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If this area were added to Garrawarra it could admirably serve the purpose of encouraging national fitness with little further expenditure. It would be most desirable that permanent rangers should be appointed to protect the flora and fauna, supervise sanitation, control fires, undertake re-afforestation and provide fuel. Camping fees could be charged if necessary. If this were done thousands of walkers and campers of all ages would be enabled to enjoy their leisure in the bush and the surf without requiring building materials, roads, or departmental supervision. | If this area were added to Garrawarra it could admirably serve the purpose of encouraging national fitness with little further expenditure. It would be most desirable that permanent rangers should be appointed to protect the flora and fauna, supervise sanitation, control fires, undertake re-afforestation and provide fuel. Camping fees could be charged if necessary. If this were done thousands of walkers and campers of all ages would be enabled to enjoy their leisure in the bush and the surf without requiring building materials, roads, or departmental supervision. | ||
- | ADVERTISEMENTS IN THE MAGAZINE. | + | ====== Advertisements in the Magazine ====== |
We are keen to get more advertisements for the magazine. They serve two very useful purposes. Firstly they contain a lot of useful information - what you can get, where you can get it what it costs, | We are keen to get more advertisements for the magazine. They serve two very useful purposes. Firstly they contain a lot of useful information - what you can get, where you can get it what it costs, | ||
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"Have many gone out?" we asked. " | "Have many gone out?" we asked. " | ||
- | At the Liverpool change-over, | + | At the Liverpool change-over, |
- | REUNION PHOTOGRAPHS. | + | REUNION PHOTOGRAPHS\\ |
- | To left: Ruby Payne-Scott, | + | To left: Ruby Payne-Scott, |
- | Top right: Billie Davis and | + | Top right: Billie Davis and Bob Bright |
- | IzT6I5-13-r-i, | + | Middle left: Stan Madden enjoys his prize-winning fancy damper.\\ |
- | winning plain damper. | + | Middle right: The President and daughter |
- | Middle left: Stan Madden enjoys | + | Bottom |
- | his prize-winning fancy | + | Bottom right: The Social Secretary Edna Stretton with prop.\\ |
- | damper. | + | Photographs by Peggy Bransdon and Phil Hall |
- | Middle | + | |
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- | CO-t-te-i4--ghd | + | |
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+ | The walk along a dustless road through a green country side was very pleasant, and gallant boy scouts gave us a hand across the river, which proved rather a trap for the short legged. Our afternoon fireside, consequently, | ||
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+ | And while speaking of the ford, we must express our admiration for Don Read, who left the joys of the Camp Fire to play St. Christopher to latecomers, and to wade the dark cold stream not once by many times. | ||
- | Bottom right: The Social Secre----Yaff-rgEia Stretton) with prop. - Photographs by | + | Once across the river and up the track, and presto it was on again - the old extraordinary fascination that lures us out year after year, to re-Une and commune, free from prejudices of races, creed or politics, to meet on the common earth, the common ground - sometimes, it seems, the only common ground that is left to us in these contentious times. There was the unforgettable, unforgotten smell of wood-smoke, the welcoming cup of tea, and greetings all along the line from households already established. |
- | Peggy Bransdon | + | |
- | and Phil Hall.,.a board.. We shouted | + | |
- | , The walk along a dustless | + | |
- | ' rOad' | + | |
- | presidenth. (liVel;,' | + | |
- | . And while speaking of the ford, we must express our admirationfor /Don Read, who left the joys of the Camp.Fire to | + | |
- | - play St... Christopher to latecomers, and to wade the dark | + | |
- | cold stream not once by many times. | + | |
- | Once across the river and up the track, and presto it was on again - the old extraordinary fascination that lures us out year after year, to re-Une and commune, free from prejudices of races, creed or politics, to meet on the common earth, the common ground - sometimes, it seeths, the only common ground that is left to us in these contentious times. There was the unforgettable, | ||
There was the Noble pair with half their family and a hat of such exceeding antiquity that its nobility, too, went without saying. There were the dark-eyed Moppetts with Nancy, surprisingly, | There was the Noble pair with half their family and a hat of such exceeding antiquity that its nobility, too, went without saying. There were the dark-eyed Moppetts with Nancy, surprisingly, | ||
