guess most members have heard by now that the Premier did visit and promise $5.5 million to the Grampians. This, with the money to be paid by insurance should help to cover much of the cost of rehabilitation of the Park.
It is still difficult to access many places in the Park, but members of FOGG’s have been lucky to walk into Venus Baths with Dave Roberts and see the very damaging land slips from the Northern Grampians Road. This gave us a sense of the amazing water flows down the creek.
We also had a fascinating talk and walk with Ross Cayley and learnt more about the processes involved in land slips. There may be a chance of a second visit from Ross and I highly recommend it to members as his enthusiasm for geology is really infectious.
Vic Roads also organised bus tours so the community would have the opportunity to see the damage they were faced with and the different techniques they are using to rectify the damage. It was easy to see why it is still going to take some time before all their roads can be opened again.
We are hoping to start working on our program of activities for next year shortly and would be very interested in hearing of any ideas of activities that members would be interested in being involved with.
Proo Pyke