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F. A. PALLIN, 327 George Street, Sydney (opp. Palings.) | F. A. PALLIN, 327 George Street, Sydney (opp. Palings.) | ||
- | ====What To Do About this?===== | + | =====What To Do About this?===== |
Reprinted from "The Open Road" - magazine of the N.R.M.A. :- | Reprinted from "The Open Road" - magazine of the N.R.M.A. :- | ||
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This is the thirteenth issue of your MONTHLY Magazine, so we take this opportunity of announcing that we have available still a limited number of the following back issues - at the usual price of 3d each :- | This is the thirteenth issue of your MONTHLY Magazine, so we take this opportunity of announcing that we have available still a limited number of the following back issues - at the usual price of 3d each :- | ||
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December 1937; | December 1937; | ||
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January, February, March, April, May; July, August; October, and November, 1938. | January, February, March, April, May; July, August; October, and November, 1938. | ||
- | June and September, 1938 have been sold outt. but if anyone is particularly anxious to obtain a copy to complete his or her set, the Publication Staff is prepared to re-set the stencils and run off a few copies but they will cost 1/- each, and can only be obtained by special arrangement. | + | |
- | ..... | + | June and September, 1938 __have |
- | There are waters blown by changing winds to laughter And lit by the rich 31c!.e: | + | |
- | Frost, with a garrhivc o+ayr1 | + | ---- |
- | And wandering | + | |
- | Unbroken glory, a p., | + | There are waters blown by changing winds to laughter\\ |
- | width, a shining peace, under the night. | + | And lit by the rich skies, |
+ | Frost, with a gesture, stays the waves that dance\\ | ||
+ | And wandering | ||
+ | Unbroken glory, a gathered | ||
+ | A width, a shining peace, under the night. | ||
Rupert Brooke. | Rupert Brooke. | ||
- | SYDNEY1-S WATER' | + | |
- | by Kanuka, | + | =====Sydney's Water Supply===== |
- | The Warragamba Dam scheme, if taken to its final stage of about 300 feet height, will ruin the Lower Burragotang. | + | |
- | The dam is designed to attain about 300 feet height eventually, and the first stage to 50 feet height is now being constructed, | + | by Kanuka. |
- | No doubt the Warragamba scheme is the most economical one-, but it is maintained that the preservation of the existing aspects of Nattai, Burragorang, | + | |
- | The.Warmgamba | + | The Warragamba Dam scheme, if taken to its final stage of about 300 feet height, will ruin the Lower Burragorang |
- | CP | + | |
- | so are such matters as poLentia/ | + | The dam is designed to attain about 300 feet height eventually, and the first stage to 50 feet height is now being constructed, |
- | 0 ultimate uses Of the valleys and lands in question | + | |
- | c, would be a thousand pities if ever it were ascertained that the building of the Varragamba | + | No doubt the Warragamba scheme is the most economical one, but it is maintained that the preservation of the existing aspects of Nattai, Burragorang, |
- | WO | + | |
- | 4.....DEP BEHIND THE SCENES | + | The Warragamba |
+ | |||
+ | =====A Peep Behind The Scenes===== | ||
by A Passer-by. | by A Passer-by. | ||
- | One hot Saturday afternoon recently, I wandered along the leafy roads that wind through Castlecrag rounding a bend I came, auddenly | + | |
- | She made so much din and dusts that I was able to come right up to her unobserved, and study her carefully. She :idn't look mad -- ,41haps | + | One hot Saturday afternoon recently, I wandered along the leafy roads that wind through Castlecrag rounding a bend I came, suddenly, |
- | Being well brought up, I didn't stare too long at the lady, but strolled along the path she had made, and rounded yet another curve in the road -- What was this? | + | |
- | If the lady with the rake was a little queer then the folks I now met were positively crazy -- Never did such strange sights and sounds meet my senses. In the foreground, right on this bush road, and for no pparent | + | She made so much din and dusts that I was able to come right up to her unobserved, and study her carefully. She didn't look mad --, perhaps |
- | I passed on to investigate the cause of all the confusion below the " | + | |
