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194907 [2016/02/24 13:07] – [The Outer Man] kennettj | 194907 [2016/02/24 13:12] – [Social Notes for July] kennettj | ||
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Quite an uneventful afternoon, with majestic views of mountain ranges and glimpses of sandstone cliffs enclosing Wollangambe Creek and the Colo River. A halt was called at 4 pm and scouts descended to seek water and a camp site for the night. Plenty of water but, having objections to sleeping in a standing position, we decided to push on. Five o' | Quite an uneventful afternoon, with majestic views of mountain ranges and glimpses of sandstone cliffs enclosing Wollangambe Creek and the Colo River. A halt was called at 4 pm and scouts descended to seek water and a camp site for the night. Plenty of water but, having objections to sleeping in a standing position, we decided to push on. Five o' | ||
- | With the promise of a perfect day we moved off next morn. Ten minutes walking disclosed a trifling error. We were on a spur of the main ridge but twenty minutes later found us again on the straight and narrow. Imagine beetling along the Mt. Solitary knife edge for a couple of hours and you have a fairly accurate description of our progress. However it was excellent training for what was to come. At 11 a m. we gazed down at the junction of Blacksmith Creek and the Colo. I'll admit, as ridges go, our selection wouldn' | + | With the promise of a perfect day we moved off next morn. Ten minutes walking disclosed a trifling error. We were on a spur of the main ridge but twenty minutes later found us again on the straight and narrow. Imagine beetling along the Mt. Solitary knife edge for a couple of hours and you have a fairly accurate description of our progress. However it was excellent training for what was to come. At 11 a m. we gazed down at the junction of Blacksmith Creek and the Colo. I'll admit, as ridges go, our selection wouldn' |
Our original plan was to climb the ridge ahead and come down on Tootie Creek, but somehow or other we had had ridges and decided to bash cut the four miles along the Col. Max remembered a surveyor' | Our original plan was to climb the ridge ahead and come down on Tootie Creek, but somehow or other we had had ridges and decided to bash cut the four miles along the Col. Max remembered a surveyor' | ||
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he S.B.W. photographers take the palm for dogged determination. How it was organised is still to be told, but somehow phctographors, | he S.B.W. photographers take the palm for dogged determination. How it was organised is still to be told, but somehow phctographors, | ||
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The judge - Mr. Eade from the Photographic Society - congratulated members both on the numbers and the high quality of the exhibits. The technique was excellent and it had been a very hard job to select the winning prints. He had judged them from the | The judge - Mr. Eade from the Photographic Society - congratulated members both on the numbers and the high quality of the exhibits. The technique was excellent and it had been a very hard job to select the winning prints. He had judged them from the | ||
- | standpoint of pictorial and, general interest. He had not paid attention to topographical or personal details which, however interesting to members, might not be so to others. By the light of two petrol lamps Mr. Eade then displayed and commented on thirty of the photographs. He said, however, that he could easily have overlooked some good prints because of the bad light. He placed the first four photographs as follows :- | + | standpoint of pictorial and, general interest. He had not paid attention to topographical or personal details which, however interesting to members, might not be so to others. By the light of two petrol lamps |
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+ | Mr. Eade then displayed and commented on thirty of the photographs. He said, however, that he could easily have overlooked some good prints because of the bad light. He placed the first four photographs as follows :- | ||
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3. Tree study by Jack Thorpe. | 3. Tree study by Jack Thorpe. | ||
4. "On Guthrie" | 4. "On Guthrie" | ||
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- | At the end cf the exhibition the President thanked Yr. Eade for his very helpful criticisms and suggestions. They should certainly be invaluable tc our ardent photographers. Dorothy Lawry revived the suggestion that we should have an exhibition in town later, and no doubt the Committee will consider this suggestion. Everyone was sorry that full jIltice could net be done tosuch a pleasing displuy. | ||
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- | THE NEW STYLE HARNESS | + | Members |
- | Old hands will probably have noti:ed that the harness | + | second and third photographs. By using magazine funds in addition it will be possible to give each photograph full page reproduction. Should power restrictions be lifted by the middle |
- | of the new Paddymade steel frame rucksack is different | + | |
- | . of hDr4sir,17 the rucksack from the shoulders. Back pull' is | + | Many of the photographs selected by Mr. Eade would probably reproduce even better |
- | considerably reduced, the top of the frame being kept 117 to 21: nearer | + | |
+ | At the end cf the exhibition the President thanked Mr. Eade for his very helpful criticisms and suggestions. They should certainly be invaluable to our ardent photographers. Dorothy Lawry revived the suggestion that we should have an exhibition in town later, and no doubt the Committee will consider this suggestion. Everyone was sorry that full justice could not be done to such a pleasing display. | ||
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- | HIRE SERVICE. | ||
- | This popular service is very useful to old members who wish to take new chums on walks or to new members who are in the process of acquiring gear. At ordinary week-ends | ||
- | not much difficulty is experiencied, | ||
- | HIRE BOOKINGS FOR HOLIDAY WEEK-ENDS | ||
- | Bookings. open on the first day of the month nearest to two months before the first day of the holiday week-end. Thus:- bookings open for October week-end on 1st0 August. | ||
- | PADDY PALLIN, | ||
- | CM C72.R FOR WALKERS, 327 George St., !PHONE BX 3595 SYDNEY |
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