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-EINE WRITING. - Taro.
+===== Fine Writing. =====
-To the truly alive, life is an ever exciting, ever inviting thing - not a placid lake but a sea coming in turbulent waves, all refreshment and stimulation, It sets the mind a-swirling and drives the poet penwards
-Nature's show is anyone's portion, but to capture it is the privilege of the raree, Nature in itself is speechless, and only the mind that mirrors can make it vocalt
+- Taro.
-Happy the person possessed of the seeing eye and sparkling minds out of nothingness to grasp beauty, then put it in print for the eye to dwell on and the heart to ponder - joy for all who read,
-LEICA
+To the truly alive, life is an ever exciting, ever inviting thing - not a placid lake but a sea coming in turbulent waves, all refreshment and stimulation. It sets the mind a-swirling and drives the poet penwards.
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+Nature's show is anyone's portion, but to capture it is the privilege of the rare! Nature in itself is speechless, and only the mind that mirrors can make it vocal.
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+Happy the person possessed of the seeing eye and sparkling minds out of nothingness to grasp beauty, then put it in print for the eye to dwell on and the heart to ponder - joy for all who read.
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+===== Federation Report - December. =====
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-FEDERATION REPORT - DECEMBER
 - Allen A. Strom.
-Paddy Pallin reports that he has maps showing approaches to Federation Peak and the Port Davey Track (Taamaniae)
-A deputation met the Chief Guardian of Fauna with a proposal that the Fauna,Protectipn Panel take the, initiative in organising a WILD LIFE SHOW, The Chief Guardian has undertaken to prepare Some information on cost and organising procedures for conaderation at a later date.
+Paddy Pallin reports that he has maps showing approaches to Federation Peak and the Port Davey Track (Tasmania).
-The first meeting of the Trust of the WARRUNBUNGLES NATIONAL PARK was held in Coonabarlibran on November 30th. A very cordial atmosphere existed at that meeting and all members of Trust showed considerable interest in retaining the natural features intact and rendering them available to the public with the least possible interference. Although the Department of Lands could offer no financial assistance to the new Trust, the representatives of three Shires present each offered to secure 100 from their Councils. Arrangements were also put into train to organise functions in the towns of Coonamble, Gilgandra and Coonabarabran in order to raise -. funds. The Trust has requested that certain additional areas be added to the present area under the Trust and, it was foreshadowed th& certain other regions would be requested as additions at a later dat.
-The Trustees of the BOUDDI NATURAL PARK met the syndicate whic proposed to work the rutile within 'the Park Boundaries. The Trust if-1 of the opinion that no matter what attitude it adopts, the taking of rutile cannot, in the ultimate, be prevented. The Trust is therefore happy to report that the Syndicate appears to be prepared to meet certain wishes of the Trust to repair damage and to assist the work of the Trust. Negotiations proceeding.
+A deputation met the Chief Guardian of Fauna with a proposal that the Fauna Protection Panel take the initiative in organising a __Wild Life Show__. The Chief Guardian has undertaken to prepare some information on cost and organising procedures for consideration at a later date.
-Arrangements are being made for a deputation to meet the Under Secretary for Mines On the subject of PROSPECTING AND MINING IN RESERVES. The deputation will ask that Trustees of Reserves be consulted in all cases where prospecting is proposed and that certain types of non-essential minerals be not mined under any circumstances, in reserves.
-The old track along the KARIONG PENINSULA commancing near the Rifle Range on Kariong Trig.Station, has recently been cleared and regraded for motor traffic. Enquiries are being made as to the purpose and significance, as this is within the proposed Kariong National Park.
+The first meeting of the Trust of the __Warrumbungles National Park__ was held in Coonabarabran on November 30th. A very cordial atmosphere existed at that meeting and all members of Trust showed considerable interest in retaining the natural features intact and rendering them available to the public with the least possible interference. Although the Department of Lands could offer no financial assistance to the new Trust, the representatives of three Shires present each offered to secure £100 from their Councils. Arrangements were also put into train to organise functions in the towns of Coonamble, Gilgandra and Coonabarabran in order to raise funds. The Trust has requested that certain additional areas be added to the present area under the Trust and it was foreshadowed that certain other regions would be requested as additions at a later date.