+ | Being well brought up, I didn't stare too long at the lady, but strolled along the path she had made, and rounded yet another curve in the road -- What was __this__? | ||
+ | |||
+ | If the lady with the rake was a little queer then the folks I now met were positively crazy -- Never did such strange sights and sounds meet my senses. In the foreground, right on this bush road, and for no apparent | ||
+ | |||
+ | I passed on to investigate the cause of all the confusion below the " | ||
In the bushes a little to the right of the " | In the bushes a little to the right of the " | ||
- | I stood, stared and wondired | + | |
- | /east bit odd - yet, their behaviour | + | I stood, stared and wondered -- What was all this? These people didn't look the |
- | In the distance I spied a busy seamstress pinning and fitting funny little flowerlike caps and fluffy paper dresses on to squirming, | + | least bit odd - yet, their behaviour |
- | Amongst all this noise and activity, motor cars moved in and out without rhyme or reason - but what intrigued me most were several technical-looking gentlemen dashing hither and thither, carrying | + | |
- | 0 | + | In the distance I spied a busy seamstress pinning and fitting funny little flowerlike caps and fluffy paper dresses on to squirming, brown clad figures. A group in long green frocks were twisting themselves into strange shapes resembling fantastic trees - while here and there a gypsy figure cavorted around these " |
- | appeared to be an electric switchboard - occasionally someone would be " | + | |
- | I was unable to control my curiosity any longer | + | Amongst all this noise and activity, motor cars moved in and out without rhyme or reason - but what intrigued me most were several technical-looking gentlemen dashing hither and thither, carrying |
- | He looked a little surprised and even hurt. " | + | |
+ | I was unable to control my curiosity any longer, so I waited my opportunity, | ||
+ | |||
+ | He looked a little surprised and even hurt. " | ||
As I thanked him he dashed off and commenced to climb another tree, a pair of pliers held firmly between his teeth, and wire and electric light bulbs peeping out of every pocket -- | As I thanked him he dashed off and commenced to climb another tree, a pair of pliers held firmly between his teeth, and wire and electric light bulbs peeping out of every pocket -- | ||
- | So that explained it all -- I wandered back along the road till I reached the lady with the rake - she had nearly finished her task, She smiled, so I spoke to her, asking more questions, She explained that she was merely raking the rough stones aside to make a Clear pathway, so that the audience might walk along, that nights | + | |
- | So, these S. W.. people were not mad; though I will say, appearances are often deceptive! | + | So that explained it all -- I wandered back along the road till I reached the lady with the rake - she had nearly finished her task. She smiled, so I spoke to her, asking more questions. She explained that she was merely raking the rough stones aside to make a clear pathway, so that the audience might walk along, that night, |
- | SAFETY FIRST: | + | |
+ | So, these S.B.W. people were not mad; though I will say, appearances are often deceptive! | ||
+ | |||
+ | =====Safety First!===== | ||
Our readers are reminded that, whenever they have occasion to walk on roads at night, they should endeavour to wear, or carry, something white so that they may be visible to the drivers of vehicles. | Our readers are reminded that, whenever they have occasion to walk on roads at night, they should endeavour to wear, or carry, something white so that they may be visible to the drivers of vehicles. | ||
- | Pedestrians often fail to realise that at night when two motor-cars are approaching each other both drivers may be so aazzled | + | |
- | When walking on roads there is on.3,Lone_saferavand | + | Pedestrians often fail to realise that at night when two motor-cars are approaching each other both drivers may be so dazzled |
- | Even so, keep well to the side -- and be ready to jump right off into the bush if necessary. Roads are much more dangerous than shark-infested waters: A shark attack is news; a road accident, material for the statistician. | + | |
- | For me, the misty meadows fresh with morn, | + | When walking on roads there is __only one safe way__, and that is the way laid down in the Regulations. Pedestrians should walk on the __right hand side of the road__ |
