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That old bugbear of Walks Secretaries, | That old bugbear of Walks Secretaries, | ||
- | Of course, the proof of the pudding... after all, if the exciting day walks on the programme fail to take place, then it becomes a facade, suggesting that we are far more active than we really are. This programme deserves the fullest support, which means support from the members for those leaders who have devised fascinating and attractive trips, | + | Of course, the proof of the pudding... after all, if the exciting day walks on the programme fail to take place, then it becomes a facade, suggesting that we are far more active than we really are. This programme deserves the fullest support, which means support from the members for those leaders who have devised fascinating and attractive trips, |
Naturally, with such a walkers' | Naturally, with such a walkers' | ||
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- | AT THE APRIL GENERAL MEETING | + | =====At The April General Meeting.===== |
- | April' | + | |
- | After years of jealously storing up the minutes of the Annual General Meeting until they had properly matured, it seemed almost brash and indecent to find those of March 13th being confirmed by the vote of people who really could remember what had occurred. And then on to correspondence, | + | April' |
- | There was, too, a letter from a lady who harboured dark doubts of our sincerity on conservation | + | |
- | After reminders of the S 8.c R practice on the first week end of May, report was given of the first operation at Blue Gum Forest | + | After years of jealously storing up the minutes of the Annual General Meeting until they had properly matured, it seemed almost brash and indecent to find those of March 13th being confirmed by the vote of people who really could remember what had occurred. And then on to correspondence, |
- | 4. | + | |
- | on March 28/29, when six members attacked the buried log in the bed of the Grose with drills and gelignite, shattering it into sections. It was announced that the follow-up working bee was set down for April 25/26 - manpower needed. | + | There was, too, a letter from a lady who harboured dark doubts of our sincerity on conservation |
- | General Business was called and Dormie produced a large volume, the Annual of. the Mountain Club of South Africa, a body he had visited on his recent | + | |
- | Sheila Binns reminded us of subscriptions due - David Brown | + | After reminders of the S & R practice on the first week end of May, report was given of the first operation at Blue Gum Forest on March 28/29, when six members attacked the buried log in the bed of the Grose with drills and gelignite, shattering it into sections. It was announced that the follow-up working bee was set down for April 25/26 - manpower needed. |
- | (a resident of Katoomba when not in the bush elsewhere) passed on the tidings that hot showers were now obtainable at the Reserve at Katoomb7, | + | |
- | INSECT ANTICS. | + | General Business was called and Dormie produced a large volume, the Annual of the Mountain Club of South Africa, a body he had visited on his recent |
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+ | Sheila Binns reminded us of subscriptions due - David Brown (a resident of Katoomba when not in the bush elsewhere) passed on the tidings that hot showers were now obtainable at the Reserve at Katoomba | ||
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+ | =====Insect Antics.===== | ||
By John Bookluck. | By John Bookluck. | ||
+ | |||
On reading your editorial (April' | On reading your editorial (April' | ||
- | If all members of the Club are not fariliar | + | |
+ | If all members of the Club are not familiar | ||
By now you are probably asking, what about your story? | By now you are probably asking, what about your story? | ||
- | Well, early one evening, camped by the Indi River, my kind friend (Neil) fished out a stick insect from the freezing waters. He gently placed this thing, which was more dead then alive, an a groundsheet. e discussed the possibility of applying artificial respiration, | ||
- | had revived. It would not leave Neil. It kept coming back to him and sitting on its haunches like a Moslem with his hands raised in_ praise of Allah. (Allah11 | ||
- | This started me thinking, for I shudder every time I think of | ||
- | the curse he placed an a utility truck which pulled up to let out passengers and.proceeded on its way without giving 1.1B a' | ||
- | It was probably at the Indi River that my bearded friend acquired a fellow passenger, for Neil complained of extra weight (I thought it | ||
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- | might be the result of being closer to the centre of the earth). The stowaway was discovered. Hidden in a dark corner was a large tri-antelope spider. It took Neil and myself some coaxing to evict | ||
- | it. Not long after the disposal of the stowaway came an enbarrassing | ||
- | moment for Neil. The affectionate arachnida had crept up Neil's trousers at a goaipace. He (Neil) had two alternatives - forsake | ||
- | his insect love, or drop his strides in a public camping ground. A | ||
- | little later I saw Neil scraping his trouser leg behind a bush. | ||
- | ilM.IiCPEr....tlyamil | ||
- | LAMINGTON VIA RUNNING CREEK. | ||
- | By Molly Gallard. PART 3 - DOWN TO NUMINBAH. | ||
- | We left O' | ||
- | There were several openings which' led nowhere but into thick scrub, | ||
- | and visibility was only about 50 yards. As it was almost 12.00 we decided to have lunch. It was no use proceeding into jungle in the | ||
- | mist, so we finally decided to sit tight until the mists lifted enouah to see where we were going. We made camp in the middle of the Border Track and hoped to goodness that no one would come along. | ||
- | The next morning the Position was no better. Our only chance now | ||
