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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. |
- | * * * * * * * * * * | + | |
- | 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 |
- | 6 | + | |
- | 9 | + | |
- | 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. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 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, | ||
+ | |||
+ | 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 | + | 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. | + | |
- | Page 11 THE SYDNEY BUSHWAIKER March 1981. | + | Congratulations to: Keith Cairncross and Ann Parks who were married on 27th February. |
- | TRAYELLING WITH CHILDREN IN INDIA. | + | |
- | by Marcia Shappert. | + | ---- |
- | Everyone said we were crazy to take the children to India and Sri Lanka With us. Especially Owen. | + | |
- | Tillen | + | ======Travelling With Children In India.===== |
- | pay full fare for him. | + | |
- | But why India? - all our friends ask. I had been there five years . | + | by Marcia Shappert. |
- | ago with six other bushwalkers and really enjoyed the country. I feel it has the best and worst of everything. Craig hadn't been there yet and wanted to see it, so the plans were made and we left an December 5th, 1980. | + | |
- | We arrived at the new Bombay Airport about 1.45 am. The airport had been officially opened at 5 pm the previous day. I felt it was done in | + | Everyone said we were crazy to take the children to India and Sri Lanka with us. Especially Owen. |
- | typical Indian ' | + | |
- | seemed to be general confusion as to where to go through customs, etc. We | + | When I left for Nepal in February of 1980, PJ said "This is the last time you're getting out of the country without |
- | finally got checked through and went to the restaurant to have a cuppa and a light snack. (We were flying on to Madras at 7 am, so we had some time to kill. We figured if the kids coped with the long flight from Australia and all the waiting around at the Bombay Airport before we finally-reached Madras, they'd cope with the whole trip.) Much to our amazement, we couldn' | + | |
- | We finally | + | But why India? - all our friends ask. I had been there five years ago with six other bushwalkers and really enjoyed the country. I feel it has the best and worst of everything. Craig hadn't been there yet and wanted to see it, so the plans were made and we left an December 5th, 1980. |
- | We settled into the little Hotel Sarmani and the kids were introduced to the Eastern toilet. It turned out that the hotel was located above a vegetarian restaurant | + | |
- | tossing and turning in the Indian heat, we gave up trying to sleep and decided to explore Madras. | + | We arrived at the new Bombay Airport about 1.45 am. The airport had been officially opened at 5 pm the previous day. I felt it was done in typical Indian ' |
- | The kids' eyes were opened to beggars, holy cows, millions of people everywhere, and monkeys at the railway station where we waited in line for ifr hours for train tickets to Bangalore. | + | |
+ | We finally reached Madras about 9.30 am and were all extremely tired. We settled into the little Hotel Sarmani and the kids were introduced to the Eastern toilet. It turned out that the hotel was located above a vegetarian restaurant... a very noisy restaurant, and after a couple of hours of tossing and turning in the Indian heat, we gave up trying to sleep and decided to explore Madras. | ||
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+ | The kids' eyes were opened to beggars, holy cows, millions of people everywhere, and monkeys at the railway station where we waited in line for 1 1/2 hours for train tickets to Bangalore. | ||
Although the restaurant located near our hotel was very noisy, the food was delicious and very reasonable. Jenny, who we can't convince to eat veges at home, really tucked into the potato pooris and very sweet coffee. | Although the restaurant located near our hotel was very noisy, the food was delicious and very reasonable. Jenny, who we can't convince to eat veges at home, really tucked into the potato pooris and very sweet coffee. | ||
- | Our first day in India had been very interesting, | + | |
- | finally did about 10.30. | + | Our first day in India had been very interesting, |
- | The next day while visiting Fort St. George, we got talking to an | + | |
- | Indian couple with four children. They invited us back to the ' | + | The next day while visiting Fort St. George, we got talking to an Indian couple with four children. They invited us back to the ' |
