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+ | ===== Letter To The Editor: ===== | ||
+ | Dear Sir, | ||
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+ | === Club membership === | ||
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+ | In all the discussions we have had in meetings about maintaining or increasing Club membership, we have discussed only the means of attracting new members. Even if we had unlimited resources for publicity we would be up against it to sell bushwalking to a public which prefers to leave exertion to horses, dogs and top-line sportsmen and only walks when forced to do so by parking restrictions. Carrying a pack up and down mountains through the bush in heat, cold or wet, and camping in a little tent on the ground just doesn' | ||
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+ | In our discussions the fact has been overlooked that we do, nevertheless, | ||
- | LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Dear Sir, | ||
- | CLUB MEMBERSHIP | ||
- | In all the discussions we have had in meetings about maintaining or increasing Club membership, we have discussed only the means of attracting new members. Even if we had unlimited resources for publicity we would be up against it to sell bushwalking to a public | ||
- | which prefers to leave exertion to horses, dogs and top-line sportsmen and only walks when forced to do so by parking restrictions. Carryinc, | ||
- | a pack up and down mountains through the bush in heat, cold or wet, | ||
- | and camping in a little tent on the ground just doesn' | ||
- | public that can absorbe' | ||
- | In our discussions the fact has been overlooked that we do, nevertheless, | ||
- | walkers, and one in a hundred take a lifelong interest in the Club. | ||
- | All we need do, then, is to reduce our turnover, of both prospectives and members, and our numbers will be adequate. | ||
How is this to be done? Quite simply, I believe, and in such a way that all members can enjoy participating. First let us look at the problems of a prospective. | How is this to be done? Quite simply, I believe, and in such a way that all members can enjoy participating. First let us look at the problems of a prospective. | ||
- | He (and this includes she, only more so) may never have carried a pack. It takes some time to get used to carrying one. He may be badly out of condition, and even if he is in good nick, he may not be | + | |
- | used to walking. He doesn' | + | He (and this includes she, only more so) may never have carried a pack. It takes some time to get used to carrying one. He may be badly out of condition, and even if he is in good nick, he may not be used to walking. He doesn' |
- | let along in the dark. He doesn' | + | |
- | what to take, how to light a fire in the wet. ,P,nd more important | + | Unless there is a good walks programme, with plenty of day and easy week-end walks, it is hard to break into walking at all. If there is a good programme, sympathetic leadership is necessary, or the prospective may be dragged over hard country with inadequate gear long before he is fit and experienced enough to take it. But leaders often can't give much of their time to the prospectives once the walk starts - they have too much else to think about. This is where the other members can help - by going out of their way to be friendly |
- | Unless there is a good walks programme, with plenty of day and | + | |
- | 11. | + | In the Club room, too, much can be done to make the prospective feel welcome. |
- | easy week-end walks, it is hard to break into walking at all. If there is a good programme, sympathetic leadership is necessary, or the prospective may be dragged over hard country with inadequate gear long before he is fit and experienced enough to take it. But leaders often can't give much of their time to the prospectives once the walk starts - they have too much else to think about. This is where the other members can help - by going out of their way to be friendly | + | |
- | In the Club room ;too, much can be done to make the prospective feel welcome. | + | I believe that the building up of membership is s job, not for a committee, or a booklet, but for every Club member whether an active walker or not. Here are four ways of attracting members - arranged to suit all present members according to their activity: |
- | believe that the building up of membership is s job, not for a committee, or a booklet, but for every Club member whether an active walker or not. Here are four ways of attracting members - arranged to suit all present members according to their activity: | + | |
