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====Twenty-one Again.==== | ====Twenty-one Again.==== | ||
- | In this year of the Club's " | + | In this year of the Club's " |
The magazine, then known simply as "The Bushwalker", | The magazine, then known simply as "The Bushwalker", | ||
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- | ETTREMA GORGE. | + | =====Ettrema Gorge.===== |
A new playground with a challenge. | A new playground with a challenge. | ||
- | By Wal Roots. The Prologue: | + | |
- | Recently a young chap named Bob, in discussing | + | By Wal Roots. |
- | suppose you only tackle the easy tripsu. | + | |
+ | ====The Prologue:==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Recently a young chap named Bob, in discussing | ||
" | " | ||
- | There wasa twinkle in Paddy' | + | |
- | Gamble of 1952. The Build-up. | + | There was a twinkle in Paddy' |
+ | |||
+ | ====The Build-up.==== | ||
For the sake of posterity, let me record that the party consisted of Paddy Pallin, Fred King, Norm White, Ken Brown, Paul Howard and the Scribe. | For the sake of posterity, let me record that the party consisted of Paddy Pallin, Fred King, Norm White, Ken Brown, Paul Howard and the Scribe. | ||
- | The idea of the trip was to traverse the country from Yalwal, | + | |
- | westward to the.Shoalhaven just to see what lay in between. Paddy and Paul had made a trip down that way a year or two before but flood conditions had upset calculations | + | The idea of the trip was to traverse the country from Yalwal, westward to the Shoalhaven just to see what lay in between. Paddy and Paul had made a trip down that way a year or two before but flood conditions had upset calculations |
- | On that trip, however, they had learned from the locals of the "impenetrableli | + | |
+ | On that trip, however, they had learned from the locals of the "impenetrable" | ||
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With this challenge ringing in their ears for two years, is it any wonder Paddy and Paul lead us back that way? | With this challenge ringing in their ears for two years, is it any wonder Paddy and Paul lead us back that way? | ||
- | There is no published military map of this area, in fact, no maps at all, but Paul has influence and managed to dig up something taken from aerial surveys, | + | |
- | The photos | + | There is no published military map of this area, in fact, no maps at all, but Paul has influence and managed to dig up something taken from aerial surveys, |
- | The Story_7_, | + | |
- | Thursday night found us camping in a drizzle at Saltwater Creek some seven miles out of Nowra. This was as far as we could go by | + | The photos |
- | 9. | + | |
- | transport^as the bridge had been wrecked in a flood a fortnight before. | + | ====The Story.==== |
- | Fortunately, | + | |
- | helping to ferry the cream cans across the remnants of the bridge) | + | Thursday night found us camping in a drizzle at Saltwater Creek some seven miles out of Nowra. This was as far as we could go by transport as the bridge had been wrecked in a flood a fortnight before. |
- | and were duly deposited in that picturesque old mining town of Yalwal. | + | |
- | We told our driver what we had in mind and whilst he was most polite, he nevertheless left with us the impression that he thought anyone who wasn't a bushman | + | Fortunately, |
- | "You won't get through! The cliffs on Ettrema extend as far as you can see - I'll keep an eye open for you on your way back.'' | + | |
- | From Yalwal, we followed up the Creek past the old battery and | + | We told our driver what we had in mind and whilst he was most polite, he nevertheless left with us the impression that he thought anyone who wasn't a bushman |
- | cyanide tanks (Paul panned some dirt from the battery - no luck) and | + | |
- | lunched prior to making the climb over the ridge and into Bundurdah | + | "You won't get through! The cliffs on Ettrema extend as far as you can see - I'll keep an eye open for you on your way back." |
- | On Saturday, we were up betimes -. beat the old Sol by plenty - for this was the BIG day, the day an Which we were to conquer Ettrema (we hoped) and we weren' | + | |
- | A glorious day this, clear and crisp and with woolly clouds floating lazily in an azure sky, blue distance with purple shadows | + | From Yalwal, we followed up the Creek past the old battery and cyanide tanks (Paul panned some dirt from the battery - no luck) and lunched prior to making the climb over the ridge and into Bundumdah |
- | in the gullies, and flecks of red where the prolific Burrawongs had cast their fruit. | + | |
- | There was no hardship in the climb, although it was steep in | + | On Saturday, we were up betimes - beat the old Sol by plenty - for this was the BIG day, the day on which we were to conquer Ettrema (we hoped) and we weren' |
- | places, and by nine o' | + | |
- | A change was coming over our glorious day. and we arrived at P.P. just ten minutes prior to a rain squall, which the roar of camera shutters made sound like a thunderstorm. | + | A glorious day this, clear and crisp and with woolly clouds floating lazily in an azure sky, blue distance with purple shadows in the gullies, and flecks of red where the prolific Burrawongs had cast their fruit. |
- | Ettrema Gorge - this was it! The unknown - the unconquerable the great challenge: We stood in awe and looked in wonderment at a seemingly unbroken line of cliffs extending as far as the eye could see, with a secondary and sometimes a tertiary cliff line below. | + | |
+ | There was no hardship in the climb, although it was steep in places, and by nine o' | ||
+ | |||
+ | A change was coming over our glorious day and we arrived at P.P. just ten minutes prior to a rain squall, which the roar of camera shutters made sound like a thunderstorm. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Ettrema Gorge - this was it! The unknown - the unconquerable | ||
The talus slopes were at angle of repose and after mentally jumping the cliff face (some 300 feet or more) the question arose as to whether it would be best to use triple hobs or butter. | The talus slopes were at angle of repose and after mentally jumping the cliff face (some 300 feet or more) the question arose as to whether it would be best to use triple hobs or butter. | ||
- | The scene was one of untamed grandeur and thrills raced up and down our spines as we gazed into the blue depth' | + | |
- | 10. | + | The scene was one of untamed grandeur and thrills raced up and down our spines as we gazed into the blue depths. |
Even more mysterious became our gorge as the rain storm draped its gossamer veil - we could better understand its legend of impenetrability, | Even more mysterious became our gorge as the rain storm draped its gossamer veil - we could better understand its legend of impenetrability, | ||
- | Before long, we started looking for ways down and ways up tlother | + | |
- | Pt. Possibility we found was wrongly named, it should have been Impossibility. You'd need to be a hybrid octopus to get down there. So we turned our attention to Cinch Creek ard what did we find? A rift vying in sheer magnificence with Kanangra Gorge and just as inviting as a possible route to the valley floor. | + | Before long, we started looking for ways down and ways up t' |
+ | |||
+ | Pt. Possibility we found was wrongly named, it should have been Impossibility. You'd need to be a hybrid octopus to get down there. So we turned our attention to Cinch Creek and what did we find? A rift vying in sheer magnificence with Kanangra Gorge and just as inviting as a possible route to the valley floor. | ||
Believe me, Cinch Creek is terrific - the sort of place that mountain goats and rock wallabies class as mile-a-day country. | Believe me, Cinch Creek is terrific - the sort of place that mountain goats and rock wallabies class as mile-a-day country. | ||
