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-**THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER**
+======The Sydney Bushwalker.======
-A monthly Bulletin of matters of interest to the Sydney Bushwalkers, C/- Ingersoll Hall, 256 Crown St., Sydney.
+A monthly bulletin of matters of interest to The Sydney Bush Walkers, C/- Ingersoll Hall, 256 Crown St., Sydney.
-**No. 182	JANUARY, 1950	Price 6d.**
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+===No. 182	January, 1950	Price 6d.===
 |**Editor**| Alex Colley, 55 Kirribilli Ave., Milson's Point|
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 |**Typed** | Jean Harvey |
-**CONTENTS**
+=====In This Issue:=====
-|Editorial - Conservation Publicity |1|
+| | |Page|
-|At Our December Meeting |3|
+|Editorial - Conservation Publicity| | 1|
-|Bivouac, by K.F. |5|
+|At Our December Meeting| | 3|
-|Newnes, Glen Davis, Mt Uraterer to Capertee and Glen Alice, by "Cerberusu |6|
+|Bivouac|K.F.| 5|
-|Now What Are You Really Looking For? by A.L. Wyborn |10|
+|Newnes, Glen Davis, Mt Uraterer to Capertee and Glen Alice|"Cerberus"| 6|
-|Ode to the Comissioner for Railways, by W.G. |13|
+|Now What Are You Really Looking For?|A.L. Wyborn|10|
+|Ode to the Comissioner for Railways|W.G.|13|
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-====== Editorial - Conservation Publicity ======
+===== Editorial - Conservation Publicity =====
-Two publications on bushland conservation have been printed lately. One of these, the 1949 issue of the Journal of the Wild Life Preservation Society,is, in effect, a summary of the Society's past and present activities. The sect1on on sanctuaries and national reserves covers ground familiar to those who take an interest in S.B.W. affairs. But many members gain only a disjointed knowledge of sone of the Club's conservation projects at meetings, and we can recommend a reading of the Society's Journal as a means of learning the complete story.
+Two publications on bushland conservation have been printed lately. One of these, the 1949 issue of the Journal of the Wild Life Preservation Society, is, in effect, a summary of the Society's past and present activities. The sect1on on sanctuaries and national reserves covers ground familiar to those who take an interest in S.B.W. affairs. But many members gain only a disjointed knowledge of sone of the Club's conservation projects at meetings, and we can recommend a reading of the Society's Journal as a means of learning the complete story.
-The National Park has always been in the forefront of the Society's interests. Once again there is a disturbing account of encroachments on the rarkland for cricket pitches, gravel pits, sewerage dumps etc., while the activities of the Blishcraft Association are deplored. At a rooting convened by the Federat-
-ion in March last year "to discuss the administration of the National Park," a subcommittee was set up to prepare a draft Bill
-for submission to the Minister for Lands. The draft Bill was
-to set out the powers and type of personnel of the Trust thought
-desirable for the proper administration of a National Park. Hewever,li the Journal comments, "the Federation has not to date called
-this committee together and we are beginning to wonder whether it
-can effectively do so while it refuses to disassociate itself from the Bushcraft Association." It is pointed out too that the offic-
-ial organ of the Federation - "The Bushwalker" 1947,
-published an article by the Bushcraft Association.
-An interesting comment is made on Mr. Lindsay's publication "The Bushmants Handbook," which deals (among other things) with methods of obtaining food by slaughter of bush creatures. "Members
-of Council were agreed," the Journal continues, "that although many of the suggestions were impracticable, and therefore unlikely to be carried out with success, the attitude of the writer offered serious opposition to our educational campaign for the development of a conservation consciousness in the community. We therefore
-took the matter up with the publishers, and offered them the outline of a work dealing with Bushcraft to be prepared by members of our society. This has been received favourably by the publishers. It is anticipated that the book will be published during 1950."
-The Society is working for Commonwealth control of conservation and allied affairs. The main advantage which is expected to be gained is co-ordination and unification of conservation legislation. An enormous effort will be necessary to bring about the necessary interstate conference or referendum. After this there would be reorganisation of state departments followed by control from Canberra.