- | 1. For those who seldom come near the Club or go on walks, but read the magazine:- When you meet anyone interested in walking, suggest that they drop into the Clubroom and see the membership secretary - preferably | + | - For those who seldom come near the Club or go on walks, but read the magazine:- When you meet anyone interested in walking, suggest that they drop into the Clubroom and see the membership secretary - preferably |
- | 2. For those who come ins but seldom walk:- Lead a Sunday walk. There is hardly a member who is so tied up with family or work that he can't be spared for an occasional Sunday. | + | |
- | 3. For those who don't walk regularly, but get out sometimes:- Lead an easy week-end walk. | + | |
- | 4. | + | |
- | For those who like hard walks: new members who are capable of are a kind of challenge to new way of getting to know members | + | |
- | - Encourage the prospectives and them to joinin. These walks memoers, and there is no better than to go on them. | + | |
If everybody does what they can towards helping the prospecttves and making them feel welcome, I don't think we need worry about keeping up our numbers. | If everybody does what they can towards helping the prospecttves and making them feel welcome, I don't think we need worry about keeping up our numbers. | ||
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Yours sincerely, | Yours sincerely, | ||
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Alex Colley. | Alex Colley. | ||
- | Jim Brown, camped eight miles from Blackheath, Went to sleep on his set of false teeth. He awoke with a start, | + | |
- | "Why Lord Bless my Heart.: | + | ---- |
- | I've bitten myself from beneath:" | + | |
+ | Jim Brown, camped eight miles from Blackheath,\\ | ||
+ | Went to sleep on his set of false teeth.\\ | ||
+ | He awoke with a start,\\ | ||
+ | "Why Lord Bless my Heart! | ||
+ | I've bitten myself from beneath!" | ||
Ed. | Ed. | ||
- | 12, | + | |
- | FEDERATION REPORT | + | ---- |
- | At the N.S.W. Federation of Bushwalking Clubs' Annual Meeting | + | |
- | the following officers were elected:- | + | ===== Federation Report - Annual Meeting. ===== |
- | Pre sident Vice-Presidents Hon. Sec. Assistant Sec. Minutes Sec. Hon. Treasurer | + | |
- | - Norman Allen | + | At the N.S.W. Federation of Bushwalking Clubs' Annual Meeting the following officers were elected:- |
- | Paul Barnes, Allen Strom. | + | |
- | - Ken Stewart | + | * President |
- | (Miss) J. Meaker | + | * Vice-Presidents - Paul Barnes, Allen Strom. |
- | - (Mrs.) T. Matthews | + | * Hon. Sec. - Ken Stewart |
- | - (Mrs.) M.L. Fox | + | * Assistant Sec. - (Miss) J. Meaker |
- | AFFILIATION FEES: 9d. per. member based on the membership | + | * Minutes Sec. - (Mrs.) T. Matthews |
- | 30th, 1956, with a mimimum rate of 10/-. Interstate clubs to pay | + | * Hon. Treasurer |
- | 7/6 per hundred members with a Maximum.of 15/- JULY MEETING | + | |
- | THE ROYAL NATIONAL PARK: Messrs. Barnes and Cottier.took part in a | + | __Affiliation Fees__: 9d. per. member based on the membership |
- | deputation to see the Member for Bulli regarding a proposal to alienate a mile wide strip from the National Park between Loftus and Helensburg. The land would be used for homes.and industrial purposes. Assurances were given that the Member would rppose | + | |
- | Mr. Pallin presented an INTERIM REPORT ON THE DECLINE IN CLUB MEMBERSHIP. Amongst the salient points were these:- | + | === July Meeting. === |
- | 1 The Federation should aim to increase interest in bushwalking and therefrom give a lead to increase membership of Clubs. | + | |
- | 2. Prospectives should be given more attention on their initial | + | __The Royal National Park__: Messrs. Barnes and Cottier took part in a deputation to see the Member for Bulli regarding a proposal to alienate a mile wide strip from the National Park between Loftus and Helensburg. The land would be used for homes and industrial purposes. Assurances were given that the Member would oppose |
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- | !'- | + | Mr. Pallin presented an __Interim Report on the Decline in Club Membership__. Amongst the salient points were these:- |
- | 3. The National Fitness Council should be drawn upon for children interested in bushwalking. These children should be given special attention from a new organisation set up by Federation, | + | |
