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|Sales Manager:| W.J. Mullins.| | |Sales Manager:| W.J. Mullins.| | ||
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|Publications Received| |21| | |Publications Received| |21| | ||
- | ===== EDITORIAL | + | ===== Editorial |
No editorial committee has as yet been appointed by the Committee, but the editor wishes to thank Misses Dinah Hearfield and Kath Mackay for their valuable assistance in the editing of this issue. | No editorial committee has as yet been appointed by the Committee, but the editor wishes to thank Misses Dinah Hearfield and Kath Mackay for their valuable assistance in the editing of this issue. | ||
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In this number for the first time we publish a letter received concerning a matter of Club-controversy. "The Sydney Bushwalker" | In this number for the first time we publish a letter received concerning a matter of Club-controversy. "The Sydney Bushwalker" | ||
- | ===== ANZAC WEEK-END MEETING OF THE TI WILLA PICNIC RACE CLUB. ===== | + | ===== Anzac Week-End Meeting of the Ti Willa Picnic Race Club. ===== |
__THE CLOUDMAKER STAKES:__ (For an anonymous cheque for 10 presented by a gentleman with a carpet snake). | __THE CLOUDMAKER STAKES:__ (For an anonymous cheque for 10 presented by a gentleman with a carpet snake). | ||
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At 2.10 a.m. being somewhat __conscientious__ we entered a 2nd. class carriage but B.O. reigning high we hastily retreated and dived into an unlighted " | At 2.10 a.m. being somewhat __conscientious__ we entered a 2nd. class carriage but B.O. reigning high we hastily retreated and dived into an unlighted " | ||
- | ===== "THE INCOMPATIBLES" ===== | + | ===== "The Incompatibles" ===== |
Rain! RAIN! R A I N!!! The drizzling, driving dampener of spirits. But not of the Incompatibles - that, dear reader, was the start of our epic Anzac week-end grind care of Gordon Smith and Max Gentle - from Wentworth Falls to Katoomba. Hast ever (x)RUN with Gordon & Co.? No? You should try it. When your feet ache; you are weak and dizzy for want of food; when every fibre of your being cries stop! The Incompatibles say WALK!! And then, like those immortal heroes: " | Rain! RAIN! R A I N!!! The drizzling, driving dampener of spirits. But not of the Incompatibles - that, dear reader, was the start of our epic Anzac week-end grind care of Gordon Smith and Max Gentle - from Wentworth Falls to Katoomba. Hast ever (x)RUN with Gordon & Co.? No? You should try it. When your feet ache; you are weak and dizzy for want of food; when every fibre of your being cries stop! The Incompatibles say WALK!! And then, like those immortal heroes: " | ||
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A story of effort and achievement, | A story of effort and achievement, | ||
- | ===== CORRESPONDENCE | + | ===== Correspondence |
- | ==== ARE WE HUMBUGS? ==== | + | ==== Are we Humbugs? ==== |
- | === PROSPECTIVE MEMBERS AND COCK-EYED OFFICIALDOM. === | + | === Prospective Members and Cock-Eyed Officialdom. === |
Dear Editor - How we sweated over the building up of our Club's Constitution! | Dear Editor - How we sweated over the building up of our Club's Constitution! | ||
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Sincerely yours, | Sincerely yours, | ||
- | TOM HERBERT. | + | Tom Herbert. |
Now hollow fires burn out to black,\\ | Now hollow fires burn out to black,\\ | ||
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A.E. Housman. | A.E. Housman. | ||
- | ===== "FOR THE VERY YOUNG" ===== | + | ===== "For the Very Young" ===== |
By Evelyn Millard | By Evelyn Millard | ||
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After a rest, the KNIGHT set forth for home, and the very next day, feeling a new man, set out for the COX, on the banks of which dwelt the maiden and her uncle. He set out for CLEAR HILL, and went down the ladder of one TARO, finally arriving at his destination, | After a rest, the KNIGHT set forth for home, and the very next day, feeling a new man, set out for the COX, on the banks of which dwelt the maiden and her uncle. He set out for CLEAR HILL, and went down the ladder of one TARO, finally arriving at his destination, | ||
- | ===== THE VALLEY OF THE SWAMPY PLAIN. ===== | + | ===== The Valley of the Swampy Plain. ===== |
By Jim Muir, Coolemon. | By Jim Muir, Coolemon. | ||
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The Motorist ran into a live wife, which blew the lights of his car ... and then ... he sped away! | The Motorist ran into a live wife, which blew the lights of his car ... and then ... he sped away! | ||
- | === HOW LONG SINCE YOU VISITED PADDY'S? === | + | === How Long Since You Visited Paddy's? === |
It is a good plan to have a look around Paddy' | It is a good plan to have a look around Paddy' | ||
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|__WATERTIGHT MATCH BOXES:__ |Make assurance doubly sure. Brass boxes to hold a small box of waxies, 4d.| | |__WATERTIGHT MATCH BOXES:__ |Make assurance doubly sure. Brass boxes to hold a small box of waxies, 4d.| | ||
|__HEAD COSIES:__ |(Down stuffed hoods) Very snug and oh! so elegant 3/6.| | |__HEAD COSIES:__ |(Down stuffed hoods) Very snug and oh! so elegant 3/6.| | ||
- | |__ALUMINIUM PEGS:__ |If you are interested in lopping off the ounces, those pegs will help.They save 4 oz. per doz, Not quite as strong as the steel type. Try half and half. 1/3 per dozen.| | + | |__ALUMINIUM PEGS:__ |If you are interested in lopping off the ounces, those pegs will help. They save 4 oz. per doz. Not quite as strong as the steel type. Try half and half. 1/3 per dozen.| |
|__REDUCTION IN HIRE RATES:__ | Butter having gone up, Paddy is doing his best to reduce the cost of living. Hire of tent, frame and rucksack or sleeping bag reduced from 3/. to 2/6 for week end.| | |__REDUCTION IN HIRE RATES:__ | Butter having gone up, Paddy is doing his best to reduce the cost of living. Hire of tent, frame and rucksack or sleeping bag reduced from 3/. to 2/6 for week end.| | ||
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__SYDNEY.__ | __SYDNEY.__ | ||
- | ===== CLUB WALKS ===== | + | ===== Club Walks ===== |
By Flo Allsmorth. | By Flo Allsmorth. | ||
- | At the reunion there was rather a lot of talk about official walks and the lack of members on same In fact one gathered that official walks weren' | + | At the reunion there was rather a lot of talk about official walks and the lack of members on same. In fact one gathered that official walks weren' |
- | 8 members on the train and by the time we got to Wahroonga the members | + | |
