Articles

A trip report of the 9-day tramp from St Arnaud to Lewis Pass - South Island NZ

The December/January issue of Bushwalking News Victoria is now available for download from the Bushwalking Victoria web site using the following link http://www.bushwalkingvictoria.org.au/files/Newsletters/BNV1212.pdf (PDF, 1.3MB)

Precipitous Bluff (Southern Tasmania) trip report - article and photos by Bernie Quirke

http://www.bushwalkingvictoria.org.au/forms/BNV1202.pdf

The money that Bushwalking Victoria, with the support of the member clubs, raised after lthe devastating 2009 fires is being used to help reconstruct walking tracks in the Kinglake National Park. BWV in partnership with Conservation Volunteers will be running a number of working sessions as detailed in the attached flyer.  Club members are welcome to assist with this project and will not be required to pay the full cost outlined in the attached flyer.

The Setopress bandage is specifically designed for use with snake bites. It is wider (10 cm) and longer (3.5 m) than most crepe or elastic bandages and has a continuous series of green and brown rectangles printed along it's length that assist you in getting the correct tightness.

See the attached article for more details, reproduced from Behind The Log newsletter, Issue 31, June 2010.

In our tall timber is a lovely place to walk, but being temperate rain forest it can be very wet and leeches love these conditions.

Land leeches are common on the ground or in low foliage in wet rain forests. In drier forests they may be found on the ground in seepage moistened places. Most do not enter water and cannot swim, but can survive periods of immersion.