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===== Ring-Barking, | ===== Ring-Barking, | ||
- | Many years ago a landowner on the upper Cox gave a contract for the ringbarking of some thousands of arres on both si, | + | Many years ago a landowner on the upper Cox gave a contract for the ringbarking of some thousands of acres on both sides of the River. The axemen were very thorough; not a tree was left, even on the steepest and stoniest |
- | Compare this with the Cox between Pulpit Creek and Gibraltar Creek. The same | + | |
- | sort of country, but a little steeper and too poor to be worth ringing. Consequently | + | Compare this with the Cox between Pulpit Creek and Gibraltar Creek. The same sort of country, but a little steeper and too poor to be worth ringing. Consequently it remains covered with the vegetation natural to the type of country. The rock outcrops here harmonise with the ruggedness of the granite gorge beneath. The steep hillsides |
- | it remains covered with the vegetation natural to the type of country. The rock outcrops here harmonise with the ruggedness of the granite gorge beneath. The steep hillsi des are covered with trees, leaves and grass. It is a unique stretch of | + | |
- | country, the beauty of which is appreciated by any frequenter of the bushlands. The Upper Cox would have been the same if 20,000 acres of it had not been | + | The Upper Cox would have been the same if 20,000 acres of it had not been denuded for the feeding of 3,000 sheep. |
- | denuded for the feeding of 3,000 sheep. | + | |
PADDY SEND HIS LOVE AND BLESSING FOR THE FESTIVE SEASON | PADDY SEND HIS LOVE AND BLESSING FOR THE FESTIVE SEASON | ||
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AND HOPES TO SEE YOU ALL IN THE NEW YEAR. | AND HOPES TO SEE YOU ALL IN THE NEW YEAR. | ||
- | PALLIN, | + | |
- | 327 GEORGE STREET; | + | F.A. PALLIN,\\ |
- | SYDNEY. | + | 327 GEORGE STREET;\\ |
- | tPHONE | + | SYDNEY.\\ |
+ | __PHONE | ||
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==== Skirts Ladies and Mountaineering. ==== | ==== Skirts Ladies and Mountaineering. ==== | ||
- | Then mountaineering and climbing | + | When mountaineering and climbing |
- | and fainted at m3oe, and it never cul.:erc,d ay on head that they would ever make | + | |
- | mountain climbers or ever went to So all the mountaineering clubs which came ire(o | + | We are delighted to receive a copy of the annual journal of this Club, a publication |
- | existence were exclusively for msn. When at last a few enthusiastic women started | + | exchange list is Miss Dora de Beer, whom our Club had the pleasure |
- | to scale the heights they had. to form their own clubs. They still dressed in skirts | + | |
- | looking like swaddling clothes, but gradually the skirts dropped off and they became | + | |
- | We are delighted to receive a copy of the annual journal of this Club, a | + | |
- | publication | + | |
- | Bushwalker' | + | |
- | exchange list is Miss Dora de Br, wilem our Oliel) | + | |
==== Good Men Go to the Dogs. ==== | ==== Good Men Go to the Dogs. ==== | ||
- | The Melbourne Mens. IN, | + | The Melbourne Mens' Walking |
- | ,A in a motoring journal, But no, there ic; an account of a recent trek from Victoria | + | to Kosciusko via the Pilot, and another on canoeing, and both these indicate that some at any rate of its members are still virile. Further, there is an account of the 1933 efforts to go long distances in short times (the same germ that has smitten |
- | to Kosciusko via the Pilot, and another on canoeing, and both these indicate that some at any rate of its members are still virile. Further, there is an account of the 1933 efforts to go long distances in short times (the same germ that has smittetlk | + | |
==== More Park Lands. ==== | ==== More Park Lands. ==== | ||
- | There is ED doubt about the vitality of the Parks and Playgrounds Movement, and their annual report of good -work done makes very satisfying reading. In particular it is good to note haw much support they give to our own efforts to secure primitive areas and wild bushlands as parks, and that among these reservations of wild areas is 2)000 acres in the Parish of Fatonga, | + | There is no doubt about the vitality of the Parks and Playgrounds Movement, and their annual report of good work done makes very satisfying reading. In particular it is good to note how much support they give to our own efforts to secure primitive areas and wild bushlands as parks, and that among these reservations of wild areas is 2,000 acres in the Parish of Patonga. |
- | from Koolowong, Tascett, Point Clare to the road from Penang Mountain to VToy Noy. | + | |
- | Similar reservations are hoped for on the North Coast and near Ryistone | + | |
==== A New Road Danger. ==== | ==== A New Road Danger. ==== | ||
- | Suzanne Reichard has told us lin her letters about Mr. Ernest Dench who seems to run the oueherai' | + | Suzanne Reichard has told us in her letters about Mr. Ernest Dench who seems to run the bushwalking |
- | chartering of special charabancs means extra expense, large parties to meet that expense, and the request that members should pay a year's sub, to cover the cost | + | chartering of special charabancs means extra expense, large parties to meet that expense, and the request that members should pay a year's sub, to cover the cost of these special cars. (One day Hiking Trips, Oct. 1937 to April 1938.) |
- | of these special cars. (One day Hiking Trips, Oct. 1937 to April 1938.) | + | |
==== Bushwalking and Fences. ==== | ==== Bushwalking and Fences. ==== | ||
- | "Then it is necessary to climb a fenae, if possible climb through instead of over: and if climbing over do so one at a time and by a straining post." | + | "When it is necessary to climb a fence, if possible climb through instead of over, and if climbing over do so one at a time and by a straining post." |
- | These are only a few of hundreds of wise words in " | + | |
- | New Zealand. We should like to quote the lot, but perhaps the N.S.L Federation of | + | These are only a few of hundreds of wise words in " |
- | Bushwalking Clubs will issue a similar booklet one day. This one contains sections | + | |
- | on tramping etiquette (from which the above is quoted) equipment, first aid, search organizations, | + | |
==== Tramping Through Snow Waist-deep. ==== | ==== Tramping Through Snow Waist-deep. ==== | ||
- | The ambition of stalwart trampers in Wellington, New Zealand, is to make the | + | The ambition of stalwart trampers in Wellington, New Zealand, is to make the first winter crossing of the Tararua Mountains. This distinction having been snapped up, the next is to make the crossing by a new route. Apparently these |
- | first winter crossing of the Tararua Mountains, This distinction having been | + | expeditions are not on skis, for in the one described in one of the latest issues of "The Tararua Tramper" |
- | snapped up, the next is to make the crossing by a new route. Apparently these | + | |
- | expeditions are not on skis, for in the one described in one of the latest issues | + | |
- | of "The Tararua Tramper" | + | |
(The Tararua Tramper, Vol.9, Nos. 11 & 12, Vol. 10 No, 1). | (The Tararua Tramper, Vol.9, Nos. 11 & 12, Vol. 10 No, 1). | ||
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