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+ | =====The Bush Walker.===== | ||
- | THE BUSH WALKER | + | Dorothy Lawry |
- | Dorothy Lawry | + | |
- | have been SO keen a walker; filled my lungs So deeply with the fragrance of the gums, Their tan, their scent, their aromatic breath, Their life invigorating, | + | I have been so keen a walker; filled my lungs\\ |
- | These are mere words; They lack the power, the strength, | + | So deeply with the fragrance of the gums,\\ |
- | To lift the head, each step give added length, As do the mighty-trees in vibrant life. Yet, ere the city's grim and noisy strife Drowns all, I would shut out the noise a while So peace can be remembered with a smile | + | Their tan, their scent, their aromatic breath,\\ |
- | That smooths the furrowed brow, and finds again Friends and brothers in one' | + | Their life invigorating, |
- | Why do we fight, who are crowded here, hemmed in By walls, machinery, and ceaseless din? Gomponents | + | These are mere words! They lack the power, the strength,\\ |
- | The goal itself: so we rush, and slave, and die. | + | To lift the head, each step give added length,\\ |
- | Lit, by the walker' | + | As do the mighty trees in vibrant life.\\ |
- | And change, and almost take another shape, And so keep sanity still, and come to peace, Wide-spread, | + | Yet, ere the city's grim and noisy strife\\ |
- | And simple things give pleasure; | + | Drowns all, I would shut out the noise a while\\ |
+ | So peace can be remembered with a smile\\ | ||
+ | That smooths the furrowed brow, and finds again\\ | ||
+ | Friends and brothers in one' | ||
+ | Why do we fight, who are crowded here, hemmed in\\ | ||
+ | By walls, machinery, and ceaseless din?\\ | ||
+ | Components | ||
+ | Speed is a cage - we are all imprisoned there;\\ | ||
+ | A curse; and we live beneath it, you and I;\\ | ||
+ | The goal itself: so we rush, and slave, and die.\\ | ||
+ | Yet, by the walker' | ||
+ | And change, and almost take another shape,\\ | ||
+ | And so keep sanity still, and come to peace,\\ | ||
+ | Wide-spread, | ||
+ | And simple things give pleasure; | ||
+ | To soothe jangled nerves, strength renew,\\ | ||
Out in the empty lands, gazing, or glancing ... | Out in the empty lands, gazing, or glancing ... | ||
- | Those I recall: | + | |
- | Blue wavelets, sunlit, dancing, | + | These I recall:\\ |
- | Chased by a breeze; a beach of golden sand; An eagle above ma soaring; the wide land Beneath my feet; and rest after a climb; | + | Blue wavelets, sunlit, dancing,\\ |
- | A scarce-seen, | + | Chased by a breeze; a beach of golden sand;\\ |
- | Then, the fine friendliness of birds, full-grown, Knowing not man; and the liquid notes | + | An eagle above ma soaring; the wide land\\ |
- | Of lyre-birds; butcher-birds; | + | Beneath my feet; and rest after a climb;\\ |
- | The homeliness of a little fire, with tent close by; Then hot food, and fresh tea; a darkening sky; The comfort and jay of the big camp-fire, Flames leaping, while the fairy sparks fly higher, | + | Oranges; and full many a view sublime;\\ |
- | Into the night, and the cold dark ... Oomrades, | + | A scarce-seen, |
- | And gay laughter, and song, and tallj Great shades, And pleasing thoughts of lesser men are hare; Thoughts of our own; voices beautiful, or queer; | + | And trees themselves, that sway to every breeze,\\ |
- | Frogs in chorus, too; on bradkon | + | Standing straight and stately, friended or alone.\\ |
- | We sink to sleep; and the silence spreads; Night sounds, and silvery | + | Then, the fine friendliness of birds, full-grown,\\ |
- | Lapstonesv | + | Knowing not man; and the liquid notes\\ |
- | Yet do I leave them,-join in the fuss and talk,. Fight the old fight for bread, enslaved by goods, | + | Of lyre-birds; butcher-birds; |
- | And insatiate appetites,, timid moods. | + | Joyous and free, through sundrenched air; the calm\\ |
- | -Oh, why do I yield, when, out there, freedom waits, And all that's left of leisure, that creates Beauty' | + | Serenity that is the mountain' |
- | And the groat god, Pan, | + | The homeliness of a little fire, with tent close by;\\ |
- | Retires, and watches, waits, withdraws, as man Destroys the face of the earth, and kills, and burns His source of food, and dies. | + | Then hot food, and fresh tea; a darkening sky;\\ |
+ | The comfort and joy of the big camp-fire,\\ | ||
+ | Flames leaping, while the fairy sparks fly higher,\\ | ||
+ | Into the night, and the cold dark ...\\ | ||
+ | |||
+ | Comrades,\\ | ||
+ | And gay laughter, and song, and talk! Great shades,\\ | ||
+ | And pleasing thoughts of lesser men are here;\\ | ||
+ | Thoughts of our own; voices beautiful, or queer;\\ | ||
+ | Frogs in chorus, too; on bracken | ||
+ | We sink to sleep; and the silence spreads;\\ | ||
+ | Night sounds, and silvery | ||
+ | Slanting through trees, add magic to the night;\\ | ||
+ | Fast-driving clouds, hiding the moon; the grey\\ | ||
+ | Coldness | ||
+ | Wind; and sunshine; deep pools in creeks;\\ | ||
+ | Lapstones; | ||
+ | The range-filled view; and trailing smoke of a train;\\ | ||
+ | All these have brought me joy, and will again\\ | ||
+ | Whenever I escape, by secret thought,\\ | ||
+ | Or with my rucksack | ||
+ | Can keep me from them while I've strength to walk!\\ | ||
+ | Yet do I leave them, join in the fuss and talk,\\ | ||
+ | Fight the old fight for bread, enslaved by goods,\\ | ||
+ | And insatiate appetites,, timid moods.\\ | ||
+ | -Oh, why do I yield, when, out there, freedom waits,\\ | ||
+ | And all that's left of leisure, that creates\\ | ||
+ | Beauty' | ||
+ | |||
+ | And the great god, Pan,\\ | ||
+ | Retires, and watches, waits, withdraws, as man\\ | ||
+ | Destroys the face of the earth, and kills, and burns\\ | ||
+ | His source of food, and dies. | ||
Then Nature returns. | Then Nature returns. | ||
- | 2. | + | |
- | 3. | + | O! dear, green Earth! O! Mountains, deep within\\ |
- | O 1 dear, green EarthI 01 Mountains, deep within Your hearts the buslaland keepi May we who win To peace, and. living Beauty, there enshrined, Guard them, and thee, forever, from mankindi | + | Your hearts the bushland keep! May we who win\\ |
+ | To peace, and living Beauty, there enshrined,\\ | ||
+ | Guard them, and thee, forever, from mankind! | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
The above poem was previously published in this magazine some time ago, but is re-printed as there are probably many newer Members who have not had the opportunity of reading it. | The above poem was previously published in this magazine some time ago, but is re-printed as there are probably many newer Members who have not had the opportunity of reading it. | ||
- | AT OUR AUGUST IviEETING | + | ---- |
+ | |||
+ | =====At Our August Meeting.===== | ||
At the commencement of the meeting the President welcomed new member Barry Higgins to the Club. | At the commencement of the meeting the President welcomed new member Barry Higgins to the Club. | ||
- | correspondence | + | |
+ | Correspondence | ||
The Committee on the Investment of Club funds reported that it did not recommend supporting the proposal for a David G. Stead Memorial Fund in its present form and the meeting agreed without discussion. | The Committee on the Investment of Club funds reported that it did not recommend supporting the proposal for a David G. Stead Memorial Fund in its present form and the meeting agreed without discussion. | ||
- | The President informed us that the departure of George Gray on a round Australia tour left us without a librarian and called for volunteers. Irene Pridhara took on the job. | ||
- | At the conclusion of the meeting the Federation President, Paul Driver, who spent the evening listening to our deliberations, | ||
- | BILL MILEY | + | The President informed us that the departure of George Gray on a round Australia tour left us without a librarian and called for volunteers. Irene Pridham took on the job. |
+ | |||
+ | At the conclusion of the meeting the Federation President, Paul Driver, who spent the evening listening to our deliberations, | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ====Bill Henley.==== | ||
