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 At the Reunion, Arthur Gilroy's tent was especially chosen for the co-tenting tests as it was thought least likely to blush.
+=====Bushwalkers' War Memorial.=====
+By "Mumbedah".
+It is my oripicn that insufficient notice and careful consideration was given in the matter of determination of the nature or selection of a site of the proposed Bushwalkers War Memorial. The decision to recommend o the Federation the creation of a park on Narrow Neck Peninsula was made with undue haste, and, incidentally, by no means unanimously.
-BUSHWAIKERSIWAR MEMORIAL
-By "Mumbedah.
-:t is my oripicn that insufficient notice and careful considerati(,*(2 7/77,-2 ;iven in the matter of determination of the nature or selection of a of the proposed Bushwalkers War Memorial. The decision to recommend o the Federation the creation of a park on Narrow Neck Peninsula was mse'io with undue haste, and, incidentally, by no means unanimously.
 The Annual General Meeting should have been confined to the election of officers and to urgent problems where delay may embarrass the Federation or be the means of losing an opportunity. The folk present were "caught on the hop" and I think an ill-considered decision made.
-A small portion of land on the approaches of Narrow Neck with
-its poor, stunted and scraggy vegetation is a bleak, stony, dreary soil., eroded spot to create a Memorial Park and not a fitting tribute to the memory of our fallen comrades. By the expression "park" one visualised ornamental trees, rockeries, flowering shrubs and the like - to mitt Hinklor and Kingsford Smith Parks in Katoomba - indeed worthy of those famous flyers. Our effort should be commensurately as worthy. But to envisage such a park on Narrow Neck is fantastic. There are but a few
-inches of sandy soil covering a rocky base and the strong westerly winds which sweep across would render the growth of any introduced vegetation
-almost nil. The Federation in any case has not the finance to maintain such a park and to rely on honorary work by federated club members well,
-we find it difficult to get a VA,unteer for a simple job in the city. The perpetuation of the entire Narrow Neck Peninsula as a park would be much more desirable provided it could be left in its present state, which is very
-doubtful. However, there is no reason why our present efforts to have this
-declared could not be spurred on to have this reserved as a memorial, but Katoomba Councils no doubt, would be very loth to relinquish their
-control. From the point of view of majesty and beauty the Blue Gum Forest seems to be more ideal; perhaps the Trustees may have a word to say:
-In view of the lengthy period involved to suitably impress the Government as to our desires, it is my idea that a lasting record should
-be struck in the form of a brass tablet, inset in rock or a cemented cairn
-on some commanding viewpoint off the beaten track and visited by the true bushwalker who would appreciate it Clear Hill is becoming more
-and more popular and has on occasions been visited by a type who would
-not hesitate to pump two or three 221s into a sign.
-I can think of no more fitting place than Splendour Rock on
-)unt nngo as it commands all the Cox River country where the boys loved to rcam so well. The Rock is centrally situated in the proposed
-BltoLo/;.atains National Park and should by virtue of its pooition remain
-in tlie primitive state. As one gazes upon the peaceful scene, the presence of the tablet should well turn one's thoughts to a little
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- meditation on:the:fact that our boys gave their lives to help in the great struggle so that we to-day are free from domination of a foreign
- power.
-in atever may:bethe outcome of an approach to the Federation
-on theee lb e:;9T th nk this Olu-o,f;11(11 in event of an unfavourable
-vow 1,7, .t).17nn by the Foderaton Cc.11(119 eruct our own comemoration tablet to ' iko moi-ilory nf Gordon 6:11..th ard CJrdon Manroll on Splendour Rock ar':I anA omre any siwh move will raceive the full approval and support of F-.1.'fb
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+A small portion of land on the approaches of Narrow Neck with its poor, stunted and scraggy vegetation is a bleak, stony, dreary soil-eroded spot to create a Memorial Park and not a fitting tribute to the memory of our fallen comrades. By the expression "park" one visualised ornamental trees, rockeries, flowering shrubs and the like - to wit, Hinkler and Kingsford Smith Parks in Katoomba - indeed worthy of those famous flyers. Our effort should be commensurately as worthy. But to envisage such a park on Narrow Neck is fantastic. There are but a few inches of sandy soil covering a rocky base and the strong westerly winds which sweep across would render the growth of any introduced vegetation almost nil. The Federation in any case has not the finance to maintain such a park and to rely on honorary work by federated club members - well, we find it difficult to get a volunteer for a simple job in the city. The perpetuation of the entire Narrow Neck Peninsula as a park would be much more desirable provided it could be left in its present state, which is very doubtful. However, there is no reason why our present efforts to have this declared could not be spurred on to have this reserved as a memorial, but Katoomba Council, no doubt, would be very loth to relinquish their control. From the point of view of majesty and beauty the Blue Gum Forest seems to be more ideal; perhaps the Trustees may have a word to say!
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-YOUR 'OPT'OMETRIST.
+In view of the lengthy period involved to suitably impress the Government as to our desires, it is my idea that a lasting record should be struck in the form of a brass tablet, inset in rock or a cemented cairn on some commanding viewpoint off the beaten track and visited by the true bushwalker who would appreciate it. Clear Hill is becoming more and more popular and has on occasions been visited by a type who would not hesitate to pump two or three .22's into a sign.
-F. GOODZAN
-Optometrist and Optician 20 Hunter Street, SYDNEY
+I can think of no more fitting place than Splendour Rock on Mount Dingo as it commands all the Cox River country where the boys loved to roam so well. The Rock is centrally situated in the proposed Blue Mountains National Park and should by virtue of its position remain in the primitive state. As one gazes upon the peaceful scene, the presence of the tablet should well turn one's thoughts to a little meditation on the fact that our boys gave their lives to help in the great struggle so that we to-day are free from domination of a foreign power.
-Tel: B3438 .
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+Whatever may be the outcome of an approach to the Federation on these lines, I think this Club should, in the event of an unfavourable view being taken by the Federation Council, erect our own commemoration tablet to the memory of Gordon Smith and Gordon Manrell on Splendour Rock and I am sure any such move will receive the full approval and support of all club members.
-,Fixing an appointment will facilitate the reservation of time for giving you proper atteLtiop but should you be unable to ring us beforehand, your visit will be welcome at any time you may choose to call
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 Allen A. Strom.