b'many trees to cut and these were rather sorry. We hope it will soontackled easily by a couple of chain- regenerate. In all, a good weekend.saws; the rest of us cleared the cut Short notice made for rushed arrange-wood from the track.Bowen Link ments and smaller numbers due toTrack took us from Bowen Trail to Covid restrictions. We had an enjoy-Monkey Top Track. This is a highpoint able time travelling a few tracks weof the plateau and some of the big hadnt been on before and trees had been fire killed.contributing to thecontinuing accessWe were soon out on Yalmy Road and to the Snowy River NP. Butters wasturned onto Minchin Track. We pleased with the work done.travelled through drier forest here and We look forward to visiting again nextthe track was of easier gradient with year, hopefully in a more normal yearsome clearing to do. After Sun Track, than 2020 has been.we followed the boundary of private By John Hasler (Land Roverland and one tree required some Owners Club of Victoria, Rangework. The head of the tree was on the Rover Club of Victoria and Pajerotrack and required lots of small cuts 4WD Club of Victoria)to clear it. As Parks Victoria Rangers GaryTravelling to Waterholes Gully Track Bellesini and Dave Butterworth were(Warbisco Trail at the Bowen Trail planning on checking some of theend) we stopped at a clearing for tracks to ensure that they were safeafternoon tea and to cut a cake Prue and cleared, we were invited to assisthad brought for Jims birthday. A them with clearing the tracks. Thislarge tree approximately 1m diameter was an opportunity not to be missed.was bypassed (a machine would be So, a small group of 3 experiencedbrought in for this one) and soon we volunteers and chainsaw operatorswere passing grazing land. At the from the Pajero Club of Victoria tookjunction with McKillops Road, Butters the week off.We were to meet withdeparted for home and we headed the Rangers on the 18th November atback to McKillops Bridge to camp. the junction of the Deddick Trail andSunday:Next morning was a more Yalmy Road and camped at Waratahleisurely start. Dali and Tony were Flat the night before.heading back up the hill and going Wednesday 18th: We met Gary andhome via Benambra.John and Prue Dave at the nominated meeting placewere going to check out some plants on Yalmy Road and had a bit of aalong the Deddick River.Butters was yarn about the fires, how it hadnot available on the Sunday and the affected the area, and how I missedrest of the crew headed to Bonang them last year as I was leadingand then along Errinundra Road to another track clearing trip on theclear Postmans Track. Postmans same weekend in the MallacootaTrack included a steep descentregion and Croajingalong NP. Thelearing regarded by participants as likely to volunteers and local rangers havebe interesting in the wet.become close acquaintances over theWe all met up at Goongerah 15-16 years of working together and itCampground for lunch.Badly burned is always great to catch up once aand with a number of large trees year. needing to be removed, it is lookinghanded out safety helmets, leathergloves and water to those requiringthem. We broke into 2 groups withone group travelling north then westalong the Bowen Trail (including theinteresting ridgetop route towards theDeddick Trail) and then the tracksdown to McKillops Road.This groupwas led by Andrew Mortlock, veteranof many track clearing weekends andthey carried a Parks Vic Trunk Radiofor regular safety checks.Our group, led by Parks Vic RangerButters, travelled south on the BowenTrail, crossing Mt Richardson and MtBowen. Steep ascents and descentsled to and from these summits. Thereis a helipad on Mt Bowen and great360* views were obtained.We hadTRACKWATCH MARCH 2021 11'