- | a room about 10' x 121 for the six of them, with a tiny lean-to with a | + | |
- | Page 12 | + | The man was a mechanical engineer with the Water Board and earned $110 a month clear. They considered themselves middle-class. The parents spoke English very well, but only the oldest child spoke any English. However, as we were to see over and over again, children have a language |
- | TEE SYDNEY BUSEWALKER | + | |
- | March, 1981. | + | At one point in our conversation, |
- | mud floor for a kitchen. We never did see if they had a loo. | + | |
- | The man was a mechanical engineer with the Water Board and earned | + | The five hour second-class train trip to Bangalore was hot and dusty. The seats were as hard as rocks, but for $6.80 for the four of us we really |
- | $110 a month clear. They considered themselves middle-class. The parents spoke English very well, but only the oldest child spoke any English. However, as we were to see over and over again, children have a language | + | |
- | gll their own. In no time at all, all the children were out playing | + | I have a friend who was in Bangalore at the same time we were so she took us on a tour of the Markets. Similar to Paddy' |
- | Ichasings' and cricket. It was evident by the sounds of laughter that they were all enjoying themselves. | + | |
- | Lt one point in our conversation, | + | Everywhere we went we attracted a crowd who would not only beg, but just stare. The children found this a bit disconcerting at first, but did get used to it. Everyone was attracted |
- | ator to help me put rupees into ' | + | |
- | , The five hour second-class train trip to Bangalore was hot and dusty. The seats were as hard as rocks, but for $6.80 for the four of us we really | + | Bangalore has several dairies nearby, so Wendy recommended we fill up on all the dairy foods we wanted here because it would be safe to eat. She took us to a shop selling all sorts of ' |
- | I have a friend who was in Bangalore at the same time we were so she | + | |
- | took us on a tour of the Markets. Similar to Paddy' | + | From Bangalore we travelled by train to Mysore, which is about quarter the size of Bangalore. We had promised the children we would stay at one palace while we were in India, so we checked into the Lalitha Mahal Palace |
- | different. Wendy pointed out such things as tongue scrapers, and fruits and vegetablesithat | + | |
- | Everywhere we went we attracted. a crowd who would not only beg, but just stare. The children found this a bit disconcerting at first, but did gbt used to it. Everyone was attraCted | + | The two days we spent in Mysore were interesting. We toured the government silk weaving factory and saw the process from the cocoon |
- | Bangalore has several dairies nearby, so Wendy recommended we fill up | + | |
- | on all the dairy foods we wanted here because it would be safe to eat. She took us to a shop selling all sorts of ' | + | While in India we toured several factories and not once saw ' |
- | From Bangalore we travelled by train to Mysore, which is about quarter the size of Bangalore. We had promised the children we would stay at one palace while we were in India, so we checked into the Lalitha Mahal Palace | + | |
- | atel. It had been the residence of the Maharaja of Mysore and was lovely. The kids especially enjoyed the swimming pool. The dining room was daa4d in stained glass flowers and had a mezzanine around it. The huge ballroom | + | Jenny' |
- | The two days we spent in Mysore were interesting. We toured the government silk weaving factory and saw the process from the Cocoon | + | |
- | right up to the weaving of beautiful silk saris, in some cases embroidered | + | Before we left for India I told the kids they would have to do their own washing. (We each took two changes of clothes.) It didn't quite work out that way. Usually when we got to some place that had hot water, we would use the bucket that was always in the bathroom as a substitute for a flushing toilet (you'd throw a bucket of water down the toilet, not use the bucket, |
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- | *ith gold. We also toured the sandalwood factory while there. | + | We'd been in India a week by this time and so far I was the only one to succumb to 'Delhi Belly' |
- | While in India we toured several factories and not once saw ' | + | |
- | working conditions'' | + | |
- | 4 you're one of the lucky ones to even have a job, you don't complain about bad lighting or terrible smells, much less rotten pay. (PJ was washing cars | + | |
