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People don't often find pleasure in having to spend money, but the Trustees of Bouddi Natural Park really did find a lot of pleasure in spending many twopences on stamps to write and thank the many people who helped in the working bee in May. | People don't often find pleasure in having to spend money, but the Trustees of Bouddi Natural Park really did find a lot of pleasure in spending many twopences on stamps to write and thank the many people who helped in the working bee in May. | ||
- | As a result of the working bee three footpaths were made and together these provide possibly the finest scenic half day's walk within easy reach of Sydney, especially as it is combined with a beautiful train journey and boat trip. Probably in these troubled times few visitors will be in Sydney, but, if there should be any such who require to be entertained with a bushwalk, bear in mind that Putty Beach to Maitland Bay via the cliffs, back up the tourist track and then along the ridge between Putty Beach and Maitland Bay and so back to Killeare, will give them views of ocean and headland that it would take a lot to surpass. | + | As a result of the working bee three footpaths were made and together these provide possibly the finest scenic half day's walk within easy reach of Sydney, especially as it is combined with a beautiful train journey and boat trip. Probably in these troubled times few visitors will be in Sydney, but, if there should be any such who require to be entertained with a bushwalk, bear in mind that Putty Beach to Maitland Bay via the cliffs, back up the tourist track and then along the ridge between Putty Beach and Maitland Bay and so back to Killcare, will give them views of ocean and headland that it would take a lot to surpass. |
- | Then there is the shelter shed. That was the work that meant mostlfor | + | Then there is the shelter shed. That was the work that meant most, for Harry Savage, a carpenter by profession, very kindly gave up a whole weekend |
- | Over sixty people foregathered for the path-making | + | Over sixty people foregathered for the path-making |
- | All seamed | + | All seemed |
- | On Paddy Pallin' | ||
- | - 3 - | + | ---- |
- | MINI MINI RANGE | + | |
- | by THE TRIMBLE | + | On Paddy Pallin' |
- | Well, here's something different. Of course, the Tigers would not even consider such a trip as this, but the hard workea | + | |
- | Firstly, we proceeded to Blackheath on Saturday afternoon, then by car to the " | + | |
- | Sunday morning was foggy, so we put our trust in the leader, and eventually picked up the Mini Mini Range,which provides splendid walking and views which olre could not fully see through the fog. After some miles we found ourselves | + | ===== Mini Mini Range ===== |
- | --out on a side spur overlooking Little River, with the range proper shooting out to our left. As time was short, we decided to go down to the river by the most direct route, and found ourselves in the finest treefern gully I've ever seen - treeferns ten to twelve feet high,with perfect green fronds, and beskirted with lacy petticoats of old brown fronds. It has licked hollow my memory of the fern gully on Wilson' | + | by The Trimble |
- | We left the packs In the gully and scrambled up the ridge opposite, to find the range proper - and Gibraltar Rocks - still one spur further on. The spur up which we had climbed was as high, and provided splendid views, and, the fog having cleared, we saw "The Dogs" from quite a different angle. | + | |
- | Then, after scuttling back to fairyland and packs, we lunched and proceeded downstream. It was easier to sidle round the foothills than to scramble down the creek, and soon we were almost at Little River. There our creek emptied into the river there was a drop of about 1,0 feet - most unexpected and exciting as we followed odd wallaby trails to the bottom. | + | Well, here's something different. Of course, the Tigers would not even consider such a trip as this, but the hard worked |
- | Little River was a very cheering sight as it burbled through the gorge, and one almost forgot that the gums on the hills were dying of thirst. We made camp a couple of miles above the COX and were soon eating in the moonlight which dappled through the trees. | + | |
- | As we had not covered the expected distance for Sunday we broke camp earlier on Monday, just before eight, and it wasn't long before we reached the Cox, and some of the Campfire Club about to breakfast. The Cox is very ary-looking and we hear that cows had died, three to the mile, along theriver, | + | Firstly, we proceeded to Blackheath on Saturday afternoon, then by car to the " |
- | Galong Creek was dry - Very dry - and was not half as exciting as when the water rushed through. Just the same, to those unacquainted with its lovely granite forges and slides, it was interesting and added quite a thrill. | + | |
