b'of the cemetery and the end resultwas truly magnificent. I hadnt seenthe cemetery look this good for a fewyears, absolutely spectacular. All ofus were chuffed with the result.Barb and I meanwhile were cleaningall the historical information signageand the ground cover beneath andaround them.Thank God Barb had agreen scourer with her as these signswere not only filthy but had blackspots embedded in them too.I wasalso assessing these sites for therequirements the team would need toapply for the afternoon clean up.Earlier in the month, AlisonMcLaughlin from FWDV had askedme to call Ross Boreham from theBairnsdale 4WD club as he wasinterested in the Jericho region.I contacted Ross and it turns out he isa living relative of Charles Ferguson,our one and only grave with a head- On to Chinamens Point and manystone and an ornate wire fence hands make quick work, so gettingaround it.I sent him some info about the walking track down to the infohis Jericho ancestor and told him sign and the ceremonial oven clearedabout our working bee. Well, he was done in no time.rocked up Tuesday around lunch time You have no idea how bad the black-with his brush cutter and swag and berry bush has taken over the wholehelped us to clean up the cemetery area, its really sad and I wish DELWPand the other sites for the afternoon. would do some spraying.EventuallyRoss wants to come along on our next the roads will disappear under it.working bee too. Hes a good worker We headed back to our campsite viaand very welcome. Red Jacket and took a look at thoseAround 2:30pm the cemetery was sites, and for the first time I can the Bren Gun carrier relic somewherecompleted and looking sensational, remember, the post office site was at the top of the Jericho track.and a few of our team had to get completely free of blackberry bushes Eamonn, Tony, Barb and I had seen itback home on the Tuesday, Rebecca and bracken and you could get down years ago, when Noel a now retired& Slawko, John and Trajco headed and walk over the area. It even has a DELWP ranger had shown us where ithome and the rest of us went on over mine shaft you could view and peer was.Eamonn had the co-ordinatesto clean up the Jericho Diversion down.The site looked great. and he and Michael were checkingTunnel.Luckily Eamonn had his We headed up the RJ Spur track to them off as we got nearer to it, and Ichainsaw with him and made short get back to the Jericho track. This is a remembered that Noel had saidwork of a big tree that had fallen pretty track and goes along the ridge theres a huge tree stump on the trackacross the picnic/beach access area line most of the way with lovely views and the gun was up in the brushwhere you can go for a swim in the on both sides. opposite. Well, we found the treeJordan River and check out a better stump, which aligned with theview of the tunnel.Our next adventure was to rediscover co-ordinates and Voila! TRACKWATCHJUNE 2021 11'