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Wal Roots tore himself from the delights of Kosciusko leaving Miriam and the babes still at the Chalet, and attended the function mothered by one of his numerous daughters - to wit, Daphne. David was there too, but of him more anon. The Armstrongs came by car, bringing civilised amenities such as a lamp of searchlight intensity, and a radio that refused, with suave insistence, to allow us to forget the excellence of Diomee brassieres, even in the bush, on a Sabbath morning. | Wal Roots tore himself from the delights of Kosciusko leaving Miriam and the babes still at the Chalet, and attended the function mothered by one of his numerous daughters - to wit, Daphne. David was there too, but of him more anon. The Armstrongs came by car, bringing civilised amenities such as a lamp of searchlight intensity, and a radio that refused, with suave insistence, to allow us to forget the excellence of Diomee brassieres, even in the bush, on a Sabbath morning. | ||
- | Tarro came wit' | + | Tarro came with music in his tongue and his fingertips. Hilma was there, of course, escorted by nephew Gavin - to whom she was heard to remark cryptically: |
Jenny and Stan Madden came by truck - important persons these, since they brought the supper; and a very good supper too, of cocoa with plenty of body in it, and plum cake of quality unimpaired by its session in storage since March 11th. | Jenny and Stan Madden came by truck - important persons these, since they brought the supper; and a very good supper too, of cocoa with plenty of body in it, and plum cake of quality unimpaired by its session in storage since March 11th. | ||
- | Paddy was present, with Katherine: what campfire would be complete without him? Those strong if not so silent men, Clem and Dormie, lent their charm to the proceedings, | + | Paddy was present, with Katherine: what campfire would be complete without him? Those strong if not so silent men, Clem and Dormie, lent their charm to the proceedings, |
- | twinkled sagely in the firelight. Phil Hall was there, and Bill Hall; Ruby Payne-Scott, | + | |
- | But we should not have begun this catalogue. We might say, with Browning: "There they are, my fifty men and women - " but there are fifty and more whom we have not mentioned, and if we essay | + | But we should not have begun this catalogue. We might say, with Browning: "There they are, my fifty men and women - " but there are fifty and more whom we have not mentioned, and if we essay a complete roll-call the editor (yes, he was there too) may chide and bid us proceed to the main event of the reunion, the camp-fire. |
- | a complete roll-call the editor (yes, he was there too) may chide and bid us proceed to the main event of the reunion, the camp-fire. | + | |
But before leaving this matter of the roll-call, we must remark that numerous as the attendance was, there Were yet many many gaps in the ranks. There were, for instance, no Pages, no McGregors, no Woods, no Harveys (meaning Brian and Jean) no Rolfes, no Wyborns, no Savages; no Crokers, no Mouldy (he docked a bare 24 hours late, returning from New Zealand) no Lawry (she broke a rib while taking a bath - always ,a risky proceeding) no Butlers, no Steads, no Roses, and above all no Dunc. How we missed her, moving unobtrusive from tent to tent, nursing the babies, photographing the toddlers, taking the tally of all the rising generation of bush walkers. We remembered how, in other years, she had given her precious time to provide each of us with an attractive little name-tag, shaped like a gum-leaf or a flannel flower, complete with cord to attach to the clothing, if any, or to encircle the neck of those who preferred the torso bare to the winds of heaven. | But before leaving this matter of the roll-call, we must remark that numerous as the attendance was, there Were yet many many gaps in the ranks. There were, for instance, no Pages, no McGregors, no Woods, no Harveys (meaning Brian and Jean) no Rolfes, no Wyborns, no Savages; no Crokers, no Mouldy (he docked a bare 24 hours late, returning from New Zealand) no Lawry (she broke a rib while taking a bath - always ,a risky proceeding) no Butlers, no Steads, no Roses, and above all no Dunc. How we missed her, moving unobtrusive from tent to tent, nursing the babies, photographing the toddlers, taking the tally of all the rising generation of bush walkers. We remembered how, in other years, she had given her precious time to provide each of us with an attractive little name-tag, shaped like a gum-leaf or a flannel flower, complete with cord to attach to the clothing, if any, or to encircle the neck of those who preferred the torso bare to the winds of heaven. | ||