- | The rim rocks were continuous and we could detect not one place where a possibility of descent existed. It looked as if ottr trip was over for we were two days out on a four day trip and most of us commenced adjusting our mental processes to this thought - but not Paul. | + | |
- | Pau_L conducted a rock by rock search and finally located a split in a cliff, some 18 inches wide, through | + | The rim rocks were continuous and we could detect not one place where a possibility of descent existed. It looked as if our trip was over for we were two days out on a four day trip and most of us commenced adjusting our mental processes to this thought - but not Paul. |
- | through the rotting timber and skidding on the greasy rocks. Down and | + | |
- | down at. a hell of an angle, missing the stinging Gympies by the grace of God, frightening the devil out of the wallabies and lyre birds. | + | Paul conducted a rock by rock search and finally located a split in a cliff, some 18 inches wide, through |
- | The daylight was still with us When we reached the waters of Cinch Creek and it remained while we scrambled down a mile or so, | + | |
- | until we came to the only level patch we had seen for hours. We camped, and how we slept: | + | The daylight was still with us when we reached the waters of Cinch Creek and it remained while we scrambled down a mile or so, until we came to the only level patch we had seen for hours. We camped, and how we slept! |
- | An hour after our "crack of dawn" start found us on Ettrema | + | |
- | Creek, looking up and wondering whether our climb out would be as spectacular as the descent. | + | An hour after our "crack of dawn" start found us on Ettrema Creek, looking up and wondering whether our climb out would be as spectacular as the descent. |
- | Ettrema is delightful, a sort of young Kowmung but with a | + | |
- | personality of its own. Here are tall casuarinas, and some fine old | + | Ettrema is delightful, a sort of young Kowmung but with a personality of its own. Here are tall casuarinas, and some fine old cedars, mysterious deep rock pools (with whopping big perch, I'll bet) and some lovely camp sites. |
- | cedars, mysterious deep rock pools (with whopping big perch, I'll bet) | + | |
- | and some lovely camp sites. | + | What a thrill it would be to spend a week following this lovely |
- | What a thrill it wculd be to spend.a week following this lovely | + | |
- | streaM | + | We could only enjoy it for less than an hour while we argued Howard' |
- | We could only enjoy it for less than an hour While we argued Howard' | + | |
- | went, plugging away in the blasted rain and cursing because of the view we were missing. | + | |
- | 11. | + | |
Howard' | Howard' | ||
+ | |||
We paused at the top and looked back into the mist and rain filled gorge we had left. We had confounded the locals, we had crossed their uncrossable Ettrema and it had been a grand experience. | We paused at the top and looked back into the mist and rain filled gorge we had left. We had confounded the locals, we had crossed their uncrossable Ettrema and it had been a grand experience. | ||
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The rest of the trip was uneventful - that is if you disregard hour after hour of scrub barging on a compass course in continuous teeming rain, the swimming of the racing Shoalhaven in a twelve foot flood and a hair raising ride in a utility into Goulburn. | The rest of the trip was uneventful - that is if you disregard hour after hour of scrub barging on a compass course in continuous teeming rain, the swimming of the racing Shoalhaven in a twelve foot flood and a hair raising ride in a utility into Goulburn. | ||
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And that is the end of the story - all that remains is the challenge. | And that is the end of the story - all that remains is the challenge. | ||
- | The Challenge. | + | |
- | We six hasbeens | + | ====The Challenge.==== |
- | All you who glory in your ability to climb, to explore, to nap, and who love wild and untamed places, here is a new thrill worthy of the best of you. See what you can do about taming this and | + | |
+ | We six has-beens | ||
+ | |||
+ | All you who glory in your ability to climb, to explore, to map, and who love wild and untamed places, here is a new thrill worthy of the best of you. See what you can do about taming this one! | ||
But don't think I've painted the lily, that the old boys have forgotten what toughness is. Put an extra day's tucker in the rucksack and a hundred feet of rope. | But don't think I've painted the lily, that the old boys have forgotten what toughness is. Put an extra day's tucker in the rucksack and a hundred feet of rope. | ||
- | THE CASE FOR PROHIBITION. | + | |
- | The party which spent Anzac Weekend in the Newnes-Glen Davis | + | ---- |
- | country angrily deny that their walk became a pub crawl. They point to about forty miles of honest-to-goodness foot slogging, | + | |
- | It seems that the Newnes pub could offer refuge but no victuals, so the party cooked their awn an the kitchen range to the amusement of the lady of the house. | + | =====The Case For Prohibition.===== |
- | En route to Wolgan Gap via the road a well-intentioned farmer | + | |
- | met them and offered them the shelter of his barn, but it was discovered that the pigs had moved in first, so they went their ways to pitch their tents in the storm. This is, of course, ample proof that their behaviour at Newnes was beyond reproach for, as everyone knows : You can tell a man who boozes by the company he chooses - and the pig got up and slowly walked away". | + | The party which spent Anzac Weekend in the Newnes-Glen Davis country angrily deny that their walk became a pub crawl. They point to about forty miles of honest-to-goodness foot slogging, |
+ | |||
+ | It seems that the Newnes pub could offer refuge but no victuals, so the party cooked their own on the kitchen range to the amusement of the lady of the house. | ||
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+ | En route to Wolgan Gap via the road a well-intentioned farmer met them and offered them the shelter of his barn, but it was discovered that the pigs had moved in first, so they went their ways to pitch their tents in the storm. This is, of course, ample proof that their behaviour at Newnes was beyond reproach for, as everyone knows: | ||
In this case the walkers slowly walked away. | In this case the walkers slowly walked away. | ||
- | THE FACTORY WAS WARN:ED. | + | |
+ | [Editorial note by Geoff Goodyer... | ||
+ | |||
+ | The quote above is taken from a poem. In full, the poem goes: | ||
+ | |||
+ | 'Twas the pig fair last September, | ||
+ | the day I well remember, | ||
+ | I was walking up and down in drunken pride.\\ | ||
+ | When my knees began to flutter\\ | ||
+ | and I sank down in the gutter\\ | ||
+ | and a pig came up and lay down by my side. | ||
+ | |||
+ | As I lay there in the gutter,\\ | ||
+ | thinking thoughts I could not utter,\\ | ||
+ | I thought I heard a passing lady say,\\ | ||
+ | "You can tell the man who boozes\\ | ||
+ | by the company that he chooses." | ||
+ | And with that the pig got up and walked away.] | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | =====The Factory Was Warmed.===== | ||
Paddy entertained some 25 or 30 walkers at this factory in Harris Street on the evening of May 9th. Probably there would have been more had the weather been less forbidding or Harris Street better protected by awnings. | Paddy entertained some 25 or 30 walkers at this factory in Harris Street on the evening of May 9th. Probably there would have been more had the weather been less forbidding or Harris Street better protected by awnings. | ||