- | for $2 each before we left for India to earn money for a watch. He made | + | |
- | between $16 and e20 a weekend; this is the monthly | + | |
- | As the =al wore on and the children saw how the majority of people lived, they said several times how lucky they were to live in a country like Australia. | + | |
- | Jenny' | + | |
- | Craig and I were busy buying fruit at a street stall, when we heard Jenny | + | |
- | screaming. We turned | + | |
- | not too happy with PJ. Fortunately, | + | |
- | .Before we left for India I told the kids they would have to do their | + | |
- | own washing. (We each took two changes of clothes.) It didn't quite work | + | |
- | out that way. Usually when we got to some place that had hot water, we would use the bucket that was always'in the bathroom as a substitute for a flushing toilet (you'd throw a bucket of water down the toilet, not use the bucket, | + | |
- | We'd been in India a week by this time and so far I was the only one to succumb to 'Delhi Belly' | + | |
We were all looking forward to Ooticamund, also known as Snooty Ooty. It's an old English hill station at 7,500 feet located in the Nilgiri Hills (the Blue Mtns.). The climate was quite refreshing after the heat in Mysore. It was the only place we used our sleeping bags, it being warm enough everywhere else to just use a sleeping sheet. | We were all looking forward to Ooticamund, also known as Snooty Ooty. It's an old English hill station at 7,500 feet located in the Nilgiri Hills (the Blue Mtns.). The climate was quite refreshing after the heat in Mysore. It was the only place we used our sleeping bags, it being warm enough everywhere else to just use a sleeping sheet. | ||
- | , Owen -had told us about the Ooty Club, so off we went. It looked as though the English had walked away yesterday, with hunt trophies all over | + | |
- | the walls, big fireplaces | + | Owen had told us about the Ooty Club, so off we went. It looked as though the English had walked away yesterday, with hunt trophies all over the walls, big fireplaces |
- | height of the British Raj. The cup of tea we had there was the best we had anywhere in India. They allowed Indians to become members after Inde- | + | |
- | pendence | + | |
We had dinner that night at the Savoy Hotel, another relic of the Raj. The walls were all panelled in wood with a huge fire in the fireplace. | We had dinner that night at the Savoy Hotel, another relic of the Raj. The walls were all panelled in wood with a huge fire in the fireplace. | ||
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- | We had left the heat of Mysore in a taxi when the bus was over two | + | We had left the heat of Mysore in a taxi when the bus was over two hours late. A French girl we met at the bus station came along to share the fare. The countryside turned into steep hills overlooking coffee and tea plantations. We had lots of opportunities to stop and look as the taxi continually |
- | iiours | + | |
- | the fare. The countryside turned into steep hills overlooking coffee and tea plantations. We had lots of opportunities to stop and look as the taxi gontinually | + | The next morning, after having coffee on the balcony of the hotel, we walked over to The Lake, where we rented tWo pedal boats for 40c. an hour. We had found that if the kids got to do some of the things that interested them, they would go along more cheerfully with some of the boring things we wanted to do - like tour a museum, or some such thing. |
- | The next morning, after having coffee on the balcony of the hotel, we walked over to The Lake, where we rented tWo pedal boats for 40c. an hour. We had found that if the kids got to do some of the things that interested them, they would go along more cheerfully with some of the boring things we wanted to do - - like tour a museum, or some such thing. | + | |
- | The bus ride down through the Nilgiri Hills was rather reminiscent of Nepal. The road had 22 hairpin turns in it (all numbered) and the driver rarely had a chance to use top gear. However, whereas the land was all terraced in Nepal,- here it was just steep and didn't look as though it was cultivated. The temperature rose as we came down the' | + | The bus ride down through the Nilgiri Hills was rather reminiscent of Nepal. The road had 22 hairpin turns in it (all numbered) and the driver rarely had a chance to use top gear. However, whereas the land was all terraced in Nepal, here it was just steep and didn't look as though it was cultivated. The temperature rose as we came down the mountain, and soon we were feeling too warm again. |
