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- | Nobody could claim we encouraged the dog - not at first anyway. Having alighted from the train we set off in the heavy rain to look for the showground. The night was pitch black, we were drawn into our ground-sheets like snails before a pinch of salt and the dog did not possess a single white hair. However, as we began poking around in a partially built sawmill looking for shelter our suspicions that we were being shadowed were confirmed. We did not actually see the animal but vaguely referred to it as " | + | Joseph V. Turner. |
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- | Nevertheless in the morning light everything appeared intact until we found only the top of the pineapple remaining but, until further evidence was forthcoming, | + | |
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- | We moved for breakfast to the showground - the dog followed. Here, all ye hard-hearted, | + | |
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- | Of course the dog now showed marked attention in keeping up with us but as it was collarless and apparently ownerless we did not begin to worry until just before lunch when we suddenly realised that the position was acute as we could not feed the animal and we could not induce it to leave us. I concocted a plan entailing returning the animal to Nerang by a car or lorry going the other way but unfortunate1y for my plan there were no such vehicles. | + | |
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- | The dog was now a major problem in our life and the subject of much spirited argumentation so, a name seeming desirable, we christened her " | + | |
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- | When we arrived at Binna Burra our real worries began. The guests in an excess of sympathy all remarked on the thinness of " | + | |
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- | We were housed in a tiny attic reached by a ladder in which it was obviously impossible to have a dog yet Nerang commenced to howl down below. We breathed a few soothing words and, as though satisfied with our presence ten feet above, she curled up under a seat beside the wall and didn't move all night. We had hopes of leaving her at Binna Burra - just one more among the tribe of animals - but she proved unique so our temporary ownership and guilt were patent. | + | |
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- | All day she trodded along in the rain and here we discovered another trait in her character. She always kept at the heels of the leading member of the party except when we became a little separated when she would chase around keeping a watchful eye until we were close again - the cattle dog instinct for keeping the herd together, I suppose. It was still waste of time attempting to light a fire at lunch-time so more sausages were doled out to Nerang who was probably being better fed than ever in her life before. Just as we, Nerang caught her quota of leeches Head occasionIlly had to be de-leeched, a process to which she submitted with extreme docility, with as much apparent understanding as a human being and with much less squealing than some. | + | |
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- | Further problems arose at O' | + | |
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- | A keen debate followed and the guests arguments were so distressing that we decided to risk Nerang in the bedroom. So, dragging a mat as far from my bed as possible, I put Nerang on it and before you could say "Jack Robinson" | + | |
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- | The breakfast we acquired from O' | + | |
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- | This morning Nerang had a narrow escape from a snake which I had seen and avoided. She was at my heels but when I jumped aside she stopped within inches of the snake' | + | |
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- | The next great event in Nerang' | + | |
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- | Whenever we met anyone we expatiated on Nerang' | + | |
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- | =====What I've Heard!===== | + | =====Letters To The Editor |
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- | The Easter holidays brought the Bushwalkers out in crowds, but it is doubtful if the bush feels any better for the holiday. Canberra must be suffering badly from scorched earth. Thirteen members of the club " | + | |
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- | Another doubtful benefit has been conferred on the country down south. This part of the country has been enriched | + | |
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- | Many members (and their relations, apparently) made Friday the 21st April an opportunity of relieving themselves of the oppressive burden of Private Property by turning out their garages, attics and bringing in the stuff they couldn' | + | |
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- | We owe, and offer profuse apologies to Mr. W. Mullins. Bill, we hear was married a few months ago to Sheila White, and this oversight on our part occurred because we were unable to contact someone who had been at the ceremony. We hope the happy couple think no less of our congratulations for being extended so late. | + | |
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- | After Ray Bean's effort in last month' | + | |
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- | =====Letters From The Lads And Lasses.===== | + | |
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- | Letters were received during April from:- | + | |
- | * Jean Ray, C.M.W. | + | With Ray Bean's open letter many of us must agree. Many Bushwalkers are intolerant. They look down on other walkers, other clubs, other members of their own club. They are particularly intolerant of the non-bushwalker public. They don't like picnickers, they don't like scouts, they don't like shacks, they don't like aliens, they don't like motorists. Wild statements often made about farmers' |
- | * Jack Campbell | + | |
- | * Rob Morrison | + | |
- | * Tom Moppett | + | |
- | * Gordon Upton | + | |
- | * Keith Benne11 | + | |
- | * Gordon Mannell | + | |
- | * Ron Galley | + | |
- | * Sal Norden | + | |
- | * Jack Watson | + | |
- | * Frank Gentle | + | |
- | * Jack Adams | + | |
- | * Bruce Simpson | + | |
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