-This would impose the usual disadvantages of inflexibility and delay,
-but, what is more important, it would be very difficult for interested bodies, such as the Wild Life Preservation So3iety and the S.B.W. to "get at" the authorities. Conservation is, and will remain, a matter of predominantly local interest. This is borne out by the Journal itself, which, though published by the Wild
-Life Preservation of Australia, devotes most of its space to N.S.W. Coming even nearer to home, about five pages are devoted to the 38,000 acres of the National Park, which is at the backdoor, and less than half a page to the 19250,000 acre Kosciusko State Park, which is 300 miles away. The first objective should be action,
-This is most likely to result from the pressure of interested bod-
-ies in the capital cities. Uniformity, where necessary, is of secondary importance.
-The other publication referred to above is Mr. H.A. Lindsay's "Living Monuments,li a booklet printed and distributed by the Com-
-monwealth Office of Education. It is priced at 9d. and will be widely read.. The main theme of the booklet is eptablished in the first chapter. It is that practical conservation must depend upon voluntary effort and that "the city dweller can take part in the work by joining a Bushwalking Club. Whether or not we agree
-with the views expressed we are identified with them in the minds of the readers of the booklet.
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-In Chapter 2 Mr. Lindsay sets out to describe "one of the
- greatest tasks of the conserMtionist in Australia." This turns out to be his old favourite - that conservationists - i e. bush- walkers - should team up with the gun clubs and go out together building nests for ducks. It is a pity that/this comparatively unimportant conservation activity should be given pride of place,
-and we hope that members of the S.B.W. will never help the "sportsmen" to breed up their targets. Why choose the gun clubs and the "blood sports" journals when there are so many other associations and publications which would be glad to co-operate?
-Mr. Lindsay's tree planting schemes and his ideas of creating a primitive area have been published in this magazine and should already be known to readers. His view on the creation of a primitive area is,in some respects, very practical - nature must be helped back - it is not enough merely to create a reserve. His chapter on re-establishing the Koala is interesting reading, and rings true, though we are not competent to judge its scientific accuracy.
-In the ohApter on bushfires Mr. Lindsay suggests that belts
-of non-inflammable,introduced trees should be planted on the main
-watersheds. This would require more labour and equipment that are ever likely to be available for such a purpose. Nor could it be
-expected that such a stupendous task would be undertaken unless it was known that it would be effective. This is a question that
-the Forestry Advisory Council and other interested bodies might well take up with the Forestry Department. If the experts think it
-feasible, experiments might be conducted to prove whether or not it was successfal.
-In the public mind bushwalkers will be linked with all Mr. Lindsay's proposals. For this reason they should carefully dTA-
-sider whOther they agreb with hi o ideas and- repl-Alate them if they
-dont. But though they may resent being dragged into the Lindsay
-orbit they must admit that he has done something that buE'hwalkers in N.S.W. have not even tried to do for the last fifteen or more years. He has written a pamphlet which will carry his ideas to a
-large number of thoughtful people.
-====== At Our December Meeting ======
+The National Park has always been in the forefront of the Society's interests. Once again there is a disturbing account of encroachments on the parkland for cricket pitches, gravel pits, sewerage dumps etc., while the activities of the Bushcraft Association are deplored. At a meeting convened by the Federation in March last year "to discuss the administration of the National Park," a subcommittee was set up to prepare a draft Bill for submission to the Minister for Lands. The draft Bill was to set out the powers and type of personnel of the Trust thought desirable for the proper administration of a National Park. "However," the Journal comments, "the Federation has not to date called this committee together and we are beginning to wonder whether it can effectively do so while it refuses to disassociate itself from the Bushcraft Association." It is pointed out too that the official organ of the Federation - "The Bushwalker" 1947, published an article by the Bushcraft Association.
