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Author Not Known. (Submitted by John Noble.) | Author Not Known. (Submitted by John Noble.) | ||
- | ==Speaking to one who needlessly cut down a tree.=== | + | ===Speaking to one who needlessly cut down a tree.=== |
As I passed by I looked and saw what you had done. You had cut it a foot above the ground. All around lay the chunks of its white flesh, spattered from the axe. It fell so easily. It did not fight back at all. Its pride and majesty were so easily humbled, flung at your feet, a wreckage of broken branches and mangled leaves. Did you see the long shudder before its fall, I wonder? Did you hear the sigh of leaves, the wrenching cry as it strained then crashed before you? | As I passed by I looked and saw what you had done. You had cut it a foot above the ground. All around lay the chunks of its white flesh, spattered from the axe. It fell so easily. It did not fight back at all. Its pride and majesty were so easily humbled, flung at your feet, a wreckage of broken branches and mangled leaves. Did you see the long shudder before its fall, I wonder? Did you hear the sigh of leaves, the wrenching cry as it strained then crashed before you? | ||
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Malcolm McGregor. | Malcolm McGregor. | ||
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=====Many Happy' | =====Many Happy' | ||
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|Retiring President|" | |Retiring President|" | ||
|President Elect|" | |President Elect|" | ||
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|President Elect|" | |President Elect|" | ||
|Retiring President|" | |Retiring President|" | ||
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+ | =====The Tigers.===== | ||
- | THE TIGERS | ||
By Alex Colley. | By Alex Colley. | ||
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- | It was in March 1937, when I was a new member of some four month_i' | ||
- | reputation for toughness, couldn' | ||
- | The news of the trip soon got around thP clubroom. So far as etiquette would allow inquiries were made, interest shown and hints dropped. Jack Debert and Dot English (Butler) were soon included in the party. As the news continued to spread it grew to nine in all. | ||
- | Came the historic Friday night in April 1937 when eight Sydney Bush Walkers sat up awaiting the departure of the 6.15 p.m. for Wentworth Falls, while rain poured on platform roofs. But where was the ninth, Max, our guide and inspiration? | ||
- | 4 but just thought he ought to take a look at the train to make sure. This was the first and last time that anyone ever doubted that the whole party would turn up. Tiger trips went an schedule, rain or no. | ||
- | We arrived at Wentworth Falls about nine o' | ||
- | t ledge. Slowly he inched up. As he pulled himself over the top cheers burst from those who could bear to look (there was a 200 feet drop | ||
- | 28. | ||
- | beneath him at this point). Dot followed; then a rope was thrown up and the pedestrian members of the party, i.e. the other six, were haulecup. It all took time, with the result that, when we reached the top of the last rocks, there was less than three hours left to catch the | ||
- | last train. We set off at a good pace - Dot had to run a good bit of the way to keep up with the longer-legged ones - and made Katoomba | ||
- | just an time, by our watches, but 10 minutes too late by station time. This was a cruel blow - a night in the railway waiting room and | ||
- | train instead of our beds; after a 75 mile trip, 9,000 feet of climb- | ||
- | ing, and Carlon' | ||
- | last train. | ||
- | After the trip - Editor please note - every member of the trip | ||
- | wrote up his, or her, impressions. The result was .a most readable article (see Magazine No.34 - July 1937). One of the party just wrote | ||
- | the following | ||
- | Max Gen T le Gordon Sm I th Hilma G alliott | ||
- | Alex Coll E y | ||
- | Jack Debe R t | ||
- | Bill McCo S ker | ||
- | David Ste A d | ||
- | Dot Eng L ish | ||
- | Len Scot L and. | ||
- | This was the origin of the term Tigers" | ||
- | Cotter, Tim Coffey, Jess Martin, Edna Stretton, Bert Whinier and Mary Stoddart (Eastoe). Many others, in fact nearly all the active walkers in the Club, came on " | ||
- | was that there was only a handful of genuine " | ||
- | and I started our weary feet an the last 15 mile stretch after lunch on the Sunday, some ten minutes ahead of the others (and of David' | ||