It is with deep regret that we must announce the death of Bill Henley. His presence will be sadly missed. | It is with deep regret that we must announce the death of Bill Henley. His presence will be sadly missed. | ||
- | lot | ||
- | BOOK REVIEW | + | ---- |
- | "SHACKLETON" | + | |
+ | =====Book Review - "Shackleton".===== | ||
by Margery & James Fisher. | by Margery & James Fisher. | ||
In these enlightened days polar exploration is done in machines. The South Pole is reached from Christchurch by " | In these enlightened days polar exploration is done in machines. The South Pole is reached from Christchurch by " | ||
- | Exploration is now mainly a matter of keeping the machines running. | + | |
- | To do so is a triumph of engineering skill where the cold contracts engine parts, | + | Exploration is now mainly a matter of keeping the machines running. To do so is a triumph of engineering skill where the cold contracts engine parts, |
- | After leaving their last port in the spring, exploring parties were alone for at least a year, since there was no wireless, and ships could not reach | + | |
- | them till the next spring. Leadership and morale were all important. The | + | After leaving their last port in the spring, exploring parties were alone for at least a year, since there was no wireless, and ships could not reach them till the next spring. Leadership and morale were all important. The members of " |
- | members of " | + | |
- | Nhen Scott wintered at the McMurdo Sound in 1902 the continent, except | + | When Scott wintered at the McMurdo Sound in 1902 the continent, except |
- | Thereafter Shackleton, try though he did to settle down, lived for polar exploration. Between expeditions he was almost continuously planning, organising and raising funds for the next one, or working hard to pay off the last. He never succeeded in raising enough for an adequately equipped expedition and always finished in debt. But, though he was no financial wizard, he was complete master of the situation once they started, and a superb leader. In the 19U8 expedition his party nearly reached the Pole a feat which entailed traversing the ground covered in 1902, plus a return journey of 366 miles over unknown ground, which included a 9,000 ft. climb; hauling a sledge up what may be the world' | + | |
- | ,romminmk agd | + | Thereafter Shackleton, try though he did to settle down, lived for polar exploration. Between expeditions he was almost continuously planning, organising and raising funds for the next one, or working hard to pay off the last. He never succeeded in raising enough for an adequately equipped expedition and always finished in debt. But, though he was no financial wizard, he was complete master of the situation once they started, and a superb leader. In the 1908 expedition his party nearly reached the Pole - a feat which entailed traversing the ground covered in 1902, plus a return journey of 366 miles over unknown ground, which included a 9,000 ft. climb; hauling a sledge up what may be the world' |
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Perhaps his greatest feat was to extricate his party, in tact, from the Weddell sea after their ship was crushed in the ice. As an expedition it was a failure, but as a feat of leadership and seamanship it was classic. | Perhaps his greatest feat was to extricate his party, in tact, from the Weddell sea after their ship was crushed in the ice. As an expedition it was a failure, but as a feat of leadership and seamanship it was classic. | ||
- | The book is a reconstruction from a great mass of documentary evidence. It has not the direct appeal of Scott' | ||
- | This book costs 2/16/3. I have had it for five weeks and it will cost me 1/3 to read it. Why anyone should ever have suggested doing away with the Club library beats me. | ||
- | - Alex Colley | ||
- | 6. | ||
- | ERN'S TRIP TO NEWNES ON QUEEN' | + | The book is a reconstruction from a great mass of documentary evidence. It has not the direct appeal of Scott's diary - a first hand, day to day description of weather, distances, ice conditions and personalities, |
+ | |||
+ | This book costs £2/16/3. I have had it for five weeks and it will cost me 1/3 to read it. Why anyone should ever have suggested doing away with the Club library beats me. | ||
+ | |||
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+ | |||
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+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | =====Ern' | ||
- " | - " | ||
- | Ernest | + | |
+ | Ernest | ||
"Have you bought your ticket?" | "Have you bought your ticket?" | ||
- | !Tor | + | |
- | "Then don't. We're travelling by car and sleeping in beds tonight." | + | " |
+ | |||
+ | "Then don't. We're travelling by car and sleeping in beds tonight." | ||
+ | |||
+ | "Good! There' | ||
+ | |||
+ | " | ||
I looked at him suspiciously. He looked back knitting his eyebrows. Had his influence spread among our party? | I looked at him suspiciously. He looked back knitting his eyebrows. Had his influence spread among our party? | ||
- | 9.00 p m. Friday, Blackheath. It had. At Jan's parents' | + | |
- | Miss B: " | + | 9.00 p.m. Friday, Blackheath. It had. At Jan's parents' |
+ | |||
+ | Miss B: " | ||
+ | |||
+ | Miss A: "If only there were some records." | ||
Miss B (gazing thoughtfully at the light bulb): " | Miss B (gazing thoughtfully at the light bulb): " | ||
+ | |||
Ern shifted uncomfortably in his chair. | Ern shifted uncomfortably in his chair. | ||
- | Miss C: " | + | |
- | Miss C: " | + | Miss C: " |
- | "There are no beds left," apologizes Jan. You'll have to sleep on the floor." | + | |
- | it-You're being very unwise allowing ME to sleep on a wooden floor," | + | Miss D: "Yes, there' |
+ | |||
+ | Miss B: " | ||
+ | |||
+ | Miss C: " | ||
+ | |||
+ | Jan answers the door - it's Digby and co. | ||
+ | |||
+ | "Thank you Jan," says Digby. | ||
+ | |||
+ | "There are no beds left," apologizes Jan. "You'll have to sleep on the floor." | ||
+ | |||
+ | "You're being very unwise allowing ME to sleep on a wooden floor," | ||
10.30 the angel of sleep spread her wings over twenty bushwalkers. | 10.30 the angel of sleep spread her wings over twenty bushwalkers. | ||
- | 5.45 a m. Saturday - Digby' | + | |
- | 6.45 a m. - Digby' | + | 5.45 a.m. Saturday - Digby' |
- | FOR ALL YOUR TRANSPORT PROBLEMS | + | |
- | OONTACIT | + | 6.45 a.m. - Digby' |
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- | RING, WRITE, WIRE or GALL | + | 6.45 a.m. (continued) - Ern's party still in deep sleep. |
- | ANY HOUR - DAY or NIGHT | + | |
- | !PHONE: Blackheath w459 or W151 | + | |
- | BOOKING OFFIOE: 4 doors from Gardners Inn Hotel (LOOK FUR TEE NEON SIGN) | + | |
- | SPEEDY 5 OR 8 PASSENGER )ARS AVAILLBLE | + | |
- | LARGE OR SMALL PARTIES OATERED FOR | + | |
- | FARES: KANANGRA WiLLS 30./. per head (minimum 5 passengers) | + | |
- | PERRYtS LOOKDOWN 30/.. n n n | + | |
- | JENOLAY STATE FOREST 20/- n n | + | |
- | OARLONIS FARM 10/- n | + | |
- | WE WILL BE PLEASED TO QUOTE TRIPS OR SPEJIAL PARTIES ON APPLIJATIO7 | + | |
9.30 Ernest implores. | 9.30 Ernest implores. | ||
- | 10.30 Frost has thawed and last bod has left her sleeping bag. 11.30 We actually | + | |
+ | 10.30 Frost has thawed and last bod has left her sleeping bag. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 11.30 We actually | ||
12.45 Arrive at end of road after many consultations of map. Lunch in drizzling rain. | 12.45 Arrive at end of road after many consultations of map. Lunch in drizzling rain. | ||
- | 1.45 Rain stops. Easy stroll along railroad track. From the track we see a wide variety of scenery. It passes through interesting cuttings and has some very high embankments. Tunnels offer variety and they are in good condition. One is called the Glow-worm Tunnel. This is a natural one with walls and ceilings covered with thousands of small worms whose phosphoresent | + | |
