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|Newnes, Glen Davis, Mt Uraterer to Capertee and Glen Alice|" | |Newnes, Glen Davis, Mt Uraterer to Capertee and Glen Alice|" | ||
|Now What Are You Really Looking For?|A.L. Wyborn|10| | |Now What Are You Really Looking For?|A.L. Wyborn|10| | ||
- | |Ode to the Comissioner | + | |Ode to the Commissioner |
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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' | + | 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' |
The National Park has always been in the forefront of the Society' | The National Park has always been in the forefront of the Society' | ||
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and warmed our hearts in kindly comradeship. | and warmed our hearts in kindly comradeship. | ||
- | Now, we doprt; and on the springing turf\\ | + | Now, we depart; and on the springing turf\\ |
scarce lingers yet the imprint of our bed.\\ | scarce lingers yet the imprint of our bed.\\ | ||
Only a wisp of fern, some blackened stones\\ | Only a wisp of fern, some blackened stones\\ | ||
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K.M. | K.M. | ||
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===== Newnes, Glen Davis, Mt Uraterer to Capertee Mt. and Glen Alice ===== | ===== Newnes, Glen Davis, Mt Uraterer to Capertee Mt. and Glen Alice ===== | ||
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We headed down into a gully. Unfortunately, | We headed down into a gully. Unfortunately, | ||
- | The leader | + | The leader |
Lower down there were some magnificent tree ferns and near the beginning was the biggest cedar I have ever seen - there' | Lower down there were some magnificent tree ferns and near the beginning was the biggest cedar I have ever seen - there' | ||
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by A.L. Wyborn | by A.L. Wyborn | ||
- | Have you ever noticed how a few small names on a map can be the start of a new adventure in walking? | + | Have you ever noticed how a few small names on a map can be the start of a new adventure in walking? |
- | over maps and then take a chance on a certain area n:f6 kr,c-wn cffrLe. , | + | |
- | walkers. The fossicking round for information | + | |
- | quite surprising discoveries, | + | |
- | We could get very little " | + | |
- | so decided to take a risk and go and see for 31, | + | |
- | and Glen Innes could not be so spectacillar, | + | |
- | MN rOtrfELD | + | |
- | 471 | + | |
- | SUNGULLA | + | |
+ | We could get very little " | ||
- | Z | + | However the uncertainty only served to act as a spur, so Easter Thursday found us on the Brisbane Express, bound for Bluff Rock, two stations before Tenterfield. The station before, Sandy Flat, was to have been our starting point, but the historic interest of Bluff Rock changed our plans. The actual Rock is close to the railway line with the usual type of bluff face, and is easily climbed from the back. Many years ago some recalcitrant blacks were driven off the granite Bluff to deaths. |
- | TER ' 'q 0 '- 13") MAN '2 | + | |
- | -.::-..0 ::: ,14. tt | + | |
- | t ".: & | + | |
- | DEE _.s: ..... | + | |
- | However the uncertainty only served to ar'.G as a spr, so En,;tr Thursday found us on the Brisbane Exprs, bonc. ;:e-o | + | Another interesting |
- | two stations bePore Tenterfiold, | + | |
- | was to have been our starir, | + | |
- | Bluff-Rock changed our plan, rf e.actoI Ro-2z lc 31e50 to i;:,?P- rail- | + | |
- | way line with the usual t145 of bluff face, and to easily | + | |
- | from the back. Many years' | + | |
- | Another interesting | + | |
- | While making a few phone calls to recommended " | + | |
- | 'With his huge hairy arms, unshaven face, small eyes and red hair, he was coun:; | + | |
- | filled with m' | + | |
- | literally thrust upon us by olTr friend we started or tough | + | |
- | trip - on RegAs motor tricle down the line for several m4.1es0 The rucsacs and I were on the outrigger board *Jim in front of Reg (the driver), and Laurie behind hiii making an unusual load for A railway trike. It was tough going, there 'Doing no windshield! | + | |
- | More nebulous advice from a fai,mer friend fRegis and we wero off, under our own power this time, ror the main range about six miles to the east. The range is not; parulaly to | + | |
- | approach, as mentioned before, and the tc--)s covered with | + | |
- | heavy timber which shields many good panoraE,as :nor,: the walker. On the way across we skirted an isolated hill and were impeded to some extent by many six foot dingo fonces made in two heights of wire netting. The top height was flimsily secured by battens to the sturdy ground posts, and caused some amusement as we swayea back and forth to get over. | + | |
