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- | ROCK CLIMBING IN THE CITY | + | ===== Rock Climbing In The City. ===== |
- | by "LYREBIRD". | + | |
- | My friend Bill and I had not been in the bush for a long time. 77e work at making | + | by "Lyrebird". |
- | imDortant | + | |
- | " | + | My friend Bill and I had not been in the bush for a long time. We work at ... making |
- | My friend Bill and I looked at each other. | + | |
- | know of the big -change over. 7e got the same answer everywhere | + | " |
- | My friend Bill wouldn' | + | |
- | "Now don't be a fool Bill, we'll never Ret away with a thing li7oe the police would be onto us in half a second," | + | My friend Bill and I looked at each other. |
- | "Gantt you take a risk? We'll fix ,n ol without any trouble. | + | |
- | After a fair amount of persuasion, I agreed. It was just about dark | + | My friend Bill wouldn' |
- | now :,nd fairly cold so we thought it best to find a place to -out up the tent. | + | |
- | We had no idea that plain earth was so difficult to find in the city, everywhere we looked | + | "Now don't be a fool Bill, we'll never get away with a thing like that, the police would be onto us in half a second," |
- | resourceful. There had been rain a few days before and he hunted round till he found a pool in a gutter. There were no tadpoled iu it of course, but we thought we'd take a risk of its being pure, so Bill soaked it LIn with his | + | |
- | handkerchief and squeezed it into the billy. raided a few "BE TIDY" tins and with Bill's old straw hat, we soon had a fire going and the billy | + | "Can' |
- | boiling. As we didn't want to burn the whole of Bill's hat we went to bed early and slept well. | + | |
- | Next morning we were wakened by some bird singing. A night-watchman | + | After a fair amount of persuasion, I agreed. It was just about dark now and fairly cold so we thought it best to find a place to put up the tent. We had no idea that plain earth was so difficult to find in the city; everywhere we looked |
- | on his way home, probably. | + | |
- | and set off for the bridge. | + | Next morning we were wakened by some bird singing. A night-watchman on his way home, probably. We packed quickly, had breakfast with cold tea and set off for the bridge. |
- | Of courae | + | |
- | the bridge (really sizing | + | Of course |
- | in his charge | + | |
- | my friend Bill leading, the ascent began. | + | Footholds and handholds |
- | Footholds and landholds | + | |
- | When we. were about half way up we heard a short but didn't like to | + | When we were about half way up we heard a shout but didn't like to look down as we had as much as we could do to hang on. Once my friend Bill's foot slipped and he slid down two blocks of granite but then he got a good grip and managed to pull himself up again. We kept plugging on steadily until we reached the level of the little windows in the side and decided |
- | look down as we had as much as we could do to hang on. Once my friend Bill's | + | |
- | foot slipped and he slid down two blocks of granite but then he got a good | + | By this time we gathered that there must be a fair crowd down below, there seemed to be a lot of noise and the policeman |
- | gri e and managed to pull himself up again. We kept plugging on steadily until we reached the level of the little windows in the side and decided | + | |
- | ..e:v1tr..h aver Ernm halo- to the underneath of the roadway. It was rather | + | First I had a look down below and saw the policeman had multiplied himself to hundreds and crowds of other folk were mixed in. Then I noticed a boat anchored right under us and chaps with hoses as though they were preparing to aim at us. Why, I couldn' |
- | 7. | + | |
- | . a ticklish job getting ourselves round the dorner | + | "Well that's pretty cold treatment," |
- | 0 were round the corner we found thJro was nothing else for it, we'd have to make a leap to get to the nearest steel stanchion. How Bill managed to turn from facing in towards the rock, I don't know, but he did. | + | |
- | By this time we gathered that there must be a fair crowd down below, there seemed to be a lot of noise and the policeman | + | Suddenly the knot I had tied gave way and with a sickening jerk, I dropped, but at that very second I was struck by an all powerful jet of water from the water-police hoses, which lifted me high into the air. Then the chap who was pumping must have stopped for the jet dropped |
- | First I had a look down below and saw the policeman had multiplied | + | |
- | himself to hundreds and crowds of other folk wore mixed in. Then I noticed | + | "Look up", said my friend Bill, and there above me I saw hundreds more policemen looking down on us with such queer expressions on their faces. |
