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- | THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER, | + | ====== |
- | A Monthly Bulletin devoted to matters of itterest io The Sydney | + | |
- | No 69 SEPTEMBER, 1940 Price 3d. | + | |
- | Editors Dorothy Lawry. | + | |
- | Business Manager: Max Swift. Production: Brian Earvey. and Mary Stoddart Subscriptions: | + | |
- | Publication Staff ) and Arthur Salmon. | + | |
- | *Fa RM. MM. | + | |
- | CONTENTS | + | |
- | To Our Readers and Our Contributors .. d | + | |
- | At Out Own Meeting fOO *44 | + | |
- | The Nightmare Hike ... by Bill McCourt ... | + | |
- | Sports Carnival 1940 .. 400 *41P Off | + | |
- | Prom Here, There and Everywhere Odd 0041 The Case Book of Dr. DoLittle -- " | + | |
- | Federation Notes 000 004 SOO Of' | + | |
- | An Early Adventure in Bouddi by Marie B. Byles This is a Walking Club! ... dlif dd. | + | |
- | Retrospect by " | + | |
- | Club Photographic Album ... 001 *** | + | |
- | Club Gossip ' . ... dfd 0 410 | + | |
- | "Tkie Bush Walker" | + | |
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- | TO OUR READERS AND OUR CONTRIBUTORS | + | |
- | In the distant days of that earlier epoch which ended with the declaration of war on 3rd September, 1939, the suggestion was put forward more than once that both sides of the paper should be used in "The Sydney Bushwalker", | + | A Monthly Bulletin devoted to matters of interest to The Sydney Bush Walkers, 5 Hamilton Street, Sydney. Price 3d. |
- | When our stock of covers | + | |
- | Speaking of articles, the newer members may not know that it is the contributor who decided whether his (or her) article appears over a penname, initials, or the author' | + | |Editor|Dorothy Lawry| |
- | author must be known to the editor; so, my shy friends, put your pen-names on. your articles, but also sign them. If you forget to do this, the article is anonymous and cannot be published, which is Very sad. | + | |Business Manager|Max Swift| |
- | There is a special reason for mentioning this matter here and now, In August the editor received a good but anonymous article and, even after considerable detective work, was not able to discover the author, so the article | + | |Production|Brian Harvey and Mary Stoddart| |
- | We hope the parent will sea these remarks and come forward so that the article can be published next month. | + | |Ordinary Subscriptions|Doreen Harris| |
- | AT OUR OWN MEETING | + | |"On Service" |
- | - The new members welcomed at our August Meeting were Dorothy Vickery, Len Webb and Frank Leyden. | + | |Other Members of the Publication Staff|Jessie Martin, Merle Hamilton and Arthur Salmon| |
- | . Another married couple with a new home to keep them busy have transferred to the Non-Active list; they are Don and Betty Gordon. | + | |
+ | |Contents|Author|Page| | ||
+ | |To Our Readers and Our Contributors | |1| | ||
+ | |At Our Own Meeting | |2| | ||
+ | |The Nightmare Hike |by Bill McCourt |3| | ||
+ | |Sports Carnival 1940 | |5| | ||
+ | |From Here, There and Everywhere | |6| | ||
+ | |The Case Book of Dr. Do-Little |" | ||
+ | |Federation Notes | |8| | ||
+ | |An Early Adventure in Bouddi |Marie B. Byles|9| | ||
+ | |This is a Walking Club!| |11| | ||
+ | |Retrospect |by " | ||
+ | |Club Photographic Album | |13| | ||
+ | |Club Gossip| |14| | ||
+ | |"The Bush Walker" | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | ===== To Our Readers and Our Contributors ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | In the distant days of that earlier epoch which ended with the declaration of war on 3rd September, 1939, the suggestion was put forward more than once that both sides of the paper should be used in "The Sydney Bushwalker", | ||
+ | |||
+ | When our stock of covers | ||
+ | |||
+ | Speaking of articles, the newer members may not know that it is the contributor who decided whether his (or her) article appears over a pen-name, initials, or the author' | ||
+ | |||
+ | There is a special reason for mentioning this matter here and now, In August the editor received a good but anonymous article and, even after considerable detective work, was not able to discover the author, so the article | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== At our own meeting ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | The new members welcomed at our August Meeting were Dorothy Vickery, Len Webb and Frank Leyden. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Another married couple with a new home to keep them busy have transferred to the Non-Active list; they are Don and Betty Gordon. | ||
+ | |||
+ | After some discussion it was decided that the S.B.W. would enter a team in the forthcoming Federation Debating Tournament, provided not more than two of the debates take place in our club room and the balance of those which would otherwise be held there be held instead at campfires. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Club Album, came under discussion and it was decided that, instead of further enlarging the present one, the Photographic Committee be instructed to start Vol. 2 --- Or should it be Vol.3? The original Club Album went right into the discard, didn't it? | ||
+ | |||
+ | Dunc was given yet another job. She was appointed a Sub-committee to keep in touch with members on service and see that letters are sent forward to them regularly from their fellow-members. When you see pencil and paper circulating round the club room in future, you won't automatically tell yourself, "Ah, we are writing, to the Rootses again"; | ||
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+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
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+ | Nowadays the pedestrian is just a dash between the dotted lines, but the Transport Dept. is producing a little book which will stop all that sort of nonsense. The idea behind the book, apparently; is that 'Those who run may read.'" | ||
- | After some discussion it was decided that the S.B.W. would enter a team in' the forthcoming Federation Debating Tournament, provided not more than two of the debates take place in our club room and the balance of those which 'would otherwise ' | ||
- | The Club Album, came under. discussion -and it was decided that, instead of further enlarging the present one, the Photographic Committee be instructed to start Vol. 2 --- Or' should it be Vol.3? The original Club Album went right | ||
- | Nowadays the pedestrian is just a dash between the dotted lines, but the Transport rDept. is producing a little book which will stop all that sort of nonsense. The idea behind the book, apparently; is that 'Those who run may read.'" | ||
