As Stan notes in his “Mutterings”, the Committee has decided, and PV have agreed, that we will restore the short loop and a spur up to the huge fallen tree. An anonymous donor has offered to rebuild us another picnic table to replace the stolen one, and Parks will help source suitable legs for it. Parks will also clear the dangerous trees, provide a “Wishing Well” Information Shelter, and help pay for further signs along the track. FOGG will work on the contents on the boards and signs, which will need to go through the official process before going up. Some ideas have been floated and will continue to be worked on. The signs are unlikely to go up until next year, so there is plenty of time for people to put forward suggestions. We are also discussing what to call the track, having lost the most dramatic of the Red Gums. Some years ago we sought to rename it The McInnes Walk after founding members Sue and Ivan McInnes who pioneered the walk then lost their lives in a tragic boating accident. That is still a possibility. Other suggestions are Victoria Valley Nature Walk, or FOGG Victoria Valley Nature Walk or The Friends’ Walk, and then on the noticeboard say something like Honouring the Contributions of Ian McCann, Sue McInnes and Other Founding Members of Friends of Grampians -Gariwerd to the Opening and Formative Years of the Grampians National Park.
Again everyone’s input is most welcome.
For clearing the track, we plan to make good use of the secondary college students who are coming in November, and look to other sources of muscled volunteers to supplement our wimpy lot.