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- | INE.4......camosam.....1...tagoi......inoror..., | + | ===== Cheddar Chopper. ===== |
- | - CHEDDAR CHOP7NR. - | + | |
- | IP, IQ. WIN", | + | It has been brought to our attention that Eddie Stretton' |
- | It has been brought to our attention that Eddie Stretton' | + | |
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- | Things certainly have come to a bad state When people like Eric Pegl-am | + | |
- | 0 0 | + | Things certainly have come to a bad state when people like Eric Pegram |
- | We overheard Ross Laird going mad in the Club the other night because Geoff Y:agg is making profits from his (Ross' | + | |
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- | 'Eon Voyage' | + | |
- | $ 0 0 0 | + | We overheard Ross Laird going mad in the Club the other night because Geoff Wagg is making profits from his (Ross' |
- | Whilst approximately 150 bods sat and patiently plucked grass seeds from their sox at Federation Reunion in trotted Federation President, Paul Barnes, with scarcely a single burr in his hosiery, to be followed half an hour later by Don Mathews in imnaculate | + | |
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- | Congratulations to Marj. and Paul Barnes on the birth of a. | + | |
- | 14. | + | 'Bon Voyage' |
- | c9nughter | + | |
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- | To be caught outside the barrier when your train leaves its | + | |
- | pl,: | + | Whilst approximately 150 bods sat and patiently plucked grass seeds from their sox at Federation Reunion in trotted Federation President, Paul Barnes, with scarcely a single burr in his hosiery, to be followed half an hour later by Don Mathews in immaculate |
- | it just leave you standing is really maddening, especially when you have about three hours to wait for the next train. This happened to Jec Martin when she was about to board 5.10 p m. Mittagong train on _(J official Easter trip. | + | |
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- | Ti END. Tricky Terrain Traps Trampers. At the Federation | + | |
- | Later, last seen wandering vaguely, etc., our Secretary and | + | Congratulations to Marj. and Paul Barnes on the birth of a daughter |
- | Treasurer, also infected with this wanderlust, spent a happy half-hour | + | |
- | wandering vainly from ridge to ridge trying to remember where they had left their tents. | + | ---- |
- | I hear that Federation is authorising a detailed map of Eureka | + | |
- | RUDOLPH STRIKES BACK. Dushwalker | + | To be caught outside the barrier when your train leaves its platform |
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+ | === Lost Weekend. --- | ||
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+ | Tricky Terrain Traps Trampers. At the Federation | ||
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+ | Later, last seen wandering vaguely, etc., our Secretary and Treasurer, also infected with this wanderlust, spent a happy half-hour wandering vainly from ridge to ridge trying to remember where they had left their tents. | ||
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+ | I hear that Federation is authorising a detailed map of Euroka | ||
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+ | === Rudolph Strikes Back. === | ||
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+ | Bushwalker | ||
Could it have come to this? That is for you to decide. I feel it is time that the true facts of these disgraceful goings on were revealed to the amazed gaze of apathetic Club members. The Monica Gang, they caused the trouble. This despicable gang comprises three young - er - ladies (mentioning no names of course, but one has a brother in New Zealand, one has a sister at Barham, and the third has a brother who is writing this article). To continue, however: it is beyond doubt that members of this unscrupulous group were involved in the big Ski Trousers Tie Up, and also the sudden slump in Tents. | Could it have come to this? That is for you to decide. I feel it is time that the true facts of these disgraceful goings on were revealed to the amazed gaze of apathetic Club members. The Monica Gang, they caused the trouble. This despicable gang comprises three young - er - ladies (mentioning no names of course, but one has a brother in New Zealand, one has a sister at Barham, and the third has a brother who is writing this article). To continue, however: it is beyond doubt that members of this unscrupulous group were involved in the big Ski Trousers Tie Up, and also the sudden slump in Tents. | ||
