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====== The Sydney Bushwalker. ====== | ====== The Sydney Bushwalker. ====== | ||
- | A monthly Bulletin of The Sydney Bush Walkers, 5 Hamilton Street, Sydney. | + | A monthly Bulletin of matters of interest to The Sydney Bush Walkers, 5 Hamilton Street, Sydney. |
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|The Happy Man" - reprinted from " | |The Happy Man" - reprinted from " | ||
|Bunions|" | |Bunions|" | ||
- | |At Our Own Meetting| |11| | + | |At Our Own Meeting| |11| |
- | |Letters from the Lads - Nos. l2 and 13|Peter Allan and Horrie Salmon|13| | + | |Letters from the Lads - Nos. 12 and 13|Peter Allan and Horrie Salmon|13| |
|Club Gossip| |16| | |Club Gossip| |16| | ||
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In these critical days, when everything must be subordinated to the war effort, it is hopeless to try and interest Governments and Councils in new park proposals. Consequently the Movement has been obliged to restrict its recommendations to projects of the most urgent nature. | In these critical days, when everything must be subordinated to the war effort, it is hopeless to try and interest Governments and Councils in new park proposals. Consequently the Movement has been obliged to restrict its recommendations to projects of the most urgent nature. | ||
- | In reply to representations from the Movement, the Premier, Mr. McKell, gave an assurance that the Government' | + | In reply to representations from the Movement, the Premier, Mr. McKell, gave an assurance that the Government' |
The Minister for Lands, Mr. Tully, has established a very fine Children' | The Minister for Lands, Mr. Tully, has established a very fine Children' | ||
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===== Social Notes. ===== | ===== Social Notes. ===== | ||
- | The voice of the Sociall | + | The voice of the Social |
=== March 14th & 15th === | === March 14th & 15th === | ||
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- | :F'ED.;.!;RATION NOTES | + | ===== Federation Notes. ===== |
- | \ Recently a new bushwalking club made contact | + | |
- | Secretary of the Federation. This was the Railway Institute | + | Recently a new bushwalking club made contact |
- | and we hope soon to hear that its members have decided to affiliate with the | + | |
- | other organised clubs. | + | As reported elsewhere in this issue, six members of the S.B.W. have volunteered to serve on the special committee which is to formulate a policy of track marking, making, etc. |
- | As reported elsewhere in this issue, six members of the S.B.W. have volunteered | + | |
- | to serve on the special committee which is to formulate a policy of track | + | At the February Council meeting the following appointments were made to the Publications Committee: Editor: Dorothy |
- | marking, making, etc. | + | |
- | At the February Council meeting the following appointments were made to the | + | An S.B.W. delegate reported the destruction of willows at "Yeola" |
- | Publications Committee: | + | |
- | Bill Watson (Rover Ramblers); Business Manager; Jim Somerville (C.M.W. )and | + | Delegates from the Rover Ramblers reported that the track from Glenbrook to St. Helena has recently been very thoroughly blazed. It would be interesting to know who the blazers were. Did they want to be sure of getting home for their next Sunday Dinner? |
- | Advertising Manager is still being sought. | + | |
- | An s.D.W. delegate reported the destruction of willows at "Yeolan | + | Mention was made of ex-Secretary Charlie Roberts having |
- | Upper Kangaroo River and asked for an investigation. A delegate from the Campfire | + | |
- | Club added a report of ~imber ~utting·at | + | The President |
- | Euroka Tracks in the Blue Labyrinth. Both of these matters were referred to | + | |
- | the Conservation Bureau for attention. | + | After the Council Meeting the newly appointed |
- | Delegates from the ~over Ramblers reported that the track from Glenbrook to | + | |
- | St. Helena has recently been' V:ery thoroughly blazed.- · It woul~ be interesting to | + | ---- |
- | know who the blazers were. Did they want to be sure of getting home for their | + | |
- | next Sunday Dinner? | + | ===== The Alphabetical War. ===== |
- | Mention was made of ex-Secretary Charlie Roberts having | + | |
- | Malaya. | + | Paddy is snowed under supplying demands for gear for A.R.P., N.E.S., V.D.C., W.A.N.S., V.A.D., |
- | and rejoined his unit before the fall of Singapore, or whether he was | + | |
- | safely in hospital. | + | First Aid Satchells, Packs, Haversacks, Kit Bags, Sleeping |
- | greetings and good wishes, in the hope that-.he. l; | + | |
- | and so could receive it. | + | Nevertheless, |
- | The Presidont | + | S.B.W. |
- | international position the Federat.ion | + | |
- | to see if th0 authorities could use bushwalkers as such. · ~n informal meeting | + | Paddy Pallin. Camp Gear For Walkers. |
- | has been held at which possible avenues of service were discuss~d, and suggestions | + | |
- | for training to improve bushcraft, etc. were made. Council endorsed | + | 327 George Street, |