- | was to make for Binna Burra in the hope of catching a bus to Southport. It seemed as though it was going to be a race against time. At | ||
- | lunch time it took us fifty minutes to get a fire going, and even then | ||
- | the water wouldn' | ||
- | but good. At the best of times it is hard to make a fire out of rain forest wood, and at the high altitude there is sometimes a current of air around the billy which seems to prevent it boiling, however good the blaze. | ||
- | Further along the track we met the hostess from Binna Burra, who was leading a walking party from the house. We apologised for not being at Binna Burra as previously arranged and explaLned our position and enquired about buses. She said that buses were quite out of the question as they were completely booked up for Saturday and there would be no bus before then. This information didn't make us feel any happier. | ||
- | We continued on, wondering what to do next, when we saw a man coming down the track from Mt. Meriono. He soon caught us up, and it was when we stepped aside to let him pass that Betty recognised him as some one she had met before on a walking trip down Christmas Creek and who was now working at Binna Burra. stopped to chat, and told him of our troubles. He suggested an easy way down off Wagawn, giving us minute details. Wedaccompanied him along the track till we reached the turn off to Vagawn, which was about four miles from Binna Burra, and then said goodbye and set off along the two mile track to Tagawn. | ||
- | The view was magnificent, | ||
- | The track held good for quite a way, following the land marks as described, and then we lost it. No doubt the fast growing jungle had grown over it. We had been told to bear well to the left to a patch of lantana or we would find ourselves at a cliff face. We wandered back and forth but no sign of a track or a blaze mark did we see. Finally our wanderings brought us out at the top of the cliff face. Well, at least we had spme idea where we were, so we climbed back up and found the lantana patch aid found ourselves in amongst the old familiar lawyer vine again. After sidling around the ridge for a while, Bill found a way down and also something that could have been a track. This brought us to some huge caves. We were on the right track at last but it was 6.30 and we still had a long way to go. These eaves were about a quarter of a mile long, and at the end - 0, joy t - the border fence. As the ground was well cleared either side of the fence it didn't take us long to reach the border gates and there, like the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, was a bus. | ||
- | The bus driver lived in a mall house just inside Queensland and he told us that the bus went to Murwillunbah every day, leaving the gates at 8.00 in the morning. That meant we could catch the Saturday morning bus whidh left us all the next day to ourselves aid we would be able to visit the Natural Arch, which was only a ample of miles down the road. After enquiring for a good camp spot, we left in high spirits. | ||
- | We camped on soft green grass near a good open stream in the Numinbah Valley. The -weather had improved considerably, | ||
- | We were-up early next morning, anxious lest we should miss the bus. I think we were there at 7 olelock to be exact. The 14 mile trip into Murwillumbah was pleasant, although the road was bad, and we were able to look back and up at the plateau, although the top was hidden in mist most of the time. I think we were all sorry When the bts finally rounded a bend and we were no longer able to see Lamington Plateau, the scene of a really super holiday. | ||
- | Said the toiler at Blue Gum "What wonderful anti-Australia propaganda could be made of this Men working up to the waist in cold water, cutting timber, dragging logs, and working from dawn to dark - no pay and even bring your am tucker!'' | ||
- | 7. | ||
- | IF YOU ARE GOING PLACES CONTACT. | ||
- | SCENIC MOTOR TOURS, | ||
- | RAILWAY STEPS, | ||
- | KATCONBA. | ||
- | DAILY TOURS BY PARLOR COACH TO THE WORLD FAMOUS JENOLAN CAVES AND ALL BLUE MOUNTAIN SIGHTS. | ||
- | TRANSPORT BY COACHES FOR PARTIES OF Brisk- WALKERS TO KANANGRA WALLS, GINKIN OR OTHER SUITABLE POINTS BY ARRANGEMENT. | ||
- | FOR ALL INFORMATION | ||
- | WRITE TO P.O. BOX 60, KATOOMBA TELEPHONE 60, KATOOMA. | ||
- | UNOFFICIAL HISTORY. | ||
- | It happens in the best regulated fanilies: the Jenolan River party at Easter travelled down the Cox at such a pace on Good Friday that the advance guard reached Breakfast Creek before they could pull up for the Jenolan River. | ||
- | While the Shoalhaven party emerged from the scrub near Tallowal Creeks and travelled blithely dnorth " for half a mile before the leader noticed that the westering sun was well behind his right shoulder. | ||
- | TRAIN TROUBLE. | ||
- | Jenny and Stan Madden looked like stealinga march on Bill Rodgers' | ||
- | Similarly, the Shoalhaven party had train trouble, using a total of eight trains and two cars to get to and from Tallong. The official party on the 5.10 was delayed by a bad case of "hot box" and a weary engine, and were finally trans-trained at Moss Vale to a following service, Frank Rigby cane in solitary-splend.our on the 9,18 ex Cent:ma which finally ' | ||
- | 8. | ||
- | BUDDE' | ||
- | By Allen A. Strom. | ||
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- | I always had a sneaking suspicion that there was something of great interest to tempt the settler aat that way .. a long way out... out on a limb, as it were! Itve wondered too .. where did that name come from? Perhaps it sounds aboriginal, or an anglicised version of an aboriginal name for there are similar sounding words in many Australian plap names. But the locals pronounce it as a sort of " | ||