- | 4. Publicity could be sought by:- | + | (1) The Federation should aim to increase interest in bushwalking and therefrom give a lead to increase membership of Clubs. |
- | (a) Notice in the 'phone book. | + | |
- | (b) Sessions on the radio. | + | (2) Prospectives should be given more attention on their initial |
- | (c) Articles in magazines. | + | |
- | (d) Publishing a book of easy bushwalks | + | (3) The National Fitness Council should be drawn upon for children interested in bushwalking. These children should be given special attention from a new organisation set up by Federation. |
- | (f) Window displays. | + | |
- | (g) Public showing of slides. | + | (4) Publicity could be sought by:- |
- | 5. Federation should undertake the organisation of trail making in various areas and request the erection of entrance | + | |
- | 6. The establishment of a National Parks Assn, | + | |
- | 7. The making of maps for walkers by walkers. | + | |
- | 13. It is apparent that the scheme requires the efforts of a good | + | |
- | working group and the co-operation of all Clubs. The report will be circulated to all clubs so that a debate may take place at the | + | * Federation undertaking the organisation of a special activity, such as an expedition to New Guinea. |
- | September Meeting of Federation. | + | |
- | The Federation' | + | |
- | walks and talks to migrants. | + | |
- | The Federation will investigate the possibility of cutting a | + | (5) Federation should undertake the organisation of trail making in various areas and request the erection of entrance |
- | .track over BUSHWALKERS HILL ON TIE NARROW NECK PENINSULA, thus avoiding the necessity of dropping down into Glenraphael. | + | |
- | Allen A. Strom, DELEGATE | + | (6) The establishment of a National Parks Assn. |
- | WALKS REPORT FOR JUNE, 1956. | + | |
+ | (7) The making of maps for walkers by walkers. | ||
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+ | It is apparent that the scheme requires the efforts of a good working group and the co-operation of all Clubs. The report will be circulated to all clubs so that a debate may take place at the September Meeting of Federation. | ||
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+ | The Federation' | ||
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+ | The Federation will investigate the possibility of cutting a track over __Bushwalker Hill on the Narrow Neck Peninsula__, thus avoiding the necessity of dropping down into Glenraphael. | ||
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+ | Allen A. Strom. __Delegate__ | ||
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+ | ===== Walks Report For June, 1956. ===== | ||
Some shocking weather upset some of the programme walks this month, but in spite of the rain some other members went walking. | Some shocking weather upset some of the programme walks this month, but in spite of the rain some other members went walking. | ||
- | The June holiday week-end in the Capertee area was led by Geof | + | |
- | Wagg with 7 members and one prospective. The weather was fairly good with excellent views of the Capertee valley from Crown Mt. The | + | The June holiday week-end in the Capertee area was led by Geof Wagg with 7 members and one prospective. The weather was fairly good with excellent views of the Capertee valley from Crown Mt. The descent of the mountain proved interesting but not difficult. |
- | descent of the mountain proved interesting but not difficult. | + | |
The alternative trip for the snow country drew no starters. | The alternative trip for the snow country drew no starters. | ||
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For the following week-end a combined trip with the N.T.C. and U.B.W. was planned. The venue was changed to Maitland Bay but rain made itself felt early in the week and the leaders were not called by anyone. | For the following week-end a combined trip with the N.T.C. and U.B.W. was planned. The venue was changed to Maitland Bay but rain made itself felt early in the week and the leaders were not called by anyone. | ||
- | On Sunday 10th the walk from Waterfall drew 2 prospectives and | + | |
- | 2 members, Jean Wilson substituting for Alan as leader. Handy having a spare leader in the kitchen. | + | On Sunday 10th the walk from Waterfall drew 2 prospectives and 2 members, Jean Wilson substituting for Alan as leader. Handy having a spare leader in the kitchen. |
- | Bob Duncan led his team of seven (1 prospective) as per programme. The weather was good and the trip enjoyable, even if Jack Perry did start breaking sticks at 4 a.m. on Sunday morning waking the rest of the party up. Bob reported that a long road bash can be avoided by walking around the side of Mt. Shipley; | + | |
