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- | T-T: =NEI( BUS-2, | + | ======THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER====== |
- | A.Monthly Bulletin | + | A monthly bulletin |
- | The Sydney | + | |
- | , | + | |
- | N0.123 | + | |
- | .MARCH 194-5Price 6d. | + | |
- | Editor: Clare Kinsella Production: Yvonne Rolfe | + | |
- | Assist, Grace Jolly' AsF2t, Alice Wyborn, | + | |
- | Bus. Man: John Johnson Sales & Subs. Betty Dickenson | + | |
- | CONTENTS . | + | |
- | _age | + | No.123\\ |
- | -Notes on Dangerous Snakes | + | MARCH, 1945\\ |
- | Idle. Thouchts | + | Price 6d. |
- | Have Ibu Put Out That Fire? ... M.B.Byles | + | |
- | New Mir.:ps , . ,... .t. ... ,.. 6 | + | Editor: Clare Kinsella\\ |
- | The Lirtoning | + | Assist: Grace Jolly \\ |
- | Letters from Lads - .. 4 l.&. e0A 7 | + | Bus. Man: John Johnson\\ |
- | Federation News Vr. OS. R., 10 - | + | Production: Yvonne Rolfe\\ |
- | "WHERE BELLS DON'T RING" | + | Assist: Alice Wyborn\\ |
- | It seems to me I'd like to go | + | Sales & Subs: Betty Dickenson. |
- | Where bells don't ring nor whistles blow, Nor clocks don't strike, | + | |
- | Not real stillness, but just the trees' | + | =====CONTENTS===== |
- | Low whis-oeringe, or the hum of bees. Or brooks faint babbling over stones | + | | | | Page| |
- | In'strangely,*softly tangled tones. Or maybe,'a-cricket or katydid, | + | |Notes on Dangerous Snakes|D. Stead |2| |
- | ' | + | |Idle Thoughts |
- | To fill a tired heart with' | + | |Have You Put Out That Fire?|M.B.Byles|6| |
- | If it weren' | + | |New Maps| |6| |
- | 0 I'd like the cityDretty | + | |The Listening |
- | But when it comes to getting rest . | + | |Letters from Lads| |7| |
- | I like the wild woods lots the best. Sometimes it seems to'me I must | + | |Federation News | |10| |
- | Just quit the' | + | |
- | And, say, how does this seem to you? | + | ====="WHERE BELLS DON'T RING"===== |
- | | + | //It seems to me I'd like to go \\ |
- | 2, | + | Where bells don't ring nor whistles blow, \\ |
- | NOTES ON DANGEROUS SNAKES. | + | Nor clocks don't strike |
- | By Devid R. Stead. | + | And I'd have stillness all around.\\ |
- | Our last instalment | + | \\ |
- | flying over the Sou tin city on the way home, I said to a man sitting alongside me, "Beauvi_feily | + | |
- | But to return to our r ptilea | + | Not real stillness, but just the trees' |
- | dangerous snakes. They are the Brown, the Black, the Tiger, the Copper- | + | Low whisperings, or the hum of bees.\\ |
- | head and last but not least the Death Adder, | + | Or brooks faint babbling over stones |
- | In Theso five, the two front teeth of the upper jaw are longer than the | + | In strangely softly tangled tones. |
- | others and are grooved, with the exception of the Death Adder, in which they are perforated, These -poison fangs are fed from venom sacs in the head through connecting ducts. | + | \\ |
- | Although there are a large number of other venomous snakes in New South Wales, they are probably no more dangerous than bees or wasps, the amount of venom secreted being inpufficient | + | \\ |
- | (a) shows diagramaticalJy | + | Or maybe a cricket or katydid,\\ |
- | typical venomous snake such as the Brown or the Black snake. The prominent fangs in (b) are clearly shown. | + | Or the songs of birds in the hedges hid \\ |
- | The Brown snake may grow to a length of six feet and is fairly thick in the body - uniform light to dark brown colour above and a dirty white below, although the very young ones usually have black bands. They are hatched from eggs7Ilich | + | Or just some sweet sound as these \\ |
- | Th:- Black snake is the commonest snake in South Eastern Australia and | + | To fill a tired heart with ease, |
- | leasionally | + | \\ |
- | we rin(1 -Are oen found swimming rivers and are seldom far from soaks, | + | \\ |
- | (-( | + | If it weren' |
- | (-I 1_1 lc,/ 7.1 TT | + | I'd like the city pretty |
- | - - | + | But when it comes to getting rest \\ |
- | 7 | + | I like the wild woods lots the best. |
- | + | \\ | |
- | - | + | \\ |
- | of our snakes. It is viviparous and produces as foary as twenty young at a birth. It is not nearly as dangerous to man as is generally believed and the chances of a bite proving fatal are quite small. It feeds on frogsllizards | + | Sometimes it seems to me I must \\ |
- | The Tiger snake is by far the most aggres; | + | Just quit the city's din and dust, \\ |
- | The Oepperhead | + | And get out where the sky is blue - \\ |
- | The Death Aitder | + | And, say, how does this seem to you? |
- | Of the venomous but harmless. species, the best known is the Grey Whip snake, which grows to a length of three feet or a'little more, is excc?,, | + | // |