- | . The long train ride to Cochin (the Queen of the Arabian Sea) was inter,' | + | |
- | esting | + | The long train ride to Cochin (the Queen of the Arabian Sea) was interesting |
- | in the Navy and was stationed near Cochin. He made 47.00 a months | + | |
- | entertained us all by reading our palms. PJ is to be a good student, be good at sports, and be very lucky and make lots of money. Jenny is to be a goo,- student, but then fall off and make even more money than PJ. He told me Virtually the same thing a palmist in Jaipur told me five years ago t. All very interesting | + | Cochin is really a series of islands. Very tropical and lush. Not many Europeans get to this south-west state, but they should. We spent a very relaxing two days here swimming and taking a boat ride through the canals. It reminded me of the klongs of Bangkok. We took a boat tour of the coir factory, Jew Town (where the Jewish settlement recently celebrated 400 years of living in India), and the Chinese fishing nets. PJ and Jenny were really fascinated how these lever-type nets worked, so they stayed behind while Craig and I visited the church where Vasco da Gama was buried in 1534. When we got back to the nets the kids had been invited out to one of the platforms the nets are worked from and had great fun helping to raise and lower these huge nets. |
- | Cochin is really a series of islands. Very tropical and lush. Not many Europeans get to this south-west state, but they should. We spent a very relaxing two days here swimming and taking a boat ride through the oanals. It reminded me of the klongs of Bangkok. We took a boat tour of the coir factory, Jew Town (where the Jewish settlement recently celebrated 400 years of living in India), and the Chinese fishing nets. PJ and Jenny were really fascinated how these lever-type nets worked, so they stayed behind while Craig and I visited the church where Vasco da Gama was buried in 1534. When we got back to the nets the kids had been invited out to one of the platforms the nets are worked from and had great fun helping to raise | + | |
- | , and lower these huge nets. | + | Also on the tour with us was an American named Charlie. I mentioned that we were going that night to see the Kathakali dancers. These dancers perform the legends of Hindu mythology in vivid makeup and costumes. Charlie asked if he could come too, so after a very hurried meal of fresh fish which Cochin is known for, we hailed down two auto-rickshaws. Charlie and Craig in one and the children and I in the other. |
- | Also on the tour with us was an American named Charlie. I mentioned that we were going that night to see the Kathakali dancers. These dancers: perform the legends of Hindu mythology in vivid makeup and costumes. Charlie asked if he could come too, so after a very hurried meal of fresh fish which Cochin is known for, we hailed down two auto-riolizhaws. Charlie and Craig in one and the children and I in the other. | + | |
- | ipmething | + | To be continued... |
- | TO BE CONTINUED: | + | |
- | Page 15 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER March, | + | =====The February General Meeting.===== |
- | THE FEBRUARY GENERAL MEETING. | + | |
by Barry Wallace. | by Barry Wallace. | ||
- | . The meeting began at 2023 with about 35 members present and the President, in the chair.. Spiro and Tony Marshall sent apologies and we welcomed new members Colin Besley, Barry Murdoch and Lyn Wilson with the .Praditional | + | |
- | The Minutes of the January meeting were read and received, and | + | The meeting began at 2023 with about 35 members present and the President in the chair. Spiro and Tony Marshall sent apologies and we welcomed new members Colin Besley, Barry Murdoch and Lyn Wilson with the traditional |
- | Correspondence brought only a letter from the Dept. of Tourism seeking | + | |
- | The Treasurer was not pre-sent | + | The Minutes of the January meeting were read and received, and Correspondence brought only a letter from the Dept. of Tourism seeking information on the Club. The usual letters to new members were sent, but that was all. |
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+ | The Treasurer was not present | ||
Main account $2435.52 | Main account $2435.52 | ||
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Coolana account $ 260.33 | Coolana account $ 260.33 | ||
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There was no Federation Report for the month so we were forced on to the Walks Report. | There was no Federation Report for the month so we were forced on to the Walks Report. | ||