- | The tramp through noontide heat to evening gray, The far-seen smoke from the day ta goal upborne, The halt, the friendly greeting by the way, The distant hill behind far hill descried, The road by day, the rest at eventide. | + | |
- | C. Fox Smith. | + | Even so, keep well to the side -- and be ready to jump right off into the bush if necessary. Roads are much more dangerous than shark-infested waters! A shark attack is news; a road accident, material for the statistician. |
- | - 12 - | + | |
- | TIE ELEVENTH AN', | + | ---- |
- | by One of the Au6ience. | + | |
+ | For me, the misty meadows fresh with morn,\\ | ||
+ | The tramp through noontide heat to evening gray,\\ | ||
+ | The far-seen smoke from the day ta goal upborne,\\ | ||
+ | The halt, the friendly greeting by the way,\\ | ||
+ | The distant hill behind far hill descried,\\ | ||
+ | The road by day, the rest at eventide. | ||
+ | |||
+ | =====The Eleventh Annual Concert===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | by One of the Audience. | ||
Tall gum trees, dark and graceful against the pale evening sky, the glimmer | Tall gum trees, dark and graceful against the pale evening sky, the glimmer | ||
- | of the bay below, now blues now silver, reflecting the distant lights, a myriad stars. the more brilliant when seen through the gentlriswaying | + | of the bay below, now blue, now silver, reflecting the distant lights, a myriad stars the more brilliant when seen through the gently-swaying |
It was a new and happy scheme to take our concert into the bush instead of holding it in a hall as usual. | It was a new and happy scheme to take our concert into the bush instead of holding it in a hall as usual. | ||
- | As the show went on, each scene revealed new beauties in the natural bush amphitheatre. First a gipsy scene with its brilliant colour and the strains of an old Russian folk-song - next a fantasy of bush flowers led by their ueen, the Flannel Flower. A lone walker had beaten out a bush fire, and, to show th-Ar gratitude, the flowers ask the North Wind to call to the Bush Walkers and so help their fri nd to find companions for his wanderings. Then followed a touch of comedy a play in which five women work for the extermination of all male things - even a lapdog (pride of one of their member" | + | |
+ | As the show went on, each scene revealed new beauties in the natural bush amphitheatre. First a gipsy scene with its brilliant colour and the strains of an old Russian folk-song - next a fantasy of bush flowers led by their queen, the Flannel Flower. A lone walker had beaten out a bush fire, and, to show their gratitude, the flowers ask the North Wind to call to the Bush Walkers and so help their friend | ||
After interval came drama - a tale of the Grecian siege of Troy. The advantages of the large stage space were obvious here as the action of the play moved to and fro between the Trojan Wall and the Grecian Camp. A musical interlude, and then yet another parody on the old romance of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", | After interval came drama - a tale of the Grecian siege of Troy. The advantages of the large stage space were obvious here as the action of the play moved to and fro between the Trojan Wall and the Grecian Camp. A musical interlude, and then yet another parody on the old romance of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", | ||
- | Tho final item showed an aboriginal, as first owner of the Australian bush, handing to a Bush Walker the care of his hunting grounds, and finished with a oorroboree | + | |
- | Throughout the show one realised that much credit was due to the technicians for the groat amount of thought and hard work they had put into the lighting and amplification; | + | The final item showed an aboriginal, as first owner of the Australian bush, handing to a Bush Walker the care of his hunting grounds, and finished with a corroboree |
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+ | Throughout the show one realised that much credit was due to the technicians for the great amount of thought and hard work they had put into the lighting and amplification; | ||
Our thanks are due to Mrs. Griffin for allowing us to use the theatre, and to her we offer congratulations on her enterprise in providing Sydney with such a delightful Open Air Theatre. | Our thanks are due to Mrs. Griffin for allowing us to use the theatre, and to her we offer congratulations on her enterprise in providing Sydney with such a delightful Open Air Theatre. | ||
