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 Increased petrol prices have made it essential that persons bffering transport to walks should not be disadvantaged. An article will be placed in next month's magazine drawing attention of all participants to cost of getting to and from walks.
 Page :8 The "Sydney Bushwalker October 1990.
-by Ian. Wolfe
- F9r three years I strove to get there - this small inconsequential slab-sided but on
+Boltons, Boltons, Wherefore Art Thou, Boltons...
-the Finn River. For two years in a row the snow levels and weather conspired against me and forced the implementation of /Plan 8/. But at last there was an auspicious conjunction of
-circumstances which resulted in the three of us standing on our skis at Munyang, in late July.
+by Ian Wolfe
-Across the bridge and up the aqueduct track we skiied. Up, up on to the crest of
-Disappointment Spur, up, up into the sun and blue sky. It was my first ski trip for the year
+For three years I strove to get there - this small inconsequential slab-sided hut on the Finn River. For two years in a row the snow levels and weather conspired against me and forced the implementation of 'Plan B'. But at last there was an auspicious conjunction of circumstances which resulted in the three of us standing on our skis at Munyang, in late July.
-and with each stride the spirit of the mountains coursed more strongly through my veins and
-sloughed off the shackles of the world below. Any of you who have ever stood and felt the
+Across the bridge and up the aqueduct track we skiied. Up, up on to the crest of Disappointment Spur, up, up into the sun and blue sky. It was my first ski trip for the year and with each stride the spirit of the mountains coursed more strongly through my veins and sloughed off the shackles of the world below. Any of you who have ever stood and felt the view which the high country provides, will immediately know what I mean.
-view which the high country provides, will immediately know what I mean.
-/Twixt snow gum arid Bogong we journeyed, to stand at last on the summit of Gungartan.
+'Twixt snow gum and Bogong we journeyed, to stand at last on the summit of Gungartan. Dicky Cooper to the west and fair Jagungal shining white and bright to the north. A pleasant ache in me thighs went well with the crisp, cool air. Then it was but a short slither and slide down to Tin Hut, our abode for the evening. Small but cosy, able to sleep six on bunks, it served our needs well.
-Dicky Cooper to the west and fair Jagungal shining white and bright to the north. A pleasant
-ache in me thighs went well with the crisp, cool air. Then it was but a short slither and
+The morrow dawned bright and beautiful, so we sallied forth with day packs to climb The Porcupine and then to descend Bar Ridge and stand on Green Knob which afforded us views of the airstrip at Island Bend as well as a great telemark run down through the trees.
-slide down to Tin Hut, our abode for the evening. Small but cosy, able to sleep six on bunks,
-it served our needs well.
+Then lunch at Finn River - but where was Bolton's Hut? Certainly not at grid 298811 (Mount Korne 1:50,000) where the Lands Department purports it to be. Nor was it within a 300 metre radius thereof. Unfortunately, time did not allow us to conduct a proper search, but huts do not hide, nor do they lurk, so where, therefore, is Bolton's Hut? Well, I have my suspicions, which will serve well as an excuse to visit this interesting area again. (Note - good snow levels are necessary.)
-The morrow dawned bright and beautiful, so we sallied forth with day packs to climb The POrcupine and then to descend Bar Ridge and stand on Green Knob which afforded us views of the airstrip at Island Bend as well as a great telemark run down through the trees,
-Then lunch at Finn River - but where was Bolton's Hut? Certainly not at grid 298811 (Mount Korne 7150.000) where the Lands Department purports it to be. Nor was it within a
+The rest of the day was filled by a very pleasant ski up Finn River and back to the hut that Dr. Schlink built.
-metre radius thereof. Unfortunately, time did not allow us to donduct a proper search, but huts do not hide, nor do they lurk, so where, therefore, is Bolton's Hut? Well, I have my suspicions, which will serve well as an excuse to visit this interesting area again. (Note - good snow levels are necessary.)
+Monday again provided sun and blue skies, so northwards we went to stand firstly upon the summit of The Brassy's Peak and then on the Big Brassy. Far down we looked towards the Burrungubugge (go on, try saying it first off without twisting your tongue), and to the site where Alpine Hut once stood.
-The rest of the day was filled by a very pelasant ski up Finn River and back to the hut that Dr. Schlink built.
-Monday again provided sun and blue skies, so northwards we went to stand firstly upon the summit of The Brassy's Peak and then on the Big Brassy. Far down we looked towards the Burrungubugge (go on, try saying it first off without twisting your tongue), and to the site where Alpine. Hut once stood.
+'Though we loitered long, at last we turned our skis homeward. Up along the Valentine to climb through Gungartan Pass we strode, with the rhythmic push and glide of the diagonal stride. We had lunch - oh, what a lunch - sitting on a white, clear saddle, with the vista one way rivalled by the vista the other way. Whither indeed, which way to look.
-'Though we loitered long, at alst we turned our skis homeward. Up along the Valentine
-to climb through Gungartan Pass we strode, with the rhythmic push and glide of the diagonal
+Downward then, swooping and carving through the snow gums and powder snow, as the telemarks flowed magically into each other. Off with our heavy packs and back to the top for one more run before returning to the road and sliding, with aid of an occasional pole-plant, down from Schlink's Pass all the way: to the bridge. A short push and an endless snow-plough back to Munyang, although one of us was tempted by the pipeline route.
-stride. We had lunch - oh, what a lunch - sitting on a white, clear saddle, with the vista
-one way rivalled by the vista the other way. Whither indeed, which way to look.
+Three days of snow, sun and serenity. Bolton's, Bolton's - I don't care where you are!
-Downward then, swooping and carving through the snow gums and powder snow, as the telemarks flowed magically'into each other'. Off with our heavy packs and back to the top
-for one more run before returning to the road and sliding, with aid of an occasional
+(Just for the record, Bolton's is in fact at grid 303810 some 500 metres from where shown on the Khancoban map. See "Huts of the High Country" by Klaus Hueneke.)
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 SIX FOOT TRACK
-'pole-plant, down from Schlink's Pass ell the way: to the bridge. A short push and an- endless. snow-plough back to Munyang, although
-one of Os was tempted by the pipeline' route.
-Three days of show, air' and serenity, Bolton's, Bolton's - I don't are where'. ,you are!
-(Just for the record, Bolton's is in fact at grid 303810 some 500 metres from where shown on the Kancoban map. See "Huts of the High Country"' by Klaus Keinke.)
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