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====August, 1971.==== | ====August, 1971.==== | ||
- | |Editor:Jim Brown, 103 Gipps Street, Drummoyne. Tel. 81-2675| | + | |Editor|Jim Brown, 103 Gipps Street, Drummoyne. Tel. 81-2675| |
|Typist|Kath Brown| | |Typist|Kath Brown| | ||
- | |Business Manager|Ramon U' | + | |Business Manager|Ramon U' |
+ | |Duplication|Jim Vatiliotis| | ||
=====In This Issue.===== | =====In This Issue.===== | ||
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|Coming Walks|Pat Harrison|15| | |Coming Walks|Pat Harrison|15| | ||
|A Noble Deed!| |17| | |A Noble Deed!| |17| | ||
- | |Federion | + | |Federation |
|Membership Notes|Barbara Bruce|19| | |Membership Notes|Barbara Bruce|19| | ||
Appeal by the Walks Secretary| |20| | Appeal by the Walks Secretary| |20| | ||
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=====Club address.===== | =====Club address.===== | ||
- | A propoosal | + | A proposal |
=====The Sydney Bushwalkers - Notice of the Half Yearly General Meeting.===== | =====The Sydney Bushwalkers - Notice of the Half Yearly General Meeting.===== | ||
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|Route| | | |Route| | | ||
- | |144|Manly | + | |144|Manly |
|250|Taronga Park - Lane Cove| | |250|Taronga Park - Lane Cove| | ||
|253|Lane Cove - Wynyard (isolated journeys only at night)| | |253|Lane Cove - Wynyard (isolated journeys only at night)| | ||
- | |286|Denistone East - Wynyard (via Epping Road - also divert via Lane Cove Shopping | + | |286|Denistone East - Wynyard (via Epping Road - also divert via Lane Cove Shopping Centre at night)| |
- | Centre at night)| | + | |290|Epping Station - Wynyard (via Epping Road - also divert via Lane Cove Shopping Centre at night)| |
- | 290|Epping Station - Wynyard (via Epping Road - also divert via Lane Cove Shopping | + | |
- | Centre at night)| | + | =====From the Editor.===== |
+ | |||
+ | ====A Constitutional Contradiction - Whom do we accept?==== | ||
- | From the Editor | ||
- | A CONSTITUTIONAL CONTRADICTION - Thom do we accept? | ||
According to the Constitution, | According to the Constitution, | ||
- | The amalgamation of those who esteem walking as a recreation | + | |
- | Forming an institution of mutual aid in regard to routes and ways and means of appreciating the outdoors | + | - The amalgamation of those who esteem walking as a recreation |
- | Helping others appreciate these natural gifts (scenery and wildlife) | + | |
- | There follows in the clauses covering " | + | - Forming an institution of mutual aid in regard to routes and ways and means of appreciating the outdoors |
- | Constitution leaves no real doubt that the Committee should consider applicants on the grounds of " | + | |
- | On the face of it, there seems some measure of conflict, since | + | - Helping others appreciate these natural gifts (scenery and wildlife) |
- | on the one hand we claim we want to bring together and help people who | + | |
- | are interested in walking and the bushlands, and on the other we establish quite an elaborate system by which applicants may be excluded. | + | There follows in the clauses covering " |
- | Of course, it is not really quite as-simple as that. There are valid reasons why people should not be admitted to an organisation such as ours without some screening. However, if we mean what we say in the Objects of the Constitution, | + | |
- | In subsequent Editorial comment it is intended to consider some aspects of the member-screening process. In the meantime, we commend | + | On the face of it, there seems some measure of conflict, since on the one hand we claim we want to bring together and help people who are interested in walking and the bushlands, and on the other we establish quite an elaborate system by which applicants may be excluded. |
- | for thought one basic question | + | |
- | **# | + | Of course, it is not really quite as-simple as that. There are valid reasons why people should not be admitted to an organisation such as ours without some screening. However, if we mean what we say in the Objects of the Constitution, |
- | Page 3 THE SYDNEY BUSH7ALKER August, | + | |
- | AT THE JULY GENERAL MEETING | + | In subsequent Editorial comment it is intended to consider some aspects of the member-screening process. In the meantime, we commend for thought one basic question.... "Whom do we want to exclude.... and can we reasonably justify their exclusion?" |
- | With President Spiro away 7A the snow country, President Bob Younger to take the chair and welcome new members elected at the July Committee Meeting. Donnelly and John Campbell were those present, with Paul Sharp to be greeted another time. | + | |
- | it fell to Vice- three of the five Robyn Plumb, Peter Peter Martin and | + | =====At The July General Meeting.===== |
- | The reading of minutes brought no reaction, but correspondence contained a resignation from Pat Wood (off to New Zealand), and an offer from Heather Williams to take on one of the vacancies for Federation | + | |
- | Arising from another matter in Correspondence, | + | With President Spiro away at the snow country, |
- | other members of her family, so that ultimately there would be several | + | |
- | votes in the total purchase. As a by-line it was mentioned that Natural Areas had its eyes on Bendethera, which the Club tried to secure a few years back, and now looked like going under the hammer again. | + | The reading of minutes brought no reaction, but correspondence contained a resignation from Pat Wood (off to New Zealand), and an offer from Heather Williams to take on one of the vacancies for Federation |
+ | |||
+ | Arising from another matter in Correspondence, | ||
Another Correspondence item touched on the Clutha project, and from discussion it was stated that the Club was adding its voice to the protest. It was suggested that individual members write to their local MsLA. | Another Correspondence item touched on the Clutha project, and from discussion it was stated that the Club was adding its voice to the protest. It was suggested that individual members write to their local MsLA. | ||
- | Some slight question arose over the Treasurer' | + | |
- | the minutes. Apparently the minutes contained a mis-statement, | + | Some slight question arose over the Treasurer' |
- | Pat Harrison presented the Talks Report, saying that 12 trips had been programmed for June, one being cancelled. The tale began with the car-swap trip jointly taken by Snow Brown and George Gray in the Endrick | + | |
- | Page 4 THE SYDNEY BUSHWAL= August, | + | Pat Harrison presented the Walks Report, saying that 12 trips had been programmed for June, one being cancelled. The tale began with the car-swap trip jointly taken by Snow Brown and George Gray in the Endrick country - ultimately the swap aspect was abandoned, and the route modified accordingly. On the first Sunday of the month, Meryl Watman had a fairly easy day walk in the Heathcote area. Followed the holiday week-end, including a snow-country jaunt by Doone Wyborn to Feathertop in Victoria: |
- | .............01 | + | |
- | country - ultimately the swap aspect was abandoned, and the route modified accordingly. On the first Sunday of the month, Meryl Watman | + | The third week-end saw Phil Butt' |
- | had a fairly easy day walk in the Heathcote area. Followed the holiday week-end, including a snow-country jaunt by Doane Wyborn to Feathertop in Victorias | + | |
- | Wolgan, beginning with a bit of strife in locating the pass over the range, with the result that the last day was long, and some of the less experienced were rather wilted. Over the week-end, there were two day trips, Esme Biddulph with a total of 14 in the Flint and Steel area, and Bill Hall, accompanied. by no less than 35 in the woronora/ | + | Bob Younger went out along Wanganderry Plateau with 9 people on the last week-end, reaching Beloon Pass about 3.0 p.m. on the Saturday, |