- | The two others which may be easily recognised are the Bleck and White Pinged | + | \\ |
- | The Sea anPkes | + | Author unknown. |
- | -little over three feet in length. All the Sea Snakes are, of course, good swimmer,, and propel themselves through the water mainly by means of a paddle shaped The body is quite different from the land snakes in shape and has a comparatively deep keel on the underside, like the keel of a boat, The most interesting feature of this reptile is perhaps the marvellous colouring. The upper half of the body is a dark brown to ble ck and the underside is bright yellow. As it siNims | + | |
- | affordeq' | + | =====NOTES ON DANGEROUS SNAKES===== |
- | If, | + | By David R. Stead. |
- | TH IDL; | + | |
+ | Our last instalment | ||
+ | But to return to our reptiles | ||
+ | |||
+ | In these five, the two front teeth of the upper jaw are longer than the others and are grooved, with the exception of the Death Adder, in which they are perforated. These poison fangs are fed from venom sacs in the head through connecting ducts. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Although there are a large number of other venomous snakes in New South Wales, they are probably no more dangerous than bees or wasps, the amount of venom secreted being insufficient | ||
+ | |||
+ | Image above. | ||
+ | (a) shows diagrammatically | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Brown snake may grow to a length of six feet and is fairly thick in the body - uniform light to dark brown colour above and a dirty white below, although the very young ones usually have black bands. They are hatched from eggs which number up to about twenty - fairly common on the Coast, but widely distributed. | ||
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+ | The Black snake is the commonest snake in South Eastern Australia and occasionally | ||
+ | The Tiger snake is by far the most aggressive | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Copperhead | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Death Adder is short and stumpy tailed and is a clumsy and repulsive looking reptile. Although it seldom grows to more than two feet in length it is our most dangerous | ||
+ | Of the venomous but harmless species, the best known is the Grey Whip snake, which grows to a length of three feet or a little more, is exceedingly | ||
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+ | The two others which may be easily recognised are the Black and White Ringed | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Sea Snakes | ||
+ | |||
+ | =====THE | ||
Ray Bean, | Ray Bean, | ||
- | I am one of natures whhms:'an oddity of evolution. Perhaps a throwback to | + | |
- | . . paganism caused by a too high concehtraion | + | I am one of nature’s whims: an oddity of evolution. Perhaps a throwback to paganism caused by a too high concentration |
- | That is what the public thinks of me Iticause | + | |
- | They are right. | + | That is what the public thinks of me because |
- | When I call to mina that in a frenzy of Bushwalking enthusiasm I hashed,- slashed, brawled, | + | |
- | The years have (as years will) brought a little wisdom to my outlook on | + | When I call to mind that in a frenzy of Bushwalking enthusiasm I bashed, slashed, brawled, |
- | Bushwalking. I shake my hca d in tolerance at the spectacle of petulant" | + | The years have (as years will) brought a little wisdom to my outlook on Bushwalking. I shake my head in tolerance at the spectacle of petulant " |
- | and other eults whose aim in life is to-put scoreS,of miles behind them in the least pcssible | + | |
- | Ah youthY | + | My attention to Bushwalking has become more abstract, being an essential |
- | My attention to Bushwalking has become more abstract, being an esn ential | + | |
I am sufficiently interested to know what is going on, and occasionally caught up with the whirl of enthusiasm I go Bushwalking when it appeals to me more than other activities. | I am sufficiently interested to know what is going on, and occasionally caught up with the whirl of enthusiasm I go Bushwalking when it appeals to me more than other activities. | ||
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My outlook undoubtedly appears indifferent to those newer enthusiasts, | My outlook undoubtedly appears indifferent to those newer enthusiasts, | ||
- | Imagine my consternation then, for here I am somewhere west of Tondabyne | + | Imagine my consternation then, for here I am somewhere west of Wondabyne |
- | S.B.W. ex-presidents and the presith ntl | + | |
- | What a camp fire! Reminiscences, | + | What a camp fire! Reminiscences, |
- | - criticisms, fetish, | + | |