- | Mrs. Carlon, | + | Sunday morning was foggy, so we put our trust in the leader, and eventually picked up the Mini Mini Range, which provides splendid walking and views which we could not fully see through the fog. After some miles we found ourselves out on a side spur overlooking Little River, with the range proper shooting out to our left. As time was short, we decided to go down to the river by the most direct route, and found ourselves in the finest treefern gully I've ever seen - treeferns ten to twelve feet high, with perfect green fronds, and beskirted with lacy petticoats of old brown fronds. It has licked hollow my memory of the fern gully on Wilson' |
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+ | We left the packs in the gully and scrambled up the ridge opposite, to find the range proper - and Gibraltar Rocks - still one spur further on. The spur up which we had climbed was as high, and provided splendid views, and, the fog having cleared, we saw "The Dogs" from quite a different angle. | ||
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+ | Then, after scuttling back to fairyland and packs, we lunched and proceeded downstream. It was easier to sidle round the foothills than to scramble down the creek, and soon we were almost at Little River. There our creek emptied into the river there was a drop of about 150 feet - most unexpected and exciting as we followed odd wallaby trails to the bottom. | ||
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+ | Little River was a very cheering sight as it burbled through the gorge, and one almost forgot that the gums on the hills were dying of thirst. We made camp a couple of miles above the Cox and were soon eating in the moonlight which dappled through the trees. | ||
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+ | As we had not covered the expected distance for Sunday we broke camp earlier on Monday, just before eight, and it wasn't long before we reached the Cox, and some of the Campfire Club about to breakfast. The Cox is very dry-looking and we hear that cows had died, three to the mile, along the river. | ||
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+ | Galong Creek was dry - very dry - and was not half as exciting as when the water rushed through. Just the same, to those unacquainted with its lovely granite forges and slides, it was interesting and added quite a thrill. | ||
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+ | Mrs. Carlon, welcomed us as warmly as ever and we lunched beside their creek. As we trekked back to Katoomba via the Devil' | ||
For variety the trip has much to commend it, and one could do it in two days by leaving on Friday night. Happy hunting, and I hope that you find it as good as we did. | For variety the trip has much to commend it, and one could do it in two days by leaving on Friday night. Happy hunting, and I hope that you find it as good as we did. | ||
- | olaawnwwwftworRo | + | |
- | "HIGHLIGHTS" | + | ===== "Highlights" |
- | Sponsored by | + | |
- | STEPHENSON | + | Sponsored by Stephenson |
Opticians, Optometrists and Orthoptists. | Opticians, Optometrists and Orthoptists. | ||
- | 2, Martin Place, | + | |
- | SydnyQ | + | "There will be no more " |
- | e | + | |
- | Morris N. Stephenson xB.4406 A.S.T.C. (Dip.Opt.) F.I.O. | + | That is what Morris Stephenson told us when we asked him for some more of the articles that have been so interesting during the past twelve months. Morrie |
- | ' | + | |
- | "There will be no more " | + | |
- | That is what Morris Stephenson told us when we asked him for some more of the articles that have been so interesting during the past twelve months. Morrie | + | |
We understand that it is to be " | We understand that it is to be " | ||
- | An Indian was asked, " | + | |
- | -5-. | + | ---- |
- | LETTERS RIVER MAPPING. | + | |
+ | An Indian was asked, " | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Letters ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== River Mapping ==== | ||
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+ | To The Editor, | ||
It seems as though we'll want a whole page each issue before long: here's the latest:- | It seems as though we'll want a whole page each issue before long: here's the latest:- | ||
- | Canoeist' | + | * Map No. 16 - Canoeist' |
- | Map of New South Wales showing Rivers Canoed by Members | + | * Map No. 17 - Map of New South Wales showing Rivers Canoed by Members of the River Canoe Club. (To be added to from time to time) |
- | of the River Canoe Club. (To be added to from time to time) | + | * Map No. 18 - Canoeist' |
- | Canoeist' | + | |
- | Map of the Paterson River and Environs (from Vacy to Hunter River Junction), | + | |
Thanks for the write-up in May's issue; we appreciate it, and we are really looking forward to the Berowra Creek trip next month. Thanking you for your continued airing of our doings. | Thanks for the write-up in May's issue; we appreciate it, and we are really looking forward to the Berowra Creek trip next month. Thanking you for your continued airing of our doings. | ||
- | E. Caines Phillips Convenor. Mapping Committee, R.C.C. | + | |
