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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 | ||
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- | 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' | ||
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+ | 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: | ||
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+ | |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 | + | |
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- | THE FIRST GANGERANG WALK. | + | |
+ | ====In | ||
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+ | At its first meeting, the Club was provisionally styled | ||
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+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | =====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, |
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- | 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. |
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- | 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' | + | =====What Place-Names Mean To Us.===== |
- | 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. | + | |
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- | 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. | + | |
- | .....................rwlmoramaalmo=101101.....mmowisso.o. | + | |
By Myles J. Dunphy. | By Myles J. Dunphy. | ||
- | The writer has been asked to throw some light on the subject of | + | |
- | named features in the Greater Blue Mountains, particularly as they | + | The writer has been asked to throw some light on the subject of named features in the Greater Blue Mountains, particularly as they affect bushwalkers. The subject is too wide and involved to be covered in this article, which only scratches its surface, so to speak. |
- | affect bushwalkers. The subject is too wide and involved to be covered in this article, which only scratches its surface, so to speak. | + | |
- | When the bushwalkers of this generation have passed on to Elysium, the ten million or so people who will be living in the population centres surrounding the Greater Blue Mountains will realize that the | + | When the bushwalkers of this generation have passed on to Elysium, the ten million or so people who will be living in the population centres surrounding the Greater Blue Mountains will realize that the bushwalkers of the past were constructive in their time and had some vision for the future. They not only made persistent efforts to save their bushland wilderness for its environmental value and biologic content, but also invested it with the aura of romantic interest. It will be recognized, thankfully, we hope, that they played a prominent part in the creation of national parklands of great intrinsic value, in the face of insidious destruction caused by commercial interests of one kind and another. The necessarily |
- | bushwalkers of the past were constructive in their time and had some | + | |
- | vision for the future. They not only made persistent efforts to save their bushland wilderness for its environmental value and biologic content, but also invested it with the aura of romantic interest. It | + | Many years have passed since bushwalkers opened up this matter, that is, their angle of conservation, |
- | will be recognized, thankfully, we hope, that they played a prominent | + | |
- | part in the creation of national parklands of great intrinsic value, in | + | It may disappoint some of our colleagues of the outdoors to learn that not many names of bushwalkers appear on the features of our bushland |
- | the face of insidious destruction caused by commercial interests of one kind and another. The necessarily | + | |
- | Many years have passed since bushwalkers opened up this matter, that is, their angle of conservation, | + | There is no objection to euphonious aboriginal place-names, |
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- | our recreation is educational, | + | |
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- | It may disappoint some of our colleagues of the outdoors to learn that not many names of bushwalkers appear on the features of our bush- land environment. Mainly because of origins some early walkers' | + | |
- | topographically but important to bushwalkers, | + | |
- | There is no objection to euphonious aboriginal place-names, | + | |
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In the work the writer has done in this way, in the Greater Blue Mountains region, spread over many years, he has been guided by an urge to provide a basis for a great national park, to fix points of history and to build up a romantic atmosphere about a remarkably scenic tract of country which deserves the best of treatment from everybody. With the help of many walkers the original expressionless blanks on the old parish and tourist maps of this area of some 3,500 square miles have become intelligible to foot travellers, by reason of charted features and a considered nomenclature. The Department of Lands produced the standard map required. Now it is possible to discuss this region with confidence as to places and time-distance, | In the work the writer has done in this way, in the Greater Blue Mountains region, spread over many years, he has been guided by an urge to provide a basis for a great national park, to fix points of history and to build up a romantic atmosphere about a remarkably scenic tract of country which deserves the best of treatment from everybody. With the help of many walkers the original expressionless blanks on the old parish and tourist maps of this area of some 3,500 square miles have become intelligible to foot travellers, by reason of charted features and a considered nomenclature. The Department of Lands produced the standard map required. Now it is possible to discuss this region with confidence as to places and time-distance, | ||
