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-THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER +=====The Sydney Bushwalker===== 
 A Monthly Bulletin devoted to matters of interest to The Sydney Bush Walkers, 5 Hamilton Street, Sydney. A Monthly Bulletin devoted to matters of interest to The Sydney Bush Walkers, 5 Hamilton Street, Sydney.
-No 59 Price 3d, NOVEMBER, 1939 
-Editor: Dorothy Lawry Business Manager: Brian Harvey. Publication) Misses Doreen Harris, Jessie Martin, and Mary Stoddart; 
-Staff ) Messrs. Bill Mullins and Arthur Salmon. 
-CONTENTS 
-Editorial 0., 
-Of Course id'  
-An Exploration of the Highlands and Burrago rang Walls 
-Recipe for Happiness 
-"Frosty's"Advertisement  
-At Our Own Meeting ISO  0 
-Inter-Club Gossip   
-Through Northern Jungles by Wiff Knight 
-"Paddy's Advertisement 0041 .00 
-Federation News ... 4. ... 
-Sleep beneath the Stars..Reprint..R.L.Stevenson "Highlights" -- Sponsored by Stephenson & Bird 
-Club Gossip *40  
  
-EDITORIAL +====No 59 Price 3d, November, 1939==== 
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 +|**Editor**|Dorothy Lawry| 
 +|**Business Manager**|Brian Harvey| 
 +|**Publication Staff**|Misses Doreen Harris, Jessie Martin, and Mary Stoddart; Messrs. Bill Mullins and Arthur Salmon.| 
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 +=====Contents===== 
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 +| | |Page| 
 +|Editorial| | 1| 
 +|Of Course| | 2| 
 +|An Exploration of the Highlands between Nattai and Burragorang Walls|by Rudi Lemberg| 3| 
 +|Recipe for Happiness|by Dorothy Lawry| 4| 
 +|At Our Own Meeting| | 6| 
 +|Inter-Club Gossip| | 7| 
 +|Through Northern Jungles|by Wiff Knight| 8| 
 +|Federation News| |12| 
 +|Sleep beneath the Stars|Reprint..R.L.Stevenson|13| 
 +|"Highlights"|Sponsored by Stephenson & Bird|14| 
 +|Club Gossip| |15| 
 +|The Poor Cow| |15| 
  
-This war is now two months old, and already we are used to finding that So-and-so is not available for such and such a walk because he is in camp, that Someone-else cannot get her holidays because so many of her fellow workers are in camp; and even that we shall haste to get some other member to do the job now that our Honorary Pooh-bah has been mobilised.+=====Advertisements=====
  
-We now have Joyce Trimble as Acting Treasurer to carry on the job Ron Eddes was doing so well till he took to spending most of his time in militia camps. If family tradition means anything, then even before Joyce has had time to show her own metal, all members can congratulate the Committee on its choice of a new executive officer for the Club.+|"Frosty's"| 5| 
 +|""Paddy's"|11|
  
-The Poor Cow+=====Editorial=====
  
-In November both Committee and Club will again be exercising judgment and the vote in filling vacancies caused by the mobilisation of "Pooh-bah". This issue is the last one for some time to come that will bear the name of Brian Harvey as Business Manager for, as a Naval Reservist both of whose knees are again functioning normally, he has been called up for the duration, and on the night the magazine is on sale the Committee will be appointing a successor to be responsible for the production side of "The Sydney Bushwalker". Doreen Harris, of course, is still in charge of the subscriptions section, as well as being the editorial offsider.+This war is now two months old, and already we are used to finding that So-and-so is not available for such and such a walk because he is in camp; that Someone-else cannot get her holidays because so many of her fellow workers are in camp; and even that we shall haste to get some other member to do the job now that our Honorary Pooh-bah has been mobilised.
  
- " 2 +We now have Joyce Trimble as Acting Treasurer to carry on the job Ron. Eddes was doing so well till he took to spending most of his time in militia camps. If family tradition means anything, then - even before Joyce has had time to show her own metal - all members can congratulate the Committee on its choice of a new executive officer for the Club.
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 +In November both Committee and Club will again be exercising judgment and the vote in filling vacancies caused by the mobilisation of "Pooh-bah". This issue is the last one for some time to come that will bear the name of Brian Harvey as Business Manager for, as a Naval Reservist both of whose knees are again functioning normally, he has been called up for the duration, and, on the night the magazine is on sale the Committee will be appointing a successor to be responsible for the production side of "The Sydney Bushwalker". Doreen Harris, of course, is still in charge of the subscriptions section, as well as being the editorial offsider.
  
-At the November General Meeting those present will have to elect a new Committee man and a new Federation Delegate to replace Brian Harvey. That is the sort of worker Brian is. It will take two or three people, or more, to do the work he has been doing for the S.B.W. and they will all have to keep on their toes if they are going to do the jobs to Brian's standard.+At the November General Meeting those present will have to elect a new Committee-man and a new Federation Delegate to replace Brian Harvey. That is the sort of worker Brian is. It will take two or three people, or more, to do the work he has been doing for the S.B.W. and they will all have to keep on their toes if they are going to do the jobs to Brian's standard.
  
 Following on the President's call to arms last month, we know the Club will be well served by those it calls up to fill these vacancies, and whatever others may occur as the months go by; and we hope that, in the years to come, these new officers will all be able to look back to these troubled days as the evil out of which good came to them, since the war gave them the chance to prove themselves excellent workers and also to discover and develop their own capabilities. Following on the President's call to arms last month, we know the Club will be well served by those it calls up to fill these vacancies, and whatever others may occur as the months go by; and we hope that, in the years to come, these new officers will all be able to look back to these troubled days as the evil out of which good came to them, since the war gave them the chance to prove themselves excellent workers and also to discover and develop their own capabilities.
  
