Proceedings of an International Year of Mountains - Australian Alps

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PROCEEDINGS OF AN

INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF MOUNTAINS

CONFERENCE
Coordinated by

In partnership with

Jindabyne - Australia

November 25-28, 2002

Sponsored by

As part of
Acknowledgements
In addition to some presenters who were unable to supply their written paper, there were a number of Aboriginal
presenters from different parts of Australia who chose not to submit a written form of their presentation as this is
not a traditional method of communication.
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Welcome to Country

My name is Rae Solomon Stewart. I was born in Orbost on the banks of the Snowy River. My family
come from Dalgety and South Jindabyne areas.
I come to Jindabyne to welcome all the people that are here today to celebrate the Year of the Mountain.
Malarkin gungee yalarguin
In Aboriginal languages one word has more than one meaning.
We are all gathered here peacefully for the Year of the Mountain celebration and we welcome you to our
country.
My grandfather, Billy Rutherford used to break in Brumby horses for the police and he used to ride over
the snowy mountains and other different places around this area, rounding up the Brumby horses and
sometimes searching for people who were lost.
My other grandfather, Ned Solomon used to shear sheep, build fences for the farmers and shoot the wild
dogs to stop them killing sheep.
The Snowy Mountains were very important to the people who lived here because of the Bogong Moth.
The caves protected the people from the snow, wind and rain in the winter months and provided shade in
the summer months.
I trust that your time here in Monaro Ngarigu country will be of great benefit to you all.
Thank you for your time and patience.
Rae Stewart
Monaro Elder

Table of Contents

DAY ONE – CONFERENCE PLENARY SESSION 1
WELCOME TO THE MOUNTAINS AND OPENING OF THE CONFERENCE 3

TONY FLEMING..................................................................................................................................3

GLOBAL PRIORITY: WHAT MAKES MOUNTAINS SO SPECIAL? 5

LAWRENCE S. HAMILTON ..................................................................................................................5

THE NATURAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE AUSTRALIAN ALPS 9

PROFESSOR JAMIE B KIRKPATRICK ................................................................................................... 9

ROCKS ARE ROCKS, MOUNTAINS ARE MOUNTAINS - ABORIGINAL VALUES OF MOUNTAINS
JASON ARDLER ................................................................................................................................15

THE CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE OF AUSTRALIAN ALPINE AREAS
JANE LENNON .................................................................................................................................. 25

CO-OPERATIVE MANAGEMENT OF THE AUSTRALIAN ALPS NATIONAL PARKS : PAST, PRESENT
AND FUTURE
DR PETER CRABB ............................................................................................................................ 37

DAY ONE – MOUNTAINS OF MEANING 43

MOUNTAIN MOTIVATIONS - THE HIGH ANDES AND OTHER ENDEAVOURS
SERGE DOMICELJ, EM. PROF. .......................................................................................................... 45

FIVE FEET FROM HEAVEN - THE WORLD HERITAGE CONVENTION AND MOUNTAINS OF
MEANING : IDENTIFYING AND PROTECTING THEIR INTANGIBLE VALUES
OLWEN BEAZLEY............................................................................................................................. 51

FACT OR FANTASY – CELEBRATING MOUNTAIN HERITAGE TODAY
MARILYN TRUSCOTT ....................................................................................................................... 61

DAY ONE – MOUNTAINS FOR THE FUTURE 65
THE MOUNTAIN MIRES OF SOUTHERN NEW SOUTH WALES AND THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL
TERRITORY: THEIR HISTORY AND FUTURE
GEOFFREY HOPE..............................................................................................................................67

FROG DECLINES IN THE SNOWY MOUNTAINS: WHAT DO WE KNOW AFTER FIFTEEN YEARS?
WILL OSBORNE AND DAVID HUNTER .............................................................................................. 81

REHABILITATION OF THE JOUNAMA PINE PLANTATION, KOSCIUSZKO NATIONAL PARK
ANDY SPATE, MICK PETTITT AND JO CALDWELL ............................................................................ 89