Reprinted from "Road Safety" | Reprinted from "Road Safety" | ||
- | into the discari, didn't it? | ||
- | .Dune was given yet another job. She was appointed a Sub-committee to keep in touch with members on service and sea,that letters are sent forward to them regularly from their. fellow-members. When you see pencil and paper ' | ||
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- | THE NIGHTMARE HIKE or | ||
- | . WHAT ' | ||
- | Several re-incarnations ago? I was a hiker, Now, of course, I'm a Bush Walker._ Although I confess to leaving my tins and rubbish around the lunch site in that primary and innocent age? I was more to be pitied than scorned, if I knew nothing of these elementary principles of tidiness. | ||
- | To proceed with my story, Having in my possession at the time, one of those sixpenny walking maPs published by the Railway Commissioners, | ||
- | Accordingly, | ||
- | Len and myself, set out from Berowra along the railway line, and shortly struck the telephone, | ||
- | It was one of those crisp, clear mornings when the sharp air seemed to tingle in the lungsl' | ||
- | After seven miles, the telephone line went down into a steep, wild gully, which was skirt4d as per instructions; | ||
- | Len who was always a beggar for little surprises, produced a pea rifle fro his, | ||
- | We fired at everythingtexcept tip Bird of Time, who, as usual in these Circumstances, | ||
- | Retreat wat the only alternative; | ||
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- | Clouds were forming overhead, and it promised to be a very dark night. Just before sundown, we pulled some BlackboY Sticks, as it seemed improbable that the line overhead could be seen for much longer, and it would then be necessary to feel our way instead. Not one in the party possessed a torch. | ||
- | Night came on in the deepest shade of black; On we went with out sticks pressed hard against the telephone line, stumbling over rocks, falling between them, barking aur shins and running into the low branches of trees. Onfie,ide missed the line altogether; so, leaving the others at the spot, ; circled around in the ink, waving my staff about until it struck the wire, whia had turned off at right angles. Off w went again, crawling along like trams in a traffic jam. | ||
- | We knew we bad reached the railway line when the leader bounced off the boundary fence: in a few minutes we were across the line and having a wash and | ||
- | brushup in an adjacent refreshment house We were sitting down scones and tea when the long threatening rain came, and '.we rejoiced in the ,good fortune of our | ||
- | timely arrival, as groundsheets were not included in our equipment. | ||
- | With important parts of our attire held together by borrowed pinsi we presented a sorry scene on Berowra station where there was a wait of an hour | ||
- | for the next train. When the train arrived, we all bundled in, very thankful we had homes to go to; be they e'ver so humble:. | ||
- | So ended a day that we afterwards laughed overt- but which was at the time, a tedious experience that taught us a few valuable lessons. | ||
- | . NEW. MEMBERS | ||
- | Extracted without permission, but with acknowledgments, | ||
- | an article by " | ||
- | ,SO it will alirays | + | |
- | *OS And so it is, today, that when new members arrive, it is not 'the member' | + | ===== The Nightmare Hike OR What Happened on a Dark Night ===== |
- | has only given him hunger, thirst and fatigue. . | + | |
- | .... | + | By Bill McCourt |
- | - 5 - | + | |
- | SPC)RTS CARNIVAL 1940 | + | Several re-incarnations ago, I was a hiker, Now, of course, I'm a Bush Walker. Although I confess to leaving my tins and rubbish around the lunch site in that primary and innocent age, I was more to be pitied than scorned, if I knew nothing of these elementary principles of tidiness. |
- | Thanks to the good offices of Geoff. Parker, the Sports | + | |
- | O members attended on Saturday and assisted with the necessary | + | To proceed with my story. Having in my possession at the time, one of those sixpenny walking maps published by the Railway Commissioners, |
- | On Saturday night We gathered around a typical | + | |
- | r, | + | Accordingly, |
- | Chas. Rolfe made a spectacular throw to win the Log Throwing Competition, We would here record that notable absentees this year were Arnie and Roxy Barrett. Having in mind their experience in this event last year, we are not surprised. | + | |
- | The results were ath 'follows:- | + | It was one of those crisp, clear mornings when the sharp air seemed to tingle in the lungs, and it felt good to be alive. We pushed on through shrubs and kindred vegetation, and the wild flowers, that were commencing to bloom, filled our nostrils with their fragrance. |
- | 100 yds Championship | + | |
- | 100 ". ". | + | After seven miles, the telephone line went down into a steep, wild gully, which was skirted as per instructions; |
- | Time Judging Contest. | + | |
- | High Jump - | + | Len who was always a beggar for little surprises, produced a pea rifle from his over-sized pack, and, pinning some home-made bulls-eye targets on adjacent trees proceeded to demonstrate his skill as a marksman. The girls, too, were interested, and, when they had tried shutting the proper eye, gave every promise of becoming good shots after a lot of practice! |
- | n if | + | |
- | Walk with packs | + | We fired at everything except the Bird of Time, who, as usual in these circumstances, |
- | It it n | + | |
- | Log Throwing | + | Retreat was the only alternative; so, with feelings akin to Napoleon at Moscow, we retraced our steps, and, after about a mile, came upon the telephone line again. |
- | u n | + | |
- | Long Jump | + | Clouds were forming overhead, and it promised to be a very dark night. Just before sundown, we pulled some Blackboy Sticks, as it seemed improbable that the line overhead could be seen for much longer, and it would then be necessary to feel our way instead. Not one in the party possessed a torch. |
- | It 11 | + | |
- | Orange Race | + | Night came on in the deepest shade of black; On we went with our sticks pressed hard against the telephone line, stumbling over rocks, falling between them, barking our shins and running into the low branches of trees. Once we missed the line altogether; so, leaving the others at the spot, I circled around in the ink, waving my staff about until it struck the wire, which had turned off at right angles. Off we went again, crawling along like trams in a traffic jam. |
- | It Ti | + | |
