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In business arising from minutes Frank Ashdown again raised the question of obituary notices in the magazine. He said that two persons with names identical with two club members had recently died and premature condolences had been expressed. The Editor said that, if you wrote to the editor when you died, it would be published, (e.g. "Dear Editor, I'm dying. P.S. I'm dead" | In business arising from minutes Frank Ashdown again raised the question of obituary notices in the magazine. He said that two persons with names identical with two club members had recently died and premature condolences had been expressed. The Editor said that, if you wrote to the editor when you died, it would be published, (e.g. "Dear Editor, I'm dying. P.S. I'm dead" | ||
- | The Conservation Secretary said that he had received a letter from Myles Dunphy asking us to protest to the Minister for Mines and the Minister for Lands against the granting of mining leases in the Colong Caves area - as we did in 1939 about other leases at Yerranderie. He said the leases had not yet been granted. Tom Moppett said that the mining was on behalf of the Metropolitan Cement Co., and that the cement would go their works at Maldon, near Picton. It was said that the Rural Bank and the B.H.P. were interested. The Tourist Bureau had succeeded in stopping a quarry at Wombeyan Caves. In the dicussion | + | The Conservation Secretary said that he had received a letter from Myles Dunphy asking us to protest to the Minister for Mines and the Minister for Lands against the granting of mining leases in the Colong Caves area - as we did in 1939 about other leases at Yerranderie. He said the leases had not yet been granted. Tom Moppett said that the mining was on behalf of the Metropolitan Cement Co., and that the cement would go their works at Maldon, near Picton. It was said that the Rural Bank and the B.H.P. were interested. The Tourist Bureau had succeeded in stopping a quarry at Wombeyan Caves. In the discussion |
Ron Knightley told us that no trail had yet been cut over Clear Hill as the organiser was not available on the week-end arranged. | Ron Knightley told us that no trail had yet been cut over Clear Hill as the organiser was not available on the week-end arranged. | ||
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In his Conservation Report Tom Moppett said that about 20 bushwalkers and about 20 from the Sutherland Brigade had turned out to fight a fire in National Park one evening a couple of weeks earlier. He said that the bushwalkers, | In his Conservation Report Tom Moppett said that about 20 bushwalkers and about 20 from the Sutherland Brigade had turned out to fight a fire in National Park one evening a couple of weeks earlier. He said that the bushwalkers, | ||
- | Most of the rest of the meeting was devoted to a discussion of a motion that the Club was in favour of the acquisition of a suitable ski hut in the Kosciusko area. Alex Colley said that a great deal of discussion and several unofficial meetings had already taken place. There was much enthusiasm, and those interested felt that the project was now definite enough to be placed before the meeting. He said that accommodation in the snow country was expensive and had to be shared with other organisations. He had found that ski holidays were much easier to organise and more enjoyable with an S.B.W. party who knew each other well, and could be depended on to do their share of the many chores in a hut. Many members enjoyed summer holidays too in the snow country, and the hut would be suitable for one of two families. It was a very worth while project, but it should be realised from the outset that the difficulties were formidable. We needed money, labour and organisation. Though the hut now under offer, and believed to be suitable, would cost £300, it had to be moved, foundations built, septic tank, water supply, plumbing, stove and internal fittings installed, and painting to be done. John Scott had estimated, on the scrappy information which could be supplied at this stage, that it would cost altogether £800, but, as building always costs more than estimated, it would be well to budget for at least £1,000. There appeared to be a fair prospect of getting the bulk of this in shares and loans. Finance, however, would probably be the easiest part. Building a hut in a remote place meant constant difficulty in organising materials, transport etc. He thought that between thirty and fifty man-weeks of labour would be required to do the job. This meant thirty to fifty members would have to be prepared to give a week to the work, or, alternatively, | + | Most of the rest of the meeting was devoted to a discussion of a motion that the Club was in favour of the acquisition of a suitable ski hut in the Kosciusko area. Alex Colley said that a great deal of discussion and several unofficial meetings had already taken place. There was much enthusiasm, and those interested felt that the project was now definite enough to be placed before the meeting. He said that accommodation in the snow country was expensive and had to be shared with other organisations. He had found that ski holidays were much easier to organise and more enjoyable with an S.B.W. party who knew each other well, and could be depended on to do their share of the many chores in a hut. Many members enjoyed