- | Roy Braithwaite' | + | |
- | had five members and.one visitor, but there was nabody-at the meeting prepared to give a report on it. | + | Roy Braithwaite' |
- | The first reported walk was David Rostron' | + | |
- | on the Upper Zowmung, but you read about that in last month' | + | The first reported walk was David Rostron' |
- | abdulled, | + | |
- | Ian Debert' | + | Ian Debert' |
- | cote attracted 6 members, 10 prospectives and one visitor. The other Peter, | + | |
- | Sargeant by name, led a good trip from Faulconbridge to Glenlrook | + | The following weekend, 23 to 26 January, saw Wayne Steele leading a team of 15 seasoned whiteants on a very hot trip in the Brindabellas. The people survived the heat better than some of the cars, it seems. Bill' |
- | The following weekend, 23 to 26 January, saw Wayne Steele leading a team of 15 seasoned whiteants on a verry hot trip in the Brindabellas. The people survived the heat better than some of the cars, it seems. Bill' | + | |
- | that weekend. Spiro' | + | The Don and Jenny Cornell walk on the Shoalhaven of 30,31 January and 1st Feb. had 14 starters enjoying the heat in a clear and clean Shoalhaven. Bob Hodgson' |
- | The Don and Jenny Cornell walk on the-Shoalhaven of 30,31 January and 1St Feb. had 14 starters enjoying the heat in a clear and clean Shoalhaven. Bob Hodgson' | + | |
- | . Lee's camping made easy. Len Newland, on the other hand, had four people | + | The weekend of 6,7,8 Feb saw Bill Burke leading 14 people on his Long Point to Bungonia and return trip. They reported Bungonia as somewhat turbid, but Barber' |
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- | doing a car swap trip - .somevihere. We are .promised a magazine article which will tell all. The other two day walks had Peter Christian with - | + | There was no General Business, so we discussed "the bone" and other symbols of office - ho hum! |
- | e members, 2 prospectives, | + | |
- | The weekend of 6,7,8 Feb saw Bill Burke leading 14 people on his Long Point to Bungonia and return trip. They reported Bungonia as somewhat turbid, but Barber' | + | |
- | There was no General Business, so we discussed "the bone" and other symbols of office - ho hum: | + | |
The announcements over, we closed the meeting at 2051. | The announcements over, we closed the meeting at 2051. | ||
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- | TBE ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS) YEAR EIGING _JAN. '82., | + | =====The Annual Subscriptions, |
This year the annual subscriptions for active members are:- | This year the annual subscriptions for active members are:- | ||
- | Single member $ 9 | ||
- | Married couple $12 | ||
- | Full-time student $ 7 | ||
- | Subscriptions are due and payable at the Annual General Meeting. The constitution provides that the committee shall reviewthe membership of any member whose subscription is due and unpaid for two months. | ||
- | , Nan-active fees will be set at the April Committee Meeting and published in the next edition of the magazine. Non-active members will be advised of the fees by letter. | ||
- | Subscriptions can be paid to the Treasurer, Tony Marshall, or to John Holly at the weekly club meeting, or mailed to Sydney Bush Walkers, Box 4476 G.P.O., Sydney, 2001* | ||
- | XXXXXXXXXXX | ||
- | ABSEILING ROPE. | ||
- | one-interested in buying abseiling rope for canyon trips please contact Tony Marshall. Phone 713,6985 (H) or 2975491 (B). | ||
+ | |Single member|$ 9| | ||
+ | |Married couple|$12| | ||
+ | |Full-time student|$ 7| | ||
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+ | Subscriptions are due and payable at the Annual General Meeting. The constitution provides that the committee shall review the membership of any member whose subscription is due and unpaid for two months. | ||
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+ | Non-active fees will be set at the April Committee Meeting and published in the next edition of the magazine. Non-active members will be advised of the fees by letter. | ||
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+ | Subscriptions can be paid to the Treasurer, Tony Marshall, or to John Holly at the weekly club meeting, or mailed to Sydney Bush Walkers, Box 4476 G.P.O., Sydney, 2001. | ||
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+ | __Abseiling Rope.__ | ||
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+ | Anyone interested in buying abseiling rope for canyon trips please contact Tony Marshall. Phone 713,6985 (H) or 29,5491 (B). | ||
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