- | this action, appointed the President convenor of a special committee of those | + | |
- | interested, and instructed the committee to go ahead with training weekends | + | ---- |
- | and to arrange, if possible, with the authorities to utilise the services of | + | |
- | bushwalkers in the event of an emergency. | + | ===== Hitch-Hiking Around New Zealand. ===== |
- | After tho Council Meeting the newly appo~nted | + | |
- | for a series of weekend camps, details of which are given on a notice displayed | + | |
- | on the board at Paddy' | + | |
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- | THIS ALPH.\BETI CAL WAR | + | |
- | Paddy is snowed under supplying demands for gear for · | + | |
- | A.R~P., N.E.S.,. V.D.C., W.A.N.s., V.A.D., | + | |
- | R.A.A.F., A.r.y., R.A.N., A.M.F., R.M.C., A.W.A.S., | + | |
- | etc. etc. AD LIB. | + | |
- | First Aid Satchells, Packs, Haversacks, Kit Bags, | + | |
- | Sleeeping | + | |
- | Holdalls, Gadgets and bright ideas, all come.and go. | + | |
- | Nevertheless, | + | |
- | ·alphabetical | + | |
- | s. B. VJ,. | + | |
- | ;....,. -- | + | |
- | PADDY PALLIN, | + | |
- | 327 George Street, | + | |
- | Telephone B3101. | + | |
- | -CAMP GEAR WALKERS. | + | |
- | - 6 | + | |
- | HITCH-HIKING m NEVil ZEALAND | + | |
by Dorothy Hasluck. | by Dorothy Hasluck. | ||
- | Contrary to the generally accepted idea; · t: | + | |
- | on our 230 mile trek. Do I hear voices raised in disbelief? If so I shall refer | + | Contrary to the generally accepted idea, there was more hiking then hitching on our 230 mile trek. Do I hear voices raised in disbelief? If so I shall refer them to the N.Z. Transport regulations, |
- | them to tbe N.Z. Transport regulations, | + | |
- | by the Government and any driver who picks up is illl!; | + | After eleven |
- | After eleven | + | |
- | but on arrival was met with requests from the two girl friends to take them 6n a | + | Leaving the train at a place called |
- | walk when the harvesting was over. VJe duly went into' .the matter of qualifications | + | |
- | and equipment | + | By five O' |
- | harvesting and the latter by a certain amount of borrowing. | + | |
- | Leaving the train at a place called | + | On leaving, Mr. Cran gave us introductions |
- | trees in the showground, our equipment not boasting a tent, which showed extreme | + | |
- | opti: | + | The fall of snow now proved a blessing in disguise as the mountains from Lake Coleridge past Lakes Lyndon and Pearson, presented a series |
- | New Zealand. | + | |
- | with a nor 1 wester head on the whole way. _Never | + | Our next bathe, at Lake Pearson, was also attended with mishap, a Kea taking a fancy to my watch, which I had left on a rock. I suffer |
- | pack before but if it had not been for this usually much maligned article I | + | |
- | would have been blown over the edge of the gorge. At this_point | + | Having slept the previous |
- | divides, an island being in the middle of the two bridges and creating two | + | |
- | funnels through | + | After a very steep descent from some hills over which we had taken a shortcut, we proceeded to Bealey, before reaching which we had to ford an arm of the Waimakarini. The gods were again looking after us for as we were about to divest ourselves of shoes and socks, |
- | spot for lunch, we then went do·wn | + | |
- | rushing by in a raging torrent; seeing a quiet backwater·, we decided to have a | + | Our next objective was Arthur' |
- | refresr~ng | + | |
- | ear-piercing shriek and dragging her foot from the water with what a:, | + | The road from Grassmere Station to Greymouth passes through country which once experienced glaciation - probably over 100,000 years ago. The ice at this period is said to have been 2,500 ft. thick. There are many signs of ice action such as scratched and fluted rocks due to the scouring of stones, and the great deposit of loose rocks over which the road climbs from the upper Otira flat before descending into the gorge is generally attributed to moraine. As one traverses the gorge the grandeur of the scene beggars description. At the same time one must give man his due. Hats off to the railway tunnel which pierces the mountains for 5 miles, and to the construction of the power lines flung across great chasms with precipitous sides rising to over 2,000 ft., and lastly to the road, over which I would rather someone else did the driving! |
- | be a fair sized eel attached to her toe. With renewed.strength we now faced | + | |
- | the steep zig-zag in the teeth of the nor·twester, struggling a few yards and | + | From Otira we took the train for 16 miles and then walked |
- | then literally falling to our knees, and so to the top. | + | |
- | By five O' | + | We were now well into Westland |
- | very bright as to light a fire vms out of the_qucstion | + | |
- | to be seen. Whilst we were contemplating the somevlhat | + | Train once more for 16 miles to Hokitika and we were now on the last hundred miles down the West Coast to the Glaciers! We camped at Lake Mahinapua with ideas of being lulled to rest by the lapping |
