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- | ...WARRAGAMBA-WOLLOYDILLY WE1KEND WANDERINGS | + | =====Warragamba-Wollondilly Wanderings.===== |
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- | Second of two articles on a self-explanatory subject. | + | |
- | -We have de-bussed at Wallacia | + | Second of two articles on a self-explanatory subject. |
- | start out down the hill, once more on the way to Silverdale - and goldl | + | |
- | On the bridge, we stop to change our clothes. All around is peace and silence, the Sunday hiking | + | ====Part |
- | Of a audden, there is a wham! crash! and a roar, as a lorry comes bolting down the hill, From both sides of the road we thumb our way | + | |
- | towards Silverdale, and as it rattles past we scream, "How 'bout a lift?" The lorry lurches to a dead stop, the crashing dies down, and a voice bellows, " | + | We have de-bussed at Wallacia |
- | "Goinl ter Silverdale, mate?" " | + | |
- | But we are a wake-up, 'cos we've seen "alverdale" in greasy letters | + | Of a audden, there is a wham! crash! and a roar, as a lorry comes bolting down the hill. From both sides of the road we thumb our way towards Silverdale, and as it rattles past we scream, "How 'bout a lift?" The lorry lurches to a dead stop, the crashing dies down, and a voice bellows, " |
- | on the truck. Facetiously we reply, "Oh, way to blazes back o' | + | |
- | "Way to blazes, eh? Thit3 too far wilout | + | "Goin' |
- | 2. | + | |
- | At first we gaze amazed, but when we see 'tin the good old Corio Special, we feel by duty bound to accept. | + | " |
- | Well, what a nightmare! Five miles on the back of a truck that' | + | |
- | The five miles takes an hour to dol and when eventually we arrive at the village, Mumma comes ambling out to'meet the late home-coming pappy. When she sees he' | + | But we are a wake-up, 'cos we've seen "Silverdale" in greasy letters on the truck. Facetiously we reply, "Oh, way to blazes back o' |
- | share his meal. | + | |
- | But we are still sober, more or less, and Mumma' | + | "Way to blazes, eh? Thit' |
- | so we decline the offer. "Oh, well," | + | |
- | he is dragged inside, more or less by the ear. We wander round to the back door of Resthaven | + | At first we gaze amazed, but when we see 'tis the good old Corio Special, we feel by duty bound to accept. |
- | girls are - they mob us as soon as we appear. Luscious little bits of lOve- | + | |
- | liness. Boy o boyl what a time we have. LB midnight we realise the futility of begging to be excuzed | + | Well, what a nightmare! Five miles on the back of a truck that' |
- | Full of the personality of heroes, the next three miles takes but five minutes to do. Singing is a foregone conclusion. We roach the Monkey Ck-Warragamba junction in fine style, and before the wallabies have recovered | + | |
- | from their fright, up goes the tent, out goes the fishing line, and into bed we go. | + | The five miles takes an hour to do, and when eventually we arrive at the village, Mumma comes ambling out to meet the late home-coming pappy. When she sees he' |
- | In the morning, we have to exert the full 451bs breaking strain of the line to haul in a 4 lb perch. Grand beginning; | + | |
- | 3, | + | But we are still sober, more or less, and Mumma' |
- | Map gives it "Very Rough"-in two places, Hence ouresurprise | + | |
- | Towards lunch, we emerge on greasy pastures, whore the river has itself of the influence of the dam, the water is clear, and there are rapid here and there. We stop for lunch on a flat, shady patah of grass: the first possible camp site since leaving Monkey | + | Full of the personality of heroes, the next three miles takes but five minutes to do. Singing is a foregone conclusion. We reach the Monkey Ck-Warragamba junction in fine style, and before the wallabies have recovered from their fright, up goes the tent, out goes the fishing line, and into bed we go. |
- | , the inner side of The Bend looks more negotiable than the outer, so we cross over at one of the rapids. Ron leads the way and suddenly, goes waist deop in a hole. However, the tobacco is up in his shirt pocket, | + | |
- | Now on the right hand bank, we leave the river for a while, choosing a track which climbs away from it. Hero, we have excellent views of the cliffs ahead, framed by the trees along the path, and when we enter the | + | In the morning, we have to exert the full 45lbs breaking strain of the line to haul in a 4 lb perch. Grand beginning; |
- | last straight stretch of the fGamba, three miles from its biTth. | + | |
- | from last night' | + | Towards lunch, we emerge on greasy pastures, whore the river has freed itself of the influence of the dam, the water is clear, and there are rapids |