-A recent amendment to certain Parks Acts has widened the
-powers of Trusts to make regulatiOns and in other matters; this is
+The Trustees of the __Bouddi Natural Park__ met the syndicate which proposed to work the rutile within the Park Boundaries. The Trust is of the opinion that no matter what attitude it adopts, the taking of rutile cannot, in the ultimate, be prevented. The Trust is therefore happy to report that the Syndicate appears to be prepared to meet certain wishes of the Trust to repair damage and to assist the work of the Trust. Negotiations proceeding.
-very welcome and a long felt need.
-.
+Arrangements are being made for a deputation to meet the Under Secretary for Mines On the subject of __Prospecting and Mining in Reserves__. The deputation will ask that Trustees of Reserves be consulted in all cases where prospecting is proposed and that certain types of non-essential minerals be not mined under any circumstances, in reserves.
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+The old track along the __Kariong Peninsula__ commencing near the Rifle Range on Kariong Trig. Station, has recently been cleared and regraded for motor traffic. Enquiries are being made as to the purpose and significance, as this is within the proposed Kariong National Park.
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+A recent amendment to certain Parks Acts has widened the powers of Trusts to make regulations and in other matters; this is very welcome and a long felt need.
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-IMPRESSIONS OF JAPAN AND THE JAPANESE
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+ hour service.
+Bushwalkers arriving at Blackheath late at night without transport booking can ring for car from Railway Station or call at above address - __it's never too late__!
+'Phone Blackheath 81 or 146. Look for cars 3210 or TV270 or book at Mark Salon Radio Shop - opposite Station.
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+===== Impressions Of Japan And The Japanese. =====
 After three voyages during 1955 in the S.S. "Eastern"
--A.G.Hackworthy.
-"Uso kara deta makotol" And that gives a complete explanation of the origins of this piece of ad lib reporting. Besides, I don't believe that it is in any way possible to be able to get more than a rather brief impression of a country or its people after only three short stays in that country, particularly when it is remembered that such a large amount of the time was actually spent working.
+-A.G. Hackworthy.
+"Uso kara deta makoto!" And that gives a complete explanation of the origins of this piece of ad lib reporting. Besides, I don't believe that it is in any way possible to be able to get more than a rather brief impression of a country or its people after only three short stays in that country, particularly when it is remembered that such a large amount of the time was actually spent working.
 But to return to the opening quotation - "Uso kara deta makoto" - quite frankly I haven't any idea what the literal translation would be, nor which actual word means what; in its broader idiomatic sense it was explained to me as "Many a true word is spoken in jest," and a jest is jest how this came into being. I could easily claim 'not fair', as I didn't manage to get a word in before it was decided that I should write something of what I have seen and been impressed or depressed by during a couple of trips to Japan during the past year.
-Winter was in full sway when I first saw the country, and having been in the process of acquiring a suntan before leaving Australia, the cold really had to be felt to be believed. It was disappointing in one sense during the first. day in Yokkaichi on the south coast of
-.
+Winter was in full sway when I first saw the country, and having been in the process of acquiring a suntan before leaving Australia, the cold really had to be felt to be believed. It was disappointing in one sense during the first day in Yokkaichi on the south coast of Honsu, as well as the next day at Nagoya only a few miles away, as we knew by the feel of the wind and the temperature that there was plenty of snow on the mountains lying behind the towns, yet we could not see anything past the first few miles of the plains around Ise Bay because of the haze and the quite low clouds. However, at sunrise the following morning while the ship was peacefully (except for dodging dozens of very annoying fishing boats) steaming along the south coast towards Yokohama, I saw one of the most magnificent views that could possibly be imagined. The sun was just rising as the ship steamed past Iro Saki, and I had first a glimpse and then the full sight of a colossal strawberry ice-cream cone. It was the justly famous Fuji Yama, rising in all its twelve thousand feet of glory above the surrounding hills, with its full covering of snow a deep yet delicate pink in the very early sunshine, the palid blue sky behind it and a layer of cloud hovering above the tip of the peak made it stand out like the answer to the prayer of some producer of 3 D. movies. Then in contrast, to turn round and look at O Shima, an island that was once famous for the number of people who suicided by jumping into the crater of its volcano. Whisps of smoke drifted upwards from the jagged rim of the crater that circles the top of the green island like a dusty crown.
