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- | THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER | + | =====The Sydney Bushwalker.===== |
- | A monthly bulletin of matters of interest to The Sydney Bush Walkers, Box 4476 G.P.O.,'Sydney, 2001. Club meetings are held every Wednesday evening from 7.30 pm at the Wireless Institute Building, 14 Atchison | + | |
- | Street, St. Leanards. Enquiries concerning the Club should be referred to Ann Ravn, Telephone 798-8607. | + | A monthly bulletin of matters of interest to The Sydney Bush Walkers, Box 4476 G.P.O., Sydney, 2001. Club meetings are held every Wednesday evening from 7.30 pm at the Wireless Institute Building, 14 Atchison Street, St. Leonards. Enquiries concerning the Club should be referred to Ann Ravn, Telephone 798-8607. |
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- | EDITOR: Helen Gray, 209 Malton Road, Epping, 2121. | + | ====March, 1981==== |
- | Telephone 86-6263. | + | |
- | BUSlITESS MANAGER: Bill Burke, 3 Coral Tree Drive, Carlingford 2118. Telephone 871-1207. | + | |Editor|Helen Gray, 209 Malton Road, Epping, 2121. Telephone 86-6263| |
- | TYPIST: Kath Brown. | + | |Business Manager|Bill Burke, 3 Coral Tree Drive, Carlingford 2118. Telephone 871-1207| |
- | DUPLICATOR OPERATOR: | + | |Typist|Kath Brown| |
- | * * * * * * * * * * | + | |Duplicator Operator|Phil Butt| |
- | MARCH, 1981. | + | |
- | by Reg Alder Peter Miller | + | | | |Page| |
- | Gordon Lee | + | |S.B.W. Office Bearers |
- | Joan Rigby. Marcia Shappert Barry Wallace | + | |The Pilot|Reg Alder| 3| |
- | S*B.W. Office Bearers 1981 | + | |Social Notes for April|Peter Miller| 5| |
- | The Pilot | + | |Advertisement - Eastwood Camping Centre| | 6| |
- | Social Notes for April | + | |Where |
- | Advertisement - Eastwood Camping Centre | + | |"Why I Go Bushwalking" |
- | Travelling with Children in India The February General Meeting | + | |Travelling with Children in India|Marcia Shappert|11| |
- | The Annual Subscriptions | + | |The February General Meeting|Barry Wallace|15| |
- | Page 2 | + | |The Annual Subscriptions| |16| |
- | 3 | + | |
- | 5 | + | =====S.B.W. Office Bearers |
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- | 11 | + | |
- | 15 | + | |
- | 16 | + | |
- | Page 2 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER March, | + | |
- | 0Y?10E BEARERS | + | |
The following office-bearers and committee members were elected at the S.B.W. Annual General Meeting held on Wednesday, 11th March, 1981:- | The following office-bearers and committee members were elected at the S.B.W. Annual General Meeting held on Wednesday, 11th March, 1981:- | ||
- | President * Bob Hodgson | + | |
- | Vice-Presidents * Spiro Hajinakitas | + | |President|*Bob Hodgson| |
- | * Barry Wallace | + | |Vice-Presidents|*Spiro Hajinakitas, *Barry Wallace| |
- | Secretary Sheila Binns | + | |Secretary|*Sheila Binns| |
- | Assistant Secretary Barbara Bruce | + | |Assistant Secretary|*Barbara Bruce| |
- | Treasurer5 Tony Marshall | + | |Treasurer|*Tony Marshall| |
- | Walks Secretary Jim Vatiliotis | + | |Walks Secretary|*Jim Vatiliotis| |
- | Social Secretary * Peter Miller | + | |Social Secretary|*Peter Miller| |
- | New Members Secretary Fazeley Read | + | |New Members Secretary|*Fazeley Read| |
- | Committee Members Gordon Lee | + | |Committee Members|*Gordon Lee, *Jim Percy, *Jo van Sommers, *Ailsa Hocking| |
- | Jim Percy | + | |Federation |
- | * Jo van Sommers | + | |Substitute Fed. Delegate|Alex Colley| |
- | Ailsa Hocking | + | |Conservation Secretary|Alex Colley| |
- | Federtion | + | |Magazine Editor|Helen Gray| |
- | Gordon Lee | + | |Magazine Business Manager|Bill Burke| |
- | * Peter Franks | + | |Duplicator Operator|Phil Butt| |
- | * Diane Fox | + | |Keeper of Maps & Timetables|John Holly| |
- | Substitute Fed. Delegate Alex Colley | + | |Search & Rescue Contacts|Marcia Shappert, Ray Hookway, Don Finch| |
- | Conservation Secretary Alex Colley | + | |Archivist|Phil Butt| |
- | Magazine Editor Helen Gray | + | |Auditor|Gordon Redmond| |
- | Magazine Business Manager Bill Burke | + | |Solicitor|Colin Broad| |
- | Duplicator Operator Phil Butt | + | |Trustees|Heather White, Gordon Redmond, Bill Burke| |
- | Keeper of Maps & Timetables John Holly | + | |Coolana Management Committee|Dot Butler, John Redfern, Fazeley Read, Owen Marks, Brian Hart, Barry Wallace, George Gray, Peter Franks| |
