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=====A Little Gossip===== | =====A Little Gossip===== | ||
- | We feel we must congratulate the Social Committee on the dances they are en lately. Everyone | + | We feel we must congratulate the Social Committee on the dances they are putting on lately. Everyone |
- | 7Nel items of news which yoi have probably heard about. by now. Joan & Harry have a daughter, the image of Harry, we hear but we will wait and see and Mary Stoddart has announced her engagement. | + | |
- | The Melbourne | + | 7Nel items of news which yoe have probably heard about by now. Joan & Harry Savage |
- | Speaking of Melbourne, there is a rumour that Ira and Dot are returning to Sydney. Fur coat and all. We don't really believe that Dot has boueht | + | |
- | . The life of an OLD nrall, | + | The Melbourne |
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- | them. Of course they ma:- have wanted to talk about someone, but still, they were th re. | + | Speaking of Melbourne, there is a rumour that Ira and Dot are returning to Sydney. Fur coat and all. We don't really believe that Dot has bought |
- | Tim Coffey is fit to be " | + | |
- | An attempt to rob a member of his carefully | + | The life of an OLD MEMBER |
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- | r 1 | + | Tim Coffey is fit to be " |
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- | __- | + | An attempt to rob a member of his carefully |
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+ | =====A WAAAF looks at Wagga===== | ||
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- | A WAAAF LadHS AT VAC-GA | ||
By Francis Stoddart. | By Francis Stoddart. | ||
- | Geologically | + | |
- | Near Iragga | + | Geologically |
- | Walking along its banks one may stertle | + | |
- | Once we came u-3on a lamb now born. Wet all over and sweetly weak it lay on | + | Near Wagga the Murrumbidgee |
- | the dew-heavy grass win its anximes mother beside. It was a silky gleaming white, with the most adorable | + | |
- | Often on these walks one may st: | + | Walking along its banks one may startle |
- | In spite of the beauty and attraction of the river - strange how wtter calls to something deep in one -, lovely days can be spent away from its magic in the outlying | + | |
- | There is an ex-yerimeetal | + | Once we came upon a lamb new born. Wet all over and sweetly weak it lay on |
- | One such day wE seat bringing in foals and separating | + | the dew-heavy grass with its anximes mother beside. It was a silky gleaming white, with the most adorable |
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- | amazing. He sits his great black horse as though both were one. Vihen the mob is corralled he eoes quietly in amons the great nervous animals and gently puts the rope halter over their necks, then over their heads. It looks easy. He leads the mother out and the gate must be shut quickly on the baby who, when he is obstroperous, | + | Often on these walks one may stsrtle |
- | Finally all are separated and we round up the mothers and take them down to ;their paddocks about two miles es/ay. Poor dears. | + | |
- | The gorgeous arab stallion is shut away from all this excitement, but on almost any day one may sto-) to gaze at him as he races round his high fenced strongly-made corral, He is daeesled | + | In spite of the beauty and attraction of the river - strange how water calls to something deep in one -, lovely days can be spent away from its magic in the outlying |
- | On another day mustering | + | |
- | Next they were-driven along lanes and other paddocks to a small yard where they were crammed in tightly and shooed in batches through a small race. Here they were seeos, | + | There is an experimeetal |
- | were tired out :hen, the sun tuned fiery red-gold above the w stern hills bounding the wide valley. Turning | + | |
- | In a few months now, I shall see again the glorious line of 1monds | + | One such day was spent bringing in foals and separating |
- | heavenly | + | |
- | In the huge co-1 orchard shed last Eering | + | Finally all are separated and we round up the mothers and take them down to their paddocks about two miles away. Poor dears. |
- | The olives, clothed with -pointed glossy green leaves and loaded with | + | |
- | purpling fruit, are contoue | + | The gorgeous arab stallion is shut away from all this excitement, but on almost any day one may stop to gaze at him as he races round his high fenced strongly-made corral. He is dappled |
- | My year in Wagga has been so crammed with new and educating | + | |