- | We started off from just below Knight t3 Hill, perched high (abaat 2,000 feet as a matter of fact) above Macquarie Rivulet, near TongarreThe view looking north over the coastal plain around Dapto and Albion Park, over Lake Illawarra and straight at Mounts Kembla and Kiera, first inspected in order to give an orientation to the Budderoo visit. | ||
- | To Carrington Falls first of all, the mecca of many a bushwalk, giving its usual fine show, perhaps enhanced by the recent fresh in the Kangaroo. Nearby the swamps are aflame with the little Christmas Bell (Elandfordia nobilis) spangled with the White of the Sundow (Drosera binata) in flower. From Carrington to Gerringong Falls (on the Gerringong Creek) is by strange and devious timber-getters/ | ||
- | These swampy plains bring happy recollections of their close cousins the snowy plains .. the low, bent and white-barked Scribbly Gums assisting the delusion. Wide, gently falling greeneries, studded with the red and yellow of Bells when we saw them, many of the specimens beginning to seed... a good sign; apparently this is too far out for the picker, both amateur and professional. | ||
- | One gets so many disappointments with waterfalls, that one tends to build up a lbuyCrresistanceU. But Carrington and Gerringong Falls (particularly when there is plenty of water feeding from the swamps) must rank with the best of the more modest type. Largely because they are at our "back door" we are ready to forget them. The Gerringong Falls are moat attractively primitive; the fall drops the full length of the wall. The valley floor is untouched and crowded with Rain Forest . indeed a splendid sight. Looking down the valley the shelving nature characteristic of the Illawarra is apparent, all | ||
- | BUDDEROO LOCATION MAP showing a proposal for a..... | ||
- | BONG BONG NATIONAL PARK | ||
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- | ROSERT5044 | + | Well, early one evening, camped by the Indi River, my kind friend (Neil) fished out a stick insect from the freezing waters. He gently placed this thing, which was more dead then alive, on a groundsheet. We discussed the possibility of applying artificial respiration, |
- | 10. | + | |
- | richly green. On the summit of the eastern wall and about three or four miles away, is a cleared space .. outstanding in contrast to the duller green of the forest . capped with a few lonely Cabbage Tree Palms. The unusualness of the clearing, the richness of the green led to the assumption that this was a volcanic capping and we made off in the general direction of the hillock shown on the Kiana sheet as trig.2064,, | + | This started me thinking, for I shudder every time I think of the curse he placed an a utility truck which pulled up to let out passengers and proceeded on its way without giving us a lift. His eyes blackened, his brows knitted (two purl, one plain - Ed.) a dark cloud hovered overhead and he muttered some terrible expression, in Australian, too. Next day we passed that car jacked up on the road with its back axle off. |
- | The capping was basalt well enou, and the land had been settled at one time. We had hoped to get a good view from the top, but this was somewhat thwarted by the bulls. We saw enough however to distinguish Knight' | + | |
- | Next day we moved along what remains of the Budderoo Track as it skirts Cooper' | + | It was probably at the Indi River that my bearded friend acquired a fellow passenger, for Neil complained of extra weight (I thought it might be the result of being closer to the centre of the earth). The stowaway was discovered. Hidden in a dark corner was a large tri-antelope spider. It took Neil and myself some coaxing to evict it. Not long after the disposal of the stowaway came an embarrassing moment for Neil. The affectionate arachnida had crept up Neil's trousers at a good pace. He (Neil) had two alternatives - forsake his insect love, or drop his strides in a public camping ground. A little later I saw Neil scraping his trouser leg behind a bush. |
- | eucalypts and the Rain Forest are fighting back whilst wide areas are becoming bracken covered. Little remains of earlier settlement .. the fallen fence lines, the corner posts of a hut, a few exotic trees. Some cattle wander as they please. | + | |
- | The Budderoo Capping peters out about li miles from the end of the plateau, the Budderoo Head being sandstone.., this being the fate that awaited us. Struggle as we may no break in the walls was discovered, | + | ---- |
- | a considerable drop faced us on all sides. | + | |
- | The feeling of frustration somewhat dampened the qppreciation | + | =====Lamington Via Running Creek.===== |
- | looks directly towards the township and as we camped at the Head, we saw the " | + | |
- | On the third day a quick retreat was called in order to make the rendezvous with our transport. Back over the Budderoo capping, skirting Bulloh Hill we care upon the better section of the Budderoo Track, no doubt improved some little time ago by the timber merchants. The plan was to locate Ulrich' | + | By Molly Gallard. |
- | 11. | + | |
- | The loneliness of the plateau, the freedom of the wide swampy plains, the changing environment brought about by the volcanic | + | ===Part 3 - Down to Numinbah.=== |
- | A little later when thinking back and trying to correlate with the Barren Ground, I looked over the Parish Sheet (Wallaya) and was agreeably surprised at the wealth of Crown Lands still available. There is freehold at Bulloh Hill, Budderoo and southwest of Gerringong Falls (on another volcanic capping) which are all shown on the map accompanying this report. There are some Conditional | + | |
- | On the Barren Ground, 3456 acres were set aside as a reserve for the Preservation of Flora and Fauna some two or three years ago after an application by a number of the Preservation Bodies. This area encloses the whole of the Barren Ground | + | We left O' |
- | continues (now illegally and without cost to the grazier) and burned areas are often seen. | + | |