- | along came a Knig~t~errant in the shape of Mr.Cran, manager of Bayfield Station, | + | |
- | and suggested we stay at one of his huts as he said ~he woather | + | I leave the rest to your imagination. My companions had a small piece of net, which I am afraid proved |
- | become much worse!.!! He not only provided us with a home complete with bunks, | + | |
- | crockery, firewood, etc., but replenished the larder most lavishly, for which | + | Three very wan individuals arose at dawn and, with one accord, |
- | we were most thankful as we were.marooned for three days with gales and rain, | + | |
- | a heavy manthe of snow falling | + | The next day was fine and clear for the last stage to the Franz Josef Glacier and we joyously wended our way along the bush bordered road to Lake Mapourika, where we had a swim in the placid |
- | covering them almost to the foot. C | + | |
- | On leaving, Mr. Cran gave us int.roduction6 | + | The weather was very overcast so we did not see the Fox at its best, all the peaks being blotted out. I had had some ideas of climbing, but we decided to return as we did not want to be marooned |
- | advice and instructions. The hospitality of the people of the South Island | + | |
- | was the point that impressed me most, and Mr. Cran was the perfect embodiment of | + | Our last flutter was on waking the next morning to find my jodphurs and all toilet articles missing, together |
- | it. | + | |
- | The fall of snow mow proved a blessing in disguise as the mountains from | + | I must here pay a tribute to Pauline and Betty who, previous to this trek, had walked very little. They both stood up to it manfully as 134 miles actual walking in seven days is no mean effort. |
- | Lake Coleridge past Lakes Lyndon and Pearson, presented a 5eries | + | |
- | sheer beauty instead of the ugly scree slopes which one usually sees in summer. | + | As I look back on my first effort in hitch-hiking I can thoroughly |
- | How I hate scree slopes and even more so when traversing | + | |
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- | Our next bathe, at Lake Pearson, was also attenQ.ed vrl.th | + | |
- | taking a f' | + | ===== The Happy Man. ===== |
- | when I think of it being used as a decorative | + | |
- | of performing its normal function of ticking away the hours on my wri .- • | + | by --Anon. |
- | Having slept the previo~s | + | |
- | stay at Grassmere Station, the owners of which turned out to be friends of the | + | Reprinted from " |
- | girls' uncle. We were made most welcome and thoroughly enjoyed the comfort, | + | |
- | variety being the spice of life, This station has.its ovm ski~ing fields | + | I met a hiker hiking |
- | right at the door as it were, and ice-skating on the lake in front of the | + | The country lay before him and the city at his back;\\ |
- | homestead, so th~re is no lack of winter amusement. | + | He was hatless, he was humming, and his boots swung to and fro\\ |
- | After a very steep descent from some hills over which we had taken a | + | As if no mileage |
- | shortcut, we proceeded to Bealey, before reaching which we had to ford an arm | + | |
- | of the Waimakarini. The gods were again looking after us for. a.s we were about | + | His working week was over; he had pocketed his pay,\\ |
- | to divest ourselves of sho~s and socks, | + | And left the war behind him, striding |
- | a ·bulldozer, its driver telling us to clamber up and he would take us across; | + | Tent and food were in his rucksack with his kettle and his tea -\\ |
- | so across we went in StateJ | + | If ever man was happy, then a happy man was he. |
- | Our next objective | + | |
- | to be obtained. Having lunched at the Bealy Hotel, which has a quaint, | + | Our luxuries grow fewer and for us the times are grim,\\ |
- | charm, we proceeded through beech fora9ts to .the Pass. This, together | + | But what of all he values most does fate withhold from him\\ |
- | with sqme bush at Grassmere Station, was the first timber we had seen and was | + | Whose hobby is the hardships that the wealthier |
- | a refreshing change from the tussock | + | The call to plainer faring and to walk where they would ride? |
- | at the Pass so, after a few inquiries, we soon found a comfortable place to | + | |
- | stay at, and very glad we were as it was piercingly cold, being at about the | + | He asks no transport but his legs, despising |
- | 3;000 ft.level and surrounded by mountains, | + | His luxuries - the open road, fresh air - tax-free remain.\\ |
- | The road from Grassmere Station to Greymouth passes through country which | + | Tough, stubborn stuff for tyranny are surely such as he\\ |
- | once experienced glaciation,.. - probably over 100;.000 years ago. The ice at this | + | Who knows by heart their threatened |
- | period is said to have been 2,500 ft. thick. There are many Eigns of ice | + | |
- | action such as scratched and fluted rocks due to the scouring of stones, and | + | ---- |
- | the great deposit of loose rocks over which the road climbs from the upper | + | |
- | Otira f~t before descending into the gorge is generally attributed to | + | ===== Bunions. ===== |