- | Three Legged pace Half Mile Run | + | We knew we had reached the railway line when the leader bounced off the boundary fence: in a few minutes we were across the line and having a wash and brushup in an adjacent refreshment house. We were sitting down to scones and tea when the long threatening rain came, and we rejoiced in the good fortune of our timely arrival, as groundsheets were not included in our equipment. |
- | n It It | + | |
- | Peanut Scramble | + | With important parts of our attire held together by borrowed pins, we presented a sorry scene on Berowra station where there was a wait of an hour for the next train. When the train arrived, we all bundled in, very thankful we had homes to go to; be they ever so humble. |
- | 11 | + | |
- | First' - Second | + | So ended a day that we afterwards laughed over, but which was at the time, a tedious experience that taught us a few valuable lessons. |
- | ..-- | + | |
- | Men , Tim Coffey | + | ===== New Members ===== |
- | Women J. Test. . J. Malcolm | + | Extracted without permission, but with acknowledgments, |
- | .. | + | |
- | Men . A.SaImOn | + | .... So it will always be. The memories |
- | Women Pat Coffey Yvonne Rolfe | + | |
- | Men , C.Rolfe | + | .... And so it is, today, that when new members arrive, it is not the member' |
- | Women F.AllsWorth | + | |
- | Men W Hall T. Kenny Royal | + | ===== Sports Carnival 1940 ===== |
- | Women J. Malcolm. R. McLaren | + | |
- | Men C.Rolfe' ' | + | Thanks to the good offices of Geoff Parker, the Sports |
- | Women ' | + | |
- | Men T.Coffey F.Ashdown | + | On Saturday night we gathered around a typical |
- | Women J. West C. Griffith | + | |
- | Men T.Coffey | + | With usual Bush Walker |
- | Women C.Griffith J. West | + | |
- | 'Mixed j riest & J.rlood T.Hall & R. McLaren | + | Chas. Rolfe made a spectacular throw to win the Log Throwing Competition. We would here record that notable absentees this year were Arnie and Roxy Barrett. Having in mind their experience in this event last year, we are not surprised. |
- | Men J.Wood F.Ashdown | + | |
- | Women 'C.Griffith J.Malcolm | + | The results were as follows:- |
- | Men N.Eellyer H A.Salmon | + | |
- | WoMen L.Bennett M.Smith | + | |Event|Division|First|Second| |
+ | |100 yds Championship|Men|Tim Coffey|J.Woods and A.Watts| | ||
+ | | |Women|J. West|J. Malcolm| | ||
+ | |Time Judging Contest.|Men|A.Salmon|T.Chambers| | ||
+ | | |Women|Pat Coffey|Yvonne Rolfe| | ||
+ | |High Jump|Men|C.Rolfe|F.Ashdown| | ||
+ | | |Women|F.Allsworth|Y. Rolfe| | ||
+ | |Walk with packs|Men|W Hall|T. Kenny Royal| | ||
+ | | |Women|J. Malcolm|R. McLaren| | ||
+ | |Log Throwing|Men|C.Rolfe|J.Woods| | ||
+ | | |Women|C.Collan|W.Duncombe| | ||
+ | |Long Jump|Men|T.Coffey|F.Ashdown| | ||
+ | | |Women|J. West|C. Griffith| | ||
+ | |Orange Race|Men|T.Coffey| | | ||
+ | | |Women|C.Griffith|J. West| | ||
+ | |Three Legged Race |Mixed|J West & J.Wood|W.Hall & R. McLaren| | ||
+ | |Half Mile Run |Men|J.Wood|F.Ashdown| | ||
+ | | |Women|C.Griffith|J.Malcolm| | ||
+ | |Peanut Scramble|Men|N.Hellyer|A.Salmon| | ||
+ | | |Women|L.Bennett|M.Smith| | ||
+ | |||
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The young woman gazed at him in a calm and detached manner, as if he were a train she didn't have to catch. | The young woman gazed at him in a calm and detached manner, as if he were a train she didn't have to catch. | ||
- | . Phyllis Bottome. | + | |
- | - 6 - | + | Phyllis Bottome |
- | FROM' HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE | + | |
+ | ===== From Here, There and Everywhere ===== | ||
Among " | Among " | ||
- | Anderson, Paul L. "The Technique of Pictorial Photography", | + | |
- | Edition; Lippincott, | + | * Anderson, Paul L. "The Technique of Pictorial Photography", |
- | Gregory, | + | |
- | Peattie, Donald C." | + | |
also | also | ||
- | "Ski Safety and First Aid", a 43-page pamphlet issued in January 1940. by The American National Red Cross, Washington, | + | |
- | From " | + | * "Ski Safety and First Aid", a 43-page pamphlet issued in January 1940 by The American National Red Cross, Washington, D.C. U.S.A. |
- | Suddenly you come upon the spot, the right spot, the most comnletely | + | |
- | Quoted in the ," | + | From " |
- | These are the things I prize | + | |
- | And hold of dearest worth; Light of the sapphire skies, Peace of the silent hills, Shelter of forest, | + | Suddenly you come upon the spot, the right spot, the most completely |
- | Comfort of the grass, | + | |
- | Music of birds, | + | Quoted in the " |
- | The murmur of little rills, | + | |
- | Shadows of clouds that swiftly pass, | + | These are the things I prize\\ |
- | And after showers, the smell of flowers | + | And hold of dearest worth; |
- | And of the good brown earth, And, best of all, along the way, Friendship and mirth." | + | Light of the sapphire skies, |
+ | Peace of the silent hills, | ||
+ | Shelter of forest,\\ | ||
+ | Comfort of the grass,\\ | ||
+ | Music of birds,\\ | ||
+ | The murmur of little rills,\\ | ||
+ | Shadows of clouds that swiftly pass,\\ | ||
+ | And after showers, the smell of flowers\\ | ||
+ | And of the good brown earth, | ||
+ | And, best of all, along the way, \\ | ||
+ | Friendship and mirth." | ||
Henry Van Dyke, | Henry Van Dyke, | ||
- | They got. the poem from "Trail and Timber lane", the magazine of the Colorado Mountain Club. | ||
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- | THE CASE BOOK OF DR. DOLITTLE R.R. (Rucksack Re airer). | ||
- | Mr. Lillipu, a well known member, of the bushwalking fraternity walked into my consulting room the other day. _Placing his rucksack on the table in front of m, he held forth at length,: on all his signs and symptons. It appeared that the rucksack, a tried and trusty companion, had of late become irksome on the shoulders, resulting in a stiff neck_ and being generally uncomfortable. Placing my - stethescope' | ||
- | After a short examination I diagnosed the trouble as Acute Naladjustmpnt of the Harness Shoulder Straps"; | ||
- | Mr. Lilliput Is case is slirr risingly -common and I have found that even experienced walkers do not understand the ccirrect adjustment- of their best friend, the steel framed ruaksack. These are supplied with adjustment of three placeson tile harness., lihe purpose of these is to be- able to adjust the ' | ||
- | The front strap is to lower or raise the ftame to a comfortable position. The strap at the top of the frame is to keep the frame close to- the harness and Go close to the bank of the neck. | ||
- | The strap at the base of the frame is to keep the buckle of No.2 strap close to the frog, _which is the leather socket attached to the bag. | ||