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No the reunion was decidedly not the same without Dunc. | No the reunion was decidedly not the same without Dunc. | ||
- | Long before:we had finished our greetings and swallowed our frugal repast, night had fallen, as it had a habit of doing, and the trail of torches began to flicker towards the site of the camp fire. There was no moon, the stars were brightly shining as our opera addicts | + | Long before we had finished our greetings and swallowed our frugal repast, night had fallen, as it had a habit of doing, and the trail of torches began to flicker towards the site of the camp fire. There was no moon, the stars were brightly shining as our opera addicts |
mosquitoes. | mosquitoes. | ||
The fire was built in two great piles, and the lighting. ceremony this year followed a different pattern. A prologue, spoken by Duch Drewell, informed us that one fire would be lit by two of the oldest members of the Club, and the other by two new members. These two pairs, Renae and Tarro, and Betty Degiden and Roy Bruggy, then took up the tale and by the light of the leading flames read their admirably written script, pledging themselves, as representing the Club past and present, to maintain the bushwalking ideals. | The fire was built in two great piles, and the lighting. ceremony this year followed a different pattern. A prologue, spoken by Duch Drewell, informed us that one fire would be lit by two of the oldest members of the Club, and the other by two new members. These two pairs, Renae and Tarro, and Betty Degiden and Roy Bruggy, then took up the tale and by the light of the leading flames read their admirably written script, pledging themselves, as representing the Club past and present, to maintain the bushwalking ideals. | ||
- | Some community singing, wrung from us by Paddy, came next and praise is due / | + | Some community singing, wrung from us by Paddy, came next and praise is due to the concert organisers, who provided four pages of song sheets with words of many old favourites. The roneoing of these, and the writing and memorising of half-a-dozen or more topical sketches, in prose and verse, must have called for hours of labour and concentration, |
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+ | Exceedingly pleasant was the singing of the male voice choir, a quartet made up of Kevin Dean, David Roots, Bill Kinley and Gil Webb - joined, after the official concert was over by some twenty more, who harmonised late into the night, to the delectation of those sleeping by the camp fire. | ||
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+ | The investiture of the President was this year merely a matter of routine, as Tom Moppett, like President Roosevelt, broke all records by being elected for a third term of office. | ||
- | Exceedingly pleasant was the singing of the male voice choir, a quartet made up of Kevin Dean, David Roots, Bill Kinley and Gil Webb - joined, after the official concert was over, by some twenty more, who harmonised late into the night, to the delectation of those sleeping by the camp fire. | ||
- | The investiture of the President was thiz year merely a matter of routine, as Torn Moppett, like President Roosevelt, broke all records by being elected for a third term of office. | ||
Reflecting pensively on the topical sketches, one was forced to the conclusion that the prolonged intestinal troubles of Sydney' | Reflecting pensively on the topical sketches, one was forced to the conclusion that the prolonged intestinal troubles of Sydney' | ||
- | The recent proposal to place visitors' | + | The recent proposal to place visitors' |
- | of paper available. Finally a tram-ticket was found -(nWhat, has he paid his fare as last?" Grace Jolley cried from the audience) | + | of paper available. Finally a tram-ticket was found - ("What, has he paid his fare as last?" Grace Jolley cried from the audience) too late: Dormie had expired of frustration. At the Pearly Gates however, he was saved by the appearance of St.Peter with a Book. |
- | Another brief sketch brought a despatch rider roaring into camp per motor bike with a special delivery parcel addressed to Mr. Hallstrom. | + | Another brief sketch brought a despatch rider roaring into camp per motor bike with a special delivery parcel addressed to Mr. Hallstrom. |
- | David Roots made several appearances as an actor and lyric- writer as well as a singer; and Edna Stretton handled the ingenue roles with her customary aplomb. | + | David Roots made several appearances as an actor and lyric-writer as well as a singer; and Edna Stretton handled the ingenue roles with her customary aplomb. |