- | The People of the Little Tents have had a lot of high adventure in this region. The grand idea is to preserve both the scene and the | + | |
- | 34. | + | The People of the Little Tents have had a lot of high adventure in this region. The grand idea is to preserve both the scene and the spirit of adventure; for this the primitive wilderness is a necessity. It is considered to be a heritage of inestimable value, to be handed on, in the best possible condition - and cared for - to future generations of appreciative outdoors people. All along we have been taking action to have the unproductive tracts of this scenic wilderness region preserved for this best ultimate use, whilst appealing to the various authorities for assistance. |
- | spirit of adventure; for this the primitive wilderness is a necessity. It is considered to be a heritage of inestimable value, to be handed | + | |
- | on, in the best possible condition - and cared for - to future | + | In our own social way we have learned about the natural |
- | generations of appreciative outdoors people. All along we have been taking action to have the unproductive tracts of this scenic wilderness | + | |
- | region preserved for this best ultimate use, whilst appealing to the various authorities for assistance. | + | The standard tourist |
- | In our own social way we have learned about the natural | + | |
- | ions of the great mountainous barrier region, until now we are very certain of its general value as environment. We know its interesting plateaux and peaks, frescoed walls and vast buttresses, master-ranges, | + | In this limited article there is little space left for information about particular place-names. As an earnest of what is meant by giving interest to the features of this region, let us consider two of the most prominent peaks of Tallarat Crags: Arabanoo Peak and Cambage Spire. Where Christy' |
- | The standard tourist | + | |
- | northern half of the region - shows that MUCh interest has been added | + | Our two peaks stand opposite and close to each other in splendid companionship, |
- | to the face of what was really wild country when heavy-pack exploring walkers first engineered their routes across it. To a certain extent | + | |
- | it was the haunt of cattle-duffers and moonshiners. Its trails were | + | Arabanoo was the first native captured by Governor Phillip and made partly civilized, 1789. He was adopted by the Governor, lived in his house, and was educated to be an intermediary between |
- | known only to local bushmen who had reasons for riding into and across | + | |
- | it. Within its fastnesses were scrubber cattle and brunbies, at least one stag, and a great quantity of marsupial, reptilian and bird life | + | Richard Hind Cambage, F.L.S., M.R.S.(N.S.W.), |
- | up to 1916, when skin-getting became a business. Then trappers, | + | |
- | shooters, timber-getters, | + | For another reason, also, Cambage Spire was so named. It was R.H. Cambage who first realized the importance |
- | wild-life. | + | |
- | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 I 0 0 0 0 0 IP 0 0 | + | Cambage Spire stands as a monument |
- | In this limited article there is little space left for information | + | |
- | about particular place-names. As an earnest of what is meant by giving interest to the features of this region, let us consider two of the | + | Away over on the other side of the Kanangra Tops, beyond Kanangra Deep, the vast Thurat Walls stand up about the bases of Big Thurat (4,200 feet), Mount Danae (4,100 feet) and Big Misty (4,000 feet). Between the Thurat Spires that rise almost |
- | most prominent peaks of Tallarat Crags: Arabanoo Peak and Cambage Spire. Where Christy' | + | |
- | Blue Mountains, there is a chaotic array of canyons, crags and peaks. | + | (Refer to " |
- | The twisting Tiamat Canyon of East Christy7s | + | |
- | upper end of Bulga-Denis Canyon. East Christy' | + | ---- |
- | southward. | + | |
- | Our two peaks stand opposite and close to each other in splendid companionship, | + | =====Bushwalker Achievements In Conservation.===== |
- | Canyon which, in its special type of ruggedness, may be said to represent the abysmal chaos from which all life has sprung. The two peaks stand as brothers in a ruggedly romantic scene, symbolic of | + | |
- | blackman and whiteman, Neolothic aborigine and modern Caucasian. | + | |
- | They will serve to perpetuate the memory of two remarkable men. They | + | |
- | will remind thoughtful Australians of the understanding union which should have existed between the original inhabitants of this land and | + | |
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- | the white intruders - a union which Governor Phillip and his friends tried to establish in the early days of the First Settlement at Port Jackson, but which others consistently neglected as an unimportant and profitless matter. | + | |
- | Arabanoo was the first native captured by Governor Phillip and | + | |
- | made partly civilized, 1789. He was adopted by the Governor, lived | + | |
- | in his house, and was educated to be an intermediary between | + | |