- | tails glow like stars in the heavens. The track carries on a further quarter of a mile before it cuts into the cliff face. From the cliff track there are spectacular views up and down the valley. About half a mile further on Ernest drew us together and pointed out our campsite in the valley below. | + | 1.45 Rain stops. Easy stroll along railroad track. From the track we see a wide variety of scenery. It passes through interesting cuttings and has some very high embankments. Tunnels offer variety and they are in good condition. One is called the Glow-worm Tunnel. This is a natural one with walls and ceilings covered with thousands of small worms whose phosphoresent tails glow like stars in the heavens. The track carries on a further quarter of a mile before it cuts into the cliff face. From the cliff track there are spectacular views up and down the valley. About half a mile further on Ernest drew us together and pointed out our campsite in the valley below. |
- | 3.45 p m. Campsite - afternoon tea. | + | |
- | 10.59 a m. Sunday. " | + | 3.45 p.m. Campsite - afternoon tea. |
- | 8. | + | |
+ | 10.59 a.m. Sunday. " | ||
It was drizzling now and the road was soft underfoot. On our right the river flowed peacefully and sandstone walls towered up both sides. There were blackberries for those who like eating whilst walking. | It was drizzling now and the road was soft underfoot. On our right the river flowed peacefully and sandstone walls towered up both sides. There were blackberries for those who like eating whilst walking. | ||
- | 1.00 Arrive at hotel. Girls very disappointed to find no hot meals served. A little hut came in handy while the drizzle drizzled on outside. | + | |
- | We missed our cuppa. I have never been to the battle-front, | + | 1.00 Arrive at hotel. Girls very disappointed to find no hot meals served. A little hut came in handy while the drizzle drizzled on outside. We missed our cuppa. I have never been to the battle-front, |
- | 2.00 p m. Rain stopped and we could stand the battle-front no longer, so it was up with our packs and back along the railroad track for 2i miles. | + | |
+ | 2.00 p.m. Rain stopped and we could stand the battle-front no longer, so it was up with our packs and back along the railroad track for 2 1/2 miles. | ||
3.00 Afternoon tea in the 3R billy - a must on a good trip. 3R's because it is round, it can go all around and it belongs to Allen Round. | 3.00 Afternoon tea in the 3R billy - a must on a good trip. 3R's because it is round, it can go all around and it belongs to Allen Round. | ||
- | 3.45 Campsite. Collected tent-fulls of bracken and heaps of wood. | + | |
- | We meant to be comfortable and, with tents abdulled towards the campfire, we were. | + | 3.45 Campsite. Collected tent-fulls of bracken and heaps of wood. We meant to be comfortable and, with tents abdulled towards the campfire, we were. |
- | 9.00 Monday. Early start. We leave the railway track and follow cattle pads by the river. The coach road starts from a farm about.3i miles from Newnes. Our road proved a little strenuous after all we were used to. | + | |
- | 11.00 a m. Morning tea. Road along top passes through some interesting | + | 9.00 Monday. Early start. We leave the railway track and follow cattle pads by the river. The coach road starts from a farm about 3 1/2 miles from Newnes. Our road proved a little strenuous after all we were used to. |
- | rock formations. | + | |
- | 1.00 No sign of cars. Lunch. 2.30 Sight cars. | + | 11.00 a.m. Morning tea. Road along top passes through some interesting rock formations. |
+ | |||
+ | 1.00 No sign of cars. Lunch. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 2.30 Sight cars. | ||
Ernest: "Easy trip for three days." | Ernest: "Easy trip for three days." | ||
- | Mr. A: " | ||
- | for it, but unfortunately for prospectives it shall never be a test walk- a members' | ||
- | CONGRATULATIONS | + | Mr. A: " |
- | To Bob and Christa Younger on the arrival of a daughter, Julia, on 14th | + | |
- | August. | + | |
- | DOROTHY LAWRY'S REUNION | + | ---- |
- | Just a reminder that Dorothy Lawry, who is visiting Sydney for a short period commencing 22nd SepteMber, will be very pleased to meet her old bush- walking | + | |
- | Wahroonga, from 4 p m. onwards. Take train to Warrawee | + | ====Congratulations.==== |
- | Avenue turn-off. See August Magazine for details. Any member not going away | + | |
- | for that weekend is cordially invited to come along and bring his and/or her NEW song book. | + | To Bob and Christa Younger on the arrival of a daughter, Julia, on 14th August. |
- | 9. | + | |
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ====Dorothy Lawry's Reunion.==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Just a reminder that Dorothy Lawry, who is visiting Sydney for a short period commencing 22nd September, will be very pleased to meet her old bushwalking | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | =====Pedder To Fedder And The Huon.===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | - Paddy Pallin | ||
+ | |||
+ | "Do that trip to Federation now. It's later than you think" said a little voice inside me. Then I found out that Jack Thwaites of the Hobart Walking Club had a sizeable chunk of long service leave. We soon had Vic Batchler and Jock Turner also of the H.W.C. interested, and it was on! It was truly a veteran party. Average age 59. | ||
+ | |||
+ | On Jack, Vic and Jock, fell the brunt of the working out of food lists. Then great quantities of food were bought, soldered into tins, labelled, listed, packed into onion bags, and each bag clearly marked with names, dates and destination for air dropping. | ||
+ | |||
+ | I arrived in Hobart on Friday afternoon, and Jack and Jock left for Pedder in the Cessna. The clouds closed in behind them and we were left to cool our heels in Hobart until the clouds lifted. On the A.B.C. news the chief item was to the effect that the bad weather had separated a party comprising three members of Hobart Walking Club and that well known walker from the Mainland, Mr. Paddy Pallin (excuse my blushes folks). We hung around all day Saturday and most of Sunday. Then just as we were about to give up hope on Sunday we got through, our pilot flying along all the valleys to keep below the cloud ceiling. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Our trip was what is now the classic route over Federation. We started at Lake Pedder then via Huon Plains, Arthur Plains, Pass Creek, climb up Luckman' | ||
+ | |||
+ | The whole trip is shown at a scale of two miles to the inch on the Field Nest Cox's Bight Map prepared by the indefatigable Ron Smith of the H.W.C., but a more detailed map of the area from the Dial to Moss Ridge is desirable. | ||
- | PEDDER TO FEDDER AND THE HUON | ||
- | - Paddy - allin | ||
- | "Do that trip to Federation now. It's later than you think" said a little voice inside me. Then I found out that Jack Thwaites of the Hobart Walking Club had a sizeable chunk of long service leave. We soon had Vic Batchler and Jock Turner also of the H.W.C. interested, and it was on It was truly a veteran party. Average age 59. | ||
- | On Jack, Vic and Jock, fell the brunt of the working out of food lists. | ||
- | Then great quantities of food were bought, soldered into tins, labelled, listed, | ||
- | packed into onion bags, and each bag clearly marked with names, dates and destination for air dropping. | ||
- | I arrived in Hobart on Friday afternoon, and Jack and Jock left for Pedder in the Cessna. The clouds closed in behind them and we were left to cool our heels in Hobart until the clouds lifted. On the A.B.C. news the Mief | ||
- | item was to the effect that the bad weather had separated a party compris:ing | ||
- | three members of Hobart Walking Club and that well known walker from the Main- | ||
- | land, Mi.. Paddy Pallin (excuse my blushes folks). We hung around all day Saturday and most of Sunday. Then just as we were about to give up hope on Sunday we got through, our nilot flying along all the valleys to keep below the | ||
- | cloud ceiling. | ||
- | Our trip was -what is now the classic route over Federation. We started at Lake Pedder then via Huon Plains, Arthur Plains, Pass Creek, climb up Luckman' | ||