- | The third week-end saw Phil Buttes | + | |
- | Bob Younger went out along Wanganderry Plateau with 9 people on the last week-end, reaching Beloon Pass about 3.0 p.m. on the Saturdays | + | The Federation Report presented was published in the July magazine, the only addenda being remarks about the track from Kanangra car park to the cave. Peter Franks mentioned that some work seemed to have been done already, but Phil Butt explained that a great deal more was envisaged by the Parks Service. In the meantime Federation suggested a low fence, with anyone going beyond doing so at their own risk. |
- | The Federation Report presented was published in the July magazine, the only addenda being remarks about the track from Kanangra car park to the cave. Peter Franks mentioned that some work seemed to have been | + | |
- | done already, but Phil Butt explained that a great deal more was envisaged by the Parks Service. In the meantime Federation suggested a low fence, with anyone going beyond doing so at their own risk. | + | During General Business there was discussion about the Club Room, and some of its drawbacks; including the difficulty of having no storage space. Mention was made of Science House in Gloucester Street (not far from Circular Quay West), where a possible room had been examined. Priced at $13 per night, and with accommodation for about 120, it was not available every Wednesday night, but could probably be secured for some Wednesdays and some Tuesdays. In discussing the existing room, it was suggested that the extra $7 for the kitchen adjunct was not a good proposition, |
- | During General Business there was discussion about the Club Room, and some of its drawbacks; including the difficulty of having no storage space. Mention was made of Science House in Gloucester Street (not far from Circular Quay 7ost); where a possible room had been examined. Priced at $13 per night, and with accommodation for about 1209 it was not available every Wednesday night, but could probably be secured for some Wednesdays and some Tuesdays. In discussing the existing room, it was suggested that the extra 37 for the kitchen adjunct was not a good proposition, | + | |
- | other possibilities, | + | Amongst the parting items was a report from Phil Butt that Kosciusko Huts Association had again met and the Club would soon receive advice of its arrangements and proposals; Dot Butler said Coolana could possibly be reduced by about 8 acres on completion of the Shoalhaven |
- | Amongst the parting items was a report from Phil Butt that Kosciusko Huts Association had again met and the Club would soon | + | |
- | receive advice of its arrangements and proposals Dot Butler said Coolana could possibly be reduced by about 8 acres on completion of | + | |
- | , Page 5 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER August, | + | |
- | the Shoalhaven | + | |
With this we were through, the time standing at 9.40 p.m. | With this we were through, the time standing at 9.40 p.m. | ||
- | ********** | + | |
- | MY ROTORUA DIVERSION | + | =====My Rotorua Diversion |
- | (In which Owen relates how he came down from the mountain | + | |
- | after learning "Bible stories you never heard before" | + | - by Owen Marks. |
- | I put all my clothes on, and covered at last, | + | |
- | Opened my rucksack and ate my repast. | + | (In which Owen relates how he came down from the mountain after learning "Bible stories you never heard before" |
- | Raw carrot, some raisins, a hunk of cheese - | + | |
- | For when you're starving, these things please. | + | I put all my clothes on, and covered at last,\\ |
- | Shakespeare probably had .= in mind | + | Opened my rucksack and ate my repast.\\ |
- | And pardon if I quote him (I'm a bit inclined | + | Raw carrot, some raisins, a hunk of cheese -\\ |
- | To air my knowledge) for you see | + | For when you're starving, these things please.\\ |
- | He clearly stated "What food these morsels be". | + | Shakespeare probably had me in mind\\ |
+ | And pardon if I quote him (I'm a bit inclined\\ | ||
+ | To air my knowledge) for you see\\ | ||
+ | He clearly stated "What food these morsels be".\\ | ||
These famous lines did come to me as I did eat most heartily. | These famous lines did come to me as I did eat most heartily. | ||
- | The wind just then comffienced to blow | + | |
- | And the mist came down to the valley below. I decided to walk down another rim and see | + | The wind just then comffienced to blow\\ |
- | Another crater (there are lots of them up there), and be Overwhelmed by the majesty of nature. | + | And the mist came down to the valley below.\\ |
- | It was though not a living creature | + | I decided to walk down another rim and see\\ |
- | Existed in the whole wide world. | + | Another crater (there are lots of them up there), and be\\ |
- | The whispy clouds and fog, all curled | + | Overwhelmed by the majesty of nature.\\ |
- | Around and made a contrast to the stark | + | It was though not a living creature\\ |
- | Surrounds of solidified lava all rough and dark. 'Twas though the surf had been turned to stone. Most depressing!!! I headed for home. | + | Existed in the whole wide world.\\ |
- | I hurried on, not wanting to die | + | The whispy clouds and fog, all curled\\ |
- | Of exposure on Tongariro, I will not lie. Depression causes tiredness or so I've read. Who wants to finish up a mountain dead, With a grave unknown and none to weep? Such a great one, Genghis | + | Around and made a contrast to the stark\\ |
- | This tyrant bold - this scourge of Asia | + | Surrounds of solidified lava all rough and dark.\\ |
- | From Uzbeki snows to Turkish azure, | + | 'Twas though the surf had been turned to stone.\\ |
- | On the slopes of a hill, and there, today Until the end of time he'll stay. The original " | + | Most depressing!!! I headed for home. |
- | Page 6 | + | |
- | THE SYDNEY BUST Z=R | + | I hurried on, not wanting to die\\ |
- | August, 1971. | + | Of exposure on Tongariro, I will not lie.\\ |
- | M 0 Li NTA 1\1 | + | Depression causes tiredness or so I've read.\\ |
- | r,,Q /1-DME NT | + | Who wants to finish up a mountain dead,\\ |
- | COME ON U. | + | With a grave unknown and none to weep?\\ |
- | BE A REAL DEVIL.. | + | Such a great one, Genghis |
- | sog_hat a difference nevr: lightweight walking, and canoeing gear can make to your ' | + | This tyrant bold - this scourge of Asia\\ |
- | Were got the lot at MOUNTAIN EQUIPMENT, where YOU can buy or hireCalETN4r outdoor needs. The place? | + | From Uzbeki snows to Turkish azure,\\ |
- | 167 Pacific Highway, NORTH SYDNEY. | + | Whose name today fills one with dread,\\ |
- | Phone 929-6504. | + | This man decreed that when he was dead\\ |
- | Page 7 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER August, | + | To be buried in the evening' |
- | I took a deep breath to clear my head. | + | With only a tree to mark his tomb\\ |
- | Exorcised my thoughts - to hell with the dead. The sun was sinking (the view less bright) | + | On the slopes of a hill, and there, today\\ |
- | ' | + | Until the end of time he'll stay.\\ |
- | (Old Sol was sinking on its right hand shoulder) | + | The original " |
- | Its head in the clouds; but it then got colder And I hurried on down the slope to a hut | + | Known only to God until the Day of Doom! |
- | There I was soon ensconced; 'twas just before dark but Being Friday night, the mobs started arriving, Some on foot, but others mostly driving. (Tas the end of a road) I cursed the lot In words ancient and modern, like " | + | |
+ | I took a deep breath to clear my head.\\ | ||
+ | Exorcised my thoughts - to hell with the dead.\\ | ||
+ | The sun was sinking (the view less bright)\\ | ||
+ | When Mt. Egmont in silhouette came into sight\\ | ||
+ | (Old Sol was sinking on its right hand shoulder)\\ | ||
+ | Its head in the clouds; but it then got colder\\ | ||
+ | And I hurried on down the slope to a hut\\ | ||
