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- | LETTERS FROPITHE LADS AND LASSIES | + | =====Letters From The Lads And Lassies.===== |
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+ | We received letters this month from: Basil Dickinson, Bill Burke, Bill Whitney, Norm Scott and seven members of the other Clubs. | ||
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+ | ===Bill Burke - 1-10-42 - Egypt.=== | ||
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+ | I'm still up in the " | ||
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+ | When I first occupied this spot it wasn't so good; the hole was too small, every time I moved a shower of dirt and stones descended upon me, however, with the aid of a pick and shovel, some hessian to line the sides, and an old petrol tin to act as an air vent, I've worked wonders. When one has to spend over half one's time in a hole in the ground it pays to make it comfortable. At first glance the post resembles an old rabbit warren; some loose dirt lying around, entrances leading below, and occasionally a head pops up, contemplates on the surroundings for a few minutes then retires underground again. Life is both peaceful and pleasant at the moment, that is, as far as one can expect that sort of thing up here. | ||
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+ | The weather is as good as ever it gets; the days not too hot with cool nights and only an infrequent dust storm. Even the flies are only up to half their normal strength. The wind blew from the south yesterday - the first of the winter " | ||
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+ | (next half page was censored) good honest sweat that night, We had a poker school going; which used to keep us occupied for best part of the day until " | ||
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+ | =====Canis Major and Canis Minor.===== | ||
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+ | by " | ||
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+ | The hounds of Orion (see last month' | ||
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+ | ===Visits to the Observatory: | ||
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+ | This month two parties of Bushwalkers will be visiting the observatory. The following are some of the most interesting objects to be seen now through a telescope - Three planets are visible - Venus, the nearest and brightest planet, Saturn with its rings and moons, and Jupiter with its belts and seven moons. Sirius and the star cluster M41 (see diagram) are in good positions for obsrvation. The nebula in the belt of Orion will also be near the Zenith. The times at which the planets rise are in the " | ||
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- | We received 4.etters this 'month fro:mz | ||
- | Basil Dickinson | ||
- | Bill Burke | ||
- | .Bill Whitney | ||
- | Norm Scott and seven members of the other Clubs, Bill Burke 1-10,L.42 Zap:L. | ||
- | I'm still up in the " | ||
- | consists of a slit trench with a roof on it, It may not sound very attractive to you, but, believe me, I think a hell of a lot of my little " | ||
- | hole in which to pop if Jerry gets playful). . | ||
- | When I first' | ||
- | loose dirt lying around, entrances leading below, and occasionally a had pops up, contemplates on the surroundings for a few minutes then retires | ||
- | underground again. Life is both peaceful and pleasant at the moment, that is, as far as one can expect that sort of thing up here. | ||
- | The weather is as good as ever it gets; the days not too hot with cool nights and only an infrequent dust storm, Even the flies are only up to | ||
- | half their normal strength. The wind blew from the south yesterday the first of the winter " | ||
- | a mild blow com-Dared with some I struck last year, but was sufficient to keep us all below ground for the day. The only time I poked my head up was when | ||
- | the cook yelled, "come and get it". As far as tucker is concerned the situation is better than ever. The section is on what us called "post | ||
- | cooking", | ||
- | at present, but an sio s. has gone forth and as soon as it arrives he's promised us fruit fritters and one or two other luxuries. Our favourite occupation is boiling the billy, there' | ||
- | sleeping and watching, the days are sapping by fairly quickly. Have to have someone on duty the whole time in case he tries anything. Occasionally we receive an alarm and all have to ooculoy our weapon pits for an hour or so. | ||
- | (next half page was censored) good honest sweat that ni,., ,rht We 117.-d a poker school going; which used to keen us occupied for best part of the day until " | ||
- | just mentioned, The ground was practically solid rock, with the result that we wore only down a couple of feet by daybreak. We should have spent the entir day under cover, but the holes were too uncomfort, | ||
- | Jerry must be saving his shells up as he doesn' | ||
- | gets a rush of blood to the brain and sends over half a dozen. Have his guns tagged by now however, and know which one shoots closest to us. I've lost a bit | ||
- | of skin at times in my hurry to clasp mother earth to my bosom and now and again we get a laugh when someone is caught in an awkward 7osition. Our arty pops | ||
- | away all day long just to let him know that they are here. Once every so often | ||
- | they put on a shoot and belt away a few thousand shells. They cause us more annoyance than Jerry as when the big guns open up, the ground just shudders and ahakes and sleep is im-possible. Saw some of them firing in daylight and with | ||
- | each shot the guns jumped about three feet in the air. Strolled over to----one day and was allowed to send a souvenir over his way. Hope it did some good. Had a couple of----attached to us for a while learning the tricks of the trade. They w-re quite taken up with us and were sorry to leave. Don't blame then as they were getting decent tucker for a change and could dress as they pleased. I've been getting around barefoot and with only a pair of shorts on for the Past three weeks. Haven' | ||
- | but our planes got amongst them one day and they' | ||
- | but no planes have crashed close enough for me to be first to them. It's a great elief to be able to blaze away at any that come instead of just sitting and taking it. | ||
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- | CANIS LAJOR AND CANIS MINOR by " | ||
- | The hounds of Orion (see last month' | ||
- | aonsteq, | ||
- | also one of the nearest stars, being only lightyears away. The name " | ||
- | about 40 of the hottest summer days. Canis Minor contains only one bright start ProCyon. Procyon is also a near star, being only 10 light years away | ||
- | CANIS MAJOR | ||
- | -3.k Betelgeuse | ||
- | M41 | ||
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- | CANIS MINOR | ||
- | Procyon | ||
- | East (9 p m.,.8th. Jan.) | ||
- | VISITS TO THE OBSERVATORY: | ||
- | Thi6 month two parties of Bushwalkers will be visiting the observatory, | ||
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