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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
-.
+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.
-=mime, som..
+====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.
-.
-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.
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 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.