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-THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER.
+======The Sydney Bushwalker.======
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 A monthly bulletin of matters of interest to the Sydney Bush Walkers, C/- Ingersoll Hall, 256 Crown St., Sydney.
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+====No.213 August, 1952 Price 6d.====
-NO.213 AUGUST, 1952 Price 6d.
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+|**Editor**|Jim Brown, 103 Gipps St., Drummoyne|
-Editor: Jim Brown, 103 Gipps St., Sales and Subs.: Gladys Roberts
+|**Production and Business Manager**|Brian Harvey (JW1462)|
-Drummoyae. Type.d by Jean Harvey.
+|**Sales and Subs.**|Gladys Roberts|
-Production and Business Manager: Brian Harvey (JW1462).
+|**Typed by**|Jean Harvey|
-CONTENTS
- Page
+=====Contents.=====
-Editorial - Making Haste Slowly 1
-On Premature Alarms 2
+| | |Page|
-Scenic Motor Tours (Advert.) 3
+|Editorial - Making Haste Slowly| | 1|
-At the J uly General Meeting 3
+|Editorial - On Premature Alarms| | 2|
-Walks Programme Alteration 4
+|At the July General Meeting| | 3|
-The Sanitarium Health Food Shop (Advert.) 5
+|Walks Programme Alteration| | 4|
-Search on the Cox - by Tom Wardhaugh 5
+|Search on the Cox|by Tom Wardhaugh| 5|
-News from Allan Hardie 9
+|News from Allan Hardie| | 9|
-Murray Valley Trip - Aug. 24th to Sept. 4th 11
+|Murray Valley Trip - Aug. 24th to Sept. 4th| |11|
-Mark Morton Primitive Area - by Marie B. Byles 12
+|Mark Morton Primitive Area|by Marie B. Byles|12|
-The Photographig Exhibition 13
+|The Photographig Exhibition| |13|
-In the Steps of the Explorers (Part 2) -
+|In the Steps of the Explorers (Part 2)|by Kevin Ardill|14|
-by Kevin Ardill 14
+|"Hikers Lost in Bush"|by "X"|18|
-Siedleekyls Taxi & Tourist Service (Advert.) 15
+|Federation Notes|by Allen A. Strom|21|
-"Hikers Lost in Bush" - by "X" 18
-Federation Notes - by Allen A. Strom 21
+=====Advertisements.=====
-Padqymade Tent Attacked by a Bear in the Rockies -
-(Paddy/s ,d.vert.) 22
+| |Page|
-EDITORIAL.
+|Scenic Motor Tours| 3|
-MAKING HASTE SLOWLY.
+|The Sanitarium Health Food Shop| 5|
+|Siedleekyls Taxi & Tourist Service|15|
+|Paddymade Tent Attacked by a Bear in the Rockies|22|
+=====Editorial.=====
+====Making haste Slowly.====
 In the game of conservation it is occasionally possible to make a bold gesture - the stroke which saved Blue Gum Forest from the axe in 1931, for instance - but as a rule the conservationists, who are probably half a century ahead of the majority of citizens in appreciating the need for saving our bushlands, have to nibble at the matter.
-Conservation is seldom a broad highway, along which one may stride. Usually.it is a tortuous creek, with great rocks, thorny
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+Conservation is seldom a broad highway, along which one may stride. Usually it is a tortuous creek, with great rocks, thorny scrub, deep cold pools, and rushing cascades, and one makes slow travelling upstream, boulder-hopping, sometimes pausing to think and retreating and trying it another way.
-scrub, deep cold pools, and rushing cascades, and one makes slow
-travelling upstream, boulder-hopping, sometimes pausing to think and retreating and trying it another way.
+This is how it is with our efforts to spur some action on the question of Bush Fire Control. Some months ago we placed our opinions before various political, agricultural and industrial bodies, pointing out how bush fires, by destroying the protecting vegetation, paved the way for floods and soil erosion. All this apart from the damage to property, precious timber, and scenic attractions. Some very flattering replies were received from these people and probably most of them would agree quite sincerely that our views are correct, and that we have not overstated the gravity of the position. Indeed one might be forgiven for expecting to see some dramatic action taken.