- | When you are carrying the rucksack and -the brace straps at the back-are loose it is time to adjust No.3 strap. | ||
- | Other common faults are taking the weight of the rucksack on the flap strap by buckling it too tight. The weigh:t ik ieant to be takei ty the cord. | ||
- | Lifting the rucksack by the flap is another sure way to -tear the flap. | ||
- | A. little drop of castor or olive oil or dubbin preserves and softens straps. This is needed particularly near the buckles. With chrome leather' | ||
- | Carrying tins in the outside pockets will always wear out the pockets in record- time. If you must carry' tins, carry them in the back pockets, not in the side. - | ||
- | A few moments spent in adjusting, straps and packing corre ctly will save some hours on a trip and add considerably to your enjoyment, | ||
- | . | ||
- | 0 If this advice of Dr0.Dc4ttler_ iticresn!=t. enable _ you to f ix your troubles, the only thing tc) do is to take_ the rucksack to " | ||
- | F.-A. PALLIN, | ||
- | 327 George -Street, | ||
- | SYDNEY. | ||
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- | FEDERATION Aiiis | ||
- | The rabks of the Search & Rescue Section hlve been sadly depleted by | ||
- | - enlistments, | ||
- | is still Hon.Secretary of the S. &R. as well as Acting Secretary of the S.B.W., so if you' | ||
- | - I - a | ||
- | The FederatiOn Council held its Annual Meeting in July and elected the following office-bearers for 1940/41:- | ||
- | * | ||
- | The Federation Council held its Annual Meeting in July and elected the following office-bearers for 1940/1941:- | ||
- | President - Bill Holesgrove (C.M.W.) | ||
- | Vice-President - Oliver Wyndham (Ruchsacker) | ||
- | Hon.Secretary - Merle Hamilton (S.B.W.) | ||
- | Ron.Treasurer Herbie Freeman (Bushlander) | ||
- | The usual correspondence and reports were dealt with and will illear fruit in due course. | ||
- | 4 fs I 1 | ||
- | The Avnual Conference of_club, | ||
- | Those attending the Conference received copies of the Federation' | ||
- | . 1.. | ||
- | This year Agnes Miller is Hon.Crganiser of the Fedezation Balltwhich will be held on the Show Boat on Saturday, | ||
- | From "The Reader' | ||
- | ' | ||
- | Pennsylvania forest fire px,evention signourmounted by a huge reproduction of a match: "THIS IS THE FOREST "PRIME EVIL". | ||
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- | AN EARLY ADVENTURE IN BOUDDI | ||
- | by Marie B.Byles. | ||
- | .Note:- This story, | ||
- | About the year 1914 my Mother leVilt a seaside cottage on Sunrise Hill at Palm Beach facing north to the hills of Bonddi. Those were the good old days of Palm Beach when you went down to the wharf to collect what groceries the laubch thought fit to bring from Newport. Sometimes it brought sour milk,and often meat that walked off the wharf without assistancelbut that was better than the bread which it sometimes failed to bring at all'. Ah! But those were the days! Everyone knew everyone else and the best people showed their , | ||
- | grew from girlhood to womanhood and those hills across the sea became as "faery lands forlorn" | ||
- | Esther, the handsome he-man, carried hers ready to hand on her hip and loaded. VIt was a gigantic Colt's automatic, | ||
- | Thus fully e4uipped, we set-out. I do not rememSer how we got to Bouddi, but I-do remember V that we stopped for lunch somewhere on the hills overlooking' | + | They got the poem from " |
- | -.10 7 | + | ===== The Case Book of Dr Dolittle R.R. (Rucksack Repairer) ===== |
- | Then it was that there happened the most terrible thing,and even now I shudder to think how narrow was our escape! | + | |
- | We bad doffed | + | Mr. Lilliput, a well known member of the bushwalking fraternity walked into my consulting room the other day. Placing his rucksack on the table in front of me, he held forth at length, on all his signs and symptoms. It appeared that the rucksack, a tried and trusty companion, had of late become irksome on the shoulders, resulting in a stiff neck and being generally uncomfortable. Placing my stethoscope in the "Ready for Action" |
- | ' | + | |
- | then, and to go home in breeches - -(the dashet | + | After a short examination I diagnosed the trouble as "Acute Maladjustment of the Harness Shoulder Straps" |
- | To add to our misery a fisherman chose that time'to cross the beach and see us in all our nakedness - to be exact, only our hands and faces were naked, but the reader will understand what I mean. The fisherman seemed to smile in mockery as if himself might have been the thief. | + | |
- | - Just when we were,debating whether suicide might not be tfie_only | + | Mr. Lilliput' |
- | ;We-slept on the beach that night. | + | |
- | , cold -Sea before | + | The front strap is to lower or raise the frame to a comfortable position. |
- | . _ ; | + | |
- | , Unfortunately two of the party thought the skillion of Bouddi looked more | + | The strap at the top of the frame is to keep the frame close to the harness and so close to the bank of the neck. |
- | - attractive than the tangled brush into which I was leading them and, without saying anything to Esther or me, calmly went off on their own. Before we knew what was happening they had gone beyond recall. | + | |
- | Esther and I struggled on and up, and the scrub was very, very tangly and wind-bowed then before bushfires had-burned it and cattle had eaten it. Eventually we emerged on the top and picked up the track to Kincumber, worrying all the time as to what had happened to the others who had neither map nor compass, | + | The strap at the base of the frame is to keep the buckle of No.2 strap close to the frog, which is the leather socket attached to the bag. |
- | By the time we reached Kincumber clouds had gathered in the skyand | + | |
- | As I have stated, I had absurdly-sissy ideas-about cleanliness in my youth, and the inner room, let alone the outer, filled me with consternation. Esther was made of sterner stuff. She bravely spread her blankets on the bunk in the darkest, dingiest corner of that Blackliole | + | When you are carrying the rucksack and the brace straps at the back are loose it is time to adjust No.3 strap. |
+ | |||
+ | Other common faults are taking the weight of the rucksack on the flap strap by buckling it too tight. The weight is meant to be taken by the cord. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Lifting the rucksack by the flap is another sure way to tear the flap. | ||
+ | |||