- | The secret of the " | ||
- | was doubt nearly everybody gathered round the map and argued. The results were good. False theories were usually exploded. Even if the arguers couldn' | + | It was in March 1937, when I was a new member of some four month' |
- | Most of the best trips were in the Blue Mountains. I will not describe them in detail because they have all been adequately described in the magazine (Them was the. days, Mr. Editor). Some wl' | + | |
- | the first trip all the way down the Kowmung, Murruin Gorge, Paralyser, and the first ascent of Middle Christy' | + | The news of the trip soon got around the clubroom. So far as etiquette would allow inquiries were made, interest shown and hints dropped. Jack Debert and Dot English (Butler) were soon included in the party. As the news continued to spread it grew to nine in all. |
- | An interesting feature revealed by the harder walks was the variety of skills which go to make up the good bushwalker. Gordon, the national long distance champion, | + | |
- | 0 | + | Came the historic Friday night in April 1937 when eight Sydney Bush Walkers sat up awaiting the departure of the 6.15 p.m. for Wentworth Falls, while rain poured on platform roofs. But where was the ninth, Max, our guide and inspiration? |
- | our heads down and raced, but a reading of those magazine articles will dispel any doubt that we were lovers of the bush and knew it better than most walkers. I know nothing to equal a hard walk, with its difficulties, | + | |
+ | We arrived at Wentworth Falls about nine o' | ||
+ | |||
+ | After the trip - Editor please note - every member of the trip wrote up his, or her, impressions. The result was a most readable article (see Magazine No.34 - July 1937). One of the party just wrote | ||
+ | the following: | ||
+ | |||
+ | |Max Gen| T |le| | ||
+ | |Gordon Sm| I |th| | ||
+ | |Hilma| G |alliott| | ||
+ | |Alex Coll| E |y| | ||
+ | |Jack Debe| R |t| | ||
+ | |Bill McCo| S |ker| | ||
+ | |David Ste| A |d| | ||
+ | |Dot Eng| L |ish| | ||
+ | |Len Scot| L |and| | ||
+ | |||
+ | This was the origin of the term " | ||
+ | |||
+ | The secret of the " | ||
+ | |||
+ | Most of the best trips were in the Blue Mountains. I will not describe them in detail because they have all been adequately described in the magazine (Them was the days, Mr. Editor). Some which come to mind were the trip to Guouogang and back - written up in the magazine as " | ||
+ | |||
+ | An interesting feature revealed by the harder walks was the variety of skills which go to make up the good bushwalker. Gordon, the national long distance champion, | ||
+ | |||
+ | Not everybody approved of the " | ||
Now the " | Now the " | ||
- | IN A NAME. At its first meeting, the Club was provisionally styled | + | |
- | 30. | + | ---- |
- | THE FIRST GANGERANG WALK. | + | |
+ | ====In | ||
+ | |||
+ | At its first meeting, the Club was provisionally styled | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | =====The First Gangerang Walk.===== | ||
By Maxwell Gentle. | By Maxwell Gentle. | ||
- | After visiting Kanangra Walls, via Gingra, in August, 1928, my next ambition was t walk over the Gangerang Range. On joining the | + | |
- | Sydney Bush Walkers in 1929, I learnt that this range was unknown to club members, and the data givcn on available maps was very limited. | + | After visiting Kanangra Walls, via Gingra, in August, 1928, my next ambition was to walk over the Gangerang Range. On joining the Sydney Bush Walkers in 1929, I learnt that this range was unknown to club members, and the data given on available maps was very limited. |
While fellow member, Myles Dunphy, tempted me with descriptions of the Upper Kowmung gorge, somehow the rugged heights of Gangerang proved the greater attraction. | While fellow member, Myles Dunphy, tempted me with descriptions of the Upper Kowmung gorge, somehow the rugged heights of Gangerang proved the greater attraction. | ||
- | A Burragorang cattleman, | + | |
- | Gangerang, and information given by him indicated the best places to climb the range, and its low cliffs, also where water might be found. | + | A Burragorang cattleman, Michael Maxwell, had been on part of Gangerang, and information given by him indicated the best places to climb the range, and its low cliffs, also where water might be found. |