-The three new members, Mary McGregor, Jim Hooper and Ray Corbett, admitted to the Club at the December meeting, must have felt that the meeting had been convened for their especial benefit. The meeting, reasonable well-attended, lasted precisely thirty-one minutes, mostly occupied with the reading of minutes
+An interesting comment is made on Mr. Lindsay's publication "The Bushman's Handbook," which deals (among other things) with methods of obtaining food by slaughter of bush creatures. "Members of Council were agreed," the Journal continues, "that although many of the suggestions were impracticable, and therefore unlikely to be carried out with success, the attitude of the writer offered serious opposition to our educational campaign for the development of a conservation consciousness in the community. We therefore took the matter up with the publishers, and offered them the outline of a work dealing with Bushcraft to be prepared by members of our society. This has been received favourably by the publishers. It is anticipated that the book will be published during 1950."
-and correspondence: each item on the agenda was followed by the President's hopeful (but not too hopeful) "any business arising?" and an ensuing desolate silence.
+The Society is working for Commonwealth control of conservation and allied affairs. The main advantage which is expected to be gained is co-ordination and unification of conservation legislation. An enormous effort will be necessary to bring about the necessary interstate conference or referendum. After this there would be reorganisation of state departments followed by control from Canberra. This would impose the usual disadvantages of inflexibility and delay, but, what is more important, it would be very difficult for interested bodies, such as the Wild Life Preservation Society and the S.B.W. to "get at" the authorities. Conservation is, and will remain, a matter of predominantly local interest. This is borne out by the Journal itself, which, though published by the Wild Life Preservation of __Australia__, devotes most of its space to N.S.W. Coming even nearer to home, about five pages are devoted to the 38,000 acres of the National Park, which is at the backdoor, and less than half a page to the 1,250,000 acre Kosciusko State Park, which is 300 miles away. The first objective should be action. This is most likely to result from the pressure of interested bodies in the capital cities. Uniformity, where necessary, is of secondary importance.
+The other publication referred to above is Mr. H.A. Lindsay's "Living Monuments," a booklet printed and distributed by the Commonwealth Office of Education. It is priced at 9d. and will be widely read. The main theme of the booklet is established in the first chapter. It is that practical conservation must depend upon voluntary effort and that "the city dweller can take part in the work by joining a Bushwalking Club." Whether or not we agree with the views expressed we are identified with them in the minds of the readers of the booklet.
+In Chapter 2 Mr. Lindsay sets out to describe "one of the greatest tasks of the conservationist in Australia." This turns out to be his old favourite - that conservationists - i.e. bushwalkers - should team up with the gun clubs and go out together building nests for ducks. It is a pity that this comparatively unimportant conservation activity should be given pride of place, and we hope that members of the S.B.W. will never help the "sportsmen" to breed up their targets. Why choose the gun clubs and the "blood sports" journals when there are so many other associations and publications which would be glad to co-operate?
+Mr. Lindsay's tree planting schemes and his ideas of creating a primitive area have been published in this magazine and should already be known to readers. His view on the creation of a primitive area is, in some respects, very practical - nature must be helped back - it is not enough merely to create a reserve. His chapter on re-establishing the Koala is interesting reading, and rings true, though we are not competent to judge its scientific accuracy.
+In the chapter on bushfires Mr. Lindsay suggests that belts of non-inflammable, introduced trees should be planted on the main watersheds. This would require more labour and equipment that are ever likely to be available for such a purpose. Nor could it be expected that such a stupendous task would be undertaken unless it was known that it would be effective. This is a question that the Forestry Advisory Council and other interested bodies might well take up with the Forestry Department. If the experts think it feasible, experiments might be conducted to prove whether or not it was successful.
+In the public mind bushwalkers will be linked with all Mr. Lindsay's proposals. For this reason they should carefully consider whether they agree with his ideas and repudiate them if they dont. But though they may resent being dragged into the Lindsay orbit they must admit that he has done something that bushwalkers in N.S.W. have not even tried to do for the last fifteen or more years. He has written a pamphlet which will carry his ideas to a large number of thoughtful people.
+----
+===== At Our December Meeting =====
+The three new members, Mary McGregor, Jim Hooper and Ray Corbett, admitted to the Club at the December meeting, must have felt that the meeting had been convened for their especial benefit. The meeting, reasonable well-attended, lasted precisely thirty-one minutes, mostly occupied with the reading of minutes and correspondence: each item on the agenda was followed by the President's hopeful (but not __too__ hopeful) "any business arising?" and an ensuing desolate silence.
