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- | THE SYDNEf' | + | THE SYDNEY |
- | Monthly Bulletin devoted to matters of interest to '' | + | |
- | a | + | Monthly Bulletin devoted to matters of interest to The Sydney Bush Walkers, 5 Hamilton Street, Sydney |
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No.70 OCTOBER, 1940 Price 3d. | No.70 OCTOBER, 1940 Price 3d. | ||
- | Editor: Dorothy Lawry, | + | |
- | Acting Business Manager and Production: Brian Harvey Subscriptions:- Ordinary, Doreen Harris: "On Service" | + | |Editor |
- | Publication Staff ) and Arthur Salmon. | + | |Acting Business Manager and Production |
+ | |Subscriptions | ||
+ | |Other members of the Publication Staff |Jessie Martin, Merle Hamilton, Mary Stoddart, and Arthur Salmon| | ||
CONTENTS | CONTENTS | ||
- | Editorial | + | |
- | At Our Own Meeting | + | |Editorial |
- | Phyllis Roots - An Appreciation | + | |At Our Own Meeting |
- | Case Book of Dr,Dolittle, | + | |Phyllis Roots - An Appreciation |
- | Pagel | + | |Katoomba-Kanangra-Katoomba by W.T.W. |
- | 1/ 3 | + | |Case Book of Dr.Dolittle, |
- | " 4 | + | |Around Australia' |
- | H 7 | + | |Another Letter from R.C.C.' |
- | " | + | |Goodman Bros. - Advertisement |
- | Another Letter from R.C.C...'s Mapping Section | + | |Federation Notes | Page 12| |
- | 'Goodman Bros. - Advertisement | + | |Search & Rescue Week End | Page 13| |
- | Federation Notes *WO " | + | |Club Gossip |
- | Search & Rescue Week End " | + | |Memory Corner |
- | Club Gossip | + | |
- | Memory Corner | + | EDITORIAL |
- | v.... 6.44. | + | |
- | EDITORIAL' | + | There are such things as walking clubs whose members only meet at weekends |
- | There are such things as walking clubs whose members only meet at week- Ands to go walking together, but the S.B.W.. has never been like that. Jack )ebert | + | |
- | For the information of the newer member' | + | For the information of the newer members, as well as the entertainment of all our readers, and, maybe the inspiration of some with a talent for weaving words, in this issue we start a new feature - " |
- | Old members are invited to supply material for " | + | |
+ | Old members are invited to supply material for " | ||
AT OUR OWN MEETING. | AT OUR OWN MEETING. | ||
- | Two new members were welcomed at the Half-YearlY | + | |
- | At the same meeting we learned of the resignati: | + | Two new members were welcomed at the Half-Yearly |
- | The Club' | + | |
- | We are glad the Hon.Social Secretary is still managing to show a small profit on each function. He reported that ninetyone | + | At the same meeting we learned of the resignation |
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+ | The Club' | ||
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+ | We are glad the Hon.Social Secretary is still managing to show a small profit on each function. He reported that ninety one people enjoyed the dinner dance at Elizabeth Bay House on August 28th, and there was a profit of 3/8d.! | ||
Certificates were presented to Winners of the various events at the recent Sports Carnival and, on behalf of those members who were at the Carnival, the President handed Bill Henley a memento of the occasion, which was his birthday as well as a very busy day for him as handicapper, | Certificates were presented to Winners of the various events at the recent Sports Carnival and, on behalf of those members who were at the Carnival, the President handed Bill Henley a memento of the occasion, which was his birthday as well as a very busy day for him as handicapper, | ||
- | At about this point the Chairman took the opportunity of expressing the Club's appreciation of Tom Moppetts work As Hon,Secretary and its gratification that Jean Tf imbles, who has been Tom' | + | |
+ | At about this point the Chairman took the opportunity of expressing the Club's appreciation of Tom Moppetts work As Hon.Secretary and its gratification that Jean Trimbles, who has been Tom' | ||
Next came the important business of, electing a number of new officers, namely:- | Next came the important business of, electing a number of new officers, namely:- | ||
- | Honorary Secretary: Jean Trimble | + | |
- | Hon.Assistant Secretary: Joyce Trimble | + | |Honorary Secretary |
- | Committee Member Winifred | + | |Hon.Assistant Secretary |
- | Convenor of Sub-cotmittee | + | |Committee Member |
- | Substitute Delegate to Federation | + | |Convenor of Sub-committee |
- | Honorary | + | |Substitute Delegate to Federation| Dorothy Lawry| |
- | Six jobs filled, just like that ! | + | |Honorary |