FROM THE MOUNTAINS TO THE SEA, RECOVERING A LOST RIVER
GRAEME ENDERS .............................................................................................................................95

THE AUSTRALIAN ALPS AND THE GREAT ESCARPMENT OF EASTERN AUSTRALIA
CONSERVATION CORRIDORS
IAN PULSFORD, GRAEME WORBOYS, JANE GOUGH AND TIM SHEPHERD ...................................... 105

DAY ONE – MOUNTAINS FOR TOURISM 121
MANAGEMENT OF TOURISM IN THE KOSCIUSZKO ALPINE AREA
GRAEME L. WORBOYS AND CATHERINE M. PICKERING ................................................................ 123

MANAGING THE OVERLAND TRACK AS A SUSTAINABLE MOUNTAIN WALK
JANET MACKAY.............................................................................................................................137

TOURISM VALUE OF THE AUSTRALIAN ALPS
TREVOR MULES AND NATALIE STOECKL....................................................................................... 147

CAN THE MOUNTAINS SURVIVE WITHOUT TOURISM?
GREG ROBERTS.............................................................................................................................. 157

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DAY TWO – MOUNTAINS OF MEANING 163
LAND AFFINITIES OF THE MOUNTAIN ABORIGINES OF NORTH-EASTERN VICTORIA
DR RUTH E LAWRENCE ................................................................................................................. 165

ALPS MINING – DID WE REALLY GET OVER IT?
ROBERT J KAUFMAN ..................................................................................................................... 177

A CHINESE PRESENCE
BARRY MCGOWAN........................................................................................................................181

BUILDING AS LANDSCAPE
GEOFF ASHLEY ..............................................................................................................................187

DAY TWO – MOUNTAINS FOR THE FUTURE 199
LANDSCAPE - LEVEL CONSERVATION FOR A WORLD HERITAGE SITE IN NEPAL
PRALAD YONZON........................................................................................................................... 201

ADDRESSING INVASIVE PLANT SPECIES AS A THREAT TO THE NATURAL VALUES OF THE
AUSTRALIAN ALPS: ENGLISH BROOM AS A CASE STUDY
KATE MCARTHUR ......................................................................................................................... 207

ECOLOGY OF DISTURBANCE: THE EFFECT OF TOURISM INFRASTRUCTURE ON WEEDS IN THE
AUSTRALIAN ALPS
CATHERINE PICKERING1 , WENDY HILL 1 AND FRANCES JOHNSTON 2 .............................................. 213

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF MOUNTAIN CATCHMENTS TO SOCIETY THE AUSTRALIAN ALPS
CATCHMENTS
ROGER GOOD................................................................................................................................. 219

SNOWY MOUNTAINS HYDRO-ELECTRIC SCHEME: CORPORATISATION AND THE WAY AHEAD
NICOLE SHOTTER AND CAROL BRUCE ........................................................................................... 225

THATCHING THE ROOF OF AUSTRALIA: LANDSCAPE MANIPULATION AND HISTORY
DR MICHAEL PEARSON..................................................................................................................233

DAY TWO – MOUNTAINS FOR TOURISM 243
NO DOGS IN THE PARKS!
ANNE-MARIE TENNI ...................................................................................................................... 245

HIGH QUALITY WASTEWATER RECLAMATION FOR USE IN SNOW-MAKING – RESOURCE
RATHER THAN WASTE
ZLATKO TONKOVIC 1, JIM ATTERIDGE2 AND SANDIE JEFFCOAT 3....................................................251

PERISHER RANGE RESORTS ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
ALISTAIR HENCHMAN AND CATHLIN COLLINS .............................................................................. 261

ALPINE NETWORKS DEVELOPMENT PROJECT "JOBS CREATION IN REMOTE AND RURAL
COMMUNITIES THROUGH TRAVEL AND TOURISM"
BILL JACKSON................................................................................................................................269