+ | There I was soon ensconced; 'twas just before dark but\\ | ||
+ | Being Friday night, the mobs started arriving,\\ | ||
+ | Some on foot, but others mostly driving.\\ | ||
+ | (Was the end of a road) I cursed the lot\\ | ||
+ | In words ancient and modern, like " | ||
+ | A noisy mob, these Kiwis, I rue\\ | ||
But it didn't stop me enjoying the view. | But it didn't stop me enjoying the view. | ||
- | Way up in the sky in the deep black of night | + | |
- | Was a fiery column - a wonderful sight. | + | Way up in the sky in the deep black of night\\ |
- | All night long the crater belched and fumed - No eruption, thank God, or we'd all be doomed. I opened my flea bag and lay on the porch And in case of rats I placed my torch | + | Was a fiery column - a wonderful sight.\\ |
- | Just next to my pillow, and began to relax. | + | All night long the crater belched and fumed -\\ |
- | I closed my eyes and retraced my tracks | + | No eruption, thank God, or we'd all be doomed.\\ |
+ | I opened my flea bag and lay on the porch\\ | ||
+ | And in case of rats I placed my torch\\ | ||
+ | Just next to my pillow, and began to relax.\\ | ||
+ | I closed my eyes and retraced my tracks\\ | ||
When a vision appeared. I heard a voice say - | When a vision appeared. I heard a voice say - | ||
- | " | + | |
- | And if you have to travel by night | + | " |
+ | And if you have to travel by night\\ | ||
Watch for the Fiery Pillar; it's a bonza sight." | Watch for the Fiery Pillar; it's a bonza sight." | ||
- | I cried out " | + | |
- | Thy didn't you lead them directly to Zion?" | + | I cried out " |
- | " | + | That you made poor Moses, that wandering Jew,\\ |
- | "I promised them the Land of Milk and Honey | + | With the Israelites for forty years or so\\ |
- | But business was bad - I had no money | + | To walk in a circle around a volcano!\\ |
- | To waste on maps, and that is why | + | Why didn't you lead them directly to Zion?" |
- | We mucked around so long at Mt. Sinai. I got them all lost I'm sorry to say | + | |
- | And the Burning Bush caused another delay. Moses got sick - I gave him two pills" | + | " |
- | "Two tablets?" | + | "I promised them the Land of Milk and Honey\\ |
- | " | + | But business was bad - I had no money\\ |
- | While you're still here and before you go. | + | To waste on maps, and that is why\\ |
- | ', | + | We mucked around so long at Mt. Sinai.\\ |
- | Page 8 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALK7R August, | + | I got them all lost I'm sorry to say\\ |
- | God laughed and said "Poor Bible translation, | + | And the Burning Bush caused another delay.\\ |
- | 'Twas only an Esky for refrigeration. | + | Moses got sick - I gave him two pills" |
+ | |||
+ | "Two tablets?" | ||
+ | His face got all sunburnt, it started to glow."\\ | ||
+ | " | ||
+ | While you're still here and before you go.\\ | ||
+ | What was in the Ark they carried to and fro?" | ||
+ | |||
+ | God laughed and said "Poor Bible translation, | ||
+ | 'Twas only an Esky for refrigeration.\\ | ||
How else do you think we cooled our booze?" | How else do you think we cooled our booze?" | ||
- | (I got disgusted at this terrible ruse. | + | |
- | To think generations of devout bearded Jews | + | (I got disgusted at this terrible ruse.\\ |
- | 7ere tricked by translators. Such terrible news!) "bile on the subject, as leader of the push What is the origin of the Burning Bush? | + | To think generations of devout bearded Jews\\ |
+ | Were tricked by translators. Such terrible news!)\\ | ||
+ | "While on the subject, as leader of the push\\ | ||
+ | What is the origin of the Burning Bush?\\ | ||
How come on fire and not be consumed?" | How come on fire and not be consumed?" | ||
- | "Enogh is enough.:" his omnipotence fumed "Too many questions doth tax my brain. | + | |
+ | "Enough | ||
+ | "Too many questions doth tax my brain.\\ | ||
Hooroo! I never want to see you again." | Hooroo! I never want to see you again." | ||
- | And with that he vanished, I awoke from my dream (That' | + | |
- | Nevertheless, | + | And with that he vanished, I awoke from my dream\\ |
- | Sinai must be a largo desert volcano. | + | (That' |
- | (All you critics may laugh at my theory But nevertheless, | + | Nevertheless, |
- | You all have your chance my ideas to pooh pooh. If I expound my theory, | + | That the column of fire and the other of smoke\\ |
- | This vision over I returned to sleep No need to count the provorbial | + | Were obviously one and the same origin, and so\\ |
- | Until dawn with her rosy mantle sent | + | Sinai must be a large desert volcano.\\ |
- | The morning breeze to dispel the mist; it lent An ethereal effect to the lava hills. | + | (All you critics may laugh at my theory\\ |
- | Oh well, time to get up. LAZIrESS | + | But nevertheless, |
- | I had a quick breakie, and was soon on the go. | + | You all have your chance my ideas to pooh pooh.\\ |
- | Only 7 miles by track to the Tongariro Chateau | + | If I expound my theory, |
- | Ruapehu (this mountain of which I speak | + | |
- | Is an active volcano, but temporarily dormant. | + | This vision over I returned to sleep\\ |
+ | No need to count the proverbial | ||
+ | Until dawn with her rosy mantle sent\\ | ||
+ | The morning breeze to dispel the mist; it lent\\ | ||
+ | An ethereal effect to the lava hills.\\ | ||
+ | Oh well, time to get up. LAZINESS | ||
+ | |||
+ | I had a quick breakie, and was soon on the go.\\ | ||
+ | Only 7 miles by track to the Tongariro Chateau\\ | ||
+ | Which shelters under a snowy peak\\ | ||
+ | Ruapehu (this mountain of which I speak\\ | ||
+ | Is an active volcano, but temporarily dormant. | ||
Belfast has one too they call it Stormont!) | Belfast has one too they call it Stormont!) | ||
- | The track soon veers away from the slag | + | |
- | And crossed the heath. It' | + | The track soon veers away from the slag\\ |
- | To hitch hike was my one ambition | + | And crossed the heath. It's a bit of a drag.\\ |
- | And not understanding the word " | + | I got bored and decided to make my way\\ |
- | I flagged the first car a Chevrolet | + | To the main road without |
- | Which coincidentally was going my way. | + | To hitch hike was my one ambition\\ |
- | Yes, back to my beloved Rotorua | + | And not understanding the word " |
- | Where once again I could indulge in my cure | + | I flagged the first car - a Chevrolet\\ |
- | Of taking the waters. (It remains to be seen) If nothing else, you emerge pink and clean. | + | Which coincidentally was going my way.\\ |
- | Page 9 THE SYDNEY BUSHITTALKER August, | + | Yes, back to my beloved Rotorua\\ |
- | Here endeth my talc, here endeth my travel. | + | Where once again I could indulge in my cure\\ |
- | I hope you've the pqtience | + | Of taking the waters. (It remains to be seen)\\ |
- | I'll be in Stockholm when they give out the prizes! Long life to you all, and I hope you soon go To visit N.Z. and see Tongazdro. | + | If nothing else, you emerge pink and clean. |
- | And with these blessings one by one | + | |
+ | Here endeth my tale, here endeth my travel.\\ | ||
+ | I hope you've the patience | ||
+ | For wisdom comes in many guises\\ | ||
+ | I'll be in Stockholm when they give out the prizes!\\ | ||
+ | Long life to you all, and I hope you soon go\\ | ||
+ | To visit N.Z. and see Tongariro.\\ | ||
+ | And with these blessings one by one\\ | ||
May God take us all into Kingdom Come. | May God take us all into Kingdom Come. | ||
- | ************** | + | |
- | DER VOLKS72LGEN MIT DER STAGGERS | + | =====Der Volkswagen Mit Der Staggers.===== |
- | As everyone knows, the " | + | |
- | place to go on a walking trip in the winter; for it never rains there, the sky is forever blue, and the frosts are something to talk about for days afterwards. Despite all these attractions, | + | - by Pat Harrison. |
- | Peter went up in Roy Higginbottom' | + | |
- | the others. Mike had halfhinted | + | As everyone knows, the Wolgan-Capertee |