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+ | Six jobs filled, just like that! | ||
Then Sub-section (kk) of Section 5 of the Constitution had two sentences added to it, as forecast in the notice of the meeting. | Then Sub-section (kk) of Section 5 of the Constitution had two sentences added to it, as forecast in the notice of the meeting. | ||
- | Last, but not least, the President announced that recently it had been noticed that there was a growing practice of taking dogs on official trips. After due consideration the Committee had decided, for a number of reasons, to request members to refrain from' | ||
- | , serious reasons for this ban is that dogs naturally run on ahead, particularly | ||
- | ' when they are thirsty and scent water, With running Streams practically nonexistent and even pools very rare" owing to the drought, every care has to be taken with drinking water - and most humans don't like drinkilig after dogs, - se, no dogs on bushwalks while the drought lasts, please I! | ||
- | PHYLDtS- ROOTS. | ||
- | Before procea. 4, !ag totthe 15124iness of the Half-Yearly Meeting our President very sorrowfully anAbunoed theAaeath of one of the Club's most valued members | ||
- | PhiZ Rpots,- and pa i'd a tribute to the work both Val and-Phil had done for the Club during theireleven years of membershiii, | ||
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- | &D]ne of us had already heard that Phil's ,sufferings had ended on Sep- | ||
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- | tember kth and had epressed. to Wal our deeP n1104thy for him and the three " | ||
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- | In addition to all the work she did for the S.B.V. Phil ran their home tos:t efficiently and trained their three kiddies - there was only aweneth when Phil became our Honorary Assistant Secretary - and both she and Vial were among the most activ' | ||
- | If any man could echo.Robert touis.Stevenson e tribute to his wife it is 1al Roots. | ||
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- | ith ay66-6f, | ||
- | The- eise4-4-1t1, | ||
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- | c!lionpurl! angervalpurt, | + | Last, but not least, the President announced that recently it had been noticed that there was a growing practice of taking dogs on official trips. After due consideration the Committee had decided, for a number of reasons, to request members to refrain from taking dogs on official trips. One of the most serious reasons for this ban is that dogs naturally run on ahead, particularly when they are thirsty and scent water. With running streams practically nonexistent and even pools very rare owing to the drought, every care has to be taken with drinking water - and most humans don't like drinking after dogs, - so, no dogs on bushwalks while the drought lasts, please!! |
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- | The mightymasterft,,. | + | PHYLLIS ROOTS. |
- | Gave -to-he.. -, - | + | |
- | "Teacher, tendez*I. -comrade/ -wife I. | + | Before proceeding to the business of the Half-Yearly Meeting our President very sorrowfully announced the death of one of the Club's most valued members - Phil Roots - and paid a tribute to the work both Wal and Phil had done for the Club during their eleven years of membership. |
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- | fellow-,farer:true ,through life, | + | Some of us had already heard that Phil's sufferings had ended on September 4th and had expressed to Wal our deep sympathy for him and the three " |
- | Heart-whole. and soul-free | + | |
- | + | within a year of joining the SBW Wal and Phil had stepped into the breach and accepted the positions of Hon.Secretary and Hon.Assistant Secretary which they filled so ably for four years. Then Phil became a member of the Social Committee for the following twelve months, before being elected Hon.Social Secretary by the General Meeting that made Wal our President. Unhappily for the Sydney Bushwalkers, within six months Wal was promoted by his firm to open a branch in Brisbane and so "the Rootses" | |
- | The auut ft the, | + | |
- | , | + | In addition |
- | KATOOMBA - KANANGR1.- KATOOMBA by V. T. | + | |
- | Having caught an early train which left town at 5.17 p m. on Friday,7th June last, we reached Katoomba, the juMping-off poinMor | + | If any man could echo Robert Louis Stevenson' |
- | Reinforced with hot coffee to keep off cold and drowsiness, we took a car to the top of the Devil' | + | |