- | We hadn't been on the track long when we found oul: numbers had increased to 19. A dog, Bluen, decided we were a likely crawd for a good tramp through the bush so just tagged on. | + | |
- | Ray Birt was the leader and she soon got us out into the bush headed fOr. Cockle Creek. We all looked very bushwalkerish except Marie who has fr::ends with a weakness for umbrellas aid Marie having plenty of room in her pack volunteered to carry her friend' | + | |
- | We soon got to Cockle Creek and had a rest, Then up the mountainous bat,k on the other side and along the top till we came to Cowan Cree: where we stayed for a SWIM and lunch and lots of chatter. The spot we chose for our lunch was a very pretty one and had a little stream of fresh water running into it. There was a nice flat bit where we made a fire and the opposite bank was rather steepish. The creek on this day was very green and looked like glass, rather lovely with a bright blue sky overhead. After lunch we climed the other bank and followed a good track until we hit the road at St. Ives, passed through St. Ives and the PyMble Forest, then on to the water pipes to Middle Barbour. I was glad to leave the road and get into the bush again. The bush at present is looking rather dull - no flower ps out, or scarcely any at this time of year, still an eriostamen peeped out of the ' | + | |
- | Early tea and more swimming were indulged in at Middle Harbour and more chatter, and Grace gave is a good demonstration of scrounging from a scrounger - she helped us all to Jack Debert' | + | |
- | This is my second official walk recently. The last was a test from Faulkinbridge to- Richmond, | + | |
- | ..... MAP | + | |
- | niat the eaglets height | + | |
- | To lie it the sweet of the sun, | + | |
- | Male veil after veil takes flight | + | |
- | And God and the world are one. | + | |
- | A.M. (George Russell) | + | |
- | ===== BUNGONIA | + | We hadn't been on the track long when we found our numbers had increased to 19. A dog, " |
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+ | Ray Birt was the leader and she soon got us out into the bush headed for Cockle Creek. We all looked very bushwalkerish except Marie who has friends with a weakness for umbrellas and Marie having plenty of room in her pack volunteered to carry her friend' | ||
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+ | We soon got to Cockle Creek and had a rest. Then up the mountainous bank on the other side and along the top till we came to Cowan Creek where we stayed for a swim and lunch and lots of chatter. The spot we chose for our lunch was a very pretty one and had a little stream of fresh water running into it. There was a nice flat bit where we made a fire and the opposite bank was rather steepish. The creek on this day was very green and looked like glass, rather lovely with a bright blue sky overhead. After lunch we climbed the other bank and followed a good track until we hit the road at St. Ives, passed through St. Ives and the Pymble Forest, then on to the water pipes to Middle Harbour. I was glad to leave the road and get into the bush again. The bush at present is looking rather dull - no flower out, or scarcely any at this time of year, still an eriostemon peeped out of the bushes here and there and a few wattles glowed in the sunlight. | ||
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+ | Early tea and more swimming were indulged in at Middle Harbour and more chatter, and Grace gave us a good demonstration of scrounging from a scrounger - she helped us all to Jack Debert' | ||
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+ | This is my second official walk recently. The last was a test from Faulconbridge to Richmond, when the party consisted of 18 - half old-members and half prospectives. We had a thoroughly good time, old and new walkers both equally enjoying it. So much for the non-attendance of members on official walks. Might I suggest to prospective members that they do more walks with the Club, not just the necessary number to enable them to become members, and they will certainly get to know the old members in that way. | ||
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+ | Oh! at the eagle' | ||
+ | To lie i' the sweet of the sun,\\ | ||
+ | While veil after veil takes flight\\ | ||
+ | And God and the world are one.\\ | ||
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+ | A.E. (George Russell) | ||
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+ | ===== Bungonia | ||
By Gwen Clarke. | By Gwen Clarke. | ||
Seven enthusiastic walkers on a clear moonlight night! | Seven enthusiastic walkers on a clear moonlight night! | ||
- | About half-past eleven we left the cars; seven miles from Marulan$ to set off for our camping spot on Bungonia Creek We were a merry party, Jean Trimble, | + | |
- | Dorothy Lawry, Tom Mcppett, Perce Harvey, Bennie Bryant, "the military", | + | About half-past eleven we left the cars, seven miles from Marulan, to set off for our camping spot on Bungonia Creek. We were a merry party, Jean Trimble, Dorothy Lawry, Tom Moppett, Perce Harvey, Bennie Bryant, "the military", |
- | was austere, Ridge separated from ridge by the black slipped abruptly down to the banks of the S1-.)alhaven: grandeur. | + | |
- | By one o' | + | By one o' |
- | was, except for the mster. The more we drank, the thirstier we became, so that ever and again, we talked of the cider off the ice to be had when we reached Marulan. | + | |
- | On Friday afternoon we set out to climb Sugar Loaf Peak. Jean and Dorothy decided to remain at the bottom but I thought I would try it. The last few hundred feet were the -worst. Sweat dropped off the end of my nose as almost on hands and knees I crawled up the steep slope, whose slaty stones were lacking in footholds. In my own ways (I am almost ashamed to own it when I think of Marie Byles) I'm proud I climbed that peak, hence for the rest of the trip it was "my peak." At the top we | + | On Friday afternoon we set out to climb Sugar Loaf Peak. Jean and Dorothy decided to remain at the bottom but I thought I would try it. The last few hundred feet were the worst. Sweat dropped off the end of my nose as almost on hands and knees I crawled up the steep slope, whose slaty stones were lacking in footholds. In my own ways (I am almost ashamed to own it when I think of Marie Byles) I'm proud I climbed that peak, hence for the rest of the trip it was "__my__ |
- | rested, wondering why the butterflies hovered round the tree-tops and why thistledown floated between us and the ridges that, enveloped in powdery shadows, fell down to Barber' | + | |
- | Each day we saw something more majestic than the previous. Saturday' | + | Each day we saw something more majestic than the previous. Saturday' |