- | moraine. As one traverses the gorge the grandeur of the scene beggars description. | + | |
- | At the same time one must give man his due. Hats off to the railway | + | |
- | tunnel which pierces the mountains.for 5 miles, and to the construction of the | + | |
- | power lines flung across great chasms with precipitous sides rising to over | + | |
- | 2;000 ft., and lastly to the road; over which I would rather someone else | + | |
- | did the driving! | + | |
- | From Otira we took the train for 16 miles and then ~nlked | + | |
- | 4 ~orious | + | |
- | night tbcre, and then through Greenstone, which was once a largo goldmining | + | |
- | settlement - piles of stone being the only evidence now remaining of those | + | |
- | days 7 to Kumara; where alluvial sluicing on a large scale is still carried | + | |
- | on. A rather interesting landmark was a block of greenstone | + | |
- | a ton. It's a wonder the boys_ of the village have not considerably reduced | + | |
- | this! | + | |
- | We were now-rell into Westland | + | |
- | Pass on reaching the foot of the gorge the change in the bush is at once | + | |
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- | discernable. The Westland rain forest now holds sway; great stately pines tower | + | |
- | into the air, the forest floor b;; | + | |
- | treeferns become more numerous. | + | |
- | Train once more for 16 milos to Hokitika and we were now on the last hundred | + | |
- | miles down the West Coast to the Glaeiers! VIe camped at Lake Mahinapua with ideas | + | |
- | of being lulled to rest by the la~' | + | |
- | hordes of sandflies pestered us, then·, on the retirement of these, battalions of. | + | |
- | mosquitoes arrived to hold ·the fort against the invaders of the:ir domain·. Be.ing | + | |
- | a warm, muggy night it wd.s bad enough being in· sleeping bags, but I was forced to | + | |
- | put on my snow jacket, drawing the hood right over my face to protect it from the | + | |
- | onslaughts. | + | |
- | I le~ve the rest to your imagination. My companions had a small piece of net,which | + | |
- | I am afraid proved | + | |
- | sure; were quite equal to brushing it aside. | + | |
- | Thr;; | + | |
- | night!" | + | |
- | pouring rain. As we wanted to go on; we· decided to s~e what my powers of persuasion | + | |
- | would do, having found them very successful in obtaining milk on various | + | |
- | occasions, so I duly .approached the driver of a lorry. | + | |
- | ba-ing, he consented to take two on his lorry and inveigled the ovmer of. a sheep | + | |
- | truck to take me. My truck st~rted | + | |
- | of which on his way back stopped to let me knov: where he had left the others, | + | |
- | pithily remarking "Well, I 1ve lcft.them at the hotel, so you'll probably find | + | |
- | them both full up." | + | |
- | The next day was fine rind clear fo.r the last stage to the Franz Josef Glacier | + | |
- | and we joyously wended our way along thG bush bordered road to Lake Mapourika, | + | |
- | where we had a swim in the placid | + | |
- | and shad·ow | + | |
- | rent a hut for 7/6d a day; food was obtainable at the store owned by the Hotel and | + | |
- | there was a bathhouse in the bush fed by hot mineral | + | |
- | walker desire? | + | |
- | the Fox Glacier, where we met Franz, one of the guides who was in charge of the | + | |
- | Alp:hne.School at Mt.Cook. He sp.id h.: wouldn' | + | |
- | as when I l::ft Mt.Cook I was somewhat the worse for 11vear | + | |
- | with pl: | + | |
- | swollen with sunburn I could hardly open my mouth, and va? | + | |
- | The weather was very overcast so w~:: did not sec the Fox at its best,all the | + | |
- | p-eaks | + | |
- | as we did not want to be· m: | + | |
- | to pick up a train at Roos which connected with the Christchurch express but, | + | |
- | alas, o.rriving | + | |
- | altered and the -train was not running, which meant we had to walk 20 miles to | + | |
- | Hokitika that night! However, nothing daunted, after fortifying | + | |
- | a hot dinner at the hotel, we left at 8 p.m.,hoping for the best. I shall draw | + | |
- | a veil over the first 5 or 6 miles in pitch darkness and pouring torrents. At | + | |
- | this stage the gods once more co.rne | + | |
- | ..;. 9 - | + | |
- | o car. The god driving the car turned out to be the O\mer of·thc | + | |
- | was being very guarded in regard to lifts on lorries. After a number of searching | + | |
- | quostions | + | |
- | '> | + | |
- | overlook our delinquencit? | + | |
- | we.come with him, promising to find us a nice quiet place to stay. On | + | |
- | arriving at about 11 p.m. he pulled up at what looked to me like the best hotel in. | + | |
- | the place. Said I, "We can 1 t go in there in this state, | + | |
- | our knees" | + | |
- | a wand more or less, tea and toast were provided, wet clothes whisked off to the | + | |
- | drying room, and, after a hot bath, we were shown to most comfortable rooms and | + | |
- | slept the sleep of the just. | + | |
- | Our last flutter was on waking the next morning to find my jodphurs and | + | |
- | all toilet articles missing, together | + | |