- | LE=RS FROM THE LADS AD LASSES | + | On another day mustering |
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- | Lettere were received during August | + | Next they were driven along lanes and other paddocks to a small yard where they were crammed in tightly and shooed in batches through a small race. Here they were seperated |
- | Jean Ray 1Torm Scott | + | |
- | Peter Allen - Bob Savage | + | We were tired out when, the sun turned |
- | Jack Adams - R.R.C. | + | |
- | Ruth McLaren - S.B.W. | + | In a few months now, I shall see again the glorious line of almonds |
- | Brian Harvey - | + | heavenly |
- | Jack Adams - Airo-ra-oh | + | |
- | and l' | + | In the huge cool orchard shed last spring |
- | known address) Believe it was posted in January. Old favourites like" | + | |
- | You no doubt wonder how I'm progressing in this great country. Final training almost | + | The olives, clothed with pointed glossy green leaves and loaded with purpling fruit, are contoue |
- | The food question in not to bad. The whole country is under the hoe. Vegetables or hay everywhere. In fact this harvest of fodder has been an all time record. Anyway thanks for the booklet and "Till-we meet again", | + | |
- | Bob Sdvaree | + | My year in Wagga has been so crammed with new and educating |
- | me a similar package and once again thanks to the Services Committee, Recently stationed near me was Sister Helen Moriarty - a sister of our Oliver - it was not until she saw a copy of last years "Lushwalker" that she made her relationship known and so the nagazine | + | |
- | 11. | + | =====Letters from the Lads and Lasses===== |
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- | Ray 3rd Auri-ust, | + | Lettere were received during August |
- | 7hotogra1hic com? | + | |
- | ;; | + | |Jean Ray|C.M.W.| |
- | y21; reached under my own steam, and one I am hoping to | + | |Peter Allen|S.B.W.| |
- | peloto=aph, now adorning the far from ornamental beams c=L,,-,s, me | + | |Jack Adams|R.R.C.| |
- | | + | |Ruth McLaren|S.B.W.| |
- | J-Let recently we received back from ngland | + | |Brian Harvey|S.B.W.| |
- | iii 111, | + | |Norm Scott|S.B.W.| |
- | ne,(' otilor | + | |Bob Savage|S.B.W.| |
- | jir,, | + | |Betty Isaacs|S.B.W.| |
- | 11,eo-t h,,,r point whie. the Committee | + | |
- | tT_ve ciubs. D4. McLennan of the Botany School, Melbourne | + | ====Jack Adams - Airograph |
- | Just aa mattor of interest, she is working on the moment on el: f ungus which actually | + | |
- | We have ben nearly blown off the Bradfield Ridge this week 1.1.d the | + | A copy of Bushwalker Songs and Poems came to its final destination today (Posted |
- | dee, ire already | + | |
- | FE=ATION - NOTES | + | You no doubt wonder how I'm progressing in this great country. Final training almost |
- | The Publication Committee reports that it' | + | |
- | The proposed alteration of he Cceeetitutian | + | The food question in not too bad. The whole country is under the hoe. Vegetables or hay everywhere. In fact this harvest of fodder has been an all time record. Anyway thanks for the booklet and "Till we meet again", |
- | The year's Annual | + | |
- | at the Boy Scouts' | + | ====Bob Savage |
- | Shire Council has sent e map' o' :.h- area prop osed as a park and the setting | + | |
- | to Kill' | + | Whilst in Harold |
- | A-reply was received from the National Park Trust to the Federation' | + | |
- | e put a gate across any road and debar the public from any pert of the park A proposal that Arnold Rae's legacy be devoted to the purchase of lot 7 at Era gai- turned down. The C.M;I:j. pointed out that Arnold Rae (Ad not cerc | + | ====Jean |
- | for th. place and the Blue Mountains was his favourite walking country. It was sugs(, | + | |
- | AT OUR OWN =TING | + | After travelling down to Melbourne, and back to Sydney |
- | v. do on | + | |
- | Three rew reembers were welcomed by the president - Christa Calnan(who was admitted last month),Mrs. Sheila Montgomery, and Mrs.Betty Dickensen. It was | + | Just recently we received back from England |
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+ | Another | ||
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+ | Just as a mattor of interest, she is working on the moment on a fungus | ||
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+ | We have been nearly blown off the Bradfield Ridge this week and the dust is already | ||
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+ | =====Federation Notes===== | ||