- | Search & Rescue Contacts Marcia Shappert | + | |Kosciusko Huts Association |
- | Ray Hookway | + | |Projectionist|Don Cornell| |
- | Don Finch | + | |
- | Archivist Phil Butt | + | |
- | Auditor Gordon Redmond | + | |
- | Solicitor Colin Broad | + | |
- | Trustees Heather White | + | |
- | Gordon Redmond | + | |
- | Bill Burke | + | |
- | Coolana Management Committee Dot Butler John Redfern | + | |
- | Fazeley Read Owen Marks | + | |
- | Brian Hart Barry Wallace | + | |
- | George Gray Peter Franks | + | |
- | Kosciusko Huts Association Bill Burke | + | |
- | Delegate | + | |
- | Projectionist Don Cornell | + | |
* Indicates members of the Committee. | * Indicates members of the Committee. | ||
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See page 16 for Annual Subscriptions. | See page 16 for Annual Subscriptions. | ||
- | Page 3 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER March, | ||
- | THE PILOT. by Reg Alder. | ||
- | .... | ||
- | For some time during 1941, I, with a group of Sydney Bushwalkers, | ||
- | previously. At 89 he is still drawing on his great memories for detail and | ||
- | meticulously kept diaries to advise a further generation of walkers. | ||
- | The walk was not to be. Japan entered the war, our remoteness from | ||
- | the European war was over and by government direction we were to be made to realise that we were really at war. We had to do our bit, all holidays were cancelled, travel drastically restricted, six-day working weeks became, the norm and other deterrents to pleasure were imposed. Instead, I ate | ||
- | my dried foods on the occasional days I had off and the idea of the walk became but a memory. In recent years, walks doWn around the Kosciusko area showed The Pilot still bdckoning and as far as I was concerned, unconquered. | ||
- | Perhaps in earlier days with the present easier access, a Friday nig4 walk in the moonlight and I might have stood on the top over a two-day weekend, but four days seemed better with a chance to explore some of the surroundipg | ||
- | country. The extra time would also give a margin an the weather to give time to climb the peak on a clear day, and so a trip was organised to start from Dead Horse Gap over the Easter weekend. An earlier walk to the Cascade | ||
- | Hut had quickened interest in the country and made us familiar with about . a third of the way. The route follows the Cascade fire trail over a fairl.y level direct course except for a couple of ups and downs of about a thousand | ||
- | We made the Tin Mine Buts in one day after passing through some of the | + | ---- |
- | most beautiful forest country, and used the flats near the huts as our base | + | |
- | for the next two days. Records of alluvial tin and gold deposits in this' | + | =====The Pilot.===== |
- | the syndicate went into liquidation. Charlie Carter lived as a recluse in one of the Tin Mine Huts until his death from starvation in 1952 when he was unable to go into Jindabyne for supplies after his horses had escaped. The distance by pedometer from Dead Horse Gap was 27 kms, although the map only measured 23-24 kms; 1:100,000 scale cannot take into account all the bendS of the firetrail and it may be as well to add about 15% to any measured | + | |
- | map distance in similar country. The 40 .metre contour lines also did not | + | by Reg Alder. |
- | give much indication of location since for most of the distance the thick | + | |
- | forest obscured distant views. Apart from seeing The Pilot on the way down Bob's Ridge, our next fleeting glimpse was near Tin Mine Creek and then when almost under it. | + | For some time during 1941, I, with a group of Sydney Bushwalkers, |
- | feet. | + | |
- | Page 4 | + | The walk was not to be. Japan entered the war, our remoteness from the European war was over and by government direction we were to be made to realise that we were really at war. We had to do our bit, all holidays were cancelled, travel drastically restricted, six-day working weeks became the norm and other deterrents to pleasure were imposed. Instead, I ate my dried foods on the occasional days I had off and the idea of the walk became but a memory. In recent years, walks down around the Kosciusko area showed The Pilot still beckoning and as far as I was concerned, unconquered. |