summer holidays too in the snow country, and the hut would be suitable for one of two families. It was a very worth while project, but it should be realised from the outset that the difficulties were formidable. We needed money, labour and organisation. Though the hut now under offer, and believed to be suitable, would cost £300, it had to be moved, foundations built, septic tank, water supply, plumbing, stove and internal fittings installed, and painting to be done. John Scott had estimated, on the scrappy information which could be supplied at this stage, that it would cost altogether £800, but, as building always costs more than estimated, it would be well to budget for at least £1,000. There appeared to be a fair prospect of getting the bulk of this in shares and loans. Finance, however, would probably be the easiest part. Building a hut in a remote place meant constant difficulty in organising materials, transport etc. He thought that between thirty and fifty man-weeks of labour would be required to do the job. This meant thirty to fifty members would have to be prepared to give a week to the work, or, alternatively, |
- | Paddy Pallin quoted the experience of the Orana Hut, which had started out as just a shack for 8 people, containing three stretchers at the beginning, and with the members doing all the work. But it had been necessary to spend £2,500 over the last 3 or 4 years. Nevertheless he thought the project would raise enthusiasm, | + | Paddy Pallin quoted the experience of the Orana Hut, which had started out as just a shack for 8 people, containing three stretchers at the beginning, and with the members doing all the work. But it had been necessary to spend £2,500 over the last 3 or 4 years. Nevertheless he thought the project would raise enthusiasm, |
Arthur Gilroy raised the question of foundations, | Arthur Gilroy raised the question of foundations, | ||
- | Tom Moppett said that the poject | + | Tom Moppett said that the project |
Peter Stitt said that some of the dismantled huts had been left lying about for a couple of months, and warping was understandable. In N.Z. Clubs smaller than ours had built huts 80 to 200 miles from the city, and one to four hours walk from the road. A whole hut and ski-tow had been carried up a "real mountainside - an ice-axe job." | Peter Stitt said that some of the dismantled huts had been left lying about for a couple of months, and warping was understandable. In N.Z. Clubs smaller than ours had built huts 80 to 200 miles from the city, and one to four hours walk from the road. A whole hut and ski-tow had been carried up a "real mountainside - an ice-axe job." | ||
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Colin Putt said that huts on low foundations were most practical, since the main danger was that the hut would be pushed off the foundations, | Colin Putt said that huts on low foundations were most practical, since the main danger was that the hut would be pushed off the foundations, | ||
- | The motion to acquire a suitable hut was then carried without dissent. Another motion - that members be circularised to ascertain the amount of financial support, labour, and administrative assistance they were prepared to give, was also carried. It was decided to give Frank Duncan, who is going to Kosicusko for a holiday, a letter from the Club to the Park Trust, saying that he was empowered to make inquiries on our behalf and to inform the manager of the Trust and the Snowy Mountains Authority of the steps we had already | + | The motion to acquire a suitable hut was then carried without dissent. Another motion - that members be circularised to ascertain the amount of financial support, labour, and administrative assistance they were prepared to give, was also carried. It was decided to give Frank Duncan, who is going to Kosicusko for a holiday, a letter from the Club to the Park Trust, saying that he was empowered to make inquiries on our behalf and to inform the manager of the Trust and the Snowy Mountains Authority of the steps we had already |
A Committee was appointed to consider the project further and report back to the next meeting. It consisted of Peter Stitt, Frank Duncan, Bob Duncan, Colin Putt, John Scott, Arthur Gilroy, Dot Butler, Neil Monteith and Alex Colley. | A Committee was appointed to consider the project further and report back to the next meeting. It consisted of Peter Stitt, Frank Duncan, Bob Duncan, Colin Putt, John Scott, Arthur Gilroy, Dot Butler, Neil Monteith and Alex Colley. | ||
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- | Overheard at the Christmas Party:- Digby and Geof wagering dangerous bets - if our teetotaller Walks Secretary could be persauded | + | Overheard at the Christmas Party:- Digby and Geof wagering dangerous bets - if our teetotaller Walks Secretary could be persuaded |
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From there we went via Cirencester, | From there we went via Cirencester, | ||
- | Next stop was Marlborough. Here we ran into the last night of the National Wardens' | + | Next stop was Marlborough. Here we ran into the last night of the National Wardens' |