- | While I was on a Friday evening train journey on Eight Hour weekend, 1929, a chance meeting with Gordon Smith, at Valley Heights, | + | |
- | resulted in having company on my Gangerang walk, instead of going alone. | + | While I was on a Friday evening train journey on Eight Hour weekend, 1929, a chance meeting with Gordon Smith, at Valley Heights, resulted in having company on my Gangerang walk, instead of going alone. |
- | I knew that Gordon would see the distance because he was 50 miles champion road walker of Australia. Needless to say we made good progress on the walk out from Wentworth Falls that night, to our camp site at the Sunset Rock. No tent, blankets or sleeping bags were | + | |
- | carried and we slept on a bed of leaves by a log fire. Fortunately the Wbather | + | I knew that Gordon would see the distance because he was 50 miles champion road walker of Australia. Needless to say we made good progress on the walk out from Wentworth Falls that night, to our camp site at the Sunset Rock. No tent, blankets or sleeping bags were carried and we slept on a bed of leaves by a log fire. Fortunately the weather |
We reached our breakfast site on Cox's River at 8.30 a.m., and the Cox-Kowmung junction at 12 noon. | We reached our breakfast site on Cox's River at 8.30 a.m., and the Cox-Kowmung junction at 12 noon. | ||
- | At 2.30 p.m. on Saturday afternoon we commenced to climb the Gangerang Range, from a point one mile further up the Cox. The ridge was at first a lightly timbered grassy slope, and rose very steeply | + | |
- | for about 1,400 feet, then becoming boulder strewn, with thicker | + | At 2.30 p.m. on Saturday afternoon we commenced to climb the Gangerang Range, from a point one mile further up the Cox. The ridge was at first a lightly timbered grassy slope, and rose very steeply for about 1,400 feet, then becoming boulder strewn, with thicker |
- | growth. A low cliff with a cave was skirted here, being similar to the | + | |
- | rocks on the adjacent Mt. Kookem. A fine view opened out up the Cox | + | About four miles from our viewpoint could be seen the low cliffs of Gangerang plateau, and so we continued to ascend the ridge we were on, which was seen swinging more to the southwest, in that direction. |
- | gorge, as far as the " | + | |
- | About four miles from our viewpoint could be seen the low cliffs | + | Our route lay through a thick forest of Turpentine and Eucalyptus saplings, but we sometimes enjoyed a glimpse of the mountain country northward to Mt. Mouin and Clear Hill. One of the best views was looking down Little Ti-willa Creek and across the Kowmung |
- | of Gangerang plateau, and so we continued to ascend the ridge we were on, which was seen swinging more to the southwest, in that direction. | + | |
- | Our route lay through a thick forest of Turpentine and Eucalyptus saplings, but we sometimes enjoyed a glimpse of the mountain country | + | Nightfall found us camped on a bed of leaves by a log fire, and we each had a two quart billy of water, which we had carried up from the river. |
- | northward to Mt. Mouin and Clear Hill. One of the best views was | + | |
- | looking down Little Ti-willa Creek and across the Kawmung | + | At daybreak next morning we continued walking along the thickly timbered flat topped ridge, which soon commenced to rise steeply, and eventually reached the foot of the low cliffs of sandstone and conglomerate. |
- | Byrnes Gap, and Tonalli Range. | + | |
- | Nightfall found us camped on a bed of leaves by a log fire, and | + | A way up was found through a break in these cliffs (Gentles Pass) on the Ti-willa Creek side, and then, after walking |
- | we each had a two quart billy of water, which we had carried up from | + | |
- | the river. | + | Later we walked southward over a slight rise, and then across the main marsh of the plateau, in the direction of a high hill, which we then thought to be the Gangerang peak. On reaching its crest we could see higher land ahead, and further progress was temporarily halted by a precipitous canyon, |
- | 31. | + | |
- | At daybreak next morning we continued walking along the thickly timbered flat topped ridge, which soon commenced to rise steeply, and eventually reached the foot of the low cliffs of sandstone and | + | This creek was later to be named "Dex Creek", |
- | conglomerate. | + | |
