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The PIC ’N’ PAN March 2019 .

Club Meetings are held 1st Tuesday of every month at 7.30 pm. Except for January.

Venue: Harry Todd Band Hall, Jubilee Lane Harris Park.

PO box 9135 Harris Park 2150

Inside this issue: Important notices. Oberon trip details, Membership drive. Wedderburn Jamboree. Wattle Flat trip report. February meeting minutes. Appendix with 2019 year calendar.

March 2019 meeting- Latest news and events. Gold and Treasure draw.

https://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/Elections/State-government-

elections/2019-NSW-State-General-Election

Renewal fees are $25 single. $35 family. $10 joining fee for new members. Please update your details and fill out disclaimer. Please include your email address. Payment can be made by DIRECT DEBIT. BSB 032-282 ACC/NO 286129 (Westpac) PLEASE INCLUDE NAME ON YOUR DIRECT DEBIT. e.g. Initial then last name and what it is for. i.e. m/ship (For Membership)

Wattle Flat and Wallaby rocks.

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Club trip to Black Springs Oberon March 23rd

& 24th

o get to Oberon, follow the Great Western Highway past Katoomba and Blackheath then on towards Lithgow. You will drive down Mount Victoria, then past Little Hartley Farm on your left. About 5kms. Further on you will see the village of Hartley

then you will see a speed camera and past that you will see the sign showing you to turn left to Oberon. Follow this road for 23kms. and you will come to the town of Hampton. 4 kilometres further on you will come to a fork in the road. Take the right fork (Duckmaloi rd. The left goes to Jenolan Caves). Travel on for a further 26kms and you will be in Oberon. Duckmaloi becomes Oberon St. as you drive through. Drive along Oberon St. past Ross St. where the Information Centre is. Oberon St. becomes Carrington Ave. Drive along Carrington then veer left onto Rupert St. (about half a k) turn left onto Abercrombie rd. Our campsites are around the toilets at the cross-roads of Abercrombie, Dogs Rocks and Campbell’s creek rd.

Left, Smokey quartz from Shooters Hill, Saphires and

zircon from around Oberon, photo by Fred Krebs.

Below, Saphire Bend, Oberon. Photo by Michele Roy 2014.

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Toilets and water available, though not for drinking. No power. Free camping. Bring boots, pans, sieves and shovel and pick. Or hire from the Tourist Information centre in town.

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We are now taking 2019 memberships. New members

and renewals will receive a free ticket when they complete

and return a membership form with the payment for a

chance to win a New Minelab Equinox 8oo metal detector

donated by Minelab and Miners Den Parramatta. Prize will

be drawn on the July 2nd “Christmas in July” meeting and the prize will be presented

at the following “Miners Den” Demo Day in Parramatta. Contact:

Club Secretary Jim Fox 0420 235 181 or email

goldclubpres@gmail.com for more details.

Anyone can join you do not need to be living in the city, we have members in the

country. Enjoy and participate in our monthly prospecting fields trips and on the first

Tuesday of each month participate and learn about prospecting at our club house at

Parramatta and more importantly make good friends. Nothing

better than a good weekend away in the country, all ages

welcome!

Club Meetings are held 1st Tuesday of every month at 7.30 pm. Except for January.

Venue: Harry Todd Band Hall, Jubilee Lane Harris Park.

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https://www.resourcesandgeoscience.nsw.gov.au/miners-and-explorers/geoscience-

information/projects/nsw-seamless-geology-project

What is the Seamless Geology of NSW? A five-year project (2013-2018) Joins the best available geological mapping (on a variety of scales) across NSW

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The Wedderburn Detecting Jamboree

s being held on the weekend, 9th-10th of March 2019 Labour Day Long

Weekend

At Hard Hill Tourist Reserve

FREE ENTRY FOR NON PARTICIPANTS

Senior Detector Token Hunt $50.00 for the weekend,

including breakfast & entertainment on the Saturday

Evening $40.00 for one day

Token hunts, Detector demonstrations, Panning

competition, and great prizes.

At Wedderburn the Hard Hill Reserve is the centrepiece of the Wedderburn Jamboree.

