Heritage Values Meeting at Bendethera: August 23 2008

Attended by Access For All, families with past connections, neighbours and people with a love of Bendethera.

Organized by National Parks (Narooma) to gather historical data and stories of Bendethera and surrounds with a view to incorporating these values into a Management Plan for the valley.

National Parks staff, Waddell family, Reid family, Hart family, Smith family, Access for All Committee and other interested people (cavers, advisory commmittee, journalists) made up the 40 or so people that attended.

Peter and Robyn Smith of Woola, Terry Hart, Garry Gowan and Peter Kneen were AFA committee members who went to Bendethera via Snowball and Dampier Trig.	Snow was on the ground along the Cooma Road from about the Berlang camping grounds at some 720 metres but came into its own above 900 metres.
Approaching Dampier Trig from the west.	Approaching Dampier Trig from the west.
Along the Minuma FT just after Dampier Trig. (P. Smith)	At the junction of Dampier FT and Minuma Range FT. (P. Kneen)
Many attendees brought old photos and documents	NP had set up shelter, BBQ, tea, coffee.
Examining the photos and documents	Examining the photos and documents
Examining the photos and documents	Examining the photos and documents
Examining the photos and documents	Being a tad cool the night before, the fire was a focal point for a few yarns - the snow on the tracks seemed to get deeper every hour!
General view	General view
Lucy Gibson examines an early linen title certificate of the valley.	Another early linen title.
Group photo.	The left side
The middle group, and	the right hand side.
The present condition of the oven of the bakery	Wattle trees have invaded to lower ends of the gravity fed water races to the homestead.
Area near the horse yards	Garry Gowan showed Peter Kneen the top end of the Zig Zag bridle track out of Bendethera.
View to the south from the Zig Zag track.	The Zig Zag bridle track.