- | party! Again all was well as, after a ~rantic.rush to the telephone to make inquiries | + | |
- | we found they were in the car; having come out when a strap of my pQck was | + | |
- | broken. So passed our last hectic moment! | + | |
- | I must here pay a tribute to Pauline and Betty who, previous to this trek, | + | |
- | had walked very little. They b0th stood up to it manfully as 134 miles actual | + | |
- | walking in seven days is no mean effort. | + | |
- | As I look back on my fir9t effort in hitch-hiking I can·thoroughly | + | |
- | a wo.lk through the South Island to restore one's faith in the fundamental kindness | + | |
- | and helpfulness of human nature .. | + | |
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- | THE HAPPY MAN by --Anon. | + | |
- | Reprinted from " | + | |
- | I met a hiker hiking | + | |
- | The country lay before him and the city at his back; . | + | |
- | He was hatless, he was hUmming, and his boots swung to and fro | + | |
- | As if no mileage | + | |
- | His working week was over; he had pocketed his pay, | + | |
- | And lef-t the war behind him, striding | + | |
- | Tent and food were in his rucksack with his kettle and his tea - | + | |
- | If ever m~n was h~ppy, then a happy man w~s he. | + | |
- | Our luxuries grow fewer and for us the times· | + | |
- | But wh~t of all he values most does fate withhold from him | + | |
- | 0 Whose hobby is the hardships that the we~lthier | + | |
- | The call to plainer faring and to wnlk where they would ride? | + | |
- | He asks no transport but his legs, des? | + | |
- | His luxuries - the. open road, fresh air ":" | + | |
- | Tough, stubborn stuff for tyranny are surely such as he | + | |
- | Who knows by heart their th~eatened | + | |
- | • | + | |
- | .:.. 10.:.. | + | |
- | B U IT I 0 N S | + | |
- | 0 | + | |
by " | by " | ||
- | :The tr0uble | + | |
- | lunc$; | + | The trouble |
- | that he had to be carried from Jerusalem Bay up to Cowan Station. I was the | + | |
- | only other one at the tail end Qf the party, and it fell t~ me to shoulder | + | Apparently the strain on my feet was too great. Walking home from the station they ached miserably |
- | three packs up the hill as. quickly | + | |
- | the party to come bo:ck o.nd help. | + | Of course, bunions may be caused in a number |
- | Apparently the strain on my feet was too great. | + | |
- | station they ached mise.rably | + | Unless you are satisfied your feet and muscles |
- | Of course, bunions may be caused in a n: | + | |
- | for instance | + | If, in spite of my advice, you deve1op |
- | extra and unusual strain on the feet when tne owner of the feet has muscles and | + | |
- | ligaments not overstrong. I shal~ ~ot enter into a medical explanation, | + | There follows a fortnight in bed, plus, I understand, some months before you are good for bushwalking again. Further, unless you are operated on by one of the very few competent orthopedic surgeons, the operation may well leave you a suffering cripple for the rest of your life, the same as if you had had nothing |
- | because I am not qualified to do so, but after conferring.with Dorothy English, | + | |
- | who, as you know, earns her living by treating people' | + | |
- | incidentally, | + | |
- | the hope that it may save other people from the s<:: | + | |
- | Unless you are satisfied your feet and mus.cles | + | |
- | average, do not set out on a strenuous bushwalk unless you either wear strong | + | |
- | boots or shoes to support the feet, or, if you wear light shoes, wear also an | + | |
- | elastic band round the ball of the foot and the instep | + | |
- | It is not necessary to take these precautions if the walk is to be merely a | + | |
- | gentle stroll | + | |
- | if someone gets sick, it is well always to carry the elastic bands with you | + | |
- | even if you do not wear them. (Editorial query - In the event of such an emergency | + | |
- | would you stop to put them on?) | + | |
- | If, in spite of ~y advice, you d~ve1op | + | |
- | cure, you have no alternative but to face up to an operation. You will be. to~d | + | |
- | comfortably that it is only a local anaesthetic one, but if you want to know | + | |
- | what torture really is, just have'a local anaesthetic injected into your feet. | + | |
- | It gives you a more vivid idea than all the descriptions in story books. | + | |
- | There follows a fortnight in bed, plus, I underst~nd, some months before | + | |
- | you are good for bushwalking again. Further, unless you are operated on by one | + | |
- | of the very few competent orthopedic surgeons, the operation may well leave you | + | |
- | 0 | + | |
- | a suffering cripple for the rest of your life, the same as if you had had nothing | + | |
- | done. | + | |
I hope I have painted the picture sufficiently black! | I hope I have painted the picture sufficiently black! | ||
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+ | ---- | ||
Don't rest on your laurels; they make a poor mattress. | Don't rest on your laurels; they make a poor mattress. | ||
- | --Anon. | + | |
- | 0 | + | - Anon. |
- | 0 | + | |
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- | AT OUR .OWN . MEETING | + | ---- |