It has toilets and showers (only 2) but very limited power.Donations are expected for

use of the showers. My guess is that every utility will be overloaded on the March

weekend. There is an alternative, Pioneer Caravan Park, at 63 Hospital Rd

Wedderburn.

Information can also be found here

http://www.loddon.vic.gov.au/Lists/Events/Minelab-

Wedderburn-Detector-Jamboree-2019

Or contact Wedderburn Visitors Centre (03 5494

3489)

“Pioneer Caravan Park Welcomes You To

Wedderburn.”

Wedderburn Pioneer Caravan Park. 63 Hospital Street

Wedderburn, Vic., 3518

Phone: 03 54943301. Your Host: Greg Williams. Email Us Via The Contact Page.. A

map to the Park is located on the Contact Page.

www.pioneercaravanpark.com.au

URL:https://www.pioneercaravanpark.com.au/

The rates to the park is $20.00 per night for two, and that is all year round no off/or

peak rates.

Cheers Greg.

Greg Williams | Caretaker | Wedderburn Pioneer Caravan Park

61 Hospital St Wedderburn VIC 3518

ph:03 5494 3301 | f: 5494 3301 |e: wedderburnpcp@loddon.vic.gov.au

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Report on February Club trip to Wattle Flat by Fred Krebs.

The large flat open area at the Wattle Flat golf course, that is available to camp upon is

appreciated. There is plenty of room for caravans

and campervans, as well as the usual campers in

tents and swags. There is a good toilet block and

plenty of shade amongst the trees. The locals are

friendly and helpful and there is a trust box where

you can put your camping fees.

Sydney was experiencing some very hot weather

weeks before this trip. However the temperature

began to ease as the weekend drew near.

Robert and Lenore arrived before the weekend and

there was a rain storm Friday night. When I arrived

Saturday morning The weather was fine and I was keen to go exploring. I met Alan and Lillian, as

well as Robert and Lenore. A New club member Jonno was here with his Partner Also. Lyn

Maybury lives nearby and she came over to greet us as well. We

went for a walk looking for old diggings and Jonno brought his

detector for a swing. As it had been raining, I suggested we

could try some panning where creeks are mostly dry, so we

headed off to the northern common at Wattle flat, where we did

find some gullies with water for panning. Where we were you

could clearly see diggings. I don’t think we found much gold

though. None in fact! But it was a pleasant day. That evening

there was a bit of a wind and there was a fire ban in place. So

unfortunately there was no fire to sit around. The next day we

decided to check out Wallaby rocks. I hadn’t been there before

so I was keet to have a look. But first Robert and Lenore and I

went to Lyn’s place to help her herd some stray sheep off her

property and onto an adjoining paddock. Meanwhile

Alan and Llillian wanted to visit their family at Peel so

they left early. Jonno and his partner Also had to leave

before lunch. Our small group went to wallaby Rocks,

and the river was flowing. There were some people

camped there I saw some people fishing and a couple

swimming. If you didn’t have a 4WD you might have

some trouble driving down to the river. The steep rutted

track led onto dirt and river rocks.

Well. It centainly is a beautiful area. There are no

facilities here but you are very close to Sofala, After a

bit of exploring, Robert Lyn and myself decided to pan

for gold. This time we found some gold! All in all, good

camping and plenty of areas worth exploring.

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Minutes for Prospectors Home Club Meeting held on 5th

February 2019

Chair – Fred Krebs. Meeting opened 8.00pm. Minute taker - Jim Fox. Welcome and Introduction

Fred welcomed all members and visitors to the club. Total attendance: 37.

Apologies: Bernd Kraus, Lynn Mayberry, Joe DeMarco, Phil Austinberry, John Grundeman and, Dean Eilser,

Motion: That the minutes of the previous meeting held on 4th December 2018 as read

in the Pic’n’Pan be confirmed as a true record of proceedings at that meeting. Moved by: Peter Schutz;

Seconded by: Paula Joffrin;

Matters arising from the Minutes: i) Xmas Party held at Merrylands Bowling Club was again a great success and it

was proposed and accepted that the 2019 Christmas Party should be held at the same location.