- | LONE WALKING | + | E. Caines Phillips |
- | Your editorial in the May issue of "The Sydney Bushwalker" | + | Convenor. |
- | You have dealt solely upon the dangers that may be encountered, | + | Mapping Committee, R.C.C. |
- | at all upon the pleasures that are to be gained. I, like all others in the club, would not be a member if I preferred always to walk alone. I must state, however, that the solo trips I have made have been enjoyable ones. | + | |
- | In the bush when one is alone, his senses of hearing and discernment are greatly accentuated, | + | ==== Lone Walking ==== |
- | - footsteps but the sound of human voices that frightens the wild life. Bush- walkers, for some reason or other, do not appreciate long periods of silence. Therefore, if one wants to seek the wild life of the bush he must occasionally go alone. | + | |
- | It is when I am without human companions that the birds seem nore friendly; more wallaroos and kangaroos are encountered, | + | To the Editor, |
- | Who among us knows that tortoises inhabit the Cox' | + | |
- | Map No.16. u No.17. | + | Your editorial in the May issue of "The Sydney Bushwalker" |
- | " No.18. " No.19. | + | |
- | - 6 - | + | You have dealt solely upon the dangers that may be encountered, |
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+ | In the bush when one is alone, his senses of hearing and discernment are greatly accentuated, | ||
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+ | It is when I am without human companions that the birds seem more friendly; more wallaroos and kangaroos are encountered, | ||
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+ | Who among us knows that tortoises inhabit the Coxs River and Kedumba Creek, and that in National Park - despite the numbers of roads that have been made a large number of opossums still exist? | ||
It was in this National Park of ours, a place so often spoken ill of (and not always wrongly so) that I spent one of my most enjoyable nights in the bush. | It was in this National Park of ours, a place so often spoken ill of (and not always wrongly so) that I spent one of my most enjoyable nights in the bush. | ||
- | Camped alone under a moonless but starry sky, I had for companions that night not only the deer that grazed about me, but half a dozen or more opossums that frolicked on the grass around me. I did :mit thihk thise.6reatures | + | |
- | There are many pleasures for the lone, " | + | Camped alone under a moonless but starry sky, I had for companions that night not only the deer that grazed about me, but half a dozen or more opossums that frolicked on the grass around me. I did not think these creatures |
- | - -The brbken | + | |
+ | There are many pleasures for the lone, " | ||
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+ | The broken | ||
The pleasures that are gotten from an occasional bushwalking trip alone are well worth running what risks may exist. | The pleasures that are gotten from an occasional bushwalking trip alone are well worth running what risks may exist. | ||
- | F ' | + | |
- | M0UNT CALEY | + | Bill Hall. |
- | To the Hon,Secretary, Sydney Bushwalkers. | + | |
+ | ==== Mount Caley ==== | ||
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+ | To the Hon. Secretary, | ||
+ | Sydney Bushwalkers. | ||
I have noticed in some recent issues of the " | I have noticed in some recent issues of the " | ||
- | Although the name shown on the Military Map for Katoomba is " | + | |
- | The Geological Survey Records show that the name of Mount Caley was ,recommended by the late J.E.Carne, Geological Surveyor, for an " | + | Although the name shown on the Military Map for Katoomba is " |
- | - 7 - | + | |
- | that the name 'Tatey" is an error and that Caley was intended, I have proposed for some time past taking this up with the military authorities, | + | The Geological Survey Records show that the name of Mount Caley was recommended by the late J.E. Carne, Geological Surveyor, for an " |
- | R, Else Mitchell. | + | |
- | 1. | + | R. Else Mitchell. |
- | FEDERATION | + | |
- | NPTPS | + | ===== Federation Notes ===== |
- | Easily the most important piece of news that came to the S.B.W' | + | Easily the most important piece of news that came to the S.B.W' |
Another piece of good news was that at last the wells at Corral Swamp have been dug. Good work by the C.M.W. ! | Another piece of good news was that at last the wells at Corral Swamp have been dug. Good work by the C.M.W. ! | ||
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The Search & Rescue Section asks that the weekend of 14th and 15th September be kept for this year's Practice Weekend. | The Search & Rescue Section asks that the weekend of 14th and 15th September be kept for this year's Practice Weekend. | ||
- | Jack Benson of the C.M.W. has replaced Harold Chardon as Honorary Auditor | + | |
+ | Jack Benson of the C.M.W. has replaced Harold Chardon as Honorary Auditor of the Federation. | ||
Details are now announced of the Federation' | Details are now announced of the Federation' | ||