+ | A little drop of castor or olive oil or dubbin preserves and softens straps. This is needed particularly near the buckles. With chrome leather this is unnecessary. Neatsfoot oil rots the stitching and is not advisable to be used. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Carrying tins in the outside pockets will always wear out the pockets in record time. If you must carry tins, carry them in the back pockets, not in the side. | ||
+ | |||
+ | A few moments spent in adjusting straps and packing correctly will save some hours on a trip and add considerably to your enjoyment, | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | If this advice of Dr. Dolittle doesn' | ||
+ | F. A. PALLIN, | ||
+ | 327 George Street, | ||
+ | SYDNEY | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Federation News ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | The ranks of the Search & Rescue Section have been sadly depleted by enlistments, | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Federation Council held its Annual Meeting in July and elected the following office-bearers for 1940/41:- | ||
+ | |||
+ | * President - Bill Holesgrove (C.M.W.) | ||
+ | * Vice-President - Oliver Wyndham (Ruchsacker) | ||
+ | * Hon.Secretary - Merle Hamilton (S.B.W.) | ||
+ | * Ron.Treasurer Herbie Freeman (Bushlander) | ||
+ | |||
+ | The usual correspondence and reports were dealt with and will bear fruit in due course. | ||
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+ | The Annual Conference of club members for 1940 was held on Tuesday, 13th August, but was so poorly attended that Marie Byles moved that the Council be asked to consider the advisability of holding the next one on a Saturday evening at some suitable campsite near Sydney from which those attending could either return home afterwards or go walking on the Sunday. The motion was seconded by Dorothy Lawry, supported by Merle Hamilton, and carried by a narrow margin in spite of the doubts of members of the other clubs as to whether it would be possible to get serious discussion at a large campfire. | ||
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+ | Those attending the Conference received copies of the Federation' | ||
+ | |||
+ | This year Agnes Miller is Hon. Organiser of the Federation Ball which will be held on the Show Boat on Saturday, 15th October. Tickets are 7/6d each and the S.B.W' | ||
+ | |||
+ | From "The Reader' | ||
+ | |||
+ | Pennsylvania forest fire prevention sign, surmounted by a huge reproduction of a match: "THIS IS THE FOREST PRIME EVIL" | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | ===== An Early Adventure in Bouddi ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | by Marie B. Byles | ||
+ | |||
+ | Note:- This story has been passed by the censor for adults only. It must not, be read by prospectives. | ||
+ | |||
+ | About the year 1914 my Mother built a seaside cottage on Sunrise Hill at Palm Beach facing north to the hills of Bouddi. Those were the good old days of Palm Beach when you went down to the wharf to collect what groceries the launch thought fit to bring from Newport. Sometimes it brought sour milk, and often meat that walked off the wharf without assistance but that was better than the bread which it sometimes failed to bring at all. Ah! But those were the days! Everyone knew everyone else and the best people showed their superiority by dressing the worst. Palm Beach has gone badly to the dogs since then, but it still looks across the wide estuary of the Hawkesbury River to the hills of Bouddi, which remain the same today as they were then. | ||
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+ | I grew from girlhood to womanhood and those hills across the sea became as "faery lands forlorn", | ||
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+ | Esther, the handsome he-man, carried hers ready to hand on her hip and loaded. It was a gigantic Colt's automatic, fit to frighten the most wicked villain. Myself, I had merely a revolver. As leader of the party I knew it was my duty to protect the others in time of peril, but I have to admit that I did not really like this instrument of destruction. After all, I had been brought up as a very ladylike little girl, and I bad learned to shoot only from a stern sense of duty, carefully averting my head as I pulled the trigger. This fact made the weapon dangerous. For the bullet just might have hit the villain for whom it was intended. At the same time this fact did not have the effect of making the shooter any less nervous, more especially as my legal studies had at that time just got up to the different varieties of homicide, including those which are accidental. Taking all things into consideration, | ||
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+ | Thus fully equipped, we set out. I do not remember how we got to Bouddi, but I do remember that we stopped for lunch somewhere on the hills overlooking the sea and that we remarked on the particularly fine breed of mosquito which welcomed us there. That was apparently the only place we met mosquitoes, for I do not recall them after this. Then we burst through the trees and there spread out before us that perfect half-moon curve of Maitland Bay, with white waves breaking at even intervals on yellow sands and the rusting boilers of the " | ||
+ | |||
+ | Then it was that there happened the most terrible thing, and even now I shudder to think how narrow was our escape! | ||
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+ | We had doffed | ||
+ | |||
+ | We spend a delightful afternoon, but when we returned - horrors! The skirts had gone! Of merciful | ||
+ | |||
+ | To add to our misery a fisherman chose that time to cross the beach and see us in all our nakedness - to be exact, only our hands and faces were naked, but the reader will understand what I mean. The fisherman seemed to smile in mockery as if himself might have been the thief. | ||
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+ | Just when we were debating whether suicide might not be the only way out of the difficulty, the spirits brought the skirts back again, possibly | ||
+ | |||
+ | We slept on the beach that night. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Unfortunately two of the party thought the skillion of Bouddi looked more attractive than the tangled brush into which I was leading them and, without saying anything to Esther or me, calmly went off on their own. Before we knew what was happening they had gone beyond recall. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Esther and I struggled on and up, and the scrub was very, very tangly and wind-bowed then before bushfires had burned it and cattle had eaten it. Eventually we emerged on the top and picked up the track to Kincumber, worrying all the time as to what had happened to the others who had neither map nor compass, and more than a little annoyed because it turned out they had taken all the jam and butter with them and left only the dry bread with us. | ||