-OF COURSE! +=====Of Course!=====
  
 All bushwalkers know that anything to do with food is most important. That is why this story comes to you right at the beginning of the magazine, and as an item all by itself so that all bushwalker cooks can read it and ponder over it and find the moral for themselves... All bushwalkers know that anything to do with food is most important. That is why this story comes to you right at the beginning of the magazine, and as an item all by itself so that all bushwalker cooks can read it and ponder over it and find the moral for themselves...
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 Have you heard this one? It comes from one of our members who is at present serving in a militia unit that is camped "Somewhere in Australia". "These people who say things about the food the troops are getting!!! In our camp we get a three-course meal each day. Yes, indeed we do. The first course is breakfast; the second course is lunch; and the third course is tea; and every course is stew!" Have you heard this one? It comes from one of our members who is at present serving in a militia unit that is camped "Somewhere in Australia". "These people who say things about the food the troops are getting!!! In our camp we get a three-course meal each day. Yes, indeed we do. The first course is breakfast; the second course is lunch; and the third course is tea; and every course is stew!"
  
-THE TROUBLE WITH TRUTH +=====The Trouble With Truth===== 
  
 (From a Rotarian Magazine via the "Catalina Islander" of Avalon, California). (From a Rotarian Magazine via the "Catalina Islander" of Avalon, California).
-Herets the trouble with truth: Long ago it severed all diplomatic relations with white lies and terminological inexactitudes, with prejudices and propagandas. Unfortunately, few adults have followed this policy; consequently, as vigilant custodians of truth, they fall short when a child wants to know why some children must live in slums, why some children must go hungry, why some children must be targets for bombs. 
  
 +Here's the trouble with truth: Long ago it severed all diplomatic relations with white lies and terminological inexactitudes, with prejudices and propagandas. Unfortunately, few adults have followed this policy; consequently, as vigilant custodians of truth, they fall short when a child wants to know why some children must live in slums, why some children must go hungry, why some children must be targets for bombs.
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 +=====An Exploration Of The Highlands Between Nattai And Burragorang Walls=====
  
-AN EXPLORATION OF THE HIGHLANDS BETWEEN NATTAI AND BURRAGORANG WALLS. 
 by Rudi Lemberg. by Rudi Lemberg.
  
 We camped on the delightful spot near the Nattai River, where the road comes down from Nattai Pass. Our original plan had been to cross the plateau (then, I still conceded this name to it) between Nattai and Burragorang, over Travis Pass, as Jack Debert named it, though I understand to the locals it is known as "The Get Over". For an old mountaineer, however, the walls directly above us were too strong an attraction to resist, and I decided to attempt a front attack on the corner of the Highland (Reilly Mountain on the Tourist Map). I had some doubts whether we would reach the top, as we were not prepared for an actual climb, but once up there I expected an easy stroll with magnificent views down into the two valleys. I ought never to have laughed at the girl who once suggested a walk on Nattai Tableland, because it appeared so beautifully flat on the map! We camped on the delightful spot near the Nattai River, where the road comes down from Nattai Pass. Our original plan had been to cross the plateau (then, I still conceded this name to it) between Nattai and Burragorang, over Travis Pass, as Jack Debert named it, though I understand to the locals it is known as "The Get Over". For an old mountaineer, however, the walls directly above us were too strong an attraction to resist, and I decided to attempt a front attack on the corner of the Highland (Reilly Mountain on the Tourist Map). I had some doubts whether we would reach the top, as we were not prepared for an actual climb, but once up there I expected an easy stroll with magnificent views down into the two valleys. I ought never to have laughed at the girl who once suggested a walk on Nattai Tableland, because it appeared so beautifully flat on the map!
  