- | New Members welcomed at the January meeting were Mary Stevenson, Betty | + | |
- | Noble, Marie Urquhart; and Les Harper. | + | ===== At Our Own Meeting. ====== |
- | Ira Butler has transferred to the }Ton-Active list as he has departed to | + | |
- | Melbourne, and Joan Hocking and RUdi Lemberg have resigned. | + | New Members welcomed at the January meeting were Mary Stevenson, Betty Noble, Marie Urquhart, and Les Harper. |
- | From the report of the Bushwalkers' | + | |
- | copy of " | + | Ira Butler has transferred to the Non-Active list as he has departed to Melbourne, and Joan Hocking and Rudi Lemberg have resigned. |
- | and that two copies of " | + | |
- | Burke and the _other | + | From the report of the Bushwalkers' |
- | pleasure of glancing through these books in the Club Room - but, really, the | + | |
- | atmosphere | + | Arising out of the Federation |
- | book and many. can be expected to queue up to borrow " | + | |
- | Club Library. | + | Dorothy Lawry announced that Playground |
- | Arising out of the Federati9n | + | |
- | volunteers to serve on the sub-committee to draw up a Federation Policy on | + | When the meeting was asked, |
- | track improvement, | + | |
- | Dorothy Lawry announced that Play ground | + | At the suggestion of " |
- | and palled | + | |
- | On March 22nd the children.will be taken to National Park and the more helpers | + | Joan Savage told members the Royal Life Saving |
- | the merrier, and the more chance of the children getting valuable hints on | + | |
- | bushwallelng | + | Charles Jones spoke of a book "Youth in Action" |
- | VJhen the meeting was asked, | + | |
- | the Federation hold a Ball this year; or not?11 the answer was, emphatically, | + | ----- |
- | - 12 - | + | |
- | HNO!" However, it was suggested that if the Federation decided to arrange | + | ===== Dragon Flies. ===== |
- | some small, informal tea dances for the sp.cial | + | |
- | Clubs while raising funds for tLe Federation, these dances would have the | + | From " |
- | support of a number of s.B.W 1s. | + | |
- | At tho suggestion of 11Wiff11 | + | .... Both in its larvae stage and in its life perfected the dragon fly is the inveterate enemy of the mosquito - one of the greatest of pests and the worst germ-carrier among insects - and as such is the friend |
- | 11That | + | |
- | petitioning Bulli Shire Council. to resume for camping and public | + | Next time you meet with the dragon fly pay special heed to the insect' |
- | portion of Era Estate as we feel ~he Council will be more likeiy | + | |
- | it better than a private | + | ---- |
- | Joan Savage told members the Royal Life Saying | + | |
- | teach as many civilians as possible the finer·points | + | ===== Letters From The Lads. ===== |
- | tl].ere | + | |
- | join a class to be formed and held on four successive Friday nights from | + | === No.l2 - from Peter Allan. |
- | 6.45 p.m. to 7.45 p.m. at the Club Room. Permission to use the Club Room was | + | |
- | given by the meeting. | + | Aus. l5348 L.A.C. Allan, P.G. Royal Aust. Air Force. Care Records Office. Gloucester, |
- | Charles Jones spoke of a bo:< | + | England. |
- | at a "Youth Parliament" | + | |
- | should affiliate with this movement. Considerable discussion ensued as most | + | |
- | people knew nothing at all of the movement,.and at 10 p.m. the meeting was | + | |
- | adjourned for a month. By next meeting perhaps members will know enough about | + | |
- | the Youth Parliament to make up their minds. | + | |
- | DHA.GON FLIES | + | |
- | From " | + | |
- | •••• | + | |
- | inveterate enemy of the mosquito | + | |
- | gerr.1-carrier among insects. -- and as such is the friend· .of man. | + | |
- | Next time yqu meet with the dragon fly pay special heed to the insect' | + | |
- | eyes. Wondrous eyes are these. And what magnitude, too. Why, the head seems | + | |
- | to be all eyes. Little wonder is it that the dragon fly is a': | + | |
- | all ways at once -- above, below, to right, to left, in front, behind. And | + | |
- | what power and speed of wing. Try, for instance; to follow its gliding | + | |
- | movements as it hunts the "air above. the pools for food. Some movements you | + | |
- | may see, but not all; no human eyes were ever made that could follow such | + | |
- | astounding movement. In speed and power of wing, in all-round vision,· and | + | |
- | as an enemy of its fellow creatures; the dragon fly is probably the foremost | + | |
- | of the insect world. To man, or beast, however, it is wholly inoffensive, | + | |
- | possessing neither sting, venom, nor desire to hurt. | + | |
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- | • | + | |
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- | 13 - | + | |
- | LETTERS FROM THE L.' | + | |
- | No.l2 ..:. from Peter Allan. | + | |
- | Dear Dunk, | + | |
- | Tioyal | + | |
- | Care Records Office | + | |
- | Gloucester, | + | |
- | England, | + | |
12/12/41. | 12/12/41. | ||
- | I received your cheery letter a few days ago. It is certainly full | + | |
- | of news about the S.B.Vl. When one is so far away_it | + | Dear Dunk, |