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+ | By the time we reached Kincumber clouds had gathered in the sky and thunder was starting to rumble very ominously. Esther thought a shed was essential for our comfort, but the only shed to be found was a cow shed with a mud floor liberally strewn with cow manure, and a pokey room with a board floor and no window, partitioned off at one end, and just a little less savoury than the main saloon. | ||
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+ | As I have stated, I had absurdly-sissy ideas about cleanliness in my youth, and the inner room, let alone the outer, filled me with consternation. Esther was made of sterner stuff. She bravely spread her blankets on the bunk in the darkest, dingiest corner of that Black Hole of Calcutta. With gently uplifted | ||
+ | |||
+ | That was all okay, but soon the first rain fell in drops the size of cups. I edged just inside the doorway; the cup-sized drops grew a little larger and considerably more frequent; the lightning flashed, the thunder pealed, the mud floor became a lake; I ended up by sleeping on, fruit cases in the filthy interior of the inner sanctum! | ||
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+ | In the morning the other two turned up, having managed perfectly well without my maps, my compasses and my leadership, to say nothing of the firearms. Worse still, they had not even noticed the absence of the bread, for they had feasted off the fat of the land in a prosperous farm house, and slept between snowy sheets at night. | ||
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- | nose I spread mine outside the hut the clean-1; | ||
- | That was all okay, but soon the first rain fell in drops the size of cul,s. | ||
- | . I edged just inside the doorway; the cup-sized drops grew a little larger and considerably more frequent; the lightning flashed, the,thunder pealed,the mud floor became a lake; I ended up by sleeping on, fruit cases in the filthy interior of the inner sanctum! | ||
- | In the morning the other two turned up, having managed perfectly well without my maps, my compasses and my leadership, to say t6thing of,the firearms. Worse still, they had not even noticed the abssnce of the ' | ||
Definitely this is a story that has a moral no story ought to have, and now you understand why the Censor refuses to let it be read by prospectives. | Definitely this is a story that has a moral no story ought to have, and now you understand why the Censor refuses to let it be read by prospectives. | ||
- | (At the time' ofgoing to press, news comes to hand that a further 45 acres on). (Putty Beach are being added to Bouddi Natural Park. -- Ed. | ||
- | ZIELIAi.A.1_1UNG CLUB | ||
- | A new walks programme is in course of preparation but it is anticipated that some difficulty *ill be experiehced in obtaining leaders n view of the nuMber of membersnow serving in the Navy, Army and Air Force, and those engaged in wdrtime' | ||
- | A request ig therefore made to those members who can reasonably hope to be aVailable for leadership on a giVen date, to get in touch with the Walks Secretary or Assistant Walks Secretary as soon as possible. | ||
- | The next programme covers the suthmer Months of November, December, January | ||
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- | and February and ' | ||
- | In regard to weekend walks, partiCulaTly those commencing on '' | ||
- | Assistant Walks Secretary Walks Secretary. | ||
- | Jack Manson. Bill Cosgrove. | ||
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- | RETROSPECT | ||
- | by " | ||
- | It is interesting to peruse back-numbers of "The Sydney Bushwalker" | ||
- | to note the impressions of members experienced on their, different trips. I was particularly impressed with an arti4e entitled " | ||
- | " | ||
- | ...even the running water seemed to suffer a shock at the terrifying invasion which almost sent it scampering back upstream", | ||
- | And it came to pass in the course of time, that a party of civilians were peacefully camped on a large clearing at the junction of two rivers, calmly munching their breakfasts on a sunny morning in June. The party consisted of three naval ratings on long leave, and two cattle-men on the last round up,with attendant horses and dogs. The elder of the cattlemen, whose ears were attuned to the noises of the bush, suddenly became aware of a sound of thudding feet vibrating through the clear air, and the sound, soon' | ||
- | A' | ||
- | after. | ||
- | , | ||
- | On returning to camp,'' | ||
- | settled on everything; the tents were blown over, and-torn to xibbonS, whilst, | ||
- | the horses,h4d bolted, and, after hours of searching, the dogs were locatpd,'''' | + | (At the time of going to press, news comes to hand that a further 45 acres on Putty Beach are being added to Bouddi Natural Park. -- Ed.) |
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- | Later that day, as the sailors were gazing down from a high " | + | ===== This is a Walking Club!! ===== |
- | ; them, in a deep gorge, by the waving of the trees on either side, and the great | + | |
- | 41 flocks of birds which took to the air as the Wild disturbance approached them. In several places landslides, | + | A new walks programme is in course of preparation but it is anticipated that some difficulty will be experiehced in obtaining leaders in view of the number of members now serving in the Navy, Army and Air Force, and those engaged in wartime occupations who cannot commit themselves to lead a walk on a given date. |
- | And so it came to pass that the introspective nature of our friend would not bear questioning on his"previous notions, | + | |
+ | A request is therefore made to those members who can reasonably hope to be available for leadership on a given date, to get in touch with the Walks Secretary or Assistant Walks Secretary as soon as possible. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The next programme covers the summer Months of November, December, January and February and Sunday walks should, as far as possible, provide good swimming facilities, particularly at lunch time. | ||
+ | |||
+ | In regard to weekend walks, particularly those commencing on Friday night, a request is made to those members who have done walks in new country, or know variations of " | ||
+ | |||
+ | Walks Secretary - Bill Cosgrove\\ | ||
