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Autumn activities programme now available...
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Mountain Devils News Page.

Welcome to our "News" page. Any announcements/information/tid bits that need to be communicated to members will appear on this page.

11/11/11
Added details for the club's Christmas and New Years functions to the Activities pages. Also added a walk report for our Mt Wilson Car Camp.
See you on the trail,
Michael.

10/10/11
Our Photo Gallery software required a major upgrade to address some security issues and general bugs. It has taken some time to complete the full upgrade and it now appears to be running fine. There are some minor differences in how it works but the user experience shouldn't be any different.
I have also taken the opportunity to implement "Lightbox". For the last few weeks I have been working on getting Lightbox integrated with CPMFetch (the program that puts the four random images under the webpage heading) and Coppermine (the actual photo gallery software). What this means for you. If you click on one of the random images under the heading the full size photo from our gallery is displayed. No more squinting at a thumbnail image. There are still a few tweaks required as not all the functionality of CPMFetch is working as I was hoping but it works well enough. Lightbox is easy to use, just click on one of the thumbnail images under the heading and the full photo will be overlayed on the webpage. To close the image overlay click on the any part of the darkened area that surrounds the image. There are also "Back" and "Forward" tabs on the top left and top right of each photo that allow you to scroll through all four images if you wish.
I have added some more photo galleries from recent walks, thanks as always to our resident shutterbug Lorraine.
Do any walk leaders have any reports they would like to add to the website. If you do then please send them in for publication.
See you on the trail,
Michael.

12/02/11
At our recent club meeting the topic of Myrtle Rust came up again and members expressed a desire for more information particularly photos of infected plants. See the following links for both information and photos:
Department of Primary Industries (includes links to further information).
Google Image Search for Myrtle Rust (click on an image for the web page it is referenced from).
Search for recent news items about Myrtle Rust.
See you on the trail,
Michael.

06/02/11
Autumn Activities programme now available.
Walk reports added for several walks.
You may have noticed no new photos in the photo gallery for a while. A major software upgrade has been released for the gallery, as the software needs some small modifying for our use this should be completed soon.
See you on the trail,
Michael.

01/09/10
There are some changes to the activities programme:
1. Ruined Castle walk has been moved to Sunday 12, September. This now leaves Sunday 17, October vacant.
2. Scouters Mountain Exploratory on Sunday 7, November has been cancelled due to a prior commitment.
3. Bicentennial Park has been moved from Sat 23/10 to Sat 25/9.
Anyone able to add an activity for the gaps in the programme please contact Kevin.
I have added several photo albums to our gallery and some walk reports.
See you on the trail,
Michael.

30/07/10
Have added several photo albums to the gallery, one more to go.
Glenn is planning on overnight trip in the Budawangs. Date: TBA. Some detail on the Activties page, full details to come.
See you on the trail,
Michael.

07/07/10
Don't forget our AGM is on Monday the 12th of July. Annual subscriptions are now due and you should have recieved an email from the Secretary and/or the Treasurer about this. If you haven't you can give either a ring, phone numbers are on the contact page.
Added some more walk reports.
Added some more photos. I still have quite a few to sort through and add, hope to do this soon.
See you on the trail,
Michael.