- | Ray Kirkby, as usual, was the mainspring and backbone of the performance, | + | Ray Kirkby, as usual, was the mainspring and backbone of the performance, |
- | The banning of firearms at Era inspired a sketch featuring Phil Hall as a dejected Cupid, tastefully arrayed in wings and loincloth, lamenting tAat the edict extended to the use of bows and arrows: and what would become of Era without Cupidfs darts? | + | one who could instruct him in living off the land. |
- | A note should be made on the bush-built stage props. - bows, ,arrows easel, lifesavers' | + | The banning of firearms at Era inspired a sketch featuring Phil Hall as a dejected Cupid, tastefully arrayed in wings and loincloth, lamenting that the edict extended to the use of bows and arrows: and what would become of Era without Cupid' |
- | In the midst of these frivolous items, but somehow entirely right, came Tarro with his marvellous gift of addressing a multitude as simply and naturally as though he were talking to one man over his camp fire. He spoke to us of Lazo our Volga boatman of mary past concerts, dead lately in Tasmanian snows. We remembered him with pleasure and with r3gret, thinking of his music, his dignity and his pathos that belonged to a civilisation older than ours. | + | |
+ | A note should be made on the bush-built stage props - bows, arrows, easel, lifesavers' | ||
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+ | In the midst of these frivolous items, but somehow entirely right, came Tarro with his marvellous gift of addressing a multitude as simply and naturally as though he were talking to one man over his camp fire. He spoke to us of Lazo our Volga boatman of many past concerts, dead lately in Tasmanian snows. We remembered him with pleasure and with regret, thinking of his music, his dignity and his pathos that belonged to a civilisation older than ours. | ||
The initiation ceremony for new members was the most hilarious we have had for some years. Their numbers were considerable and they made quite a long row, blindfolded, | The initiation ceremony for new members was the most hilarious we have had for some years. Their numbers were considerable and they made quite a long row, blindfolded, | ||
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The chief item of interest on Sunday was the damper competition. There were two prizes, one for the plain unvarnished article composed of flour water and salt; and one for the fancy variety in concocting which the cooks might really let their heads go. | The chief item of interest on Sunday was the damper competition. There were two prizes, one for the plain unvarnished article composed of flour water and salt; and one for the fancy variety in concocting which the cooks might really let their heads go. | ||
- | Jean Moppett, Renee Do gmar Browne and Miriam Steenbham were appointed judges, and competitors with many oohs and ahs from burnt fingers extracted their creations from the tin matrix, wrapped them in swaddling clothes and laid them before the three sages femmes (wise women, if you prefer it that way). | + | Jean Moppett, Renee Dogmar |
- | The only genuine damper, | + | |
- | There were four or five entries in the plain section, and the judges sat nibbling them and reflecting so long that the owners began to look apprehensive, | + | The only genuine damper, |
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+ | At least the chef d' | ||
- | At least the chef dIoevre was detached and placed proudly before the judges. It was a luscious thing studded with fruit and nuts and was immediately awarded first prize in its class. | ||
First prize for the Plain went to Billie Davis for her toothsome product, and Gavin Talbot carried off second prize with his maiden effort, made under instruction from David Roots. | First prize for the Plain went to Billie Davis for her toothsome product, and Gavin Talbot carried off second prize with his maiden effort, made under instruction from David Roots. | ||
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That with dips in the river, yarns in the sun and a little food absorbed from time to time, Sunday slipped away, and before we knew it, our Twenty-First Reunion was over. | That with dips in the river, yarns in the sun and a little food absorbed from time to time, Sunday slipped away, and before we knew it, our Twenty-First Reunion was over. | ||
- | SECONDH-AND | + | SECOND HAND BUSHWALKING GEAR FOR SALE\\ |
Ladies 3-pocket steel framed rucksack. Good cond. on Host. | Ladies 3-pocket steel framed rucksack. Good cond. on Host. | ||
- | Phone Bus. BU3131. 30/-e. | + | Phone Bus. BU3131. 30/-.\\ |