+ | Assistant Walks Secretary - Jack Manson. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Retrospect ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | by " | ||
+ | |||
+ | It is interesting to peruse back-numbers of "The Sydney Bushwalker" | ||
+ | |||
+ | //" | ||
+ | |||
+ | " | ||
+ | |||
+ | And it came to pass in the course of time, that a party of civilians were peacefully camped on a large clearing at the junction of two rivers, calmly munching their breakfasts on a sunny morning in June. The party consisted of three naval ratings on long leave, and two cattle-men on the last round up, with attendant | ||
+ | |||
+ | Round the corner of a stock-yard nearby there burst into view four figures amid a mass of flashing arms and legs, in machine-like movements, the foremost of the figures being stripped to the waist and displaying a pure white torso against the khaki of his pals. From his hip-pocket protruded a bunch of carrots. The invaders gave a ferocious yell on recognising the civilians as friends, and slowed down a little as they approached the tents. It was observed that they all were hollow-eyed from want of sleep, as they had only camped for some three hours during the night, so disturbing the nocturnal animals on the river-banks as they raced along with their eyes glued on the track. To converse with them, the civilians had to trot alongside as the quartet did not stop to carry out the time-honoured ceremony of pausing for a chat on meeting in the bush, as all other walkers do. (Even the Life Insurance Agent of the party did not seize the opportunity to leave a prospectus, so great was his hurry). The civilians could not continue conversation at such a pace as they had to travel to accompany the flyers, but quickly learned that a record was in the process of being broken, a record which had been set up by the very band of bushwalkers who were so derided for " | ||
+ | |||
+ | On returning to camp, it was found that a layer of churned-up dust had settled on everything; the tents were blown over, and torn to ribbons, whilst, the horses had bolted, and, after hours of searching, the dogs were located, cowering | ||
+ | |||
+ | Later that day, as the sailors were gazing down from a high " | ||
+ | |||
+ | And so it came to pass that the introspective nature of our friend would not bear questioning on his previous notions, therefore the words of Confucius | ||
We now await a further set of impressions from " | We now await a further set of impressions from " | ||
- | , | + | |
- | CLUB PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUM | + | ===== Club Photographic Album ===== |
- | , | + | |
- | The Photographic Committee have taken up the matter of revising and improving the Club Album. It is their intention to divide the album into sections | + | The Photographic Committee have taken up the matter of revising and improving the Club Album. It is their intention to divide the album into sections |
- | If your print is not the best possible from the negative, the Committee will arrange to have this made if the negative of any selected photograph is handed to them. | + | |
+ | If your print is not the best possible from the negative, the Committee will arrange to have this made if the negative of any selected photograph is handed to them. | ||
The following are members of the Photographic Committee:- | The following are members of the Photographic Committee:- | ||
- | Ira Ettler-(Convenor), Reg Alder, | + | * Ira Ettler (Convenor), |
- | TO THE UNSUCCESSFUL PHOTOGRAPPiER | + | * Reg Alder, |
- | - -:Dontt deitroy your unhappy negatives1 About 25 of these will make an ,excellett. wet 'day "fix e-lightints" | + | * George |
- | FOR SALE | + | * Maurie Berry, |
- | The following back numbers of " | + | * Roley Cotter, |
+ | * Bill Cosgrove. | ||
- | May, 191+0 'Jitney 1940. July, 1940. | + | ===== To the unsuccessful photographer ===== |
- | December, 1939 March, | + | |
- | ' | + | Don't destroy your unhappy negatives! About 25 of these will make an excellent wet day "fire lightin' |
- | CLUB; GOSSIP.. | + | |
- | , Spots are the latest fashion for this 'spring and a' | + | |
+ | ===== For Sale ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | The following back numbers of "The Sydney Bushwalker" | ||
+ | |||
+ | * March, | ||
+ | * April, 1938 | ||
+ | * May, 1938 | ||
+ | * December, 1939 | ||
+ | | ||
+ | * April, | ||
+ | * May, 1940 | ||
+ | * June, 1940 | ||
+ | * July, 1940 | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Club Gossip ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Spots are the latest fashion for this spring and a number | ||
+ | |||
+ | Max Gentle is back again in our, midst, looking rosier and fitter than ever. Bathurst must be a good place! Or was it the carrots?. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Another old friend to return to Sydney recently is Goldie Lawson. Though we have not seen her yet, we say " | ||
+ | |||
+ | Weddings and good wishes are in the air again. Betty Grill and George Walker were married, also Ida Barbour and Lloyd Edwards, before the bridegroom.. set off to " | ||
+ | |||
+ | According to Jack Debert, the Air Force is " | ||
+ | |||
+ | Paddy must have been hearing lots of tales of the fun the lads have been having in camp; yes, Paddy has joined the militia and soon he will be enjoying three months in camp while our old friend Oliver Wulf manages the business and May deals with the daughters single-handed. Congratulations, | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== The Bush Walker ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | (In the track of Rupert Brook) | ||
+ | |||
+ | I have been, so keen a walker; filled my lungs. \\ | ||
+ | So deeply with the fragrance of the gums\\ | ||
+ | Their tang, their ' | ||
+ | Their life invigorating, | ||
+ | These are mere words! They lack the power, the strength\\ | ||
+ | To lift the bead, each step give added length.\\ | ||
+ | As do the mighty trees in vibrant life.\\ | ||
+ | Yet, ere the City's grim and noisy strife\\ | ||
+ | Drowns all, I would shut out the noise a while \\ | ||
+ | So peace can be remembered with a smile\\ | ||
+ | That smooths the furrowed brow and finds again\\ | ||
+ | Friends and brothers in one's fellow-men\\ | ||
+ | Why do we fight, who are crowded here, hemmed in\\ | ||
+ | By walls, machinery, and ceaseless din?\\ | ||
+ | Components these of madness and despair!\\ | ||
+ | Speed is a cage we -- are all imprisoned there; \\ | ||
+ | A curse;- and we live beneath it, you and I;\\ | ||
+ | The goal itself:- so we rush and slave, and die. \\ | ||
+ | Yet, by the walk's road, I can escape, \\ | ||
+ | And change, and almost take another shape, \\ | ||