- | such a letter. It is dated 14/9/41 and in it you mention sending a Christmas | + | |
- | Parcel | + | I received your cheery letter a few days ago. It is certainly full of news about the S.B.W. When one is so far away it is great to receive such a letter. It is dated 14/9/41 and in it you mention sending a Christmas Parcel |
- | or four weeks ago. I have already written and thanked you for them and once | + | |
- | again I do so. | + | The letter came by air mail, and our experience is that airmail |
- | The letter came by air mail, and our experience is that ~~~1 is very | + | |
- | unsatisfactory. They take as long or longer than ordinary mail& Another thing, | + | Last week wrote and told you the August |
- | you alwo..ys | + | |
- | nothing has gone astray but you never know. | + | Our weather is very changeable it is very seldom that we see the sun. It is cloudy |
- | Last wee~I wrote and told you the ~u; | + | |
- | arrived. I had hardly posted the ~etter | + | Today I am hut orderly and am filling in time writing |
- | over the place, we never know when we shall get them. I have received July | + | |
- | letters with September. | + | Two other Australians and myself |
- | Our weather is very changeable it is very seldom that we see the ·sun. It | + | |
- | is clQudy | + | We (the other Australians and myself) only go out on our days off and believe me news is hard to find. I am going to London on Sunday week and may have something |
- | chance to dry up and as the middle of winter approaches the mud is getting | + | |
- | worse. We had a f?now storm last Monday but it only lasted | + | Once again I would like to thank the Services |
- | that was enough. Night flying was in progress and within 10 minutes two | + | |
- | planes had crashed. The boys came into the hut covered in it. In~identally | + | |
- | it was the first snow I have seen. When ~t was all over I went outside and it | + | |
- | was like stepping into a new world. We had about half an inch ~nd the next | + | |
- | day it was still on the ground at mid-day. If snow would last that long on | + | |
- | the Blue Mountains | + | |
- | Today I am hut orderly and am filling in time writing | + | |
- | • with my letters. | + | |
- | 0 of the day is your own. Of course you can only leave the hut for meals. | + | |
- | Two other Australians and oyself | + | |
- | It is our day off. Mainly we are going along to get some good meals. | + | |
- | The food has been very bad on this station lately. There was fish for | + | |
- | breakfast yesterday and we could smell i~ when fifty yards from the mess | + | |
- | door. Aw, I could go on writing pages about the deficiencies of our | + | |
- | mess, but I suppose I had better shut up. Shakespeare was born in Stratford | + | |
- | .;. 14 - | + | |
- | but we have seen his place. We shall try and find out if there are other | + | |
- | historic or interesting places in or around the town.· | + | |
- | VJe (the other Australians and uyself) only go out on ou.r days off | + | |
- | and believe me news is hard to find •. · I. am going to London on Sunday | + | |
- | week and may have something | + | |
- | there. | + | |
- | Once again I would like to thank the Services | + | |
- | havo done. I can assure you I am very grateful. | + | |
Remember me to the members of the S.B.W. | Remember me to the members of the S.B.W. | ||
- | (Signed) | + | |
- | • • * • • • • • • • • • • • ~ • • • | + | (Signed) |
- | No.l3- from Horrie Salmon. | + | |
- | of the Trampers' | + | ==== No.l3 - from Horrie Salmon. |
- | (Kno·wn | + | |
- | (as 11The Trout" | + | Of the Trampers' |
- | Dear Dune, | + | |
- | L.~~. C. SALMON, H. | + | L.A.C. Salmon, H. Hut 45. No.l B. & G. School. R.A.A.F. |
- | Hut 45 | + | |
- | No,l B. & G. School | + | 7/2/42 |
- | R.A.A.F. | + | |
- | EvaJlS | + | Dear Dunc, |
- | 7/2/42/ | + | |
- | Tonight' | + | Tonight' |
- | included in which was the little book by Barratt & so I felt that I must | + | |
- | immediately sit me down and rattle off my thanks. | + | I don't know whose bright idea it was to send the book but I imagine |
- | I ·don't know whose bright idea it was to send the b<;> | + | |
- | that·it | + | I got quite a surprise yesterday when Geoff Hume (C.M.W.) arrived |
- | a lot, I can assure you that it is very much appreciated. Needless to say | + | |
- | I have not read it YE?t but look forward with much pleasure to the chance | + | It will please |
- | of doing so. Although this is not a thickly populated area, one docs miss | + | |
- | the tang of the bush. | + | The " |
- | ~ ~1!,,~ | + | |
- | I got quite a surprise yesterday when Geoff Hume (C.M.W.) arrived | + | What is the news of Charles Roberts? I have not heard from him since before Xmas and needless |
- | He did not stay long and I only had time to say Hewdey to him as I was | + | |
- | flat out in the· .Library as this is my busiest time in the month. | + | And now Dune I think that this is all the news except that I was sorry to hear that the bushfires have been through |
- | hefe ~: | + | |