- | Have you ever heard Myles Dunphy tell a story? | + | Myles tells a story with infinite attention to detail and accurate |
- | Myles tells a story with infinite attention to detail and accUrate | + | |
- | And Tarro! Have you heard Terra play his flute in the quiet of night?, As you stretch before the fire which reflecta- | + | And Tarro! Have you heard Tarro play his flute in the quiet of night? As you stretch before the fire which reflects |
- | Across-:the fire there is Charlie | + | |
- | On that face is an expression of sheer joy and contentment, | + | Across the fire there is Charlie |
- | r, | + | |
- | - c=ut of my contemplation by much laughter, and I realise I | + | On that face is an expression of sheer joy and contentment, |
- | have a god story, but the competition is running high and another is | + | |
- | on way. | + | I am jerked out of my contemplation by much laughter, and I realise I have a god story, but the competition is running high and another is on its way. |
- | So it goes on as you have also' | + | |
- | One by one sleep claims my companions, | + | So it goes on as you have also experienced |
- | Time we put in its proper place by promptly forgetting about it, and - deeper and deeper we delved into music and musicians as two people will with a favourite subject when unfettered by time and circumstances. | + | |
- | Tarro is eloquent on the beauty of Beethoven' | + | One by one sleep claims my companions, |
- | of Beethovenls | + | |
- | last night I was homeward bound on a tram. | + | Time we put in its proper place by promptly forgetting about it, and deeper and deeper we delved into music and musicians as two people will with a favourite subject when unfettered by time and circumstances. |
- | A traml That fiendish | + | |
- | Have you ever travelled | + | Tarro is eloquent on the beauty of Beethoven' |
- | Look at the sordidness of it all. That bleary eyed profliTDte | + | |
- | That pathetic | + | A tram! That fiendish |
- | Thera is a lad who looks as thoUgh | + | Have you ever travelled |
- | never know youth, he is terribly tired, he will be boy,and then man; old man. Its the feeling that all is spent fere, the se-3ming horelessness | + | |
- | sighs, hiccoughs, and continues on again. | + | That pathetic |
+ | |||
+ | I think of a moron' | ||
+ | |||
+ | I am back at the fire again listening to Tarro and I see his face, his boyish smile, and look into, his eyes and see the sparkle of eternal youth. We sit along time thus, perhaps we talk, or just drink in the beauty of the night, watching the clouds cross the moor, and the moon glistening on the wet leaves above. This I think, in terms of Beethoven, is the "slow movement", | ||
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+ | I lie along time in my sleeping bag, and silence comes in out of the night and settles by the fire. Peace, what glorious peace. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Peace, like tragedy, appears to come in such completeness to man the individual. The tragedy experienced by the masses is small compared to that suffered by some individuals, | ||
+ | |||
+ | To the readers, on behalf of the tripewriter, | ||
+ | |||
+ | =====HAVE YOU PUT OUT THAT FIRE ?===== | ||
+ | Marie B. Byles. | ||
+ | |||
+ | " | ||
+ | |||
+ | At midday there sprang up that hurricane reported to have reached 68 miles an hour. If it had not been for that timely lecture and demonstration the bush around would have been ablaze. Yet how many bushwalkers take any more trouble about putting out a camp fire than did those boy scouts? | ||
+ | |||
+ | =====NEW MAPS===== | ||
+ | Kindly note that the following maps have been completed by this section:- Canoeists' | ||
+ | |||
+ | No. 26 PATERSON RIVCR (Gresford to Paterson) | ||
+ | |||
+ | No. 27 Forbes River (Birdwood to Hastings River Junction) | ||
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+ | SUPPLEMENT TO MAP No. 20 (Warragamba and Nepean Rivers –(Cox Junction to Penrith); map has been completed showing the extent of damned water in the Warragamba Dam; this illustrates the position of limit of banked-up water when river level is even with the dam spillway, and from which, canoeists may fairly accurately judge the extent of " | ||
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+ | |||
+ | =====THE LISTENING POST TALKS===== | ||
+ | The Social programme distinctly stated (we thought) that Friday 23rd February was "A Night with the Boys" or something just as intriguing. In our excitement, we could not have read it properly. For Friday 23rd February, was plain lantern slides. Photographic and lantern slide nights are the only occasions when members come along in large numbers, are punctual, and show no desire to gather outside on the landing making as much noise as possible. It might be suggested therefore, that all monthly meetings be preceded by a display of photos or slides and a small charge levied against those who stay outside. As an alternative, | ||