- | Despite a blackout which prevented running some of the plant until after 6.30, all present | + | |
+ | Despite a blackout which prevented running some of the plant until after 6.30, all present | ||
When the power authorities relented we were able to see the strap cuter ripping out a variety of strips of leather of assorted thicknesses, | When the power authorities relented we were able to see the strap cuter ripping out a variety of strips of leather of assorted thicknesses, | ||
- | Finegrain | + | |
- | Developing | + | After refreshments served by May Pallin and several assistants, the visitors reluctantly dragged themselves away, Elsa McGregor consoling herself with the thought that, as Malcolm was away down the South Coast, he couldn' |
- | !Sparkling | + | |
- | Prints | + | ---- |
- | Perfect | + | |
- | Enlargements | + | =====B.O. Areas.===== |
- | PHOTOGRAPHY ! | + | |
- | You press the button, we'll do the rest I. | + | Areas which were burnt out in the summer fires are swiftly |
- | LEICA | + | |
- | PHOTO | + | ===Kanangra Tops:=== |
- | SERVICE | + | |
- | 31 Macquarie Place | + | No damage evident from the Walls, and most of the areas bordering the road out from Jenolan Caves undamaged (Anzac report). |
- | SYDNEY N.S.W. | + | |
- | 12. | + | ===Warrumbungles:=== |
- | Your | + | |
- | Rollfilms | + | Fires have raced up some of the ridges between Timor Rock and Pincham's Farm, but the area is rapidly recovering (Easter). |
- | or | + | |
- | Leica films | + | ===Cowan |
- | deserve the | + | |
- | best SERVICE | + | No evidence of fires along the ridge usually taken. |
- | 1$. | + | |
- | After refreshments served by May Pallin and several assistants, the visitors reluctantly dragged themselves away, Elsa McGregor consoling herself with the thought that, as Malcolm was away down the South Coast, he couldn' | + | ===Barren Ground:=== |
- | ...., | + | |
- | B.O. AREAS. | + | Fires have been across the tops south from Barren |
- | out in the appearance, for the pr stupidity | + | |
- | Areas which were burnt resuming a pleasantly green shall have to report further neglect, thoughtlessness and However -summer fires are swiftly | + | ===Nepean Lookout:=== |
- | so that it is unlikely we esent. That is to say, until create next summerts | + | |
- | KANANGRA TOPS: No damage evident from the Walls, and most of the | + | No trace of fires for about 1 mile north-east from Euroka Clearing, but burnt out, and dirty walking toward the Lookout. Glenbrook Gorge appears to be unspoiled (early May). |
- | areas bordering the road at from Jenolan Caves undamaged (Anzac report) | + | |
- | WARRUMBUNGLES: Fires have raced up some of the ridges between Timor Rock TE7-15-27Miam's Farm, but the area is rapidly recovering (Easter). | + | ---- |
- | COWAN-GUNYAH | + | |
- | BARREN GROUND: Fires have been across the tops south from Barren | + | ====Mechanised Department.==== |
- | NEPEAN LOOKOUT: No trace of fires for about 1 mile north-east from 77roa-7177757g, but burnt out, and dirty walking toward the Lookout. Glenbrook Gorge appears to be unspoiled (early May). | + | |
- | .mirmErm.....mwwalimmt.iwirrommia.M.Ammlmml | + | In contradistinction to the previously mentioned |
- | MECHANISED DEPARTMENT. In contradistinction to the previously mentioned | + | |
- | GIRLS! GIRLS: GIRLS! It appears that only advertising splurge for the Tiv. can hone nT7 advertise | + | ---- |
- | Really girls, apart from the desirability of your attendance to assist and advise prospectives and visitors, and conceding that you canIt be in two places at once, w1-.en | + | |
- | 00 0 DDDDD | + | ====Girls! Girls! Girls!==== |
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+ | It appears that only advertising splurge for the Tiv. can honestly | ||
+ | |||
+ | Really girls, apart from the desirability of your attendance to assist and advise prospectives and visitors, and conceding that you can' | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
Another report on the doings of the motorised detachment at Anzac Weekend :- | Another report on the doings of the motorised detachment at Anzac Weekend :- | ||
+ | |||
The Lett River was running fairly high after the Anzac Day rain. In crossing some sloping stones, Edna Stretton dropped her scarf in the rapids and it started to float away in the rush of water. Forward the male! In an instant one of the male members of the party had shed his shoes and socks and plunged into the swirling water - just too late. The current had whisked the scarf out of reach. | The Lett River was running fairly high after the Anzac Day rain. In crossing some sloping stones, Edna Stretton dropped her scarf in the rapids and it started to float away in the rush of water. Forward the male! In an instant one of the male members of the party had shed his shoes and socks and plunged into the swirling water - just too late. The current had whisked the scarf out of reach. | ||
- | Nothing daunted, he shouted a suitable warning, and off came his | + | |
- | trousers. The ladies of the party, with late Victorian decorum, sat with eyes averted, but the strain of not knowing how the scarf was getting on proved too much. Each had several | + | Nothing daunted, he shouted a suitable warning, and off came his trousers. The ladies of the party, with late Victorian decorum, sat with eyes averted, but the strain of not knowing how the scarf was getting on proved too much. Each had several |
P.S. - the scarf was recovered." | P.S. - the scarf was recovered." | ||
- | BY ANY OTHER NAME .. | + | |
- | .1,011 | + | ---- |
- | Among the interesting things we learned from Thistle | + | |
- | a bloom like, say, Chloanthes Stoechadis, has no common name. It | + | ====By Any Other Name...==== |
- | seems we have such a superabundance of species of wild flowers that there arenrt | + | |
- | Apart from the more-or-less technical slides illustrating the form of some of the flowers she discussed, Mrs. Stead had been | + | Among the interesting things we learned from Thistle |
- | fortunate | + | |
- | Mr. Reeves in Melbourne, and it is certain we have not before seen such a varied display in the wild flower field. | + | Apart from the more-or-less technical slides illustrating the form of some of the flowers she discussed, Mrs. Stead had been fortunate |
- | Emphasising that climate and soils produced not only the wide | + | |
- | variety of vegetation found in this continent, but rung changes on | + | Emphasising that climate and soils produced not only the wide variety of vegetation found in this continent, but rung changes on the same species spread over different regions, Mr. Stead explained that there was something practical we could do towards conservation of native flora. While it would be difficult to persuade the authorities that a total ban on sale of wildflowers was necessary, evidence that a particular species was in danger of extinction may produce a measure to protect that plant. For example, the Native Rose (Boronia Serrulata, according to Mrs. Stead's own book) was under review. It would be important, of course, to have quite definite information that the plant we sought to protect was really becoming rare. |
- | the same species spread over different regions, Mr. Stead explained that there was something practical we could do towards conservation of native flora. While it would be difficult to persuade the authorities that a total ban on sale of wildflowers was necessary, evidence that a particular species was in danger of extinction may produce a measure to protect that plant. For example, the Native Rose (Boronia Serrulata, according to Mrs. Stead/s own book) was under review. It would be important, of course, to have quite definite information that the plant we sought to protect was really becoming rare. | + | |
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- | SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISER' | + | |