- | Our actual start was somewhat retarded by compass trouble and the necessity to spend some time in making calculations on the map, to save time on the morrow; but the first real hint of impending doom came when we were waiting on a 1 degree slope at the lights near Epping Railway. The green light eventually appeared but we did not move -- the motor was stuttering in an alarming manner and irate drivers were honking their horns behind us. However, by the use of full throttle and a heavy foot we got going and limped away over the line and down the incline and eventually got up to top gear where the motor seemed to have lost its stutter. | + | |
- | We staggered on to a petrol station at Kell ille (after several embarrassing moments at intersections where we had stopped and were trying to get the motor going a:-.;ain) and filled the wretched thing with petrol and poured a pint of the wrong oil down its gullet, | + | Peter went up in Roy Higginbottom' |
- | It was near midnight and freezing cold when we staggered into Bell, where the garage, cafe, and Post Office are all run by the one man. We expected great things from a man of such parts and we thought our troubles were over when the local JackofallTrades | + | |
- | Page 10 THE SYDNEY BUSHTALKER August, | + | Our actual start was somewhat retarded by compass trouble and the necessity to spend some time in making calculations on the map, to save time on the morrow; but the first real hint of impending doom came when we were waiting on a 1 degree slope at the lights near Epping Railway. The green light eventually appeared but we did not move - the motor was stuttering in an alarming manner and irate drivers were honking their horns behind us. However, by the use of full throttle and a heavy foot we got going and limped away over the line and down the incline and eventually got up to top gear where the motor seemed to have lost its stutter. |
- | females that adorn his walls. He was a veritable Dickensian character if over there was one --- his he.?, | + | |
- | beany, his other clothing was covered with grease from the garage and | + | We staggered on to a petrol station at Kellyville |
- | grime from the kitchen, but the most noticeable (or rather un-noticeable) thing about him were his hands, which were stuffed safely into his trousers' | + | |
- | he was in close conversation with Mike, and his final pronouncement (with his hands still in his pockets) was "a sticking choke" | + | It was near midnight and freezing cold when we staggered into Bell, where the garage, cafe, and Post Office are all run by the one man. We expected great things from a man of such parts and we thought our troubles were over when the local Jack-of-all-Trades |
- | Mike got in the car (I was already there and had been for some time - it was far too cold outside) and this mild-mannered and softly- spoken gentleman turned to me and the fierceness in his eye and the ferocity in his quietly-spoken " | + | |
- | Te reached Newnes without any more stops or stutters, but by then it was 1.40 a.m. on Saturday morning. The night was freezing fast and it took a while for benumbed fingers to got tent pegs in place, but my 2.15 a.m. we were in our bags without having disturbed Peter and Roy and the next thing I know it is 8.15 a.m. and Peter had just got out of bed. Roy' | + | Mike got in the car (I was already there and had been for some time - it was far too cold outside) and this mild-mannered and softly-spoken gentleman turned to me and the fierceness in his eye and the ferocity in his quietly-spoken " |
- | Breakfast was unhurried (who could hurry on such a glorious morning with a blue sky overhead and frost covering everything else?) and at 10.00 a.m. we started walking back past the pub, and a little later in Caper-tee | + | |
- | None of us carried water and a bet had been laid with me that we | + | We reached Newnes without any more stops or stutters, but by then it was 1.40 a.m. on Saturday morning. The night was freezing fast and it took a while for benumbed fingers to got tent pegs in place, but by 2.15 a.m. we were in our bags without having disturbed Peter and Roy and the next thing I know it is 8.15 a.m. and Peter had just got out of bed. Roy's car had ice in the radiator, but otherwise everything was perfect under a sky of the usual Wolgan |
- | would have a dry camp, but after reaching the platform of worn rock that is Mount Dawson at 3.00 p.m. and surveying Crown Mountain, Tayan Pic, Clandulla, and the rest of the Northern Blue Mountains we | + | |
- | only took 10 minutes to find a beautiful spring of water and a good ampsite | + | Breakfast was unhurried (who could hurry on such a glorious morning with a blue sky overhead and frost covering everything else?) and at 10.00 a.m. we started walking back past the pub, and a little later in Capertee |
- | Page 11 THE SYDNEY BUSHTALKER August, | + | |
- | its strange rock formations - there are turrets, and pagodas, and platforms, which Roy calls springboards because when descending one of these thin sheets of rock you cannot tell until it breaks whether you are trusting your neck to solid rock or to a springboard. | + | None of us carried water and a bet had been laid with me that we would have a dry camp, but after reaching the platform of worn rock that is Mount Dawson at 3.00 p.m. and surveying Crown Mountain, Tayan Pic, Clandulla, and the rest of the Northern Blue Mountains we only took 10 minutes to find a beautiful spring of water and a good campsite |
- | Around our camp were several pagodas and during the afternoon and evening we climbed up and down to See the sun set and the moon rise. The night was another freezer despite our good campsite and plentiful wood supply. Only one of us slept warm and the moral is, buy yourself | + | |
- | an Everest Mummy Bag. At 4.45 Roy could stand it no longer and got up and lit the fire, and when the rest of us got up about 7.00 a.m. he had finished breakfast and was halfway through lunch, sitting on one of the pagodas and watching the sun come up. | + | Around our camp were several pagodas and during the afternoon and evening we climbed up and down to see the sun set and the moon rise. The night was another freezer despite our good campsite and plentiful wood supply. Only one of us slept warm and the moral is, buy yourself an Everest Mummy Bag. At 4.45 Roy could stand it no longer and got up and lit the fire, and when the rest of us got up about 7.00 a.m. he had finished breakfast and was halfway through lunch, sitting on one of the pagodas and watching the sun come up. |
- | By the time the rest of us had watched the sun rise from the top of a pagoda and had finished breakfast, our sleeping bags, which we had removed from the tents on arising and had placed on groundsheets in the open because the tents were covered with frost inside and out Ivhich | + | |
- | 77e were on our way by 9.35 a.m. and about a mile NE of Mount Dawson found a gully which looked as if it would go Our gully was somewhere | + | By the time the rest of us had watched the sun rise from the top of a pagoda and had finished breakfast, our sleeping bags, which we had removed from the tents on arising and had placed on groundsheets in the open because the tents were covered with frost inside and out which might start melting |
- | near GR 183990 (Glen Alice 1250,000) if anynne | + | |
- | of the mossy rock. 7Te then came to a 25-foot drop where the little canyon dropped into its mother creek, but all we had to do was to walk northwards (downstream) along the slope between the two cliff lines for about 30 or 40 yards and then walk down a sloping, narrow chimney to the bed of the mother creek which in turn landed us in Little Capertee Creek at GR 185997. From hero it was only 90 minutes back to the cars | + | We were on our way by 9.35 a.m. and about a mile NE of Mount Dawson found a gully which looked as if it would go. Our gully was somewhere near GR 183990 (Glen Alice 1:50,000) if anyone |