- | The whole trip is shown at a scale of two miles to the inch on the Field Nest Cox's Bight Map prepared by the indefatigable Ron Smith of the H.W.C., | ||
- | but a more detailed map of the area from the Dial to Moss Ridge is desirable. | ||
At Lake Pedder we landed in a bleak wind with light rain. The plane picked up a couple of Sydney Rock Climbers and went on its way before the mist locked it in. In fine weather Pedder must be a place of many faceted beauty, but all we saw was mist so we hastily retreated to the Aero Club camp where we found more Rock Climbers and Len Long, a Sydney artist, and David Wilson of the Hobart Y.H.A. | At Lake Pedder we landed in a bleak wind with light rain. The plane picked up a couple of Sydney Rock Climbers and went on its way before the mist locked it in. In fine weather Pedder must be a place of many faceted beauty, but all we saw was mist so we hastily retreated to the Aero Club camp where we found more Rock Climbers and Len Long, a Sydney artist, and David Wilson of the Hobart Y.H.A. | ||
- | Next morning we shared the food and our journey started. Pedder looked more attractive with the mist gone, revealing the theatrical silhouette of the Frankland Range. Our route lay over the Huon Plains. The button grass looks as though it should be easy going, but we found that after allowing for | + | |
- | stops for occasional rests or photographs, | + | Next morning we shared the food and our journey started. Pedder looked more attractive with the mist gone, revealing the theatrical silhouette of the Frankland Range. Our route lay over the Huon Plains. The button grass looks as though it should be easy going, but we found that after allowing for stops for occasional rests or photographs, |
- | At lunch time we reached the Port Davey track and found this track very clearly defined. It was cut in l897/8 as an escape route for shipwrecked | + | |
- | sailors who would otherwise have been marooned on the uninhabited South Coast. | + | At lunch time we reached the Port Davey track and found this track very clearly defined. It was cut in l897/8 as an escape route for shipwrecked sailors who would otherwise have been marooned on the uninhabited South Coast. A number of survivors from wrecks had previously starved to death on this barren coast. The afternoon was hot and we camped at Junction Creek. Next night we camped at Strike Creek after another glorious day of brilliant sunshine. By this time we had shaken down into our camp jobs. Vic was tent pole and peg cutter and tent pitcher-in-chief. Jack was the slasher of brush and chief bed maker, Jock and I were hewers of wood and drawers of water, and camp cooks. In addition, Jock being a bank official and used to the safe custody of valuables, was entrusted with the care of billy hooks. This job was performed faithfully and he always knew in which patch of mud round the fire to search for the missing hooks. |
- | A number of survivors from wrecks had previously starved to death on this barren | + | |
- | coast, The afternoon was hot and we camped at Junction Creek. Next night we camped at Strike Creek after another glorious day of brilliant sunshine. By this time we had shaken down into our camp jobs. Vic was tent pole and peg cutter and tent pitcher-in-chief. Jack was the slasher of brush and chief bed | + | I should explain for the benefit of those who have not camped in S.W. Tassie that the steel pegs we carry are absolutely useless in this area owing to the sloppy nature of the ground, and wooden pegs must be cut. For the same reason it is necessary to cut brush for a bed. This means that it generally takes at least two hours to make camp. |
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- | maker, Jock and I were hewers of wood and drawers of water, and camp cooks. In addition, Jock being a bank official and used to the safe custody of valuables, | + | Early the following day we came to the Air Drop at Pass Creek; this we soon sorted out, took what we wanted and left the rest. Here we left the plains and started our ascent to Stuart' |
- | was entrusted with the care of billy hooks. This job was performed faithfully and he always knew in which patch of mud round the fire to search for the missing hooks. | + | |
- | I should explain for the benefit of those who have not camped in 9.10T. Tassie that the steel pegs we carry are absolutely useless in this area owing to the sloppy nature of the ground, and wooden pegs must be cut. For the same reason it is necessary to cut brush for a bed. This means that it generally takes at least two hours to make camp. | + | Next day we followed the cut track up to Stuart' |
- | Early the following day we came to the Air Drop at Pass Creek; this | + | |
- | we soon sorted out, took what we wanted and left the rest. Here we left the plains and started our ascent to Stuart' | + | The Saddle is a bleak windswept spot and it is here John Stuart is buried. He perished from exposure |
- | way up the mountain the scrub starts and here there is a camp made by the Melbourne University Mountaineering Club, where we intended camping. We found the | + | |
- | camp", which consisted of a fireplace and built-up platforms of logs on which to pitch the tents. More slashing of brush while Jock and T hunted for water. The ground was ankle deep in mud, but alas, potable water was not to be found. (ffe discovered later that the trick was to siphon water from Yabbie holes with a piece of rubber tubing.) However, luck was with us for it started to rain and we found a 'tree down which a stream of water trickled and soon we had all the | + | When we got over the saddle, Jack (who had come this way ten years before) pointed to a gully on the mountainside and said we were to descent to the foot of the cliffs, sidle along the valley and ascent this gully. We descended on a fairly well defined track, crossed a rock-slide, and kept working towards the distant gully. Unfortunately we were forced further and further down the valley into the moss forest. This eerie silent world looks as old as time. Emery rock, every tree and every branch of every tree is covered with a cushion of green moss. Trees fall and do not rot away, and so one proceeds painfully on a complex raft of interlocked trees. One is never sure where the ground is, but sometimes a stream carves away the ubiquitous moss and reveals the ground twenty or thirty feet below. We scrambled labouriously through this for a couple of hours until we came to the edge of a fearsome gorge and saw Goon Moor high above us and across the other side. We turned back and after several abortive attempts to climb to the elusive gully, we decided to camp. The steady drizzle which had been falling all the afternoon, now turned to rain. |
- | water we 'wanted. As a boost to morale in the cold and rain I decided to make | + | |
- | a custard and soon I had a billy full of delicious custard, but alas, on the-way | + | In these mountains there are two members of the heath family with which walkers soon become acquainted. They are Richea Scoparia and its cousin Richea |
- | 'from the camp fire I Slipped | + | |
- | Next day we followed the cut track un to Stuart' | + | It was to Pandanni we turned for fire and bed for our camp in the moss forest. |
- | traverse to reach it. The skyline is fantastic. Federation with its challeng- | + | |
- | ing pinnacle, The Gable, Four Peaks, and near at hand the massive Dial and East | + | Next day we made another attempt to reach this unattainable gully, but finally had to admit defeat and after a council of war decided to climb right up to the crest of the ridge. This we did, and on the other side found easy going on grass. During lunch I looked at the map (two miles to one inch) and found we had progressed less than one mile since lunch time yesterday. Then I asked Jack if he had any more detailed maps of the area. "Why yes", said Jack, and produced a bundle carefully wrapped up in plastic. Amongst these was a beautiful map of the area between the Dial and Craycroft Crossing at a scale of four inches to the mile, and to my astonishment there in the corner of the map was a profile drawing of the ridge we were on and a dotted line showing the route to be followed from Stuart' |