-This is how it is with our efforts to spur some action on the question of Bush Fire Control. Some months ago we placed our opinions before various political, agricultural and industrial bodies, pointing out how bush fires, by destroying the protecting vegetation, paved
-the way for floods and soil erosion. All this apart from the damage to property, precious timber, and scenic attractions. Some very
+Of course it isn't. People may honestly agree with you, but it doesn't follow that your advice is taken. The authorities we have contacted realise that adequate fire control in reserves, parks and Crown land would demand a vast outlay in purchase of equipment and the provision of manpower during danger periods, and they simply cannot see the local Councils (which organise bush fire control in their own areas) concerning themselves with just plain bush. The emphasis is on property first, second and third, and the bush is nobody's baby - except the Nation's.
-flattering replies were received from these people and probably most of them would agree quite sincerely that our views are correct, and that we have not overstated the gravity of the position. Indeed one might be forgiven for expecting to see some dramatic action taken.
-Of course it isn't. People may honestly agree with you, but it doesn't follow that your advice is taken. The authorities we have contacted realise that adequate fire control in reserves, parks and Crown land would demand a vast outlay in purchase of equipment and the provision of manpower during danger periods, and they simply cannot see the local Councils (which organise bush fire control in their own areas) concerning themselves with just plain bush. The emphasis is on property first, second and third, and the bush is nobcdyfs baby - except the Nation's.
+So we must accept that point of view for the present, and the recommendations of the Club's sub-committee, which have now been relayed to the Premier, the Prime Minister and the Bush Fires Committee are relatively conservative and call for no drastic changes. These recommendations are such that they apply equally to the outer suburban areas and virgin bush, and if they are adopted, will open the way for more intensive campaigning to save our bush lands. It is likely to be a protracted, plugging programme, but there is no short-cut, and what we are seeking to do is the right thing. All we can do is last the distance and never allow ourselves to admit it is a lost cause.
-So we must accept that point of view for the present, and the recommendations of the Club's sub-committee, which have now been relayed to the Premier, the Prime Minister and the Bush Fires Committee are relatively conservative and call for no drastic changes. These recommendations are such that they apply equally to the outer suburban areas and virgin bush, and if they are adopted, will open the way for more intensive campaigning to save our bush lands. It is likely to be a protracted, plugging programme, but there is no short-cut, aad what we are seeking to do is the right thing. All we can do is last the distance and never allow ourselves to admit it is a lost cause.
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+====On Premature Alarms.====
-ON PREMATURE ALARMS
-It has been suggested that the July editorial, When it referred to a ''premature alarm'', implied some criticism of Victorian Search and Rescue. This was certainly not intended. S R is not inclined to generate alarm - very much the reverse - and once the Melbourne organisation had been summoned they could do nothing else but respond to the call, which they did promptly and in large numbers.
+It has been suggested that the July editorial, when it referred to a "premature alarm", implied some criticism of Victorian Search and Rescue. This was certainly not intended. S & R is not inclined to generate alarm - very much the reverse - and once the Melbourne organisation had been summoned they could do nothing else but respond to the call, which they did promptly and in large numbers.
-We still hold that the search was premature, however. The missing party had been due to return on a Sunday, and on Monday parents notified the police. S R was called on that night, the first parties setting out on Tuesday morning. By Ihednesday night, the searchers and ancilliary utroops'' numbered more than 150. On Thursday the lost party was discovered, still walking, and within two miles of a road.
-Apparently the Victorian S R made an excellent showing, and are now in high favour with the authorities. Their action was beyond
+We still hold that the search was premature, however. The missing party had been due to return on a Sunday, and on Monday parents notified the police. S & R was called on that night, the first parties setting out on Tuesday morning. By Wednesday night, the searchers and ancilliary "troops" numbered more than 150. On Thursday the lost party was discovered, still walking, and within two miles of a road.
