Tuesday, September 8, 2009

PPCR Garie Beach Weekend Information

PPCR Garie Beach Weekend Information Sheet

General information:


Dates: Friday 25th September - Sunday 27th September

Location: Garie Beach YHA in the beautiful RNP South of Sydney.


Cost: $55 per person (includes food and some alcohol and non-alcoholic beverages for the non-drinkers)

Starting on Friday afternoon, through to after lunch Sunday, however there is the option of just one day or night for anyone who needs this.


Location info: http://www.cronullabeachyha.com/garie-beach-yha/index.html


To secure your place please email bjm29377@gmail.com for the account details to pay into.

What you will need: Linen, pillow or sleeping bag, toilet paper, and personal toiletries, torch, insect repellent, bath towel, swimmers, running gear, board games/playing cards, musical instruments, etc. however, please note that everything you want to bring will need to be carried approximately 1.5kms (20 minutes walk) across a beach and up a single-track bush trail. I don’t recommend valuables be left in your car at the surf club car park over night either. Additional things that would be great include folding camp chairs, and if anyone has a hammock there is a good pair of trees just perfect to string one up.

Getting there:

From Sydney - Follow the Princes Highway to Sutherland and follow the signs to the Royal National Park and then to Garie Beach.


If you're driving into the park, you will need to purchase a National Parks and Wildlife Services vehicle day pass for $11 at the entry to the Royal National Park (prices as at January 2005). If the entry station is un-maned just drive on through and the rangers patrol the car parks the next morning and will put a notice on your windscreen, it’s a pretty easy-going system, so don’t stress about this aspect!


Please note that the gate to the entrance to the Garie Beach Surf Club is only open between 7am and 8:30pm. The gates are locked by the Royal National Park overnight, so if you are driving make sure you get there before 8:30pm, or you will be locked out, but in this case just ring me and someone will come and get you!


Check out www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au for park maps and gate times.

http://www.cronullabeachyha.com/garie-beach-yha/garie-info.pdf

If anyone wants to car-pool or needs to be picked up from Sutherland train station please speak up and we can arrange this.

Getting to the YHA from Garie Beach car park:

(approx 20 mins)

1. Walk past the front of Garie Beach Surf Club

and north along the beach for approx. 150 metres.

2. Turn left (before you reach the gulley between

two hills).

3. There are a series of rocky steps with a rusty

pipe heading up the hill.

4. Walk up these steps and follow the bush track

through the trees to the YHA.

Other info:


Bedrooms
There are two bedrooms (we have equal numbers of men/women also so this works well) that sleep 12 people in total. A bunk bed, single bed and double bed with single on top are available in each room. Blankets and pillows are provided but please take your own sleep sheets and pillow cases (or sheets/sleeping bags) as these are not supplied.


Lighting
As there is no electricity, lighting is powered by solar energy and set on a timer to turn on at 7pm in the Summer and 6pm in the Winter. There is a camp fire area and we will be buying decent firewood to make sure we have a good camp fire all weekend also.

PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN TORCHES / HEADLIGHTS! And if anyone wants to bring a camping lantern for the outdoors table that would be great too.

Cooking and Drinking Water

- Please bring a few large bottles of water with you for your own drinking water, obviously these can be left in the car so you won’t have to lug litres up the hill, but it would be greatly appreciated if everyone had a personal supply of drinking water from home.

- Food will be provided and is included in the cost of the weekend.

- Please BYO alcohol (some beer will be provided if we have $$ left over after I have bought the food) but we do not have means for keeping things cold other than one esky for the provided beer. So

There is a small gas stove and pots, pans, cutlery and crockery are available. Water is provided by tanks outside the YHA, please ensure you boil this water before use.


Showers and toilets

An eco toilet in located on the YHA grounds. There are no showers at the YHA, but cold showers are situated in the Garie Beach car park as identified on the map on page 2 (providing there are no water restrictions in place). Please conserve water as this YHA is only on tank water.


Rubbish
Please think about the next guests and take any rubbish and recycling when you leave. There are bins provided at the Garie Beach car park for rubbish disposal.

Contact details:

Bethany – 0 4 2 1 3 7 3 4 8 7


If those confirmed could please let me know their ETA for the Friday over the next week or so that would be great – thanks

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Mango Ginger Tofu

This is the most devine sweet and sour style tofu marinade ever from the Post Punk Kitchen

Mango Ginger Tofu

I served it up on Jasmine rice with lightly steamed baby squash, zucchini, broccoli and carrot with some soy and sesame sauce for the veggies. But as usual, no photos sorry, I'm terrible. I'll have to make it again just to take photos, not least because it is well worth making many times.