- | Saturday was sultry; the sort of day that makes you long for a water.-melon | + | |
- | all to yourself. In the heat of that morning, three of us stood amazed, to see the others about turn and run in quite a determined fashion. | + | Saturday was sultry; the sort of day that makes you long for a watermelon |
- | Nos melons growing upon the riverbank; yes and water-melons! Alas; they were green! | + | |
- | To provide variety on our going and returning walk, we had two river crossings - one, shoulder. deep and the other, knee-deep above a rapid. I do not like crossing rapids. I was last on the way back. Now, at the Reunion; Dorothy had given us a tip. "If your party fails to wait while the last up a hill has a rest, you should, if you're last, take a rest before you reach the top." Very sound advice which I followed, not in the case of a hill, but of the rapid. | + | To provide variety on our going and returning walk, we had two river crossings - one, shoulder deep and the other, knee-deep above a rapid. I do not like crossing rapids. I was last on the way back. Now, at the Reunion, Dorothy had given us a tip. "If your party fails to wait while the last up a hill has a rest, you should, if you're last, take a rest before you reach the top." Very sound advice which I followed, not in the case of a hill, but of the rapid. |
- | The reward for distrusting my comrades' | + | |
- | The following of Bungonia Creek to the gorge was Sunday' | + | The reward for distrusting my comrades consideration was a very wet rest. I decided to pause three quarters of the way across the rapid. Just as I was about to stand still, my foot slipped. Down I sat in the swirling water. Well, I could become no wetter, I continued to sit. |
- | bands of shadowed recesses, promise enough of rugged | + | |
- | our leader, was nonplussed by d its course. As we scrambled orough wetting, we were think- did reach it, if ever -. It | + | The following of Bungonia Creek to the gorge was Sunday' |
- | stretches. Then clear against an intensly | + | |
- | On our may back "the military" | + | On our way back "the military" |
Reluctantly, | Reluctantly, | ||
- | If you wish to see country different in formation and vegetation from our saastone | + | |
+ | If you wish to see country different in formation and vegetation from our sandstone | ||
Or are they paddy-melons? | Or are they paddy-melons? | ||
- | ===== FEDERATION NEWS. ===== | + | ===== Federation News. ===== |
__The Search and Rescue Section__ has issued a comprehensive report and scheme of action. All who are able should fill up the forms, which our secretary will provide, specifying just what they are prepared to do if the call comes for help. | __The Search and Rescue Section__ has issued a comprehensive report and scheme of action. All who are able should fill up the forms, which our secretary will provide, specifying just what they are prepared to do if the call comes for help. | ||
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The Federation is still pressing for the reservation of __Garawarra Park__ as originally intended and opposing the extension of Lady Carrington Drive to Otford. | The Federation is still pressing for the reservation of __Garawarra Park__ as originally intended and opposing the extension of Lady Carrington Drive to Otford. | ||
- | ===== HOW PEOPLE WALK IN OTHER LANDS OR MORE NEWS FOF NEW YORK'S HIKING CLUBS ===== | + | ===== How People Walk in Other Lands or More News of New York's Hiking Clubs ===== |
- | FROM SUZANNE REICHARD | + | From Suzanne Reichard |
- | Mr. Dench has further | + | Mr. Dench has further |
- | The first club I went out with, was the Green Mountain Club, whose headquarters are in the Green Mountains, but which has a very active New York chapter with about 250 members. I went out on one of their Sunday walks, which was most enjoyable, but as the weather was already pretty hot, only eight people turned up. The leader had been told by their secretary to look out for me on the train, and everybody was most kind and friendly. Judging by the people who came on the walk, this club seemed to have more young members than most of the New York clubs, whose members are mostly over thirty. Moreover the Green Mountain Club is the only club in which a girl may walk in shorts without being regarded as behaving in a slightly improper manner. On this walk most of the men actually took off their shirts! In any other club such conduct would be unthinkable: | + | |
- | A. much smaller club (60 members) and one which only does day walks, is the Tramp and Trail Club. This club has a membership limit of 70, and consists entirely of older people who like their walking to be leisurely and not too long. The club is 27 years old, The president is Frank Place, quite an authority on hiking around New York and, with Mr. Dickenson, co-author of the "New York Walk Book ti | + | |
- | The third club I visited, was the Adirondack Mountain Club. I had the good fortune to spend a day at their beautiful camp on Lake Sebago. Camp Nahwakwa is typical of the American camp, with its large log-cabin style community-building, | + | |
- | After having been out with quite a number of American clubs I must say that my respect for the S.B.W. has increased mightily. There is MD club here that can compare with them for toughness, pioneering spirit, arid ability to rough it; for here, with made trails and trail shelters everywhere such qualities are not require. The AmeriCan clubs lack, too, the informality of the S.B.W., and the real mateship that comes from hardships bravely shared. Members, who have been in the same club for years will continue to call one another Mr. and Miss. Of course you must bare in mind that these are generalizations based on rather superficial observations and I have MD doubt that, on increased acquaintance, | + | |
- | ===== TRAMPING IN NEW ZEALAND | + | The first club I went out with, was the Green Mountain Club, whose headquarters are in the Green Mountains, but which has a very active New York chapter with about 250 members. I went out on one of their Sunday walks, which was most enjoyable, but as the weather was already pretty hot, only eight people turned up. The leader had been told by their secretary to look out for me on the train, and everybody was most kind and friendly. Judging by the people who came on the walk, this club seemed to have more young members than most of the New York clubs, whose members are mostly over thirty. Moreover the Green Mountain Club is the only club in which a girl may walk in shorts without being regarded as behaving in a slightly improper manner. On this walk most of the men actually took off their shirts! In any other club such conduct would be unthinkable! Indeed there is quite a large nudist contingent in the Green Mountain Club. Of course, they do not go nude on the official club walks, but when the urge comes on them, they make for a place called Terriss Pond, a small lake in the woods, where, at week-ends, there is quite a nudist colony, including a German group called the Naturfreunde. The Club has a fine camp on Lake Tiorati, which I hope to visit some day. In summer they have swimming and canoeing and in winter, ice-skating. |