-Honsu, as well as the next day at Nagoya only a few miles away, as we knew by the feel of the wind and the temperature that there was plenty of snow on the mountains lying behind the towns, yet we could not see anything past the first few miles of the p lains around Ise Bay because of the haze and the quite low clouds. However, at sunrise the following morning while the ship was peacefully (except for dodging dozens of very annoying fishing boats) steaming along the south coast towards Yokohama, I saw one of the most magnificent views that could possibly be imagined. The sun was just rising as
-the ship steamed past Iro Saki, and I had first a glimpse and then
+I had been looking forward to the couple of days that we were due to get in Yokohama, to be able to have a rest from the continual daily round of a ship at sea, so I was hardly prepared for the amount of work that went on even after brief stops at Yokkaichi and Nagoya. The wharf gangs came aboard as the ship was still tying up to the wharf and started work on the cargo without any waste of time, and then they worked, and worked on! I wondered when they had their meal hours or perhaps smokos, and I kept on wondering as they just did not have any breaks from the work at all. Then someone told me that they work twelve hour shifts, and as each fresh shift comes on the job they take over from the old crowd without any interruptions of the work. And the ship's Officers have to take it in turns to supervise the working of the cargo, fitting in the routine jobs whenever there might be an opportunity. The port facilities were quite modern, and the shipbuilding yards were going flat out; yet there were a number of wrecks in and near the harbour to remind anyone that only a few years ago the whole place was somewhat of a mess after some terrific poundings by the Allied Air Forces. Yokohama was also my introduction to a Japanese city; and the first impression was of the disproportionate number of taxis to private cars and of their aggressiveness and tenacity in trying to get passengers. I would not like to drive in many of the cities I have seen so far, along narrow winding streets; streets which even in Sydney would be one way traffic are open to traffic from both directions, with an odd car or two parked here and there, There is a speed limit, but I could easily be persuaded that it works in reverse to our ideas; it is about thirty m.p.h. (40 KM.P.H.) and once they get a car moving they do not seem to go either faster or slower than that.
-the full sight of a colossal strawberry ice-cream cone. It was the justly famous Fuji Yama, rising in all its twelve thousand feet of glory above the surrounding hills, with its full covering of snow
-a deep yet delicate pink in the very early sunshine, the palid blue sky behind it and a layer of cloud hovering above the tip cf the
+In contrast to so many other places through the Far East, Japan appears to be quite a clean place, and the general standard of education seems high. To try to place their courteousness, manners and habits to fit in with any Western ideas needs rather a good imagination, yet it is not too difficult to realise that from a general standpoint the Japanese should rate fairly high in any survey of civilisation. This is one thing they seem egotistically aware of and though it is obvious that they have incorporated many things from the Western world which apparently have been to their advantage, the Japanese are still intensely nationalistic in their outlook and their way of life. Some of these observations are largely inference from what I have seen, and from conversations that I have had with English speaking Japanese.
-peak made it stand out like the answer to the prayer of some produce
-of 3 D. movies. Then in contrast, to turn round and look at
+Some of the cities like Tokyo, Kobe, and Nagoya look very similar to Australian cities at first sight, but this does not extend past the appearance of most of the larger buildings. There are few straight roads - most of them twist and turn and don't last too long, and those that are straight are usually wider and have apparently been cut through whatever was in the way to give good traffic access through the centre of the towns. That may give the impression that there is plenty of space for the authorities to do as they wish, but the opposite is really the case, particularly in all the large towns, as very high buildings are impossible because of the risk of earthquakes, and to be able to centralise things as much as possible produces intense crowding. Imagine the lunch hour crowds in Pitt Street lasting through the whole working day from nine till nine! But it is the shops which show the most difference to Western ideas, though I know several large department stores run on Western lines. Most of the shops are the small family variety so familiar throughout the East, with open fronts and all the goods piled up to the ceiling in a completely haphazard manner. In some places they have special shopping streets, and it looks strange with pedestrians all over the roadway and not so much as a bicycle in sight.
- Shima, an island that was once famous for the number of people who suicided by jumping into the crater of its volcano. Whisps of smoke drifted upwards from the jagged rim of the crater that circles the top of the green island like a dusty crown.