- | 15, | + | __Support our advertisers - they support you.__ |
- | TRUNDLING DOWN THE COX. | + | |
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | =====Trundling Down The Cox.===== | ||
Brian G. Harvey. | Brian G. Harvey. | ||
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To avoid unfavourable comment, I thought it better to carry out the whole trip in dead secrecy from the earliest preparations until this article went to press. | To avoid unfavourable comment, I thought it better to carry out the whole trip in dead secrecy from the earliest preparations until this article went to press. | ||
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During my home-building operations I had acquired one of those pneumatic-tyred metal wheel barrows and had noted the case with which 250 pounds of bricks could be wheeled about the job - up narrow sloping planks or bounced over low obstacles. | During my home-building operations I had acquired one of those pneumatic-tyred metal wheel barrows and had noted the case with which 250 pounds of bricks could be wheeled about the job - up narrow sloping planks or bounced over low obstacles. | ||
- | Later, this gave me an idea. Had not fully grown men been pushed in wheel barrows from Sydney to Melbourne and vice versa, for wagers? Had not the intrepid Myles Dunphy pushed a perambulator, | + | |
- | The Chinese | + | Later, this gave me an idea. Had not fully grown men been pushed in wheel barrows from Sydney to Melbourne and vice versa, for wagers? Had not the intrepid Myles Dunphy pushed a perambulator, |
- | . | + | |
- | great disadvantage of sharing the load fifty-fifty with the pusher" | + | The Chinese |
- | S o I had the wheel assembly cut off and rewelded | + | |
- | I had a week's holiday owing from earlier years, | + | So I had the wheel assembly cut off and rewelded |
- | We duly took delivery at Megalong and wore accorded dubious looks. Nothing loth, the barrow was wheeled out of sight and loaded with the rucksacks and the box after lunch. By packing the concentrated weight well forward, there was little downward pull on the handles. | + | |
- | With the total load of about 105 pounds, we started off down the open six-foot track and had no trouble making Gibraltar Creek before dark. Next day, before going very long "rocks ahead" was signalled and here the rope was used from the front to encourage the wheel up | + | I had a week's holiday owing from earlier years, |
- | the sloping rocks or low step-ups. When the going was too difficult the load was" | + | |
- | Harrys River was running strongly, and was negotiated in a single swing. From this spot the bank was abominably rocky, with trees close together, jamming progress. All the gear and food was carried down to where the cattlepad | + | We duly took delivery at Megalong and were accorded dubious looks. Nothing loth, the barrow was wheeled out of sight and loaded with the rucksacks and the box after lunch. By packing the concentrated weight well forward, there was little downward pull on the handles. |
- | Not wishing to start the next day with another water-jump, we decided to cross back just at Breakfast Creek, where the Cox is sandy bottomed. We tied tho rope and cord together, secured it on the other side, and swung across, and wheeled the ship up the gravel at the mouth of the creek. Deciding it was a day, we camped and dried out our wet clothes. | + | |
- | From here the banks were a treat, the rock patches becoming further apart, although on the bends Where the stoop slopes came | + | With the total load of about 105 pounds, we started off down the open six-foot track and had no trouble making Gibraltar Creek before dark. Next day, before going very long "rocks ahead" was signalled and here the rope was used from the front to encourage the wheel up the sloping rocks or low step-ups. When the going was too difficult the load was " |
- | right down to the river edge it was ncessary | + | |
- | 17. | + | Harrys River was running strongly, and was negotiated in a single swing. From this spot the bank was abominably rocky, with trees close together, jamming progress. All the gear and food was carried down to where the cattlepad |
- | Before Konangaroo Clearing was reached, the river was crossed seven times. The crossings were selected with great cunning, generally above the rapids where the bottom was most shallow, and then by Jean taking the line across first the single | + | |
+ | Not wishing to start the next day with another water-jump, we decided to cross back just at Breakfast Creek, where the Cox is sandy bottomed. We tied the rope and cord together, secured it on the other side, and swung across, and wheeled the ship up the gravel at the mouth of the creek. Deciding it was a day, we camped and dried out our wet clothes. | ||
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+ | From here the banks were a treat, the rock patches becoming further apart, although on the bends where the steep slopes came right down to the river edge it was necessary | ||
+ | |||
+ | Before Konangaroo Clearing was reached, the river was crossed seven times. The crossings were selected with great cunning, generally above the rapids where the bottom was most shallow, and then by Jean taking the line across first the single | ||
There were a couple of lads camped an Konangaroo when we arrived, but we had the forethought not to display our club badge and so saved the Club the day. As it was twelve years since I last was there we decided to spend two nights enjoying the area. With washing to do, we just wheeled the barrow down the bank of the Kanangra, filled up with Rinso suds, washed, rinsed out, all very convenient. We thought of using the barrow as a water cart to save filling the water bags, but the taste of the fresh paint didn't appeal. | There were a couple of lads camped an Konangaroo when we arrived, but we had the forethought not to display our club badge and so saved the Club the day. As it was twelve years since I last was there we decided to spend two nights enjoying the area. With washing to do, we just wheeled the barrow down the bank of the Kanangra, filled up with Rinso suds, washed, rinsed out, all very convenient. We thought of using the barrow as a water cart to save filling the water bags, but the taste of the fresh paint didn't appeal. | ||
- | Next day saw us at the Kowmung Junction for lunch, and we negotiated the river without shipping drop. Black Dog Rock now loomed ahead, an insurmountable rocky barrier, falling sheer into the water. Here we all three got properly afloat in the chilly waters, nudging the barrow along parallel to the bank and out again as scan as possible to recover our breath. We made a cup of tea to warm ourselves and proceeded to a camp at the foot of the Policeman Range where the bank presented a broad couch-grass flat, with a lovely bank of driftwood right on hand for the fire. We found some nice juicy | + | |
- | worms under a rotten log, and tried out our nylon line without success. | + | Next day saw us at the Kowmung Junction for lunch, and we negotiated the river without shipping |
- | However we were quite content with a three-course meal without a fish entree. Gee, what appetising meals one can have out of tins - goodbye forever to the dehydrated tucker: | + | |
- | With no greater obstacles than wire fences we picked up the A_d road at Moody' | + | With no greater obstacles than wire fences we picked up the old road at Moody' |
- | remained on the right bank since Konangaroo. | + | |
- | Heavy rain had set in, and we were glad to accept the offer of civilised accommodation for the night, with prospects of fresh bread, | + | Heavy rain had set in, and we were glad to accept the offer of civilised accommodation for the night, with prospects of fresh bread, cream and milk, not to mention the luxury of a bed. We found there was a service car leaving for Camden next morning at 8 a.m. from King' |