- | Norma Cooper. | + | A much smaller club (60 members) and one which only does day walks, is the Tramp and Trail Club. This club has a membership limit of 70, and consists entirely of older people who like their walking to be leisurely and not too long. The club is 27 years old, The president is Frank Place, quite an authority on hiking around New York and, with Mr. Dickenson, co-author of the "New York Walk Book." |
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+ | The third club I visited, was the Adirondack Mountain Club. I had the good fortune to spend a day at their beautiful camp on Lake Sebago. Camp Nahwakwa is typical of the American camp, with its large log-cabin style community-building, | ||
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+ | After having been out with quite a number of American clubs I must say that my respect for the S.B.W. has increased mightily. There is no club here that can compare with them for toughness, pioneering spirit, arid ability to rough it; for here, with made trails and trail shelters everywhere such qualities are not require. The American clubs lack, too, the informality of the S.B.W., and the real mateship that comes from hardships bravely shared. Members, who have been in the same club for years will continue to call one another Mr. and Miss. Of course you must bare in mind that these are generalizations based on rather superficial observations and I have no doubt that, on increased acquaintance, | ||
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+ | ===== Tramping in New Zealand - Bush Walking in Australia. ===== | ||
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+ | __Norma | ||
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+ | I have been asked to write an article comparing walking conditions in New Zealand with those in N.S.W. | ||
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+ | First of all I should like to say how pleased I am to meet the members of the Sydney Bushwalkers and have the opportunity of visiting parts of your country I would not otherwise have known existed. It is good to get off the beaten track and I shall always retain very pleasant memories of the trips I have made with your Club. In its variety of attractions Sydney must surely be incomparable and I only wish I had the time and opportunity to visit all the delightful places I have heard so much about. | ||
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+ | In Wellington I was a member of the Varsity and the Tararua Tramping Clubs, the latter so named after the range of mountains extending north of the City and the haunt of all Wellington trampers. The Tararua Club is one of the oldest and best known in N.Z. Our Club room, like your own, is open every Friday night and alternatively there are open nights and social nights. The latter comprise debates, concerts and lectures usually dealing with travels abroad. | ||
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+ | Our paper "The Tararua Tramper" | ||
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+ | The country surrounding Wellington is particularly favourable for tramping. There are four main Clubs, The Tararua, Hutt Valley, Paua and Varsity besides dozens of lone star trampers who each week-end also make for the bush. | ||
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+ | Perhaps the first difference I noticed was in the name. Here you walk, in N.Z. we tramp, and I can well imagine the expression on some of our tough he-men' | ||
- | I hare been asked to write an article comparing walking conditions in New Zealand with those in N. W. | ||
- | Krst of all I should like to say how pleased I am to meet the members of the Sydney Bushwalkers and have the opportunity of visiting parts of your country I mould not otherwise have known existed, It is good to get off the beaten track and I shall always retain very pleasant memories of the trips I have made with your Club. In its variety of attractions Sydney must surely be incomparable and I only wish I had the time and opportunity to visit all the delightful places I have heard so much about, | ||
- | In Wellington I was a-member of the Varsity and the Tararua Tramping Clubs, the latter so named after the range of mountains extending north of the City and the haunt of all Wellington trampers. The Tararua Club is one of the oldest and best known in N.Z. Our Club room, like your own, is open every Friday night and alternatively there are open nights and social nights, The latter comprise debates, concerts and lectures usually dealing with travels abroad, | ||
- | Our paper "The Tararua Tramper" | ||
- | The country surrounding Wellington is particularly favourable for tramping. There are four main Clubs, The Tararua, Hutt Valley, Paua and. Varsity besides dozens of lone star trampers who each meek-end also make for the bush. | ||
- | Perhaps the first difference I noticed was in the name. Here you walk, in N.Z. we tramp, and I can well imagine the expression on some of our tough he-men' | ||
As our suburbs are not so extensive as in Sydney, it is easier for us to be far from the madding crowd much more quickly and, ipso facto, much more cheaply than you. | As our suburbs are not so extensive as in Sydney, it is easier for us to be far from the madding crowd much more quickly and, ipso facto, much more cheaply than you. | ||
- | We are, I think, more fortunate than you in our system of huts. Our members unless going to the less frequented spots need never carry a tent and can be sure of a night' | ||
- | Until I arrived.. in Australia, I had never carried a billy, which now brings me to another difference, With us, as with you, meal time is quite the most important function of the walks but there all resemblance ends. Individual camp fires and cooking are rare. I am not, of course, referring to Sunday tramps where everyone usually eats his or her own lunch. | ||
- | Meals during a week-end are supplied on a community basis, the boys in most cases being the cooks. On arrival at a hut, everyone produces meat, vegetables, soup. bread, butters etc etc. and preparations are begun for a large and nighty stew. It would be well nigh impossible on a cold met minter' | ||