- | 11111.1.11 | + | |
- | There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore, There is society, where none intrudes, By the deep sea, and music in its roar. | + | ---- |
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+ | There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,\\ | ||
+ | There is a rapture on the lonely shore,\\ | ||
+ | There is society, where none intrudes,\\ | ||
+ | By the deep sea, and music in its roar. | ||
--- Byron. | --- Byron. | ||
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- | AT OUR pviN MEETING | ||
- | 0 Vice-Presidant Jack Debert was in the Chair at the Monthly Meeting on November 11th as Maurie Berry was busy installing lighting and sound apparatus at Castlecrag Open Air Theatre in readiness for the Concert on the 12th. | ||
- | The meeting opened at 8.12 p m. (by our reporter' | ||
- | " | ||
- | A Veto of Thanks to the Editor and Publication Colzdttoo of "The Bush-Walker No.2" was carried by acclamations | ||
- | The matter of timber-cutting in Couridjah Forest has boon takon up by the Federation, which is also following it up. | ||
- | Rosignations from the Club havo boon accepted with regret from Arm Bartholomew, | ||
- | Una and May Mullin are holidaying in Tasmania, armed with c lottor of introduction to tho Hobart Walking Club, of course. | ||
- | The following %,embers 1.70ro welcomed:- | ||
- | Mrs.Marion Ellis: Misses Alice Collins and Grace Jolly; Messrs. 1.-,rry Ellis -rid William Cosgrove. | ||
- | The Barrotts balm retired,and Mr.& Mrs.3F.lis woro appointed BOOM Stewards. | ||
- | The Treasurer' | ||
- | Attention was drawn to the Govornmont' | ||
- | ........ ......... FEDERATION NEWS | ||
- | The Financial Statemonts for the year onded 20th July last have just boon sent to the various clubs. They show a surplus of income over expenditure of 224/8/-* | ||
- | An appeal is being made to the mombors of affiliated clubs to apply for appointmont as Honorary Rangers. Anyone interested should sae our Club Sccretary for details of procedure, powers, and responsibilities. | ||
- | A sub-committee has boon appointed to invdStjgate the possibility of replacing Taro's Ladders with iron ladders similar to those which have done such good service for so many years at Kanangra Walls. Personnel: Messrs. C.Barnard, H. Freeman, and the SaAr. nominee - W. Tarr. | ||
- | The Honorary Secretary of the Federation has now definitely been given power to act in cases of urgency after consulting with the President and one other member of the Council, so if at any tim you hoar of anything that calls for urgent action by the Federation -- at once give all yonr info -ion to one of the Club's Delegates and he will see that the Honorary Fecre-tr..ry receive) it without delay. Tho Dolcigatos, of course, are Tom Herbert and iL(r7, | ||
- | -14- | ||
- | Club Gossip | + | =====At Our Own Meeting===== |
+ | |||
+ | Vice-Presidant Jack Debert was in the Chair at the Monthly Meeting on November 11th as Maurie Berry was busy installing lighting and sound apparatus at Castlecrag Open Air Theatre in readiness for the Concert on the 12th. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The meeting opened at 8.12 p.m. (by our reporter' | ||
+ | |||
+ | " | ||
+ | |||
+ | A Vote of Thanks to the Editor and Publication Committee of "The Bush-Walker No.2" was carried by acclamation. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The matter of timber-cutting in Couridjah Forest has been taken up by the Federation, which is also following it up. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Rosignations from the Club havo boon accepted with regret from Ann Bartholomew, | ||
+ | |||
+ | Una and May Mullin are holidaying in Tasmania, armed with a letter of introduction to tho Hobart Walking Club, of course. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The following new members were welcomed: | ||
+ | |||
+ | Mrs.Marion Ellis: Misses Alice Collins and Grace Jolly; Messrs. Harry Ellis and William Cosgrove. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Barrotts balm retired,and Mr.& Mrs. Ellis were appointed Room Stewards. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Treasurer' | ||
+ | |||
+ | Attention was drawn to the Government' | ||