- | A 'Reserve for the Preservation of Flora and Fauna is never satisfactory to the Preservationist since it can be readily annulled. The | + | The next morning the Position was no better. Our only chance now was to make for Binna Burra in the hope of catching a bus to Southport. It seemed as though it was going to be a race against time. At lunch time it took us fifty minutes to get a fire going, and even then the water wouldn' |
- | recommendation of this Report is that the Barren Ground and the Budderoo Peninsula be joined together (as shown on the nap, certain alienated lands will prevent full junction) in a Bong Bong National | + | |
- | Park (from an aboriginal name for the plateau) with Preservationists on the Trust ... and a Trust anxious to police the deed of their Trust. | + | Further along the track we met the hostess from Binna Burra, who was leading a walking party from the house. We apologised for not being at Binna Burra as previously arranged and explained our position and enquired about buses. She said that buses were quite out of the question as they were completely booked up for Saturday and there would be no bus before then. This information didn't make us feel any happier. |
- | ira | + | |
- | INFERNO. | + | We continued on, wondering what to do next, when we saw a man coming down the track from Mt. Meriono. He soon caught us up, and it was when we stepped aside to let him pass that Betty recognised him as someone she had met before on a walking trip down Christmas Creek and who was now working at Binna Burra. We stopped to chat, and told him of our troubles. He suggested an easy way down off Wagawn, giving us minute details. We accompanied him along the track till we reached the turn off to Wagawn, which was about four miles from Binna Burra, and then said goodbye and set off along the two mile track to Wagawn. |
- | Try to imagine 20 folk going through the jumble of boulders at the foot of Bungonia Gorge. Voices everywhere, heads, legs and arms protruding through crannies - Ardill forming a human bridge - | + | |
- | Sheila Binns spreadeagled over a boulder between Jack Gentle and Roy Bruggy, and neither sure whether she wanted to be hoisted or lowered - | + | The view was magnificent, |
- | Frank Rigby poised and posed interminably on a pinnacle for the camera men. Happily that misanthrope, | + | |
- | + | The track held good for quite a way, following the land marks as described, and then we lost it. No doubt the fast growing jungle had grown over it. We had been told to bear well to the left to a patch of lantana or we would find ourselves at a cliff face. We wandered back and forth but no sign of a track or a blaze mark did we see. Finally our wanderings brought us out at the top of the cliff face. Well, at least we had some idea of where we were, so we climbed back up and found the lantana patch and found ourselves in amongst the old familiar lawyer vine again. After sidling around the ridge for a while, Bill found a way down and also something that could have been a track. This brought us to some huge caves. We were on the right track at last but it was 6.30 and we still had a long way to go. These caves were about a quarter of a mile long, and at the end - O, joy! - the border fence. As the ground was well cleared either side of the fence it didn't take us long to reach the border gates and there, like the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, was a bus. | |
- | There was 'a mbment | + | |
- | 12. | + | The bus driver lived in a small house just inside Queensland and he told us that the bus went to Murwillumbah every day, leaving the gates at 8.00 in the morning. That meant we could catch the Saturday morning bus which left us all the next day to ourselves and we would be able to visit the Natural Arch, which was only a couple of miles down the road. After enquiring for a good camp spot, we left in high spirits. |
- | "IFYOU ARE A HIKER". | + | |
- | The following are extracts from a Ladies' | + | We camped on soft green grass near a good open stream in the Numinbah Valley. The weather had improved considerably, |
- | "No matter what excuse you make to the civilised world for this getting out into the country - 'need the exercise?, 'want to get out more in the d_ rt, !walking is good for my figure' | + | |
- | "The camp fire is the real clue to your gypsiness, and should be the finishing joy to every hike. It need not be, and hardly ever is, a roaring true gypsy fire; but a small practical cooking fire is a possibility for even the'lone girl hiker ... If two neighbouring rocks present themselves, build your fire between them so that they support the frying pan or broiling rack; No rocks being accommodating that day, gather an armful of sound, dry twigs about the thickness of a lead pencil or a little larger, and select three of the best ones for the starter. Stand them in a tripod ... Find two heavier | + | We were up early next morning, anxious lest we should miss the bus. I think we were there at 7 o' |
- | "First see that your feet are camfortable | + | |
- | "No need to warn you that walking according to Hoyle, walking against time for a given goal, is all right for professional hikers, but not for you who go for the joy of just being outdoors. Walk where you please and as fast or slowly as your own inclination dictates. | + | ---- |
- | u, | + | |
- | .dorget | + | Said the toiler at Blue Gum "What wonderful anti-Australia propaganda could be made of this! Men working up to the waist in cold water, cutting timber, dragging logs, and working from dawn to dark - no pay and even bring your am tucker!" |
- | or of the professional camper who must carry coffee pot, frying pan and stew pot. Get instead a compact aluminium pocket kit. The Boy Scout kit is to be preferred, for this style is mall enough to fit a large pocket, but is more easily carried in its own khaki case on a strap over one shoulder. Being made of aluminium its weight is | + | |