- | A supply of billies is usually kept in the hut or, if not, the leader is responsible for bringing them, together with sufficient tea and sugar for the whole party. He is also responsible for lighting the fire in the morning (poor leader in the winter when an early rise is indicated!) and all that the majority of us seem to do is to get up and lo prestos the breakfast is cooked and only waiting to be eaten, Needless to say, our meals are perhaps not so luxurious as yours but I have very pleasant memories of how delicious a Tararua stem-tasted after a long day's tramp. | ||
- | All our members wear short light waterproof coats for vet weather with a flap attached to the shoulders for protecting the pack. This appears to me to offer more freedom for hill clidbing than the buttoned up ground sheet worn by your members. | ||
- | During the year, we oceasionally have a combined Clubs week-and, members of Clubs as far north as Palmerston participating. The huge campfire and singsong on the Saturday night will always linger in my memory as some of the happiest hours spent in the Club. | ||
- | Attached to the Tararuas is a Botany Circle of which I was a keen, if not a particularly bright, member. N.Z. on account of its variety of trees, ferns and shrubs is considered one of the hardest countries in the world for the budding botanist, so it is not unconmon for members to be in the Botany Circle for years and years and still find now plants to conquer. This circle meets every alternate Friday and organises occasional outings of its own. | ||
- | Another difference is our system of computing- distance. Your tramps are measured by mileage, ours by time although, through bitter experience in last minute jumps on moving boats and trains, I have learned to add half-an-hour or so to the time usually shown on the syllabus. | ||
- | The differences between the two Clubs are only minor after all and the essentials love of the open air and good fellowship - are the same. | ||
- | ==== TIPS FOR TYROS ==== | + | We are, I think, more fortunate than you in our system of huts. Our members unless going to the less frequented spots need never carry a tent and can be sure of a night' |
- | ==== MIMES FOR WALKERS==== | + | |
+ | Until I arrived.. in Australia, I had never carried a billy, which now brings me to another difference. With us, as with you, meal time is quite the most important function of the walks but there all resemblance ends. Individual camp fires and cooking are rare. I am not, of course, referring to Sunday tramps where everyone usually eats his or her own lunch. | ||
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+ | Meals during a week-end are supplied on a community basis, the boys in most cases being the cooks. On arrival at a hut, everyone produces meat, vegetables, soup, bread, butters etc. etc. and preparations are begun for a large and nighty stew. It would be well nigh impossible on a cold wet winter' | ||
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+ | A supply of billies is usually kept in the hut or, if not, the leader is responsible for bringing them, together with sufficient tea and sugar for the whole party. He is also responsible for lighting the fire in the morning (poor leader in the winter when an early rise is indicated!) and all that the majority of us seem to do is to get up and lo presto! the breakfast is cooked and only waiting to be eaten. Needless to say, our meals are perhaps not so luxurious as yours but I have very pleasant memories of how delicious a Tararua stew tasted after a long day's tramp. | ||
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+ | All our members wear short light waterproof coats for wet weather with a flap attached to the shoulders for protecting the pack. This appears to me to offer more freedom for hill climbing than the buttoned up ground sheet worn by your members. | ||
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+ | During the year, we occasionally have a combined Clubs week-end, members of Clubs as far north as Palmerston participating. The huge campfire and singsong on the Saturday night will always linger in my memory as some of the happiest hours spent in the Club. | ||
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+ | Attached to the Tararuas is a Botany Circle of which I was a keen, if not a particularly bright, member. N.Z. on account of its variety of trees, ferns and shrubs is considered one of the hardest countries in the world for the budding botanist, so it is not uncommon for members to be in the Botany Circle for years and years and still find now plants to conquer. This circle meets every alternate Friday and organises occasional outings of its own. | ||
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+ | Another difference is our system of computing distance. Your tramps are measured by mileage, ours by time although, through bitter experience in last minute jumps on moving boats and trains, I have learned to add half-an-hour or so to the time usually shown on the syllabus. | ||
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+ | The differences between the two Clubs are only minor after all and the essentials - love of the open air and good fellowship - are the same. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Tips for Tyros ==== | ||
+ | ==== Winkles for Walkers==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | On exploratory trips it is better to go down rivers and up ridges. They converge that way. | ||
- | On exploratory trips it is better to go down rivers aad up ridges. They converge that way. | ||
The blue end of your compass needle points Magnetic North. The sides of Lands Department Maps run magnetic N. & S. | The blue end of your compass needle points Magnetic North. The sides of Lands Department Maps run magnetic N. & S. | ||
- | The sun is approximately: | ||
- | M.004I | ||
- | Don't dry leather boots by the fire. It's a fiftp fifty chance 11101011 burn them. Why me./TY ataYwAye If it's dry next day they' | ||
- | Dontt waste hours rolling your sleeping bag for packing, push it into the cover in a couple of minutes. | ||
- | ===== BONUM PIC AND TRAVIS PASS. ===== | + | The sun is approximately: |
- | By Alex Colley. | + | Don't dry leather boots by the fire. It's a fifty-fifty chance you'll burn them. Why worry anyway. If it's dry next day they' |
+ | |||
+ | Don't waste hours rolling your sleeping bag for packing, push it into the cover in a couple of minutes. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Bonum Pic and Travis Pass. ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | __By Alec Colley.__ | ||
