Mt Duppa on Sunday, 22 February

The advertised trip for 21 & 22 February seemed doomed from the start. The long range weather forecast was not promising and on Monday the trip organiser, Grahame, reported sick. Saturday's weather as predicted was not good but Sunday was not too bad and in order to get a walk of some sort Mt Duppa was chosen. Even then not everything went smoothly, pine trees across the road, from the previous high winds, meant a 2km walk to the start of the track. However once on the track we had a very pleasant walk to the top where we sat in the sun for lunch and enjoyed the lovely views. It isn't far, under two hours, mostly in bush and passing through some interesting limestone formations. After lunch most of us strolled to the nearby rocky outcrop for further views before heading back down. Heavy and sustained gunfire indicated that there was a war going on somewhere across the valley but we got back to the cars without sustaining any casualties. 
All present and correct were David Blunt, Shirley Gabrielsen, Kathy Harrison, Yvonne Kyle, Beverley Muirhead, Ian Pavitt, Lindsay Twiname, visitor from England Dennis West (an entertaining cockney), and first reserve trip organiser, Arthur Jonas.