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-reproach, but when we consider that the missing party consisted of six mature people, with adequate gear, it does appear that the alarm was given 48 hours too soon.
+Apparently the Victorian S & R made an excellent showing, and are now in high favour with the authorities. Their action was beyond reproach, but when we consider that the missing party consisted of six mature people, with adequate gear, it does appear that the alarm was given 48 hours too soon.
-AT THE JULY GENERAL MEETING
-Fifty of us were well met for the July meeting, and President Malcolm McGregor had scarcely called the meeting to order, and introduced the two new members, Elsie Bruggy and Alan Wilson, when a resurgence of the late unlamented Noises Off Club threatened the calm of the evening. At first it might have been taken for an overenthusiastic welcome to our newest menbers, but it was soon clear that a gallows was being erected on the floor above. We couldn't even take action in accordance with the By-Laws.
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-Secretary Gladys Martin battled through minutes and correspondence, it 'being moved That we receive the correspondence we didn't hear". Being close to the front we managed to hear that the Northumberland County Council had wanted the oil refinery, in fact, had a first class spot for it at MiTamander Bay (too late): also from the Scouting Movement, in reply to Jack Gentle's representations, that although scouts may not be saints, we should not blame them for all the destruction of saplings. In fact, there was fairly conclusive evidence that
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+=====At The July General Meeting.=====
-I.
-IF YOU ARE GOING PLACES
+Fifty of us were well met for the July meeting, and President Malcolm McGregor had scarcely called the meeting to order, and introduced the two new members, Elsie Bruggy and Alan Wilson, when a resurgence of the late unlamented Noises Off Club threatened the calm of the evening. At first it might have been taken for an over-enthusiastic welcome to our newest menbers, but it was soon clear that a gallows was being erected on the floor above. We couldn't even take action in accordance with the By-Laws.
-CONTACT,
-SCENIC MOTOR TOURS
+Secretary Gladys Martin battled through minutes and correspondence, it being moved "That we receive the correspondence we didn't hear". Being close to the front we managed to hear that the Northumberland County Council __had__ wanted the oil refinery, in fact, had a first class spot for it at Salamander Bay (too late): also from the Scouting Movement, in reply to Jack Gentle's representations, that although scouts may not be saints, we should not blame them for all the destruction of saplings. In fact, there was fairly conclusive evidence that the cutting of timber at Bungaroo had been the work of other campers. However, the conservation case would be published again in the current scouting bulletin.
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-fHTOOMBA.
+When Allen Strom's more powerful voice took over (to read the Federation report) the hammering subsided, defeated. It was quiet during the reading of the financial statement, and the President's announcement that constitutional amendments for the September meeting should be delivered to the August Committee for report. Bill Cosgrove asked about several huts built between Marley and Little Marley, and it appeared that they were on small parcels of land surrounded by National Park, but not of it. The matter had been aired in Federation and there was nothing to be done at present.
-DAILY TOURS BY PARLOR COACH TO THE WORLD FAMOUS JENOLAN CAVES AND ALL BLUE MOUNTAIN SIGHTS.
-TRANSPORT BY COACHES FOR PARTIES OF BUSH- WALKERS TO KANANGRA WALLS, GINKIN OR OTHER SUITABLE POINTS BY ARRANGEMENT.
-FOR ALL INFCRMATION
-WRITE TO P.O. BOX 60, KATOOMBA. TELEPHONE 60, KATOOMBA.
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-the cutting of timber at Bungaroo had been the work of other campers. However, the conservation case would be published again in the current scouting bulletin.
-When Allen Strom's more powerful voice took over (to read the Federation report) the hammering subsided, defeated. It was quiet during the reading of the financial statement, and the Presidents announcement that constitutional amendments for the September meeting should be delivered to the August Committee for report. Bill Cosgrove asked about several huts built between Marley and Little Marley, and it appeared that they were on small parcels of land surrounded by National Park, but not of it. The matter had been aired in Federation and there was nothing to be done at present.