- | cream and milk, not to mention the luxury of a bed. We found there was a service car leaving for Camden next morning at 8 a.m. from | + | |
- | King' | + | ---- |
- | early start we would cook our own breakfast, and to obviate oversleeping borrowed an alarm clock. As its shrill notes rang out in the pre-dawn dark next morning we awoke with a start, just as you dear reader will awake when you realise nothing of the foregoing ever | + | |
- | happened. | + | ====The Quarter Century Party (The event of the Century).==== |
- | THE ApARTER CENTURY PARTY. | + | |
- | THE PLACE | + | * The place - the "Dungowan". |
- | THE TIME ---- FRIDAY, OCTOBER | + | * The time - Friday, October |
- | FRIENDS, RELATIVES, & WHAT-HAVE-YOU. THE PRICE 77"' | + | * The party - all members, past and present, friends, relatives, and what-have-you. |
- | KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THE SOCIAL SECRETARY & HFR MINIONS. | + | * The price - 17s. 6d. per head. |
- | 18. | + | |
- | THE UNOFFICIAL OFFICIAL EASTER TRIP. | + | Keep in touch with the Social Secretary and her minions. |
- | By "Eenaweenn" and John Boohluck. | + | |
- | (We are fortunate in having two versions of this trip: using the accepted Scotland Yard and F.B.I. method of comparing statements, we can only say, either there has been ccllision | + | ---- |
- | Eenaweena | + | |
- | We were only allowed to get an the train after much argument with the | + | =====The Unofficial Official Easter Trip.===== |
- | guard who pointed out that "the train only goes as far as Bundanoon" | + | |
- | to go out there due to washaways on the road. "Maps out" and a conference followed. | + | By "Eenaweena" and John Bookluck. |
- | It was decided to go to Fitzroy Falls from where a track was shown to lead down into Kangaroo Valley past an old sawmill. To fortify ourselves for the trip we visited a local cafe for refreshments before setting | + | |
- | arrived at Fitzroy Falls after much skidding about in the mud, and | + | (We are fortunate in having two versions of this trip: using the accepted Scotland Yard and F.B.I. method of comparing statements, we can only say, either there has been collision |
- | quickly retired to the shelter shed to dodge the rain and mist. The party spent a restful night sleeping on and under tables, occasionally | + | |
- | disturbed by a passing car, mumbling people in the shed next door and | + | ===Eenaweena |
- | stray drips off the roof. | + | |
- | John Bookluck reports: With Peter Stitt out of contact with the modern7731777-7_77FHther | + | It was the official Easter trip, and a very wet Easter too, but despite all this five hardy walkers met at Central Station on Thursday night. There were Pat, Jean, John, Peter and Fred. We were only allowed to get on the train after much argument with the guard who pointed out that "the train only goes as far as Bundanoon" |
- | trip, five cheery souls turned up - cheery only because they had not | + | |
- | expected to meet. | + | It was decided to go to Fitzroy Falls from where a track was shown to lead down into Kangaroo Valley past an old sawmill. To fortify ourselves for the trip we visited a local cafe for refreshments before setting |
- | At Moss Vale Mother Nature greeted us with tearladen eyes. It | + | |
- | was here that the first amendment was made to the schedule. For Meryla Pass we read Fitzroy Falls. That evening we bushwalkers-turnedpicnickers | + | ===John Bookluck reports:=== |
- | Eenaweena continues: Dawn came and our neighbours departed in their little car. It was still misty and raining and wonderfully warm in | + | |
- | the sleeping bags, so we stayed in bed until 9 oTclock | + | With Peter Stitt out of contact with the modern world, the weather |
- | stream of cars past the shed decided us to "rise and shineh. We looked at the falls, and at the weather, which showed no signs of clearing, managed to get a fire going and proceeded to have a leisuriily | + | |
- | 19. | + | At Moss Vale Mother Nature greeted us with tearladen eyes. It was here that the first amendment was made to the schedule. For Meryla Pass we read Fitzroy Falls. That evening we bushwalkers-turned-picnickers |
- | John Bookluck states: Owing to vagrancy laws and noisy picnickers, we were forced to arise at 11 a.m. By 12 we became ardent road bashers, while some fcund mechanised travelling was easier on the legs. Pat became worried by lunch time (3 p.m.). Already she had ready one- third of the book, and by ingenious calculations worked out it would be necessary to do at least 3 miles per day to prevent her from finishing it before the trip was over. Lunch hour was extended because P.S. had sniffed out the remains of an old sawmill. | + | |
- | Eenaweena says: We then followed an old cart track along through a saddle and it finally brought us out on to a beautiful clearing on the side of Mt. Carialoo. It was such a lovely spot that it was | + | ===Eenaweena continues:=== |
- | decided to camp here for the night and climb the mountain in the morninc | + | |
- | John Bookluck | + | Dawn came and our neighbours departed in their little car. It was still misty and raining and wonderfully warm in the sleeping bags, so we stayed in bed until 9 o' |
- | That evening Fred and Jean saw another good bushwalker cook reduced to the level of Peter Stitt, John Bookluck and Clem Ha1l2trom. For under the soft blue evening sky, P.S. and J.B. introduced Pat S. to the secret of stew-making. What went into the stew that night remains a deep mystery. F.L. claims that his missing spoon was dissolved in it. | + | |
- | Eenaweena relates: Next day we had a not-too-early breakfast and promiTa7 | + | ===John Bookluck states:=== |
- | John Bookluck has it: On Saturday morning we decided to climb Mount Uarialoo | + | |
- | Eenaweena comments: Descended the mountain, meeting some wild goats on the way, a-ETMt | + | Owing to vagrancy laws and noisy picnickers, we were forced to arise at 11 a.m. By 12 we became ardent road bashers, while some found mechanised travelling was easier on the legs. Pat became worried by lunch time (3 p.m.). Already she had read one-third of the book, and by ingenious calculations worked out it would be necessary to do at least 3 miles per day to prevent her from finishing it before the trip was over. Lunch hour was extended because P.S. had sniffed out the remains of an old sawmill. |
- | 20. | + | |
- | to monkey vines. Pat managed to fall on the way down, but wasn't hurt, and Fred stepped into a hole and disappeared so that only head and feet showed. However, after all our trials we arrived at the bottom and had a delayed lunch on the verandah of an old farm house. It was, of course, raining again. The de-leeching process took place on this verandah and much human blood dripped | + | ===Eenaweena says:=== |
- | John Bookluck contributes: | + | |
- | By 3 p.m. we lunched and counted our spills. P.S. did one only | + | We then followed an old cart track along through a saddle and it finally brought us out on to a beautiful clearing on the side of Mt. Carialoo. It was such a lovely spot that it was decided to camp here for the night and climb the mountain in the morning. |
- | PoJlersault, landing on face. J.S. fed leeches and made a b....y mess of the lunch site. F.L. one only sonersault, landing on face, receiving three only scratches. P.S. (??? which P.S.?? - Ed.) bore down a landslide under gravity receiving one only beaut blue bruise. As for J.B. - fate probably has something in store for him. | + | |
- | Eenaweena relates: We then followed a road into Kangaroo Valley, and it was not long after we hit the Bendeela Road that a truck came along and ,stopped to give us a lift into Kangaroo Valley-township. | + | ===John Bookluck |