Presentation: Ernie spoke about tPMAV(Prospectors and Miners Association of Victoria), NAPFA(NSW and ACT Prospectors &Fossickers Association, EGPA(Eastern Goldfields

Prospectors Association, Kalgoorlie) and the new Kalgoorlie branch of the Amalgamated Prospectors and Leaseholders Association in W.A.

Secretary’s Report: Mail received: Westpac 6 month Statements for 01/7/18-31/12/18;

and Monthly Statement for period 31/12/18 to 31/1/19 – all documents handed to Treasurer.

Treasurer’s Report (Lachlan):

*Cheque Account- Closing Balance: $4,971.21 @ 31/12/2018.

*Savings Account- Total Balance: $3,156.48@ 31/12/2018.

Lachlan will supply the Xmas financial report and profit at next meeting.

Monthly Video Shown: Slides – Campbell Pardey presented a slide show regarding their trip throughout various parts of Queensland and discussed many of the locations visited.

Fred also discussed various detectors particularly the Equinox 600 & 800 and also mentioned the

different frequencies available.

Fred also mentioned that a further Equinox 800 (donated by Miners Lab at Parramatta) is to be

raffled and all new and renewing members will receive a free ticket entry. The raffle will be

raffled at the Xmas in July 2019 event.

Videos for future meetings: *March – Video on the different types of coils and use.

Peter with his Beef Jerky for sale.

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Future possible WA Trip: Robert Halliday talked about a WA trip – CGs Gold Tours

are very professional and has vacancies for Karatha. The cost is $2500 per head but will accommodate a group from

our club for $1500.00pp for a 14 day tour in July/August.

All attendees will be presented with a 40E certificate which will allow them to stay on and prospect for 3 months. Those

interested should enter their name in a club register – Robert will then follow through.

Other Business/Matters: Fred raised the subject of training by Shaun Ashcroft (in WA)

– this training will include an introduction to newcomers to WA and will cover basic gold finds, coils, geology and other prospecting and fossicking subjects.

Future trips: Oberon – Sapphires & detecting – date to be set.

Raffle Details. The Raffles, Lucky squares and Gold and treasure prizes were explained.

Tickets: club night raffles: $1 per ticket, 6 for $5. Lucky Squares: $2 per square. Prize is half the prize pool.

Gold and treasure prizes. NB: only one entry can be submitted per person per

category. Fill in a ticket to put with your last month’s find.

For ‘Raw’ Gold, Prize $20. For treasure, Prize $20.

Prizes and Draw Winners Find of the Month: Gold: Bernard Fortin. Treasure: Robert Brown.

Raffle Draws, Gold Nugget – Darryl Cocks,

Beef Jerkey & Honey Jar – Peter Schreiterer, $20 Bunnings Vouchers (2) – Dennis Taylor & Hedy Pardy,

Lucky Squares – N/A,

Next Meeting: 5th March 2018.

Closing down: Fred thanked everybody for coming

and wished all a good night. Being no other business Fred declared the meeting closed at 9.30pm.

Robert Halliday, talking about a proposed trip to W.A

Campbell Pardey. Presenting his Queensland trip report

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Meeting Dates and Events calendar

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PRESIDENT Fred Krebs

0438 637 303

VICE PRESIDENT John Standfort

SECRETARY

Jim Fox

0420 235 181

TREASURER

Lachlan Bowden

0423 191 350

EDITOR

Fred Krebs

0438 637 303

FIND OF THE MONTH JUDGEs

Anthony Jacka, Roger Payne.

ORDINARY MEMBERS

Karl McKay, Peter Schreiterer, Steven Bullock, Brian Connolly, Neil Clissold. Robert Halliday.

PUBLIC OFFICER

Robert Halliday

Meeting date

Trip Date Destination Contact person

March 5th 23rd & 24th Black Springs,

Oberon Fred 0438 637 303

March 8, 9 & 10 Wedderburn See page 4.

April 20th Man of Iron Bark

festival, Stuart Town

NAPFA

May

June

Trips and dates subject to change

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