-We were extremely lucky with our ascent. The promising little ridge which rises directly above the crossing (A. on the sketch map, not the more distinct corner ridge) led to a little saddle (B) and, turning north with an inhumanly steep rise, but without actual climbing, brought us finally over a few easily manageable rocks to the ridge C. In little more than. an hour we stood there panting and looking down to our tents directly below us. The view from the ridge was splendid, and the rock lilies were in full bloom. Rambling along this ridge we came to a plateau where we found further progress. by a long and deep gorge, and, instead of going IV or SW, we had to go due N for about a mile, until the saddle (F)was reached, where we disturbed a fine wallaby, and had some tucker and a' rest. The ridge turned now more W and progress became faster. Our good luck led us to' theonly water, a tin- rock pool with yellow water full of dead leaves(G). It had been raining only a few days before, so that it would be unwise to rely on water at all at normal times. We were now definitely on the main ridge, which runs along the Burragorang side. From two points (H and I) wonderful views were obtained looking over the Burragorang with kt.Colong in the background.' As it was evidently too late to reach the Pass we decided for an exploration of the Nattai side before returning, in the faint hope of finding a descent to the river. The walls between J and K were investigated but were found too forbidding. From J the ridge L did not appear impossible, thus we climbed down into the :gully beyond Kt finding several dozens of waratahs in full bloom, but also a disheartening drop in the ridge L. It might not be impossible, but experiments with climbing descents at a late hour of' the day are not to my liking. Retreat was' the command of the hour, and with the fair number of gullies on the Nattai side our old torturous route was the only way. We filled out only billy again at the rock pool and marched along happily and carelessly. Of our way we felt quite sure, and the sinking sun found us indeed on a spur on top of the Nattai-Little River +We were extremely lucky with our ascent. The promising little ridge which rises directly above the crossing (A. on the sketch map, not the more distinct corner ridge) led to a little saddle (B) and, turning north with an inhumanly steep rise, but without actual climbing, brought us finally over a few easily manageable rocks to the ridge C. In little more than an hour we stood there panting and looking down to our tents directly below us. The view from the ridge was splendid, and the rock lilies were in full bloom. Rambling along this ridge we came to a plateau where we found further progress by a long and deep gorge, and, instead of going W or SW, we had to go due N for about a mile, until the saddle (F) was reached, where we disturbed a fine wallaby, and had some tucker and a rest. The ridge turned now more W and progress became faster. Our good luck led us to the only water, a tiny rock pool with yellow water full of dead leaves (G). It had been raining only a few days before, so that it would be unwise to rely on water at all at normal times. We were now definitely on the main ridge, which runs along the Burragorang side. From two points (H and I) wonderful views were obtained looking over the Burragorang with Mt.Colong in the background. As it was evidently too late to reach the Pass we decided for an exploration of the Nattai side before returning, in the faint hope of finding a descent to the river. The walls between J and K were investigated but were found too forbidding. From J the ridge L did not appear impossible, thus we climbed down into the gully beyond K, finding several dozens of waratahs in full bloom, but also a disheartening drop in the ridge L. It might not be impossible, but experiments with climbing descents at a late hour of the day are not to my liking. Retreat was the command of the hour, and with the fair number of gullies on the Nattai side our old torturous route was the only way. We filled our only billy again at the rock pool and marched along happily and carelessly. Of our way we felt quite sure, and the sinking sun found us indeed on a spur on top of the Nattai-Little River Junction, but it was the wrong one (E)! With perpendicular walls. The correct ridge, C-D, rose opposite. The spot was fine, but we had no time to enjoy it. Back we scrambled through the darkening bush, until the beginning of our ridge came (D), but also complete darkness. There was no lack of wood and soon enough had been collected to have a roaring fire burning through the whole of the night. We had to be content with two pieces of chocolate each and a cup of tea for dinner, and hungry thoughts were sent to the wealth of good stuff, in out tents. When morning came, we were black as miners from gathering trunks blackened by bush fires, but otherwise quite happy. For breakfast at 5 a.m. the iron ration was handed out, consisting of butter and sugar mixed, an excellent tonic.
-Junction, but it was the wrong one (E) with perpendicular walls; The +
-correct ridge,C-D, rose opposite. The spot was fine, but we had no time to enjoy it. Back we scrambled through the darkening bush, until the beginning of our ridge came (D), but also complete darkness. There was no lack of wood and soon enough had been collected to have a roaring fire burning through the whole of the night. we had to be content with two pieces of chocolate each +
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-and a cup of tea for dinner, and hungry thoughts were sent to the wealth of good stuff, in out tents 'e , When morning came, we were black as miners from gathering trunks blackened by bush fires, but otherwise quite happy. For breakfast at 5 a bra the iron ration Wat handed out, consisting of butter and sugar mixed, an excellent +
-Above the valleys drowned in a cold sea of mist, we walked along the ridge warmed by the rising sun. The bush was alive with parrots. Down the steep slope in good Christiania technique (thank God for it, it allows me to catch up even with "tigers",miles ahead on the way up); Into the river for a wash (very necessary indeed) and then eating from 8 to 2 o'clock with occasional short intervals given to swimming, watching the rich bird life and to botanizing Eriostemon myoporoides and prostanthera bushes were in wonderful bloom.+
  
-Then back to the Nattai Pass and home by oar. I was glad not to be the driver; If I can help it, this will not be my last visit to this fine bit of highland, which excels even Narrow Neck Peninsula; but, believe me, it has no right whatever to be called a plateau, if one understands this word in the normal sense, namely, "a surface predominantly flat." +Above the valleys drowned in a cold sea of mist, we walked along the ridge warmed by the rising sun. The bush was alive with parrots. Down the steep slope in good Christiania technique (thank God for it, it allows me to catch up even with "tigers", miles ahead on the way up); Into the river for a wash (very necessary indeed) and then eating from 8 to 2 o'clock with occasional short intervals given to swimming, watching the rich bird life and to botanizing. Eriostemon myoporoides and prostanthera bushes were in wonderful bloom.
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-RECIPE FOR HAPPINESS  by Dorothy Lawry.+Then back to the Nattai Pass and home by car. I was glad not to be the driver! If I can help it, this will not be my last visit to this fine bit of highland, which excels even Narrow Neck Peninsula but, believe me, it has no right whatever to be called a plateau, if one understands this word in the normal sense, namely, "a surface predominantly flat." 
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 +=====Recipe For Happiness===== 
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 +by Dorothy Lawry.
  
 Recently one of our local newspapers reported that a Dutchman had motored 300,000 miles in search of happiness and, on his arrival at Singapore, had sadly admitted that he had not yet found it. Recently one of our local newspapers reported that a Dutchman had motored 300,000 miles in search of happiness and, on his arrival at Singapore, had sadly admitted that he had not yet found it.
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 We suggest that he should get out and walk. We suggest that he should get out and walk.
  
-This is a recipe for happiness that cannot fail because if the Dutchman is "a lunatic at large" - or "one of those whom the gods love", according to your point of view, he will certainly find happiness afoot wandering the byways of this lovely world; but, on the other hand, if he is "a highly civilised man" - "a lover of the fleshpots", if you must, he will hate the toil and sweat of walking and be so glad to get back to his car that he will be very happy to have finished with walking for the rest of his life. +This is a recipe for happiness that cannot fail because-- 
-So, to the wandering Dutchman, and to everyone else in search of Happiness with a Capital a, we say -+ 
 +If the Dutchman is "a lunatic at large" - or "one of those whom the gods love", according to your point of view, he will certainly find happiness afoot wandering the byways of this lovely world; 
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 +but, on the other hand, 
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 +if he is "a highly civilised man" - "a lover of the fleshpots", if you must - he will hate the toil and sweat of walking and be so glad to get back to his car that he will be very happy to have finished with walking for the rest of his life. 
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 +So, to the wandering Dutchman, and to everyone else in search of Happiness with a Capital H, we say - 
 Get out and walk. Get out and walk.
  