- | a boat anchored right under us and chaps with hoses as though they were preparing to aim at us. V1hy, I couldn' | + | |
- | "Well that's' | + | "I guess we can't go any further", |
- | could tell by the look in Bill's eyes that everything was not quite right. | + | |
- | Suddenly the knot I had tied gave way and with a sickening jerk, I dropped, but at that very second I was struck by an all powerful jet of water from the water-police hoses, which lifted me high into the air. Than the chap who was pumping must have stopped for the jet drc: | + | We had a bit of chocolate and began to climb up to the road way. On the way up and when we got there the police had a lot to say and we let them run on for a while but then my friend Bill explained the situation; that we worked |
- | its height, and w with it. But there was someone with brains down below and the next minute up I went again and landed as lightly as a wet feather right beside Bill. | + | |
- | "Look up", said my friend Bill, and there above me I saw hundreds | + | ---- |
- | more policemen looking down on us with such queer expressions on their faces. | + | |
- | "I guess we can't go any further", | + | ===== The Technique Of Hill Climbing. ===== |
- | We had a bit of chocolate and began to climb up to the road waST. On the way up and when we got there the police had a lot to say and we let | + | |
- | them run on for a while but then my friend Bill explained the situation; | + | by Marie b. Byles. |
- | that we worked making | + | |
- | THE TECHNIQUE OF HILL CLIMBING | + | Tourists in Switzerland have often remarked how extremely slowly the professional guide will start up hill. The young amateur will rush scornfully |
- | by Marie D. Byle | + | |
- | Tourists in Switzerland have often remarked how extremely slowly the professional guide will start up hill. The young amateur will rush | + | Why? Because the professional understands the importance of rhythm in the technique of hill-climbing, |
- | scornfully | + | |
- | the top first, not the young enthusiast despite the advantage of youth on his side. | + | This is the technique of hill-climbing, |
- | Why? Because the professional understands the importance of rhythm in the technique of hill-climbing, | + | |
- | kept up for a long time without breaking the rhythm by rests. | + | It should be possible for the normal person to climb 1000 feet or more without resting, and if he cannot do this, it shows that the pace is too quick and should be moderated. Young people can go more quickly than older ones, and usually men more quickly than women. There is no reason why everyone (except the leader) should not take the pace that suits him, and test of what does suit him, is whether he can climb 1000 feet without resting, without breathlessness and without any strain, or whether he could, if required, carry on a conversation while climbing, - not that the last is recommended. As for the leader, it should be his duty to moderate his own pace to that of the slowest in the party; otherwise there will be a tendency for the slow one to strain himself, especially if he is a beginner and does not want to be considered a weakling. |
- | This is the technique of hill-climbing, | + | |
- | walkers | + | ---- |
- | beginner, when exactly the opposite is the case, for when you rest you break the rhythm, put a strain on the heart and lungs when you re-start, | + | |
- | and in the end you probably do not reach the top as soon as you otherwise might. | + | ===== Some Aspects Of Our Military Value. ===== |
- | It should be possible for the normal person to climb 1000 feet | + | |
- | or more without resting, and if he cannot do this, it shows that the | + | bu "Ubi". |
- | pace is too quick and should be moderated. Young people can go more quickly than older ones, and usually men more quickly than women. | + | |
- | There is no reason why everyone (except the leader) should not take the | + | Now that a military organisation has seen fit to use members of our Club to further their (i.e. the organisation' |
- | pace that suits him, and 'test of what does suit him, is whether he | + | |
- | can climb 1000 feet without resting, without breathlessness and without any strain, or whether he could, if required, carry ou a conversation while climbing, - not that the last is recommend_d. As for the leader, it should be his duty to moderate his own pace to that of the slowest in the party; otherwise there will be a tendency for the slow one to strain himself, especially if he is a beginner and does not want to be considered a weakling. | + | I have noticed the military |
- | 9. | + | |