- | Two-man white japara A tent 25/-. Two mosquito tent 7/6d. X | + | Two-man white japara A tent 25/-. Two mosquito tent 7/6d. X\\ |
- | One-man lightweight mosquito tent 5/-. Brian Harvey. Phone Bus. BU3131. | + | One-man lightweight mosquito tent 5/-. Brian Harvey. Phone Bus. BU3131.\\ |
X Regret unable to state whether tent covers two mosquitos or repulses them two at a time. - Ed. | X Regret unable to state whether tent covers two mosquitos or repulses them two at a time. - Ed. | ||
====== The Black Sheep of the Federation ====== | ====== The Black Sheep of the Federation ====== | ||
- | By Brian G, Harvey. | + | By Brian G Harvey. |
The Sydney Bushwalkers was the first Club to raise a cry of protest against the distribution to children of the objectionable illustrated pamphlets advocating the making of snares and log-fall traps which destroyed our protected, and other birds and animals for the children' | The Sydney Bushwalkers was the first Club to raise a cry of protest against the distribution to children of the objectionable illustrated pamphlets advocating the making of snares and log-fall traps which destroyed our protected, and other birds and animals for the children' | ||
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such link outsiders may conclude that we acquiesce in the Association' | such link outsiders may conclude that we acquiesce in the Association' | ||
- | The article in the "Home Magazine" | + | The article in the "Home Magazine" |
- | incited the reading public to follow in the breaking of laws and regulations, | + | |
- | With the foregoing in mind, the S.B.W. at the April Federation | + | With the foregoing in mind, the S.B.W. at the April Federation Meeting moved: "That in view of the S.W. Bushcraft Association' |
- | Meeting moved: "That in view of the "S.W. Bushcraft Association' | + | |
- | In effect, we proceeded nowhere and the Bushcraft | + | A subsequent motion by the C.M.W. |
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+ | In effect, we proceeded nowhere and the Bushcraft | ||
====== Safety in the Bush - Lost or Overdue ====== | ====== Safety in the Bush - Lost or Overdue ====== | ||
+ | By Jim Brown | ||
- | By Jim Brown. | + | Do you want to get lost or overdue? Its a push-over. Here's how. |
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- | 1 ,,,. Don'it loolrat a ,map before ynOu go_ put .., let qoaric one else ao i '... ton,r.E. take map.-or compass with 7O.:LI. - go -lightweight | + | |
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- | 3,, Take theam but don+t trouble to lOolc at tiqou :until -you' | + | |
- | 4.7 Take ,them, and lo ok. at them, ". and pretend you can 115r; them if | + | |
- | you -can i t ). ,., , .. . , .. 5. 'Rely on finding the minor trabks showri orplyour map - even if | + | |
- | was published last ,century. | + | |
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- | 6.. r_ Rely on yolr memory -..-,sorp eon.,e else Led yyti," | + | |
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- | 9,',- ' ,:lorig 1-16:r triiys-neVer tart before -1Q a m. -. | + | |
+ | 1 Don't look at a map before you go out .. let someone else do it. | ||
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+ | 2.Don' | ||
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+ | 3 Take them but don't trouble to look at then until you're sure you are astray. OR | ||
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+ | 4.Take them and look. at them and pretend you can use them if you can't. | ||
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+ | 5.Rely on finding the minor tracks shown on your map - even if was published last century. | ||
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+ | 6.Rely on your memory - someone else led you there before. | ||
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+ | 7.Always reckon on 30 miles per day - 25 if it is very rugged. | ||
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+ | 8. Don't tell anyone where you are going. If you do, tell a non-walker and tell them verbally. It means nothing to them. | ||
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+ | 9.On long hard trips never start before 10am. | ||
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+ | 10. Don't trouble about getting back. There may be a train or bus. | ||
- | And ,e5f course, the extra. s:peoial,...vxa7. of getting into strife | + | And, of course, the extra. |
- | is S-eparatin-g. You recall the little boy whdo considered it was all | + | But being members |
- | right to find. a grub in applen but thciughit. a poor show find | + | |
- | tugh er p-1,..i gh`311--.vii? | + | |
- | tAe, bits;of ,a lost , gr ol.:p is | + | |