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+ | The Publication Committee reports that it has not yet located a printer with the necessary | ||
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+ | The proposed alteration of the Constitution | ||
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+ | The year's Annual | ||
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+ | A-reply was received from the National Park Trust to the Federation' | ||
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+ | =====At Our Own Meeting===== | ||
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+ | Three new reembers were welcomed by the president - Christa Calnan (who was admitted last month), Mrs. Sheila Montgomery, and Mrs. Betty Dickensen. It was | ||
announced that Freda Newman, Bob Banks and Dick Howard had also been admitted, | announced that Freda Newman, Bob Banks and Dick Howard had also been admitted, | ||
but were unable to be present. | but were unable to be present. | ||
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The Federation decided against the purchase of lot 7 at Era. It was proposed | The Federation decided against the purchase of lot 7 at Era. It was proposed | ||
by Alex Colley that a motion be discussed at the half-yearly meeting next month, | by Alex Colley that a motion be discussed at the half-yearly meeting next month, | ||
- | for the purchase of Block 7 by the club, 2100 of the purchase price to come from | + | for the purchase of Block 7 by the club, £100 of the purchase price to come from |
- | accumulated Club funds and tho balance to be raised by loans and/or gifts from members. A number of members expresead | + | accumulated Club funds and tho balance to be raised by loans and/or gifts from members. A number of members expresead |
- | not do so. The vendor wanted | + | not do so. The vendor wanted |
sold to other people and developed, in which case our block would be of little use for camping. Wal Roots pointed out that a large sum was involved and we might | sold to other people and developed, in which case our block would be of little use for camping. Wal Roots pointed out that a large sum was involved and we might | ||
- | jeopeeledise | + | jeopardise |
- | to develop the surrounding lands without the possession of block 7, Jean Moppett | + | to develop the surrounding lands without the possession of block 7. Jean Moppett drew attention to the difficulty of policing the area. Irving Calnan said that there was a general encroachment on lands near to Sydney and that Era would be affected in time. He thought that the same amount of money applied to publicity might achieve something more worth while - e.g. the Greater Blue Mountains National Park. Ron Eddes questioned whether many Club members went to Era. On the suggestion of Alex Colley it was decided that anybody willing to help by means of loan or gift should give their name and the amount they were willing to put up to the assistant |
- | It was announced that, owing to the difficulty of obtaining leaders for walks, the Walks Secretary | + | |
- | 13. | + | It was announced that, owing to the difficulty of obtaining leaders for walks, the Walks Secretary |
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- | YOUR SCCIAL CLLENDAR | + | =====Your Social Calander For September and October===== |
- | FOR aEPTEI,DER AND OCTOBER | + | |
- | 17th Sept. | + | |17th Sept.|In all probability Dr. Ian Nogbin |
- | 24th Sept. 6th October | + | |24th Sept.|Services Committee Night in the Club rooms.| |
- | In all probability Dr. Ian Ilogbin | + | |6th October|Join with us in matching |
- | be in Sydney on this date, in which caL,!e Liss Dorothy Taylor will lecture us on | + | |8th October|Fifth Watercolour Exhibition |
- | Wilkie/s Dopulo_r | + | |22nd October|Play Night (would any asiring |
- | Services Committee Night in the Club r,-)o ils. | + | |
- | Join with us in natching | + | =====Waterproof!!===== |
- | 8th October Fifth rlatercolour Exhibitj7on | + | |
- | 22nd October | + | |
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- | YOUR OPTOMETRIST | + | |
- | F. C-00DMAN I.O. | + | |
- | Optometrist and Optometrist | + | |
- | 20 Hunter Street, Sydney | + | |
- | Tel. B 3438 | + | |
- | Modern method of eye examintion and eye training Careful Spectacle fitting. | + | |
- | Fixing an a-, | + | |
- | WATERPROOF LI__ | + | |
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Last month we discussed the different meanings of the word. Let us now turn from etymology to clothology. | Last month we discussed the different meanings of the word. Let us now turn from etymology to clothology. | ||