+ | |||
+ | The night was cool and misty. There was no wind nor any sound to ruffle our slumbers. Not for long were we to remain in this happy state. Already Jack was looking at his match, and soon the silence was shattered by a raucous shout "Get up! Get up!" He went on to explain that it was morning, which was just as well, as, looking into the pitch blackness around us, we mould have thought it was night if we hadn't been told. Our feelings towards Jack were not of the warmest at this time, but by seven o' | ||
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+ | There were seven in the party when we set out, Jean Travis, Jessie Martin, Gordon Mannell, Jack Debert, myself, and Dr. and Mrs. LemDerg, who were starting out with us in order to find their way down to the Wollondilly. | ||
+ | |||
+ | For about three miles we followed a cart-track leading to Malcolm' | ||
+ | |||
+ | We were fortunate in having a clear day to enjoy the view. In the middle distance were the Tonalli Range, Byrnes' | ||
+ | that it is almost isolated from the main tableland, give one a feeling of being suspended far above the extensive valley beneath. It is a most unusual view of some of the best walking country. | ||
+ | |||
+ | We found our way back along the Pic and then made our way over to the head of Bonum Pic Creek. Here we left the Doctor and his wife who were now on the right track for the river. The upper parts of the Creek were rough, but there were no actual cliff faces to negotiate, and we were soon making our way round the foothills towards the river, where we camped for the night. | ||
- | The night was cool and misty* There was no wind nor any sound to ruffle our slumbers. Not for long were we to remain in this happy state. Already Jack was looking at his match, and soon the silence was shattered by a raucous shout "Get upt Get ups" He went on to explain that it was morning, which was just as well, as, looking into the pitch blackness around us, we mould have thought it was night if we hadn't been told. Our feelings towards Jack were not of the warmest at this time, but by seven o' | ||
- | There were seven in the party when we set out, Jean Travis, Jessie Martin, Gordon Mannell, Jack Debert, myself, and Dr. and Mrs. LemDerg, who were starting out with us in order to find their way dawn to the Nollondilly. | ||
- | For about three miles we followed a cart-track leading to Malcolm' | ||
- | However we found our may to the edge of the cliffs and were soon in sight of the Pic. It is something like Clear Hill in formation excepting that the top is much more uneven and in many places. consists only of a narrow ramp of broken rock. Although a lot of rook climbing is necessary to get along the top, there are no cliff faces such as were met by Marie Byles when she approached from below, on the Western side. On the whole I mould recommend this approach to the less agile and those with family responsibilities. But it mould be advisable to get full information before trying it as the tableland is a maze of aeep gullies and flat-topped ridges. | ||
- | We were fortunate in having a clear day to enjoy the view. In the middle distance were the Tonalli Range, Byrnes' | ||
- | that it is almost isolated from the main tableland, give one a feeling of being - suspended far above the extensive valley beneath. It is a most unusual view of some of the best walking country. | ||
- | We found our way back along the Pie and then made our way over to the head of Bonum Pic Creek. Here we left the Doctor and his wife who were now on the right track for the river. The upper parts of the Creek were rough, but there were no actual cliff faces to negotiate, and we were soon making our way round the foothills towards the river, where we camped for the night. | ||
Next morning we started for a walk up the river without our packs. Somehow our walk developed into a talk and ended in a swim. We spent some time sliding round narrow channels where the river made its way through an outcrop of smooth granite rook. Eventually we got back for lunch and afterwards made our may down the river to a spot near Coleman' | Next morning we started for a walk up the river without our packs. Somehow our walk developed into a talk and ended in a swim. We spent some time sliding round narrow channels where the river made its way through an outcrop of smooth granite rook. Eventually we got back for lunch and afterwards made our may down the river to a spot near Coleman' | ||
- | The following morning we set off dawn the river for a short distance, and then along a spur towards a small break in the cliff face to the East. Before leaving the river we had a very clear view of a platypus from a point nearly 100 ft. directly above the water. It seemed quite unaware of our presence and for some minutes WV matched it floating on the top and diving underneath in turn. Near this place too we had a look at the irrigation plant put in by Jack in his rural days, | ||
- | The lower part of the system had consisted of pine saplings, bored through the centre with an auger. The water was pumped through these to the top of the bank, about 20 ft. above the river, and from there was conveyed 30 or 40 yards by means of a windlass and buckets. It must have been tremendously hard work raising the water by this primitive method and I could not help thinking of the great quantities of modern machinery which were lying idle at the time when Jack was working the handle of this home-made windlass. | + | The following morning we set off down the river for a short distance, and then along a spur towards a small break in the cliff face to the East. Before leaving the river we had a very clear view of a platypus from a point nearly 100 ft. directly above the water. It seemed quite unaware of our presence and for some minutes we watched it floating on the top and diving underneath in turn. Near this place too we had a look at the irrigation plant put in by Jack in his rural days. The lower part of the system had consisted of pine saplings, bored through the centre with an auger. The water was pumped through these to the top of the bank, about 20 ft. above the river, and from there was conveyed 30 or 40 yards by means of a windlass and buckets. It must have been tremendously hard work raising the water by this primitive method and I could not help thinking of the great quantities of modern machinery which were lying idle at the time when Jack was working the handle of this home-made windlass. |