- | The President led the Signday walk in the Roach Trig-Terry Hills area. It was a bit early for flowers but the attendance of eleven members and three prospectives made a very pleasant day out. | + | Bob Duncan led his team of seven (1 prospective) as per programme. The weather was good and the trip enjoyable, even if Jack Perry did start breaking sticks at 4 a.m. on Sunday morning waking the rest of the party up. Bob reported that a long road bash can be avoided by walking around the side of Mt. Shipley; gullies are few and the going good. |
- | Now wtt come to the trip ("I deny it," said the Admiral.) | + | |
- | Friday night, good weather and 15 starters, including one prospective. A slight variation | + | The President led the Signday walk in the Roach Trig - Terry Hills area. It was a bit early for flowers but the attendance of eleven members and three prospectives made a very pleasant day out. |
- | 14. | + | |
- | quote from the trip report: "From Kanangra Rd. at Morong | + | Now we come to __the__ |
- | Cox River on Saturday no views were possible due to thick fog and mist. Sunday was different, no views were possible due to continuous rain md low clouds." | + | |
As mentioned, Sunday was vile, but John White was not allowed a day of rest. Two prospectives dragged him up Glenbrook and made him run around in the rain as the programme dictated. Our monthly award of one inch of salami goes to John for leading his test walk. | As mentioned, Sunday was vile, but John White was not allowed a day of rest. Two prospectives dragged him up Glenbrook and made him run around in the rain as the programme dictated. Our monthly award of one inch of salami goes to John for leading his test walk. | ||
- | At the end of the month the weather came good for the field week-end. A total of 32 attended, 19 members, 13 prospectives and | + | |
- | 2 poetTrospectives. | + | At the end of the month the weather came good for the field week-end. A total of 32 attended, 19 members, 13 prospectives and 2 pre-prospectives. |
- | The monthb | + | |
- | prospectives attended programme walks. | + | The month' |
- | wlIMIIMIINI . | + | |
- | THE 5.3 W. LIGHT OPERA COMPANY | + | ---- |
- | In response to numerous requests the Company will rend(er) | + | |
- | its latest hit, "The Golden Screw", | + | === The S.B.W. Light Opera Company. === |
- | You will enjoy the magnificent voices all the more if you purchase beforehand a copy of the "CHRONIC OPERAS" Album and read up the tragic story. A limited number are available at 4/- ea. | + | |
- | ....10.m7. | + | In response to numerous requests the Company will rend(er) its latest hit, "The Golden Screw", |
- | ACHTUNG AQUALUNGERS! | + | |
- | Several fatal accidents have been reported in the past few years | + | You will enjoy the magnificent voices all the more if you purchase beforehand a copy of the "Chronic Operas" Album and read up the tragic story. A limited number are available at 4/- ea. |
- | due to air embolism as a result of using aqualung outfits. | + | |
- | Air embolism is a condition in which air enters the vascular | + | ---- |
- | system - veins and arteries - and may cause a variety of symptom-, | + | |
- | The mechanism of entry of air into the circulacion is as follow | + | ===== Achtung Aqualungers! ===== |
- | Whilst underwater, air breathed from the aqualung is at the same pressure as the surrounding water, and this pressure increases one atmosphere for every 33 ft. below the surface. At 20 ft. down the | + | |
- | pressure exerted is 10 lbs. per sq0 inch above the normal atmospheric pressure. Whilst remaining submerged and breathing, even at much greater depths, the diver is quite safe, but should he surface without exhaling, or at least keeping a free airway between lungs and open mouth, the air in his lungs will expand as the external | + | Several fatal accidents have been reported in the past few years due to air embolism as a result of using aqualung outfits. |
- | pressure diminishes. This expanding air can rupture the thin alveolar wall which separates air and blood, and access to the circulation | + | |
- | 15. | + | Air embolism is a condition in which air enters the vascular system - veins and arteries - and may cause a variety of symptoms |
- | is achieved. A pressure of 10 lb. is more than enough to rupture | + | |
+ | The mechanism of entry of air into the circulacion is as follows. | ||