 Apart from a news item by Gil Webb to the effect that the Scouts Association would welcome us as a hiring body for their new premises - when they had been completed in some five years or so - and brief announcements regarding the Kiddies' Treat, and coming social events, there was a general air of apathy.
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 Even the call for "General Business" almost passed without comment.
-Someone, however, raised the respective merits of 0'Hares Creek vs. Sandy Bend for the swimming carnival in February. Having heard opinions from the audience - mostly concerned with bus fares ex Campbelltown and the brevity of the walking distance for O'Hares the interest flagged, and the President had to call for a motion. Someone - alarmed at the steely quiet - moved for O'Hares Creek, and the motion was adopted without further ado.
+Someone, however, raised the respective merits of O'Hares Creek vs. Sandy Bend for the swimming carnival in February. Having heard opinions from the audience - mostly concerned with bus fares ex Campbelltown and the brevity of the walking distance for O'Hares - the interest flagged, and the President had to call for a motion. Someone - alarmed at the steely quiet - moved for O'Hares Creek, and the motion was adopted without further ado.
+At 8.33 p.m. the meeting folded up, and members retreated to corners to discuss their Christmas and New Year arrangements.
+----
+That news void that follows long week-ends used to be a heck of a worry to pressmen. Sometimes somebody important dies, and that's good for a few columns, but murderers do not stalk, nor do atomic bombs explode on holiday week-ends. There are always a crop of car accidents and drownings to fall back on, still, they're not good enough for a feature. But all that is changed now, for the pressman knows that somewhere, somehow, will be found a lost injured hiker. On Tuesday, Jan. 3rd things looked hopeless after twelve days of almost continuous holidays, but sure enough a feature materialised in the shape of "an attractive 20-year-old girl" who was "carried to safety today after relays of men had forced their way through three miles of scrub and bush and then climbed two miles up a precipitous slope in the Jamieson Valley." Half the front page of one evening paper was filled with a photograph of the girl being carried. Headings for the story filled a column and letterpress another. Another whole page inside the paper was taken up with photographs of the incident. Moral - if anything goes wrong don't tell the press - particularly if one of the girls is hurt. Query - Do they post a man at Katoomba in anticipation of these dramatic events?
-At 8.33 p m. the meeting folded up, and members retreated to corners to discuss their Christmas and New Year arrangements.
+----
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+Mr. E. Caines Phillips advises that the first official canoe map of the Cruising Canoe Club has now been completed and is available for inspection to those interested. The map (No. 1) is of Bowra River (Bowraville to junction with Nambucca River at Macksville). Map no 49 of the River Canoe Club is also completed. It is of the Nambucca River (South or Taylor's Arm)(Burrapine to Macksville).
-That news void that follows long week-ends used to be a heck of a worry to pressmen. Sometimes somebody important dies, and that's good for a few columns, but murderers do not stalk, nor do atomic bombs explode on holiday week-ends. There are always a crop of car accidents and drownings to fall back on, still, they're not good enough for a feature. But all that is changed now, for the pressman knows that somewhere, somehow, will be found a lost injured hiker. On Tuesday, Jan. 3rd things looked hopeless after twelve days of almost continuous holidays, but sure enough a feature materialised in the shape of "an attractive 20-year-old girl" who was carried to safety today after relays of men had forced their way through three miles of scrub and bush and then climbed two miles up a precipitous slope in the Jamieson Valley." Half the front page of one evening paper was filled with a photograph of the girl being carried. Headings for the story filled a column and letterpress another. Another whole page inside the paper was taken up with photographs of the incident. Moral - if anything goes wrong don't tell the press - particularly if one of the girls is hurt. Query - Do they post a man at Katoomba in anticipation of these dramatic events?
-Mr. E. Caines Phillips advises that the first official canoe map of the Cruising Canoe Club has now been completed and is available for inspection to those interested. The map (No. 1) is of Bowra River (Bowraville to junction with Nambucca River at Macksville). Map no 49 of the River Canoe Club is also completed. It is of the Nambucca River (South or Taylor's Arm)(Burrapine to Macksville)
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-====== Bivouac ======
+===== 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, 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.