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193412 [2014/09/12 09:29] – [Mt. King George. [Mt. Banks]] emmanuelle_c | 193412 [2014/09/12 10:07] – [On the Wallaby] emmanuelle_c | ||
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An average of four miles an hour was maintained along Govett' | An average of four miles an hour was maintained along Govett' | ||
- | In conclusion may I pay a tribute to the really wonderful performance of Joan. She had had three hours sleep on Friday night and on Saturday even less on account of a bad headache. Although the approximate distance was only 24 miles for the day we were, with the exception of a few short breaks, 13 hours on our feet, and the trip included the two severe ascents of King George and Govett' | + | In conclusion may I pay a tribute to the really wonderful performance of Joan. She had had three hours sleep on Friday night and on Saturday even less on account of a bad headache. Although the approximate distance was only 24 miles for the day we were, with the exception of a few short breaks, 13 hours on our feet, and the trip included the two severe ascents of King George |
Gordon Smith. | Gordon Smith. | ||
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rained before; there is mud, stuch mud, and the three of us are struggling manfully with beans, bacon, a small fire, and a tame cat, which last was still happy, fat, and purring when we left. | rained before; there is mud, stuch mud, and the three of us are struggling manfully with beans, bacon, a small fire, and a tame cat, which last was still happy, fat, and purring when we left. | ||
Came the dawn after a hard night in the garage - a cold and chilly dawn with frost in the air, - and soon a start along the Kanangra road. | Came the dawn after a hard night in the garage - a cold and chilly dawn with frost in the air, - and soon a start along the Kanangra road. | ||
- | Frank distinguished himself by having a pack of gargantuan proportions, | + | Frank distinguished himself by having a pack of gargantuan proportions, |
Evan was a somewhat lesser celebrity in a burglar Bill cap and something which looked a little more like a pack than a haystack. | Evan was a somewhat lesser celebrity in a burglar Bill cap and something which looked a little more like a pack than a haystack. | ||
I regret to say I had a water bottle which, on occasion, was also a hot water bottle at night, very little soap, and no intention of shaving until I had to. Frank very early made himself a nuisance as he insisted on noting down the time when we (a) stopped, (b) started, (c) had a drink, (d) took a photo, (e) saw anything unusual, (f) - but why go on? By the time the trip was nearly over Evan and I were so well trained that we automatically sprang to our feet an all necessary occasions, saying as one man "11* minutes past 10"(or whatever the time was.) The pedometer was a nuisance too because after walking and walking and walking we would ask "How far have we gone - 8 miles?" | I regret to say I had a water bottle which, on occasion, was also a hot water bottle at night, very little soap, and no intention of shaving until I had to. Frank very early made himself a nuisance as he insisted on noting down the time when we (a) stopped, (b) started, (c) had a drink, (d) took a photo, (e) saw anything unusual, (f) - but why go on? By the time the trip was nearly over Evan and I were so well trained that we automatically sprang to our feet an all necessary occasions, saying as one man "11* minutes past 10"(or whatever the time was.) The pedometer was a nuisance too because after walking and walking and walking we would ask "How far have we gone - 8 miles?" | ||
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===== "On the Wallaby" | ===== "On the Wallaby" | ||
- | I came across the following lines in Henry Lawson, and thinking they expressed things rather | + | I came across the following lines in Henry Lawson, and thinking they expressed things rather |
Editor. | Editor. | ||
- | " | + | |
- | When the day has gone by with its tramp or its toil, And your camp-fire you light, and your billy you boil, There is comfort and peace in the bowl of your clay Or the yarn of a mate who is tramping that way." | + | " |
- | (ggalgg::: | + | There are joys to be found on the wallaby still\\ |
+ | When the day has gone by with its tramp or its toil,\\ | ||
+ | And your camp-fire you light, and your billy you boil,\\ | ||
+ | There is comfort and peace in the bowl of your clay\\ | ||
+ | Or the yarn of a mate who is tramping that way." | ||
Believe it or not - there is one member of the S.B.W. who has never been to Eras | Believe it or not - there is one member of the S.B.W. who has never been to Eras | ||
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