 +=====At Our Own Meeting=====
  
-AT OUR OWN MEETING 
 At the October meeting those present were pleased to join the President in welcoming the following new members:- Miss Joan Atthill, Messrs. Dick Jackson, Jim Hodges, Fred Svenson and Norman Hellyer. At the October meeting those present were pleased to join the President in welcoming the following new members:- Miss Joan Atthill, Messrs. Dick Jackson, Jim Hodges, Fred Svenson and Norman Hellyer.
  
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 Owing to members changing their plans, or their minds, at the last moment and disorganising arrangements for theatre parties etc. the Social Committee has decided that, in future, all tickets for social functions must be paid for not later than the Friday before the function takes place. Owing to members changing their plans, or their minds, at the last moment and disorganising arrangements for theatre parties etc. the Social Committee has decided that, in future, all tickets for social functions must be paid for not later than the Friday before the function takes place.
  
-The Federation Council meetings are now open to members of Federated Clubs, and members are permitted to attend without power to speak or vote, The meetings are held on the third Tuesday in each month, commencing at 6.15p m. at the Scout Club rooms, Carrington Street, Sydney.+The Federation Council meetings are now open to members of Federated Clubs, and members are permitted to attend without power to speak or vote. The meetings are held on the third Tuesday in each month, commencing at 6.15p.m. at the Scout Club rooms, Carrington Street, Sydney.
  
-As a certain amount of enthusiasm is now evident in regard to holding the annual Concert this year, and a tentative programme has been drawn up, Tom Herbert moved that the motion passed at the last meeting, that no Concert be held this year, be rescinded. The meeting agreed to rescind the motion and Mrs. Joan Savage was appointed director with power to form a concert committee and to co-opt members to help with the function. Itull folks with ideas or willing to assist in any way, please let Joan have their names as soon as possible?+As a certain amount of enthusiasm is now evident in regard to holding the annual Concert this year, and a tentative programme has been drawn up, Tom Herbert moved that the motion passed at the last meeting, that no Concert be held this year, be rescinded. The meeting agreed to rescind the motion and Mrs. Joan Savage was appointed director with power to form a concert committee and to co-opt members to help with the function. 
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 +Will folks with ideas or willing to assist in any way, please let Joan have their names as soon as possible?
  
 The concert will be held at the New Theatre, on Tuesday, 12th December 1939. The concert will be held at the New Theatre, on Tuesday, 12th December 1939.
  
-Owing to the mobilisation of various officers of the Clubs it was announced that at the next meeting an election would be held to appoint a new committee man and delegate to the Federation. As the Treasurer is one of the club officers to be mobilised, the committee has appointed Joyce Trimble as Acting Treasurer. For the information of members who have not yet paid their long overdue subscriptions we believe that Joyce writes a very nice receipt.+Owing to the mobilisation of various officers of the Clubs it was announced that at the next meeting an election would be held to appoint a new committee man and delegate to the Federation.
  
-Masi  +As the Treasurer is one of the club officers to be mobilised, the committee has appointed Joyce Trimble as Acting Treasurer. For the information of members who have not yet paid their long overdue subscriptions we believe that Joyce writes a very nice receipt!
-But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew upon a thought, produces +
-That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think. --Byron+
  
-INTER-CLUB GOSSIP+----
  
-In our last issue we reported that a meeting had been called for September 19th at Paddy's to discuss a suggestion for a new camping club. This resulted in the formation of the Bush Club, which has absorbed the H.H.Club, has affiliated with the Federation, and has issued a schedule of walks covering every week-end to the 31st March 1940. This new club certainly got away to a flying start, and we expect that ever increasing numbers of members will be attending its weekly meetings on Friday evenings at Rona Barnes's Studio on the 3rd floor, 15 Hunter Street,Sydney. Welcome to the Bushwalking fraternity, all ye Bush Clubberal+But words are things, and a small drop of ink,\\ 
 +Falling like dew upon a thought, produces\\ 
 +That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think. 
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 +--Byron 
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 +=====Inter-Club Gossip===== 
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 +In our last issue we reported that a meeting had been called for September 19th at Paddy's to discuss a suggestion for a new camping club. This resulted in the formation of the Bush Club, which has absorbed the H.H.Club, has affiliated with the Federation, and has issued a schedule of walks covering every week-end to the 31st March 1940. This new club certainly got away to a flying start, and we expect that ever increasing numbers of members will be attending its weekly meetings on Friday evenings at Rona Barnes's Studio on the 3rd floor, 15 Hunter Street, Sydney. Welcome to the Bushwalking fraternity, all ye Bush Clubbers!
  
 Talking of Club Rooms, the C.M.W. has moved again, and on Thursday, 19th October, it held an official room warming at 38 Clarence Street (just at the back of Wynyard), at which members of the affiliated clubs were invited to assist in exercising any ghosts, heeby-jeebies, or things-that-go-bump-in-the-night, which may have considered that building one of their favourite haunts in the past. Talking of Club Rooms, the C.M.W. has moved again, and on Thursday, 19th October, it held an official room warming at 38 Clarence Street (just at the back of Wynyard), at which members of the affiliated clubs were invited to assist in exercising any ghosts, heeby-jeebies, or things-that-go-bump-in-the-night, which may have considered that building one of their favourite haunts in the past.
  