- | at Newnes, where we arrived at 12.35 p.m. The lower parts of Little Capertee Creek were covered | + | |
- | Our route to Mount Dawson from Capertee Creek was as follows2- | + | Our route to Mount Dawson from Capertee Creek was as follows:- |
Cross the shoulder of the spur at 200968, cross the dry gully and sidle the western side of the gully until you find a gap between a large isolated rock outcrop and the main cliffline, go through gap, then work upwards until you find a chimney on your left and a ramp on your right. Either one gets you to the top, whence Mount Dawson is about an hour away. | Cross the shoulder of the spur at 200968, cross the dry gully and sidle the western side of the gully until you find a gap between a large isolated rock outcrop and the main cliffline, go through gap, then work upwards until you find a chimney on your left and a ramp on your right. Either one gets you to the top, whence Mount Dawson is about an hour away. | ||
- | At Nees we heard the disappointing news that the licence of the hotel is to be taken away after all the effort put into retaining it by many people. The hotel keeper had tales of woe of burst pipes and of people getting out of bed betimes and lighting fires to keep warm. Mike had left a plastic bottle of water in the boot of his 17 and when we got back there was still ice in the water. | + | |
- | In view of our successful trip and early return to Newnes I was looking forward to a 5 o' | + | At Newnes |
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- | clapped out with seized. brakes at Epping, at the exact spot where it first started to misbehave on Friday night. | + | In view of our successful trip and early return to Newnes I was looking forward to a 5 o' |
- | I got home about 9.30 p.m., but it was rather hard going with | + | |
- | a big pack, two pairs of boots, and 9 bottles of Hartley Sweet Cider. | + | I got home about 9.30 p.m., but it was rather hard going with a big pack, two pairs of boots, and 9 bottles of Hartley Sweet Cider. |
This was a very pleasant 2-day walk, but it could also be done comfortably as a 1-day walk. | This was a very pleasant 2-day walk, but it could also be done comfortably as a 1-day walk. | ||
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- | IT'S GOOD-BYE FOR A FEW YEARS TO THE PUTTS | + | =====It's Good-By For A Few Years To The Putts.===== |
- | Dot Butler writes - "A farewell Barbecue to Jane and Colin Putt will be held at my home, 28/30 Boundary Road, wahroonga, on Friday, 24th September. Arrive any time after 7.0 p.m e Bring your own steaks and ealLing | + | |
+ | Dot Butler writes - "A farewell Barbecue to Jane and Colin Putt will be held at my home, 28/30 Boundary Road, wahroonga, on Friday, 24th September. Arrive any time after 7.0 p.m. Bring your own steaks and eating | ||
The Putts are off to England for two or three years. | The Putts are off to England for two or three years. | ||
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+ | ---- | ||
The Club has a letter from Major E.K. Hales, a Regular Army Officer, who is retiring in October, and writes - | The Club has a letter from Major E.K. Hales, a Regular Army Officer, who is retiring in October, and writes - | ||
- | " | + | |
- | similarly situated, and 17ho are keenly interested in Bushwalking. | + | " |
- | Tho.z.e | + | |
+ | Those who may be interested may also be interested in a proposed bushwalk in Tasmania 9-29th January, 1972 in:- | ||
(a) Areas South West of Macquarie Harbour in Birch' | (a) Areas South West of Macquarie Harbour in Birch' | ||
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(b) Central Tasmania Jane River Track (old gold mining area). | (b) Central Tasmania Jane River Track (old gold mining area). | ||
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Major Hales can be contacted at his home address 300 Kissing Point Road, Turramurra, 2074 (Tel. 44-7369), while his business telephone for the present is 31-0455, Extra. 381. | Major Hales can be contacted at his home address 300 Kissing Point Road, Turramurra, 2074 (Tel. 44-7369), while his business telephone for the present is 31-0455, Extra. 381. | ||
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- | A Frame Ruckse7' | + | ---- |
- | L non-member Michael Liubinskoz, 14 East Terrace, Bankstown, Tel. 70-6470, has for sale a very little used " | + | |
- | Paddy Pallin " | + | __A Frame Rucksack |
- | ************ | + | |
- | Page 13 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER August, | + | A non-member Michael Liubinskoz, 14 East Terrace, Bankstown, Tel. 70-6470, has for sale a very little used " |
- | KOSCIUSKO HUTS ASSOCIATION. | + | |
- | (The following circular has been received from the recently formed Kosciusko Huts Association. Space prevents the publication in this issue of the " | + | =====Kosciusko Huts Association.===== |
- | Recently the Ta)sciusko | + | |
- | The trouble with the increasing usage was that the huts couldn' | + | (The following circular has been received from the recently formed Kosciusko Huts Association. Space prevents the publication in this issue of the " |
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+ | Recently the Kosciusko | ||
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+ | The trouble with the increasing usage was that the huts couldn' | ||
The objects of the Association are: | The objects of the Association are: | ||
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1. To foster enjoyment of the Kosciusko National Park by walkers, skiers, fishermen and others. | 1. To foster enjoyment of the Kosciusko National Park by walkers, skiers, fishermen and others. | ||
- | 2. To advise the National Parks and Wildlife Service on the use, maintenance, | + | |
+ | 2. To advise the National Parks and Wildlife Service on the use, maintenance, | ||
3. To assist the National Parks and Wildlife Service in the management and maintenance of huts in the Kosciusko National Park. | 3. To assist the National Parks and Wildlife Service in the management and maintenance of huts in the Kosciusko National Park. | ||
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4. To encourage safety in the mountains, and cooperate with organisations responsible for search and rescue operations. | 4. To encourage safety in the mountains, and cooperate with organisations responsible for search and rescue operations. | ||
- | 5. To promote conservation of the natural environment of the Kosciusko National Park. -- | + | |
- | 6. To cooperate with persons or organisatigns | + | 5. To promote conservation of the natural environment of the Kosciusko National Park. |
- | At a meeting at Saw-pit Creek the KHA was constituted and Robin Miller elected as President and Root Vallak as Secretary. | + | |
- | Membership of the Association is open to all and costs 2.00 per year which should be sent to the Treasurer, John Pinkerton, P.O. Box 415, Canberra City, 2601, The Association is going to organise, in conjunction with the PWS, the maintenance and building huts and shelter in the back country of the Park. | + | 6. To cooperate with persons or organisations |
- | To do this we need money and labour. Membership of the association will allow us to do both. We also hope that people who use the huts will be prepared to pay a sall overnight fee and this is suggested at 50c. During the summer maintenance work parties will be organised and we'd be glad to hear from anyone willing to help. | + | |
- | In the meantime we'd be very glad for any publicity in your journal | + | At a meeting at Saw-pit Creek the KHA was constituted and Robin Miller elected as President and Reet Vallak as Secretary. |
- | and perhaps you could use the enclosed story. Any furV-lor' | + | |
+ | Membership of the Association is open to all and costs $2.00 per year which should be sent to the Treasurer, John Pinkerton, P.O. Box 415, Canberra City, 2601. The Association is going to organise, in conjunction with the NPWS, the maintenance and building huts and shelter in the back country of the Park. | ||