- | negligible ...'' | + | ---- |
- | " | + | |
- | played you false and given you a misty, sprinkly day, then dontt plan to have a camp fire. Leave that for the experienced hikers who know where to find dry wood even in a downpour | + | ====Unofficial History.==== |
- | supply of assorted sandwiches and the inevitable chocolate bars. | + | |
- | Raincoat pockets are generous | + | It happens in the best regulated families: the Jenolan River party at Easter travelled down the Cox at such a pace on Good Friday that the advance guard reached Breakfast Creek before they could pull up for the Jenolan River. |
- | PHOTOGRAPHY ! | + | |
- | You press the button, we'll do the rest | + | While the Shoalhaven party emerged from the scrub near Tallowal Creek, and travelled blithely " |
- | 13. | + | |
- | Finegrain | + | ---- |
- | Developing | + | |
- | Sparkling | + | ====Train Trouble.==== |
- | Prints | + | |
- | Perfect | + | Jenny and Stan Madden looked like stealing a march on Bill Rodgers' |
- | Enlargements | + | |
- | Your | + | Similarly, the Shoalhaven party had train trouble, using a total of eight trains and two cars to get to and from Tallong. The official party on the 5.10 was delayed by a bad case of "hot box" and a weary engine, and were finally trans-trained at Moss Vale to a following service. Frank Rigby came in solitary splendour on the 9.18 ex Central which finally steamed out at 11.10 p.m. On the return trip, the three somnambulists of the party "came home with the milk in the morning" |
- | Rollfilms | + | |
- | or | + | ---- |
- | Leica films | + | |
- | deserve the | + | =====Budderoo!!===== |
- | best SERVICE | + | |
- | LEICA | + | By Allen A. Strom. |
- | PHOTO | + | |
- | SERVICE | + | Budderoo! Have you ever poured over the Kiama Ordinance Sheet and wondered what lay beyond and about that name? |
- | 31 Macquarie Place | + | |
- | SYDNEY N.S.W. | + | I always had a sneaking suspicion that there was something of great interest to tempt the settler out that way... a long way out... out on a limb, as it were! I've wondered too... where did that name come from? Perhaps it sounds aboriginal, or an anglicised version of an aboriginal name for there are similar sounding words in many Australian place names. But the locals pronounce it as a sort of " |
- | kind, donit hike on a rainy day." | + | |
- | The journal? " | + | We started off from just below Knight' |
- | The Talks Secretary is wrath. | + | |
- | Speaking of errors | + | To Carrington Falls first of all, the mecca of many a bushwalk, giving its usual fine show, perhaps enhanced by the recent fresh rain in the Kangaroo. Nearby the swamps are aflame with the little Christmas Bell (Elandfordia nobilis) spangled with the White of the Sundow (Drosera binata) in flower. From Carrington to Gerringong Falls (on the Gerringong Creek) is by strange and devious timber-getters' |
- | 14. | + | |
- | ALL THE ANSWERS | + | These swampy plains bring happy recollections of their close cousins the snowy plains... the low, bent and white-barked Scribbly Gums assisting the delusion. Wide, gently falling greeneries, studded with the red and yellow of Bells when we saw them, many of the specimens beginning to seed... a good sign; apparently this is too far out for the picker, both amateur and professional. |
- | Do you work in a store/ | + | |
+ | One gets so many disappointments with waterfalls, that one tends to build up a " | ||
+ | |||
+ | The capping was basalt well enough, and the land had been settled at one time. We had hoped to get a good view from the top, but this was somewhat thwarted by the bulls. We saw enough however to distinguish Knight' | ||
+ | |||
+ | Next day we moved along what remains of the Budderoo Track as it skirts Cooper' | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Budderoo Capping peters out about 1 1/2 miles from the end of the plateau, the Budderoo Head being sandstone... this being the fate that awaited us. Struggle as we may no break in the walls was discovered, a considerable drop faced us on all sides. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The feeling of frustration somewhat dampened the appreciation | ||
+ | |||
+ | On the third day a quick retreat was called in order to make the rendezvous with our transport. Back over the Budderoo capping, skirting Bulloh Hill we came upon the better section of the Budderoo Track, no doubt improved some little time ago by the timber merchants. The plan was to locate Ulrich' | ||
+ | |||
+ | The loneliness of the plateau, the freedom of the wide swampy plains, the changing environment brought about by the volcanic | ||
+ | |||
+ | A little later when thinking back and trying to correlate with the Barren Ground, I looked over the Parish Sheet (Wallaya) and was agreeably surprised at the wealth of Crown Lands still available. There is freehold at Bulloh Hill, Budderoo and southwest of Gerringong Falls (on another volcanic capping) which are all shown on the map accompanying this report. There are some Conditional | ||
+ | |||
+ | On the Barren Ground, 3456 acres were set aside as a reserve for the Preservation of Flora and Fauna some two or three years ago after an application by a number of the Preservation Bodies. This area encloses the whole of the Barren Ground | ||
+ | |||
