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Adventure Activity Standards

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What to do in Severe Weather when participating in an Outdoor Activity
TIP: Carry a portable radio to monitor weather and fire forcasts in your locality.

ALPINE ACTIVITIES

3.1 Alpine Areas are defined as regions of mountain country where snow or blizzard conditions exist or can be reasonably expected to exist.
3.3 The term “alpine activities” describes alpine walking, during all seasons of the year, and snow touring or ski touring; where participants go out either intending to stay overnight or not.

1. ALPINE AREAS
1.1 Interpretation
Decisions as to which areas are to be classified as "Alpine Areas" shall normally be made by the RCA. Where doubt exists the RCA may request a decision by the BAC (Alpine). Any decision made by the Committee will be binding.
1.2 Additions
The following areas shall be included as "Alpine Areas":
1.2.1 Within the boundaries of the Kosciusko National Park except for exclusions below.
1.2.2 Within the boundaries of the Barrington Tops National Park during the months May to October inclusive.
1.3 Exclusions
The following areas shall not be included as "Alpine Areas":
1.3.1 Within the Municipal or designated boundaries or immediate vicinity of occupied and operating Towns, Villages or Resorts.
1.3.2 Within 500 metres of any public road which is open to conventional vehicular traffic at the time of the activity.
1.3.3 During the months of December, January, February and March:-
The following walking trails and roads as day walking trails only
a) Thredbo to Mount Kosciusko
b) Charlottes Pass to Mount Kosciusko
c) Charlottes Pass to Blue Lake
d) The Sawpit Creek Area Walking Tracks
1.3.4 The areas utilised for activities when under the direct control of commercial operators who accept responsibility for the participants.
Ski Injuries - www.monash.edu.au/muarc/reports/muarc100.html
Monash University Accident Research Centre's discussion of XC ski injuries

Snowy Mountains Region Forecast -
http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/wrap_fwo.pl?IDN10103.txt

Snow Reports - http://www.ski.com.au/reports/

Autralian Museum Reference pages

  • Australian Museum Fact Sheets
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    Agoonoree

    Agoonoree 2008:
    ABC'c CATALYST "The World of Aspergers": Picture Gallery "Agoonoree 2008"

    Bushfires

    Bushfire Weather

    Bushwalking and Camping

    LINKS TO GOOD BUSHWALKING SITES

    Sydney North Region Bush Walking Group PEAK

    Sydney North Regions Outdoor Activities SCOUT HIKE

    NSW Branch Outdoor Activities STATE RALLY

    NSW Outdoor Recreational Council ORIC

    Sydney Transport
    Cityrail Train timetables
    Cityrail trackwork
    Countrylink homepage
    Sydney Bus timetables
    Ferry timetables

    Tide Tables - Goes to the Waterways website
    Click on Weather, then Tide tables

    Weather
    BOM home page
    Sydney radar map
    Sydney forecasts

    NPWS Fire and track closures

    Bushwalkers radio station. (no link) FM 88.5 2RRR. The bushwalking segment is on every Saturday between 2 and 3 pm.

    Individual track information
    Great North Walk
    Hume and Hovell Track
    The Mungo Track (Myall Lakes)
    Distance: 22km Time suggested: 24 hours Difficulty: medium difficulty


    Six foot track
    Wiradjuri Walking Track

    The Bicentennial National Trail
    The Tops to Myall Heritage Trail
    Distance: 220km Time suggested: 11 days Rovers Venturers - 20 days Scouts Difficulty: medium difficulty

    Good Map to get an overall overview of the routes is the State Forests map for "Lower North Coast" it shows all the track from Hawks Nest to The Tops.

    Leg 1 Lagoon Pinch to Wombat Creek, 10km
    Leg 2 Wombat Creek To Munro Hut (private hut - donation requested), 20km
    Leg 3 Munro Hut To Mountaineer (camp), 24km
    Leg 4 Mountaineer (camp) To Log Dump (camp), 28km
    Leg 5 Log Dump (camp) To Wards River (in Craven State Forest), 28km
    Leg 6 Wards River To Little River Campsite, 25km
    Leg 7 Little River Campsite To Shorty's Camp, 25km
    Leg 8 Shorty's Camp To Korseman's Landing, 27km
    Leg 9 Korseman's LandingTo Bombah Point, 7km (mornings walk), shops
    Leg 10 Bombah Point To Brambles Green, 16km
    Leg 11 Brambles Green To Hawks Nest Surf Club, 20km


    Australian Alps Walking Track

    Good information about a great variety of walks and parks

    Search page for back issues of Wild Magazine


    State Forests

    Canyoning, Abseiling, Caving

    Tom Brennan's Guide to Sydney Canyons

    Crag X
    Climbing Publications
    Australian Speleological Federation
    New Zealand Speleological Society
    Single Rope Techniques
    Int Union pf Speleology (UIS)
    Bob Gulden's page
    ACCIDENT REGISTER
    Rock Climbing In Victoria
    Sydney U Rockclimbing & Mountaineering Club
    UNI NSW Outdoor Club
    Climbing Code
    Australian Climbing Assoc.
    Climbing Australia
    Climbing Madness
    The Grampians
    Peter Monks page
    Petzl (>>$$$>lifespan)
    Climbing Humour
    ABC of Rock Climbing