-I had been looking forward to the couple of days that we were due to get in Yokohama, to be able to have a rest from the continual daily round of a ship at sea, so I was hardly prepared for the amount of work that went on even after brief stops at Yokkaichi and Nagoya. The wharf gangs came aboard as the ship was still tying up to the wharf and started work on the cargo without any waste of time, and then they worked, and worked on I wondered when they had their meal hours or perhaps smokos, and I kept on wondering as they just did not have any breaks from the work at all. Then someone told me
+Several times I've had the impression that Europeans are merely tolerated by the Japanese; people who are to be tolerated when they are useful, and dispensed with at all other times. This is something which is seldom openly apparent, as they have such a high moral sense and a natural courteousness that it would be difficult for such a feeling to get to the surface. With many things the Japanese have incorporated into their own culture what they must consider to be the best of the Western ideas. For instance, it is rare to see any men wearing the traditional costume in public, though it is possible that they still wear the ucata in their own homes. That appears to be their equivalent of our National Opera Company is the Takarazuka Opera Company, and each of their several shows that are being presented through Japan have one section which is called a review, and from the reaction of the audience I have no doubt that it is just that, though in a somewhat modified form to our type of review. Takarazuka, incidentally, is rather interesting; the entire cast is girls who join the company when they are eight years old, and receive their training at the special Takarazuka village and theatre in Southern Honshu. At any time there are several of the troupes on tour in Japan, and each show lasts for five or six hours.
-that they work twelve hour shifts, and as each fresh shift COMBS an the job they take over from the old crowd without any interruptions of the work. And the ship's Officers have to take it in turns to supervise the working of the cargo, fitting in the routine jobs whenever there might be an opportunity. The port facilities were quite modern, and the shipbuilding yards were going flat out; yet there were a number of wrecks in and near the harbour to remind anyone that only a few years ago the whole place was somewhat of a mess after some terrific poundings by the Allied Air Forces, Yokohama was also my introduction to a Japanese city; and the first impression was of the disproportionate number of taxis to private cars and of their aggressiveness and tenacity in trying to get passengers. I would not like to drive in many of the cities I have seen so faro along narrow winding streets; streets which even in Sydney would be one way traffic are open to traffic from both directions, with an odd car or two parked here and there, There is a speed limit, but I could easily be persuaded that it works in reverc to our ideas; it is about thirty m.p.h. (40 KM.P.H.) and once they get a car moving they do not seem to go either faster or slower than thate
-In contrast to so many other places through the Far East, Japan appears to be quite a clean place, and the general standard of education seems high. To try to place their courteousness, manners and habits to fit in with any Western ideas needs rather a good imagination, yet it is not too difficult to realise that from a
+One thing in particular I find completely monotonous about Japan. It doesn't matter where one goes, there is never any variation to the black hair; straight, plain, over-greased or dowdy, but always BLACK. But there are many other reasons why I like to head south again - largely because Australia is still my favourite place and it's a welcome thought to know that the ship heads for home with all that that brings to mind.
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-general standpoint the Japanese should rate fairly high in any surve7 of civilisation. This is one thing they seem egotistically aware of' and though it is obvious that they have incorporated many things fror the Western world which apparently have been to their advantage, the
+Base your holiday food lists on wholesome foods.
-Japanese are still intensely nationalistic in their outlook and thei, way of life. Some of these observations are largely inference from what I have seen, and from conversations that I have had with English speaking Japanese.
-Some of the cities like Tokyo, Kobe, and Nagoya look very similar to Australian cities at first sight, but this does not exten past the appearance of most of the larger buildings. There are few straight roads - most of them twist and turn and donft last too long, and those that are straight are usually wider and have apparen'Lly been gut through whatever was in the way to give good traffic access through the centre of the towns. That may give the impressi,,] that there is plenty of space for the authorities to do as they wish; but the opposite is really the case, particularly in all the large towns, as very high buildings are impossible because of the risk of earthquakes, and to be Ole to centralise things as much as possible produces intense crowding. Imagine the lunch hour crowds in Pitt Street lasting through the whole working day from nine till nineS But it is the shops which show the most difference to Western ideas, though I know several large department stores run on Western lines. Most of the shops are the small family variety so familiar througbol:,, the East, with open fronts and all the goodo piled up to the ceiling in a completely haphazard manner. In some places they have special shopping streets, and it looks strange with pedestrians all over the roadway and not so much as a bicycle in sight.
+Wide range of dried fruits, nuts, biscuits and dried fruit sweets.
-.
-Several times I've had the impression that Europeans are merel;c tolerated by the Japanese;people who are to be tolerated when they are useful, and dispensed with at all other times. This is something which is seldom openly apparent, as they have such a high moral sense and a natural courteousness that it would be difficult for such a feeling to get to the surface. With many things the Japanese have
+From...