+ | A Reserve for the Preservation of Flora and Fauna is never satisfactory to the Preservationist since it can be readily annulled. The recommendation of this Report is that the Barren Ground and the Budderoo Peninsula be joined together (as shown on the map, certain alienated lands will prevent full junction) in a Bong Bong National Park (from an aboriginal name for the plateau) with Preservationists on the Trust... and a Trust anxious to police the deed of their Trust. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ====Inferno.==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Try to imagine 20 folk going through the jumble of boulders at the foot of Bungonia Gorge. Voices everywhere, heads, legs and arms protruding through crannies - Ardill forming a human bridge - Sheila Binns spreadeagled over a boulder between Jack Gentle and Roy Bruggy, and neither sure whether she wanted to be hoisted or lowered - Frank Rigby poised and posed interminably on a pinnacle for the camera men. Happily that misanthrope, | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | There was a moment | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ====="If You Are A Hiker".===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | The following are extracts from a Ladies' | ||
+ | |||
+ | "No matter what excuse you make to the civilised world for this getting out into the country - 'need the exercise', 'want to get out more in the air', 'walking is good for my figure' | ||
+ | |||
+ | "The camp fire is the real clue to your gypsiness, and should be the finishing joy to every hike. It need not be, and hardly ever is, a roaring true gypsy fire; but a small practical cooking fire is a possibility for even the lone girl hiker... If two neighbouring rocks present themselves, build your fire between them so that they support the frying pan or broiling rack. No rocks being accommodating that day, gather an armful of sound, dry twigs about the thickness of a lead pencil or a little larger, and select three of the best ones for the starter. Stand them in a tripod... Find two heavier sticks, quite log-ish ones, and place them at either side as a support for a frying pan. Make sure of your supply of sticks and in fifteen or twenty minutes after your wigwam is started the meal is cooked. | ||
+ | |||
+ | "First see that your feet are comfortable | ||
+ | |||
+ | "No need to warn you that walking according to Hoyle, walking against time for a given goal, is all right for professional hikers, but not for you who go for the joy of just being outdoors. Walk where you please and as fast or slowly as your own inclination dictates. | ||
+ | |||
+ | " | ||
+ | |||
+ | "If you like to walk in the rain or if the weather man has played you false and given you a misty, sprinkly day, then don' | ||
+ | |||
+ | The journal? " | ||
+ | |||
+ | The date? August, 1922. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Walks Secretary is wrath. With all the officers, assistants, dog-wallopers and cleaners listed on the Walks Programme | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | Speaking of errors | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | =====All The Answers.===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Do you work in a store/ | ||
If so, how do you fare when you intend to set out on a trip straight from work, and take your gear to the store/ | If so, how do you fare when you intend to set out on a trip straight from work, and take your gear to the store/ | ||
+ | |||
Are you bombarded with silly questions, and do you answer them over and over again, ad nauseam? | Are you bombarded with silly questions, and do you answer them over and over again, ad nauseam? | ||
+ | |||
If you are a fellow sufferer, you will be interested in this project. I propose to have a number of "pro forma" duplicated (on the Club duplicator). These papers will be available to members (also prospective members) proposing to join a Friday night trip, straight after work. They should be properly filled in and posted in a prominent position near one's bench/ | If you are a fellow sufferer, you will be interested in this project. I propose to have a number of "pro forma" duplicated (on the Club duplicator). These papers will be available to members (also prospective members) proposing to join a Friday night trip, straight after work. They should be properly filled in and posted in a prominent position near one's bench/ | ||
+ | |||
Before going to press, however, I should be glad of any comment or criticism, any suggestions as to additional data which should be incorporated. Any such correspondence should be enclosed in an envelope and addressed to the Editor and will be treated confidentially. | Before going to press, however, I should be glad of any comment or criticism, any suggestions as to additional data which should be incorporated. Any such correspondence should be enclosed in an envelope and addressed to the Editor and will be treated confidentially. | ||
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Appended hereunder is draft of the proposed form: | Appended hereunder is draft of the proposed form: | ||
+ | |||
1. NO, I am not going HIKING. I am going BUSHWALKING. | 1. NO, I am not going HIKING. I am going BUSHWALKING. | ||
+ | |||
2. YES, we leave on a train/ | 2. YES, we leave on a train/ | ||
+ | |||
3. We expect to return next SUNDAY/ | 3. We expect to return next SUNDAY/ | ||
- | 4. We will travel to (insert name of destination) | + | |
- | near (fill in onlyif | + | 4. We will travel to ........ |
- | We wirr-FnE7Fin | + | |
- | delete entirely as required). | + | 5. From there we will walk to ........ |
- | 5. From there we will walk | + | |
- | which it is expected | + | ........ |
- | final destination is an | + | |
- | ' | + | (Space |
- | and by train from there to Sydney. | + | |
- | TsPace | + | 6. We will walk about ...... |
- | appropriate). In such case, delete sentence commencing We will return, etc.' | + | |
- | 6. We will walk about miles Which is (very little) (quite normal) | + | 7. NO, I can't tell you how many miles we walk in a day, because it depends on the kind of country. Anything from 3 to 20. |
- | (a long trip). Delete unnecessary phrases. | + | |
- | 15. | + | 8. Well, the weather looks good/ |
- | as/ | + | |
- | (it. Is fair average country) | + | 9, (a) NO, I don' |
- | (it is very rough). tDelete | + | |