-Talking of the C.M.W., this club is giving 100% support to the "Bushwalker" this year. Normally, its own magazine "Into the Blue", is published quarterly and is issued gratis to all members. This year the October number has been cut out, and members will each receive a copy of "the annual" instead. And talking about "Into the Blue", our pal Brenda White has retired for a well-earned rest and Gwen Giovanelli has taken on the editorship.+Talking of the C.M.W., this club is giving 100% support to the "Bushwalker" this year. Normally, its own magazine "Into the Blue", is published quarterly and is issued gratis to all members. This year the October number has been cut out, and members will each receive a copy of "the annual" instead! 
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 +And talking about "Into the Blue", our pal Brenda White has retired for a well-earned rest and Gwen Giovanelli has taken on the editorship.
  
 Did you know that there is a lot of inter-club debating enjoyed by the members of the Federation? A recent variation was the General Knowledge Contest between the Rucksack Club and the C.M.W. We understand the teams were six-a-side, each armed with a set of questions for their opponents. Did you know that there is a lot of inter-club debating enjoyed by the members of the Federation? A recent variation was the General Knowledge Contest between the Rucksack Club and the C.M.W. We understand the teams were six-a-side, each armed with a set of questions for their opponents.
  
-"Conjunction Walks" are another way in which the smaller clubs in particular are getting together, and one in which the newer clubs can benefit by the experience of the older ones, On the weekend 14th/15th October the Trampers Club, Campfire Club, and C.M.W. had a conjunction walk to St.Helens from Springwood.+"Conjunction Walks" are another way in which the smaller clubs in particular are getting together, and one in which the newer clubs can benefit by the experience of the older one., On the weekend 14th/15th October the Trampers' Club, Campfire Club, and C.M.W. had a conjunction walk to St. Helens from Springwood.
  
-Everyone seems to be going to St.Helena these days. The Bush Club scheduled it from Blaxland as an easy camping trip for October 28th/29th. Soon there will probably be a well worn track there and no one will have the fun of getting lost coming back.+Everyone seems to be going to St. Helens these days. The Bush Club scheduled it from Blaxland as an easy camping trip for October 28th/29th. Soon there will probably be a well worn track there and no one will have the fun of getting lost coming back!
  
-Away, away, from men and towns, To the wild wood and the downs -- To the silent wilderness +----
-Where the soul need not repress Its music, lest it should not find An echo in another's mind, While the touch of Nature's art +
-Harmonises heart to heart. -- Percy Bysshe Shelley. +
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-THROUGH NORTHERN JUNGLES +Away, away, from men and towns,  
 +To the wild wood and the downs 
 +To the silent wilderness 
 +Where the soul need not repress  
 +Its music, lest it should not find  
 +An echo in another's mind,  
 +While the touch of Nature's art 
 +Harmonises heart to heart.  
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 +Percy Bysshe Shelley. 
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 +** 
 +Through Northern Jungles**
 by Wiff Knight, by Wiff Knight,
-0:4 While staying at Cape tact with two young chaps, Christenson, who has a tin 3,000 ft. above sea level, the Cape. + 
-Tribulation on Cape York Peninsular, I came in con- Walter Mason and his mate, a Norwegian named Peter show right up in the mountains between 2,000 and and due west about 10 miles as the crow flies from +While staying at Cape Tribulation on Cape York Peninsular,I came in contact with two young chaps, Walter Mason and his mate, a Norwegian named Pete Christenson, who has a tin show right up in the mountains between 2,000 and 3,000 ft. above sea level, and due west about 10 miles as the crow flies from the Cape. 
-We left on Thursday 17th August at 7.30 a m. in a flat-bottomed boat and sailed 15 miles north to the Bloomfield River, the sea being very calm, We made very good progress and arrived 4 miles up the Bloomfield River (or the Roaring Meg as it is called locally). It is not the crockadiles that roar, but the amount of water rushing over the rapids in the mountains that can be heard many miles away, We saw a lot of small fish about 6 inches long; they are called Skip Jacks because they rise up out of the water and fly along the top with their tales in the water (almost perpendicular) for about 200 ft, and then sink back into the water, We did not see any crocks,+ 
 +We left on Thursday 17th August at 7.30 a m. in a flat-bottomed boat and sailed 15 miles north to the Bloomfield River, the sea being very calm, We made very good progress and arrived 4 miles up the Bloomfield River (or the Roaring Meg as it is called locally). It is not the crockadiles that roar, but the amount of water rushing over the rapids in the mountains that can be heard many miles away, We saw a lot of small fish about 6 inches long; they are called Skip Jacks because they rise up out of the water and fly along the top with their tales in the water (almost perpendicular) for about 200 ft, and then sink back into the water. We did not see any crocks.
  