+ | |||
+ | =====Federation News===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Financial Statements for the year ended 20th July last have just boon sent to the various clubs. They show a surplus of income over expenditure of £24/8/-. | ||
+ | |||
+ | An appeal is being made to the members of affiliated clubs to apply for appointment as Honorary Rangers. Anyone interested should see our Club Sccretary for details of procedure, powers, and responsibilities. | ||
+ | |||
+ | A sub-committee has been appointed to investigate the possibility of replacing Taro's Ladders with iron ladders similar to those which have done such good service for so many years at Kanangra Walls. Personnel: Messrs. C. Barnard, H. Freeman, and the S.B.W. nominee - W. Tarr. | ||
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+ | The Honorary Secretary of the Federation has now definitely been given power to act in cases of urgency after consulting with the President and one other member of the Council, so if at any time you hear of anything that calls for urgent action by the Federation -- at once give all your information to one of the Club's Delegates and he will see that the Honorary Secretary receives it without delay. The Delegates, of course, are Tom Herbert and Alex. Colley. If you don't know where to get in touch with them, our Hon. Secretary, Richard Croker, does, and you have his address and telephone number on your Walks Programme. | ||
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+ | =====Club Gossip===== | ||
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Cupid had been working overtime. | Cupid had been working overtime. | ||
- | The Shock of the month was the news that Hec Carruthers had been married -- without giving | + | The Shock of the month was the news that He.c Carruthers had been married -- without giving |
- | There was a rumour floating round that Ian Malcolm (Scotty) was engaged. At last he came to town, and confirmed it, so you are all quite in order when you join us in congratulating Ian on his engagement to Miss Betty Kerwan (or Cumin?). She is not a club member, but she's a nice girl - we've met her. | + | There was a rumour floating round that Ian Malcolm (Scotty) was engaged. At last he came to town, and confirmed it, so you are all quite in order when you join us in congratulating Ian on his engagement to Miss Betty Kerwan (or Curwin?). She is not a club member, but she's a nice girl - we've met her. |
- | Tom Herbert' | + | Tom Herbert' |
- | Another happy announcement is the engagement of our two fencing enthusiasts - Barbara MacGregor and Alton Cha-oplo, | + | Another happy announcement is the engagement of our two fencing enthusiasts - Barbara MacGregor and Alton Chapple. |
- | Have you noticed the pouter-pigeon chests the members of the Rock Climbing Section have been wearing lately? They are all puffed up because, on October 29th/30th, they succeeded in getting down the creek from Minnehaha Falls to the foot of Arethusa Falls, and back. They had to use about 300 ft, of rope, though. So that creek - which beat them before - has been conquered; and the conquerors are justly proud. But, from all accounts, it was not exactly a walking trip. | + | Have you noticed the pouter-pigeon chests the members of the Rock Climbing Section have been wearing lately? They are all puffed up because, on October 29th/30th, they succeeded in getting down the creek from Minnehaha Falls to the foot of Arethusa Falls, and back. They had to use about 300 ft, of rope, though! So that creek - which beat them before - has been conquered; and the conquerors are justly proud. But, from all accounts, it was not exactly a walking trip! |
- | YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED | + | =====You Have Been Warned==== |
At the first hint of trouble you had better dash for a train or you may be killed in the crush, for "Peter Persnurkus gave us the following publicity in "The Sun" on November 14th. | At the first hint of trouble you had better dash for a train or you may be killed in the crush, for "Peter Persnurkus gave us the following publicity in "The Sun" on November 14th. | ||
- | "Bush hikers are regarded as likely to be useful military guides; they know all the tracks and creeks, | + | "Bush hikers are regarded as likely to be useful military guides; they know all the tracks and creeks. |
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