- | . | + | All of the warlike types in evidence may not be equally useful, may even be of little value; but it must be understood at the outset that in wartime everyone must do a job even if it is only nullifying the work of ten others. |
- | SOME ASPECTS OF OUR =ITARY VALUE | + | |
- | bu "Uhl". | + | Time Bomb Bushwalkers appear quite inoffensive when they arrive at a pleasant |
- | Nov that a military organisation has seen fit to use members of our Club | + | |
- | to further their (i e. the organisation' | + | To disclose the strategic positions of other walkers is the task of the " |
- | out the number of members we possess who have a definite military value if | + | |
- | only that of confusing the enemy who may be following them. Many there are who by nature | + | A most insidious variety newly arrived with the anproach of Winter |
- | I have noticed the military | + | |
- | statements as astrologers, | + | Our fourth sample is the High Velocity |
- | are no match for armed sampans in choppy water. One cannot, however, be too | + | |
- | dogmatic as the sampans were only 190 miles off shore and therefore in water | + | "Ubi". |
- | well known to their owners and also took the carriers by surprise by throwing | + | |
- | seen, however, whether an adequate reply can be made to armed sampans which travel equally as well (with the tide) under water and without a crew. One should treat with reserve the resuls | + | ---- |
- | p | + | |
- | will know that as a military expert I am the veriest type and most likely | + | ===== "Read, Mark, Learn And Inwardly Digest!!" |
- | would, if unmr,lested, attempt a bare-faced prophecy and so ruin my infant career. | + | |
- | All of the warlike types in evidence may not be equally useful, may even be | + | All the " |
- | of little value; but it must be understood at the outset that in wartime everyone must do a job even if it is only nullifying the work of ten others, | + | |
- | Time Bomb Bushwalkers appear quite inoffensive when they arrive at a nleasant | + | __The Bushwalkers' |
- | ' | + | |
- | nation | + | |
- | fasts and breakfasts postponed until lunch when a shorter repeat performance ensues. This type may be extinguished by being completely smothered in dry sand. | + | |
- | To disclose the strategic positions of other walkers is the task of the | + | |
- | " | + | |
- | quiet but within very short walking distance are considered by " | + | |
- | to be good Operational Stations for night and daylight sweeps. This category being always female, can be coerced into harmlessness only by being given the slip - or at least the equivalent in coupons. | + | |
- | A most insidious variety newly arrived with the anproach of 7inter | + | |
- | Anti-personnel Bushwalker. The "Anti-Dersanells" first day on the track appears unexceptionable but. it-is noticed that he does not go near water | + | |
- | 10. | + | |
- | but to drink. Each succeeding day is the same until the. evidence overwhelming and even his best friends begin to wonder. Attack from leeward | + | |
- | , Our fourth sample is the High Velocity | + | |
- | certainty. However, he never stops walking until night when he is completely exhatsted and is, therefore, unfortunately "not dangerous" | + | |
- | re"- "UBItt. | + | |
- | "READ, MARK, LEARN AND INWARDLY DIGEST :: " | + | |
- | All the " | + | |
- | THE BUSHWALKERS1 SERVICES COMMIT= | + | |
to send to the boys in camps where reading matter is scarce. | to send to the boys in camps where reading matter is scarce. | ||
- | Joan Savage, Grace Jolly, " | ||
- | If it is not convenient to bring the magazines to the Clubroom,. they may be dropped into " | + | Joan Savage, Grace Jolly, " |
- | THE SERVICES COMMITTEE. | + | |
- | 11. | + | If it is not convenient to bring the magazines to the Clubroom, they may be dropped into " |
- | . . CONSERVATION | + | |
- | CII) How Bush Fires Destroy our Timber Resources. | + | ---- |
+ | |||
+ | ===== Conservation. ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | === (II) How Bush Fires Destroy our Timber Resources. | ||
by Abores Australis. | by Abores Australis. | ||
- | We all know that bushfires destroy | + | |
- | Yet from a timber point of view they might just as well not be th)re. 7hy? | + | We all know that bushfires destroy |
- | The reason is pertly | + | |
- | work. The callitris or white pine is an exception to this rule that knots render a timber useless. But this is a soft wood. Most of our timbers. are hard woods. But even a soft wood is more valuable without knots. Those lovely little tufts of young shoots, which spring out of the trunk of the tree after the bush fire has passed over, have sealed the doom of the tree from a timber point of view and it would be better not there. | + | Yet from a timber point of view they might just as well not be there. Why? |