- | Portal. The whole scene is one of primeval grandeur. The heart beats a little faster, and not merely because of exertion. The finger reaches for the camera, | + | |
- | but all five senses are recording something | + | The following day was clear and so we climbed up from the Moor on to the ridge leading to Four Peaks. All went well for a couple of hours, then down came the mist and rain. We followed marks and blazes along this tortuous route around the Four Peaks. Pushing through Scoparia, scrambling up rock slides, slithering down again, ad infinitum, and all in dense mist. In the afternoon it began to rain and then sleet. Finally we reached a saddle and Jack said " |
- | loid. | + | |
- | The Saddle is a bleak windswept spot and it is here John Stuart is | + | Next day it poured all morning so we stayed in bed. It cleared a little in the afternoon and so we got up to dry out our clothing. The following day we moved on along the ridge. The mist had lifted a little and we got a view of the Four Peaks we had so labouriously traversed. We had a food drop to pick up at Hanging Lake, and as this was over a mile off our route, we decided to leave our packs and enjoy the luxury of easy travel. All went well for a while and then down came the mist again. It was so dense we could not see across Hanging Lake, so we grabbed the air drop bags and hurried back on our return journey. I am ashamed to say we got bushed in the mist and blundered round for an extra hour before we regained our packs. The place at which we had left our packs was right opposite Federation Peak. It was so close we felt we could almost touch it, but between us was a great gorge. This gorge is crossed by going down the Forest Chute (a grown-over scree), crossing the valley (moss forest) and ascending the rock slide. This brought us to Bechervaise Plateau right at the foot of Federation Peak. We got momentary glimpses of the country behind us which we had traversed. The Dial, The Gable and Four Peaks standing out clear in the afternoon sun, and then bang, down came the rain. We were fed up by this time and said we'd " |
- | buried. He perished from expostre | + | |
- | When we got over the saddle, Jack (who had come this way ten years before) pointed to a gully on the mountainside and said we were to descent to the foot of the cliffs, sidle along the valley and ascent this gully. We descended on a fairly well defined track, crossed a rock-slide, and kept working towards the distant gully. Unfortunately we were forced further and further down the valley into the moss forest. This eerie silent world looks as old as time. Emery rock, every tree and every branch of every tree is covered with a cushion of green moss. Trees fall and do not rot away, and so one proceeds | + | There is a moderately hard scramble of 400 or 500 feet on to the " |
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- | painfully on a complex raft of interlocked trees. One is never sure where the | + | |
- | ground is, but sometimes a stream carves away the ubiquitous moss and reveals the ground twenty or thirty feet below. We scrambled labouriously through this | + | |
- | for a couple of hours until we came to the edge of a fearsome gorge and saw Goon | + | |
- | Moor high above us and across the other side. We turned back and after several abortive attempts to climb to the elusive gully, we decided to camp. The | + | |
- | steady drizzle which had been falling all the afternoon, now turned to rain. | + | |
- | In these mountains there are two members of the heath family with which walkers soon become acquainted. They are Richea.'Scoparia and its cousin Richea | + | |
- | steel whether green or dead. It presents an almost impenetrable barrier to one's progress, and it is this shrub which makes going so difficult. By way of compensation the foliage, if cut with a slasher, makes a bed Which rivals an | + | |
- | inner spring mattress. Its cousin, Pandanni, can offer equal opposition to | + | |
- | progress, but it is not so prickly, nor is it so common as Scoparia. It looks | + | |
- | somewhat like a small cabbage tree palm with a great bunch of dead leaves all the way up the trunk. These leaves make a wonderful bed and are a sure source of fire in the met weather. | + | |
- | It was to Pandanni-we turned for fire and bed for our camp in the moss forest, | + | |
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- | Next day we made another attempt to reach this unattainable gully, but finally had to admit defeat and after a council of mar decided to climb right up to the crest of the ridge. This we did, and on the other side found easy going on grass. During lunch I looked at the map (two miles to one inch) and found | + | |
- | we had progressed less than one mile since lunch time yesterday. Then I'asked Jack if he had any more detailed maps of the area. "Why yes", said Jack, and produced a bundle carefully wrapped up in plastic. Amongst these was a beautiful map of the area between the Dial and Craycroft Crossing at a scale of four inches to the mile, and to my astonishment there in the corner of the map was a profile drawing of the ridge we were on and a dotted line showing the route to be followed from Stuart 's Saddle to Goon Moor. There were murmurs of mutiny and incipient insurrection, | + | |
- | The following day was clear and so we climbed up from the Moor on to the ridge leading to Four Peaks. All went well for a couple of hours, then down | + | |
- | came the mist and rain. We followed marks and blazes along this tortuous route | + | |
- | around the Four Peaks. Pushing through Scoparia, scrambling up rock slides, slithering down again, ad infinitum, and all in dense mist. In the afternoon it began to rain and then sleet. Finally we reached a saddle and Jack said " | + | |
- | Next day it poured all morning so we stayed in bed. It cleared a little in the afternoon and so we got up to dry out our clothing. The following day we moved on along the ridge. The mist had lifted a little and we got a view | + | |
- | of the Four Peaks we had so labouriously traversed. We had a food drop to pick up at Hanging Lake, and as this was over a mile off our route, we decided to | + | |
- | leave our packs and enjoy the luxury of easy travel. All went well,for a while and then down came the mist again. It was so dense we could not see across Hanging Lake, so we grabbed the air drop bags and hurried back on our return | + | |
- | journey. I am ashamed to say we got bushed in the mist and blundered round for | + | |
- | an extra hour before we regained our packs. The place at which we had left our | + | |
- | packs was right opposite Federation Peak. It was so close we felt we could almost touch it, but between us was a great gorge. This gorge is crossed by going down the Forest Chute (a grown-over scree), crossing the valley (moss forest) and ascending the rock slide. This brought us to Bechervaise Plateau right at the foot of Federation Peak. We got momentary glimpses of the country behind us which we had traversed. The Dial, The Gable and Four Peaks standing | + | |
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- | out clear in the afternoon sun, and then bang, down came the rain. We were fed up by this time and said we'd " | + | |
- | There is a moderately hard scramble of 400 or 500 feet on to the " | + | |
- | a of vegetation standing about 300 feet high. There is a vertical chimney of a | + | |
- | about 100 feet, which John Bechevaise rates (according to European standard) as | + | |
- | Very Difficult. We got about 40 feet up the chimney and came to a part down which was running a stream of water so that every time we put our hands in the crack the water ran up our sleeves. In addition, there was a steady spray from above. In a few minutes we got thoroughly soaked, so we decided we didn't | + | |