- | Murder.. lese,L pleae,_ le a r.41 keep t 'at pa. ty. toge_thr r ?7, pj..r< | + | |
- | ularly in tough country, ibre" pIrtibuia if the IT inc lud, | + | |
- | eed or cw ea k' | + | |
- | ; ,,,. . 4, | + | |
- | But being me7,99Rs. Qr/. SRY, 7Pu..70.onl | + | |
- | no prizes, | + | |
- | save the- "sat ;LS ac maps, | + | |
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- | 1. You have a nilibaT mar, Liveri5dc31 a:rea, one inch to one mile: | + | |
- | r f,Q110-vvi p.g ri dge , sbown Qn your map (when oriented) in a straighF, line from tile-right han d. side ' | + | |
- | country is scrubby and visibility poor, and there kire quite a number | + | |
- | Now :z9,3.7.r compass bea rinf, will e 51-ctLes..4- 1210" | + | |
- | cm4 - :501 dee. 61i 2e1-deg ? | + | |
- | 2,- We said the dge wals strait. ourIgive to (41.ow it. for | + | |
- | exactly the 111:4th of ithrire SquareA ;" al:ong. | + | |
- | a spur; ': | + | |
- | akrg almo m p h .o ou l5O-Lki1d ,look : out for the ridge | + | |
- | ,70 t, , | + | |
- | Too bad, but gonle- b. xf-g. went Wrong, so you arrived tybu | + | |
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- | destination a day overdue.,. Naturally you go immediately to the place marked P* on the map, because that is: Pub: Police Static: Pound: Post Office: Penitentiary., | + | |
- | Didyou say Police Station to No03 above? If so, you were | + | |
- | wrong. Of coure, it may not be a bad notion to look in on the constabulary in case some well meaning relative has already set the | + | |
- | alarums ringing. But it rs most important to save those relatives from distress by goi g first to the post office and wiring them. (This has not always been done by overdue walkers - be warnedi) It might not be a bad plot to wire Paddy too - just in case he 's | + | |
- | organising search parties. After all, your folk may be so relieved to know you're safe, they' | + | |
- | By the way, your people know they must panic only by numbers, I hope? It must be 4 properly organised panic, with a delayed ,action fuse so that they don't blow up until you' | + | 1. You have a military map, Liverpool area, one inch to one mile: |
- | find you, but they' | + | You' |
- | About our mapping quiz, now did I hear you say that you don't need to know that rubbish to get by? No you don't - if you're always led, and always stick by that leader, , may come, a day When you feel the urge to do something really BIG or NEW - to break unfamiliar ground ( to you, anyway) - and then there' | + | 2.We said the ridge was straight. You have to follow it for exactly the width of three grid squares, the turn south along a spur. |
+ | The time is now 10.25 am and you reckon | ||
- | By the way, Club membership is about 280. The S&R panel of volunteers that go look for the delayed and battered numbers barely 20 from this Club. Was it of this Churchill said "Never have so many left so much to so few?" Well, Was it? | + | 3.Too bad, but something went wrong, so you arrived at your destination a day overdue. Naturally you go straight |
- | Something about Casualties next month. | + | 4. Did you say Police Station to No 3 above? If so, you were wrong. Of course, it may not be a bad notion to look in on the constabulary in case some well meaning relative has already set the alarms ringing. But it is most important to save those relatives from distress by going first to the post office and wiring them. (This has not always been done by overdue walkers - be warned) It might not be a bad plot to wire Paddy too - just in case he's organising search parties. After all, your folk may be so relieved to know you're safe, they' |
+ | By the way, your people know they must panic only by numbers, I hope? It must be a properly organised panic, with a delayed action fuse so that they don't blow up until you're 24 hours overdue. Of course, , if they manufacture McQuackenshawrs Krisp Krunchy Dog Biscuits, or Simone Adele' | ||
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+ | About our mapping quiz, now did I hear you say that you don't need to know that rubbish to get by? No you don't - if you're always led, and always stick by that leader. There may come a day When you feel the urge to do something really BIG or NEW - to break unfamiliar ground (to you anyway) - and then there' | ||
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+ | By the way, Club membership is about 280. The S&R panel of volunteers that go look for the delayed and battered numbers barely 20 from this Club. Was it of this Churchill said "Never have so many left so much to so few?" Well, was it? | ||
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+ | Something about Casualties next month. | ||
====== Geology for the Bushwalker ====== | ====== Geology for the Bushwalker ====== | ||