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+ | To do this we need money and labour. Membership of the association will allow us to do both. We also hope that people who use the huts will be prepared to pay a small overnight fee and this is suggested at 50c. During the summer maintenance work parties will be organised and we'd be glad to hear from anyone willing to help. | ||
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+ | In the meantime we'd be very glad for any publicity in your journal and perhaps you could use the enclosed story. Any further information | ||
Max Bourke, Public Relations Officer. | Max Bourke, Public Relations Officer. | ||
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Phone Sydney 969-6414 or write | Phone Sydney 969-6414 or write | ||
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38 Clanalpine Street, Mosman, 2088. | 38 Clanalpine Street, Mosman, 2088. | ||
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- | PECCAVI | + | =====Peccavi!!===== |
Some years ago Geoff Wagg wrote (not entirely seriously): | Some years ago Geoff Wagg wrote (not entirely seriously): | ||
- | "This Membership job is a slug, it has its faults I own, sirs, | + | |
+ | "This Membership job is a slug, it has its faults I own, sirs,\\ | ||
I know each new chum's ugly mug as tho' it were my own, sirs..." | I know each new chum's ugly mug as tho' it were my own, sirs..." | ||
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I am now finding this job of Littery Editer has got its own trubbles. Like this way. A cupple of munths back Brian Harvey drops me a note on another matter and adds "By the way, I had lunch with Kath Mackay the other day". | I am now finding this job of Littery Editer has got its own trubbles. Like this way. A cupple of munths back Brian Harvey drops me a note on another matter and adds "By the way, I had lunch with Kath Mackay the other day". | ||
- | Ah ha, sez I, this Mackay dame, she must be back in Sydney for | + | |
- | a bit, we ort to say so in the June Maggerzine. Which is wot I does. | + | Ah ha, sez I, this Mackay dame, she must be back in Sydney for a bit, we ort to say so in the June Maggerzine. Which is wot I does. It hardly hit the newsagents when Brian scratches me again - he'd been over in West Orstralia. Post-' |
- | It hardly hit the newsagents when Brian scratches me again - he'd been | + | |
- | over in Test Orstralia. Post-' | + | But you remember the Sorcerer' |
- | But you remember the Sorcerer' | + | |
- | there' | + | "Your paper' |
- | Poet Lorryate, it's in verse. This is it..... | + | So this precludes the notion of deliberate mendacity,\\ |
- | "Your paper' | + | But in the current issue I behold to my astonishment\\ |
- | A statement that I cannot pass without a mild admonishment. It seems I had deserted (rafugee | + | A statement that I cannot pass without a mild admonishment.\\ |
- | But though I'm always with you, speaking purely metaphorically, | + | It seems I had deserted (refugee |
- | I know the charms of Sydney, and it is in fact my birthplace, | + | To view again the city of my youthful indiscretion.\\ |
- | But after three years' sojourn here, I much prefer my Perth place. The comings and the goiags! S.B.Ts. in legions | + | But though I'm always with you, speaking purely metaphorically, |
- | And friends from near and far flit through en route to foreign regions. There' | + | An actual journey eastward I deny most categorically. |
- | There' | + | |
- | To one who's up and coming, there' | + | I know the charms of Sydney, and it is in fact my birthplace,\\ |
+ | But after three years' sojourn here, I much prefer my Perth place.\\ | ||
+ | The comings and the goings! S.B.Ws. in legions\\ | ||
+ | And friends from near and far flit through en route to foreign regions.\\ | ||
+ | There' | ||
+ | Even a chance to make some dough and profit in employment!\\ | ||
+ | There' | ||
+ | To one who's up and coming, there' | ||
This shood put the ishoo beyond any dowt. For she herself had sed it, and it's grately to her credit, etc.... | This shood put the ishoo beyond any dowt. For she herself had sed it, and it's grately to her credit, etc.... | ||
- | the way, Kath Mackay doesn' | + | |
- | there' | + | By the way, Kath Mackay doesn' |
- | ************ | + | |
- | Page 15 THE SYDNEY BUSTTALKER August, | + | =====Coming Walks.===== |
- | COMING TALKS - by Pat Harrison, | + | |
- | September | + | - by Pat Harrison, |
- | the heart of the Wild Dog Mountains. Good track and good views over | + | |
- | Merrimerrigal to Splendour Rock, with a possible | + | |September |
- | stroll up White Dog to the cars. | + | |September 5|Nancye Alderson has done a recce of her Historical Walk around Woodford-Linden-Faulconbridge. As well as mildly stretching your legs, you will learn something of our early history and take a vicarious trip back into the past.| |
- | September 5 - Nancye Alderson has done a recce of her Historical Walk | + | |September 5|Bill Hall can always be relied on to provide a good day walk in the Royal National Park, and this one, from Waterfall |
- | around Woodford-Linden-Faulconbridge. As well as mildly stretching your legs, you will learn something of our early history and take a vicarious trip back into the past. | + | |September 10,11,12|Ettrema has been called the Kanangra of the south. It is also notable for the clearness of its water. Bushwalkers are said to have walked across Ettrema Creek and to have been unaware of it until they noticed that their sox were wet! This will be a great trip - a real bushwalker' |
- | September 5 - Bill Hall can always be relied on to provide a good day walk in the Royal National Park, and this one, from 7aterfall | + | |September 11,12|For those who cannot get away for a full weekend, what better thing could they do than catch the 12.50 p.m. train on Saturday for Blackheath and camp the night near Blue Gum Forest, and then on Sunday walk up Govett's Leap and back to Blackheath?| |
- | September 10, | + | |September 12|Gladys Roberts has an easy 7 miles around The Sphinx-Cowan Creek-Mt. Kuring-gai, to permit time to view the wildflowers which should be in abundance at that time.| |
- | September 11,12 - For those who cannot get ar.y- for a full weekend, what better thing could they do than catch the 12.50 p.m. train on Saturday for Blackheath and camp the night near Blue Gum Forest, and then on Sunday walk up govett's Leap and back to Blackheath? | + | |September 17,18,19|Don and I have a car swap from Glen Davis along the Capertee and Colo Rivers to the Culoul Range which runs off the Putty Road about 35 miles from Windsor. Very good going along the Capertee, but rock hopping and threading your way through Water Gums on the Colo. The idea of this trip, and another one later in this programme, is to cover, in two weekends, the most glorious river and cliff scenery imaginable. However, |
- | September 12 - Gladys Roberts has an easy 7 miles around The Sphinx- Cowan Creek-Mt. Kuring-gai, to permit time to view the wildflowers which should be in abundance at that time. | + | |September 19|Audley to Bundeena with Jim Callaway via Winifred Falls, and it may be warm enough to have a swim on the way.| |
- | September 17, | + | |September 19|Took a lot of talking to get Les Davidson to put a walk on the programme, but here it is - Mt. Colah to Mt. Kuring-gai via Appletree |
- | programme, is to cover, in two weekends, the most glorious river and | + | |September 24, |
- | cliff scenery imaginable. However, | + | |September 24, |
- | September 19 --Audley to Bundeena with Jim Callaway via Winifred Falls, and it may be warm enough to have a swim on the way. | + | |September 26|Now that train fares are getting out of hand, why not come with Peter Levander on a good day walk to the higher mountains? The Megalong is a pleasant few hours from Sydney, and after doing this classic day walk you will feel as content as if you had done a camp trip. The historic Six Foot Track is the gateway to a wonderful day's walking.| |