- | ...1......1MIWY...1.1.1.0m1ft.01.1.1111IMIMIMMI1 | + | |
- | - THE SYDNEY BUSEWAIKER March, | + | Perhaps in earlier days with the present easier access, a Friday night walk in the moonlight and I might have stood on the top over a two-day weekend, but four days seemed better with a chance to explore some of the surrounding country. The extra time would also give a margin on the weather to give time to climb the peak on a clear day, and so a trip was organised to start from Dead Horse Gap over the Easter weekend. An earlier walk to the Cascade Hut had quickened interest in the country and made us familiar with about a third of the way. The route follows the Cascade fire trail over a fairly level direct course except for a couple of ups and downs of about a thousand feet. |
- | The main axis of the Pilot and Little Pilot runs parallel with the = firetrail and a note in the visitors' | + | |
- | ' Signs of brumbies were everywhere from their characteristic piles of manure, even up to the grassy top of the Pilot which surmounts its rocky drown. Three Victorians arriving soon after us made company for lunch and an exchange of experiences. Wonderful views all around except in one ilarter | + | We made the Tin Mine Huts in one day after passing through some of the most beautiful forest country, and used the flats near the huts as our base for the next two days. Records of alluvial tin and gold deposits in this locality date back to 1875, and in 1892 the N.S.W. Government was asked to provide assistance from the prospecting vote to develop the area. No serious attempts at development took place until the Mount Pilot Syndicate took up operations in the 1930s. Their operations were not successful, and after spending $18,000 mainly on access roads and some mining activity the syndicate went into liquidation. Charlie Carter lived as a recluse in one of the Tin Mine Huts until his death from starvation in 1952 when he was unable to go into Jindabyne for supplies after his horses had escaped. The distance by pedometer from Dead Horse Gap was 27 kms, although the map only measured 23-24 kms; 1:100,000 scale cannot take into account all the bends of the firetrail and it may be as well to add about 15% to any measured map distance in similar country. The 40 metre contour lines also did not give much indication of location since for most of the distance the thick forest obscured distant views. Apart from seeing The Pilot on the way down Bob's Ridge, our next fleeting glimpse was near Tin Mine Creek and then when almost under it. |
- | The visitors' | + | |
- | Only one other visitor came to stay whilst we were at the Tin Mine Huts and he had come on a3push | + | The main axis of the Pilot and Little Pilot runs parallel with the firetrail and a note in the visitors' |
- | as fill-ins.in a movie film he was. making. The brumbies were his friends and he had brought carrots and apples to feed them. The noise of his transistor | + | |
- | at 100 metres, however, somewhat spoilt the wilderness effect. | + | Signs of brumbies were everywhere from their characteristic piles of manure, even up to the grassy top of the Pilot which surmounts its rocky crown. Three Victorians arriving soon after us made company for lunch and an exchange of experiences. Wonderful views all around except in one quarter |
- | On Sunday we went looking for the tin mines and fortunately we had chosen our days well since we emerged from our tents we found the valley filled with a very wet mist which remained until mid-day. There was a good deal of evidence of past mining with mullock heaps, dams, aqueducts, etc., but nature since the last mining in 1936 was fast obliterating man's desecration. It was interesting after the lecture to the Association | + | |
- | Milo Dunphy told us about how incendiaries had rained around them | + | The visitors' |
- | Page 5 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER March, | + | |
- | from the sky during the controlled burn activity. It is realised that | + | Only one other visitor came to stay whilst we were at the Tin Mine Huts and he had come on a push bike. We featured, with our comings and goings, as fill-ins in a movie film he was making. The brumbies were his friends and he had brought carrots and apples to feed them. The noise of his transistor at 100 metres, however, somewhat spoilt the wilderness effect. |