- | 7. NO, I can't tell you how Many miles we walk in a day, because it depends on the kind of country. Anything from 3 to 20. | + | |
- | 8, Well, the weather looks good/ | + | |
- | 9, (a) NO, I d It expect to get lost because (we know the Country | + | |
- | his stuff | + | |
OR | OR | ||
- | (b) YES, we may get lost because (the country is difficult (I'm the leader | + | |
- | (the leader hasn't a clue. | + | (b) YES, we may get lost because (the country is difficult) (I'm the leader) (the leader hasn't a clue). |
- | NOTE: Delete either, (a) or (b) completely. Cancel out inappropriate phrases in remaining sub-section. | + | |
- | 10. YES, it's COLD, but we carry sleeping bags and so/but we will be quite all right/ | + | NOTE: Delete either (a) or (b) completely. Cancel out inappropriate phrases in remaining sub-section. |
- | 11. NO, we don't exactly sleep under the star. We carry light weight tents, weighing only two or three pounds. COMMANDOS TO DELETE ENTIRRTY. | + | |
- | 12. There will/ | + | 10. YES, it's COLD, but we carry sleeping bags and so/but we will be quite all right/ |
+ | |||
+ | 11. NO, we don't exactly sleep under the stars. We carry light weight tents, weighing only two or three pounds. COMMANDOS TO DELETE ENTIRRTY. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 12. There will/ | ||
13. FOR MEN ONLY. The women normally carry all their own gear. | 13. FOR MEN ONLY. The women normally carry all their own gear. | ||
+ | |||
14. WHAT DO WE EAT? Well, here's my menu: | 14. WHAT DO WE EAT? Well, here's my menu: | ||
- | FRIDAYBreakfast | + | |
- | SATURDAY------- -do. | + | |Friday|Breakfast|Lunch|Dinner| |
- | SUNDAY_ -------Td-677-------cro-.--- o | + | |Saturday|do.|do.|do.| |
- | MONDAY | + | |Sunday|do.|do.|do.| |
- | . do. do. | + | |Monday|do.|do.|do.| |
- | + | ||
- | _____ (Delete | + | (Delete |
- | lved.) | + | |
NOTE: Additional space will be allowed on the final form for these vital particulars. | NOTE: Additional space will be allowed on the final form for these vital particulars. | ||
+ | |||
15. We will cook over wood fires in the open. | 15. We will cook over wood fires in the open. | ||
- | 16. NO, we aren't worried about snakes/ | + | |
+ | 16. NO, we aren't worried about snakes/ | ||
17. Space for additional information. | 17. Space for additional information. | ||
- | wwlIalMSMIIMMAI | + | |
- | Naturally, such a document will be available only to bona fide walkers joining a walk direct from work. e have no intention of | + | .......... |
- | 16. | + | |
- | letting our brain child be used for shaving paper or the like. It will be necessary to male application for its issue on the proper form. I am at present drafting this I'form of application" | + | Naturally, such a document will be available only to bona fide walkers joining a walk direct from work. We have no intention of letting our brain child be used for shaving paper or the like. It will be necessary to make application for its issue on the proper form. I am at present drafting this "form of application" |
- | DOWN IN THE FOREST | + | |
- | apopplommismismenemaimm.iimm...mommom...mOrPO.MmOWmf | + | ---- |
- | | + | |
- | A few went down the pass on Friday night, but the majority of the main party camped at the top, rose at 6 a.m., toted the terrific weight down the 2,000 feet of Perry' | + | =====Down In The Forest....==== |
- | The two main features of the job were to build a dam, or silt pack (a wall against which water-borne silt, rock aid timber will pile up, gradually becoming fairly impervious to water) extending from the north bank across the main flow of the Grose: and digging a diversion channel to take the current - more aid"more over the weeks as the dam becomes effective. A fallen tree, about 70 feet long, was manoeuvered into position with the chain bloak, keyed against the bank at one end, and against a river oak and fallen timbers in mid-channel at the other. This took a party much of Saturday, and the final placing was done in the dawn af Sunday. Meantime another party cut sections of log to be braced against the tree, side by side, to form. the main wall, and these were stacked | + | |
+ | .... were 31 members of S.B.W., some willing assistants from Y.M.C.A., and 2nd Bexley Scouts, who happened to be in Blue Gum: one chain block; one engine-driven drill: 2 axes: 2 mattocks: one cross cut saw: one fettler' | ||
+ | |||
+ | A few went down the pass on Friday night, but the majority of the main party camped at the top, rose at 6 a.m., toted the terrific weight down the 2,000 feet of Perry' | ||
+ | |||
+ | The two main features of the job were to build a dam, or silt pack (a wall against which water-borne silt, rock and timber will pile up, gradually becoming fairly impervious to water) extending from the north bank across the main flow of the Grose: and digging a diversion channel to take the current - more and more over the weeks as the dam becomes effective. A fallen tree, about 70 feet long, was manoeuvered into position with the chain block, keyed against the bank at one end, and against a river oak and fallen timbers in mid-channel at the other. This took a party much of Saturday, and the final placing was done in the dawn of Sunday. Meantime another party cut sections of log to be braced against the tree, side by side, to form the main wall, and these were stacked on Sunday morning: further logs were cut and jammed under the downstream side, and rubble and branches piled against the upstream side. | ||
Another party cut out the diversion channel, some 120 feet long: this had been opened by noon on Saturday, and at the close of that day's work was taking about one-third of the total flow. After a large, rotting log, almost buried in shingle, had been blasted and cut and moved against the south bank to prevent erosion there, the flow along the diversion increased to about 40% of the total stream, the remainder filtering through interstices in the silt pack. | Another party cut out the diversion channel, some 120 feet long: this had been opened by noon on Saturday, and at the close of that day's work was taking about one-third of the total flow. After a large, rotting log, almost buried in shingle, had been blasted and cut and moved against the south bank to prevent erosion there, the flow along the diversion increased to about 40% of the total stream, the remainder filtering through interstices in the silt pack. | ||
