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+ | =====Era Deserta.===== | ||
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+ | By " | ||
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+ | For a variety of reasons I was not at the clubrooms during the month or so before Christmas, and was therefore completely in the dark as to holiday plans. Several members, encountered in the wild lunch-hour shopping scramble, shook their heads when I asked: Are you going to Era? | ||
- | ERA DESERTA. | ||
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- | For a variety of reasons I was not at the clubrooms during the month or so beforG Christmas, and was therefore completely in the dark as to holiday plans. Several members, encountered in the wild lunch-hour shopping scramble, shook their heads when I asked: Are you going to Era? | ||
" | " | ||
- | "Yes, I suppose so" I answered, thinking of last year' | + | |
- | , | + | "Yes, I suppose so" I answered, thinking of last year' |
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- | Chr istmciS | + | Christmas |
- | genuine bushwalker. Travellers there- we,reL., | + | |
- | looking | + | Feeling a little dashed I boarded the bus in company with these outsiders, and from the Lookout descended the track alone. |
- | I r | + | |
- | Feeling a little dashed,I.13, | + | Soon, I thought, I shall descry the bevy of tents upon the sward and ant-like |
- | outsiderS, and froth; th' | + | |
- | , Soon, I thought, I shall descry the bevy of tents upon the sward and ant-like | + | This then was the sum total of the population: three, at Era, on Christmas Eve. |
- | a gleam Of white - there AR as a t_orit | + | |
- | inspection discovered two youths, ip residence, | + | Philosophically I made my way to my usual boudoir in the lantana thicket - designed originally, I understand by Dot Butler |
- | returning | + | |
- | This then was the sup, tot4 oX.tpDcApui40ipx...v, | + | Darkness descended before I had finished my evening meal, and as Christmas |
- | Philosophically I made my way to my ,usual boudoir in the lantana thicket - designed originally, I understand by -Dot Batler | + | |
- | Darkness descended before I had finished my evening meal, and as Ohristm4s | + | Christmas morning dawned clear, and the cantata of bird notes began - butcher birds, clear and beautiful, |
- | stirrings | + | |
- | Christmas morning dawned clear, | + | I emerged from my lair pining to greet someone with "Merry Christmas!" |
- | Winters, chirpings of blu e' | + | |
- | I emerged from my lair pining to greet someone with ',Merry ChristmasIbut | + | No it was not a convivial scene: in fact I never remember |
- | conventional phrase on three rabbits nibbling the lawn' | + | |
- | door-, but they fled in alarm. I -hailed a lizard as he darted out of | + | I gazed idly at an object on the leafy floor of my bedroom and recognised it as a hen egg. Strange, I thought, I should not have imagined there were domestic fowls hereabouts. As the old brain emerged from its morning mists, it dawned on me that the egg was part of my luggage. I examined it and found that it was cracked but not lost. The paper wrapping of it had disappeared. Its fellows, in a tin placed in the fork of a tree, were intact, but a paper bag containing macaroni, a slab of cheese and a package of salt, had vanished holus bolus. Certainly I had heard various rustlings in the night but nothing to indicate such a large-scale robbery. |
- | the scrub-, but one glance' | + | |
- | fangled as Christmas | + | I pictured rat pere lugging home his treasure-trove to the missus and kids, pointing out to them the succulence of the cheese and the excellence of the pasta - best quality, fatta all' |
- | No it was not a convivial scene: in fact I never remember | + | |
- | 6 | + | The second incident was the thrilling vision of his grace the lyre bird, stepping delicately among the rocks as I went to fill my water-bag at the pool. He scratched unconcernedly for provender in the leafy mould, speaking an occasional word of cheer to his lady, similarly engaged at a little distance up the bank. For the first time in my life (and I am getting on now) I beheld this miracle of loveliness, with the famous tail streaming and gleaming in the morning light. Something unique in the way of Christmas presents, you will agree. Yes, decidedly this Christmas, 1946, was a memorable occasion. |
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+ | ---- | ||
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+ | =====Brer Fox.===== | ||
- | I gazed idly at an object on the le:Ify floor of my bqdroom and recognised it as a hen egg. Strange, I thought, I should not have | ||
- | imagined there were domestic fowls hereabouts. As the old brain | ||
- | emerged from its morning mists, it dawned on hie that the egg was part | ||
- | of my luggage. I examined it and found that it was cracked but not | ||
- | lost. The paper wrapping of it ttad disappeared. Its fellows, in | ||