- | really want to get to the top that badly and anyway the sun would go soon and hadn't we better get some pictures while we could and before our cameras got too wet. In short, we funked it and descended to the terrace and enjoyed the view. It was terrific. It repaid us for all the cold and misery of the wet morning, | + | |
- | and standing round in sodden clothes trying to coax a smoulder into a flame. | + | |
- | It was recompense for hands cut and scarred by Scoparia and rocks. In fact it | + | |
- | was the berries. We saw Precipitous Bluff and New River Lagoon on the South Coast. We saw Field West and Anne in the north, and we saw the whole of our route home over the Picton Range outlined against the sky. Down below we saw the blue water of Lake Geeves. We saw the terrific gorge on the west side of | + | |
- | Federation. | + | |
We returned to camp very well satisfied. | We returned to camp very well satisfied. | ||
- | Next day we descended Moss Ridge. We left camp at g.30 and got to the river at 4.30, a forward distance of less than 1 miles. The first part of the journey is a bit like a traverse of Thurat Spires and then comes a long | + | |
- | weary slog through moss forest. We had lunch on the river (at 4.30 -p m.), and thought of camping there, but there were too many mosquitoes. We pressed on about another mile downstream and camped. Next morning I estimated we had five thousand mosquitoes on the inside of the tent. This is not a gues but a calculation. There are over eight thousand square inches of material in the roof of a 7 x 5 wall tent, and there was a mosquito to nearly every square inch. | + | Next day we descended Moss Ridge. We left camp at 8.30 and got to the river at 4.30, a forward distance of less than 1 1/2 miles. The first part of the journey is a bit like a traverse of Thurat Spires and then comes a long weary slog through moss forest. We had lunch on the river (at 4.30 p.m.), and thought of camping there, but there were too many mosquitoes. We pressed on about another mile downstream and camped. Next morning I estimated we had five thousand mosquitoes on the inside of the tent. This is not a guess but a calculation. There are over eight thousand square inches of material in the roof of a 7 x 5 wall tent, and there was a mosquito to nearly every square inch. |
- | The way down West Craycroft Valley is tedious. It is button grass swamp with innumerable fallen Ti-Trees a little over knee height to step over. | + | |
- | We camped on a saddle on the way up Wilsmicro Lead. Next day was dense mist | + | The way down West Craycroft Valley is tedious. It is button grass swamp with innumerable fallen Ti-Trees a little over knee height to step over. We camped on a saddle on the way up Wilsmicro Lead. Next day was dense mist and we had to navigate by compass. The going was good, however, and we camped at North Lake under Picton. Next day, Sunday, we reached the Huon and much to our delight we were met by Ken Newham and Bruce Davies with their respective families a few miles from Picton Hut. Thanks to their transport we were able to reach Hobart that night, just fourteen days after leaving by plane for Pedder. |
- | and we had to navigate by compass. The going was good, however, and we camped at North Lake under Picton. Next day, Sunday, we reached the Huon and much to our delight we were met by Ken Newham and Bruce Davies with their | + | |
- | respective families a few miles from Picton Hut. Thanks to their transport we were able to reach Hobart that night, just fourteen days after leaving by | + | ---- |
- | plane for Pedder. | + | |
- | FOR THOSE INTENDING TO DO TRIPS IN SO% TASWINIA | + | =====For Those Intending To Do Trips In S.W. Tasmania.===== |
- | PADDY ADVISES | + | |
- | Read the Hobart Walking Club's Letter of Advice (I can supply copies). | + | ===Paddy advises: |
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+ | Read the Hobart Walking Club's Letter of Advice (I can supply copies). | ||
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+ | __Clothing.__ | ||
Shorts are almost useless except for camp wear. | Shorts are almost useless except for camp wear. | ||
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Gaiters are essential. | Gaiters are essential. | ||
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A waterproof (not just showerproof) jacket reaching nearly to the knees is essential. | A waterproof (not just showerproof) jacket reaching nearly to the knees is essential. | ||
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All spare clothing should be in plastic bags or a large plastic lining for the rucksack should be used. Separate bags preferable. | All spare clothing should be in plastic bags or a large plastic lining for the rucksack should be used. Separate bags preferable. | ||
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An additional outer plastic bag over the sleeping bag cover. | An additional outer plastic bag over the sleeping bag cover. | ||
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Boots should be new, but well broken in. Shoes are useless in the mud. | Boots should be new, but well broken in. Shoes are useless in the mud. | ||
- | GEAR | + | |
+ | __Gear.__ | ||
Re-proof the tent. | Re-proof the tent. | ||
- | Use a Federation rucksack or avoid usibg the side pockets of a four- pocket one. | + | |
- | Put about 4" loops of light cord in the eyelets of the mall of your tent. If this loop is given a couple of twists and then placed over the stick you will use as a tent peg, it will grip when the strain comes on it. | + | Use a Federation rucksack or avoid using the side pockets of a four-pocket one. |
- | There should be a small axe (tomahawk) and a machetc | + | |
+ | Put about 4" loops of light cord in the eyelets of the wall of your tent. If this loop is given a couple of twists and then placed over the stick you will use as a tent peg, it will grip when the strain comes on it. | ||
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+ | There should be a small axe (tomahawk) and a machete | ||
A pair of gardening gloves will save your hands from being ripped on rocks or Scoparia. | A pair of gardening gloves will save your hands from being ripped on rocks or Scoparia. | ||
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A length of rope will help round Four Peaks and Moss Ridge and may help you to scale Federation Peak. | A length of rope will help round Four Peaks and Moss Ridge and may help you to scale Federation Peak. | ||
- | NEWS FROM OVERSEAS | + | |
- | Writing from Edinburgh on a post card depicting | + | ---- |
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+ | =====News From Overseas.===== | ||
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+ | Writing from Edinburgh on a post card depicting | ||
Then " | Then " | ||
- | "By now you should have had the picture post card sent from the Lake District, so that you will know I met up with Edna Garrad. I was most fortunate | + | |
- | 15. | + | "By now you should have had the picture post card sent from the Lake District, so that you will know I met up with Edna Garrad. I was most fortunate having started work about mid-May, as I discovered the works closed down for holidays the very week Ed. was due at Buttermere - it was a gift from the gods for I' |
- | having started work about mid-May, as I discovered the works closed down for holidays the very week Ed. was due at Buttermere - it was a gift from the gods for Isd been wondering how I could get round there for just Saturday and Sunday. Though it was not possible to spend the full week with her, we had three of the lovliest days I've had since returning hither. The previous week I'd had a few days at Mulham, West Yorkshire, and the weather was just B.A., but it must have been saving it up, for the sun and blue sky put in an appearance as I | + | |
- | arrived at Keswick and didn't depart until I was leaving on the Wednesday | + | The first week, as stated, was bad from the weather |
- | ing. We put in some good walking - the first day went up Fleetmith | + | |