+ | To get back to where we started. The exhibitors between them, had a large collection to show of coloured and black and white slides. With good showmanship, | ||
+ | |||
+ | Most of the snow scenes were new to us and judging by the number of these shown, Kosciusko must have been pretty well overrun this last year. Well, all of us enjoyed our night with the boys. And we hope the front stalls enjoyed their night with the girls. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Men in uniform seen in the club that night, Geoff Parker and Alan Hardy. We know these two were at the back of the room. They were too late for the front seats. | ||
+ | |||
+ | It is just murmured round the club that Tim Coffey takes the plunge shortly. He should have been there when certain slides were shown. Brian Harvey is becoming a " | ||
+ | |||
+ | Jean Moppet is away again on her bi-weekly holidays and so it appears are most members of the committee. Just try and find anything in the club. Where did Dave Stead go for his holiday? There are just as many snakes around. | ||
+ | Another rumour is that the Annual Meeting will be very exciting. But we don't believe it. Sheer propaganda. Bet it will be finished by 10 pm. But everyone will be there you'll see. | ||
+ | |||
+ | =====LETTERS FROM LADS===== | ||
+ | **__Charles Jones 16/ | ||
+ | After chasing me for about three months a batch of mail arrived a few days ago and it was a very excellent tribute to the work of the Services Committee for I received 1 parcel, 1 Christmas card, Women’s Weekly, Pocket Books and three club magazines. A very pleasant mail bag to collect, I think you will agree. Please convey my appreciation to the committee Dunk for their efforts in regard to Xmas parcels. I was fortunate this year to spend Xmas at home, my first for three years, but had I spent it as I expected then your parcel would have been even more appreciated. | ||
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+ | I think I wrote you after my arrival down here so I may have told you how, when all packed up for the now " | ||
+ | As if to pacify me the army opened its heart and marked my travel "by air". High hopes had I of a Nadzab – dawn Sydney that night schedule but no such luck. Hauled out of bed at 0130 was bundled off to wait about 4 hours for a plane - usual show in the army - and had the pleasure of boarding a Douglas Transport. I say the " | ||
+ | |||
+ | As if a token to my farewell of New Guinea the plane flew over all the country I had worked in during my stay on the island and finally on a beautiful day in November I saw Moresby disappear in the clouds behind us. Probably my last sight of New Guinea but then who knows, I may be back there far sooner than I expect. | ||
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+ | My " | ||
+ | |||
+ | Spent a week at Era as soon as I arrived but of course it failed to come to to my expectations because of the fires, drought and lack of water, still we had a good time, meeting only for a few moments on the Sunday afternoon our new Secretary Bev Druce; a new comer to me but not to the club - my namesake Peter Jones was also there, Frank Duncan, Edna and many others. | ||
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+ | By now the rains will have replenished Era I hope so we shall see Era in the very near future. It was disappointing as you well understand after dreaming of Era and Blue Gum for over a year to find the places dry, burnt out and smoke laden. Still nature is resilient they will " | ||
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+ | Xmas Day Grace and I plus two " | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Grand Canyon was a sight for sore eyes, it alone of all the places I have seen since I returned, came up to expectations- cool green with the big damp rocks, the sparkling water, just as I hoped it would be. It will be good if the Federation meet with success in their effort to have the track taken through to Medlow though with the present limits on man power I am inclined to be pessimistic. | ||
+ | |||