- | a tin placed in the fork of a tree, were intact, but a paper bag containing macaroni, a slab of cheese and a package of salt, had | ||
- | vanished holus bolus. Certainly I had heard various rustlings | ||
- | in the night but noshing to indicate such a large-scale robbery. | ||
- | I pictured rat pore 110.gging home his treasure-trove to the missus and kids, pointing out to them the succulence of the cheese and the excellence of the pasta - best quality, fatta all' | ||
- | Christmas dinner straight from heaven. I only regretted that he | ||
- | did not return the salt, as I felt sure it would be wasted. | ||
- | The second incident was the thrilling vision of his grace the lyre bird, stepping delicately among the rocks as I went to fill my water-bag at the pool. He scratched unconcernedly for provender in the leafy mould, speaking an occasional word of cheer to his lady, similarly engaged at a little distance up the bank.. For the first time in my life (and I am getting on now) I beheld this miracle of loveliness, with the famous tail streaming and gleaming. in the morning light. Something unique in the way of | ||
- | Christmas presents, you wi.4.1 agree. Yes, decidedly this Christmas, | ||
- | 1946, was a momorable occasion. | ||
- | Bror Fox. | ||
(Extract from a letter by Mr. H. A. Lindsay, President of the Adelaide Bush Walkers.) | (Extract from a letter by Mr. H. A. Lindsay, President of the Adelaide Bush Walkers.) | ||
- | "We tender our sincere thanks for your aid and the many helpful things which you have sent us. The latest is a copy of your | + | |
- | magazine for December. In it, however, the writer saw something | + | "We tender our sincere thanks for your aid and the many helpful things which you have sent us. The latest is a copy of your magazine for December. In it, however, the writer saw something which staggered him, to say the least. It was an account of how some Bushwalkers |
- | which staggered him, to say the least. It was an account of how | + | |
- | some Bushwalkers. released | + | "The writer does not question the humanitarian motives which prompted |
- | "The writer does not question the humanitarian motives which Prompted | + | |
- | entirely wrong. Next, speaking as one who has always been intarostGd | + | "Far worse than the ordinary fox is one which has lost a leg in a trap. After that, he is ' |
- | stone-plover, | + | |
- | exterminating the Iowan, or malle-e hon. It aided in th4?, | + | "From the experience of the better part of a lifetime in the bush, r can state very definitely that it is wrong to interfere with any trapped animal, save to put it out of its misery - even that can lay you open to trouble if the animal is being trapped for its fur, as lying dead in the sun can ruin the pelt commercially, |
- | of our prettiest wallaby, the Toolachi. It is playing havoc with | + | |
- | many of our ground-nesting birds.' -'' | + | "The above is written in the hope that it will be taken in the spirit in which it is written - an attempt to point out that something has boon done which is a very serious mistake indeed and liable to react on the club as a whole." |
- | poultry farmers. (The writer has seen more than a score of lambs | + | |
- | killed in a single night for the sake of their tongues alone, and 200 hens killed by one fox in _a angle night.) | + | ---- |
- | "Far worse than the ordinary fox is one which has lost a leg in a trap. After that, he is ' | + | |
- | living. I am afraid that your members" | + | |
- | won't get a favourable reception from farmers or sheep-men." | + | =====Your Optometrist - F. Goodman, M.I.O.===== |
- | "From the experience of the better part of a lifetime in the bush, r can state very definitely that it is wrong to interfere with any trapped animal, save to put. it out of its misery | + | |
- | Inspector or the Police. But to let our most destructive pest go | + | Optometrist and Optician. 20 Hunter Street, Sydney. Tel. B3484. |
- | free is something which cannot be condoned." | + | |
- | "The above is written in the hope that it will be taken in the | + | Modern methods of eye examination |
- | spirit in which it is written | + | |
- | YOUR OPTOMETRIST | + | Fixing an appointment will facilitate the reservation |
- | F. GOODMAN, 11. If O. | + | |
- | Optometrist and Optician | + | ---- |
- | 20 Hunter Street, Sydney. | + | |
- | 'Phone B 3438 | + | =====Jogging Along With Johnston.===== |
- | Modern methods of Eye Examination | + | |
- | r- | + | |
- | r Fixing an appointment will facilitate the reservatin | + | |
- | , of time forgiving | + | |
- | you be unable to ring us beforehand, your Tisit will be welcome at any time you. may shoose | + | |
- | (,f:/J-CCGCL: | + | |
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- | (1) Gq1 | + | |
- | Iplalagt_ALEE_EiLLiallaI2E | + | |
by " | by " | ||
- | My star being not in the ascendant, and I not being pleasant in the sight of the almighty gods of pecuniary, dispensation my walk started from Leichhardt this summer' | + | |