- | Water and Loweswater, but the main feat was Great Gable on the Monday. For a | + | From the sublime to gor-blimey. I went to Blackpool for the final weekend to see old friends, but even there the weather was agin me, more rain then fine. Had intended to cycle back via the Trough of Bowland, but the weather as it was, it wasn't worth the effort of pushing |
- | while it looked as thogh we might be baulked of ourtarget | + | |
- | the floating sea of cotton wool. My last day was spent ambling beside Crummock, | + | How I' |
- | enjoying the company of "fellae | + | |
- | The first week, as stated, was bad from the weather | + | On the way home I invested in a Zeisslkan Contina II, being soaked |
- | was disanpointing | + | |
- | barracks" | + | Must return to household tasks now. If you can ever find time to drop me a line of Club news etc., I'd be extremely grateful. Best wishes. |
- | miles in mist and rain over moorland lanes and roads, not seeing above fifty feet ahead of me, just for the sake of walking: | + | |
- | From the sublime to gor-blimey. I went to Blackpool for the final | + | |
- | weekend to see old friends, but even there the weather was agin me, more rain then fine. Had intended to cycle back via the Trough of Bowland, but the weather | + | |
- | as it was, it wasn't worth the effort of Pushing | + | |
- | How I' | + | |
- | which assists in odd moments with a game of "nretend". With the bad weather we have had, the house and Dad, I have not been able to get out as much as I'd | + | |
- | have liked, and now I've voluntarily tied myself more by getting a young " | + | |
- | able to explore the local moors and hills, and, despite the 9atanic | + | |
- | East Lancs, towns, there is still a bit of green and nleasant | + | |
- | them. | + | |
- | On the way home I invested in a Zeisslkan Contina II, being soaked | + | |
- | Z17/10/- customs on landing. However, I'm getting some fun with it - roamed around Westminster in May and have some real beauts from the Lakes. Have now purchased an Argus 300 projector as well as a screen/ so am completely set up | + | |
- | for the amateur photographer, | + | |
- | Must return to household tasks now. If you can ever find time to | + | |
- | drop me a line of Club news etc., I'd be extremely grateful. Best wishes. | + | |
Sincerely, Sheila. | Sincerely, Sheila. | ||
- | AND MEMORIES STIR - Jim Brown | + | |
- | I have found one sure way of stirring up old memories is to do a solo | + | ---- |
- | walk in well-known country. With no conversational distractions, | + | |
- | the excitements of finding the way, the recollections of other trips over the | + | =====And Memories Stir.===== |
- | same ground come crowding back. It gets to be so realistic you may almost recreate the cadence of remembered words spoken on those earlier trips. | + | |
- | In March, at the fag end of an annual holiday, I spent a day and a bit in an old hunting ground, and walked practically every stet of the way in the company of memories and ghosts. | + | Jim Brown |
- | I started from Katoomba about 9.30 p m., headed towards Devil' | + | |
- | the house where a dog yapped loudly, marking the passage of each group. Tonight he's silent. Wonder | + | I have found one sure way of stirring up old memories is to do a solo walk in well-known country. With no conversational distractions, |
- | Well, the top of Devil' | + | |
- | My word: It's almost two years since I last came this way - and then it was upward. That was the last lap of the Admiral' | + | In March, at the fag end of an annual holiday, I spent a day and a bit in an old hunting ground, and walked practically every step of the way in the company of memories and ghosts. |
- | This is it - no, I don't think so. Why no one could sleet there. You just couldn' | + | |
- | I reached it that night. It just goes for to show where you'll roost if it's | + | I started from Katoomba about 9.30 p.m., headed towards Devil' |
- | wet enough and you're tired enough. No wonder it was a crook night, what with being saturated, and those stones and that slope - not to mention bush creatures stomping over me and mislaying my false teeth: Ah, well, onward -- | + | |
- | On the dry leaves and twigs I slitned | + | Well, the top of Devil' |
- | he went down. Hell, so have 1 Careful, matey, you're solo now. | + | |
- | I remember chuffing | + | My word! It's almost two years since I last came this way - and then it was upward. That was the last lap of the Admiral' |
- | Between | + | |
- | 17. Here we are, down on the last swampy patch, and there are the finger | + | This is it - no, I don't think so. Why no one could sleep there. You just couldn' |
- | posts saying " | + | |
- | forty from Katoomba. No record sure, but fair enough solo and out of condition. I'll camp here - but first a cup of tea. | + | On the dry leaves and twigs I slipped |
- | With the scrape of the match, the ghosts went away and I busied myself | + | |
- | with the tent. The ghosts vanished, but in the morning the day shift took over. | + | I remember chuffing |
- | Once before I had done this. Nell, not exactly - on an early freelance walking trip back in 1940 I expected to be in Megalong Valley | + | |
- | doubted if I could load enough tucker for the whole trip. So a few weeks before I did a day walk from Katoomba down Nelly' | + | Between |
- | and spaghetti - it was before the war years left me with an ingrained hate of | + | |
- | those items. | + | Here we are, down on the last swampy patch, and there are the finger posts saying " |
- | Now I was doing something similar in the same place. Except that | + | |
- | where I once concealed my food, now I stowed away the tent and sleeping bag, to be recovered on the way back that afternoon. | + | With the scrape of the match, the ghosts went away and I busied myself with the tent. The ghosts vanished, but in the morning the day shift took over. |
- | Off along the track to Megalong. I walked in a goodly company, for this piece of track, so often trodden by walkers, was thickly peopled with ghosts of other days. Remembered fragments of a dozen journeys | + | |
- | In to Megalong and across the road to the Six Foot Track. As ever, it was indefinite for a mile or so, while I recalled the firft time over this stage. It was the day I retrieved my cache at the Pub Fite; it was an Australia Day holiday, and stinking hot; it was a droughty season, and when I | + | ---- |
- | came to the Cox there was no flow - just odd pools amongst the granite boulders. I sat in one Roman bath pattern pool with just a hat on and ate lunch from the adjacent rock shelf. | + | |
- | During lunch two quite professional-looking walkers came down the | + | Once before I had done this. Well, not exactly - on an early freelance walking trip back in 1940 I expected to be in Megalong Valley |
- | Six Foot Track. They had big boots, with much metal studding, large framed rucksacks, and an air of proprietary experience in'the bush. One asked was' | + | |
- | up Gibraltar Creek and I saw no more of them. | + | Now I was doing something similar in the same place. Except that where I once concealed my food, now I stowed away the tent and sleeping bag, to be recovered on the way back that afternoon. |
- | On this occasion I made the Cox, flowing strongly, green and white | + | |
- | over the pink and grey granites,at about 9.30 a m. Too early even for morning | + | Off along the track to Megalong. I walked in a goodly company, for this piece of track, so often trodden by walkers, was thickly peopled with ghosts of other days. Remembered fragments of a dozen journeys |
- | tea, and I promised myself that luxury at the foot of Black Jerry' | + | |
- | 18. | + | In to Megalong and across the road to the Six Foot Track. As ever, it was indefinite for a mile or so, while I recalled the first time over this stage. It was the day I retrieved my cache at the Pub Site; it was an Australia Day holiday, and stinking hot; it was a droughty season, and when I came to the Cox there was no flow - just odd pools amongst the granite boulders. I sat in one Roman bath pattern pool with just a hat on and ate lunch from the adjacent rock shelf. |