- | A way up was found through a break in these cliffs (Gentles Pass) on the Ti-willa Creek side, and then; after walking | + | After crossing Dex Creek, a well defined quartzite ridge led us along to the highest point of the range (Mt. Cloudmaker) at 12 noon, where marvellous views opened out over Kanangra gorge, and the famous walls, glowing in the sunlight. |
- | 6 | + | |
- | Later we walked southward over a slight rise, and then across the main marsh of the plateau, in the direction of a high hill, which we then thought to be the Gangerang peak. On reaching its crest we cculd see higher land ahead, and further progress was temporarily halted by | + | The ridge then became very spectacular, |
- | a precipitous canyon, | + | |
- | This creek was later to be named "Dex Creek", | + | A very steep climb followed and presently we came to the foot of Craft' |
- | After crossing Dex Creek, a well defined quartzite ridge led us | + | |
- | along to the highest point of the range (Mt. Cloudmaker) at 12 noon, where marvellous views opened out over Kanangra gorge, and the famous | + | Our campsite for the night, in the cave with the dance platform, was reached at 4 p.m., a little over a day's walk from the Cox-Kowmung junction. |
- | walls, glowing in the sunlight. | + | |
- | The ridge then became very spectacular, | + | On Monday morning Gordon was more at ease, walking along the old cart track to Jenolan Caves. We passed through the Grand Arch there at 1.30 p.m., and continued walking along the road for another 11 miles before being given a ride in a service car to Mt. Victoria, in time to catch the 7.15 p.m. train to Sydney. |
- | and rose again about three times, and then swung southward. After a series of dips and knobs, the rock hopping over the very hard type of quartzite became easier, and the now grassy ridge descended steeply | + | |
- | to Gabes Gap, the lowest saddle on the range in this section. From this gap it was possible to look west down a dry creek bed to Kanangra Creek, while a gully with tree ferns dropped down on the east side to Gingra Creek. | + | Thus ended a good three days walk, but the next few months saw the first ascent of Mt. Paralyser and Thurat, the first visit to Mt. Guouogang, and the first walk along Yellow Dog. |
- | A very steep climb followed and presently we care to the foot of Craft' | + | |
- | passing a number of caves, formed by the overhanging walls, we found | + | I remember standing on Mt. Moorilla, after a spell of torrential rain, in June 1930, when the view from there was really a picture, as it included five big waterfalls |
- | ourselves on the main ridge again, which, after less than a mile, ended under the walls of Kanangra Tops. A break in the walls, | + | |
- | the south, provided a way up. This wa3 later to be named 'Smith' | + | It was good to walk along the well defined ridges of this predominantly quartzite country. The experience gained in bushwalking there was essential to us in 1931, when we ventured into a relatively dry Capertee-Colo area, which is only partly surveyed, but otherwise of rugged sandstone country, deeply intersected by precipitous ravines. |
- | Our campsite for the night, in the cave with the dance platform, | + | |
- | was reached at 4 p.m., a little over a day's walk from the Cox-Kowmung junction. | + | ---- |
- | On Monday morning Gordon was more at ease, walking along the old | + | |
- | cart track to Jenolan Caves. We passed through the Grand Arch tier' | + | |
- | at 1.30 p.m., and continued walking along the road for another 11 miles before being given a ride in a service car to Mt. Victoria, in time | + | |
- | to catch the 7.15 p.m. train to Sydney. | + | |
- | 32. | + | |
- | Thus ended a good three days walk, but the next few months saw | + | |
- | the first ascent of Mt. Paralyser and Thurat, the first visit to Mt. Guouogang, and the first walk along Yellow Dog. | + | |
- | remember standing on Mt. Moorilla, after a spell of torrential | + | |
- | rain, in June 1930, when the view from there was really a picture, as | + | |
- | it included five big waterfalls | + | |
- | made. | + | |
- | It was good to walk along the well defined ridges of this | + | |
- | predominantly quartzite country. The experience gained in bushwalking there was essential to us in 1931, when we ventured into a relatively dry Capertee-Cole area, which is only partly surveyed, but otherwise | + | |
- | of rugged sandstone country, deeply intersected by precipitous ravines. | + | |
WHAT PLACE-NAMES MEAN TO US. | WHAT PLACE-NAMES MEAN TO US. | ||
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