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 Maurie Berry told me in a tone which implied understanding on my part that he is one of the "8 originals". I admitted that I did not appreciate this claim. So he unfolded to me the beginnings of our Club, back in 1927 - the letter to the newspaper deploring the lack of a walking club and the reply by the Mountain Trails Club which brought together the first enthusiasts. However, the "8 originals" (mostly married now, I presume, with large families) wanted a club open to both men and women and so in time the Sydney Bushwalkers was born.
-We bemoan even now the paucity of maps and the wartime lack of gear but walking in those days was so different that it is difficult for us to appreciete the early conditions. Meurie commenced his walking carrying a "Dungal Swag" which is something after the style of that carried by the present day "swaggie". "Paddy always claims" said he, "that I had the first rucksack but", he continued with judicial honesty, "I cannot confirm that to be so". It is little wonder that Meurie left Oberon for his fortnight's walk to Yerranderie with 70 pounds aboard for, in those days, he always carried an axe, tents of the pre-lightweight era were heavier and we have all the advantages of progress in bushwalking which is practically synonymous with lighter packs.
+We bemoan even now the paucity of maps and the wartime lack of gear but walking in those days was so different that it is difficult for us to appreciate the early conditions. Meurie commenced his walking carrying a "Dungal Swag" which is something after the style of that carried by the present day "swaggie". "Paddy always claims" said he, "that I had the first rucksack but", he continued with judicial honesty, "I cannot confirm that to be so". It is little wonder that Meurie left Oberon for his fortnight's walk to Yerranderie with 70 pounds aboard for, in those days, he always carried an axe, tents of the pre-lightweight era were heavier and we have all the advantages of progress in bushwalking which is practically synonymous with lighter packs.
 Can you visualise the Blue Mountains when a trip to Clear Hill and return was considered to require a holiday weekend for its performance? If you can you will anpreciate the adventure behind those early trips down the Cox, the Shoalhaven or the Grose which sound to us so humdrum but which, to the pioneers, had the proportions of one of our trips into the most remote, unmapped country.
-Maurie has a record of service to the Club and one which is by
+Maurie has a record of service to the Club and one which is by no means ended. He has been on committee many times, has been Assistant Secretary, Treasurer and President. His present love, to which he has given four years of tireless work, is the Bushwalkers Service Committee of which he is Treasurer - surely an important post on a Committee filling its coffers in order to happily empty them for the benefit of Bushwalkers in the services.
-no means ended, He has been on committee many times, has been Assistant Secretary, Treasurer and President. His present love, to which he has
-glven four years of tireless work, is the Bushwaikers Service Committe
+Though Maurie first walked in 1924 his enthusiasm for the bush is greater than ever and do not imagine because of this-date, his snowy hair and growing responsibilities that he hes retired from active walking. Only quite recently he "discovered" Kosciusko and now talks of it with the boyish delight he has always felt for the countryside.
-of which 110 is Treasurer - surely an important post on a Committee filling its coffers in order to happily empty the for the benefit of Bushwalkers in the services,
-Though Maurie first walked in 1924 his enthusiasm for the bush is greater than ever and do not imagine because of this-date, his snowy hair and growing responsibilities that he hes retired from active walking.
+You have probably heard of Morriberri Pass from the Cox River up onto the Gangerang Range and have been deceived by its aboriginal sound. It appears that the well-known cartographer, also a member of our Club, who mapped most of the Blue Mountains was arraigned for calling so many features after white people so he concocted the above name which satisfied the authorities by passing for genuine aboriginal. Maurie was one of the first walkers to go over this route.
-Only, quite recently he "discovered" Kosciusko and now talks of it with the boyish delight he has always felt for the countryside.
-You have probably heard of Morriberri Pass from the Cox River Up onto the Gangerang Range and have been deceived by its aboriginal sound. It appears that the well-known cartographer, also a member of our. Club,
+Maurie's only regret at the present time is that the Club is so large he finds it impossible to know even a fraction of the members. "I suppose it is partly my own fault", he admits and advises attendance at official walks as the way to overcome this shortcoming. And speaking with the authority obtained from association with the Club throughout its whole history he confirms the application to the Club of the 2,000 year old precept, "The more you give, the more you will receive". We believe you, Maurie - you ought to know.
-who mapped most of the Blue Mountains was arraigned for calling so many
-features after white people so he concocted the above name which satisfied the authorities by passing for genuine aboriginal. Maurie was one of the first walkers to go over this route.
-Mauriels only regret at the present time is that the Club is so large he finds it impossible to know even a fraction of the members.
-"I suppose it is partly my own fault", he admits and advises attendance at official walks as the way to overcome this shortcoming. And speaking with the authority obtained from association with the Club throughout its whole history he confirms the aeplication to the Club of the 2,000 year old precept, "The more you give, the more you will receive". We believe you, Maurie - you ought to know.
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