopes of Spicer's Peak. We did make it to the lookout point but the dust made the spectacular viewing we had expected a non-event.
We persevered as best we could, only to find walking Mt Mathieson in a clockwise direction far more difficult, and with fire blackened undergrowth and Grass Trees we all came back dirty and disheveled. Nevertheless we all enjoyed seeing Mt Mathieson in difficult circumstances - Colin
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Injured Wildlife
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Copies of the excellent & definitive “ The Mistletoes of Subtropical Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria” by local authors John Moss & Ross Kendall now on sale at $27.50 from Mike Russell (5545 3601).
TAMBORINE MOUNTAIN FLORA & FAUNA by Russell, Leiper, White, Francis, Hauser, McDonald & Sims is now on sale at local outlets for $15.
Why does attentiveness to nature matter? In a very fundamental sense, we are what we pay attention to. Paying heed to beauty, grace, and everyday miracles promotes a sense of possibility and coherence that runs deeper and truer than the often illusory commercial, social "realities" advanced by mainstream contemporary culture. ... Our attention is precious, and what we choose to focus it on has enormous consequences. What we choose to look at, and to listen to--these choices change the world. As Thich Nhat Hanh has pointed out, we become the bad television programs that we watch. A society that expends its energies tracking the latest doings of the celebrity couple is fundamentally distinct from one that watches for the first arriving spring migrant birds, or takes a weekend to check out insects in a mountain stream, or looks inside flowers to admire the marvelous ingenuities involved in pollination. The former tends to drag culture down to its lowest commonalities; the latter can lift us up in a sense of unity with all life. The Way of Natural History, edited by Thomas Lowe Fleischner and published by Trinity University Press (Texas)
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