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+ | ===== Oh Yeola. ===== | ||
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+ | G. Jolly. | ||
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+ | Looking at the photo of Yeola in the Annual Bushwalker, made me laugh. Mind you, it's a nice photo, and it is not the photo, but the memories it recalls that brings the smile. The trips down there have always been so funny, to me at least they have seemed so. Of course it always rained whenever we went and it got so that we used to go there in a particularly dry spell just to break the drought for them at Robertson. | ||
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+ | The second time we went, we were seven, two of these weren' | ||
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+ | Two of us had seen Yeola in fine weather and knew how lovely it was and after trying for weeks to sell them the idea of a weekend there, they were disgusted to find the place surrounded by mist. The mist would lift exasperatingly a couple of inches, reveal an intriguing view of hills and sit down again. Well we couldn' | ||
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+ | But I am ahead of myself, we really haven' | ||
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+ | It was arranged that at Bowral, we should hang out of the train and find out the cost of a car to Robertson. Everyone agreed to this arrangement but on arriving at Bowral, Cosgrove hung out of the window and no one else could get a look in, or out, rather. We at the back heard a very reasonable price mentioned and reached up for our packs, the next thing we heard was the usual haggling, offers being generously made, and as generously rejected, and the train pulled out. We all expresed our view on people who spoiled ships for a ha' | ||
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+ | Moss Vale. Cold wet and no cars. We knew this would happen and said so. | ||
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+ | One of the chaps with commendable forethought pulled out a pack of cards and played patience, on the window sill of the railway station. George Dibley put in first claim to a large dog kennel standing under the overhead steps (if the worst came to the worst) and seeing there was a collar and chain attached to the kennel, we reckoned he was entitled to it. | ||
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+ | Bill was being very bright, determinedly so, running after non-existant cars. We still weren' | ||
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+ | A pair of massive bronze gates loomed up out of the mist. A most ostentatious display we thought. "Yes this was the showground" | ||
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+ | Over, and the party, in the best " | ||
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+ | We rose early the next morning, we couldn' | ||
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+ | George arrived. Not seeing him climb over the gates we enquired his method of ingress and were told that a few yards down from the gates there was no fence at all, any one could walk in. We were not amused. How had he slept we asked. His tent had fallen on him during the night and as a result he had spent a disturbed night. Thing seems even, then, and we felt a bit better. | ||
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+ | By this time we were getting a bit tired of the Showground and decided to go back to Moss Vale and get a car to Robertson. There was no haggling this time, or very little, we saw to that. | ||
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+ | On arriving at Robertson we thought we would have breakfast on the Railway Station out of the wind and rain. We had it out of the rain anyway. In no time we had everything out of our packs and spread out on the seats. We were going to prepare breakfast on the platform and eat in the waiting room. The station master came out of his little box looked us up and down, mostly down and firmly locked the waiting room, and the ladies room. As none of us cared, at the moment to freeze to death, even to spite the man, we moved off. | ||
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+ | We slipped and slid our way down the track to Yeola telling the others of its glories in fine weather, of its luscious blackberries, | ||
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+ | Of cource Bill overdid the farm-house business. He made it sound like a Hunting Lodge out of Country Life and I knew it couldn' | ||
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- | G. Jolly, | ||
- | Looking at the photo of Yeola in the Annual Bushwalker, made me laugh. Mind you, it's a nice photo, and it is not the photo, but the memoris it recalls | ||
- | that brings the smile. The tri-Ds down th3re have always been so funny, to me at least they have seemed so. Of course it always rained ' | ||