- | of corn, scattered farms, abandoned | + | |
- | bouuded | + | Now on the right hand bank, we leave the river for a while, choosing a track which climbs away from it. Here, we have excellent views of the cliffs ahead, framed by the trees along the path, and when we enter the last straight stretch of the 'Gamba, three miles from its birth at the junction of the Cox and Wollondilly, |
- | Beyond all there is the distant valley of the Cox, past the end of which we can see right to Narrow Neck itself. | + | |
- | By now alIE thoughts of gold have gone and we nurse our shattered illusions (??) in silence. We eventually | + | By now all thoughts of gold have gone and we nurse our shattered illusions (??) in silence. We eventually realise that the reports I read were old ones, and the district then known as Upper Warragamba is that now known as the Upper Shoalhaven and Wollondilly, |
- | realise that the reports I read were old ones, and the isC-1) | + | |
- | Tallong! | + | Here, the lazing really starts. Oh, boy! those mushrooms. We wander along on grassy lawns, darting from side to side as each new patch of fungus catches our eager eyes. Next come quinces, yellow and delicious. We eat them walking and whilst we are munching still, we came upon the figs! Scarce have these been introduced to our gaping gullets when we find the apples and apricots, and the blackberries! |
- | Here, tho lazing really starts. Oh, boyl those :\ | + | |
- | mushrooms. We wander along on grassy lawns, darting | + | We come to a farm house and call out to a woman in the garden: "Hullo!" |
- | from side to side as each new patch of fungus catches | + | |
- | our eager eyes. Next come quinces, yellow and | + | "Eh!" |
- | delicious. We eat them walking and whilst we are | + | |
- | munching still, we came upon the figs! Scarce have | + | "Can you tell us how far it is to the Junction?" |
- | these been introduced to our gaping gullets when we find the apples and apricots, and the blackberriesI | + | |
- | friendly like, just offering themselves as pork; but we can do nothing about them as we have no meat coupons. | + | |
- | We come to a farm house and call out to a woman in. the arden:"Hullol" "MI" | + | |
- | "Can you tell us how far it is to-the Junction? | + | |
She turns, and we both start visibly - a haggard old witch of about 94 with beady black eyes squinting down either side of a hawkish beak. Toothless gums are visible in her gaping mouth as she regards us with a stare of vacant incomprehension, | She turns, and we both start visibly - a haggard old witch of about 94 with beady black eyes squinting down either side of a hawkish beak. Toothless gums are visible in her gaping mouth as she regards us with a stare of vacant incomprehension, | ||
- | "Can you tell us how far it is t the Junction?" | + | |
- | The face' | + | "Can you tell us how far it is to the Junction?" |
- | vacantly towards us, and the awful mouth gapes on. She regarels | + | |
- | for a full minute whilst we wait for the reply which staggers us: "Whaid'yee thaytir | + | The face betrays no sign of understanding; |
We repeat. She gazes at us for another minute and then volunteers the information, | We repeat. She gazes at us for another minute and then volunteers the information, | ||
- | Eventually, by patient questioning we elicit the information that it's a mile and a half and only a rough track, but we move off undaunted. She | + | |
- | shuffles after ut as far as the fence - whether she is suspicious of our motives, or concerned for our safety, we cannot say, but her frail voice trails after us with oft-repeated injunctions to cross the river and go along the other bank. We heed her not, but follow the chttle | + | Eventually, by patient questioning we elicit the information that it's a mile and a half and only a rough track, but we move off undaunted. She shuffles after ut as far as the fence - whether she is suspicious of our motives, or concerned for our safety, we cannot say, but her frail voice trails after us with oft-repeated injunctions to cross the river and go along the other bank. We heed her not, but follow the cattle |
- | We cross over at the Junction, and A.tch our tent on the grasses | + | |
- | three rivers. Tea is the next item'on the agenda; iBlackberries | + | We cross over at the Junction, and pitch our tent on the grasses |
- | But what are blackberries | + | |
- | the cream. But we give her credit for not taking the threepence. | + | Coming back from a swim, I cast longing eyes upon the corn fields. The temptation is too great; I wander over to procure some of the golden cobs - they' |