- | HYMN OF PRAISE TO PADDY. | + | |
- | Anon. Oh, Paddy dear, we knew that you, | + | ===== Hymn of Praise to Paddy ===== |
- | With ever fertile mind, | + | |
- | Would scale invention' | + | Anon. Oh, Paddy dear, we knew that you,\\ |
- | \All hail to you, our Paddy, great, | + | With ever fertile mind,\\ |
- | And gamps that you produce, | + | Would scale invention' |
- | For heat and cold and rain and scrub | + | And the umbrella find. |
- | And bush and Camping use ! | + | |
- | So, lo! the days are hastening on, | + | All hail to you, our Paddy, great,\\ |
- | _By Marie long foretold, | + | And gamps that you produce,\\ |
- | When all Bushwalkere | + | For heat and cold and rain and scrub\\ |
+ | And bush and Camping use! | ||
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+ | So, lo! the days are hastening on,\\ | ||
+ | By Marie long foretold,\\ | ||
+ | When all Bushwalkers | ||
And the Umbrella hold. | And the Umbrella hold. | ||
- | - 9 - | + | |
- | TKO HUNDRED MILES IN THE MOUNTAINS | + | ===== Two Hundred Miles in the Mountains ===== |
By " | By " | ||
- | After spending a pleasant | + | |
- | It was not a pleasant experience to have to leave a good fire about 9.30 each evening to "do the rounds" | + | After spending a pleasant |
- | Then for Sunday Bert suggested we might go and get some wild goat for the table, so off we went to Little River, where we lunched in Jack Kirby' | + | |
- | Then up to Katoomba again on Tuesday to meet Alf. Watts and his ship-mate Max, to lay in stores for a four-day trip, and tome back to Carlon' | + | It was not a pleasant experience to have to leave a good fire about 9.30 each evening to "do the rounds" |
- | -10- and clicking sounds respectively. | + | |
- | On Friday came the big Wind and the dust and the flying branches, AND the bent tent pegs. It was found necessary to place large stones on every peg and guy-rope, so strong was the gale, That night we had the pleasure of the company of Norbert and Bert, who were on "the last round-up" | + | Then for Sunday Bert suggested we might go and get some wild goat for the table, so off we went to Little River, where we lunched in Jack Kirby' |
- | Away to a flying start on Saturday morn, we ascended Yellow Pup and climbed into the saddle between Mt.Dingo and Merri-Merrigal Plateau, carrying water for lunch. We visited the glorious Splendour Rock, THE view of views, and my shipmates were enraptured with the panorama. Thence away along the old warrigal | + | |
- | Max went home on Sunday, and as Bert had left his " | + | Then up to Katoomba again on Tuesday to meet Alf Watts and his ship-mate Max, to lay in stores for a four-day trip, and come back to Carlon' |
- | Whilst at Kanangaroo we had had a fleeting impression of "Slinkera | + | |
- | Leaving the Leap at 2.45 we sprang down the steps to the amazement of sundry tourists, and crossed Govett' | + | On Friday came the big wind and the dust and the flying branches, AND the bent tent pegs. It was found necessary to place large stones on every peg and guy-rope, so strong was the gale, That night we had the pleasure of the company of Norbert and Bert, who were on "the last round-up" |
- | Up and away in a frenzy of effort and activity at 7.30 a m, we streaked along the undulating leafy track, the deeply-fissured cliffs of Mt.King George just a memory, Mt.Caley only a boulder on the track. Five minutes rest was taken at 10.30 and the fires within were stoked with chocolate and sultanas. The track here was good underfoot, but was only a tunnel about three feet | + | |
- | high under heavy rain forest growth, intertwined with lawyer vines and creepers of all descriptions, | + | Away to a flying start on Saturday morn, we ascended Yellow Pup and climbed into the saddle between Mt.Dingo and Merri-Merrigal Plateau, carrying water for lunch. We visited the glorious Splendour Rock, THE view of views, and my shipmates were enraptured with the panorama. Thence away along the old Warrigal |
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- | Forty minutes for lunch allowed us to straighten our backs, and iater the track ecame less congested, but wandered up and down the average | + | Max went home on Sunday, and as Bert had left his " |
- | We had no map, and had no idea how far we had to go on the morrow, and,as my leave expired at 8 a m. Thursday, we decided to get away to a flying start next morning. We arranged for either to wake the other about as early as practicable, | + | |
- | Despite the simmering of the rolled oats by candle light before the break of day, we did not stagger on our way until 7.30 a m. when the worst part of the trip began. Between Linden Creek and the Faulconbridge Track there is no defined track, just a jumble of boulders thickly interwoven with kanuka trees, which have branches right down to the ground. The recent bushfires had caused huge redgums to crash all over the route, and if attempts were made to keep to the ledges of strata high up, one nearly always was left in midair up on the cliff side and had to retrace his steps. The distance between these points is about 1* miles as the crow flies, maybe less, and it recitired | + | Whilst at Kanangaroo we had had a fleeting impression of "Slinker" |