 We passed an abo mission run by a Mr.Biddel and his wife, and called in at the Ayton Store, where the boys ordered their month's supplies to be carried up by packhorses 19 miles to their camp. Then we rowed over to the place of the man who has the pack horses. He invited us in for a cup of tea and a snack. His place was very rough. You would not believe how these people live and put up with hardships. Mr.Pearse, a man of 72, was going to take the hundredweight of supplies up to the boys for 6/-; one day there and come back the next day, and feed himself. He had three horses and rode all the way there and back. There were a lot of ripe manderins at his place and he told us to take as many as we could carry away. We passed an abo mission run by a Mr.Biddel and his wife, and called in at the Ayton Store, where the boys ordered their month's supplies to be carried up by packhorses 19 miles to their camp. Then we rowed over to the place of the man who has the pack horses. He invited us in for a cup of tea and a snack. His place was very rough. You would not believe how these people live and put up with hardships. Mr.Pearse, a man of 72, was going to take the hundredweight of supplies up to the boys for 6/-; one day there and come back the next day, and feed himself. He had three horses and rode all the way there and back. There were a lot of ripe manderins at his place and he told us to take as many as we could carry away.
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 One of the main items of Federation News is that Council has decided that in future its meetings shall be opened to a "gallery" of any interested members of affiliated clubs. They may attend and listen, but not join in the discussions or vote, of course. The meetings are now being held at the Scout Club Room, Carrington Street, Sydney, at 6.15 p m. on the third Tuesday in each month. If you are interested, there is NO excuse for not knowing what the Federation is doing. One of the main items of Federation News is that Council has decided that in future its meetings shall be opened to a "gallery" of any interested members of affiliated clubs. They may attend and listen, but not join in the discussions or vote, of course. The meetings are now being held at the Scout Club Room, Carrington Street, Sydney, at 6.15 p m. on the third Tuesday in each month. If you are interested, there is NO excuse for not knowing what the Federation is doing.
-In fact there is no excuse for not joining what the Federation is doing, for this month they asked for various helpers as well as announcing that the Clear Hill working Bee had marked and defined the wallaby Track which i part of Duncan's Pass. Some unknown person or persons have cut away the dangerots ladders. + 
-The digging of three Wl1s in Corral Swamp having been postponed till c the weather got warmer, this Working Bee is being organised by Brian Harvey for the end of Ottober or early in November, and volunteers were called for. +In fact there is no excuse for not joining what the Federation is doing, for this month they asked for various helpers as well as announcing that the Clear Hill working Bee had marked and defined the wallaby Track which is part of Duncan's Pass. Some unknown person or persons have cut away the dangerous ladders. 
-4 To prevent destruction in the valley of Heathcote Creek, the Forestry +The digging of three Wel1s in Corral Swamp having been postponed till the weather got warmer. This Working Bee is being organised by Brian Harvey for the end of October or early in November, and volunteers were called for. 
-Commission has asked the Federation to nominate some Honorary Foresters. Charles Rolfe and Charles Pryde of the S.B.W. have agreed to accept nomination. + 
-The Department of Local Government having asked the Federation to arrange for a number of copies of the Protected Wild Flowers Proclamation to be taken into the bush and fixed in conspicuous ,4aces, several members present at the S.B.W. October meeting took the calico proclamations for erection. +To prevent destruction in the valley of Heathcote Creek, the Forestry Commission has asked the Federation to nominate some Honorary Foresters. Charles Rolfe and Charles Pryde of the S.B.W. have agreed to accept nomination. 
--13- + 
-Similar assistance is being sought by the Bushfires Advisory Council +The Department of Local Government having asked the Federation to arrange for a number of copies of the Protected Wild Flowers Proclamation to be taken into the bush and fixed in conspicuous places, several members present at the S.B.W. October meeting took the calico proclamations for erection. 
-but their Bushfire Posters have not yet been received. When Tom Moppett gets + 
-a supply, you could take one or two and erect them in suitable spots. There are probably still some Wild Flower Proclamations available too. +Similar assistance is being sought by the Bushfires Advisory Council but their Bushfire Posters have not yet been received. When Tom Moppett gets a supply, you could take one or two and erect them in suitable spots. There are probably still some Wild Flower Proclamations available too. 
-If you want to do something bigger and better for the bushwalking movement itself, the Publicity Bureau offers you the chance. It has a panel of lecturers who give talks about various phases of bushwalking to any outside groups who ask for lectures, and it is now forming a panel of bushcraft instructors to go out "hiking" with interested groups who are not affiliated + 
-clubs but who wish to learn how to bushwalk. The Publicity Bureau is asking +If you want to do something bigger and better for the bushwalking movement itself, the Publicity Bureau offers you the chance. It has a panel of lecturers who give talks about various phases of bushwalking to any outside groups who ask for lectures, and it is now forming a panel of bushcraft instructors to go out "hiking" with interested groups who are not affiliated clubs but who wish to learn how to bushwalk. The Publicity Bureau is asking for volunteers as Lecturers and as Bushcraft Instructors -- see either Horrie Salmon of the Trampers Club or Dorothy Lawry of the S.B.W. if you are willing to help in this way. 
-for volunteers as Lecturers and as Busheraft Instructors -- see either Horrie Salmon of the Trampers Club or Dorothy Lawry of the S.B.W. if you are willing to help in this way.+
  
