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SGSEGmentsSGEEScientific Expedition Group Inc.PatronHis Excellency Rear AdmiralKevin Scarce, AO CSC RANRGovernor of South Australia.SEG ExecutivePresident EmeritusC. Warren Bonython, AO.President Dr Richard L WillingChairman Alun ThomasVice-ChairmanVacantSecretary Sarah TelferTreasurerGraeme OatsVolume 28 Number 1, June 2012.ISSN 0816 -6463SEGments is the authorised journal publication of the ScientificExpedition Group INC., PO. Box 501, Unley SA 5061. It is publishedfour times a year to promote articles about biodiversity, scientificexploration and ecological research.Copyright 2012, Scientific Expedtion Group INC.Permission will be considered for non-profit photcopying of materialfor personal use and teaching purposes. Written permission must beobtained from the Secretary of SEG.Contact:Scientific Expedtion Group INC.SEG email: scientificexpedtiongroup@gmail.comSEG Secretary: Sarah TelferPO. Box 501, Unley SA 5061Email: sarahtelfer@internode.on.netSEG Treasurer: Graeme OatsEmail: gdoats@bigpond.net.auSEG CommitteeJohn LoveDuncan MacKenzieGraham HillAndrew BarrTrent PorterStuart PillmanHelen JohnsonSEG Website:Http://www.communitywebs.org/ScientificExpeditionGroup/default.htmVulkathunha Gammon Ranges Scientific ProjectChris WrightMinnawarra Biodiversity ProjectJanet FurlerSEGments EditorsAndrew BarrHelen JohnsonSEG WebsiteMichelle TretheweyGarry TretheweyContentsVolume 28 Number 1, June 2012.PageEditorial 1Walking with Warren 3The Nullarbor Expedition 2012 6Interview with Professor Corey Bradshaw 16Minawarra Survey 20Cover Photograph: from South Australian “Advertiser” archives with permission.
EditorialRichard Willingnorth of Adelaide, becoming a world authority onproduction of salt using solar evaporation. It fuelled hisinterest in Lake Eyre.Warren on the Mount Lofty TrackFoundation President of the Scientific Expedition Group,Charles Warren Bonython, AO, died, after a shortillness, on 2 nd April 2012, aged 95.The remarkable life of this great and visionary man wascelebrated at his funeral in St Peters Cathedral withhundreds of friends and family in attendance, as well asrepresentatives of the many organisations with whichhe was associated. All members of his family - Bunty,Simon, Veryan and Alice - contributed to the service.Terry Krieg, long-time friend and walking companion,told the story of Warren, in the days before satellitesand GPS, finding a cache of water in a desert area withno obvious land marks.A proud fourth generation Australian, Warren trained inAdelaide as a chemical engineer, then went to Londonfor postgraduate work. He had to leave UK in 1939because of the outbreak of war, arriving home at thetime of the death of his grandfather, Sir LangdonBonython, founder of The Advertiser, and a participantin negotiations which led to the Federation of Australia.Warren spent WW2 working on explosives inMelbourne, after which he managed the ICI salt-fieldsAfter he retired from ICI in the 1960’s, Warren wasable to concentrate on his passions - love of theoutdoors, bushwalking, exploration and conservation.He completed walking the Flinders Ranges, crossingthe Gammon Ranges, crossing Simpson Desert, walkingthe McDonnell Ranges, walking around Lake Eyre, andlater, Lake Torrens. These desert places usually involvedcarrying water, and he was renowned for the size andweight of his loads. He was a founding member of theNational Parks Foundation (later Nature Foundation),and was instrumental in establishing the Heysen Trail,the walking trail extending 1200 km from the northernFlinders Ranges to Cape Jervis. He was made an Officerof the Order of Australia in 1980. His trekking activitiesextended well beyond Australia and included MountKilimanjaro, the Scottish highlands and Lo Manthangin the Himalayas. He trained regularly and vigorouslywith timed walks from Waterfall Gully to Mount Loftysummit and back, in later years allowing himself an extraminute per extra year of his age.Warren’s association with SEG goes right back to thebeginning – in fact, precedes it. During the 1970’s theAustralian and New Zealand Schools Exploring Society(ANZSES) was formed, with the SA Branch inAdelaide. Warren became president, and I was part ofthe committee. During those early years the group ranexpeditions including the Coorong and Flinders Ranges,leading to a successful Expedition Coffin Bay, in thenewly proclaimed Conservation Park, in the summer of1983-4. Later disharmony with the national body ledto our branch severing ties with ANZSES. Many of usfelt that to disband would be a waste of much expertise,and that our activities should continue, so SEG was bornat a public meeting in August 1984. Warren remainedpresident of SEG until 2003, when he retired and wasawarded the title of President Emeritus. He was a LifeMember of SEG, and remained a Trustee of theScientific Expedition Foundation until the time of hisdeath. Unlike ANZSES, SEG is still active in runningexpeditions.Warren and Bunty were married for 71 years. As thefamily arrived she regarded her role as keeping the homefires burning while Warren was away exploring the aridparts of Australia. One occasion that she “went bush”Journal of Scientific Expedition Group, June 2012, Vol. 28, No. 1. p. 1-2. 1
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