- | Judging by the litter, we guessed rightly we were at the Faulconigridge Track, and whooped for joy at the prospect of a better track. But Old Man Fire had not us, and fallen timber and stabs from burnt sticks left a trail of skin and blood as a guide to those who follow. | + | |
- | We gladly unsaddled at noon on a sandy bank, and boiled the billy and ate our remaining tucker. Much revived, we cracked on the pace on the sandy trackland cut out of the river at the first farm, and on to a dusty roadlwith | + | Leaving the Leap at 2.45 we sprang down the steps to the amazement of sundry tourists, and crossed Govett' |
- | The old Nepean hove in sight and we stopped to wash the layers of dirt from our pedal extremities and were astounded at the magnitude of the scratches on our legs which the water and soap revealed. Then af miles of hard road to Richmond Town, which we reached about 4,30, much to our surprise as I had counted on catching the last trainf. | + | |
+ | Up and away in a frenzy of effort and activity at 7.30am, we streaked along the undulating leafy track, the deeply-fissured cliffs of Mt. King George just a memory, Mt.Caley only a boulder on the track. Five minutes rest was taken at 10.30 and the fires within were stoked with chocolate and sultanas. The track here was good underfoot, but was only a tunnel about three feet high under heavy rain forest growth, intertwined with lawyer vines and creepers of all descriptions, | ||
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+ | Forty minutes for lunch allowed us to straighten our backs, and later the track became | ||
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+ | We had no map, and had no idea how far we had to go on the morrow, and, as my leave expired at 8am Thursday, we decided to get away to a flying start next morning. We arranged for either to wake the other about as early as practicable, | ||
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+ | Despite the simmering of the rolled oats by candle light before the break of day, we did not stagger on our way until 7.30am when the worst part of the trip began. Between Linden Creek and the Faulconbridge Track there is no defined track, just a jumble of boulders thickly interwoven with kanuka trees, which have branches right down to the ground. The recent bushfires had caused huge redgums to crash all over the route, and if attempts were made to keep to the ledges of strata high up, one nearly always was left in midair up on the cliff side and had to retrace his steps. The distance between these points is about 1 < | ||
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+ | Judging by the litter, we guessed rightly we were at the Faulconigridge Track, and whooped for joy at the prospect of a better track. But Old Man Fire had left us, and fallen timber and stabs from burnt sticks left a trail of skin and blood as a guide to those who follow. | ||
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+ | We gladly unsaddled at noon on a sandy bank, and boiled the billy and ate our remaining tucker. Much revived, we cracked on the pace on the sandy trackland cut out of the river at the first farm, and on to a dusty road, with snarling farmdogs at our heels. We then met a local who told us the latest war news, and sped on, greatly relieved that we would be home that night and without worry about leave. It was this, I believe, which kept us at the double on the trip. | ||
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+ | The old Nepean hove in sight and we stopped to wash the layers of dirt from our pedal extremities and were astounded at the magnitude of the scratches on our legs which the water and soap revealed. Then 2 < | ||
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What is the difference between a Bushwalker and a Bushfire? A Bushfire travels fastest uphill. | What is the difference between a Bushwalker and a Bushfire? A Bushfire travels fastest uphill. | ||
- | - 12 - | + | |
- | LOST AND FOUND | + | ===== Lost and Found ===== |
LOST, stolen or strayed from the custody of Jack Debert, one valuable English epistle received from New Zealand some months ago. | LOST, stolen or strayed from the custody of Jack Debert, one valuable English epistle received from New Zealand some months ago. | ||
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THIS IS SERIOUS | THIS IS SERIOUS | ||
Dot wrote this letter in pencil on both sides of exercise book paper - about 40 pages altogether - and asked Jack to circulate it among Club members and then let her have it back as she had no other diary of that trip. | Dot wrote this letter in pencil on both sides of exercise book paper - about 40 pages altogether - and asked Jack to circulate it among Club members and then let her have it back as she had no other diary of that trip. |
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