- | Yeoman service came from the girls who, in addition to building temporary stone weirs, and tossing stones against the main wall, collected piles of the tins littering the Forest floor, cooked the meals, and provided vast quantitiek: | + | |
- | All the objectives of the working bee were carried, out. We are now at the mercy of the Grose. If the River behaves fairly normally, with only minor floodings, there see n,9 every possibility of success: | + | Yeoman service came from the girls who, in addition to building temporary stone weirs, and tossing stones against the main wall, collected piles of the tins littering the Forest floor, cooked the meals, and provided vast quantities |
- | 17. | + | |
- | of course, a major flooding, before the silt pack has become established, | + | All the objectives of the working bee were carried out. We are now at the mercy of the Grose. If the River behaves fairly normally, with only minor floodings, there seems every possibility of success: of course, a major flooding, before the silt pack has become established, |
- | PEDERATION NOTES APRIL MEETING. | + | |
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | =====Federation Notes - April Meeting.===== | ||
By Allen A. Strom. | By Allen A. Strom. | ||
+ | |||
A compass and a sum of money has been found between Breakfast Creek and Carlon' | A compass and a sum of money has been found between Breakfast Creek and Carlon' | ||
- | Notebook found near -TugloW | + | |
- | OP STREAMS | + | Notebook found near Tuglow |
- | The attention of Federation was drawn to-a Current Series | + | |
- | FEDERATION REUNION | + | ===Pollution of Streams: |
- | SEARCH AND RESCUE 1LEEKEND, | + | |
- | MEETINGS CF COMMITTEE: At the rooms of the Big Sister Movement, | + | (in particular, Nattai, Kedumba and Cox's) by town sewage. This matter was discussed in response to a letter from Paddy Pallin who asked that Councils concerned be requested to take steps to prevent pollution. Federation decided that such action was waste of time as Councils already contended that the treatment of sewage effluents was satisfactory. |
- | NEWCASTLE TECHNICAL COLLEGE BUSHWALEERS: would like a copy of Current | + | |
- | YOUTH HOSTEL__MIDDLE RILL GARIE: Some discussion took place concern- | + | The attention of Federation was drawn to a Current Series |
- | Hostel in the National Park at | + | |
- | Garie. It was stated that the building at Little Marley was now being used as a National Fitness Camp and was no longer under the- control of the 'Youth Hostels Association. It was agreed that delegates should endeavour to obtain an expression of attitude from the Clubs concerning the erection of Hostels in National Parks. The matter will be further discussed at the May Meeting of Federation. | + | ===Federation Reunion, |
- | And talking of records, we have it'on reliable authority that the party which arose at 6,3. a..m.,.aLd.,lugged all the heaviest gear down Perry' | + | |
- | POLLUTION | + | Favourable comment was made concerning the organisation of the Reunion and Campfire. The attendance |
- | ,-fge* | + | |
- | ivanisopismatly | + | ===Search and Rescue Weekend: |
- | EEET TIM. | + | |
- | T.", | + | May 2/3rd proceeding as planned |
- | r,;$ - fv, | + | |
- | 6L:;^..X 1,6-46g6:010 | + | ===Bushwalkers' |
- | dte | + | |
- | y. | + | The large hall at the Paddington Town Hall has been booked |
- | 00- | + | |
- | 6 6 | + | ===Meeting of Committee:=== |
- | 400010104 | + | |
- | Tim is Robert' | + | At the rooms of the Big Sister Movement, |
+ | |||
+ | ===Newcastle Technical College Bushwalkers:=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | would like a copy of Current | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Youth Hostel, Middle Rill, Garie:=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Some discussion took place concerning the decision to erect a Youth Hostel in the National Park at Garie. It was stated that the building at Little Marley was now being used as a National Fitness Camp and was no longer under the control of the Youth Hostels Association. It was agreed that delegates should endeavour to obtain an expression of attitude from the Clubs concerning the erection of Hostels in National Parks. The matter will be further discussed at the May Meeting of Federation. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | And talking of records, we have it on reliable authority that the party which arose at 6.3 a.m., and lugged all the heaviest gear down Perry' | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | =====Paddy Made.===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Tim is Robert' | ||
Maybe if we were like Tim, covered with fur, and could exist on the contents of garbage tins or something similar we could get away on Bushwalks without packs, but alas! it is not so, and we do the next best thing and get a " | Maybe if we were like Tim, covered with fur, and could exist on the contents of garbage tins or something similar we could get away on Bushwalks without packs, but alas! it is not so, and we do the next best thing and get a " | ||
- | pin | ||
- | I/ | ||
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- | !UM | ||
- | Lightweight Camp Gear | ||
- | 201 CASTLEREAGH St SYDNEY | ||
- | M2,678 | ||
+ | Paddy Pallin. Lightweight Camp Gear. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 201 Castlereagh St Sydney. M2678 | ||
+ | |||
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