- | Jondol was our first mountain, a granite out,crop with views back along the Cottesbrook Creek to Bluff Rock. We camped in | + | |
- | a small saddle with clear water at about 4,500 feet, one mile south along the range from Jondol. | + | |
- | , The walking next morning was very much up and down ridges, but quite pleasant among open forest lands and grassy tops. Such a top was Coolamangera, | + | |
- | usual disc. It was a fitting spot for lunL; | + | |
- | One of the best glimpt 9 was our nert o '3tive - 12-;.g pirabo | + | |
- | 1441 | + | |
- | framed through a gap in tall-ceb calyptJ ; that had_obviouTJly been cut by surveyors to take s sight on the peak. | + | |
- | Going down from Bajimba on hO easteT,n de ef t".,19 we | + | |
- | passed through thick !jungle flora, a..cd one,. pc yf | + | |
- | another nice view of Big Spi:c,abo tfitst1in !:h:,h 1-pilcac; also, | + | |
- | about one mile to the north of | + | |
- | At the bottom, amid cool f.:_lrn2 we fron :he | + | |
- | clear Five Bull Creek, and =-;:-) | + | |
- | road, which e later learned. led a f=r7 -pileo | + | |
- | east. We did not follow the road for lcr4s | + | |
- | Spirabo early next morning, so we clibe,7, an (JJ!1 | + | |
- | gully about 500. ferA tc-) | + | |
- | between Big and Littb in a trtkF-t_ | + | |
- | ensured a comfortable OEJ-0) | + | |
- | We had to wait ;()Illa nT' | + | |
- | thus making the ollmt, of BIg ,.r:rlil-), orao | + | |
- | the most spectacular pa.:,A of th.=. a, ifC16 I tO cc,02.:y on | + | |
- | top ensured panoramic view9 Bi l' | + | |
- | plainly visible 60 miles to the while to he ea sG Ecoky | + | |
- | River and Clarence River valley:: 3p-aved as a 3C,C.:-; :13 ragged | + | |
- | gorges stretching to the coast n,-; m!lse dJ.s tant ' | + | |
- | we proposed to climb was Capoompei7a, | + | |
- | the form of perfectly preserved sea shells, both loo-,;e and :libed--led in rocks. The range is remarkable for its hypes of rocks. Jondol was granite, Bajimba volcanic ,and now limestone. | + | |
- | Down from the peak we broke camp and descended a ridge to the op-en Morven Creek. We surprised a black-brushed red fox which went streaking away across the swamp land. Large red-son anftills dotted the flat until we stopped for lunch near a little farmhouse nestling on the hillside. Here much to our disgust, a young flamer was just completing the ringbarking of a huge peppermint eucalypt because - "the roots are stopping the grass from growing" | + | |
- | Clem got hold of the axe while still embeoled in the tree, and, quick as a flash, I had his photo for future propaganda purposes. We learned from the farmer that 'Big Speriby" | + | |
- | Taking a rough road from here we crossed back over to the western side of the Great Divide toward Deepwater River. Tvi, miles from the river, as evening was drawing in o shopped a car r=ing | + | |
- | towards Its, and who should it be but Mr. A. Cox, an old | + | |
- | I had been referred to as an expert on the eistii He nad just | + | |
- | returned from the Royal Show, and not having heard of us:, looked a little scared at being stopped on such a lonely road by three tranp-like specimens, as I 3 er thought we must have appeared. | + | |
- | He was definitely an author. on the surrounding co=tz,y, and did be' | + | |
- | let us know it! He ridicul ur tale about llmestone and pliocee. | + | |
- | to give us a treatise about 26 different species of ira;ILhe. To Laurie/s demurrers he replied, | + | While making a few phone calls to recommended " |
- | Much other land he owned in the distrie ared on it ran | + | |
- | Black Poll cattle. Amongst them was the hbes.Ela-AA: | + | More nebulous advice from a farmer friend of Reg's and we were off, under our own power this time, for the main range about six miles to the east. The range is not particularly to approach, as mentioned before, and the tops are mostly covered with heavy timber which shields many good panoramas from the walker. On the way across we skirted an isolated hill and were impeded to some extent by many six foot dingo fences made in two heights of wire netting. The top height was flimsily secured by battens to the sturdy ground posts, and caused some amusement as we swayed back and forth to get over. |
- | world, a sister to a champion bull in Chicag, | + | |
- | about everything," | + | Jondol was our first mountain, a granite out,crop with views back along the Cottesbrook Creek to Bluff Rock. We camped in a small saddle with clear water at about 4,500 feet, one mile south along the range from Jondol. |