- | In my ignorance - also have I many things yet to learn - I was certain that some huge machine on at least eight and possibly ten wheels would bear me to Mt. Victoria in, about half the time taken by the property of the New South Wales Government Railways. Still, fortune | + | My star being not in the ascendant, and I not being pleasant in the sight of the almighty gods of pecuniary dispensation my walk started from Leichhardt this summer' |
- | smiled fair upon me, and after having | + | |
- | not to be denied. I found myself at Mt. Victoria station at | + | In my ignorance - also have I many things yet to learn - I was certain that some huge machine on at least eight and possibly ten wheels would bear me to Mt. Victoria in about half the time taken by the property of the New South Wales Government Railways. Still, fortune smiled fair upon me, and after having |
- | midnight with a walk to the Falls still before me. This I accomplished and laid me down beside four non descript hummocks at the shod and slept. | + | |
- | In the morning said hummocks crystallised into human shape and form, there being one Doug Johnston and his friend Mac - another Doug I believe, and a Bernie and his friend with whom we conversed by many and varied means. The official leader presumably having had no notification from anyone was therefore not there. The Johnston bloke thereon became our gUiding | + | In the morning said hummocks crystallised into human shape and form, there being one Doug Johnston and his friend Mac - another Doug I believe, and a Bernie and his friend with whom we conversed by many and varied means. The official leader presumably having had no notification from anyone was therefore not there. The Johnston bloke thereon became our guiding |
- | of keeping to the official route anyway, and so it came about that 'four stalwart lads followed his footsteps into the unknown. | + | |
- | The official route is no good to this explorer in the making. So back along the road we go, and after much consulting of compasses and maps we strike off in a northerly direction following a ridge - the | + | The official route is no good to this explorer in the making. So back along the road we go, and after much consulting of compasses and maps we strike off in a northerly direction following a ridge - the wrong one of course. It was pleasant walking, |
- | wrong one of course. It was pleasant walking, | + | |
- | flower. A short ridge this, as after about a mile it descended into | + | Following downstream the gallant band came upon some difficult terrain. We kept half way up the hillside, yet even here as often happens, life was one mad scramble. Further down I detached myself |
- | the Grose. The steep side of one of them was surprisingly marshy, | + | |
- | and beautifully green. We investigated a splash of red a little | + | |
- | Following downstream the gallant band came upon some difficult terrain. We kept half way up the hillside, yet even here as often happens, life was one mad scramble. Further down I detached myself | + | |
I can't claim that the Grose was any improvement on its tributary. The river bed was one mass of jumbled rock and piled up vegetation. Yet if one took to the hills one found oneself fighting a losing battle against shale slopes and lawyer vine. And so, after much | I can't claim that the Grose was any improvement on its tributary. The river bed was one mass of jumbled rock and piled up vegetation. Yet if one took to the hills one found oneself fighting a losing battle against shale slopes and lawyer vine. And so, after much | ||
- | alternation between hillsides and gully we came upon Victoria Falls Ok. | + | alternation between hillsides and gully we came upon Victoria Falls Creek. |
- | 0 Happy De y1 But such was not as yet to be. Our hero - that | + | |
- | little man out there in front - decided that ease and luxury were not for such as we, that the thorny road was to lead us to redemption | + | O Happy Day! But such was not as yet to be. Our hero - that little man out there in front - decided that ease and luxury were not for such as we, that the thorny road was to lead us to redemption and Blue Gum. Truly a fine upstanding young fellow. He will go far, without me. However, by taking the track which ambles half way up the hillside we were well rewarded |
- | and Blue Gum. Truly a fine upstanding young fellow. He will go far, | + | |
- | without me. However, by taking the track which ambles half way up | + | Of the few parties camping down there we were the last to leave. But this was of small matter as the official route had further been changed to encompass Govett' |
- | tha hillside we were well rewarded | + | |
- | the afternoon sun. And soon after this, 0 joy, we c' | + | And now we began to see our true form. On this never ending climb the party spread out and soon lost sight of one another. I was full satisfied at arriving |
- | firmer terra. Hero the Grose slept in the last shadows of the afternoon, the tall pale blue gums standing guard without so much. as | + | |