- | September 19 - Took a lot of talking to get Les Davidson to put a walk | + | |September 26|Dave Cotton knows his bees and after showing you around his Apiary there will be an easy walk to see how the wildflowers are.| |
- | on the programme, but hero it is - Mt. Colah to Mt. Kuring-gai via Appletroo | + | |September 26|Esme Biddulph has everything well organised for a scenic tour of The Bluff and Euro Trig. Please consult the programme where detailed arrangements are given.| |
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- | THE SYDNEY BUSHWALICER August 1 | + | =====Paddy Made.===== |
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Surely there is no better time for walking than the Spring. | Surely there is no better time for walking than the Spring. | ||
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The days are longer. | The days are longer. | ||
- | The wa-:; | + | |
- | deep river crossings (precious few deep crossings this Spring unless there is rain soon) | + | The water is not so cold if you have to make deep river crossings (precious few deep crossings this Spring unless there is rain soon). |
You should be in good condition after your winter walking or skiing. | You should be in good condition after your winter walking or skiing. | ||
- | This is the season to t11* that aMi-itious, ou oftheway | + | |
- | But first check that your gear is up to it, and for anything new you need, or for any item that should be replaced, see | + | This is the season to try that ambitious, out-of-the-way |
- | PADDY PALLIN | + | |
- | 69 Liverpool Street, | + | But first check that your gear is up to it, and for anything new you need, or for any item that should be replaced, see: |
- | (just a bit west of George Street) Telephone 26-2685 | + | |
- | PADDY PAILLM PLZ | + | Paddy Pallin Pty. Ltd. Lightweight Camp Gear |
- | Lighiweight Camp Gear | + | |
- | 6q LIVERPOOL StlfEET, SYDNEY | + | 69 Liverpool Street, |
- | 2665 | + | |
- | 110.4, | + | =====A Noble Deed - He' |
- | it4,446 | + | |
- | Page 17 THE SYDNEY BUSHTALT= August, 1971 | + | Friends of Dorothy Noble and Alan Pike, together with an older generation of walkers, friends of Grace and John Noble, foregathered in three places (not simultaneously) on the stormy afternoon and night of July 24th for an engagement |
- | Septamber 24, | + | |
- | otherwise take four o-z five. | + | First at the Shapperts' |
- | September 24,25,26 - Tony Denham has a walk in the Budawangs which should attract a good roll-up for more than the usual Budawany.reasons. It is of moderate length and it takes in places that most members would not have seen, such as Sluiee Box Falls and Munnuldi Falls, to say nothing of Hidden Valley, the place that no one seems to have the time to visit when they are shooting through to the. Castle-TZt.Owen.area. | + | |
- | September 26 - Now that train fares are getting out of hand, why not come with Peter Levandor on a good day walk to the higher mountains? The Megalong is a pleasant few hours from Sydney, and after doing this classic day walk you will feel as content as if you had done a camp trip. The historic Six Foot Track is the gateway to a wonderful day' | + | Owen Marks made the presentation, |
- | September 26 - Dare Cotton knows his bees and after showing you | + | |
- | around his Apiary there will be an easy walk to .see how the wildflowers - are. | + | It was nice to re-meet old hands like Miriam and Wal Roots, Elsa and Malc McGregor, Hilma and Alex Colley, Ray Kirkby - not to mention Jess and the Nobles, who were amongst the executive. |
- | September 26 - Esme Biddulph has everything well oranised for a scenic tour of The Bluff and :tiro Trig. Please consult the programme where detailed arrangements are given. | + | |
- | # | + | =====Federation Report - July 1971. |
- | A NOBLE DEED - HE'S ITO PIKER. | + | |
- | Friends of Dorothy Noble and Alan Pike, together with an older generation of walkers, friends of Grace and John Noble, foregathered in three places (not simultaneously) on the stormy afternoon and night of July 24th for an engagement | + | - by Ray Hookway. |
- | First at the Shapperts' | + | |
- | Owen Marks made the presentation, | + | |
- | said it was about time Alan got engaged. (Did someone murmur | + | |
- | thing about pots and kettles). In reply, Alan explained it was all | + | |
- | Owen's doing" | + | |
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- | Page 18 THE SYDNEY BUSHTALKER August, | + | |
- | FEDERATION REPORT | + | |
The July meeting was a combined monthly and annual general meeting and elections for new office bearers for 1971-72 were held. | The July meeting was a combined monthly and annual general meeting and elections for new office bearers for 1971-72 were held. | ||
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Affiliation was sought by the National Parks Association and by a newly formed club, the Mosman Bushwalking Club. | Affiliation was sought by the National Parks Association and by a newly formed club, the Mosman Bushwalking Club. | ||
- | Federation Ball Due to a double booking the ball will now be held at Unisearch House opposite the University of N.S.7. in Anzac Parade. The date is September 17th and the price is 34.00 per ticket. | + | |
- | Closure of Catchment Area The 7Tater | + | ====Federation Ball==== |
- | close off the Catchment Area to walkers during controlled burns. Federation and Paddy Pallin will be advised of the exact times beforehand and it will be the responsibility of walkers to ensure that the area is open-. The Trater | + | |
- | Search and Rescue Practice | + | Due to a double booking the ball will now be held at Unisearch House opposite the University of N.S.W. in Anzac Parade. The date is September 17th and the price is $4.00 per ticket. |
- | I led (?) one party of 35 people in a search for a Major Melville (Tony Denham) who was reported to have fallen over a cliff on a walk to Splendour Rock. He was located at the foot of Splendour Rock, raised using a sheerlegs and ropes 70ft straight up the cliff in a stretcher and carried to the top of Merrigal from where he could have been lifted by helicopter. | + | |
- | It was an interesting exercise, thoroughly enjoyed by all, and clearly demonstrated the importance of regular | + | ====Closure of Catchment Area==== |
- | Note | + | |
- | Morton National Park Access | + | The Water Board is to initiate a system to close off the Catchment Area to walkers during controlled burns. Federation and Paddy Pallin will be advised of the exact times beforehand and it will be the responsibility of walkers to ensure that the area is open. The Water Board has also complained of lack of cooperation from walkers in the Catchment Area. Walkers |
- | August 11th. Interested parties are to meet at the junction of hongarlowe | + | |
- | The monthly general | + | ====Search and Rescue Practice==== |
- | Affiliation Fees for Federation are to remain the same at 10 cents per caPita | + | |
- | Vag* L9 NUSIPIAIRON | + | 121 people attended the Federation S/R Practice held at Medlow Gap on July 17th-18th, seven members representing |
- | Election of Office Bearers | + | |
- | Augum*, 19/1 | + | I led (?) one party of 35 people in a search for a Major Melville (Tony Denham) who was reported to have fallen over a cliff on a walk to Splendour Rock. He was located at the foot of Splendour Rock, raised using a sheerlegs and ropes 70ft straight up the cliff in a stretcher and carried to the top of Merrigal from where he could have been lifted by helicopter. |
- | President | + | |
- | Senior Vice President Junior Vice President Secretary | + | It was an interesting exercise, thoroughly enjoyed by all, and clearly demonstrated the importance of regular |