- | with cloth as with so maliy other things in life, we must conctently accept f compromises. As a rule, an advantaee has a corresponding disadvantage. For k instance, a giraffe finds his long neck handy for getting at treetops but not so good for gettine through doorways. Simil-xly a cloth which is com-eletely and absolutely waterproof has one or all of the following disadvantages, | ||
- | l. It is heavy | ||
- | 2. It is airtight | ||
- | 3, It is cold to the teuch and therefore causes dew to form on it. | ||
- | 4. When treated with oil or paint it loses tensile strength. | ||
- | 5. It -attracts the suns heat and gets unbearably hot when exposed to summer sun. | ||
- | Such a cloth is obviouEly unsuitable for tents but is good for groundsheets and loose capes which allow good ventilation. Loose fitting jackets and coats are not too bad but tend to ' | ||
- | For tents whether " | ||
- | Given a good "run off" any smooth tightly woven cloth will keep water out without having been treated in any way. Japaras being specially woven for such purposes are of course the bushwalkers choice. An untreated cloth however, while rung off the w r,...ter, nevertheless gets wet and if the wet underside of the cloth is touched, the 'skint of the wter is broken and a drip strts. Lost campers know the trick of running the hand down from the drip to the bottom of the roof which stops the drip, | ||
- | A tent made of water repellent cloth whils9 it resists the water or some time, eventually gets wet, but because of the resistance a drip is not so readily started. | ||
- | If a tent is packed la: in a wet state and pitched in that condition, there will be wet patches inside the tent. If rain falls the tent will | ||
- | leak. The moisture on the wet patch attracts more water through the cloth which runs down the inside of the tent until it comes to the edge of the | ||
- | wet patch. Here a holdup occurs and a drip starts. The wise cam-eer wipes down the inside of a vet tent with a towel or a handkerchief not so much to dry the tent as to spread the moisture evenly over the surface. | ||
- | PADDY PALLIN, | ||
- | /Phone. B3101. 327 George Street, SYDNEY. | ||
+ | With cloth as with so many other things in life, we must constantly accept compromises. As a rule, an advantage has a corresponding disadvantage. For instance, a giraffe finds his long neck handy for getting at treetops but not so good for getting through doorways. Similarly a cloth which is completely and absolutely waterproof has one or all of the following disadvantages, | ||
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+ | - It is heavy | ||
+ | - It is airtight | ||
+ | - It is cold to the touch and therefore causes dew to form on it. | ||
+ | - When treated with oil or paint it loses tensile strength. | ||
+ | - It attracts the suns heat and gets unbearably hot when exposed to summer sun. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Such a cloth is obviously unsuitable for tents but is good for groundsheets and loose capes which allow good ventilation. Loose fitting jackets and coats are not too bad but tend to ' | ||
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+ | For tents whether " | ||
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+ | Given a good "run off" any smooth tightly woven cloth will keep water out without having been treated in any way. Japaras being specially woven for such purposes are of course the bushwalkers choice. An untreated cloth however, while running off the water, nevertheless gets wet and if the wet underside of the cloth is touched, the ' | ||
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+ | A tent made of water repellent cloth whilst it resists the water for some time, eventually gets wet, but because of the resistance a drip is not so readily started. | ||
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+ | If a tent is packed up in a wet state and pitched in that condition, there will be wet patches inside the tent. If rain falls the tent will leak. The moisture on the wet patch attracts more water through the cloth which runs down the inside of the tent until it comes to the edge of the wet patch. Here a holdup occurs and a drip starts. The wise camper wipes down the inside of a vet tent with a towel or a handkerchief not so much to dry the tent as to spread the moisture evenly over the surface. | ||
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+ | Paddy Pallin, | ||
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