- | It will please | + | And so Cheerio, my regards to all good Bushwalkers (are there any bad ones?) best wishes to yourself and once again thanks a lot for the mailings. |
- | mailings that I receive to other chaps. Somehow or other there alw~ys | + | |
- | seems to be someone about who was a walker before the mad dog got loose | + | |
- | in Europe and I have been really surprised to find the numb~r qf chaps | + | |
- | that have roamed around the mountains and coast and really know it quite | + | |
- | well although they have never joined up with the various clubs. I think | + | |
- | that when this show·is | + | |
- | them into the Federation. | + | |
- | .:, | + | |
- | ,· | + | |
- | - 15 - | + | |
- | The tWet• | + | |
- | rain since the beginning of this weak, asa resu, | + | |
- | to look really well again; in fact as I returned from Sydney last Sunday | + | |
- | the country north of Wauchope looked quite well and it is hard to realise | + | |
- | that the. North Coast had just had one· of its worst drought | + | |
- | that the fishing will improve as a result of the rain and if so I w: | + | |
- | spend Sunday on the beach surfingand | + | |
- | fish that they are hungry enough to take my bait complete with hook~ Incidentally | + | |
- | that is the most exciting way of spending one's weekends in this | + | |
- | part of the World, | + | |
- | What ·is the news of Charles Roberts? I have not heard from him since | + | |
- | before Xmas and needless | + | |
- | the withdrawal from Malaya. (Editor' | + | |
- | at prese.nt | + | |
- | he may have rejoined his unit). | + | |
- | And :now Dune I think that this is all the neWs except that I was sorry | + | |
- | to hear that the bushfires have- been ~hrough | + | |
- | ho:pe that the rain we are get" | + | |
- | Foreet | + | |
- | And so Cheerio, my regards to all good Bushwalkers (are there any | + | |
- | bad ones?) best wishes to yourself·and | + | |
- | mai.lings. | + | |
Yours as ever | Yours as ever | ||
+ | |||
(signed) Horrie, · | (signed) Horrie, · | ||
- | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | + | |
- | I have need of the sky, | + | ---- |
- | ·r have business with the grass; | + | |
- | I will up and get· me away where the haiivk | + | I have need of the sky,\\ |
- | Lone and high, | + | I have business with the grass;\\ |
- | And the s+ow clouds go by. | + | I will up and get me away where the hawk is wheeling\\ |
- | I will get me avm.y to the wa terJ; | + | Lone and high,\\ |
- | The clouds as they pass. | + | And the slow clouds go by.\\ |
- | I will get me away to tho woods, | + | I will get me away to the waters |
- | --Ricjard | + | The clouds as they pass.\\ |
- | ·: | + | I will get me away to the woods. |
- | t | + | |
- | i | + | - Richard |
- | ' | + | |
- | - 16.-- | + | ---- |
- | CLUB GOSSII: | + | |
- | Recently a few club members had the pleasure of a.visit fran Thel. | + | ===== Club Gossip. ===== |
- | and Rastus Hellyer, and two..;.year-old | + | |
- | living in Melbourne, and; unfortunately; they did not m.anage | + | Recently a few club members had the pleasure of a visit from Thel. and Rastus Hellyer, and two-year-old |
- | to the Club Rooo during their brief visit. | + | |
- | Saw Betty (Bell) Gordon for a few minutes | + | Saw Betty (Bell) Gordon for a few minutes |
- | working day and night, and was hungry for Club | + | |
- | tlanage | + | A recent week-end saw a large muster at a Field Week-end (about twenty members and two prospectives} - at Era. The same week-end a very small but select (of course) |
- | Don has leave that week-end or not. | + | |
- | the other day, She is | + | After about nine months in Melbourne, Gladys Roberts has returned to Sydney, so don't be surprised if she is among the many bushwalkers who re-appear at the Annual |
- | news; hopes she may | + | |
- | A lot depends on whether | + | Have you decided |
- | A recent week-end saw a large muster at a Field Week-end (about | + | |
- | twenty members and two prospectives} - at Era. The s,: | + | ---- |
- | small but select (of course) | + | |
- | out some of the weeds from the swimming pool at 11Morella-karong'~. IF we | + | |
- | have a week•s rain beforehand - like we did one year - we ·could | + | |
- | hold the Re-Union at " | + | |
- | been looking for sites. The working party s·aw a good one about half-amile | + | |
- | further down Heathcote Creek, complete | + | |
- | That's something for Frank Duncan and his Re-Union Committee to .get their | + | |
- | heads together about. You have noticed them recently at the· Club Room, | + | |
- | haven' | + | |
- | After about nine months in Melbourne, Gladys Roberts has returned | + | |
- | to Sydney, so don't be surprised if she is among the many bushwalkers | + | |
- | who re-appear at the J .. nnual Meeting. on March 13th. | + | |
- | Have you de.cidcd | + | |
- | whom ·you will nominate for the various | + | |
- | their consent to stand for election? Or are you going to leave the work | + | |
- | on the shoulders of t.he same old group of willing horses; who realise | + | |
- | the work must be done if the Club is to be carrie.d | + | |
- | oust do it? | + | |
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