Bath - a beautiful old city built in a natural amphitheatre of hills. It is here that the Romans had a flourishing city, much of which has been excavated and is now on show to whoever is interested. We spent a very full weekend roaming round Bath, exploring its little winding back streets and by attending a full choral service in the Old Bath Abbey. From here we visited the famous Well's Cathedral. | Bath - a beautiful old city built in a natural amphitheatre of hills. It is here that the Romans had a flourishing city, much of which has been excavated and is now on show to whoever is interested. We spent a very full weekend roaming round Bath, exploring its little winding back streets and by attending a full choral service in the Old Bath Abbey. From here we visited the famous Well's Cathedral. | ||
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+ | ===== Christmas Hop Of '56. ===== | ||
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+ | - Jim Brown. | ||
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+ | If you wanted a sound factual report of the American Civil War you may not approach a Confederate General - but you certainly wouldn' | ||
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+ | Well there were 78 present - not 730 or 88 or 89 as variously stated during the evening, and that makes it numerically a small " | ||
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+ | The floor, they tell me, was very sluggish, and that was probably true enough, but not heavy enough to discourage most of the light fantastic feet. Presently (about 9.30) some white goo was broadcast over the deck, and this coupled with the dew falling from heated foreheads produced a surface slippery enough to cause Binnsie' | ||
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+ | It was a goodly and representative sort of gathering, with rather less of the Old Brigade than in other years, but a nice sprinkling of the newer crew, and enough of the middling group, so that there were no lonely and lost souls. | ||
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+ | We remember, particularly, | ||
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+ | I heard it said that we managed to beef out so much uproar, in spite of our meagre numbers - that the R.S.L. had a couple of stern-looking characters waiting in the foyer to remove the more sodden objectionables. Of course, as ever, we bewildered them by becoming, suddenly, respectable and peaceable citizens, going about our law abiding pursuits. Just for a little while a small portion of the City had held something of the temper of a Bush Reunion. | ||
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+ | ===== The Odd Australian. ===== | ||
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+ | - Bernard Peach, Coast & Mountain Walkers. | ||
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+ | In many an odd corner of France I had put up my small tent without comment, and late on one dark night, stretched out in my sleeping bag in a market garden mistaking it for open land. | ||
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+ | Morning found me comfortably curled up in an onion bed, but the young French workers were more interested in the quality of my sleeping bag than in the dent I'd made in their onions. | ||
- | CHRISTMAS HOP OF 156. | ||
- | - Jim Brawn. | ||
- | If you wanted a sound factual report of the American Civil War you may not approach a. Confederate General - but you certainly wouldn' | ||
- | Well there were 78 present - not 730 or 88 or 89 as variously stated during the evening, and that makes it numerically a small ', | ||
- | 16. | ||
- | fifth or sixth " | ||
- | The floor, they tell me, was very sluggish, and that was probably true enough, but not heavy enough to discourage most of | ||
- | the light fantastic feet. Presently (about 9.30) some white goo was broadcast over the deck, and this coupled with the dew falling from heated faeheads produced a surfact slippery enough to cause Binnsiefs downfall (and one other - was it Stan Madden?) | ||
- | It was a goodly and representative sort of gatheAng, with rather less of the Old Brigade than in other years, but a nice sprinkling of the newer crew, and enough of the middling group, so that there were no lonely and lost souls. | ||
- | We remember, particularly, | ||
- | I heard it said that we managed to beef out so much uproar, in spite of our meagre numbers - that the R.S.L. had a couple of stern-looking characters waiting | ||
- | TIM ODD AUSTRALIAN. | ||
- | - Bernard Peach | ||
- | Coast & Mountain Walkers. | ||
- | In many an odd ocrner of France I had put up my small tent without comment, and late on one dark night, stretched out in my sleeping bag in a market garden mistaking it for open land. | ||
- | Morning found me comfortably curled up in an onion bed, but the young French workers were mae interested in the quality of my sleeping bag than in the dent I'd made in their onions. | ||
I believe you could sleep on the cobbles of any French village square without arousing any curiosity beyond, "Oh, La, La," from the passers-by, who would give a friendly grin and leave you to doze off in peace. | I believe you could sleep on the cobbles of any French village square without arousing any curiosity beyond, "Oh, La, La," from the passers-by, who would give a friendly grin and leave you to doze off in peace. | ||
- | It is different with the English. A traditional conservatism is still alive. The shelter of a barn would readily be given to a wanderer caught between town at nightfall and more kindness than that - for the asking, but one who spends a night by the wayside in a sleeping | + | |