The mountain ahead of us looked almost inaccessible from a distance, but actually proved quite easy to climb. There was a steep pinch near the top, but again there was nothing we could not walk up. Having got up we left our packs and went along the top of the mountain for a little over half a mile to a point overlooking the Nattai Valley, which is very narrow here and lies at the foot of steep cliffs. Around here it is somewhat like a rather narrow version of the Burragorang. | The mountain ahead of us looked almost inaccessible from a distance, but actually proved quite easy to climb. There was a steep pinch near the top, but again there was nothing we could not walk up. Having got up we left our packs and went along the top of the mountain for a little over half a mile to a point overlooking the Nattai Valley, which is very narrow here and lies at the foot of steep cliffs. Around here it is somewhat like a rather narrow version of the Burragorang. | ||
- | From the point where we first arrived at the top of the mountain we had ED difficulty in getting down the other side. For about half the way we followed a dry gully and when this became rough we climbed up onto a ridge and followed this domn' | ||
- | ==== THE ROCK.CLIMBING SECTION ==== | + | From the point where we first arrived at the top of the mountain we had no difficulty in getting down the other side. For about half the way we followed a dry gully and when this became rough we climbed up onto a ridge and followed this down to the river. This route from the Upper Burragorang to the Nattai is probably the only way of getting from one to the other without following down to the junction of the two rivers, and makes possible quite a number of interesting walks. |
- | June 1937 saw the advent of the RockClidbing | + | ==== The Rock-Climbing |
- | a lot of untying, but this is fortunately not often necessary, because they do not use the rope except in places which ordinary people mould regard as impossible even with it. We wish them good luck and hope they will always hold the record of a rock-climbing club which never has accidents. | + | |
- | ==== MYLES DUNPHY | + | June 1937 saw the advent of the Rock-Climbing Section of the Sydney Bush Walkers, the moving spirits being Dot English, our star-climber, |
+ | ===== Myles Dunphy ===== | ||
- | It was a happy thought which inspired Charlie Pride when he suggested breaking the usual rule about a prophet not being without honour except among | + | It was a happy thought which inspired Charlie Pride when he suggested breaking the usual rule about a prophet not being without honour except among his own people, |
- | his own people, | + | |
- | ===== "REDGUM" ===== | + | ===== "Redgum" ===== |
- | A Tribute By " | + | A Tribute |
+ | |||
+ | By " | ||
+ | |||
+ | Mr. J.G. Lockley has passed on. | ||
- | Mr. J.G. LockIey has passed on. | ||
His monument is what he achieved. It is unnecessary here to expound upon his achievements, | His monument is what he achieved. It is unnecessary here to expound upon his achievements, | ||
- | It would seem, however, that the official Journal of The Sydney Bush Walkers, which club was honoured by Redgumts | + | |
+ | It would seem, however, that the official Journal of The Sydney Bush Walkers, which club was honoured by Redgum' | ||
Always an exponent of the trees, the out-of-doors and the ideals for which all bushlovers strive, he never failed in an appeal for assistance, even though it entailed sheer physical labour. | Always an exponent of the trees, the out-of-doors and the ideals for which all bushlovers strive, he never failed in an appeal for assistance, even though it entailed sheer physical labour. | ||
- | Never shall I forget what a privilege it was to accompany him among that small party Some few years ago which descended into the Grose Valley to inspect the proposed reservation for posterity of what is now The Blue Gum Forest. His admiration for everything about him! His explanation and naming of the multiplicity of the floral How he thrilled to the beauty and the majesty of the trees. How he prophesied "This must and shall be reserved for future generations!" | ||
- | No mean accomplishment this, for a man almost 70 years of age to descend 2,000 feet by a rough bridle track and after inspecting 40 acres of virgin forest land to ascend via the precipitous Govettts Leap to Blackheath, then to drive his ear to Sydney. But Mr. Lockley was uncomplaining, | ||
- | It was an inspiration to all of us and with our association with him in other ways served to bring Bushwalkers to love this man as I feel sure he loved | ||
- | US | ||
- | Among the memorials to perpetuate his name is one, and of which I think he was proudest, the Lockley Pylon, a rugged outcrop of sandstone near Mount Hay overlooking the Gavettts | + | Never shall I forget what a privilege it was to accompany him among that small party some few years ago which descended into the Grose Valley to inspect the proposed reservation for posterity of what is now The Blue Gum Forest. His admiration for everything about him! His explanation and naming of the multiplicity of the flora! How he thrilled to the beauty and the majesty of the trees. How he prophesied - "This must and shall be reserved for future generations!" |
- | Nhen speaking with him of the accomplishments of himself and others his reply would almost invariably be "Well, I've done little, but the others | + | |
- | We are the pilgrims, master; we shall go Always a little further; it may be | + | No mean accomplishment this, for a man almost 70 years of age to descend 2,000 feet by a rough bridle track and after inspecting 40 acres of virgin forest land to ascend via the precipitous Govett' |
- | Beyond that last blue mountain barred with snow Across that angry or that glimmering sea. | + | |
+ | It was an inspiration to all of us and with our association with him in other ways served to bring Bushwalkers to love this man as I feel sure he loved us. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Among the memorials to perpetuate his name is one, and of which I think he was proudest, the Lockley Pylon, a rugged outcrop of sandstone near Mount Hay overlooking the Govett' | ||
+ | |||
+ | When speaking with him of the accomplishments of himself and others his reply would almost invariably be "Well, I've done little, but the others | ||
+ | |||
+ | We are the pilgrims, master; we shall go\\ | ||
+ | Always a little further; it may be \\ | ||
+ | Beyond that last blue mountain barred with snow \\ | ||
+ | Across that angry or that glimmering sea.\\ | ||
J.E. Flecker. | J.E. Flecker. | ||
- | ===== BUSHLAND MEMORIES. ===== | + | ===== Bushland Memories. ===== |
- | I long to sing the songs I heard The lilting songs of leaf and bird And. water falling: | + | I long to sing the songs I heard\\ |