- | ful to the Governor but died of smallpox and was buried in the Governor' | + | |
- | but not animated. His fidelity and gratitude | + | |
- | undeviating and deserve to be recorded | + | |
- | part | + | |
- | retaliation of merriment he was often happy | + | |
- | docility | + | |
- | from choice | + | |
- | Richard Hind Cambage, F.L.S., M.R.S.(N.S.W.), | + | |
- | For another reason, also., Cambage Spire was so named. It was R.H. Cambage who first realized the importance | + | |
- | Cambage Spire stands as aanonument | + | |
- | *Away over on the other side of the Kanangra Tops, beyond Kanangra Deep, the vast Thurat Walls Stand up about the bases of'Big Thurat (4,200 feet), Mount Danae (4,100 feet) and. Big Misty (4,000 feet). Between the Thurat Spires that rise Almost | + | |
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- | form the rimrocks of the Golden Terrace about Mount Danae, | + | |
- | of The Pooken, the great mist monster, which conceals its tenuous bulk (, in the depths of ferny jungles, rock-crevices and scree-runs for long periods during warm weather, so that it will be overlooked by innocent travellers. Whenever a cool, damp, south-easterly wind blows in from the distant sea, The Pooken stealthily emerges under a darkness of its own making. Its cold, wraithy tentacles rise against the terraced walls; they lap over the rimrocks, then curl with amazing speed across the Thurat moors and rills to envelop the surprised and fleeing travellers upon which the mist monster subsists. | + | |
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- | by M.J.D., in "Into the Blue", journal of the Coast and Mountain Walkers of N.S.W., September 1951 issue. It deals. with place- names.) | + | |
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- | BUSHWALKER ACHIEVEMENTS IN CONSERVATION. | + | |
By Ken Matthews | By Ken Matthews | ||
- | Every bushwalking club knows that Sydney is, of all the Australian capitals, the one most favoured by nature in the provision of abundant areas particularly suited for bushwalking. | + | |
+ | Every bushwalking club knows that Sydney is, of all the Australian capitals, the one most favoured by nature in the provision of abundant areas particularly suited for bushwalking. | ||
An important factor to be considered is the expanding population of the metropolitan area. As the population increases bushwalking is likely to become increasingly popular so that more and more people will spend their leisure hours in the bush areas. But the demand for new roads, power-lines, | An important factor to be considered is the expanding population of the metropolitan area. As the population increases bushwalking is likely to become increasingly popular so that more and more people will spend their leisure hours in the bush areas. But the demand for new roads, power-lines, | ||
- | It is not only for the bushwalking community that steps should be taken to see that the scenic | + | |
- | There can be no bringing of the bushlands to the people. The | + | It is not only for the bushwalking community that steps should be taken to see that the scenic |
- | people, if they want it, must go to the bushland. Attempts to bring | + | |
- | 37. | + | There can be no bringing of the bushlands to the people. The people, if they want it, must go to the bushland. Attempts to bring the bush to the people by opening up roadways beyond a given point only succeed in pushing the bush farther away or destroying it altogether. Supposing in a moment of mad enthusiasm, under a caption |
- | the bush to the people by opening up roadways beyond a given point only succeed in pushing the bush farther away or destroying it alto- | + | |
- | ether. Supposing in a moment of mad enthusiasm, under a capLio' | + | The bushwalking community has not been unmindful of the position, and it is to the credit of the Bushwalking Clubs and their Federation that something, small though it may be relative to what remains to be done, has been achieved in the way of conservation of areas. A brief account of those achievements is here attempted. While, in a bushwalking journal, emphasis is placed on the energies of the Bushwalking Movement, grateful |
- | Bring the Bushlands to the People", | + | |
- | lookout, scenic spot, in every valley, stream, glade and glen - would not the very reason for building them have then been destroyed? Would not the 'next step' | + | One of the first attempts at conservation - and a highly |
- | The bushwalking community has not been unmindful of the position, and it is to the credit of the Bushwalking Clubs and their Federation that something, small though it may be relative to what remains to be done, has been achieved in the way of conservation of areas. A brief account of those achievements is here attempted. While, in a bushwalking journal, emphasis is placed on the energies of the Bushwalking Movement, grateful | + | |
- | One of the first attempts at conservation - and a highly | + | The Lands Department, quite unaware of anything worthy of protection, had given a grazing lease over the area to a farmer living on the surrounding plateau. It just happened that on one occasion when some members of the S.B.W. and M.T.C. were encamped there, the echo of an axe resounded through the stately blue gums. Upon investigation |
- | The Lands Department, quite unaware of anything worthy of protection, had given a grazing lease over the area to a farmer living on the surrounding plateau. It just happened that on one occasion when some members of the S.B.W. and M.T.C. were encamped there, the | + | |