- | We decided to spend the night camped in the local camping area and as the truck had taken us right into town, we started trudging along the road back to Hampden Bridge. We had not proceeded far when an old utility stopped and the driver asked where we were going. When told hto the camping | + | |
- | John_Bookluck agrees ruefully: While walking along the road wondering whether we had done 3 oFT7miles | + | Conscious |
- | And Eenaweena adds: That night we managed to have a beautiful dinner in between showers aid retired to bed fairly early. And then it started pouring, buckets full all night, but thanks to expert pitching of tents we were not washed out - much to the amazement of all the caravan dwellers around the place. It was still raining in the morning, so we had breakfast in bed and got up about 10 o' | + | |
- | After this much discussion followed as to whether we should go on to Yeola and continue the trip, or go to either Moss Vale or Nowra and return to Sydney the same day and meet again on Monday and go to the Show. It was decided to pursue the latter course, and it was still | + | That evening Fred and Jean saw another good bushwalker cook reduced to the level of Peter Stitt, John Bookluck and Clem Hallstrom. For under the soft blue evening sky, P.S. and J.B. introduced Pat S. to the secret of stew-making. What went into the stew that night remains a deep mystery. F.L. claims that his missing spoon was dissolved in it. |
- | 21. | + | |
- | misting as we packed up and trudged along the road towards Nowra. | + | |
- | We stood in the rain on top of C: bewarra | + | ===Eenaweena relates:=== |
- | there a short walk of a mile and a half brought us to Bomaderry Station. We hopped on to a train and were off to Sydney, arriving back about 5.30 p.m. | + | |
- | The next day,, the weather being fine, we met again and attended | + | Next day we had a not-too-early breakfast and promptly |
- | the Show, and there walked many more miles in the one day than we had in the previous three. | + | |
- | John Bookluck winds uE: Rain, rain, rain. Does it ever do otherwise on lo weekends? How it plagued us walkers: We had had it. There was only one place for us, Sydney. Good old Sydney. Home, Sweet, | + | ===John Bookluck has it:=== |
- | Inammgmmi | + | |
- | ACCOMMODATION WANTED. | + | On Saturday morning we decided to climb Mount Carialoo |
- | An interesting note in a recent copy of the hTararua | + | |
- | tells us that the Wellington Walking Club is planning to leave its | + | ===Eenaweena comments:=== |
- | old quarters. The building in which they have their present club | + | |
- | room is scheduled for demolition within the next few years, and they plan to build themselves a permanent Club House at an estimated cost of ,3,000. They derive some consolation from the fact that they have paid 2,550 in rent since 1926, aid believe once they have overcome the problem of raising the funds, the Club's recurring costs will be much reduced. | + | Descended the mountain, meeting some wild goats on the way, and left the clearing about 12.30. Hacked our way through dense undergrowth, |
- | From various sources we learn that there was once a project for | + | |
- | the various Sydney walking clubs to amalgamate for the purchase of a | + | ===John Bookluck contributes: |
- | permanent home, and one can see certain definite advantages (not to | + | |
- | mention many possibilities of disagreement between the clubs participating). | + | We left the campsite half an hour earlier than the previous |
- | Tn any case, these days of sky.glighproperty..prices would be | + | |
- | bad ones to make such an investment, and, even at present rental, our | + | By 3 p.m. we lunched and counted our spills. P.S. did one only somersault, landing on face. J.S. fed leeches and made a b....y mess of the lunch site. F.L. one only somersault, landing on face, receiving three only scratches. P.S. (??? which P.S.?? - Ed.) bore down a landslide under gravity receiving one only beaut blue bruise. As for J.B. - fate probably has something in store for him. |
- | a total'outlay for the thole of the Club's life would. amount to about | + | |
- | 1,.600. | + | ===Eenaweena relates:=== |
- | This is NOT a suggestion, just a few random thoughts inspired | + | |
- | by the action of the Tararua Trampers. | + | We then followed a road into Kangaroo Valley, and it was not long after we hit the Bendeela Road that a truck came along and stopped to give us a lift into Kangaroo Valley township. |
- | Tune 27th: Tune 27th: Tune 27th: Tune 27th: June 27th. | + | |
- | THE ANNUAL PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION you've got to be in it to win it I | + | We decided to spend the night camped in the local camping area and as the truck had taken us right into town, we started trudging along the road back to Hampden Bridge. We had not proceeded far when an old utility stopped and the driver asked where we were going. When told " |
- | 22. | + | |
- | FIELD WEEKEND | + | ===John_Bookluck agrees ruefully:=== |
- | OR | + | |
- | HOW TO GO NUTS IN THREE EASY LESSONS. | + | While walking along the road wondering whether we had done 3 or 4 miles a truck driver needing company proved most obliging, so saving us another 8 miles. |
- | mmiamommlirmmimporr.raimpla | + | |
- | By "Ivombat. | + | ===And Eenaweena adds:=== |
+ | |||
+ | That night we managed to have a beautiful dinner in between showers aid retired to bed fairly early. And then it started pouring, buckets full all night, but thanks to expert pitching of tents we were not washed out - much to the amazement of all the caravan dwellers around the place. It was still raining in the morning, so we had breakfast in bed and got up about 10 o' | ||
+ | |||
+ | After this much discussion followed as to whether we should go on to Yeola and continue the trip, or go to either Moss Vale or Nowra and return to Sydney the same day and meet again on Monday and go to the Show. It was decided to pursue the latter course, and it was still misting as we packed up and trudged along the road towards Nowra. | ||
+ | |||
+ | We stood in the rain on top of Cambewarra | ||
+ | |||
+ | The next day, the weather being fine, we met again and attended the Show, and there walked many more miles in the one day than we had in the previous three. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===John Bookluck winds up:=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Rain, rain, rain. Does it ever do otherwise on long weekends? How it plagued us walkers! We had had it. There was only one place for us, Sydney. Good old Sydney. Home, Sweet, | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ====Accommodation Wanted.==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | An interesting note in a recent copy of the " | ||
+ | |||
+ | From various sources we learn that there was once a project for the various Sydney walking clubs to amalgamate for the purchase of a permanent home, and one can see certain definite advantages (not to mention many possibilities of disagreement between the clubs participating). | ||
+ | |||
+ | In any case, these days of sky-high property | ||
+ | |||
+ | This is NOT a suggestion, just a few random thoughts inspired by the action of the Tararua Trampers. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | June 27th: June 27th: June 27th: June 27th: June 27th. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Annual Photographic Exhibition. | ||
+ | |||
+ | You've got to be in it to win it! | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | =====Field Weekend===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | or | ||
+ | |||
+ | ====How To Go Nuts In Three Easy Lessons.==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | By "Wombat" | ||