- | only short warnings can be given about a controlled burn because of changing | + | |
- | weather conditions, but a newspaper advertisement only is little help to | + | On Sunday we went looking for the tin mines and fortunately we had chosen our days well since we emerged from our tents we found the valley filled with a very wet mist which remained until mid-day. There was a good deal of evidence of past mining with mullock heaps, dams, aqueducts, etc., but nature since the last mining in 1936 was fast obliterating man's desecration. It was interesting after the lecture to the Association |
- | persons in remote areas. Increased ranger | + | |
- | As mentioned previously, one fire was within a mile of the Tin Mine | + | Milo Dunphy told us about how incendiaries had rained around them from the sky during the controlled burn activity. It is realised that only short warnings can be given about a controlled burn because of changing weather conditions, but a newspaper advertisement only is little help to persons in remote areas. Increased ranger |
- | Huts and posed a possible threat with a change of wind. At night the glow was very bright and timber could be heard to fall. | + | |
- | The walk out was made a little easier by leaving after lunch on | + | As mentioned previously, one fire was within a mile of the Tin Mine Huts and posed a possible threat with a change of wind. At night the glow was very bright and timber could be heard to fall. |
- | Sunday, walking about half the distance | + | |
- | In the beautiful mountain ash forest. In. all we covered 82 kms. | + | The walk out was made a little easier by leaving after lunch on Sunday, walking about half the distance |
- | * * * * * * * * * * * * | + | |
- | ' | + | =====Social Notes For April.===== |
by Peter Miller. | by Peter Miller. | ||
- | Wednesday, April 5th. Wine and Cheese Night. | + | |
- | ; | + | ====Wednesday, April 5th.==== |
- | This night is left free to allow time for arranging Easter trips. | + | |
- | A range of wines and cheeses will be available to assist you in sorting out Your transport and other matters related to the weekend. | + | Wine and Cheese Night. |
- | Wednesday, April 22nd. National Parks of North America and Canada. | + | |
- | Jim and Kath Brown had a trip to America and Canada and visited several national parks in each ,country. | + | This night is left free to allow time for arranging Easter trips. A range of wines and cheeses will be available to assist you in sorting out Your transport and other matters related to the weekend. |
- | Wednesday, April 29th. Sunsets and Music. | + | |
- | .. | + | ====Wednesday, April 22nd.==== |
- | Victor Lewin mill show his collection of colour slides of sunsets | + | |
- | BUSH WALKING IN LAMINGTON NATIONAL PARK. | + | National Parks of North America and Canada. |
- | (Border | + | |
- | .A chance4o | + | Jim and Kath Brown had a trip to America and Canada and visited several national parks in each country. |
- | 23rd. May - 8th June 81. | + | |
- | Programmed walks are Medium graded with a car base camp at 00/Reiley' | + | ====Wednesday, April 29th.==== |
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+ | Sunsets and Music. | ||
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+ | Victor Lewin mill show his collection of colour slides of sunsets | ||
+ | |||
+ | =====Bush Walking In Lamington National Park.===== | ||
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+ | ====(Border Ranges)==== | ||
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+ | A chance to see the finest Australia has to offer - | ||
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+ | 23rd. May - 8th June 1981. | ||
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+ | Programmed walks are Medium graded with a car base camp at " | ||
(1) Three days over "The Lost World" | (1) Three days over "The Lost World" | ||
- | (2) Six days through "Ilanington | + | |
- | LEADER: Victor Lewin. Tel. 50,4096 (H) | + | (2) Six days through "Lamington |
- | eastvvood | + | |
- | cam ing | + | Leader: Victor Lewin. Tel. 50,4096 (H) |
- | ce | + | |
- | BUSH WALKERS | + | =====Where to Springwood (or) How to Winmalee.===== |
