Bankstown Bushwalking Club Inc.

Keep this date free for the club Christmas party. We will once again be having a spit roast in the club rooms $30 pp BYO drinks. Numbers and payment required by the November meeting. More information available at club meetings.

INDOOR CLIMBING AT WETHERILL PARK

Every Wednesday a group of club members climbs at The Pitch at Wetherill Park. If you would like to join us e-mail bankstownbush@yahoo.com for details.

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Contact Information

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CLUB MEETINGS:

Club meetings are held on once a month on Monday nights at:

Arts and Craft Centre
Cnr Olympic Parade & Dale Lane,
Bankstown

Dates & times for club meetings are listed on the current program.

PHONE: (02) 9773-9141

E-MAIL: bankstownbush@yahoo.com

POSTAL ADDRESS:

PO Box L61
Mt Lewis NSW 2200

What to do if you need to make an insurance claim

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If you need to make a liability claim.

Please also notify the Insurance Officer:

Howard Tooth, Bushwalking Australia Inc.

Phone: (02) 9869 1110

Email: hdtooth@bigpond.net.au

To make a personal accident or liability claim please contact:

Fred Grima, Marsh Pty Ltd within 30 days of the incident.

Phone: (02) 9761 7328

85 George Street, Parramatta 2150

A claim form and further instructions will be mailed to you

PROCEDURE FOR NOTIFYING INJURIES

The Confederation of Bushwalking Clubs has advised of new procedures required for notifying injuries under our Insurance Policy. All leaders and club members MUST use these procedures in the event of an incident or injury on a walk in order to ensure that any potential insurance claim is not jeopardised. Procedures are available in our Trip Leaders area.

Adding your photos to the photo album

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The club's photo album is hosted using Picasa Web Albums. There are 2 ways to get your photos added to our album so you can share them with family and friends:

1. The old way - If you'd like to have photos from a walk or other club activity published, just pick your best 6 - 8 photos and e-mail them to bankstownbush@yahoo.com. Make sure you mention which trip they are from. If you need to reduce the size of your photos in order to e-mail them you will find instructions for reducing the size of your photo files here.

2. The new way - Download Picasa, which is free photo album software from Google and use it to organise the photos on your hard drive. Load your photos onto your own Picasa Web Album. You will need to create your album as a public album. When you have done this simply e-mail the link to your web album to bankstownbush@yahoo.com. There are no restrictions to number of photos or file sizes and the captions etc that you have in your own album will be replicated in the club album. More information can be found at http://picasa.google.com/

3. Even easier, set up your own album, and then e-mail the webmaster at bankstownbush@yahoo.com with the URL and then we'll like your personal album to the club album so that when you publish your photos online you just need to update your own album. If you like you can then e-mail the people who were on the trip or the all club members e-mail address to let them know where to find the photos.

A quick method for reducing the size of your photo files

Before you e-mail photos you might need to reduce the size of your photo files. There is a quick way to reduce the file size. It goes something like this depending on your operating system:

Open Windows Explorer (not Internet Explorer)
Find the photos on your hard drive
Select the photos you want to send. Hold down the Ctrl key to select multiple photos.
Right click and select Send to
Select "Make all my pictures smaller"

This will make the files smaller, but still a suitable resolution for putting on the web.

Bush Fires, Park Closures & Programmed activities

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Members, please make sure that you check with your trip leader to ensure that there haven't been last minute changes to the programmed walk due to bush fires.

Leaders and Members may find these links to be useful sources of information on bushfires and park closures.

NPWS Park & Road Closure page

Blue Mountains Rural Fire Service

Rural Fire Service - all of NSW

Club Resources

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Library Books - The club has a collection of books, papers and videos on bushwalking and related issues which club members may borrow. A list of these is provided here.

Equipment hire - The club has a variety of equipment including tents, a sleeping bag and overnight packs available for hire at a rate of $5 per weekend. One weeks notice is to be given to the equipment officer for all borrowing and hiring of equipment. If you are a club member who wishes to hire equipment please e-mail bankstownbush@yahoo.com and we will send you the equipment officer's contact information.

Maps - Download a .pdf format list of all Maps owned by the club which members may borrow. Members may borrow and return maps at club meetings.

First Aid Course Information

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It is strongly recommended that all participants carry a first aid kit. We also recommend that all club members complete a first aid course. Many club members have completed and recommend the St John Ambulance Remote Area course. To book contact the St John NSW office on 1300-360-455 during business hours.

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We are always looking for suggestions that would help us improve this web page. If you have any suggestions for improving our page or are a club member who would like to be advised whenever this page is updated please e-mail bankstownbush@yahoo.com