-incorporated into their own culture what they must consider to be th&
-best of the Western ideas. For instance, it is rare to see any men
+The Sanitarium Health Food Shop.
-wearing the traditional costume in public, though it is possible th.a.
-they still wear the ucata in their own homes. That appears to be
+Hunter Street, Sydney.
-their equivalent of our National Opera Company is the Takarazuka Opera Company, and each of their several shows that are being present, ed through Japan have one section which is called a review, and from the reaction of the audience I have no doubt that it is just that, though in a somewhat modified form to our type of review. Takarazuke., incidentally, is rather interesting; the entire cast is girls who join the company when they are eight years old, and receive their
-training at -the special Takarazuka village and theatre in Southern
+----
-Honshu. At any time there are several of the troupes on tour in Japan, and each show lasts for five or six hours.
-One thing in particular I find completely monotonous about
+===== New England National Park. =====
-Japan. It doesn't matter where one goes, there is never any variatic. to the black hair; straight, plain, over-greased or dowdy, but
-always BLACK. But there are many other reasons why I like to heaC
-south again - largely because Australia is still my favourite place and it's a welcome thought to know that the ship heads for home with all that that brings to mind.
-NEW ENGLAND NATIONAL PARK.
 - Tom Moppett.
-As soon as we arrived at New England National Park we dashed up to Point Lookout, just in case the clouds beat us to it in the morning. Point Lookout has a reputation for being hidden in cloud, as
-was the case on our previous visit a year before. As it turned out, we camped there for several days (in September) and enjoyed warm windless days and clear cold nights. Some night temperatures were around 33 degrees Fah., necessitating draining radiator and cylinder block.
+As soon as we arrived at New England National Park we dashed up to Point Lookout, just in case the clouds beat us to it in the morning. Point Lookout has a reputation for being hidden in cloud, as was the case on our previous visit a year before. As it turned out, we camped there for several days (in September) and enjoyed warm windless days and clear cold nights. Some night temperatures were around 33 degrees Fah., necessitating draining radiator and cylinder block.
-The views, looking down from Point Lookout (5250 ft.) into the huge basin in which are the sources of the Bellinger River, and out to the coast about forty miles away, are magnificent. The maze of ridges and gullies sloping in all directions reminded us of the view from Splendour Rock. The creeks are full of rain forest,
-which runs up the gullies amongst the eucalyptus in places to the
+The views, looking down from Point Lookout (5250 ft.) into the huge basin in which are the sources of the Bellinger River, and out to the coast about forty miles away, are magnificent. The maze of ridges and gullies sloping in all directions reminded us of the view from Splendour Rock. The creeks are full of rain forest, which runs up the gullies amongst the eucalyptus in places to the ridge tops. Whip birds are calling constantly. In good weather, unless it is too hazy, the Dorrigo Plateau, the lower Bellinger, coastal beaches, and the Fine Day Creek and Macleay flats can be clearly seen. The view encompasses miles of steep bush covered ridges around the lower Bellinger, Nambucca and Macleay which are outside the Park, but spoiliation of this bush country would greatly detract from the Park.
-ridge tops. Whip birds are calling constantly. In good weather, unless it is too hazy, the Dorrigo Plateau, the lower Bellinger, coastal beaches, aad the Fine Day Creek and Macleay flats can be
-clearly seen. The view encompasses miles of steep bush covered ridges around the lower Bellinger, Nambucca and Macleay which are outside the Park, but spoiliation of this bush country would greatly
+Roughly speaking, the Park (of about 42,000 acres) is semicircular in shape. It comprises the basin which is the source of the Bellinger, the eastern boundary being an approximately north-south line through Mt. Killiekrankie, about eight miles east of Point Lookout. On the north, west and south (not so high on the south) is the rim of the basin with several points over 5,000 ft. Tiers of cliffs make it almost impossible to reach the creeks below except in a few places. A narrow strip 15 chains wide along the rim is included in the Park. As far as I know, the source of all the water in the Park's streams is within the park, so walkers can be pretty sure of its purity. The vegetation along the rim is mainly eucalyptus and snow grass.
-.
-detract from the Park.