- | ELightweight Tents Sleeping Bags Rucksacks | + | |
- | i Large Tents Stoves | + | by Gordon Lee. |
- | DISTRIBUTORS OF: | + | |
- | Pa ddymade | + | |
- | Proprietors: | + | |
- | EASTWOOD CANVAS GOODS & CAMPING SUPPLIES 3 Tr elawney St Lastwood NSW 2122 Phone: 858 2775 | + | |
- | Rowe Street | + | |
- | Page THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER March, | + | |
- | THERE TO SPRINGWOOD | + | |
- | _OR . | + | |
- | Aow TO WINMALEE by Gordon Lee. | + | |
(In keeping with the current trend in the magazine this article will appear in two parts.) | (In keeping with the current trend in the magazine this article will appear in two parts.) | ||
- | Part The First | + | |
- | Cancellation and Disappointment can often be parents to Alternation, | + | ====Part The First==== |
- | A typical " | + | |
+ | Cancellation and Disappointment can often be parents to Alternation, | ||
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+ | A typical " | ||
Naturally a walk of this nature requires meticulous planning, with minute attention to detail, like whether I should wear my red, black or brown " | Naturally a walk of this nature requires meticulous planning, with minute attention to detail, like whether I should wear my red, black or brown " | ||
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1. Whether we are going to eat Chinese at the completion of the walk. | 1. Whether we are going to eat Chinese at the completion of the walk. | ||
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2. The impression you wish to create - | 2. The impression you wish to create - | ||
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a. on the leader | a. on the leader | ||
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b. on the other members of the party - | b. on the other members of the party - | ||
- | . i, male | + | |
- | ii. female. | + | i. male |
- | 3. The weather. No problems here. This being a " | + | |
+ | ii. female. | ||
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+ | 3. The weather. No problems here. This being a " | ||
Emergency rations and torches have never been found necessary to date and items such as snake repellant, de-leecher and spare bottle of whole blood, though not absolutely necessary, could be considered. | Emergency rations and torches have never been found necessary to date and items such as snake repellant, de-leecher and spare bottle of whole blood, though not absolutely necessary, could be considered. | ||
- | I didn't ring Len on Friday and since he has no home phone decided | + | |
- | that personal application was the best approach. In your approach to | + | I didn't ring Len on Friday and since he has no home phone decided that personal application was the best approach. In your approach to leaders it is desirable to give plenty of notice of intention (this gives The Leader time to " |
- | leaders it is desirable to give plenty of notice of intention (this gives | + | |
- | The Leader time to " | + | So at nine o' |
- | So at nine o' | + | |
- | for breakfast and where do I sleep? But not necessarily in that order." | + | Before retiring we entered into a long but meaningful discourse an the advisability of taking his car or mine. Since my car was older and more worn out the conclusion was reached that my car was the obvious choice. |
- | of grass under the clothesline where the drips from the wet clothes would cool me during the night. | + | |
- | Page 8 THE SYDNEY BUSEINALKER March, | + | While cruising along the highway, motor purring like a contented pussycat, it occurred to me how dependent we (as bushwalkers) are on the motor car. We read articles on, "How to survive in the bush", "What to do when bitten by an irate farmer", |
- | .. ; .. | + | |
- | Before retiring we entered into a long but meaningful discourse an the advisability of taking his _car.or.mine. Since my car was older and | + | Of course, before you can be informed |
- | more wornaat | + | |
- | While cruising along the highway, motor purring like a contented pussycat, it occurred to me how dependent we (as budhwalkers) are on the motor car. We read articles on, "How to survive in the bush", "What to do when bitten by an irate farmer", | + | |
- | our car running smoothly", | + | |
- | Of course, before you can be informed | + | |