Once in the bloodstream, | Once in the bloodstream, | ||
- | The warning signs, which should not be ignored, are nausea, vomiting, dizziness, pain in. the chest, headache, faintness and the coughing up of blood. These can lead to cyanosis, convulsions, | + | |
- | The treatment is absolute rest, warmth and hospitalisation as Soon as possible where oxygen, morphia, etc. are available. Recompression has no place as the condition has no relationship to " | + | The warning signs, which should not be ignored, are nausea, vomiting, dizziness, pain in the chest, headache, faintness and the coughing up of blood. These can lead to cyanosis, convulsions, |
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+ | The treatment is absolute rest, warmth and hospitalisation as soon as possible where oxygen, morphia, etc. are available. Recompression has no place as the condition has no relationship to " | ||
The ideal is prevention, so don't put your periscope up without exhaling. | The ideal is prevention, so don't put your periscope up without exhaling. | ||
- | GOSSIP | + | |
- | The Madden baby has arrived. Stan would like you to know it is just an alimentary canal with a loud noise at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other, but Jenny thinks it's sweet and just like it's grandfather. Just in case you're wondering, it's a boy and it's,name is Bruce. | + | ---- |
- | ATTENTION LADY MEMBERS | + | |
- | (Extracted from EASTER TOUR PROGRAMME, 1928) | + | === Gossip. === |
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+ | The Madden baby has arrived. Stan would like you to know it is just an alimentary canal with a loud noise at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other, but Jenny thinks it's sweet and just like it's grandfather. Just in case you're wondering, it's a boy and it's name is Bruce. | ||
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+ | === Attention Lady Members. ==== | ||
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+ | (Extracted from Easter Tour Programme, 1928) | ||
Ladies intending to join the party are advised to respect these three rules for ladies:- | Ladies intending to join the party are advised to respect these three rules for ladies:- | ||
- | 1. Heels must not exceed | + | |
- | 2. Ladies must carry their own full packs. | + | - Heels must not exceed |
- | 3. Ladies' | + | |
- | These rules have been dictated by sad experience. | + | |
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+ | __These | ||
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The world is full of willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to let them. | The world is full of willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to let them. | ||
- | 16. | + | |
- | SINK OR SWIM WITH Tilt ADMIRAL | + | ---- |
- | - Dot Butler | + | |
- | The gods who shape the course | + | ===== Sink Or Swim With The Admiral. ===== |
- | The Admiral was very cocky right from the start; Garth was on time at the Hyde Post Office, I was on time at Hyde station with the down train, Brian was on time with the up train. Despite a last- minute dash of packing Stan was not late to pick us up and we drove an towards Parramatta collecting a waiting Dawn, aad Vivian was on time at Parramatta station. "This is faatastic," | + | |
- | in their seats. "Not yet," they smirked - Not yetl") | + | - Dot Butler |
- | We made good time and reached Katoomba by 9 , and there was our hired bus waiting to take us on to Kanangra just as soon as the train should arrive with the rest of the party. The Admiral glowed visibly (and audibly) at this further sign of his good management. Stan shot off down Lurline St. and parked his car at Snow's parents' | + | |
- | The Admiral' | + | === It was all the Admiral's fault. === |
- | Nothing for it but to get into our sleeping bags and, lying down on the long seats of the bus, try to get some sleep. | + | |
- | ("So far so good," grinned the gods. " | + | The gods who shape the course |
- | ,out midnight the others arrived. We made room for them and the reluctant driver moved off on the long journey to -Morong Creek which we reached about 3 a.m. " | + | |
- | abashed by this joke as snow is really very pleasant stuff. Some of us threw some bark under a bush and crept in, and some put up tents, and we had 4 or 5 hours sleep. | + | The Admiral was very cocky right from the start; Garth was on time at the Hyde Post Office, I was on time at Hyde station with the down train, Brian was on time with the up train. Despite a last-minute dash of packing Stan was not late to pick us up and we drove on towards Parramatta collecting a waiting Dawn, and Vivian was on time at Parramatta station. "This is faatastic," |