 SLEEP BENEATH THE STARS  SLEEP BENEATH THE STARS 
 by R.L.Stevenson. by R.L.Stevenson.
 +
 Night is a dead monotonous period under a roof; but in the open world it passes lightly, with its stars and dews and perfumes, and the hours are marked by changes in the face of Nature, What seems a kind of temporal death to people choked between walls and curtains, is only a light and living slumber to the man who sleeps a-field, All night long he can hear Nature breathing deeply and freely; even as she takes her i'est she turns and smiles; and there is one stirring hour unknown to those who dwell in houses, when a wakeful influence goes abroad over the sleeping hemisphere, and all the outdoor world are on their feet. It is then that the cock first crows, not this time to announce the dawn, but like a cheerful watchman speeding the course of night. Cattle awake on the meadows; shee7: break their fast on dewy hillsides, and change to a new lair among the ferns; and houseless men, who have lain down with the fowls, open their dim eyes and behold the beauty of the night. Night is a dead monotonous period under a roof; but in the open world it passes lightly, with its stars and dews and perfumes, and the hours are marked by changes in the face of Nature, What seems a kind of temporal death to people choked between walls and curtains, is only a light and living slumber to the man who sleeps a-field, All night long he can hear Nature breathing deeply and freely; even as she takes her i'est she turns and smiles; and there is one stirring hour unknown to those who dwell in houses, when a wakeful influence goes abroad over the sleeping hemisphere, and all the outdoor world are on their feet. It is then that the cock first crows, not this time to announce the dawn, but like a cheerful watchman speeding the course of night. Cattle awake on the meadows; shee7: break their fast on dewy hillsides, and change to a new lair among the ferns; and houseless men, who have lain down with the fowls, open their dim eyes and behold the beauty of the night.
 +
 At what inaudible summons, at what gentle touch of Nature, are all these sleepers thus recalled in the same hour to life? Do the stars rain down an influence, or do we share some thrill of mother earth below our resting bodies? Even shepherds and old country-folk, who are the deepest read in these arcana, have not a guess as to the means or purpose of this nightly resurrection. Toward two in the morning they declare the thing takes place; and neither know nor inquire further. And at least it is a pleasant incident. We are disturbed in our slumber only, like the luxurious Montaigne, "that we may the better and more sensibly relish it." We have a moment to look upon the stars. And there is a special pleasure for some minds in the reflection that we share the impulse with all out-door creatures in our neighbourhood, that we have escaped out of the Bastille of civilisation, and are become, for the time being, a mere kindly animal and a sheep of Nature's flock. At what inaudible summons, at what gentle touch of Nature, are all these sleepers thus recalled in the same hour to life? Do the stars rain down an influence, or do we share some thrill of mother earth below our resting bodies? Even shepherds and old country-folk, who are the deepest read in these arcana, have not a guess as to the means or purpose of this nightly resurrection. Toward two in the morning they declare the thing takes place; and neither know nor inquire further. And at least it is a pleasant incident. We are disturbed in our slumber only, like the luxurious Montaigne, "that we may the better and more sensibly relish it." We have a moment to look upon the stars. And there is a special pleasure for some minds in the reflection that we share the impulse with all out-door creatures in our neighbourhood, that we have escaped out of the Bastille of civilisation, and are become, for the time being, a mere kindly animal and a sheep of Nature's flock.
  
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 ON EYELIDS ON EYELIDS
-Borrow a mirror and look into the nasal corner of the eye and you will + 
-see a crescent i--.11aped fold of tissue, known as the half-moon fold. In man this structure has no great use, it is like the appendix, and is simply the remnant of a third eyelid known as the nictitating membrane.+Borrow a mirror and look into the nasal corner of the eye and you will see a crescent shaped fold of tissue, known as the half-moon fold. In man this structure has no great use, it is like the appendix, and is simply the remnant of a third eyelid known as the nictitating membrane. 
 It is found in some reptiles, all birds and some herbivorous mammals. These latter often graze in long and sharp grass and require protection against the spears of grass which might enter the eye. It is found in some reptiles, all birds and some herbivorous mammals. These latter often graze in long and sharp grass and require protection against the spears of grass which might enter the eye.
 In a particular form of desert alligator this third eyelid is well developed and possesses a window, so that in a sand storm the lid can be closed and the reptile can still see through the window. In a particular form of desert alligator this third eyelid is well developed and possesses a window, so that in a sand storm the lid can be closed and the reptile can still see through the window.
 In certain snakes the upper and lower lids disappear completely and the nictitating membrane completely covers the eyeball and becomes transparent,and forms a fixed film like a watchglass in front of the eye. Tear fluid then washes the eye and passes down the throat without ever reaching the surface. The watch-glass film becomes hardened, insensitive, scratched and scarred, but is renewed whenever the snake sheds its skin. In certain snakes the upper and lower lids disappear completely and the nictitating membrane completely covers the eyeball and becomes transparent,and forms a fixed film like a watchglass in front of the eye. Tear fluid then washes the eye and passes down the throat without ever reaching the surface. The watch-glass film becomes hardened, insensitive, scratched and scarred, but is renewed whenever the snake sheds its skin.
-You have no nictitating membrane over your eyes, and you can't shed your skir4 but you can protect your sight by consulting Morrie Stephenson.+ 
 +You have no nictitating membrane over your eyes, and you can't shed your skin but you can protect your sight by consulting Morrie Stephenson. 
  
 ON STRENGTH  ON STRENGTH 
 +
 One holiday week-end not so long ago, a large party of Club members hired a drive yourself truck to take them to their starting point. Like most trucks, it was not so new and they had more than a spot of bother with it. One holiday week-end not so long ago, a large party of Club members hired a drive yourself truck to take them to their starting point. Like most trucks, it was not so new and they had more than a spot of bother with it.
-On one of the various occasions when horse..-power had to be replaced by man-power, one of the girls noticed -- + 
-The mechanics (?) of the party had given up tinkering and all the men of the party were pushing, shoving and heaving at the recalcitrant truck; all, that is, except the Strong Man of the party, who was standing on a log, solemnly and blissfully practising "strong man" stunts:: +On one of the various occasions when horsepower had to be replaced by man-power, one of the girls noticed the mechanics (?) of the party had given up tinkering and all the men of the party were pushing, shoving and heaving at the recalcitrant truck; all, that is, except the Strong Man of the party, who was standing on a log, solemnly and blissfully practising "strong man" stunts. 
--15-+
  
 CLUB GOSSIP  CLUB GOSSIP 
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-"and i never saw a city full of men manage to be as happy as a congregation of mosquitoes who have discovered a fat man on a camping trip" Archy+"And i never saw a city full of men manage to be as happy as a congregation of mosquitoes who have discovered a fat man on a camping trip" Archy
 From Archy's Life of Mehitabel. by Don Marquis, From Archy's Life of Mehitabel. by Don Marquis,
  