- | How long could it continue? The Walks Secretary' | + | |
- | misery and other members were becoming involved. How long? Not long, | + | How long could it continue? The Walks Secretary' |
- | you'll agree. And so it was that at the Federation Reunion Rudolph struck back! The spirits of the Monica Gang were dampened once and for all, in fact some were quite put out. The Walks Secretary and the Co-Editor also carried out an extremely clever outflanking movement by crawling three hundred yards through bracken and grass seeds. Unfortunately, | + | |
The outcome, of course, was that Rudolph was totally victorious and Monica vanquished for good - we hope! | The outcome, of course, was that Rudolph was totally victorious and Monica vanquished for good - we hope! | ||
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- | UNFAIR TO COWS. We have heard of a few lousy doings in our day but Have 37-(3u | + | ---- |
- | , cow and sleep on the spot of earth the poor cow had spent half the night warming up. | + | |
- | 15. | + | === Unfair To Cows. === |
- | FEDERATION NOTES - APRIL MEETING. | + | |
+ | We have heard of a few lousy doings in our day but have you heard one to equal this? In the early days of the Club Bushwalkers arriving at Era from the midnight train would kick up a cow and sleep on the spot of earth the poor cow had spent half the night warming up. | ||
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+ | === Important Transport Notice. === | ||
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+ | Bushwalkers requiring transport from Blackheath, any hour, ring, write or call... | ||
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+ | Siedlecky' | ||
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+ | 116 Station Street, Blackheath. | ||
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+ | 24 hour service. | ||
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+ | Bushwalkers arriving at Blackheath late at night without transport booking can ring for car from Railway Station or call at above address | ||
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+ | 'Phone Blackheath 81 or 146. Look for cars 3210 or TV270 or book at Mark Salon Radio Shop - opposite Station. | ||
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+ | ===== Federation Notes - April Meeting. ===== | ||
by Allen A. Strom. | by Allen A. Strom. | ||
- | 14TH ANNUAL_AMP was held at Euroka on April 4/5th. 167 attended but | ||
- | the absence of older folk was pronounced. The Campfire was very | ||
- | successful. Owing to the heat of the day, most people left early | ||
- | on the Sunday thus defeating the purpose of bringing Clubs together. A complaint about the general tone of the reunion and the effectiveness of the Federation was received from a member of the S.D.W. After much discussion, it was decided to circularise a questionnaire amongst members of affiliated clubs in an effort to determine a more effective way to achieve the aims of the Annual Federation Reunion. | ||
- | POLLUTION OF WATERHOLES: Following reception of a letter on this sia-ject-frE-T.B..7-TY was agreed that :- | ||
- | 1. Federation should compaign against this practice, particularly in areas such as the Warrumbungle Mountains where the soaping of waterholes and troughs had interfered with stock. | ||
- | 2. Federation should wl,ite to Mr. Gale, ,a farmer in the | ||
- | Warrumbungle Mountain Area, informing him of our action and | ||
- | asking his advice on any factors particularly applicable | ||
- | to his area. | ||
- | T .7 :7 /-1"-e C 7 '7 | + | __14TH Annual Camp__ was held at Euroka on April 4/5th. 167 attended but the absence of older folk was pronounced. The Campfire was very successful. Owing to the heat of the day, most people left early on the Sunday thus defeating the purpose of bringing Clubs together. A complaint about the general tone of the reunion and the effectiveness of the Federation was received from a member of the S.B.W. After much discussion, it was decided to circularise a questionnaire amongst members of affiliated clubs in an effort to determine a more effective way to achieve the aims of the Annual Federation Reunion. |
- | Tc177PL2.,=1 7AXT AT.7D TOURIST SERVICE, | + | |
- | r %M.A. | + | __Pollution of Waterholes__: Following reception of a letter on this subject from S.B.W., it was agreed that :- |