- | Breakfast and away by 8.30. Whether by good luck or good management I can't say, but by use of maps and compasses and a half-conscious | + | |
- | 17. | + | We made good time and reached Katoomba by 9, and there was our hired bus waiting to take us on to Kanangra just as soon as the train should arrive with the rest of the party. The Admiral glowed visibly (and audibly) at this further sign of his good management. Stan shot off down Lurline St. and parked his car at Snow's parents' |
- | awareness of where the sun was through the mist we got successfully on to Paralyser ridge. We trailed along in the blurring mist. | + | |
- | "I like this," remarked Garth to anyone | + | The Admiral' |
- | We found the bulldozed track where they brought out the crashed plane and followed it, aad then continued on without eventualities to Cyclops. At this stage we were all together, but going slowly as | + | |
- | Dawn and her friend Vivian were beginning to tire. We pieced together the story of Vivian' | + | About midnight the others arrived. We made room for them and the reluctant driver moved off on the long journey to Morong Creek which we reached about 3 a.m. " |
- | judgement flies out the door." | + | |
- | turned out that the only other trip theI, | + | Breakfast and away by 8.30. Whether by good luck or good management I can't say, but by use of maps and compasses and a half-conscious awareness of where the sun was through the mist we got successfully on to Paralyser ridge. We trailed along in the blurring mist. "I like this," remarked Garth to anyone |
- | from IfiEJ22, | + | |
- | At Paralyser trig we all assembled about mid-day. Here my fatal optimism got the better of me and to cheer Vivian up I told her all her troubles were nearly over - indeed we were almost there (with a little stretch of the imagination on our part); all we had to do now was to drop down a spur to the Kanangra Creek/River junction for lunch, then amble down creek a couple of miles in the afternoon to Kanangra Clearing where we would camp fcr the night. Then next day a delightful loaf up the Cox to Breakfast Creek and home the easy way via Devil' | + | We found the bulldozed track where they brought out the crashed plane and followed it, and then continued on without eventualities to Cyclops. At this stage we were all together, but going slowly as Dawn and her friend Vivian were beginning to tire. We pieced together the story of Vivian' |
- | With the Junction in sight, half the party bashed ahead to get a lunch fire.going, leaving the leader to follow at a slower pace with the others. The vanguard were just shooting off on the wrong spur when Garth recognised the right one and we called the Madden crowd back. But no TO retrace their steps a hundred yards would be too great an effort - they would go down their spur. The result was Garth and I were down at the junction at 1.30 and it was well over half an hour before the Madden group showed up after a mile or so extra along the ridge and fighting their way down the overgrown creek. | + | |
- | By 3 o' | + | At Paralyser trig we all assembled about mid-day. Here my fatal optimism got the better of me and to cheer Vivian up I told her all her troubles were nearly over - indeed we were almost there (with a little stretch of the imagination on our part); all we had to do now was to drop down a spur to the Kanangra Creek/River junction for lunch, then amble down creek a couple of miles in the afternoon to Kanangra Clearing where we would camp for the night. Then next day a delightful loaf up the Cox to Breakfast Creek and home the easy way via Devil' |
- | ERNIE? He had been with the Admiral ten minutes | + | |
- | 18. | + | With the Junction in sight, half the party bashed ahead to get a lunch fire going, leaving the leader to follow at a slower pace with the others. The vanguard were just shooting off on the wrong spur when Garth recognised the right one and we called the Madden crowd back. But no! To retrace their steps a hundred yards would be too great an effort - they would go down their spur. The result was Garth and I were down at the junction at 1.30 and it was well over half an hour before the Madden group showed up after a mile or so extra along the ridge and fighting their way down the overgrown creek. |
- | but now? Odearodearodearl | + | |
- | he was and collect Ernie, then come on and join us at Kanangra Clearing by 8 o' | + | By 3 o' |