+ | And so keep sanity still, and come to peace, \\ | ||
+ | Wide-spread, | ||
+ | And simple things give pleasure; wants are few -\\ | ||
+ | To soothe jangled nerves, strength renew,\\ | ||
+ | Out in the empty lands, gazing, or glancing ...\\ | ||
+ | These I recall:\\ | ||
+ | Blue wavelets, sunlit, dancing, | ||
+ | Chased by a breeze; a beach of golden sand; \\ | ||
+ | An eagle above me soaring; the wide land\\ | ||
+ | Beneath my feet; and rest after a climb;\\ | ||
+ | Oranges; and full many a view sublime; | ||
+ | A scarce-seen, | ||
+ | And trees themselves, that sway to every breeze,\\ | ||
+ | Standing straight and stately, friended or alone, \\ | ||
+ | Then; the fine friendliness of birds, full-grown, \\ | ||
+ | Knowing not man; and the liquid notes\\ | ||
+ | Of lyre-birds; butcher-birds; | ||
+ | Joyous and free, through sundrenched air; the calm \\ | ||
+ | Serenity that is the mountain' | ||
+ | The homeliness of a little fire, with tent close by; \\ | ||
+ | Then hot food, and fresh tea; a darkening sky; \\ | ||
+ | The comfort and joy of the big camp-fire, \\ | ||
+ | Flames leaping, while the fairy sparks fly higher, \\ | ||
+ | Into the night, and the cold dark ..\\ | ||
+ | Comrades, | ||
+ | And gay laughter, and song, and talk! Great Shades, \\ | ||
+ | And pleasing thoughts of lesser men are here;\\ | ||
+ | Thoughts of our own; voices beautiful, or queer; \\ | ||
+ | Frogs in chorus, too; - on bracken beds \\ | ||
+ | We sink to sleep; and the silence spreads;\\ | ||
+ | Night sounds, and silvery, shafts of moonlight \\ | ||
+ | Slanting through trees, add magic to the night; \\ | ||
+ | Fast-driving clouds, hiding the moon; the grey \\ | ||
+ | Coldness of dawn; bird-calls greeting day; \\ | ||
+ | Wind; and sunshine; deep pools in creeks;\\ | ||
+ | Lapstones; and long, steep ridges, crowned with peaks;\\ | ||
+ | The range-filled view; and trailing smoke of a train:-\\ | ||
+ | all these have brought me joy, and will again \\ | ||
+ | Whenever I escape, by secret thought, | ||
+ | Or with my rucksack, from the city. There' | ||
+ | Can keep me from them while I've strength to walk! \\ | ||
+ | Yet do I leave them, join in the fuss and talk, \\ | ||
+ | Fight the old fight for bread, enslaved by goods, \\ | ||
+ | And insatiate appetites, timid moods.\\ | ||
+ | Oh, why do I yield, when, old there, freedom waits, \\ | ||
+ | And all that's left of leisure, that creates Beauty' | ||
+ | And the great god, Pan, \\ | ||
+ | Retires, and watches, waits, withdraws, as man \\ | ||
+ | Destroys the face of the earth, and kills, and burns \\ | ||
+ | His source of food, and dies.\\ | ||
+ | Then Nature returns.\\ | ||
+ | O! dear, green earth! O! Mountains, deep within \\ | ||
+ | Your hearts the bushland keep! May we who win \\ | ||
+ | To peace, and living Beauty, there enshrined, \\ | ||
+ | Guard them, and thee, forever, from mankind:\\ | ||
- | AnothOr' | ||
- | Weddings and good wishes are in the air again. Betty Grill and George Walker were married, also Ida Ba%our and Lloyd Edwards, before the bridegroom.. set off to " | ||
- | According to Jack Debert, the Air Force is " | ||
- | ' with ' | ||
- | , to life stories, being guide, philosopher and friend to all that come. Plenty Of tact i e needed." | ||
- | Paddy must have been hearing lots of tales of the fun the lads have been having in camp; yes, Paddy has joined the militia and soon he will be Onjoying three months in camp while our old friend Oliver Wulf manages the business and May deals with the daughters single-handed. Congratulations, | ||
- | Max Gentle is bac again in our, midit, lOoking rcisier and fitter than ever. Bathurst must be a good placel Or was It the carrots?. | ||
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- | ' | ||
- | e " | ||
- | . | ||
- | . . | ||
- | ." Tat BUSH | ||
- | e | ||
- | (In the track of Rupert Brook | ||
- | 0 I have been, so keen a walker; filled my lungs. So deeply with the fragrance of. the gumsi. | ||
- | Their tang, their ' | ||
- | * | ||
- | These are mere words They lack the power, the strekeYiY | ||
- | To lift the bead, each step give' | ||
- | That smooths the. furroAd brow, | ||
- | Why do we fight, who are' | ||
- | By walls, machfarery, ' and: ceaseless | ||
- | Components these of madness and despair "Lt | ||
- | Speed is a cage wef,are all impr' | ||
- | The goal itself:- so we rushl and slave, and die. Yet, by the walk's road, I can escape, And change',' | ||
- | And simple things give pleasure; wants are few -7- To soothe jangle4' | ||
- | , r, Out AIIH: | ||
- | , | ||
- | These' frecall: | ||
- | Blue wavelets, sunlit, dancing, | ||
- | Chased by a breeze; a beach of golden sand; An eagle above- me soaring; the wide land | ||
- | Beneath my feet t and rest after a climb; | ||
- | Oranges; and full many a view subli0e; | ||
- | A scarce-seen, | ||
- | | ||
- | Of lyre-birdst butcher-birds; | ||
- | The homeliness of a little fire, with tent close by; Thenhhot food, and fresh tea; a darkening sky; The comfort and joy of the big camp-fire, Flames leaping, while the fairy sparks fly higher, Into the night, and the cold dark .. | ||
- | Comrades, | ||
- | And gay laughter, and song, and talk! Great Shades, And pleasing thoughts of lesser men are here; | ||
- | - 16 - | ||
- | Thoughts of our own; voices beautiful, or queer; Frogs in chorus, too; - on bracken beds We sink to sleep; and th,7, silence spreads; Might sounds, and silvery, shafts of moonlight Slanting through trees, add magic to the night; Fast-driving clouds, , htding the moon; the grey Coldness of dawn; bird-calls greeting day; Wind; and sunshine; deep pools in creeks; | ||
- | Lapstones; and long,steep ridgeslcrowned with peaks; The range-filled view; and trailing smoke of a train:- | ||
- | all these have brought me joy, and will again Whenever I escape, by secret. thought, | ||
- | Or with my rucksack, from the city. There' | ||
- | Oh, why do I yield, when, old there, freedom waits, And all that's left of leisure, that creates Beauty' | ||
- | And the great god, Pan, Retires, and watches, waits, withdraws, as man lestroys the face of the earth, and kills, and burns His source of food, and dies. | ||
- | Then Nature returns. | ||
- | 01 dear, green earth 1 03 Mountains, deep within Your hearts the busaand keep/ May we who win To peace, and living Beauty, there enshrined, Guard them, and thee, forever, from mankind: | ||
D. Lawry. | D. Lawry. | ||
- | (In response to repeated requests we re-publish the above versed | + | |
+ | (In response to repeated requests we re-publish the above verses | ||
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