- | 115 ST.LTT0111 BLACKHEATH. | + | |
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- | -; ) "; | + | - Federation should write to Mr. Gale, a farmer in the Warrumbungle Mountain Area, informing him of our action and asking his advice on any factors particularly applicable to his area. |
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- | 7J3HWAS, | + | __Bushfire Fighting__ |
- | 1)uk*m7 foncar from | + | |
- | Ra:wcyt,:,f call f,1.; cre addrss | + | __Fraser Park__: A further effort has been made to step gravel filching by the Trustees of the Palk. |
- | Niko | + | |
- | /PHOE 137EATI7 ql OR 143, LOOK 7OR Ci\RS 3210 or TV270 | + | __Barren Grounds__: The Fauna Protection Panel will ask that the Grounds be declared |
- | w VILW,....6, g.+ * ,1J41. | + | |
- | OR 7300K AT MAI7OL SALc.) am. OPP. STATION | + | __Barrington Tops__: A contact has been made with the Barrington Club which is inter alia, interested in reservations on the Barrington - Gloucester Plateau. This will be followed up and a concerted effort attempted for a National Park. |
- | TRANSPORT | + | |
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- | 16. | + | |
- | 7TSHFIRE FIGHTING | + | |
- | were discussed. It was decided to refer the matter to the | + | |
- | .LDS and to call for reports from them at the June meeting of T", | + | |
- | FRA;LTER PARK: A further effort has been =e to step gravel filching by 1)e Trustees of the Palk. | + | |
- | Tn:RTZ7 GR CUNDS The Fauna Protection Panel will ask that the UF(577717-377nared | + | |
- | DAE1?-7T0N TOPS: A contact has been made with the Barrington Club which is inter alia, interested in reservations on the Barrington - Gloucester Plateau. This will be followed up and a concerted effort attempted for a National Park. | + | |
The Fauna Protection Panel is continuing the examination of :- | The Fauna Protection Panel is continuing the examination of :- | ||
- | (a) Morton Primitive Reserve | + | |
- | (b) Nadgee Area | + | - Morton Primitive Reserve |
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for possible dedication as Faunal Reserves. | for possible dedication as Faunal Reserves. | ||
- | Visits to National Park Areas are planned as follows | + | |
- | Details: A.U. Dingeldei - UA2983. | + | Visits to National Park Areas are planned as follows |
- | EASTER PARADE. | + | |
+ | * Bong Bong (Budderoo): May 14/15/16th. | ||
+ | * Kariong: June 18/19/20th. | ||
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+ | Details: A.W. Dingeldei - UA2983. | ||
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+ | ===== Easter Parade. ===== | ||
- Jim Brown. | - Jim Brown. | ||
- | PART I - LOLLY WALK. | + | |
+ | === Part 1 - Lolly Walk. === | ||
"No seats up front" said the ticket examiner curtly, then, with a softening of heart, "Hop in here. Keep the door closed and don't let anyone fool round with the switches. You'll be right" | "No seats up front" said the ticket examiner curtly, then, with a softening of heart, "Hop in here. Keep the door closed and don't let anyone fool round with the switches. You'll be right" | ||
- | We shot the bolts on the door between the luggage compartment and the rest of the carriage, managed to sneak a few more walkers in with us, and the train lit out at 5.0 D.M. Holding a sausage in one band, and the '' | + | |
- | At this moment, while we passed through Redfern there was a hammering at the communication door, and we admitted Elsie Bruggy. With' | + | We shot the bolts on the door between the luggage compartment and the rest of the carriage, managed to sneak a few more walkers in with us, and the train lit out at 5.0 p.m. Holding a sausage in one band, and the " |
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- | 17. | + | At this moment, while we passed through Redfern there was a hammering at the communication door, and we admitted Elsie Bruggy. With very proper Secretarial efficiency she reported those aboard - husband Roy: Edna Stretton, Frank Ashdown, visitor |
- | the adjoining carriage Isabel Wilkie, Beryl Christiansen, | + | |
- | Amongst those known or believed to be travelling on other trains were Win McKenzie and Edna Garrad, Tine Koetsier and Frank Burt, Allan Hardie, Eric Adcock and Frank Rigby. Twenty-seven. That left only a few to be accounted for..., one of them, Ray Moore, joined us | + | Amongst those known or believed to be travelling on other trains were Win McKenzie and Edna Garrad, Tine Koetsier and Frank Burt, Allan Hardie, Eric Adcock and Frank Rigby. Twenty-seven. That left only a few to be accounted for... one of them, Ray Moore, joined us in the baggage van at Liverpool, and further down the line we heard that Bob Younger had been seen on the platform. |
