CBC 2025 Training Plan
Our Club’s constitution includes the objectives:
- promote bushwalking and allied outdoor activities
- assist members in developing skills in navigation and bushcraft.
Activity leader specialists will be offering the following training activities in 2025. Activities will be scheduled in Bilby (tagged as Training) by the leader.
Upcoming Training
| Activity | Leader | When | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Plain and Coolamine Navigation Training | Keith Thomas | 21 March 2025 | Scheduled in Bilby |
| Practical Map and Compass Exercise #11 | John Evans | 23 March 2025 | Scheduled in Bilby |
| Bushwalking NSW online Leader Training | John Evans | ongoing | Available to all CBC members at any time. Book here. |
Completed Training
| Activity | Leader | When | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| River Crossing Training | Keith Thomas, Steve Halpin | 23 Feb 2025 | Completed |
| Snake Awareness | Allan Donnelly | 18 Jan 2025 | Completed |
| Navigation Refresher | Rob and Jenny Horsfield | 22, 29 Oct; 2, 9-10, 12, 16 Nov 2024 | Presented every year since 2003, (bar Covid). Completed. |
| Wildflower and grasses identification walk | Rob and Jenny Horsfield | 12 Oct 2024 | Completed |
| Outdoor Gear | Bruce Barnett Ana Vrancic | 1 Oct 2024 | Completed |
| How to use inReach ‘Preset Messages’; setup & tricks – online event | Beat Oppikofer | 30 Sep 2024 | Completed |
| Bilby tips and tricks (Zoom) | Andrea Coomblas | 24 Sep 2024 | Completed |
| Nature Connectedness | Sal Ozgul | 15, 29 Sep 2024 | Completed |
| Practical Map and Compass Navigation | John Evans | 14 Sep 2024 | Completed |
| Introduction to Rock Climbing and Abseiling | Noelia Pinto Guided Outdoor Adventures | 3 Aug 2024 | Completed |
| Smartphone Navigation for Bushwalkers | Peter Conroy | 16, 23, 30 Jul; 13, 20 Aug; 1 Sep 2024 | Completed |
| Birding | David Dedenczuk | 10, 24 Mar 2024 | Completed |
| Practice applying snake compression bandage and immobilisation/blister prevention and care | Allan Donnelly John Evans | 24 Feb 2024 | Completed |
| Members’ Leadership Course meeting | Meg McKone | 4 Feb 2024 | Completed |
| River crossing | Linda Groom | 4 Feb 2024 | Completed |
| Smartphone navigation on Red Hill | Peter Conroy | 29, 30, 31 Jan 2024 | Completed |
| Practical Map and Compass Navigation | John Evans | 28 Jan; 11, 25 Feb; 3, 17, 24 Mar; 7 Apr 2024 | Completed |
| Canyoning | Monika Binder | 17-22 Jan 2024 | Completed |
| Snake Awareness | Allan Donnelly | 30 Dec 2023 | Completed |
Updated: 2025-01-19