+Before Jean, Nancy and Katherine arrived I spent a day walking down to the antimony mine which can be seen from Point Lookout. I understand the mine is 3,000 ft below the Lookout, and it certainly appears to be all of that when looking up from below. I was fortunate to meet the mine manager coming up the road in a jeep, and hitched my way back. The mine is eight miles from the top along the road, which was built by the mining Company and is suitable only for four wheel drive vehicles.
-Roughly speaking, the Park (of about 420000 acres) is semicircular in shape. It comprises the basin which is the source of the Bellinger, the eastern boundary being an approximately north-south line through Mt. Killiekrankie, about eight miles east of Point Lookout. On the north, west and south (not so high on the south) is the rim of the basin with several points over 5,000 ft. Tiers of cliffs make it almost impossible to reach the creeks below except in
-a few places. A narrow strip 15 chains wide along the rim in. includec_ in the Park. As far as I know. the source of all the water in the Park's streams is within the park, so walkers can be pretty sure of its purity. The vegetation along the rim is mainly eucalyptus and snow grass.
+From near the mine an old pack-horse track, later bull-dozed but since allowed to become overgrown, leads to the Bellinger. It was intended to take the antimony out that way but it was found that floods too often made the creek crossings impassable. I heard recently that the mine is to close down.
-Before Jean, Nancy and Katherine arrived I spent a day walking down to the antimony mine which can be seen from Point Lookout. I understand the mine is 3,000 ft below the Lookout, and it certainly. appears to be all of that when looking up from below. I was fortunate to meet the mine manager coming up the road in. a jeep, and hitched my way back. The mine is eight miles from the top along the road, which was built by the mining CompanY' is is suitable only for four wheel drive vehicles.
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+Walking along the "rim" getting to know the area, I disturbed quite a number of rock wallabies and several lyre birds. Below Point Lookout walking tracks have been formed through the rain forest. I was lucky to be standing still when a female lyre bird with a drooping feather at the end of her tail hopped out from behind a rock, then hopped upwards from branch to branch of a small beech and finally took to the air and launched herself down the hillside and out of sight uttering a rather sharp call "chee-chee-chee-chee". Her very quick lively movements were most fascinating.
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-From near the mine an old pack-horse track, later bull-dozed but since allowed to become overgrown, leads to the Bellinger. It
-was intended to take the artmony out that way but it was found that floods too often made the creek crossings impassable. I heard recently that the mine is to close down.
-Walking along the ire getting to know the area, I disturbed quite a number of rock wallabies and several lyre birds. Below
-Point Lookout walking tracks have been formed through the rain fores'c I was lucky to be standing still when a female lyre bird with a drooping feather at the end of her tail hopped out from behind a rock, then hopped upwards from branch to branch of a small beech and finally took to the air and launched herself down the hillside and out of sight uttering a rather sharp call "chee-chee-dhee-chee". Her very quick lively movements were most fascinating.
 Jean and I took Nancy and Katherine for a little walk in the brush near Wright's Lookout, but unfortunately no lyre birds appeared. However, the kids were delighted when one morning while we were breakfasting a wallaby hopped slowly by, not seeing us.
-The walk down the road to the mine is most pleasant. Just
-after leaving the "rim." near the Park entrance, the road passes through the belt of antarctic beech which must be around 4,000 ft., then follows a long ridge, the old aboriginal and later pack horse route to the coast, and to the Macleay, and after about four miles, where there, is an old bark hut, turns on to a subsidiary ridge down to the mine. Close to the road there are both rough barked eucalypts and ferns, and rain forest trees mingling with big smooth
+The walk down the road to the mine is most pleasant. Just after leaving the "rim" near the Park entrance, the road passes through the belt of antarctic beech which must be around 4,000 ft., then follows a long ridge, the old aboriginal and later pack horse route to the coast, and to the Macleay, and after about four miles, where there is an old bark hut, turns on to a subsidiary ridge down to the mine. Close to the road there are both rough barked eucalypts and ferns, and rain forest trees mingling with big smooth barks, and there are many glimpses through gaps in the trees of Point Lookout and the surrounding ridges. Unfortunately in one place some timber has been taken out leaving the usual debris which, I understand, is the home of numerous tiger snakes, although I saw only one. Of course, weeds have grown beside the road.
-barks, and there are many glimpses through gaps in the trees of Point Lookout and the surrounding ridges. Unfortunately in one
-place some timber has been taken out leaving the usual debris which, I understand, is the home of numerous tiger snakes, although I saw only one. Of course, weeds have grown beside the road.