- | in the baggage van at Liverpool, and further down the line we heard that Bob Younger had been seen on the platform. | + | |
- | Now in a party of this size it is possible for many things to | + | Now in a party of this size it is possible for many things to happen: no one can keep tabs on every stirring, least of all the leader with his multiple considerations of pathfinding, |
- | happen: no one can keep tabs on every stirring, least of all the | + | |
- | leader with his multiple considerations of pathfinding, | + | Recollections of the forward trip are limited to the outpost voluntarily locked in the baggage compartment, |
- | and watching for the halt or the lame. So, for whatever goes unrecorded here, we express regrets in advance: put it down to a failing memory, the size of the party, or what you will. | + | |
- | Recollections of the forward trip are limited to the outpost voluntarily locked in the baggage compartment, | + | Arrangements worked like a charm at Mittagong. The bus was waiting, and trundled us down to the highway |
- | others of the Party. Approaching Mittagong the Social Secretary must have done something meritorious, | + | |
- | a perfect Cupid' | + | Wanganderry was a better camp site than I remembered. We settled in quite snugly for the night, on soft grasses, with abundant firewood and plenty of slightly earthy water. During the night David and Jessie turned |
- | to take sixty pounds of screw coupler out of his pack before alighting. | + | |
- | Arrangements worked like a charm- at Mittagong. The bus was waiting, and trundled us down to the hi, | + | It was an uneventful morning as the long column, keeping |
- | to be turning leadership into a racket, and even the Promise | + | |
- | Wanganderry was a better camp site than I remembered. We settled in quite snugly for the night, on soft grasses, with abundant firewood and plenty of slightly earthy water. During the night David and Jessie turned | + | That night, under a moon with a corona, we held camp-fire. Following the discovery that Frank Ashdow was an inveterate home-brewer, |
- | but most inviting, and the objective, the necks of Yerranderie, | + | |
- | It was an uneventful morning as the long column, keeping | + | Saturday was fine and windy from the west: 21 of the Party moved off at 8.15, and duly waited for the tail to come up. We waited almost half an hour, while the rear end bolted past on the opposite bank, screened from us by a line of small casuarina. Since our group included the weaker and out-of-condition folk, we elected to go on, to cross the river just above Riley' |
- | 13. | + | |
- | surprisingly close order, went down Burnt Flat Creek (narrowly | + | At lunch-time the advance party overtook the rearguard, which is a kind of paradox. They were camped on the far bank, and Roy Bruggy was ordered across. We greeted him with "Where hast tha been since a saw thee?" and worked out what had happened. The morning' |
- | That night, under a moon with a corona, we held camp-fire. Following the discovery that Frank Ashdow was an inveterate home- brewer, with forty bottles of highly | + | |
- | Saturday was fine and windy from the west: 21 of the Party | + | There was no organised |
- | moved off at 8.15, and duly waited for the tail to come up. e waited almost half an hour, while the rear end bolted past on the opposite bank. screened from us by a line of small casuarina. Since our group included the weaker and out-of-condition folk, we elected to go on, to cross the river just above Riley' | + | |
- | 'At' | + | (To be continued...) |
- | we camped again at 3.45. We were a little short of the intended stage for the day, but the westerly | + | |
- | There was no-o, | + | ---- |
- | Blue Gum Forest timber rafted down the Grose with fare-paying tourists. To bed again about ten - except for the adjoining food Darby which cooked a fearsome, damper. During the night a little rain fell, and all the sugar was washed off the lolly walk. | + | |
- | (TO BE C:CNTINUED..) | + | |
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PHOTOGRAPHER' | PHOTOGRAPHER' |
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