Therefore, with the permission of my publishers, here is a short extract from my article, suitably titled " | Therefore, with the permission of my publishers, here is a short extract from my article, suitably titled " | ||
- | " | + | |
+ | " | ||
1. Raise the front of the vehicle, support on stands and remove the road wheel. | 1. Raise the front of the vehicle, support on stands and remove the road wheel. | ||
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2. Disconnect the hydraulic line from the caliper by removing the banjo bolt.* | 2. Disconnect the hydraulic line from the caliper by removing the banjo bolt.* | ||
- | 3. Remove the bolts connecting the caliper assembly to the stub axle flange and detach the caliper assembly. " | + | |
- | * To be d' | + | 3. Remove the bolts connecting the caliper assembly to the stub axle flange and detach the caliper assembly." |
- | Dm sure after this short extract that all bushwalking motorists will | + | |
- | be able to pick a banjo and bolt. Why you need to remove your calipers I don't know. I always wear my Bonds. | + | * To be a mechanic you have to be a musician yet! |
- | I braked carefully to a halt, selected reverse gear (I have four on | + | |
- | the floor) and did aineat | + | I' |
- | And so irate, bored and utterly confused reader, having had the | + | |
- | .tmerity | + | I braked carefully to a halt, selected reverse gear (I have four on the floor) and did a neat " |
- | Wilderness preparing to proceed down the firetrail so that we might proceed down the creek7 | + | |
- | Part Two next issue. Don't miss the miraculous adventures an our almost fatal trek. Hear how Margaret | + | And so irate, bored and utterly confused reader, having had the temerity |
- | almost losing his valuable shorts - the struggle, staggering on courageously | + | |
- | though suffering from loss of blood after being savaged by a gorging | + | __Part |
- | Page 9 THE SYDNEY BUSHULKER March., | + | |
- | "WHY I GO BUSEWALKING." | + | ====="Why I Go Bushwalking."===== |
- | No, not a vtatement, it should be a question, | + | |
- | .River was almost dry, no chance of water on the hill up to the trig. We're almost to the top - and now look - the silly road drops down and rises a steep 200 feet. There go the young and fit, the rest of us are slogging up the hill as if it were Everest | + | (Mutterings from a hot weekend) by Joan Rigby. |
- | The trig. - and lunch - at last! Bob and Allan (new walkers) have ben: sipping water all the morning and now have little left - have they realised how far it is to the river? Oh well, I'll keep this last mugful | + | |
- | iri my wineskin - we may need it later. Casuarina, not Shady, graceful trees bixt scratchy scrub tearing my legs, no shade and this is the easy bit of the midge; much steeper and rougher further down. | + | No, not a statement, it should be a question, |
- | Well, that was a mistake. A rough scramble along a rocky midge and then no way down. I remember now - we came up that loose gully back there iiito the saddle, but that was two years ago and the opposite direction. I did say I couldn' | + | |
- | It could be worse, at least my pack slips under the trees. That high- rise pack of Allan' | + | The trig. - and lunch - at last! Bob and Allan (new walkers) have been sipping water all the morning and now have little left - have they realised how far it is to the river? Oh well, I'll keep this last mugful |
- | The bottom at last and at least there' | + | |
- | feasible. Now if I slept beside this big log and if it rained, I could pitch the fly over both log and me. Wonder what lives in or under the log? JO.st have to hope it's friendly. Nice tangle of lawyer cane between me and the fire. Plenty of wOod - mostly half rotten. It could.be worse, it 4ght rain. Why DO I go bushwalking? | + | Well, that was a mistake. A rough scramble along a rocky ridge and then no way down. I remember now - we came up that loose gully back there into the saddle, but that was two years ago and the opposite direction. I did say I couldn' |
- | Rainy night and a late start - - the sun will soon dry the rocks though, | + | |
- | Soon there is too much sun and the rocks get hotter and hotter. Plenty of , | + | It could be worse, at least my pack slips under the trees. That high-rise pack of Allan' |