- | a whisper between them. Further down, beside the fallen tree, near where the stream awakes and bust-es | + | At the top we held small conversation with a tourist type who didn't seem at all impressed with our experiences. In disgust we took the homeward road whereon we met some friends of Mac's and s St. Bernard who was exceedingly ill equipped. In Blackheath we came once more upon Bernie, and the four of us partook of various |
- | Of the few parties camping down there we were the last to leave.. But this was of small matter as the official route had further been changed to encompass Govett' | + | |
- | and watched the Mac go a swimming. I should here make mention | + | And so I took me to the road once more, and was duly set down near Grace Bros. after travelling the full distance on the loading truck of a pinch bar convoy. |
- | that we were now three, as Bernie and friend had depsrted | + | |
- | .lowly animals had luft in a disgusting state, and douched their fire. We met thoM later and .ad words with them, pitiable long, panted sack- carrying | + | ---- |
- | And now we egnn to see'our true form. C* this never ending climb | + | |
- | the party spread out and soon lost sight of one another. I was full | + | =====Cycling From Albury To Hotham And Moruya.===== |
- | satisfied at arriving | + | |
- | my first visit thereto, and'thus%you know my sentiments. Little | + | |
- | water was coming over, and the slight. wind broke it up and caused it | + | |
- | to sway from one side to(the other. There was a general dampness | + | |
- | all about, and the dissPpearance | + | |
- | At the top we held small conversation with a tourist type who didn't seem at all impressed with our experiences. In disgust we took the homeward road whereon we mbt,some friends of Msc's and s St. Bernard who was exceedingly ill equipped. In Blackheath we cams. ono-0 more | + | |
- | upon Bernie, and the four of us partook of various | + | |
- | Ara so I took me to the road once more, and was duly sot down near Graco Bros. after travelling the full distance on the loading truck of a pinch bar aorm9y, | + | |
- | 11. | + | |
by " | by " | ||
- | Victorian Tourist Bureau leaflets tell Us of the immense | + | |
- | Albury, at the junction of the Murray and Mitta Mitta rivers. This | + | Victorian Tourist Bureau leaflets tell us of the immense |
- | point is referred to, as the gateway to glorious scenic tours, that have their climax in the heart of the Australian Alps. | + | |
- | With this information at hand, the writer. loft Albury one Saturday evening in December, intending to aab thi-s-region for the first time. Cycling was chosen in preference to walking, because of the desire to travel five hundred miles in one week. | + | With this information at hand, the writer |
- | The road from Albury was followed through Wodonga, and thence up the valley of the fast flowing | + | |
- | commercial life of million-peopled cities. Fifty miles of the Kicwa valley were seen before the road made the ascent to Tawonga Gap look-out, running abreast of a giant electric transmission line, before descending to the Ovens River. | + | The road from Albury was followed through Wodonga, and thence up the valley of the fast flowing |
- | The Ovens River was followed through | + | |
- | the ascending mountain highway climbed a number. of slaty ridges, which were timborad | + | The Ovens River was followed through |
- | At the end of a twenty | + | |
- | In the same locality, the Chalot | + | At the end of a twenty |
- | hug, | + | |
- | Omoo, in GipL)sland. Crystal clear mountain streams are seen running | + | In the same locality, the Chalet |
- | among the basalt rocks and snow guMs and here and th-orki h3reford | + | |
- | Beyond | + | Beyond |
- | another -, | + | |
- | | + | Another attraction |
- | 12. | + | |
- | Euehre | + | After crossing the N.S.W. border, the town of Eden, on Twofold Bay was reached, and so the trip continued through Bega, Brogo Pass, Narooma, and Bodalla, to its completion at Moruya. |
- | After crossing the N.S.W. border, the town of Eden, on Twofold Bay was reached, and so the trip continued through Bega, Brogo Pass, Narooma, and Bodalla, to it' | + | |
- | That Man Again. | + | ---- |
- | " | + | |
- | Through Paddy' | + | =====That Man Again - " |
- | agre3d | + | |
- | As a rule when a person gets seed he gets far more than he actually needs and would readily pass some on to a fellow enthusiast. Likewise if the germination is successful he has so many seedlings he doesn' | + | Through Paddy' |
- | native plants to interested persons. Those wanting seeds or plants | + | |
- | or those who have them to spare are invited to communicate with Paddy. A portion of this page and a notice board in Paddy' | + | As a rule when a person gets seed he gets far more than he actually needs and would readily pass some on to a fellow enthusiast. Likewise if the germination is successful he has so many seedlings he doesn' |