(Note: Any reference to actual persons is purely accidental). | (Note: Any reference to actual persons is purely accidental). | ||
- | Early in your walking career you receive a notice informing you there is to be a field weekend in the near future and hinting darkly that your presence at same would be muchappreciated. You ponder this bit of innocent seeming information, | + | |
- | Arriving at the scene of mysteries on Saturday afternoon, you can detect nothing unusual, but nevertheless, | + | Early in your walking career you receive a notice informing you there is to be a field weekend in the near future and hinting darkly that your presence at same would be much appreciated. You ponder this bit of innocent seeming information, |
- | of security by this harmless epilogue, you go to bed and sleep soundly. | + | |
- | After breakfast (cooked on your neighbour' | + | Arriving at the scene of mysteries on Saturday afternoon, you can detect nothing unusual, but nevertheless, |
- | The first demonstration is snakebite, (treatment of). The lecturer applies a tourniquet which is guar anteed | + | |
- | the lecturer completes the demonstration in theory. Interest subsides. | + | After breakfast (cooked on your neighbour' |
+ | |||
+ | The first demonstration is snakebite, (treatment of). The lecturer applies a tourniquet which is guaranteed | ||
Next comes a fractured arm. The lecturer picks up some strips of bark for splints, relieves the patient of his shirt to use for a sling - and turns out a contraption that would give a V.A. nightmares. Next diagnosed is a broken leg. The lecturer grabs some more bark, and, the patient' | Next comes a fractured arm. The lecturer picks up some strips of bark for splints, relieves the patient of his shirt to use for a sling - and turns out a contraption that would give a V.A. nightmares. Next diagnosed is a broken leg. The lecturer grabs some more bark, and, the patient' | ||
+ | |||
The lecture progresses to resuscitation, | The lecture progresses to resuscitation, | ||
- | The sun is warm and the grass is pleasantly soft. In the distance you hear the lecturer explaining the treatment of blisters. You note the lavish use of Elastoplast, | + | |
- | 23. | + | The sun is warm and the grass is pleasantly soft. In the distance you hear the lecturer explaining the treatment of blisters. You note the lavish use of Elastoplast, |
- | supplies it free. About an hour later you awake to find the lecture over and everyone preparing lunch. | + | |
After lunch you are told off to join one of about six leaders for a map-reading expedition. You don't know any of them, but pick the most harmless looking one and hope for the best. Several other dumb bunnies have the sane idea, and off you go. | After lunch you are told off to join one of about six leaders for a map-reading expedition. You don't know any of them, but pick the most harmless looking one and hope for the best. Several other dumb bunnies have the sane idea, and off you go. | ||
- | Having chosen the steepest ridge leading out of camp and dragged the party, perspiring to the top, the leader gets down to business with a short discourse on orientating the map. Pointing to a gap on the horizon he asks you if you think it could be Erbkine | + | |
- | With your eyes on distant horizons trying to keep some semblance of a straight course you proceed to fall into numerous holes, trip over logs and strike every patch of Mountain Holly and Prickly Moses on the ridge. The party seems to res ant this, and accuses you of doing it on purpose. You consider losing them on purpose, but reflect that you probably will anyw ay, and abandon the idea. | + | Having chosen the steepest ridge leading out of camp and dragged the party, perspiring to the top, the leader gets down to business with a short discourse on orientating the map. Pointing to a gap on the horizon he asks you if you think it could be Erskine |
- | After about an hour you suddenly find yourself on the edge of a sheer precipice. Funny, you think, the map must be wrong! The leader takes this opportunity to.inform you that you have been off course | + | |
- | for the last half-hour: "Since that big black tree about a mile back'' | + | With your eyes on distant horizons trying to keep some semblance of a straight course you proceed to fall into numerous holes, trip over logs and strike every patch of Mountain Holly and Prickly Moses on the ridge. The party seems to resent |
- | The leader doesn' | + | |
- | trip the leader hands over the map to another mug and you retire thankfully to the rear to nurse badly scratched legs and plan just what you'll do to the person | + | After about an hour you suddenly find yourself on the edge of a sheer precipice. Funny, you think, the map must be wrong! The leader takes this opportunity to inform you that you have been off course for the last half-hour: "Since that big black tree about a mile back". Silently you curse the cow and retrace your steps followed by the rest of the party, by this time resigned to anything. |
- | You begin to see the reason for the oft heard saying: 'You don' | + | |
- | AP PRO4C HI NG MARRI AGES. | + | The leader doesn' |
- | EVANS - DEAN: On Friday 13th June (fancy that - Friday, | + | |
- | Strathfield, | + | You begin to see the reason for the oft heard saying: 'You don' |
- | POSITIONS VACANT! | + | |
- | 24. | + | ---- |
- | A LETTER TO THE EDITOR. | + | |
- | f'Dear Sir, | + | ====Approaching Marriages.==== |
- | BUSHFIRES | + | |
- | The purpose of this correspondence is to suggest what bushwalkers might aim to achieve in bushfire control. But first it is necessary to correct what still appears to be a coararon | + | Evans - Dean: On Friday 13th June (fancy that - Friday, |
- | Fire control throughout the State, except in State forests, is organised by local government. For manpower it relies on the local bush fire brigades. The work is voluntary, | + | |
- | Here are three things we could strive for | + | ---- |
- | (1) The replacement of the solid phalanx of politicians, | + | |
- | (2) The employment of army trainees in firefighting. They would require equipment and instruction in some of the elements of the work, and could be kept at he ready during | + | ====Positions Vacant.==== |
- | (3) Strive to have just one area, preferably with scenic attractions and easily accessible, protected from fire for long enough for the native animals to regenerate. National | + | |
- | 25. | + | One Sales arid Subscriptions expert for Magazine. |
- | rough tracks could bb used. Furthermore it is within a few miles of large military | + | |
- | I do not suggest that any of these three things could be done easily, or quickly, or that efforts to achieve them would necessarily be successful. But in getting things done the first essential'is to know what we want. The second is to lose no opportunity of telling | + | ---- |
- | .. Alex Colley." | + | |
- | MR. X. - MAN OF MYSTERY. | + | =====A Letter To The Editor.===== |
- | it appears we have in our midst one man Who does good by stealth, seeking | + | |
- | .=.....T1 | + | "Dear Sir, |
- | STOCK-UP | + | |
- | FOR YOUR NEXT TRIP | + | ====Bushfires.==== |
- | AT... | + | |
- | THE SANITARIUM HEALTH FOOD SHOP | + | The purpose of this correspondence is to suggest what bushwalkers might aim to achieve in bushfire control. But first it is necessary to correct what still appears to be a common |
- | 13 HUNTER STREET, SYDNEY | + | |
- | DRIED FRUITS DATES ASSORTED NUTS | + | Fire control throughout the State, except in State forests, is organised by local government. For manpower it relies on the local bush fire brigades. The work is voluntary, |
- | WHEATFLAKES BISCUITS PEkNUT BUTTER | + | |
- | TERRYIS MEAL HONEY | + | Here are three things we could strive for: |
- | FRUIT NOUGAT | + | |
- | T | + | - The replacement of the solid phalanx of politicians, |