+The Park Ranger, Tom Elliott, and Mrs. Elliott, who have bought Al-Hayatt from the late Cliff Moseley's Estate, are very keen about the Park, and are most helpful and full of information about it and the district generally. They told us about the family almost wiped out by blacks, and the cattle duffers in the Macleay gorges, and the source of the Bellingen being in a cave - but why not drop in and hear about these things yourselves? They will be only too pleased to give you what information they can.
-The Park Ranger, Tom Elliott, and Mrs. Elliott, who have bought
-Al-Hayatt from the late Cliff Moseley's Estate, are very keen about the Park, and are most helpful and full of information about it and the district generally. They told us about the family almost wiped out by blacks, and the cattle duffers in the Macleay gorges, and the source of the Bellingen being in a cave - but why not drop in and hear about these things yourselves? They will be only too pleased to give you what information they can.
+I had several long yarns with Tom about the Park and he told me the Trust is a very interested and active one. They have plans for considerable improvements, but as I understand it, they appear to have a very sound approach to park management. They intend to enlarge the car park and the shelter shed and surface the track up at Point Lookout. Then down near the Park entrance it is intended to clear away logs and level the ground in places to form a caravan and car camping park, and probably build some cabin accommodation. For walkers there is plenty of space to camp not far from the entrance, close to a creek, and there is the existing tent camping area just below the Lookout near a spring. The danger of pollution of water supplies appears to be well understood. The road up to the Lookout has been improved although it is still rather soft in the steepest section and it is hoped later that this road will be continued all the way around the "rim" to the north and then link up with the road into Dorrigo. From this road, side roads would lead to lookout point. Most of this "tourist" type improvement is to be kept to the "rim". The existing walking tracks below Point Lookout are to be surfaced so that people of all ages can enjoy the trees and ferns and glimpse of wallabies, lyre birds and other wild life. Then further tracks are to be established right down into the creeks. These are to be foot tracks only, or perhaps for horses too, but care is to be taken not to destroy the tree canopy.
-I had several long yarns with Tom about the Park and he told me the Trust is a very interested and active one. They have plans for considerable improvements, but as I understand it, they appear to have a very sound approach to park management. They intend to
-enlarge the car park and the shelter shed and surface the track up
-at Point Lookout. Then down near the Park entrance it is intended
-to clear away logs and level the ground in places to form a carqyan and car camping park, and probably build some cabin accommodation.
-For walkers there is plenty og space to camp not far from the entranco
-close to a creek, and there is the existing tent camping area just below the Lookout near a spring. The danger of pollution of water
-supplies appears to be well understood. The road up to the Lookout has been improved although it is still rather soft in the steepest section and it is hoped later that this road will be continued all the ray around the "rile to the north and then link up with the road into Dorrigo. From this road, side roads would lead to lookout poinl Most of this "tourist" type improvement is to be kept to the "rim",
-The existing walking tracks below Point Lookout are to be surfaced so that people of all ages can enjoy the trees and ferns and glimpse
-of wallabies, lyre birds and other wild life. Then further tracks
-are to be established right down into the creeks. These are to be foot tracks only, or perhaps for horses too, but care is to be taken not to destroy the tree canopy.
 A radio beacon for aircraft is to be established near Point Lookout.
-It is intended to produce a map of the Park by voluntary effort,
-to include the projected tracks, but of course it will take a considerable time to do this Some time ago I requested the Lands Dept. to supply a map showing the Park boundaries, but this has not yet been received.
+It is intended to produce a map of the Park by voluntary effort, to include the projected tracks, but of course it will take a considerable time to do this. Some time ago I requested the Lands Dept. to supply a map showing the Park boundaries, but this has not yet been received.
-There is both very pleasant easy wandering and tough walking
-available, as previous articles in the Magazine will prove - inclu.,1- ing a variety of through trips to the Coast.
+There is both very pleasant easy wandering and tough walking available, as previous articles in the Magazine will prove - including a variety of through trips to the Coast.
-The Park Trust and Park Ranger have a very beautiful Park to
-care for. I feel they will do it with forethought and understanding and they deserve our thanks and encouragement.
+The Park Trust and Park Ranger have a very beautiful Park to care for. I feel they will do it with forethought and understanding and they deserve our thanks and encouragement.
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 LETTER TO THE EDITOR:
 Having read your S.B.W. magazine from time to time, and being