- | 17-6, | + | It is different with the English. A traditional conservatism is still alive. The shelter of a barn would readily be given to a wanderer caught between town at nightfall and more kindness than that for the asking, but one who spends a night by the wayside in a sleeping bag is regarded as an odd character. I had experience of this on my way to the English |
- | bag is regarded as an odd character. I had experience of this on my. way to the English | + | |
- | Feeling tired, and knowing that the Stratford | + | Feeling tired, and knowing that the Stratford Hostel couldn' |
- | Then my first visitor strolled along and said, "I say, Are you all right?" | + | |
- | . | + | Then my first visitor strolled along and said, "I say, are you all right?" |
- | With a shocked expression he came close (as if to study g)me.: | + | |
- | The second visitor refused to be convinced that it was right or normal behaviour on my party and firmly and courteously he carried | + | With a shocked expression he came close (as if to study some peculiarity). "But you're not going to sleep in that bag thing, are you? It might rain." He went off scratching |
- | This was an introduction to the English way of doing things, | + | |
- | SONG OF THE BUSHWALKER | + | The second visitor refused to be convinced that it was right or normal behaviour on my party and firmly and courteously he carried |
- | As free as air-bound anywhere ... along the lanes I stray; | + | |
- | So keep your cars and handlebars - on foot I take my way; Beneath the trees - just as I please, I saunter in the sun, My humble pack upon by back that' | + | This was an introduction to the English way of doing things. |
- | No tax I pay for this highway - no licence I must buy - | + | |
- | For I'm complete with two good feet(?)-why pedal, drive or fly? The pace is sLow, but so I go, I see so many things - | + | ---- |
- | Sheep, rabbits, cows - and mills and ploughs-queer folk, and flowers | + | |
- | and wings. The woods are grand if you can stand and listen all alone; | + | ===== Song Of The Bushwalker |
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- | It's good to stroll-with no set goals just where your fancies lead, Away from all the rush and noise, the clamour and the speed. | + | As free as air-bound anywhere... along the lanes I stray;\\ |
- | The fields and brooks are open books-the mountains and the skies- And as I roam-from Nature' | + | So keep your cars and handlebars - on foot I take my way;\\ |
- | For on I plod-just thanking God for life and strength and health. | + | Beneath the trees - just as I please, I saunter in the sun,\\ |
+ | My humble pack upon by back... that' | ||
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+ | No tax I pay for this highway - no licence I must buy -\\ | ||
+ | For I'm complete with two good feet(?) - why pedal, drive or fly?\\ | ||
+ | The pace is slow, but so I go, I see so many things -\\ | ||
+ | Sheep, rabbits, cows - and mills and ploughs - queer folk, and flowers and wings. | ||
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+ | The woods are grand if you can stand and listen all alone;\\ | ||
+ | There' | ||
+ | It's good to stroll - with no set goal, just where your fancies lead,\\ | ||
+ | Away from all the rush and noise, the clamour and the speed. | ||
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+ | The fields and brooks are open books - the mountains and the skies -\\ | ||
+ | And as I roam - from Nature' | ||
+ | Such happiness as I possess demands no worldly wealth,\\ | ||
+ | For on I plod - just thanking God for life and strength and health. | ||
- mostly Patience Strong. | - mostly Patience Strong. | ||
- | WHAT EVERY TROGO SHOULD KNOWS: | + | |
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+ | === What every Trogo should know!! === | ||
Holes that go six inches into the ground vertically are not necessarily limestone caves, neither are holes that go horizontally into a hillside and end in a wombat. | Holes that go six inches into the ground vertically are not necessarily limestone caves, neither are holes that go horizontally into a hillside and end in a wombat. | ||
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- | or 1957. May we see the bush kept green.W Paddy wishes Bushwalkers all good things | + | ---- |
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- | and lovely - free, from fires, | + | ===== Paddy Made. ===== |
- | and despoilers. | + | |
- | t , 4;i: 'r ' | + | === One Nine Five Seven. === |
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- | and good luck to the proposed ski huts | + | Paddy wishes Bushwalkers all good things for 1957. May we see the bush kept green. and lovely - free from fires, |
May many more youngsters this year join the Club to learn in full the joy of their heritage in the Bush. | May many more youngsters this year join the Club to learn in full the joy of their heritage in the Bush. | ||
- | Make a habit of calling in on Paddy when in the city. There' | + | |
+ | and good luck to the proposed ski hut! | ||
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+ | Make a habit of calling in on Paddy when in the city. There' | ||
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+ | For the breakfast-in-bed-brigade.... | ||
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