- | That the nature of the land surface and of the underlying rock and that these in turn largely determine the flora and fauna, was the theme of Allen Strom' | + | That the nature of the land surface and of the underlying rock and that these in turn largely determine the flora and fauna, was the theme of Allen Strom' |
- | this point very clear by reference to the formation of the main types of rock and lantern slides showing the scenery to which they give rise. It was important in conserving area that habitat groups of typical flora and fauna associated with the different types of rock -e g. granite and sandstone should be selected. | + | |
Allen fitted a lot of information into a short space of time, but the audience was always able to follow with interest, as the questions which he answered later proved. At the end of the lecture Allan Hardie gave the lecturer and the listeners the benefit of his knowledge of animalcules together with a striking | Allen fitted a lot of information into a short space of time, but the audience was always able to follow with interest, as the questions which he answered later proved. At the end of the lecture Allan Hardie gave the lecturer and the listeners the benefit of his knowledge of animalcules together with a striking | ||
illustration of the cycle of erosion. He pointed out that if we stood out in the weather long enough we would disintegrate too. | illustration of the cycle of erosion. He pointed out that if we stood out in the weather long enough we would disintegrate too. | ||
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====== Rolling On ====== | ====== Rolling On ====== | ||
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, of the story. | , of the story. | ||
- | When eventually the equipment was retrived | + | When eventually the equipment was retreived |
- | more precisely rattled, to the Quay, where six cans of film were handed out, with a remark that they were rather heavy. Time raced on so a taxi was found and, after a ten yards, another fare going in the same direction was taken aboard and dropped before Crown St. Then the taxi driver was stopped by a police car which had been following him - " | + | more precisely rattled, to the Quay, where six cans of film were handed out, with a remark that they were rather heavy. Time raced on so a taxi was found and, after a ten yards, another fare going in the same direction was taken aboard and dropped before Crown St. Then the taxi driver was stopped by a police car which had been following him - " |
The Social Secretary, not knowing What was entailed, had asked Jess to take charge of the films and return them to the W.E.A. by 8.45 a m. on the Monday, to which she had innocently agreed. But the question was how to get the equipment home? Maurie Berry and Vic Bolton lent a hand and carried it on to the pavement | The Social Secretary, not knowing What was entailed, had asked Jess to take charge of the films and return them to the W.E.A. by 8.45 a m. on the Monday, to which she had innocently agreed. But the question was how to get the equipment home? Maurie Berry and Vic Bolton lent a hand and carried it on to the pavement | ||
in Oxford Street where they vainly hailed taxis. Evidently they didn't look like good fares standing surrounded apparently by loot. Then Maurie had a brainwave, and rang for a Hire Car Which disposed of them at the bus stop at Wynyard and took Jess and her impedimenta home. | in Oxford Street where they vainly hailed taxis. Evidently they didn't look like good fares standing surrounded apparently by loot. Then Maurie had a brainwave, and rang for a Hire Car Which disposed of them at the bus stop at Wynyard and took Jess and her impedimenta home. | ||
- | Monday morning isAa-Ver the best.- It was worse with this added bayden. But chivalry still survives. Friend brother-in- | + | Monday morning isAa-Ver the best.- It was worse with this added bayden. But chivalry still survives. Friend brother-in- law came to the rescue, walked to the local rank and brought a taxi |
- | law came to the rescue, walked to the local rank and brought a taxi | + | |
les | les | ||
to the door, loaded the gear in and off to the W.E.A. - to arrive before the allotted time, and deposit it at the office doorstep. Thus ended the Club's second weight-lifting exhibition. | to the door, loaded the gear in and off to the W.E.A. - to arrive before the allotted time, and deposit it at the office doorstep. Thus ended the Club's second weight-lifting exhibition. | ||
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====== Federation Notes - April Meeting ====== | ====== Federation Notes - April Meeting ====== |
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