- | Coming back from a swim, I cast longing eyes upon the corn fields. The temptation is too great; I wander over to procure some of the golden cobs - | + | |
- | they' | + | We awake in heaven; the green grass is wet with dew that glistens blue, gold and orange in a bright morning sun; we are ringed by grey and yellow cliffs and headlands, splendid in the morning light, with the valley mists rising steadily up their faces. |
- | We awake in heaven; the green grass is wet with dew that glistens blue, gold and orange in a bright morning' | + | |
- | Three lines of exit face us: firstly along the road to Wentworth Falls; | + | Three lines of exit face us: firstly along the road to Wentworth Falls; |
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- | Paradise - paradise unbounded. Tbe rolling ficlds sparkle with the dew; green, wooded slopes run up to the thadowed wills of Eurragorang | + | Paradise - paradise unbounded. Tbe rolling ficlds sparkle with the dew; green, wooded slopes run up to the shadowed walls of Burragorang |
- | * two eagles glare at :us from th-a,stark liMbs qf a groRt gum; currawongs flash their White 11;e cks among the foliages | + | |
- | its boo-farmer owner presses'upon us some Pounds ' | + | The persimmon tree is quite a delicacy, after the figs, and when its bee-farmer owner presses upon us some pounds of honeycomb - my, my! for lunch! Mushrooms we gather still, but can find safe custody for about only 3lbs each - tough luck. And so we come to Maxwell' |
- | 14" across (the mushroom has now stoopod,growing- Ed). ' | + | 14" across (the mushroom has now stopped |
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- | After we get going we enquire-of the driver if there is another bus in the afternonn. There is, so we Ione out and start walking again. For twO hours, we laze on the grassy banks of the river; we swim, we eat blackberries, | + | After we get going we enquire of the driver if there is another bus in the afternonn. There is, so we pile out and start walking again. For two hours, we laze on the grassy banks of the river; we swim, we eat blackberries, |
- | Then we hit the 'road again. We dox't walk far before a car picks | + | |
- | us up, and what a beauty: It rattles, it shakes, it whaezes | + | Then we hit the road again. We don't walk far before a car picks us up, and what a beauty! It rattles, it shakes, it wheezes |
- | ride. The driver is thin, of, | + | |
- | of his profession. | + | He stops to drop us by the Nattai |
- | He stops to drop us by the Nattai | + | |
- | Whilst walking around the buildings, we come across | + | Whilst walking around the buildings, we come across a miner bloke, gorging himself something awful on a wopping water-melon. Being a gentleman, he promptly offers us half of it. An being gentlemen, we accept. As he walks back towards the road with us, we ask our friend where we can get a drink. He insists that we come to the store to have one on him. Naturally we cannot hurt his feelings by refusing! |
- | a minor bloke, gorging himself something awful on a '6) | + | |
- | wopping water-melon. Being a gentleman, he promptly' ) | + | Once more on the road, for the sake of our health, we disdainfully refuse all further lifts. This is all for the best, for the views of the Wollondilly |
- | - offers us half of it. An being gentlemen, we accept, | + | |
- | The persimmon tree is auitte a, deliCacy, after the41gs4 and when | + | Yes, it has to end. Our weekend in paradise draws to the eternal close; a jolting |
- | As he walks back towards the road with us, we ask our friend where we can get a drink. He insists that we come to the store to have one on him. Naturally we cannot hurt his feelings by refusing! | + | |
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- | Once more on the road, for the sake of:our health, we disdainfully refuse all further lifts. This iA all for the best, for the views of the W*11ondilly | + | |
- | Yes, it has to end. bur weekend. in paradiso traws to the eternal close; a jolting | + | __Note:__ The author has since organised two exploratory walks in the Burragorang, but his companions |
- | ,6,1 aim | + | |
- | NOTE: The author has since organised two exploratory walks in the B1A.rragorang, but hisccompaniono | + | ---- |
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- | BUSY AS BEES AT B1ULGUM | + | =====Busy As Bees At Bluegum.===== |
- | "Will the Feduration | + | |
- | latter often wiolding | + | "Will the Federation |
- | saw. The President called the tune of 'Heave-hol",as an improvised | + | |
- | dam went up, with the assistance of some willifig | + | For your information, the Grose River changed its course, and is no longer |