Tips on methods of securing germination could also be swapped. | Tips on methods of securing germination could also be swapped. | ||
- | Here's one right now. Faddy has got some very healthy seedlings of | ||
- | Sturts Desert Pea. Aftesr several unsuccessful attempts involving | ||
- | scalding and soaking the seed he tried cutting through the hard | ||
- | imperious skin of the tiny seed by rubbing it on fine sandpaper. The | ||
- | effect was miraculous. Seeds which had remllined hard after weeks | ||
- | of soaking swelled in a few hours and germinated readily. It now remains to be seen if the plants can be reared to maturity. More of this anon. | ||
- | xxxxxxxx' | ||
- | In addition to the Willesden Japara tents Paddy mentioned last time, | ||
- | he has now got stocks of best quality white japara tents in stock BiZeS. | ||
- | Phone. B 3101. Paddy Pallin | ||
- | Camp Gear for Walkers. 327 George Street. SYDNEY. | ||
- | ,STORK STAKES: Bushwalker-production is still with lib. jean and ToETUTTETTFgve a daughter, Nancy. A real light-weight effort, | ||
- | this: weight at birth, 61134 llozs. | ||
- | 14. | ||
- | GOSSIP. odd ing Bells. | ||
- | On January 13th, Ray Birt became Mrs. " | ||
- | bushwalker event took place at Clifton Gardens, with the club's most popular "best man," " | ||
- | ance. They insistod that the bride wear her hat to cut the cake. | ||
- | At Xmas, Vera Phillips, one of the club's earliest members, married Mr. Eska Riordan, an ex-P.O.W. Forestry Cadet. Is this an S.B.W. | ||
- | infiltration into the Forestry Commission? | ||
- | Immmomampemai...111.=1=1.1.....1.1......... | ||
- | Off to N.Z. | ||
- | Mouldy Harrison is off again -- to Now-aealand on a " | ||
- | .....worea.. | ||
- | Jeane Mannell came down from Griffith, and for a time throw off the cars of the family, to pay a visit to the club. | ||
- | +. | ||
- | Whilst walking through Tasmania, some Melbourne Bush Walkers gave voice to their admiration of the etc:up brown of JennI' | ||
- | first, a puzzled look fleeted across her face, but swift the lucid answer came; "Oh, I come from New South Walesi" | ||
- | THE S.B.W. REUNION -- MARCH 15-16th. | ||
- | Who has the Prize Dampers? Would the holders please roturn to club, as-they are required for the Damper Contest. Place for Reunion will be fixed at February General Mooting. | ||
- | At Garrawarra there' | ||
- | Frenchman' | ||
- | or floor; And Roley pitched his tent inside it.. Is it cold in | ||
- | Tassio? You ask Roleyi Indeed, to combat the " | ||
+ | Here's one right now. Paddy has got some very healthy seedlings of Sturts Desert Pea. After several unsuccessful attempts involving scalding and soaking the seed he tried cutting through the hard imperious skin of the tiny seed by rubbing it on fine sandpaper. The effect was miraculous. Seeds which had remained hard after weeks of soaking swelled in a few hours and germinated readily. It now remains to be seen if the plants can be reared to maturity. More of this anon. | ||
+ | |||
+ | In addition to the Willesden Japara tents Paddy mentioned last time, he has now got stocks of best quality white japara tents in stock sizes. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Paddy Pallin. Camp Gear for Walkers. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Phone. B 3101. 327 George Street. Sydney. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ====Stork Stakes.==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Bushwalker-production is still with us. Jean and Tom Moppett have a daughter, Nancy. A real light-weight effort, this: weight at birth, 6lb 11ozs. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | =====Gossip.===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Wedding Bells.=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | On January 13th, Ray Birt became Mrs. " | ||
+ | |||
+ | At Xmas, Vera Phillips, one of the club's earliest members, married Mr. Eska Riordan, an ex-P.O.W. Forestry Cadet. Is this an S.B.W. infiltration into the Forestry Commission? | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Off to N.Z.=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Mouldy Harrison is off again -- to New Zealand on a " | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | Jeane Mannell came down from Griffith, and for a time threw off the cars of the family, to pay a visit to the club. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | Whilst walking through Tasmania, some Melbourne Bush Walkers gave voice to their admiration of the deep brown of Jenny' | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===The S.B.W. Reunion - March 15-16th.=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Who has the Prize Dampers? Would the holders please return to club, as they are required for the Damper Contest. Place for Reunion will be fixed at February General Meeting. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | At Garrawarra there' | ||
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