- | echo of an axe resounded through the stately blue gums. Upon investiga, tion the lessee was seen ringbarking the trees, a legal right he had towards every one of the few thousand blue gums there. He was unresponsive to the pleas made to him: he had a grazing lease and wanted to use the area for his cattle. But he was found to be responsive to bargaining and himself offered to sell his lease over the 40 acres for 130 payable within three months. So, the S.B.W. and M.T.C. set about raising money, and with the help of other agencies and private citizens, succeeded in purchasing the lease. Thus the Blue Gum Forest was handed back to the Crown to be dedicated as a camping reserve for all time. The Government appointed four members of | + | In its early days, the S.B.W. |
- | 3S. | + | |
- | the S.B.W. as trustees. Since then the Blackheath Council has added strips of land to the area. It must not-lass unnoticed, however, that | + | A similar lease for a camping reserve and sanctuary of 85 acres was taken out by the M.T.C. |
- | a strip of adjacent | + | |
- | it unlikely that the owner will use in a way that would thwart the purposes of the camping reserve. | + | The Heathcote Primitive Area, a strip of country eight miles long by about half a mile wide, of about 1,640 acres, along Heathcote Creek, and accessible from Waterfall |
- | In its early days, the S.B.W. | + | |
- | A similar lease for a camping reserve and sanctuary of 85 acres was taken out by the M.T.C. | + | The first monument to the Federation of Bushwalking Clubs by way of conservation is Bouddi Natural Park. The Park comprises an area of about 2,000 acres, six or seven miles wide, varying |
- | The Heathcote Primitive Area, a strip of country eight miles long by about half a mile wide, of about 1,640 acres, along Heathcote Creek, and accessible from Thterfall | + | |
- | The first monument to the Federation of Bushwalking Clubs by way of conservation is Bouddi Natural Park. The Park comprises an area of about 2,000 acres, six or seven miles widai- ' | + | The second monument to the Federation and to the bushwalking movement and individual clubs generally, is the Garawarra Park. " |
- | a mile wide, situated behind Maitland | + | |
- | he control of a trust comp: | + | To provide a camping area and to preserve the water supply, the S.B.W. bought 40 acres at North Era in 1947. This area was thrown open to the public as a free site for non-permanent |
- | The second monument to the Federation and to the bushwalking movement and individual clubs ganer411y, is the Garawarra Park. '' | + | |
- | 39. | + | These, then, are the achievements of the bushwalking movement in conservation. There are others on a less grand scale but space will not permit of their mention. A brief reference, however, should be made of the National Perks and Primitive Areas Council founded by Myles J. Dunphy. Its objects are to locate |
- | 1932 the Federation immediately campaigned and in short time no less than 5,000 signatures were obtained to a petition for conservation. The result was that in August 1934 all the available Crown Lands in the area, about 1,300 acres, were officially dedicated as a reserve. Small additions now make it 1465 acres. The reservation includes Burning Palms beach, Bulgo Trigonometrical station and adjacent plateaux. Attempts by the adjoining National Park Trust to absorb Gara Park have been successfully thwarted. Gara Park has, since 1935, been under the control of seven trustees including minority representation from the bushwalking movement. | + | |
- | To provide a camping area and to preserve the water supply, the S.B.W. bought 40 acres at North Era in 1947. This area was thrown open to the public as a free site for non-permanent | + | ---- |
- | These, then, are the achievements of the bushwalking movement in conservation. There are others on a less grand scale but space will not permit of their mention. A brief reference, however, should be made of the National Perks and Primitive Areas Council founded by | + | |
- | Myles J. Dunphy. Its objects are to locate | + | =====List Of Presidents.===== |
- | 1110/M | + | |
- | LIST OF PRESIDENTS. | + | (Chairmen |
- | 771FiREFE | + | |
- | DEBERT, Jack 10/2/28 - 13/ 9/29 | + | |Debert, Jack|10/2/28 - 13/9/29| |
- | DUNCAN, Frank 13/9/29 - 13/ 3/31 | + | |Duncan, Frank|13/9/29 - 13/3/31| |
- | CHARDON, Harold 13/3/31 - 8/ 4/32 | + | |Chardon, Harold|13/3/31 - 8/4/32| |
- | RITSON, Clifford 8/4/32 9/ 3/34 | + | |Ritson, Clifford|8/4/32 9/3/34| |
- | HERBERT, Thomas 9/3/34 - 13/ 3/36 | + | |Herbert, Thomas|9/3/34 - 13/3/36| |
- | ROOTS, Walter 13/ | + | |Roots, Walter|13/ |
- | BERRY, Maurice 10/7/36 - 10/ 3/39 | + | |Berry, Maurice|10/7/36 - 10/3/39| |
- | CROKER, Richaid | + | |Croker, Richard|10/3/39 - 14/3/41| |
- | COLLEY, Alex 14/3/41 - 13/ 3/42 | + | |Colley, Alex|14/3/41 - 13/3/42| |
- | LAWRY, Dorothy 13/3/42 - 10/ 3/44 | + | |Lawry, Dorothy|13/3/42 - 10/3/44| |
- | S TEAD, David 10/3/44 - 9/3/45 | + | |Stead, David|10/3/44 - 9/3/45| |
- | GARRAD, Edna 9/3/45 - 8/ 3/46 | + | |GarradD, Edna|9/3/45 - 8/3/46| |
- | ROSE, Jack 8/ | + | |Rose, Jack|8/ |
- | MOPPETT, Thomas 14/3/47 - 14/ 3/52 McGREGOR, Malcolm 14/3/52 - | + | |Moppett, Thomas|14/3/47 - 14/3/52| |
- | 40. | + | |McGregor, Malcolm|14/ |
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RABBITS AMONG THE TIGERS. | RABBITS AMONG THE TIGERS. | ||
By Grace Noble. | By Grace Noble. |
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