- | the drought for them at: | ||
- | The second time we want4', | ||
- | Two of us had seen Yeola in fine weather and knew how lovely it was and after trying for weeks to sell them the idea of a weekend th( -el they were | ||
- | disgusted to find the place surrounded by mist. The mist would lift exasperatingly a couple of inches, reveal an intriguing view of hills and sit down again. Well we couldn' | ||
- | But I am ahead of mys elf, we really haven' | ||
- | It was arranged that at Bowral, we should hang otIt' | ||
- | out the cost of a car to Robdrtson. Everyone agreed tO' | ||
- | liggling, offers being ' | ||
- | haIporth of tar etc,, and delivered an u4.timatum. A car to be found for us at Moss Vale or el e. | ||
- | Moss Vale. -Cold wet and no ears. We knew this would ha-e-en and said so. | ||
- | One of the chaps with commendable foreth-ught pulled out a pack of cards | ||
- | and played patience; on the window sill of the railway station. George Dibley | ||
- | put in first claim to a largendog kennel standing under the overhead steps (if the worst came to the worst) and seeing there was a collar and chain attached to the kennel, we reckoned hewas entitled to it. | ||
- | Bill was being very bright, determinedly so, running after non-existant | ||
- | cars. We still weren' | ||
- | Years ago, before I bushwalked, I used to visit this place at its annual show | ||
- | and little did I think then, dear Reader, that one day, or night, I would sleep there and be glad of it. | ||
- | A pair of maz_ive bronze gated loomed up out of the mist.. A most | ||
- | ostentatious display we thought. "Yes this was the showground" | ||
- | was going in for nothing. Only the gates to climb and they were only about 8 feet high. George looked hard at the gates and decided he would camp outside. The rest of us started to climb, and believe me those gates may have been the pride of someone' | ||
- | Over, and the party, in the best " | ||
- | settled there. The rest of us drew the line at " | ||
- | ignored the rain dripping on us till we couldn' | ||
- | "I am doing the best I can for you" in a frigid voice in a pig pen in the early morning is not encouraging, | ||
- | We rose early the hext morning, we couldn' | ||
- | to the Agricultural Hall to see how the others were doing, They were still | ||
- | asleep and over thaireinnocent heads hung a notice, "All dogs MUST wear muzzles" | ||
- | pointing to a tap, " | ||
- | George arrived. Not seeing him climb over the gates we enquired his method of ingress and were told that a few yards down from the gates there was no fence at all, any one could walk in. We were not amused. How had he slept we asked. His tent had fallen on him during the night and as a result he had spent a disturbed night. Thing seems oven, then, and we felt a bit better. | ||
- | By this time TO were getting a bit tired of the Shovground and decided to go back to Moss Vale and get a car to Robertson. There was no haggling this time, or very little, we saw to that. | ||
- | On arriving at Robertson we thought we would' have breakfast on the Railway Station out of the wind and rain. We had. it out of the rain anyway. In no time we had everything out of our p ,cks and spread out on the seats. We were going to prepare breakfast on: theplatform and oat in the waiting room. The station master camp out of his little box looked us up and down, mostly down and firmly locked the waiting room, and the ladies room, As none of us cared, at the moment to freeze to death, even to spite the man, we moved off. | ||
- | Vie slipped and slid our way down the track to Yeola telling th::: other' | ||
- | mud and they didn't seem to have any imagination whatsoever we changed the subj at and told them instead of the deserted_ farm house, of the big firelplace by which they would soon be able to dry out. Looking at the two who were without groundsheets I had my doubts whether a week end would be long enough to dry them out. | ||
- | Of cource Bill overdid the farm-house business. He made it sound like | ||
- | a Hunting Lodge out of Country Life and I knew it couldn' | ||
"So this is Yeola" said someone, and as though in answer the mist lifted a trifle and green hills were seen quite close. | "So this is Yeola" said someone, and as though in answer the mist lifted a trifle and green hills were seen quite close. | ||
- | Almost with the pride of ownership we a-pproached | + | |
- | ha A been left open so we didn't have to open it anyway, which spoilt the effect a Tittle, and two cows looked out at us resentfully. | + | Almost with the pride of ownership we approached |
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- | The place was in a mess of course but most of the remarks passed were quite uncalled for. We persuaded the cows that it was quite nice outside, | + | The place was in a mess of course but most of the remarks passed were quite uncalled for. We persuaded the cows that it was quite nice outside, |