+ | By the way Dunk I have a suggestion which you might pass on to the Magazine Committee if you will. The Oct issue of the Bushwalker has been posted to me without a cover in just the roneoed sheet and it occurs to me that as cover sheets are probably hard to buy (I remember some committee meeting discussing this problem) then as an economy measure the cover might be omitted from those copies posted to chaps in the Services. One does not like to see the absence of the old familiar cover but as a war economy measure, I for one, would not mind. It's good to receive the magazine and its news when one is away from the Club it is an old tie and I for one am agreeable to any measure that would assist in its production. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Also in the same copy was the report on Allan Wyborn' | ||
+ | Perhaps the most apt summarisation of the whole matter comes in a sentence in the magazine. "Old members who perhaps haven' | ||
+ | |||
+ | That is a tendency which exists in every association, | ||
+ | |||
+ | As for the " | ||
+ | I think this is a logical conclusion to draw from the alleged threat of regimentation but most members will agree, I think, that the real crux of the matter was to place within the constitution a means of ensuring that the S.B.W. always remains a walkers' | ||
+ | |||
+ | But then Dunk I did not begin this letter with the intention of " | ||
+ | |||
+ | =====FEDERATION REPORT===== | ||
+ | Monthly Meeting held on Tuesday 18th January 1945. | ||
+ | |||
+ | __ERA.__ | ||
+ | Two replies have been received to the Federations circular. The Coast & Mountain Walkers and the River Canoe Club each sent £2.0.0 toward the rent of Lot 7, if the agreement can be renewed by the S,B.W. The Hon. Secretary was instructed to forward the cheques to the Sydney Bush Walkers. | ||
+ | |||
+ | __PROPOSED PRIMITIVE AREA in KOSCIUSKO STATE PARK.__ | ||
+ | Delegates were advised that there is a strong possibility that at some future date a tourist road will be constructed from the Park into Victoria. If so, it will certainly run along the divide between the Snowy and the Murray Rivers, and would thus bisect the Primitive Area suggested by Myles Dunphy. After some discussion, delegates agreed that even under those circumstances they still favoured the area in question. | ||
+ | |||
+ | __SUNDAY PROPOSED RESERVES AND NATIONAL FITNESS CAMPS.__ | ||
+ | Advance advice was received regarding a number of areas north of Sydney in which the National Fitness camps and hostels are proposed. No objections were raised and Federation decided to support the Stroud Shire Council’s suggestion for a national park, with access roads, between Port Stephens and Forster on the coast side of the Myall River and Lakes. Further information is being sought about a small reserve on Carrow Brook and a proposal to build a road from there via Mt Pirie to Barrington Tops. Other areas mentioned, were Wattagan Forest and 200 acres of Crown Land at Waterfall Bay at the head of Woy Woy Creek which the National Fitness Council proposes to acquire for a camp. | ||
+ | |||
+ | __FINANCE.__ | ||
+ | The Treasurer’s Report showed that at 1st July, 1944, the Federation' | ||
- | I think of a moron' | + | __"THE BUSHWALKER" |
- | I am back at the fire again listening to Tarroi anr1 I see his face, his boyish smile, and look,into, his eyes and see the sparkle of eternal youth. | + | The Editor reported progress, and stated |
- | We sit a'long time thus, perhaps we talk, or jut drink in the boauty of the night, watching the clouds cross the moor, and the moon glistening on the wet leaves above. This I think, in termsof Beethoven, is the "slow movement", | + | |
- | I lie a:long time in my sleeping bag, and silence comes in out of the night and settles by the fire. Peace., what glorious peace, | + | |
- | Peace, like tragedy, appears to come in such completeness to man the individual. | + | |
- | To the readers, on behalf of the tripewriter, | + | |
- | HAVE YOU PUT OUT THAT FIRE ? | + | |
- | . Marie B. Byles. | + | |
- | . . | + | |
- | " | + | |
- | itely tidy, and a camp fire in a wide cleared 6pr The fire was now | + | |
- | - | + | |
- | a heap of ashes with perhaps a_couple of bits of wood in it, but no susrici7n of red embers. This was about 4,15 a m., the morning after. It was a bit Warm, but quite dead. My forestry brother and I visited it again about 9 am, and the dead wood was burning brightly and the ember2, glowing red. He gat herPd the boy scouts around htm and as an old scout told them his experir' | + | |
- | their fire. It sizzled and boiled; | + | |
- | At_mi dday there sprang up that hurricane reported to have reacil#d 68 miles an ho-ur.. If it l'ad not been for that tiriely lecture and demonat-ration | + | |
- | .NEW MAPS, | + | |
- | Kjndly note that thn-following m-,ns have been com7letedby this | + | |
- | section:- Canoeists' | + | |
- | No,26 PATERSON RIVCR (GreErford to Paterson) | + | |
- | No 27-Forbes River (ardwood to Hastings River Junction) | + | |
- | SUPPLEMENT TO MA? 20 (Warragamba and Nepean.: | + | |
- | .water" | + | |