- | On a moonlight night Megalong Valley offers many attractions to the walker who is willing to forego a few hours' | + | " |
- | The Cox was reached, via Black Jerry' | + | With eyes of gold and bramble-dew, |
- | 'Towards midnight, an opening on our right indicated that we had reached Jenolan | + | Steel-true and blade-straight, |
- | We were away rather later than hoped (at 6.40 a m.), walking down the' | + | The great artificer |
- | Arthur and 1, who were inclined to race ahead, reached. Kanangra Creek a few minutes ahead of the other two and, at 9.42 we all proceeded up the Creek, in which there was little water, and, for many long stretches, only boulders covered with dry, green slime indicated where water once flowed in abundance. However, higher up, where the Gorge becomes narrower, | + | Made by mate. |
- | We were astonished at the number of wombats to be found on the river banks as we went along. Apparently the by conditions are driving them more and more to the main waterways for subsistence. | + | |
- | We stopped for lunch promptly at noon and secured a well-earned | + | "Honour, anger, valour, fire; |
- | schedule. | + | A love that fire could never tire, |
- | At 1.50 p m.e , | + | Death quench or evil sir, |
- | As the afternoon was well advanced, Ron and Norm decided to waste no time, and left immediately to pick up the Gingra Track, for we hoped to reach the Kowmung that night. Arthur and I wishing to complete the tour, hurried along to the famous dance-floor cave, where, incidentally, | + | The mighty master |
- | twenty minutes down the track. Darkness had fallen before we caught up with I | + | Gave to her. |
- | Ron and Norm, and we still had a considerable way to go. Most of the way the track is good, and easy to follow even at night, but in one or two spots one is liable to go astray. This we did on Third Top. Instead of keeping to the crown of the ridge, the track skirts round on the left side of the Top,and the ridge changes direction slightly, bearing to the left. Anyhow, we kept to the top of the ridge and continued on until we found that we were going | + | |
- | south instead of north-east. We retraced our steps to the summit of Third Top | + | " |
- | and endeavoured | + | A fellow-farer true through life, |
- | Sunday morning found us iip. early and, after a hasty breakfast of biscuits and-dates, looking for the track at about 6.30 a m. I fear that, in our hurry to be off again, we failed to appreciate sufficiently the beauty of the sunrise as dawn broke over the distant mountains. | + | Heart-whole and soul-free |
- | ' | + | The august father |
- | We set off rather more slowly after breakfast in order to allow our somewhat liberal meals to settle. | + | Gave to me." |
- | , Although not comparable with that from Splendour Rock, the view from here is pleasant; one can sees, large stretch of the Cox, bordered with casuarinas and grassy banks, and one notices regretfully the wide expanse of dry sand and the narrow stretch of water, glistening here and there with sunlight, where once a full stream flowed. | + | |
- | From Kelpie Rocks we followed a well-defined ridge tpwards40 | + | KATOOMBA - KANANGRA |
- | the base of | + | by W.T.W |
- | Mt.Mouin, and then turned and headed for Debert' | + | |
- | At last, at 7.25 p m.. we reached the Tourist Road on Narrow Neck and soon were in the Golf Club., whence we rang for a car, and where we met very kind hospitality, | + | Having caught an early train which left town at 5.17 p m. on Friday, 7th June last, we reached Katoomba, the jumping-off point for so many trips, at about 7.30 p.m. |
- | Before the train arrived at 8, p m. we managed to pick up a " illyful | + | |
- | Thus concluded an eightyone | + | Reinforced with hot coffee to keep off cold and drowsiness, we took a car to the top of the Devil' |
- | "SUGAR TESTS PURITY OF DRINKING WATER" | + | |
- | Two or three months ago the S.B; | + | On a moonlight night Megalong Valley offers many attractions to the walker who is willing to forego a few hours sleep in order to cover a large part of the walk on Friday night. To the east Narrow Neck towers |
- | "A simple, but effective method for testing the purity | + | |
- | As the test takes one week. what does one do for a drink in the meantime !!! | + | The Cox was reached, via Black Jerry' |
- | - 7-. | + | |
- | CASE BOOK OF DR. DULITTIZ(R.R.) No.2. | + | Towards midnight, an opening on our right indicated that we had reached Jenolan |
- | I was seafed in my consulting room one day when Mr.Twiddlepup stormed in | + | |