 +**The Poor Cow** by Jack Debert.
 +
 +"Mumbedah" is to be congratulated upon his article "The Cox and the Cow" for apart from it having an appealing and appropriate heading, it is a timely one and contains a wealth of commonsense. Unfortunately it contains a few statements that all walkers cannot be agreed upon.
 +
 +Can you walkers imagine just what will happen should our Greater Blue Mountains National Park dream be realized and cows prohibited from the domain?  What tracks do walkers follow down the Kowmung, Breakfast Creek, the Cox and other places, walkers tracks or cowpads? Admittedly cows are destructive, but if cows did not roam along those places the cow ads (our tracks, which we few walkers do not frequent enough to keep in a state of repair) would soon go the way of wild things. Nettles would bar the way up Breakfast Creek. Blackthorns and blackberries would prevent progress in other parts. Take for example the upper parts of Harry's or Jenolan River where the cows do not bother to go. Do you know where the bush walker walks there Mumbedah? Well he doesn't! He wades in the river with blackberry briars to the left of them, blackberry briars to the right of them and in many cases blackberry briars above them as well.
  
-THE POOR COW +I have been walking many years but not sufficiently long enough to know whether cows, civilization or what brought these pests into those areas. Most of our pests are imported (that goes for me too) nevertheless when once the pests are here we should endeavour to overcome them. The cows do quite a lot of good for the walker and 1 have yet to have it proved conclusively that the destruction they do outweighs their benefits.
-by Jack Debert. +
-"Mumbedah" is to be congratulated upon his article "The Cox and the Cow" for apart from it having an appealing and appropriate heading, it is a timely one and contains a wealth of commonsense. Unfortunately it contains a few4statements that all walkers cannot be agreed upon. +
-Can you walkers imagine just what will happen should our Greater Blue Mountains National P;Ark dream be realized and cows prohibited from the domain? What tracks do walkers follow down the nwmung, Breakfast Creek, the Cox and other places, walkers' tracks or cowpads? Admittedly cows are destruc- tive, but if cows did not roa \m along those places the cow ads (our tracks, which we few walkers do not frequent -eiiciugh-to keep in a s ate of repair) +
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-would soon go the way of wild things. Nettles would bar the way up Breakfast Creek. Blackthorns and blackberries would prevent progress in other parts. Take for example the upper parts of Harry's or Jenolan River where the cows do not bother to go. Do you know where the bush walker walks there Mumbedah? Well he doesn't! He wades in the river with blackberry briars to the left of them, blackberry briars to the right of them and in many cases blackberry briars above them as well.+
  
-I have been walking many years but not sufficiently long enough to know whether cows,, civilization or what brought these pests into those areas. Most of our pests are imported (that goes for me too) nevertheless when once the pests are here we should endeavour to overcome them. The cows do quite a lot of good for the walker and 1 have yet to have it proved conclusively that the destruction they do outweighs their benefits.+The statement about "the terrain been unsuitable than ever greet the slaughterman" is a misstatement. ' Good money has been made by stockmen from cattle in the Kowmung by the men who knew their business. When new chums put in domestic cows, almost devoid of life preserving instincts (like some city slickers) those poor cows had not enough sense to get off the river flats when floods were raging down the Kowmung. The wilder cattle, belonging to the men who knew their game, calmly climbed up the hillsides and remained alive, not to tell the tale, but to help obtain proof of what happened,
  
-The statement about "the terrain been unsuitable  than ever greet the slaughterman" is a misstatement. ' Good money has been made by stockmen from cattle in the Kowmung by the men who knew their business. When new chums put in domestic cows, almost devoid of life preserving instincts (like some city slickers) those poor cows had not enough sense to get off the river flats when floods were raging down the Kowmung. The wilder cattle, belonging to the men who knew their game, calmly climbed up the hillsides and remained alive, not to ell the tale, but to help obtain proof of what happened, +The erection of wooden guards is a sound suggestion, but unless they are of very strong structure they will not withstand the cows attacks. I have had barbed wire entanglements knocked down by domestically 
-The erection of wooden guards is a sound suggestion, but unless they are of very strong structure they will not withstand the cows' attacks. 1 have had barbed wire entanglements knocked down by domestically +inclined cows who sighed for and desired the taste of my prize cauliflowers and cabbages. Nevertheless the scheme has much to commend it for I have kept close watch on certain groves of casurina saplings in the Burragorang and wherever those saplings managed to survive the cattle's desires long enough for their top of the main centre branch to be out of cows neck distance - well they grew and grew right into the air. One glorious example is to be seen just below Paradise Pool where Coleman's Creek joins the Wollondilly River four miles above the Wollondilly bridge at Upper Burragorang.
-inclined cows who sighed for and desired the taste of my prize cauliflowers and cabbages. Nevertheless the scheme has much to commend it for I have kept close watch on certain groves of casurina saplings in the Burragorang and wherever those saplings managed to survive the cattle's desires long enough for their top of the main centre branch to be out of cows neck distance - well they grew and grew right into the air. +
  
-One glorious example is to be seen just below Paradise Pool where Coleman's Creek joins the Wollondilly River four miles above the Wollondilly bridge at Upper Burragorang. 
 A solution to the felling of casurinas would be to ask the Government to declare them a protected tree, only to be lopped for stock feeding. Many years ago the Upper Burragorang Progress Association endeavoured to have the trees protected, but failed, If the Federation combined with the Soil Erosion Department tried for protection nowadays they should prove more successful. A solution to the felling of casurinas would be to ask the Government to declare them a protected tree, only to be lopped for stock feeding. Many years ago the Upper Burragorang Progress Association endeavoured to have the trees protected, but failed, If the Federation combined with the Soil Erosion Department tried for protection nowadays they should prove more successful.
-Be canny wi' tho firewood 1 
  
 +Be canny wi' the firewood !
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