- | It may be objected that pinus insignis, or common pines used for box making, grow with branches right from their feet. The answer is that the | + | |
- | lower branches are carefully cut off by the forester as the tree grows upward. In the centre there is always the remains of the knot where the br nch for- | + | The reason is partly |
- | merly grew, but the outside timber is fresh, clean and free from knots. Also | + | |
- | this, too, is a soft wood. | + | It may be objected that pinus insignis, or common pines used for box making, grow with branches right from their feet. The answer is that the lower branches are carefully cut off by the forester as the tree grows upward. In the centre there is always the remains of the knot where the branch formerly |
- | The cl., | + | |
- | However, although the regrowth caused by a bushfire is welcome to the | + | The destruction |
- | forester, it is small consolation to have lost thousands of trees which have grown for anything up to a hundred years and get in retc rn young seedlings which have a hundred years leeway to make up. So bush fires remain the nightmare of the forester and kee-o him chained to his post during the suyIner | + | |
- | (Next month "How the danger of Forest | + | However, although the regrowth caused by a bushfire is welcome to the forester, it is small consolation to have lost thousands of trees which have grown for anything up to a hundred years and get in retern |
- | 12. | + | |
- | FEDERATION NOTES | + | (Next month - "How the danger of Forest |
- | At the Federation' | + | |
- | eat many thousands of:trout from the streams of this sanctuary and the local | + | ---- |
- | residents have an annual | + | |
- | This fisherman said that his -Association is very keen on conservationlbut | + | =====Federation Notes. ===== |
- | believes that if all shooting in the Kosciusko Alpine Reserve were prohibited | + | |
- | the cormorants, foxes and dingoes would breed there and prey upon the sheep and wild life of the surrounding | + | At the Federation' |
- | Federation decided that a recommendation should be made to the authorities | + | |
- | for permits to shoot foxes, dingoes and cormorants to be issued only to local residents | + | This fisherman said that his Association is very keen on conservation, |
- | OOO OO | + | |
- | The report of the Tracks and Blazes Committee | + | Federation decided that a recommendation should be made to the authorities for permits to shoot foxes, dingoes and cormorants to be issued only to local residents |
- | publication in this issue as the C.M.W' | + | |
- | able. Arrangements have been made for further information to be received by that Club so its members can consider the matter further. | + | ---- |
- | At the 7orki4g | + | |
- | V a' | + | The report of the Tracks and Blazes Committee |
- | A letter was received-from the Under Secretary. for Lands advising that, | + | |
- | owing to shortage of staff, it is impossible at present to do any field sur- | + | ---- |
- | veying | + | |
- | -.: | + | At the Working |
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- | ';:t1..L.: | + | |
- | .:c..,,i 7 ..,:.-., ..: | + | A letter was received from the Under Secretary for Lands advising that, owing to shortage of staff, it is impossible at present to do any field surveying |
- | , . : 1. | + | |
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- | 0 SCORPIO | + | |
- | by Canous. | + | ===== Scorpio. ===== |
- | If, in the early evening you follow the Milky ITay down towards the Eastern horizon for about two-thirds of the distance | + | |
- | brilliant star in the oon stellatioil | + | by Canopus. |
- | thd of Arttai4e ret chi: | + | |
- | 'Antares | + | If, in the early evening you follow the Milky Way down towards the Eastern horizon for about two-thirds of the distance |
- | 500 -itimes | + | |
- | it rrvals | + | Antares |
- | ;tO - The | + | |
- | Gre...ks believed that pt | + | The likeness of the constellation to a scorpion is obvious. The Greeks |
- | ij*.61se.; | + | |
- | - ,. the hori' | + | " |
- | , | + | |
- | the harS' | + | __Acknowledgment__: " |
- | his crathe: | + | |
- | - - .' | + | |
- | :r | + | |
- | Acknowledgment | + | |
"An Easy Guide to Southern Stars," | "An Easy Guide to Southern Stars," | ||
- | "Stars of the Southern Heavens," | + | |
- | 7K, | + | "Stars of the Southern Heavens," |
- | TI4At R14 Ci't, C1 0 uo nThvkE, | + | |
- | 0 v ci-.A, | + | "The Stars in Their Courses," |
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- | _____,..... .:;, | + | |
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- | 14. | + | |
VI HAT DO YOU THINK ? | VI HAT DO YOU THINK ? | ||
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