- | Assistant Secretary | + | |
- | Minute Secretary | + | __Note__ - The Search and Rescue Radio Field Day will be held on August |
- | Public Relations Officer Information Officer | + | |
- | Asst. Information Officer Search & Rescue Director | + | ====Morton National Park Access==== |
- | It If " | + | |
- | Field Officer | + | Following on complaints of walkers being refused access to Morton National Park from the Mongarlowe |
- | Rock Rescue | + | |
- | Conserv.ation | + | The monthly general |
- | Auditor | + | |
- | Ray Hookway Gordon Edgecombe | + | ====Affiliation Fees==== |
- | Nin Melville | + | |
- | Phil Butt | + | For Federation are to remain the same at 10 cents per capita |
- | Amanda Stark Ken Lowe | + | |
- | Jean Edgecombe (To be appointed) Wilf Hilder Bob Pallin Nin Melville Heather Thite Bill Smith Bruce Postle | + | ====Election of Office Bearers 1971-72 |
- | 3-ordon Edgecombe | + | |
- | Bob Snedden | + | |President|Ray Hookway|SBW| |
- | SET MIT CM | + | |Senior Vice President|Gordon Edgecombe|CMW| |
- | SBT KBC YHACC | + | |Junior Vice President|Nin Melville|CMW| |
- | ClE7 | + | |Secretary|Phil Butt|SBW| |
- | SB17 SB1.7 C.Wr SB17 YHAC C | + | |Assistant Secretary|Amanda Stark|KBC| |
- | SRC ClErr MET | + | |Treasurer|Ken Lowe|YHACC| |
- | Search and Rescue Report | + | |Minute Secretary|Jean Edgecombe|CMW| |
- | It can be seen that the S/R Section performs a very valuable function and it should be supported by all members in all ways 'possible. | + | |Public Relations Officer|(To be appointed)| | |
- | Treasurer' | + | |Information Officer|Wilf Hilder|SBW| |
- | and 2391.86 in the Search & Rescue account. The expenses of S/R this year will be reasonably high due to the planned purchase of new gear. Members support for thc Ball Raffle is requested. | + | |Asst. Information Officer|Bob Pallin|SBW| |
- | # | + | |Search & Rescue Director|Nin Melville|CMW| |
- | nlIBERSHIP NOTES - by Barbara Bruce, | + | |Search & Rescue |
- | Membership Secretary | + | |Field Officer|Bill Smith|YHACC| |
- | The following are the now members welcomed into the S,B.7. in July: | + | |Rock Rescue|Bruce Postle|SRC| |
- | 1. Paul Sharp, who gave a lecture to the Club in 1970 the effects on Conservation of the recent Immigration policy - and decided he would like to join us. | + | |Conservation |
- | 2. John Campbell, a a? | + | |Tracks and Access|Bob Snedden|CMW| |
- | 30 Robin Plumb, Laurie | + | |Auditor|Joy Nicols| | |
- | Page 20 THE SYDNEY BUSH7LLICER 1-iugust9 1971 | + | |
- | 4. Peter Donnelly has become pretty well known to me during the last 6 | + | ====Search and Rescue Report==== |
- | months, since he and I both work in the Department of Medicine at Sydney | + | |
- | University. Peter is a particularly keen bushwalker, has been on overseas | + | During the last five years there have been 60 alerts resulting in 26 searches and 15 incidents. Eleven injured people have been rescued, ten of whom had fallen |
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+ | It can be seen that the S/R Section performs a very valuable function and it should be supported by all members in all ways possible.| | ||
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+ | ====Treasurer' | ||
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+ | 1971 finished with $l,5lO.89 | ||
+ | |||
+ | =====mEMBERSHIP nOTES.===== | ||
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+ | - by Barbara Bruce, Membership Secretary. | ||
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+ | The following are the nEw members welcomed into the S,B.W. in July: | ||
+ | |||
+ | 1. Paul Sharp, who gave a lecture to the Club in 1970 - the effects on Conservation of the recent Immigration policy - and decided he would like to join us. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 2. John Campbell, a Canadian | ||
+ | |||
+ | 3. Robin Plumb, Laurie | ||
+ | |||
+ | 4. Peter Donnelly has become pretty well known to me during the last 6 months, since he and I both work in the Department of Medicine at Sydney University. Peter is a particularly keen bushwalker, has been on overseas | ||
5. Peter Martin is a quite new addition to our Club and seems to desire the serenity of the bush on weekends after work and study during the week. Peter is now flourishing a bushy ginger beard. | 5. Peter Martin is a quite new addition to our Club and seems to desire the serenity of the bush on weekends after work and study during the week. Peter is now flourishing a bushy ginger beard. | ||
- | There wore two new members admitted at the August Committee Meetingg | ||
- | 1. Ray Carter, an experienced walker who has been on trips with member Evan 7illiams of the bushwalking colony at Oatley. | ||
- | 2. Don Hitchcock, | ||
- | In June and July 16 people joined up as Prospective Members. They | ||
- | Victor Mason, Peter Miller, Pauline Brown (Lesley Page's mother), Bronwyn Shelpor, Phillip Miller, Brenda-Scerri, | ||
- | My regular warning telling Prospectives that they are due to apply for Membership by the end of August, goes to | ||
- | Mx. Joan Chauvet, Mr. Alan Fall, Miss Nora Freeman, Mr. Laurie | ||
- | McGeechan, Mrs. Sylvia McGoechan, Mr. Mitch Meyer, Miss Jeanette Pennell, | ||
- | Mr. George Porebski, Mr. Richard Saxby, Miss June Tyrrell, Mrs. Linda 7i1helm, Mr. Tom 7i1ho1m, Kiss Barbara Young and Miss Kelly Zeismer. | ||
- | ************ | ||
- | A public meeting was held in Sydney Town Hall on the evening of June 28th to protest against the Clutha project. Our spy was there in the form of Nancy Alderson, who took notes of some of the main remarks of the speakers,. including the Minister for Mines, Mr. 7, Fife, and | ||
- | Mr. J. Bullbeck of the Clutha organisation. Some interesting excerpts will be printed in the next issue..., | ||
- | APPEAL FROM THE 'TALKS SECRETARY, who has been finding outrageous errors in stencils typed for the Spring walks programme | ||
- | are | ||
+ | There wore two new members admitted at the August Committee Meeting: | ||
+ | |||
+ | 1. Ray Carter, an experienced walker who has been on trips with member Evan Williams of the bushwalking colony at Oatley. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 2. Don Hitchcock, who has walked with some of the Queensland walking clubs, as well as in Canada where he spent three years as a teacher. | ||
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+ | In June and July 16 people joined up as Prospective Members. They are: | ||
+ | |||
+ | Victor Mason, Peter Miller, Pauline Brown (Lesley Page's mother), Bronwyn Shelper, Phillip Miller, Brenda Scerri, Joamy Smith, Lynne Carrodus, Patricia Stewart, Robert Bagatella, David Bever (from Melbourne), Dennis Brown, Robert Hodgson, John Horrocks, Allan Miller and Johanna Powilanska. | ||
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+ | My regular warning telling Prospectives that they are due to apply for Membership by the end of August, goes to: | ||
+ | |||
+ | Mr. Joan Chauvet, Mr. Alan Fall, Miss Nora Freeman, Mr. Laurie McGeechan, Mrs. Sylvia McGeechan, Mr. Mitch Meyer, Miss Jeanette Pennell, Mr. George Porebski, Mr. Richard Saxby, Miss June Tyrrell, Mrs. Linda 7i1helm, Mr. Tom Wi1holm, Miss Barbara Young and Miss Kelly Zeismer. | ||
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+ | ---- | ||
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+ | A public meeting was held in Sydney Town Hall on the evening of June 28th to protest against the Clutha project. Our spy was there in the form of Nancye Alderson, who took notes of some of the main remarks of the speakers, including the Minister for Mines, Mr. W. Fife, and Mr. J. Bullbeck of the Clutha organisation. Some interesting excerpts will be printed in the next issue... | ||
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+ | __Appeal from the Walks Secretary__, |
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