TOURISM IN PROTECTED AREAS: CONTINUING CHALLENGES AND EMERGING ISSUES FOR
SUSTAINING VISITOR EXPERIENCES
STEPHEN F MCCOOL ..................................................................................................................... 273

COMMUNICATING MINIMAL IMPACT MESSAGES IN THE AUSTRALIAN ALPS NATIONAL PARKS
DR ELIZABETH A BECKMANN ....................................................................................................... 283

THE COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE FOR SUSTAINABLE TOURISM, MOUNTAIN TOURISM
SUBPROGRAM
DR CATHERINE PICKERING ............................................................................................................ 295

IMPROVING PLANNING FOR SUSTAINABLE MOUNTAIN TOURISM – CONSIDERATION OF
CUMULATIVE IMPACTS
LISA TESTONI ................................................................................................................................301

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DAY THREE – PLENARY SESSION 309
MOUNTAINS AND TOURISM : MEETING THE CHALLENGES OF SUSTAINABILITY IN A MESSY
WORLD
STEPHEN F MCCOOL ..................................................................................................................... 311

DAY THREE – MOUNTAINS OF MEANING/TOURISM 319

MOUNTAINS OF MEMORY
MARGRET J DORING ...................................................................................................................... 321

MOUNT FRANKLIN: DO -IT-YOURSELF SKIING
IAN MCLEOD ................................................................................................................................. 329

HISTORY OF THE AUSTRALIAN ALPS WALKING TRACK – A VICTORIAN PERSPECTIVE
JOHN SISEMAN ...............................................................................................................................335

LIFE AT THE TOP: WRAGGE’S KOSCIUSZKO WEATHER OBSERVATORY
MATTHEW HIGGINS ....................................................................................................................... 339

DAY THREE – MOUNTAINS FOR TOURISM 345

MOUNTAINS OF SCIENCE – THE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF SCIENTFIC RESEARCH IN THE ALPS
TRISH MACDONALD....................................................................................................................... 347

MOUNTAINS – CHANGING EDUCATIONAL PERSPECTIVES
HELEN RHODES ............................................................................................................................. 355

A SHORT WALK TO THE TOP
MEREDITH WALKER ...................................................................................................................... 361

THE MOUNTAIN FESTIVAL - COMMUNITY CELEBRATING SENSE OF PLACE …DEVELOPING LINKS
BETWEEN ARTISTS, SCIENTISTS, COMMUNITY, CULTURAL HISTORY AND ENVIRONMENT
CHRIS COOPER...............................................................................................................................365

DAY THREE – MOUNTAINS OF MEANING, MANAGING VALUES AND PLACES 369
JOINT MANAGEMENT ARRANGEMENTS FOR NAMADGI NATIONAL PARK
MATILDA HOUSE, DR MAXINE COOPER, TERENCE UREN ............................................................. 371

SHARING THE MOUNTAINS JOINT MANAGEMENT OF AUSTRALIA’S ALPINE REGION WITH
ABORIGINAL PEOPLE
WARWICK BAIRD, RACHEL LENEHAN AND BRIAN EGLOFF ........................................................... 377

PRESERVING HISTORIC TRAILS
MARGIE COFFIN BROWN................................................................................................................ 385

SCIENCE AND ROMANCE – IMAGES OF THE AUSTRALIAN ALPS
DEIRDRE SLATTERY AND BERNARD SLATTERY ............................................................................. 395

THE INSPIRATIONAL VALUE OF MOUNTAIN LANDSCAPES
CHRIS JOHNSTON AND JULIET RAMSAY ......................................................................................... 403

WHY WAIT FOR A ROLLS ROYCE WHEN A BICYCLE WILL DO: A PRACTICAL MODEL FOR
PRIORITISING MANAGEMENT OF CULTURAL HERITAGE IN THE AUSTRALIAN ALPS
JENNIFER STORER .......................................................................................................................... 411

LISTENING TO THE VOICES OF THE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE
EVA LOGAN ................................................................................................................................... 421