- | The forty-odd minutes stage from Gibraltar Creek to the base of Black Jetry's was filled with recollections of another summer journey in the opposite direction in company with Ken Meadows. It must have been the Anniversary Day of '48, and was the occasion of Ken's conversion from boots to sneakers. By | + | |
- | the time we had made our way over the smooth granite bordering the river, Ken | + | During lunch two quite professional-looking walkers came down the Six Foot Track. They had big boots, with much metal studding, large framed rucksacks, and an air of proprietary experience in the bush. One asked was the Cox just around the bend. I said "This is it!" They looked their disbelief, and said cherio, and went on. I often wondered afterwards how many bends they went around before they accepted my dictum. That time I was heading up Gibraltar Creek and I saw no more of them. |
- | was convinced. Then, while he bathed in the river, I flung his now beloved sneakers for him to retrieve; and once I flung too hard, the sneaker | + | |
- | shooting down the Cox and Ken cursed his boots all the way to Katocaba. | + | On this occasion I made the Cox, flowing strongly, green and white over the pink and grey granites, at about 9.30 a.m. Too early even for morning tea, and I promised myself that luxury at the foot of Black Jerry' |
- | I took my morning break at the bottom of the ridge and at 10.30 started the ascent of Black Jerry' | + | |
- | so that my ghostly companions out-distanced me and sat gibbering on the slinrails | + | The forty-odd minutes stage from Gibraltar Creek to the base of Black Jerry's was filled with recollections of another summer journey in the opposite direction in company with Ken Meadows. It must have been the Anniversary Day of '48, and was the occasion of Ken's conversion from boots to sneakers. By the time we had made our way over the smooth granite bordering the river, Ken was convinced. Then, while he bathed in the river, I flung his now beloved sneakers for him to retrieve; and once I flung too hard, the sneaker |
- | at the top whilst I sweated | + | |
- | Just as at the beginning of the walk T had remembered the "85 miler" of three years ago, my mind now did a back-flip to 11.30 p m. on that Friday | + | I took my morning break at the bottom of the ridge and at 10.30 started the ascent of Black Jerry' |
- | night. Kevin and I had reached a point near the crown of Black Jerry' | + | |
- | rest were so far ahead that the dogs at the farm had ceased baying. And we | + | Just as at the beginning of the walk I had remembered the "85 miler" of three years ago, my mind now did a back-flip to 11.30 p.m. on that Friday night. Kevin and I had reached a point near the crown of Black Jerry' |
- | suddenly discovered that Kevin had not been over Black Jerry' | + | |
- | We were sure we'd find traces of the other' | + | We were sure we'd find traces of the other' |
- | And we heard a steady " | + | |
- | bent over again. He wheeled and came in on a fresh sortie, and we stood up | + | I looked at my watch. Hell - almost noon! If I was to be on the 3.50 train from Katoomba, it was time for me to go lads! |
- | and shoo-ed him. This went on for a solid ten minutes, till we admitted defeat. | + | |
- | and put up our tent under that very tree there. Remembering, | + | This time I outdistanced the ghosts. Or perhaps |
- | I looked at my watch. Hell - almost noon: If I was to be on the 3.50 train from Katoomba, it was time for me to go lads! | + | |
- | This time I outdistanced the ghosts. Or pehans | + | Which adds another qualification if you want those memories to stir; you mustn' |
- | left me in peace -while I hurried down into Negalong, through a hasty lunch at the Pub Site, and back up Nelly' | + | |
- | bouncing on my back, the last hundred yards on to Katoomba station -- | + | ---- |
- | Which adds another qualification if you want those memories to stir; | + | |
- | you mustn' | + | ====N.P A. (National Parks Association)==== |
- | N.P A. (NATIONAL PARES ASSOCIATION) | + | |
- | At least 73 Club members now support the N.P.A. by being members - | + | At least 73 Club members now support the N.P.A. by being members - 45 as full members and 28 have become or have promised to become Club N.P.A. Group members. |
- | /0 as full members and 28 have become or have promised to become Club N.P.A. Group members. | + | |
Len Fall and Tom Moppett are always delighted to discuss Association membership. | Len Fall and Tom Moppett are always delighted to discuss Association membership. | ||
- | 19. | + | |
- | YOUR WALKING GUIDE | + | ---- |
- | Walk NO. | + | |
- | | + | =====Your Walking Guide.===== |
- | 95 Blackheath-Blue Gum-Et. Hay-Laura. Excellent views of Grose Valley with a 2,5001 climb to Mt. Hay. Good track to Leura (12 miles). | + | |
- | 96 Wondabyne-Mt. Kariong-Myron Brook-Lyra Trig-Koolewong. An easy wild flower ramble on northern side of well known Hawkesbury River. | + | |Walk No.| | |
- | | + | |94|Walking Trial. Corral |
- | 98 Gosford-Fountain | + | |95|Blackheath - Blue Gum - Mt. Hay - Leura. Excellent views of Grose Valley with a 2,500' |
- | 99 Minto-Bushwalkers1 | + | |96|Wondabyne - Mt. Kariong - Myron Brook - Lyre Trig - Koolewong. An easy wild flower ramble on northern side of well known Hawkesbury River.| |
- | 100 Kanangra-Danao Brook-Tburat | + | |97|Car to Mt. Banks - Pages Pass - Blue Gum - Mt. Caley - Mt. Banks. A good opportunity to visit this area. Good walking through upper Grose valley with a 2,500' |
- | | + | |98|Gosford - Fountain |
- | 102 Berghoffer | + | |99|Minto - Bushwalkers' |
- | | + | |100|Kanangra - Danae Brook - Thurat |
- | THE ADMIRAL' | + | |101|Instructional Weekend. An easy walk to popular St. Helena.| |
- | or | + | |102|Berghoffer |
- | DAWN OF A NEW ERA | + | |103|Currockbilly |
- | At eleven hundred hours or wedding bells on Saturday, 16th August, Brian | + | |
- | and Dawn became Mr. & frs. Anderson. That is to say they were spliced. | + | ---- |
+ | |||
+ | ====The Admiral' | ||
+ | |||
+ | At eleven hundred hours or wedding bells on Saturday, 16th August, Brian and Dawn became Mr. & Mrs. Anderson. That is to say they were spliced. | ||
Outside the church friends smothered them with good wishes and confetti whilst the sound of camera shutters was deafening. Someone claimed to have to make a panorama sequence to fit them both in. Then as the doubtful weather of the morning gave way to sunshine, everyone trooped aboard the Admiral' | Outside the church friends smothered them with good wishes and confetti whilst the sound of camera shutters was deafening. Someone claimed to have to make a panorama sequence to fit them both in. Then as the doubtful weather of the morning gave way to sunshine, everyone trooped aboard the Admiral' | ||
- | RUBBER SOLED BOOTS | + | |
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+ | =====Paddy Made.===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Rubber soled boots.=== | ||
Paddy is pleased to announce that after some years of disappointment and fruitless experiment, he is at last in a position to offer rubber soled walking boots at a reasonable price. | Paddy is pleased to announce that after some years of disappointment and fruitless experiment, he is at last in a position to offer rubber soled walking boots at a reasonable price. | ||
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These boots are the standard walking boots which have been sold for years at Paddys, with English commando rubber soles and heels stuck and screwed on. These high grade soles will give years of service and can be replaced. | These boots are the standard walking boots which have been sold for years at Paddys, with English commando rubber soles and heels stuck and screwed on. These high grade soles will give years of service and can be replaced. | ||
- | PRICE IS REASONABLE - ONLY E5. 5. 0 | ||
- | PADDY PAWN | ||
- | Lightweight Camp Gear | ||
- | 201 CASTLEREAGH Sr SYDNEY | ||
+ | Price is reasonable - only £5. 5. 0 | ||
+ | |||
+ | Paddy Pallin. Lightweight Camp Gear. | ||
+ | 201 Castlereagh St., Sydney | ||
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