- | Of laughing rivers gliding by, Beneath the wide Australian sky, And macpies | + | The lilting songs of leaf and bird \\ |
- | Of beauty that I cannot tell, | + | And water falling:\\ |
- | Of moss and fern and quiet dell And sunbeams glancing | + | Of laughing rivers gliding by, \\ |
- | O'er lonely, tree-fringed waterways, Of magic dawns and. blue gold days And fairies dancing; | + | Beneath the wide Australian sky,\\ |
- | Of bush and valley, hill and plain, The smell of gum leaves after rain, A curlew crying | + | And magpies |
- | When dbon night OOMBS swiftly dawn | + | |
- | And drifting mists enshroud the town, The west wind sighing; | + | |
- | Of forest splendour far unrolled, Of leafy spires, the living gold Of wattles growing | + | |
- | In valley depths and wild things shy Where lone peaks lean against the sky, With brave winds blowing. | + | |
- | At times I pause and fain would speak Of windless vale and winding creek, And often in the wind and rain I hear those wordless songs again - I watch the black swan streaming by, See camel teams against the sky, As o'er the hills there come to no The songs that I, enchanted, heard, Soft cadences of leaf and birds The wonder and the witchery | + | |
- | Of earth and air and moving sea I hear them in the golden noon And oft beneath a great white moon My soul is filled with rapt delight As bushland memories flood the night. | + | |
- | 7t, | + | |
- | WALTER | + | Of beauty that I cannot tell,\\ |
- | Sydney | + | Of moss and fern and quiet dell \\ |
+ | And sunbeams glancing\\ | ||
+ | O'er lonely, tree-fringed waterways, \\ | ||
+ | Of magic dawns and blue gold days \\ | ||
+ | And fairies dancing; | ||
+ | |||
+ | Of bush and valley, hill and plain, \\ | ||
+ | The smell of gum leaves after rain, \\ | ||
+ | A curlew crying\\ | ||
+ | When ebon night comes swiftly down \\ | ||
+ | And drifting mists enshroud the town, \\ | ||
+ | The west wind sighing; | ||
+ | |||
+ | Of forest splendour far unrolled, \\ | ||
+ | Of leafy spires, the living gold \\ | ||
+ | Of wattles growing \\ | ||
+ | In valley depths and wild things shy \\ | ||
+ | Where lone peaks lean against the sky, \\ | ||
+ | With brave winds blowing. | ||
+ | |||
+ | At times I pause and fain would speak \\ | ||
+ | Of windless vale and winding creek, \\ | ||
+ | And often in the wind and rain \\ | ||
+ | I hear those wordless songs again. \\ | ||
+ | I watch the black swan streaming by, \\ | ||
+ | See camel teams against the sky, \\ | ||
+ | As o'er the hills there come to me \\ | ||
+ | The songs that I, enchanted, heard, \\ | ||
+ | Soft cadences of leaf and birds \\ | ||
+ | The wonder and the witchery \\ | ||
+ | Of earth and air and moving sea. \\ | ||
+ | I hear them in the golden noon \\ | ||
+ | And oft beneath a great white moon \\ | ||
+ | My soul is filled with rapt delight \\ | ||
+ | As bushland memories flood the night. | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | __Walter | ||
+ | __Sydney | ||
20/3/37. | 20/3/37. | ||
- | ===== PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED | + | ===== Publications Received |
+ | |||
+ | The Club has recently been made wealthier by the addition to the library of the following publications: | ||
+ | |||
+ | __The New Zealand Alpine Journal__ - This is the annual publication of the New Zealand Alpine Club, beautifully got-up, well illustrated and interestingly written, the sort of publication that perhaps one day a Bushwalker Annual may aspire to be. It gives an account of New Zealand exploration and mountaineering during the past year, and those who intend to go over there this year will be glad to study it carefully. | ||
+ | |||
+ | __The Conquest of Mount Cook by Freda Du Faur__ - This has been presented to the Club by the author' | ||
+ | |||
+ | __Australian Encyclopaedia__ - We are indebted to Ted Dollimore for this very handsome and useful gift. It is too well known to need comment, and we can only thank the donor very sincerely for a book which would make any library envious. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The following have been handed to the editor just before going to press, so that there is no time to review them. They also will be added to the library: | ||
- | The Club has recently been made wealthier by the addition to the library of the following publications: | ||
- | TheNew Zealand no Journal- - This is the annual publication of the New Zealand Alpine Club, beautifully got-up, well illustrated and interestingly written, the sort of publication that perhaps one day a Bushwalker Annual may aspire to be. It gives an account of New Zealand exploration and mountaineering during the past year, and those who intend to go over there this year will be glad to study it carefully. | ||
- | The Conquest of Mount Cook by Freda Du Faur - This has been presented to the Club by the author' | ||
- | Australian Encyclopedia We are indebted to Ted Dollimore for this very handaame and useful gift. It is too well known to need comment, and we can only thank the donor very sincerely for a book which would make any library envious. | ||
- | The following have been handed to the editor just before going to press, so that there is no time to review them. They also will be added to the library:- | ||
The Rambler' | The Rambler' | ||
+ | |||
The Tararua Tramper, April, May and June 1937. | The Tararua Tramper, April, May and June 1937. | ||
+ | |||
Bulletin of the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club, January and October 1936. January and April 1937. | Bulletin of the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club, January and October 1936. January and April 1937. | ||
+ | |||
The Potomac Appalachian Trail Club and its Trails. | The Potomac Appalachian Trail Club and its Trails. | ||
- | The Appalachian Trail in Pennsylvania' | + | |
+ | The Appalachian Trail in Pennsylvania' | ||
+ | |||
+ | List of Camping, Hiking and Trail - Making Equipment 1935. | ||
Songs of Canadian Climbers - presented by Eileen Desbrisay of the Alpine Club of Canada. | Songs of Canadian Climbers - presented by Eileen Desbrisay of the Alpine Club of Canada. | ||
- | Into the Blue 0 Journal of the Coast and Mountain Walkers. | + | |
+ | Into the Blue - Journal of the Coast and Mountain Walkers. | ||
The Tree Book by David G. Stead. | The Tree Book by David G. Stead. | ||
+ | |||
Giants and. Pigmies of the Deep by David G. Stead. | Giants and. Pigmies of the Deep by David G. Stead. | ||
+ | |||
The Rabbit in Australia by David G. Stead. | The Rabbit in Australia by David G. Stead. | ||
- | Journal of the RuoLSao | + | |
+ | Journal of the Ruc-Sac | ||
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