Roding River Mines. Organiser: Grahame Harris
Fifteen people assembled at the Roding River carpark, and after signing in, set off toward the Champion Mine. This was a reversal of the usual route at the suggestion of the caretaker, as it would enable us to climb the ridge on the shady side - a champion suggestion. A short way in we dropped down to the river and started to ascend the steep incline towards the old tramline track. About a third of the way up, the three leaders disturbed a wasp nest, and the rest copped it. The cry was "run", and on the uphill this soon raised some pulse rates and temperatures. The last three managed to stay back and find a way around, but the rest all received a couple of stings. So ended the day's excitement. After a bit of a rest we continued around to the site of the Champion Mine, with a few doing a little exploration on the other side of the river, and then two members turned back. The rest of us climbed the 500m in the shade of the trees with lunch at the top. Then it was out into the sun following a scungy track down the other side past the Union Mine to the stream where a few members were enticed by a nice pool to cool off. It was then an uneventful trip back past the old Smelter to the cars.
Party: Uta Purcell, David Nielsen, Andy Clark (who arrived over the Barnicoat by pushbike), Silja Bar, Arthur Jonas, Dan McGuire, Margaret Page, Trish Bennett, Trudi Knighton, Jim Maxwell, Dion Pont, Alison Nicoll, Christine Hoy.