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- | History is absolutely rotten with instances of men who didn't know when they were beaten. Journalists | + | History is absolutely rotten with instances of men who didn't know when they were beaten. Journalists |
- | There they are, the men who were not e-iervrown by adversity but took arms against a sea of troubles, and by opposing ended them Do.7ou see them - the early navigators, sailing their worm-riddled | + | |
- | ships, driving their scurvy-sick crews beyond the ends of the earth? Napolen, intolerant of the stupid_ word " | + | |
- | Now, on the other hand, take me. I know my limitations. I can give the game away with the greatest facility. I am one of the Sissy Bushwalkers. I am a pansy. I am a rabbit. So what? I can prove it. More, I can double-prove it Consider those case histories. | + | There they are, the men who were not overthrown by adversity but took arms against a sea of troubles, and by opposing ended them. Do you see them - the early navigators, sailing their worm-riddled |
+ | ships, driving their scurvy-sick crews beyond | ||
- | Chapter 1. Hurley 's Hateful Hike. | + | Now, on the other hand, take me. I know my limitations. I can give the game away with the greatest facility. I am one of the Sissy Bushwalkers. I am a pansy. I am a rabbit. So what? I can prove it. More, I can double-prove it. Consider those case histories. |
- | I've been loath to speak of this trip before, but since the leader has purged her contempt before the competent tribunal (Committee) and the two prospectives concerned have been admitted to full membership, I feel I need no longer cloak my shame, The occasion was tho 4/5 June, the walk an official trip from Robertson to Yeola, Carrington Falls and Minnamurra, 0 denotes may be considered a test walk, and the type - wet. Awful wet, - seven inches at Robertson that day, unless someone tampered with the rain gauge. | + | Chapter 1. Hurley' |
- | The leader caused a mild flutter at Cent_eal, appearing in groundsheet, | + | |
- | While the wind hammered watery nails into the walls there was some vague, romantic, visionary talk about carrying on with the trip when the storm abated, though it would have been pa.' | + | I've been loath to speak of this trip before, but since the leader has purged her contempt before |
- | prevail" | + | |
- | It was said We all talked blatantly about going back that day - provided the wretched branch line wasn't washed out. First, though, we had to prove to ourselves that it was really too violent. (That was not the original motive | + | The leader caused a mild flutter at Central, appearing in groundsheet, hood and boots - rest of attire a matter of conjecture - and it was raining as we jaunted south. At Wollongong the skies smiled, the R.R.R. Coffee |
- | One of the lasses shivered in saturated shorts until the proprietor' | + | While the wind hammered watery nails into the walls there was some vague, romantic, visionary talk about carrying on with the trip when the storm abated, though |
- | the raging wind we staggered | + | |
+ | It was said ! We all talked blatantly about going back that day - provided the wretched branch line wasn't washed out. First, though, we had to prove to ourselves that it was really too violent. (That was not the original motive - that was simply the way it worked out.) We set out for the local pub to fill in waiting time. Useless groundsheets flapped madly about our necks, rain that felt like pellets of ice rattled an the capes and stung our legs, and we were blown willy-nilly about the roadway. One of the lightweights was whisked from the tarmac and only the gluey roadside mud saved her from a barbed wire extrication job. Wet to the middle; we flowed into the Parlour (cosy, old-fashioned term for lounge), and ordered drinks to suit our varying ages and degrees of chilliness. | ||
- | Chapter 2. Washout at War)g,rnder.ry. or, '' | + | One of the lasses shivered in saturated shorts until the proprietor' |
+ | the raging wind we staggered to the station; there to drip in growing pools on the waiting room floor, and listen for the thin, wind-tattered whistle of the 4.42. | ||
- | You couldn' | ||
- | I shall say no more of his duplicity, lest the T]tlicor blue-poneil me (and with some justification). | + | Chapter 2. Washout |
- | Rain didn't deter the stalwart hearts who met at Central, nor the one who chased the 5.21 down the platform after waiting as long as he dared for the balance of his food party. Driving rain, a leaking carriage roof, the snapping of bubble gum by youthful fellow travellers didn't greatly enliven the trip, but arrangements worked smoothly and at 9.$0 p.m, at the Wanganderry turn.-off, we were hurrying up our tents in light rain. | + | |
- | It rained quietly all night. We lit breakfast fires and ate in abdulled tents in gentle rain. Moved off at (7,30 in cialet | + | You couldn' |
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+ | Rain didn't deter the stalwart hearts who met at Central, nor the one who chased the 5.21 down the platform after waiting as long as he dared for the balance of his food party. Driving rain, a leaking carriage roof, the snapping of bubble gum by youthful fellow travellers didn't greatly enliven the trip, but arrangements worked smoothly and at 9.50 p.m, at the Wanganderry turn-off, we were hurrying up our tents in light rain. | ||
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+ | It rained quietly all night. We lit breakfast fires and ate in abdulled tents in gentle rain. Moved off at 8.30 in quiet rain, back a mile down the road, and turned north into the straggly forest. It rained. In fact, it just darned well kept on raining in a calm, insidious manner. | ||
Pushing through wet scrub is a bad business. You find a trail of sorts and it doesn/t quite coincide with your bearing, but you follow it because its a break from bush bashing. We did „lust that, and at 10 a.m. still in steady rain, we were in a nasty little gully west cf the correct ridge. | Pushing through wet scrub is a bad business. You find a trail of sorts and it doesn/t quite coincide with your bearing, but you follow it because its a break from bush bashing. We did „lust that, and at 10 a.m. still in steady rain, we were in a nasty little gully west cf the correct ridge. | ||
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- | The following is extracted | + | The following is extracted |
- | Mr. _FJ. Griffiths, Chief Guardian of Fauna, to a reue,71; | + | "The object of the survey which the Fauna Protection |
- | for information which would enable member | + | |
- | "The object of the survey which the Fai.2.7r, Pa, | + | "From information at present |
- | is very necessary for any plan for the con? | + | koalas have lived in almost the whole of the coastal strip in New South Wales as well as in parts of the tablelands. |
- | "From information at present | + | |
- | koalas have lived in almost the whole of thc.: oe.etal p ni New South Wales as well as in parts of the tablez, | + | "The principal food tree of the koala in New South Wales is the Grey Gum, but they also feed an other species including the Forest Red Gum (or Queensland Blue Gum), the tallow wood and the red mahogany." |
- | in certain areas near Sydney, particularly on .r_e Denfinsula | + | |
- | y | + | "When climbing, koalas make long, fairly deep, scratches on the bark of the tree trunks. The scratches might be 6" long and are different to the marks made by opossums |
- | 10. | + | |
- | "The principal food tree of the koala in New South Wales | + | "I might add that as koalas are nocturnal animals, they are not often seen during the day time, but just at dusk they frequently move from tree to tree. |
- | is the Grey Gum, but they also feed an other species including the Forest Red Gum (or Queensland Blue Gum), the tallow wood and the red mahogany. | + | |
- | "When climbing, koalas make long, fairly deep, scratches on the bark of the tree trunks. The scratches might be e" long | + | |
- | and are different to the marks made by opossums | + | |
- | "I might add that as koalas are nocturnal animals, they are | + | |
- | not often seen during the day time., but just at dusk they frequently move from tree to tree. | + | |
- | .CIRFITMW | + | |
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