- | with a brow like thUnder. | + | We were away rather later than hoped (at 6.40 a m.), walking down the Cox in the early morning was very pleasant, and exhilarating, |
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- | - | + | Arthur and I, who were inclined to race ahead, reached Kanangra Creek a few minutes ahead of the other two and, at 9.42 we all proceeded up the Creek, in which there was little water, and, for many long stretches, only boulders covered with dry, green slime indicated where water once flowed in abundance. However, higher up, where the Gorge becomes narrower, water was more plentiful. |
- | , Fixing me with his,hypno tic stare (under which my knees | + | |
- | shool0 he stated | + | We were astonished at the number of wombats to be found on the river banks as we went along. Apparently the dry conditions are driving them more and more to the main waterways for subsistence. Until recently, wombats were quite a novelty, but now one meets them at every bend. |
- | his case. "This tent", | + | |
- | It appeared that he had experienced a heavy storm on the Friday night and the tent was perfect. On the Saturday night he had pitched it wet,as Saturday had been a,drizzling rainy day. | + | We stopped for lunch promptly at noon and secured a well-earned |
- | " | + | |
- | where rolled his pegs on the inside of the tent. Pegs ' | + | At 1.50 p.m. we judged |
- | I persuaded Mr.Widdlepup to give the tent another trial and he has since written and ainlogized for his lack of foresi# | + | |
- | When wet, a tent should never be rolled tight or leftrolled for more than eight to ten hours. If a tent leaks constantly in one place, rub it over with. a ca' | + | As the afternoon was well advanced, Ron and Norm decided to waste no time, and left immediately to pick up the Gingra Track, for we hoped to reach the Kowmung that night. Arthur and I wishing to complete the tour, hurried along to the famous dance-floor cave, where, incidentally, |
- | and so must be watched. ' Protect your tent in a tent bag.. | + | and endeavoured |
- | A, After many years in " | + | |
- | . , . . | + | Sunday morning found us up early and, after a hasty breakfast of biscuits and dates, looking for the track at about 6.30 a.m. I fear that, in our hurry to be off again, we failed to appreciate sufficiently the beauty of the sunrise as dawn broke over the distant mountains. |
- | . . . , . | + | |
- | . . | + | We set off rather more slowly after breakfast in order to allow our somewhat liberal meals to settle. |
- | . . . . | + | |
- | to 'buy your equipdent frod the man who understands your needse Therefore# | + | From Kelpie Rocks we followed a well-defined ridge towards |
- | F. A, PALLIKI | + | the base of Mt.Mouin, and then turned and headed for Debert' |
- | 327, George Street, | + | |
- | SYDNEY. | + | At last, at 7.25 p.m. we reached the Tourist Road on Narrow Neck and soon were in the Golf Club, whence we rang for a car, and where we met very kind hospitality, |
- | 'Phone B3101, | + | |
- | $ | + | Before the train arrived at 8 p.m. we managed to pick up a billy-full |
- | AROUND | + | |
- | - | + | Thus concluded an eighty one mile week-end walk from Katoomba to Kanangra Walls and back. |
- | We packe& | + | |
+ | "SUGAR TESTS PURITY OF DRINKING WATER" | ||
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+ | Two or three months ago the SBW Library received a present of some books, amongst which was the " | ||
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+ | "A simple, but effective method for testing the purity | ||
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+ | As the test takes __one week,__ what does one do for a drink in the meantime !!! | ||
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+ | AROUND | ||
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+ | We packed our cases onto my mobile frigidaire, an Overland Whippet of ancient vintage | ||
the winter and sp4d- the week-ends exploring the fine Mountain and riVer country surrounding Canberra. - | the winter and sp4d- the week-ends exploring the fine Mountain and riVer country surrounding Canberra. - | ||
We found this citY, very pretty, an4 were muCh' | We found this citY, very pretty, an4 were muCh' | ||
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But our Harold arriv0 with the nest day's sunrise, He arrived like the Milk in the morn. | But our Harold arriv0 with the nest day's sunrise, He arrived like the Milk in the morn. | ||
Frank Duncan. | Frank Duncan. | ||
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