- | When the fire was going everyone talked at once, " | + | |
- | . the fire, the possibilities of the one bed speculated upon and the farming | + | When the fire was going everyone talked at once, " |
- | catalogues of 1906 were read with avidity, the diseases of animals being of special interest. | + | |
- | The afternoon span out. The vegetarians prepared their vegetable pie thinking every remark passed about food was an insult to them and at that they weren' | + | The afternoon span out. The vegetarians prepared their vegetable pie thinking every remark passed about food was an insult to them and at that they weren' |
- | After tea, positions on the floor for bed, were jockeyed | + | |
- | on that road for quite a while. Evey verse was sung, out of order, then they romembere | + | After tea, positions on the floor for bed, were jockeyed |
- | Sunday was still very wet, but most of the party walked to Carrington Falls. | + | |
- | To see more water I sunT)ose. | + | Sunday was still very wet, but most of the party walked to Carrington Falls. To see more water I suppose. |
Although we had worked hard on the others they only very grudgingly admitted that Yeola might have possibilities. | Although we had worked hard on the others they only very grudgingly admitted that Yeola might have possibilities. | ||
- | So we started home, it was still raining. Back at Robertson, the two out- | ||
- | casts raced off to get a solid meal at the Hotel and just dragged themselves | ||
- | away in time for the train. The guard on the motor train sold tickets with one hand and ice-cream with the other; did big business with the latter. | ||
- | At Moss Vale the train from Goulburn was waiting as the motor train was - | ||
- | running late and the comments of the passengers on the waiting train about | ||
- | the tardiness of wakers in general, won't bear repeating. | ||
- | The two outcasts have not been seen since but remarks of theirs; libellous too, have reaChed us through various channels. | ||
- | But you must go to Yeola, you really must 1 | ||
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- | HOTHAM AND 1-17,T= TOP - DOT ENGLISH | ||
- | Life is particularly rosy at the moment, Due to the fact that I have just | ||
- | returned from a perfectly marvellous 5 days in the snow country, We were fairly e | ||
- | slack at work for a few days, so, decidin that life was locoming about as flat as an anaesthetized pancake, Maude and.I included ourselves in a 1-)rty of 10 | ||
- | from wdrk who were going up to Mt,Frotham for some ski-ing. We collected skis from Paddy' | ||
- | at the charming little Alpine town of Harrietville close on midni,ht.. Maude and I camped on the padded seats of the service car as we are conserving cash | ||
- | for anticipated world tours in the mythological future, while the 8 others ,put | ||
- | up at the local hotel at 10/6 a head - (too much for a mere 7 hours/ worth of bed and a not-so-hot breakfast.' | ||
- | We had hoped to gat pack horses the next morning to take up un the 11 miles | ||
- | .of steep mountain side to lirHotham Chalet, but alas they were not procurable so perforce we must walk, carrying all our gear includinE skis, Mrlude. and I set out about 7 a m. (we had to vacate our bedroom at 6 o' | ||
- | stopped for swims at the creek crossings and sunbaked and r,sted for odd | ||
- | quarter hours whenever we felt like it, and on theyhole quite enjoyed the trip. | ||
- | Still, I don/t recommend the carrying of skis as a-regular practice ix) a narrow mountain track. | ||
- | When we got te the tops there was a vast expanse of snow, so we skied the remaining couple of miles to the Chalet, and had a bit of fun -Laring down a steep 'slope into a nearby gully while waiting for the others to turn up. Most of them got in about tea time, but three made very heavy weather of it(haVing had .a bit of a spree at the hotel the previous night) and didn't get in till about 11 o' | ||
- | The next day was a beautiful mountain-mist day, and we got oui. ski-legs by plodding up ans svooping down the slopes, and being given a sot of tuition by the u xperts it the party. Other than the ' | ||
- | ization break the rhythmic folds of the hills - wave after wave of misty blue mountains wherever you look in any direction - only away in th_ distance lies | ||
- | the little cleared green Talley and elfin huddle of habitations which is Harrietville. | ||
- | About 6 miles away as the crow flies, Mt.FeathertoD | + | So we started home, it was still raining. Back at Robertson, the two outcasts raced off to get a solid meal at the Hotel and just dragged themselves away in time for the train. The guard on the motor train sold tickets with one hand and ice-cream with the other, did big business with the latter. |
- | looked very much like the Remrkables at guctenstown | + | |
- | The -next day dzi_wnc., | + | At Moss Vale the train from Goulburn was waiting as the motor train was running late and the comments of the passengers on the waiting train about the tardiness of walkers in general, won't bear repeating. |