- | 7. | + | A number of other reports were received, and then the meeting |
- | THE LISTENING POST TALKS | + | |
- | he Social programme distinctly stated (we thought) that Friday 23rd Febru-ry | + | |
- | was ".A.Night with the Boys" or something just as intriguing. In our excitement, | + | |
- | we could not hp ve read it properly. For Friday 23rd February, was plain lantern | + | |
- | | + | |
- | members come along in large numbers, are punctual, and show no desire to gather outside on the landing making as much noise as possible. It might be suggested therefore, that all monthly meetings be preceded by a display of photos or sleze and a small charge levied against those who stay outside, As an alternaIdee, | + | |
- | on meeting | + | |
- | To get back to where we started. The exhibitors. between them, had a large collection to show of coloured and black and white slides, With good 'show- | + | |
- | manship, coloured one were displayed first. The front stalls, who probably had been waiting all night for this, ,seethed with excitement when glamorous | + | |
- | females | + | |
- | Most of the snow scenes were new to us and judging by the number of these. | + | |
- | shown, Kosciusko must have been pretty well overrun this last year. Well, all of us enjoyei cur night with the boys.. And we hope the front stalls enjoye d their night with the girls. | + | |
- | Mon In uniform seen in the club that night, Geoff. Parker | + | |
- | f: | + | |
- | II le j-uet- murmured round the club that Tim Coffey takes the plunge shortly' | + | |
- | Jean Moppet is away again on her biweekly holidays and so it ape)ears are most members | + | |
- | Another rumour is that the Annual Meetingmill be very exciting. But wa don't believe it. Sheer propaganda. Bet it will be finished by 10 p m. But everyone will be there you'll see. | + | |
- | LETTERS FROM LADS | + | __A volunteer |
- | Charles Jane's 16/2/45. After chasing me 'for nbout three months a batch Of mall arrived a few ciTsTys ago and it was a very excellent tribute to the work cf the Services Committee for I.received I parcel, 1 Christmas card, Wnmens Wee',: | + | |
- | eel-Loot, I think you will agree. Please convey my appreciation to the | + | |
- | .couirejttee Dunk for their efforts' | + | |
- | I think 1 liveo2ce. you after my arrival down here so I may have told you how, whcA 311 paeized up for the now " | + | |
- | C' | + | |
- | -) I was being lugged out even before the overture began. However, the hostility of some unknown "2 pipper" | + | |
- | wishes with me from those who would he Riven much be in my shc.$s - Xmas in Sydney, :a school and six weeks leave Why it sounded like heaven to those in our unit who were in their 22nd moll daaey | + | |
- | As if to pacify me the army her-,rt and marked my travol "by air" | + | |
- | High hopes had I of a Nr-J.zab da wn 1; | + | |
- | Hauled out of bed at 01' | + | |
- | As if a token to my farewell of New Guinea the plFoAl flew over all the country I had worked in during my stay on the island and finally on a beautiful day in November I saw Moresby disappear in the clouds behind us. Probably my' | + | |
- | My " | + | |
- | Spent a week at Era as soon as I arrived but of course it failed to. come tp to my expectations because of the fires, drought and lack of water, _still We had a good time, meeting only fora few moments on the Sunday afternoon eur new Secretary Bev Druce; a new comer to me but not to the 'club - my namesake Peter Jones was also therel Frank Duncan, Edna and many others, | + | |
- | By now the rains will have replenished Era I hope so we shall see Era in the very near future, It was disappointing as you well understand after dreaming of Era and Blue Gum for over a year to find the places dry, burnt out and smoke laden. Still nature is resilient they will " | + | |
- | Xmas Day Grace and I plus two " | + | |
- | Our stay was not as pleasant as could be for we were under threat of fire for our three day stay, On the track back from Blue Gum vie met some intrepid walkers thu the drought and t'ires could not deter, recognised Dot Christian and found m7solf telling a somewhat becird.!d porsonlity that I was a member of a club, the F;ydnoy Bush Walkers, Who was the bearded personality? | + | |
- | The Grand Canyon. was a sight. for sore eyes, it alone of all the places I have seen since I returned, came up to expectations.- cool gre:en with the big | + | |
- | 9. | + | |
- | damp rocks, the markling water, just as I hoped it would be. It will be good if the Federation meet with success' | + | |
- | | + | |
- | O By the wey Dunk I heve a suggestion which you might pass on to the Magazine Committee if you will. The Oct iasue of the Bushwalker has been posted to | + | |