- | 26. | + | |
- | FEDERATION NOTES - MAY MEETING | + | |
+ | | ||
+ | I do not suggest that any of these three things could be done easily, or quickly, or that efforts to achieve them would necessarily be successful. But in getting things done the first essential is to know what we want. The second is to lose no opportunity of telling | ||
+ | |||
+ | Alex Colley." | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ====Mr. X. - Man of Mystery.==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | It appears we have in our midst one man who does good by stealth, seeking | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | =====Federation Notes - May Meeting.===== | ||
By Allen A. Strom. | By Allen A. Strom. | ||
- | SCENIC RA=AY (KATOOMBALHIKING CONTEST: The Manager of the Scenic Railway has offered a prize of 100 for a Hiking Contest if the Federation would organise the Contest. It was decided that the Federation should have nothing to do with any contest and to recommend that no affiliated Club should participate. | + | |
- | ERA LANDS: | + | ===Scenic Railway |
- | THE S.B.W. | + | |
- | THE BUSHFIRE COMMITTEE: has indicated that it believes the only manner in which bushwalkers can assist in fighting fires is by joining local bushfire fighting units organised by Local Councils. | + | The Manager of the Scenic Railway has offered a prize of £100 for a Hiking Contest if the Federation would organise the Contest. It was decided that the Federation should have nothing to do with any contest and to recommend that no affiliated Club should participate. |
- | FLOOD RESCUE: The Police Department says it can use canoeists in Floo7-77scue | + | |
- | FEDERATION RE-UNION: The Rucks ack Club wrote Federation complaining | + | ===Era Lands.=== |
- | BLUEGUM EXTENSIONS: The Trustees have again approached the owner of FETETock | + | |
- | EIIEEmA 22E2E: Mr. 1:11 Roots suggested the Conservation Bureau consider the desirability of having reservations made in the Ettrena | + | It was agreed that the money subscribed by the Federation to the original Era Fund should be left with the S.B.W. in terms of the motion agreed to at the Extraordinary General Meeting held in April. It was further agreed to compliment the S.B.W. on the handling of Portion 7 and to let the S.B.W. know that the Federation would be interested in assisting any new proposition that the Club may arrive at. |
- | lEARCILLK_RELCHE: There was a short report of the events leading | + | |
- | to the discovery of the lost party during the period May 14 and 15th. A full report and finding of the Se2rch | + | ===The |
- | SOCIAL COMMITTEE FCR BALL: The Committee | + | |
- | following persons were elected to the (Those absent elected subject to their | + | Will now be included on the List of Clubs advertised by the Federation. |
- | ( Bush Club), Miss Molly Gallard (S.B.W.) Mr. Bob Green (St. George B.W.), Mr.Frank Mr. Gil Webb (S.B.W.), Miss Rita | + | |
- | SEARCH AND RESCUE PAMPHLET: It iS proposed to prepare a small booklet | + | ===The Bushfire Committee:=== |
- | 27. | + | |
- | ON GETTING LOST. | + | Has indicated that it believes the only manner in which bushwalkers can assist in fighting fires is by joining local bushfire fighting units organised by Local Councils. |
- | Well folks we have had an exciting week. We Bushwalkers like to avoid publicity and emulate the Arabs who fold their tents in the night and quietly steal away, but now and then some unfortunate or careless party gets delayed in the bush and the fun begins. The searchlights of publicity are suddenly turned our way and we are given buckets full of gratuitous advice on how to get found when lost and how to avoid being a burden on the tax-payers. A well dressed bushwalker will soon have to add to the load carried in hip " | + | |
- | There is something almost psychopathic in the way in which these matters are treated. The public reaction should interest Anthropologists. The parties which are lost are invariably pictured as in the roughest possible terrain and the difficulties which they face emphasised to the poi nt where only Superman and his cohorts could rescue them. I think in this there is some unconscious throw- back to the " | + | ===Flood Rescue:=== |
+ | |||
+ | The Police Department says it can use canoeists in Flood Rescue | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Federation Reunion:=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Rucksack | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Bluegum Extensions:=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Trustees have again approached the owner of the block neighbouring the Forest with a view to purchasing the subject block. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Ettrema Gorge:=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Mr. Wal Roots suggested the Conservation Bureau consider the desirability of having reservations made in the Ettrema | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Search and Rescue:=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | There was a short report of the events leading to the discovery of the lost party during the period May 14 and 15th. A full report and finding of the Search | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Social | ||
+ | |||
+ | The following persons were elected to the Committee with power to add: (Those absent elected subject to their approval.) Miss Beryl McLean | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Search and Rescue Pamphlet:=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | It is proposed to prepare a small booklet | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | =====On Getting Lost.===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Well folks we have had an exciting week. We Bushwalkers like to avoid publicity and emulate the Arabs who fold their tents in the night and quietly steal away, but now and then some unfortunate or careless party gets delayed in the bush and the fun begins. The searchlights of publicity are suddenly turned our way and we are given buckets full of gratuitous advice on how to get found when lost and how to avoid being a burden on the tax-payers. A well dressed bushwalker will soon have to add to the load carried in his " | ||
+ | |||
+ | There is something almost psychopathic in the way in which these matters are treated. The public reaction should interest Anthropologists. The parties which are lost are invariably pictured as in the roughest possible terrain and the difficulties which they face emphasised to the point where only Superman and his cohorts could rescue them. I think in this there is some unconscious throw-back to the " | ||
In point of fact to the reasonably careful, prudent person there are very few dangers lurking in the bushlands within 100 miles of Sydney as is demonstrated by the rarety of serious accidents or mishaps. | In point of fact to the reasonably careful, prudent person there are very few dangers lurking in the bushlands within 100 miles of Sydney as is demonstrated by the rarety of serious accidents or mishaps. | ||
- | Nevertheless there are dargers | + | |
+ | Nevertheless there are dangers | ||
Paddy has no stocks of Verey Pistols yet but he can supply a good range of compasses and of course there are stacks of maps and a good range of torches at Paddy' | Paddy has no stocks of Verey Pistols yet but he can supply a good range of compasses and of course there are stacks of maps and a good range of torches at Paddy' | ||
- | M2678. | ||
- | PADDY PALLIN, | ||
- | Camp Gear for Walkers, | ||
- | 201 Castlereagh Street, SYDNEY | ||
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+ | Paddy Pallin, Camp Gear for Walkers. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 201 Castlereagh Street, Sydney. M2678. |
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