- | black and white against the sky, and the clouds passed slowly over it as I set off on the great adventure. It was a 22-; | + | |
- | There was sufficient snow to ski the first two miles along the Hotham ridge, then, leaving the skis sticking up on the skyline as a landmark for the return trio, I followed along a ridge till I found what looked like a negotiable route' dom. | + | The two outcasts have not been seen since but remarks of theirs, libellous too, have reached us through various channels. |
- | The walls dropped for several thousand feet almost sheer down into the valley between Hotham and Feathertop something like the stoup earth slopes around Jenolan so selecting a strong stick to,act as a brake I scooted down the mountain side to the swiftly flowing stream that rushed along the valley floor, then up the other side in a long climb to F-athertop | + | |
- | I walked | + | But you must go to Yeola, you really must! |
- | previous occasion, Melbourne is not renowned for its fine weather., Anyhow, the | + | |
- | result was a considerably sunburnt anatomy, of which I Was painfully conscious | + | ---- |
- | when I was carrying my pack and skis back to Harrietville next day, and soon I noted with suspicion the beginnings of a blister on the shoulder, which has now completed its career and pasced | + | |
- | of tender pink infancy/ However it was worth it, | + | ===== Hotham And Feathertop. ===== |
- | When I got back to the Chalet it was an hour past teatime, and mild dis- | + | |
- | quietude | + | Dot English |
- | out having midday dine er, and that is such a preposterous unthinkable thing for | + | |
- | any sane person to do that anyone would be forgiven for entertaining doubts as to my sanity. It rather surprised me to find that, even among skiers, the Bush walker | + | Life is particularly rosy at the moment, Due to the fact that I have just returned from a perfectly marvellous 5 days in the snow country. We were fairly slack at work for a few days, so, deciding that life was becoming about as flat as an anaesthetized pancake, Maude and I included ourselves in a party of 10 from work who were going up to Mt. Hotham for some ski-ing. We collected skis from Paddy' |
- | The HothamFeathertop | + | |
- | I have yet seen in Victoria, and well worth another visit even if all the snow has melted. Maybe the 4 days at Christmas will see us again sliding down into the happy valleys and climbing up into the high places of the air. | + | We had hoped to get pack horses the next morning to take up up the 11 miles of steep mountain side to Mt. Hotham Chalet, but alas they were not procurable so perforce we must walk, carrying all our gear __including__ skis. Maude and I set out about 7 a.m. (we had to vacate our bedroom at 6 o' |
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+ | When we got to the tops there was a vast expanse of snow, so we skied the remaining couple of miles to the Chalet, and had a bit of fun tearing down a steep slope into a nearby gully while waiting for the others to turn up. Most of them got in about tea time, but three made very heavy weather of it (having had a bit of a spree at the hotel the previous night) and didn't get in till about 11 o' | ||
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+ | The next day was a beautiful mountain-mist day, and we got our ski-legs by plodding up and swooping down the slopes, and being given a sort of tuition by the experts it the party. Other than the Chalet buildings, no sign of civilization break the rhythmic folds of the hills - wave after wave of misty blue mountains wherever you look in any direction - only away in the distance lies the little cleared green valley and elfin huddle of habitations which is Harrietville. | ||
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+ | About 6 miles away as the crow flies, Mt. Feathertop | ||
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+ | The next day dawned | ||
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+ | There was sufficient snow to ski the first two miles along the Hotham ridge, then, leaving the skis sticking up on the skyline as a landmark for the return trio, I followed along a ridge till I found what looked like a negotiable route down. | ||
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+ | The walls dropped for several thousand feet almost sheer down into the valley between Hotham and Feathertop | ||
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+ | I walked | ||
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+ | When I got back to the Chalet it was an hour past tea-time, and mild disquietude | ||
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+ | The Hotham-Feathertop | ||
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BARINNGTOY TOPS BILL, HALL | BARINNGTOY TOPS BILL, HALL | ||
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