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--- 195001 [2016/04/28 14:49] – [Now What Are You Really Looking For ?] kennettj
+++ 195001 [2016/05/04 13:16] – [Newnes Glen Davis Mt Uraterer to Capertee Mt. and Glen Alice] kennettj
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 ====== Bivouac ======
-Here for a span of three short days was home, those few square yards of canvas, and some cord ta-t-)ned by casual sticks and metal pins, the ,11,-th itself our an2bor0 Here we lived, tra-.)-ped the bush tracks, prepared prodigious meals, pursued our pleasant necessary tasks, ate, drank, were merry; and when evening came stretched limbs well-ipefiried to the friendly fire, and warmed our hearts in kindly comradeship.
+Here for a span of three short days was home, those few square yards of canvas, and some cord ta-t-)ned by casual sticks and metal pins, the ,11,-th itself our an2bor0 Here we lived, tramped the bush tracks, prepared prodigious meals, pursued our pleasant necessary tasks, ate, drank, were merry; and when evening came stretched limbs well-ipefiried to the friendly fire, and warmed our hearts in kindly comradeship.
 Now, we doprt; and on the springing turf scarce lingers yet the ty.,print of our bed. Only a wisp of fern, so7o_e blackened stones remain, rute witness to our sojourn here, and in the sunlit silence blue wren flits, prospecting with his little broll-nie wife for 'coorsels hidden from the human glance.
-There have been conquerors who swept the earth, and men acclaimed them t but the er'bittered soil brought forth no harvest where their feet had passed, and the torn hills might wait two decades long before the deep woods clothed their flanks again.
+There have been conquerors who swept the earth, and men acclaimed them but the embittered soil brought forth no harvest where their feet had passed, and the torn hills might wait two decades long before the deep woods clothed their flanks again.
-Paltry ambition this, and negative, but fame enough when we pack up at last our bivouac of threescore -years and ten, sufficient if we leave no hurt to mar
+Paltry ambition this, and negative, but fame enough when we pack up at last our bivouac of threescore -years and ten, sufficient if we leave no hurt to mar earth's face or man's, but only, where we lived may there be sunlight, and such sense of peace that wanderers who come upon the place, pause and say: "Someone was happy here."
-earthls face Or man's; but only, where we lived may there be sunlight, and such sense of peace that ihanderers who come upon the place -,Tint pause, and say: "Someone was happy here."
 ====== Newnes Glen Davis Mt Uraterer to Capertee Mt. and Glen Alice ======
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 Old Newnes shale works were being pulled down, the bricks had been sold for 100 and were being cleaned and carted away. Two big chimneys had been blasted down and the third was to go on Tuesday. The red bricks had weathered into the scenery of the valley, quite unlike the aluminium painted tanks, pipes and stacks
-of Glen Davis, which glitter astride the Capertee Valley. Wattle
+of Glen Davis, which glitter astride the Capertee Valley. Wattle was in full bloom among the ruins which will soon be no more than a rubble of mortar.
-wap in full bloom among the ruins which will soon be no more than a rubble of mortar.
 We followed the pipeline across to Glen Davis. We passed the tin shacks of the coal and shale miners (the man at the works complained that miners did not stay long at Glen Davis), the blno
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 interspersed with giant nettles, all lacing together the fallen trees of the last generation. Have you ever seen the nettles which tower up over you and droop down and dangle in your face? The average height of the mess was from ten to fifteen feet. The language used was much as might be expected, but even with doubling and redoubling the emphasis was often felt to be inadequate, and there were many even more expressive silences.
-The leader ocasionally took to the wombat burrows, and in happier circumstances it would have been amusing watching him disappear down a hole in the ground dragging his pack after him.
+The leader ocassionally took to the wombat burrows, and in happier circumstances it would have been amusing watching him disappear down a hole in the ground dragging his pack after him.
 Lower down there were some magnificent tree ferns and near the beginning was the biggest cedar I have ever seen - there?d probably
 be a fortune in it, but it would have to come out by a helicopter.
 We came out on to river fiats covered with wattles, all a blaze of colour.
-The next day nobody wanted to do anything except the C.0. With restless vigour he decided to explore the way cip Tyan Pic from the Capertee Nile Right Arm side. Although the exploration was successful too much time was wasted to make
+The next day nobody wanted to do anything except the C.0. With restless vigour he decided to explore the way to Tyan Pic from the Capertee Nile Right Arm side. Although the exploration was successful too much time was wasted to make
-at least that was his story and I have no reaon to
+at least that was his story and I have no reason to
 ====== Now What Are You Really Looking For ? ======