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Chockstone Gathering 16-Oct-2003 At 10:54:40 AM Mike

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On 15/10/2003 timmy wrote:
>On another note, the jumbo barbecue trailer is confirmed

Excellent news Tim!

Just a reminder that parking is very limited at Dogs itself, so if everyone can leave their cars 300m up the road at the Koala Park enterance picnic area (see PDF below) I think this will work a lot better. There are toliets, picnic tables, running water (apparently) and bins there too so if Tim parks his barby trailer there we can all mosy across for lunch. It's only a 1 min walk and will be better than standing around the barby on the road side.

There's plenty to do for non-climbers, with a very pretty bush walk (about 2 hrs return) from Dogs to the summit, and Koala spotting (they are very hard to find, look at the Manna Gums) for the kiddies. See Park's Victoria map and guide:
http://www.parkweb.vic.gov.au/resources/05_0625.pdf

The official word is that "dispersed" camping is permitted throughout the park, so if anyone want's to stay over and make a weekend out of it to explore the rest of Mt Alex, feel free to bring a tent.

Steve of RH (Chockstone sponsor) should be there in the morning to just after lunch, and has mentioned (though I can't promise it) a small prize for "hardest lead" or whatever we might decide. I'll also print out the T-Shirt designs and bring them along so we can have a discussion and possibly make a choice.

Great news on weather. Looking forward too seeing you all there!