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DAY THREE – MOUNTAINS FOR THE FUTURE 427
DISTRIBUTION AND ECOLOGY OF THE SPOTTED-TAILED QUOLL DASYURUS MACULATUS IN
THE KOSCIUSZKO REGION
JAMES DAWSON¹*, ANDREW CLARIDGE¹, GREG MIFSUD², ANDREW MURRAY³ AND ROBERT
POORE³..................................................................................................................................... 429
DEFINING THE SUBALPINE INVERTED TREELINE: A REVIEW OF RECENT RESEARCH
DR JOHN BANKS AND JOHN FIELD ................................................................................................. 439

CONSEQUENCES OF DINGO CONTROL STRATEGIES ON DINGO BEHAVIOUR AND HYDATID DISEASE
TRANSMISSION
DAVID JENKINS.............................................................................................................................. 443

DAY THREE – AFTERNOON PLENERY SESSION 447
MANAGING A LEGEND – WILD HORSE MANAGEMENT IN KOSCIUSZKO NATIONAL PARK
PAMELA O’BRIEN AND LIZ WREN ................................................................................................. 449

COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL VALUES: THE UPPER MERSEY VALLEY AND THE TASMANIAN
WILDERNESS WORLD HERITAGE AREA
JIM RUSSELL AND CHRIS JOHNSTON .............................................................................................. 453

MANAGEMENT OF WILD DOGS AND FOXES: A NIL TENURE APPROACH TO A LANDSCAPE
ISSUE
ROB HUNT ..................................................................................................................................... 459

DAY THREE – KOSCIUSZKO PLAN SPECIAL SESSION 469
KOSCIUSZKO INDEPENDENT SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
PART OF THE 2002 REVIEW OF THE KOSCIUSZKO NATIONAL PARK PLAN OF MANAGEMENT ........471

TOWARDS ONE AUSTRALIAN ALPS NATIONAL PARK
ANNE REEVES................................................................................................................................479

IN THE NATIONAL INTEREST – THE AUSTRALIAN ALPS
BRUCE LEAVER.............................................................................................................................. 487

POSTER PAPERS 491
IMPACTS OF NON-TOILET HUMAN WASTE DISPOSAL ON NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS IN TASMANIA I ­
DO BUSHWALKERS LEAVE MORE THAN JUST FOOTPRINTS IN NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS?
KERRY BRIDLE AND JAMIE KIRKPATRICK...................................................................................... 493

IMPACTS OF NON-TOILET HUMAN WASTE DISPOSAL ON NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS IN TASMANIA II ­
DO PEOPLE FOLLOW THE MINIMAL IMPACT BUSHWALKING GUIDELINES?
KERRY BRIDLE, JULIE VON PLATEN, MICAH VISOIU AND JAMIE KIRKPATRICK ............................ 494

SOIL PROPERTIES AND EXOTIC PLANT OCCURRENCE FOLLOWING ROAD DISTURBANCE IN HIGH
ALTITUDE AREAS OF KOSCIUSZKO NATIONAL PARK, AUSTRALIA.
FRANCES MARY JOHNSTON 1 AND STUART WILLIAM JOHNSTON 2 .................................................. 495

FUNCTION AND SUSTAINABILITY OF AUSTRALIAN ALPINE ECOSYSTEMS: STUDIES IN THE TALL
ALPINE HERBFIELD COMMUNITY, KOSCIUSZKO NATIONAL PARK NSW, AUSTRALIA
STUART JOHNSTON ........................................................................................................................ 496

FINAL FORUM – ISSUES FOR THE FUTURE 497
OUTCOMES FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF MEANING SESSIONS 499
RECOMMENDATIONS FROM INDIGENOUS PARTICIPANTS
OUTCOMES OF THE MOUNTAINS FOR TOURISM FORUM 509
OUTCOMES OF THE MOUNTAINS FOR THE FUTURE FORUM 513
FINAL FORUM ISSUES 517
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