- | That night we camped | + | |
- | a few miles along the unin1; | + | The walking next morning was very much up and down ridges, but quite pleasant among open forest lands and grassy tops. Such a top was Coolamangera, |
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+ | One of the best glimpses was our next objective, Big Spirabo, framed through a gap in tall eucalypts, that had obviously been cut by surveyors to take s sight on the peak. | ||
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+ | Going down from Bajimba on the eastern side of the Divide we passed through thick jungle flora, and at one vantage point had another nice view of Big Spirabo, this time with Little Spirabo also, about one mile to the north of it. | ||
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+ | At the bottom, amid cool ferns, we slaked out thirst from the clear Five Bull Creek, and then, surprisingly, | ||
+ | |||
+ | We had to wait some time next morning for a heavy mist to lift, thus making the climbing of Big Spirabo worth while. It was easily the most spectacular part of the trip, as the huge rocky outcrop on top ensured panoramic views. Bulblair Sugarloaf near Guyra was plainly visible 60 miles to the south, while to the east the Rocky River and Clarence River valleys appeared as a series of wild rugged gorges stretching to the coast 80 miles distant. The next mountain we proposed to climb was Capoompeta, but it did not look so spectacular from Big Spirabo, so we decided very little would be lost if we did not have time for it. Up here too, we found traces of limestone in the form of perfectly preserved sea shells, both loose and embedded in rocks. The range is remarkable for its types of rocks. Jondol was granite, Bajimba volcanic, and now limestone. | ||
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+ | Down from the peak we broke camp and descended a ridge to the open Morven Creek. We surprised a black-brushed red fox which went streaking away across the swamp land. Large red-soil anthills dotted the flat until we stopped for lunch near a little farmhouse nestling on the hillside. Here, much to our disgust, a young flamer was just completing the ringbarking of a huge peppermint eucalypt because - "the roots are stopping the grass from growing" | ||
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+ | Taking a rough road from here we crossed back over to the western side of the Great Divide toward Deepwater River. Two miles from the river, as evening was drawing in, we stopped a car coming towards us, and who should it be but Mr. A. Cox, an old gentleman I had been referred to as an expert on the district. He had just returned from the Royal Show, and not having heard of us, looked a little scared at being stopped on such a lonely road by three tramp-like specimens, as I later thought we must have appeared. He was definitely an authority on the surrounding country, and did he let us know it! He ridiculed our tale about limestone and proceeded | ||
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+ | Much other land he owned in the district, and on it ran his Black Poll cattle. Amongst them was the "best Black Poll in the world, a sister to a champion bull in Chicago." | ||
+ | |||
+ | That night we camped | ||
The end of the trip had turned but very easy. We had found what we were looking for and added another area of New South Wales to our knowledge, even though it was relatively unspectacular. | The end of the trip had turned but very easy. We had found what we were looking for and added another area of New South Wales to our knowledge, even though it was relatively unspectacular. | ||
- | ====== Ode to the Commisioner | + | ---- |
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+ | ===== Ode to the Commissioner | ||
Dear Mr. Railway Commissioner, | Dear Mr. Railway Commissioner, | ||
- | I see by this morning' | + | I see by this morning' |
- | That the start of my doom is approaching, | + | That the start of my doom is approaching, |
- | For you in your wrath have decreed | + | I' |
- | That " | + | |
- | No thought for the weary and ovenaue | + | For you in your wrath have decreed\\ |
- | His hopes of a " | + | That " |
- | If in the fdte f.' | + | No thought for the weary and overdue |
- | It wont be for a l' | + | His hopes of a "ride" you've demolished. |
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+ | If in the future for a ticket | ||
+ | It wont be for a " | ||
+ | "A fare and a third" will be the password\\ | ||
+ | To ride on the first class landing. | ||
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+ | W.G. | ||
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