This page lists the Club’s forms used by Activity Owners/Leaders. It also has some general guidelines and advice for leading activities.
Why do we use the term ‘Activity Owner/Leader’? Aren’t they the same? Well, not always. An Activity Owner is the name given by Bilby (CBC’s software booking system) to the Club Member authorised to create an activity. Usually, this person is also the Leader of that activity – but not always.
The guidelines contain useful information for Activity Owners/Leaders but they are also useful for all Club members – for instance, good advice on how to walk safely in alpine conditions or fire-danger weather.
Risk form for Wednesday walks
Activity Owners/Leaders must require each adult participant to sign. Adults accompanying children should also sign on behalf of the children.
Incident report form
To report an injury requiring, or likely to require. medical attention, or an incident
Emergency information sheet
To keep in your first aid kit; contains advice and a form for recording an injured person’s condition.
General guidelines and advice
Gradings
Criteria for grading a walk’s length and terrain.
Guidelines for Activity Owners/Leaders
Guidelines on preparing for a trip, writing a walk description, and dealing with problems. Plus information on duty of care and insurance.
Minimal impact bushwalking
How to tread lightly in natural areas.
Transport pooling guidelines
The formula for calculating transport costs, and guidelines on arranging shared transport.
Guidelines and advice for specific conditions
Air rescue
A checklist for occasions that require air rescue, in PDF format for printing and carrying in your first aid kit.
Alpine conditions
Preparation, gear and strategies to manage the risks of activities in alpine areas.
Fire danger and hot weather
Preparation, when to cancel, Total Fire Bans, list of types of places to seek refuge.
River crossings
Assessing a river, preparing your pack, footwear and clothes for a crossing, solo and team crossing techniques, and swimming with a pack.
Unexploded ordnance
Advice for walkers planning to visit former military training areas, especially the former Tianjara Military Training Area in the Budawangs.
Other guidelines and advice
Guidelines for registration as an Activity Owner/Leader
Guidelines to assist the Walks Secretary in assessing potential Activity Owners/Leaders.
Navigation
Notes from training sessions on the use of a GPS, and a link to information about the Club’s book ‘Finding Your Way in the bush’ by George Carter.
Personal locator beacons provided by the Club
Procedures for borrowing the Club’s two PLBs, which are available free of charge.
Prospective Activity Owners/Leader’s notes
These training notes cover similar content to Guidelines for Activity Owners/Leaders, but from a more practical perspective, and include advice ranging from introducing participants to each other, to keeping up morale.
Wednesday walks
As an interclub activity, Wednesday Walks have special rules.
Links for Activity Owners/Leaders
Bureau of Meteorology beta site
You can search by place name (eg Mount Ginini, Monga) and see forecasts for 3-hourly periods over the coming 7 days
ACT emergency incidents map
A map of the ACT, updated by the ACT Emergency Services Agency, of current incidents, including fires and motor accidents. Click to see an incident’s status.
ACT park closures
The ACT government’s Find a Park page will display a banner alert if there are any park closures in the ACT. You can also look at the ACT Parks Alerts page.
NPWS park alerts
A list of national parks, nature reserves and conservation areas in NSW that are closed or have other restrictions.
RFS Fires near me
A map of NSW, updated by the NSW Rural Fire Service, of active fires. Click to see a fire’s status eg ‘Out of control’.
ACTMapi land custodianship
A map of the ACT showing public and private property in different colours. To interpret the colours, use ‘I want to .. change visible layers’ and then the ‘hamburger’ icon (horizontal lines) to see the legend.
Six Maps
Search by place name in NSW and, via the ‘Map Contents’ and ‘Basemaps’ buttons, see park and property boundaries.
Six Maps e-Topo
Download the, now unavailable, paper sheet maps in georeferenced PDF format.