- | me without a cover in just the roneoed sheet and jt occurs to me that as cover | + | |
- | sheets are :Probably hard to buy (I remember some committee meeting discussing | + | |
- | this problem) then as an economy measure the cover might be omitted from those | + | |
- | copies posted to chaps in the Services. One does not like to see the ebs2nce | + | |
- | of the old familiar cover but as a war economy measure, I for one, would not | + | |
- | mind. It's goo,. to receive the magazine and its news when one is away from the Club7 it is an old tie and I for one am agreeable to any measure that would | + | |
- | assist in its production. | + | |
- | Also in the same copy was the report on Allan Wyborn' | + | |
- | Walks Secretary during the war - I would have been an enthusiastic su, | + | |
- | As the motion reads it invests in' the Committee the right to waive the rule in special cases which was in my mind sufficient answer for those who feared | + | |
- | that many busy people working for the club would be jeopardised. | + | |
- | Perhaps the most apt summarisation of tha whole matter comes in a sentence in the magazine. "Old members who perhaps haven' | + | |
- | ring to do battle in the war against resimentation" | + | |
- | That is a tendency which exists in every associ tion, society or club | + | |
- | for the old luns' to sit back intolerant of the new generation, of the new order, of course there is also a measure of intolerance on the part of youth | + | |
- | and for the progreasive growth of the club youth must always strive to ---- this intolerance but always be alert for any evidence of the "heavy hand" of "old | + | |
- | members" | + | |
- | As for the " | + | |
- | mere inclusion of ,a rule that members must lead one walk per year i e.' one | + | |
- | Sunday in. 52 must be devoted to the club, or else besome non-active members is regimentation then I envisage the President as a Dictator, the Secretary | + | |
- | as Dr. Gobells and the Committee a gang of Nazi Party Officials, | + | |
- | I think this s a logical conclusion to draw from the alleged threat | + | |
- | of regimentation but most members will agree, I think, that the real crux of the | + | |
- | o matter lims to place within the constitution a means of ensuring that the S.B.W. | + | |
- | o always remains a walkers' | + | |
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- | when any virile progreseive motions are before the club. | + | |
- | But then Dunk I did not begin this letter with the intention of " | + | |
- | yollr ee)r" about a matter pastlhowever7 you will realise I am sure how one feels | + | |
- | when such a measure is before the club and one is not there to support it,still it | + | |
- | will come again I am sure and I will be there I hope. Actually thpugh I have given you an assignment5haven' | + | |
- | are v,E;11 :,11.joying life, please convey my good wishes to the Services Corn- I wilD, he proceeding on leave soon and hope to see some club members | + | |
- | doTtL at thc club some Friday night, so till then Cheerio Dunk and keep on with | + | |
- | the good work | + | |
- | FEDERATION REPORT | + | |
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- | ERA., Two 5,a,dlies ha (3 been received to the-Federabionis circular.- The Coast & Mountain Walkers and the River Canoe Club each sent E2.0.0 toward the rent of Lot 7, if th'3 agreement can be renewed by the S,B.W. The Hon...Secretary was instrued to forwFrd the cheques to the Sydney Bush Walkers, | + | |
- | PROPC= PRIMITIVE AREA in KOSCIUSKO STATE PARK, Delegates Were advised that 1--iTele is a strong possibility that at some future date a tourist road-will be constructed from the Park into Victoria, If so, it will_certainly run along the divide between the Snowy and the Murray Rivers,and would thus bisect the Primitive Area suggcted by Myles Dunphy, After some disoussion, | + | |
- | FINANCE. The Treasuer!s Report showed that at 1st July, 1944,. the Federation' | + | |
- | A number of other reports were received, and then the meeting. discussed Miss Lawryls suggestion for a sub-committee for research and propaganda work, etc, in the PREVENTION OF BUSH FIRES. Miss Byles was able to give the meeting some very valuable information learned recently -- that Bush Fire Brigades only -operate in the outer areas; that Where there are ordinary Fire Brigades no- other organisation is permitted; and that Fire brigadeare only allcwed to :turn out to save lives. or property - not bush which explains why various fires remhtly' | + | |
- | ments of the various :Acts are needed. 0 | + | |
- | A volr teer is wanted for next me' | + | |
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