True, you don't bash snakes with a big stick, merely frighten them to death
flicking them towards Ian. julie ... From: J G Cook Date: 03/01/06 18:35:25 To:...
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Peter Worrall
wobbler3
Mar 1, 2006 12:52 pm
The Civil Liability Amendment (Personal Responsibility) Act 2002, the act to which you refer, applies in National Parks just as much as it applies anywhere, so...
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Mark Walters
markhw65
Mar 1, 2006 11:17 pm
Hi Guys I used to teach people at Rosa Gully 100m north of Diamond Day, there are many abseils from 5m to 30m on the south side of the Gully. There was, when I...
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marilynscott56
Mar 2, 2006 3:21 am
For anyone planning on doing North Bowen in the near future, there is a 1 metre tiger snake (or brown snake, I couldn't see any stripes) down stream from the...
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lpaju
Mar 2, 2006 7:28 am
Hi All, A few years ago when all the insurance / public liability kafuffle was going on the NPWS used to send rangers to Alfords Point. A few groups I knew of ...
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Peter Worrall
wobbler3
Mar 2, 2006 11:37 am
Hi, As far as I can see the only part of the plan of management that I can be used against abseiling at Alfords Point is the following (from the 'Policies'...
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Tom Brennan
tom_brennan.rm
Mar 2, 2006 12:54 pm
For National Parks, it's pretty easy. Adventure recreation is not permitted unless the Plan of Management says it is. For council's it's a bit more difficult....
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Tom Brennan
tom_brennan.rm
Mar 2, 2006 8:53 pm
Also - from the Sydney Climbing web site ... "National Parks and Wildlife Regulation, 2002 Clause 19, Section 21 Page 29: "(1) A person must not in a park: ......
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Tom Brennan
tom_brennan.rm
Mar 2, 2006 9:45 pm
Having walked back along Bells Line of Rd a couple of times in recent weeks, I noticed that there is a lot of rubbish on the verges and in the bush on either...
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mal_chandler
Mar 2, 2006 10:35 pm
Hi Lynda, I'm impressed with your research. The only point I would make in reply to this would be that these are probably invoiced expenses to Lawers and...
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Ian Knapp
knappanaut
Mar 3, 2006 3:04 am
A lovely canyon, well worth doing. The walk in is not as bad as Jamieson would have you believe. It tool us just about an hour to reach the cliff lines above...
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snail
vvsnail
Mar 3, 2006 9:41 am
... Just wondering if anyone from Oz was going to this ? Turns out I'm actually going to be in Europe in April, had been planning to do a backpack (hostels not...
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Rowan
rowan_peck
Mar 3, 2006 11:02 am
It's not just the roads that are an issue. Last weekend with the kids on Joe's Canyon, I collected 2 or 3 sheets of plastic lunch wrapper, half a plastic coke...
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Julie Burton
ropegypsy
Mar 3, 2006 8:08 pm
A couple of months ago I arrived back at Cathedral camping ground with a
friend in time to see a group of young men heading off into the bush with
beers in...
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J+B
joe_bugden
Mar 5, 2006 1:08 am
Stole this short video from a show about National Parks I saw on TV recently- It shows Ayres Rock/ Uluru after some rain. -1Mb // 30sec – ...
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David L. Jones
davidljonesau
Mar 5, 2006 6:55 am
... still, ... I've been there and climbed it, plus have also walked around the entire base. I thought it would make a great abseil with and without rain, but,...
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rooey8
Mar 5, 2006 7:44 am
Hi Joe, I agree with David. I have climbed it and explored some of the base but the most amazing thing is the sheer size of it. I was in awe when we drove up...
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paddymcd_1
Mar 6, 2006 12:18 am
On the weekend of 4-5 March I did Long Gully (Sat) and Bungonia Creek (Sat) Long Gully was quite disappointing. It was very dry, and not very enclosed, and...
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Peter Donley
peter_g_d
Mar 6, 2006 2:26 am
I have always used a Pitstop and have never found any problems with a
dry rope - what diameter were you using? Peter
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David Jones
davidljonesau
Mar 6, 2006 3:18 am
The PittStop friction can be increased by using a smaller diameter carbiner, or if you need to mid-abseil - bringing the rope back over the top of the device....
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Julie Burton
ropegypsy
Mar 6, 2006 4:40 am
I did Jarrara a few months ago in a group of about 8, and I think it took
us roughly 9 hours car to car and that included a leisurely swim at the last
big...
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Ian Knapp
knappanaut
Mar 6, 2006 7:20 am
Probably teaching grandmother to suck eggs, but thought I would mention it anyway. Several of our group use pitstops without, seemingly, any real problems with...
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russellburroughs
russellburro...
Mar 7, 2006 3:36 am
I've been trying to contact go wild glenbrook recently and there has been no answer on the phone. I heard that they might be closing. Any one know? ANy good...
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David Jones
davidljonesau
Mar 7, 2006 3:53 am
They were in the process of moving just around the corner. They were having a "moving sale" a few months back. That is most likely the problem. Dave :) ... ...
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J G Cook
jgcook1200
Mar 7, 2006 12:09 pm
Another point to note with the Pittstop is that the carabiner is loaded crossways, as for piton/brake bar descending devices, and I believe carabiner...
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David Jones
davidljonesau
Mar 7, 2006 11:17 pm
The PittStop is *much* better than a piton bar for cross loading of the carabiner as it supports itself at several points and closer towards the ends of the...
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Joe Sydney
kvrsq1
Mar 7, 2006 11:25 pm
Hello all It's official, a colleague of mine from a club applied to Council via an application to hold a basic abseiling day at Cliff St cliffs for his club....
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Tom Brennan
tom_brennan.rm
Mar 8, 2006 3:56 am
That's rather funny! "There is currently no designated bushland area for abseiling activities - the headland at Cliff Oval is potentially unstable and home to...
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Ian Knapp
knappanaut
Mar 8, 2006 10:33 am
Today's midweek gerriatrics trip was to Horseshoe Canyon on the Wollongambe, after recent postings on this site we decided to check it out. Nice to do a short,...
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Colin(Optus)
otp_nakor
Mar 9, 2006 9:05 am
I have to say, I find it hard to keep up with all the e-mail that comes from OzCanyons. Particularly if I go on holidays and come back to hundreds of e-mail...