 Then, there being no further business, the meeting closed at 8.20 p.m. And there this report should end, except for the fact that the meeting promptly rose, Phoenix-like, from its ashes. It happened so. Gwen Frost questioned a note in the Federation report on camping on private land on the Cox. Allen Strom explained that the landowner certainly could refuse campers. Dot Butler offered and sold a pair of sneakers, notwithstanding additional ventilation supplied by Ira. The President observed that a clean-out of the archives had produced one cardigan, one scarf, and one pair of gloves. Any owners?
-Taking advantage of the surreptitiously re-opened meeting, Gil Webb referred to Wal Roots' offer at an earlier meeting of throwing open his grounds for a bush party, End suggested it may be possible to hold a barbecue as the Christmas Party. Jack Wren carried it
-further by moving that we do just that. Tom Moppett asked if the blackberries had been cleared, and David Roots said yes. The carpenter above put out his cigarette and resumed building the coffin, and Kath Brown had to shout her suggestion that we refer the whole thing to the Social Secretary first. Wouldn't it be better to have a bush party somewhere you could camp? The President said you could camp at Wahroonga and David Roots agreed - there were six acres of the home block, and miles of bush beyond.
+Taking advantage of the surreptitiously re-opened meeting, Gil Webb referred to Wal Roots' offer at an earlier meeting of throwing open his grounds for a bush party, and suggested it may be possible to hold a barbecue as the Christmas Party. Jack Wren carried it further by moving that we do just that. Tom Moppett asked if the blackberries had been cleared, and David Roots said yes. The carpenter above put out his cigarette and resumed building the coffin, and Kath Brown had to shout her suggestion that we refer the whole thing to the Social Secretary first. Wouldn't it be better to have a bush party somewhere you could camp? The President said you could camp at Wahroonga and David Roots agreed - there were six acres of the home block, and miles of bush beyond.
-Frank Young now moved an adjournment of the motion so that the Social Secretary could be brought into the picture. Jack Wren thought the existing Social team had full hands with the 25th Birthday celebrations, and a special committee should be set up. Gil Ihebb supported the postponement of discussion, and Kath Brown mentioned an idea to have'a fancy dress party for the Christmas show in the Club Room - Why not a bush party as well? The auendment and amended motion were carried.
+Frank Young now moved an adjournment of the motion so that the Social Secretary could be brought into the picture. Jack Wren thought the existing Social team had full hands with the 25th Birthday celebrations, and a special committee should be set up. Gil Ihebb supported the postponement of discussion, and Kath Brown mentioned an idea to have a fancy dress party for the Christmas show in the Club Room - why not a bush party as well? The amendment and amended motion were carried.
 Whereupon for the second and last time, the meeting closed at 8.35, the Noises Off Club drove the last nail, and there was peace for the rest of the evening.
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-WALKS EROGRAYME ALTERATION.
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-----77-77===-1577grammed for September 5-6-7, Leader Ken
-Meadows, has been transferred to a later date - October 10-11-12.
+===Walks Programme Alteration.===
-This is due to the leader being booked for hiS annual holidays during early September.
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+The official walk programmed for September 5-6-7, Leader Ken Meadows, has been transferred to a later date - October 10-11-12. This is due to the leader being booked for his annual holidays during early September.
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-UNLESS YOU VISIT  0
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-THE SANITA.RIU,M HEALTH FOOD SHOP
-HUNTER STREET, SYDNEY
-RYCOLA - JUST LIKE RICE! TURKISH FIGS STERILISED SULTANAS STONED DATES IN CELLOPHANE THRIVO RYE CRISP CRACKERS APPLE RINGS
-FREE-O-SEED RAISINS FRUIT NOUGAT
-NEV SEASON'S DRIED APRICOTS CREAMED HONEY ALL BRANDS QUICKLY-MADE BREAKFAST FOODS ASSORTED NUTS
 SEARCH ON THE COX.
 by Tom Vvardhaugh