- | Pools though; oh-oh, there' | + | |
- | S' hedule. Yes, it seems reasonable to walk to 1.30 and lunch at the next | + | The bottom at last and at least there' |
- | pool after that. Why did we hit.a dry stretch of .river at 1.15? The three | + | |
- | flyers are out of sight. The riVer's as dry as a bone and it's now nearly 2 pm. The tailenders we haven' | + | Rainy night and a late start - the sun will soon dry the rocks though. Soon there is too much sun and the rocks get hotter and hotter. Plenty of pools though; oh-oh, there' |
- | strike at this first just-passable pool and wait for them. Hope the leader understands when we see him. Two hours later and the party is together, ao.ain | + | |
- | Five pm and the lovely pool at the Wadbilliga junction. Best swimming yet but the (now anxious) leader demands another two hours walking. Dry, | + | Five pm and the lovely pool at the Wadbilliga junction. Best swimming yet but the (now anxious) leader demands another two hours walking. Dry, stony Wadbilliga! |
- | Page l THE SYDNEY BUSHWLLEER March, | + | |
- | stony Wadbilligal | + | Campsite is softer, clearer than last night' |
- | walking?" | + | |
- | Campsite is softer, clearer than last night' | + | Peter has relented, we can have lunch here instead of halfway up the next hill. Lovely spot but what has happened to the scrub and ferns around the saddle? Fire or drought? On through the scrub, under and over logs, up, up, then out into what the map shows as clear ground. More dwarf casuarina, more thick scrub. This map must have been drawn just after a fire. That firetrail must be just over the skyline, but we've been saying that for half an hour now. |
- | rock-heap. Over goes a billy and out goes the fire. Everyone is too tired and hot to care. Peter is demanding a 5 am rising and reluctantly we agree | + | |
- | with him. All too soon the first light comes and Pat is up and stirring us. At least this stretch of river is easier, faster and, in the early morning, | + | The road at last! How glad we were to leave it two days ago. Now it looks like a friend - temperature must be high in the thirties now. Not much shade and it's eleven kilometres back to the cars. Walk, walk, road's hard and feet are soft. No water till halfway. Dirty, dry, sweaty we collapse |
- | fairly cool. I keep thinking of that ridge down into the river - - it is | + | |
- | steep enough and loose enough coming down. What will it be like going up?. | + | On to the Tuross, late afternoon at the cars. Packs down, water, clean clothes. Why do I go walking? |
- | Allan' | + | |
- | hot already despite being in the river all night, the chocolte is melted and that broken egg from yesterday is still turning up in odd places. On | + | Why? Well it was a great trip, wonderful country, good company. Remember those birds along the river - the nest of fantails - the lyrebirds calling? Remember the clear cool pools - the feel of water against hot skin as you slid in - the trees against the sky above? Remember all the other good trips in the past, the ones yet to come. |
- | up the ridge, think of it in stages. Next bit is scrubby, then there' | + | |
- | Peter has relented, we can have luncja | + | |
- | - The road at last: How glad we were to leave it two days ago. Now | + | |
- | it looks like a friend - temperature must be high in the thirties now. Not mach shade and it's eleven | + | |
- | On to the Tuross, late afternoon at the cars. Packs down, -water, clean clothes. Why do I go -walking? | + | |
- | Why? Well it was a great trip, wonderful country, good company. Remember those birds along the river - - the nest of fantails | + | |
I go walking because it is the most enjoyable life I know. | I go walking because it is the most enjoyable life I know. | ||
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- | CONGRATULATIONS TO: Keith Cairncross and Ann Parks who were married | + | ---- |
- | on 27th February. | + | |
+ | Congratulations to: Keith Cairncross and Ann Parks who were married on 27th February. | ||
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Page 11 THE SYDNEY BUSHWAIKER March 1981. | Page 11 THE SYDNEY BUSHWAIKER March 1981. | ||
TRAYELLING WITH CHILDREN IN INDIA. | TRAYELLING WITH CHILDREN IN INDIA. |
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