- | For your informationl, the Grose Rivex' | + | |
- | S s s | + | ---- |
- | THE RECORD OF THE ROCKS | + | |
- | (By Trouper). | + | =====The Record Of The Rocks.===== |
- | Yeola - nearly all of us 'know this haven, but Most of us give.. - scarcply, | + | |
- | This time; as I took my plunge in the pool below the tent, something | + | By Trouper. |
- | about tie rocks-arrested my attention. Previously, they hod caused no mental comment. - Slate, I had thought in walking over them to the water' | + | |
- | just plain ordinary grey slate." | + | Yeola - nearly all of us know this haven, but most of us give scarcely |
- | The common forms of slate are a fine, uniformly-grey powder compacted into a rock which breaks into flake' | + | |
- | Normally, there is ndtbAng | + | This time, as I took my plunge in the pool below the tent, something about the rocks arrested my attention. Previously, they had caused no mental comment. |
- | Then how did this pebble get there? I looked around; there was another and yet another - half a dozen of theM. But how could they be amongst the mud? Nearly all were of the same colour as the slate, but definitely units of their own. No satisfactory explanation presented itself. | + | |
- | Now, here was one of a different colour; a pale bluish-grey, | + | The common forms of slate are a fine, uniformly-grey powder compacted into a rock which breaks into flakes. Far from being uniform, the grey in this slate was full of long, narrow |
- | Eagerly, I lent to examine them anew, and found dozens of the relics! Yes, in those rock platforms, the fossils | + | |
- | . ' . | + | Normally, there is nothing |
- | 8. | + | |
- | .. ' . . . : | + | Then how did this pebble get there? I looked around; there was another and yet another - half a dozen of them. But how could they be amongst the mud? Nearly all were of the same colour as the slate, but definitely units of their own. No satisfactory explanation presented itself. |
- | fraction, each decaying cell is replaced by minute particles of the mud, and as this process continues, taking years to complete, the mud retains part or all of the pattern of the animal, fish or plant which it is renlacing. These werc, rl " | + | |
- | It does not need a geologist to find these fossils, for they are easily seen in the rock platform above the pool in front of the camp site They represent the remains of ancient shellfish, termed "spiriftra" (singular, "spirifor"), and you may see the actua limestone of thd shells, and in one or two isolated cases, there is, inside this limestone, the grey s3-4-- | + | Now, here was one of a different colour; a pale bluish-grey, |
- | Spirif era wore brachiopods - i e. shellfish of a structure similar to cockles or muscles - which grew somewhat as shown in the drawing. The -outer (limestone) shell remains in many places, and in one instance - about half way across the top of the rock step some six | + | |
- | w | + | Eagerly, I lent to examine them anew, and found dozens of the relics! Yes, in those rock platforms, the fossils |
- | foot above the pool - is a specimen, some 3" across | + | |
- | almost the whole of the shell preserved, and ZEC00)2, | + | It does not need a geologist to find these fossils, for they are easily seen in the rock platform above the pool in front of the camp site. They represent the remains of ancient shellfish, termed "spirifera" (singular, "spirifer"), and you may see the actual |
- | shown in the diagram represents the secendary | + | |
- | muscle used ,in opening and closing the turn shells; | + | Spirifera |
- | and in this particular specimen, | + | |
- | There is yet a third type of fossil, or rather, strictly speaking, not a fossil - and that is a cast. Instead of 'replacing the animal,.etc. the muds: . might make a cast of them, just as a dentist might make a cast of-a jaw beIbre | + | There is yet a third type of fossil, or rather, strictly speaking, not a fossil - and that is a cast. Instead of replacing the animal, etc. the muds might make a cast of them, just as a dentist might make a cast of a jaw before |
- | fitting false teeth. These shell casts - numbers of them - may be found here,' | + | |
- | slates, and some in the 'chocolate-coloured cliffs on | + | Thus, when next you go to Yeola, with its buffalo |
- | the far side, One such cast is depicted in the drawing, | + | |
- | grass on which to camp, blckberries'to tickle the | + | |
- | palate, and picturesque swimming pools in which to while away the hours, you may read a page of geology' | + | |
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- | Thus, when next you go to Yeolal with its buffalo. . | + | |
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