- | No sign of the rear party by 8, so off pushed Jack Perry who had been up and warbling round the breakfast fire since crack of dawn. No sign by 9. At 9.15 action seemed to be called for. Stan and Snow would burn through to Katoomba and bring Stan's car back to Masalong | + | |
- | "Did you meet up with the Admiral," | + | No sign of the rear party by 8, so off pushed Jack Perry who had been up and warbling round the breakfast fire since crack of dawn. No sign by 9. At 9.15 action seemed to be called for. Stan and Snow would burn through to Katoomba and bring Stan's car back to Megalong |
- | You know, when you pound along the banks behind steam-engines like say Putt and Stitt and Wagc and Arnie the distance between Breakfast Creek and Kanangra River is a mere nothing - it hardly registers. But when yau_ glance behind and see someone crawling on hands and knees over the boulders it comes as a tremendous shock. But no complaining from Vivian - poor little game little wench - just a timid request, "Would you mind not going too fast in front, Dot, I want to sec where you put your feet." (II!) | + | |
- | The rain, though not particularly heavy, had been steady and continuous, and as the already saturated ground could hold no more, the river gradually rose. However we crossed the Cox without undue qualms. On the level cowpads the Admiral stopped to rest the girls and we others kept moving, and at 1.30 behold Breakfast Creek. Garth dumped his hea' | + | "Did you meet up with the Admiral," |
- | 19. | + | |
- | Mt. Olympus roared with laughter. "What a long time it takes for some people to wake upl" they Chortled.) | + | You know, when you pound along the banks behind steam-engines like say Putt and Stitt and Wagg and Arnie the distance between Breakfast Creek and Kanangra River is a mere nothing - it hardly registers. But when you glance behind and see someone crawling on hands and knees over the boulders it comes as a tremendous shock. But no complaining from Vivian - poor little game little wench - just a timid request, "Would you mind not going too fast in front, Dot, I want to see where you put your feet." (!!!) |
- | When at length Garth showed up with Dawn's pack, the girls behind him mad a worried Admiral whipper-in, it was after 2, and by the time lunch had been consumed and bandages and sticking-plaster applied it was twenty to 4 before we started. ( For the first time I began to suspect that that low rumbling in the sky wasn't thunder but laughter.) | + | |
- | The 34 crossings (or whatever it is) of Breakfast Creek got' | + | The rain, though not particularly heavy, had been steady and continuous, and as the already saturated ground could hold no more, the river gradually rose. However we crossed the Cox without undue qualms. On the level cowpads the Admiral stopped to rest the girls and we others kept moving, and at 1.30 behold Breakfast Creek. Garth dumped his heavy pack and promptly went back to take the girls' while Ernie and I, with dry wood from the inside of a fallen tree, plus Ernie' |
- | sheltering in his wake with the Admiral as backstop. When he was in to his Waist we knew that the flood was up to Dawn's shoulders, and | + | |
- | Oh Dean i Don't even think of the sodden packs end clothes and sleeping | + | When at length Garth showed up with Dawn's pack, the girls behind him and a worried Admiral whipper-in, it was after 2, and by the time lunch had been consumed and bandages and sticking-plaster applied it was twenty to 4 before we started. (For the first time I began to suspect that that low rumbling in the sky wasn't thunder but laughter.) |
- | Instead of getting shallower, as we-got higher up the crossings got deeper. Garth would test them first, and when he found them above his waist he would pronounce them too dangerous without a rope so we would make heroic sidles | + | |
- | The low-lying part of the flatwas seVeral | + | The 34 crossings (or whatever it is) of Breakfast Creek got hairier and hairier as we proceeded. Rain continued to fall and the steep escarpments either side of the creek poured down their hundred and one contributing watercourses till eventually we found we could not make the crossings singly. So Garth organised us into a line and with arms linked New Zealand fashion we made all subsequent crossings, Garth breaking the force of the water upstream and the rest of us sheltering in his wake with the Admiral as backstop. When he was in to his waist we knew that the flood was up to Dawn's shoulders, and Oh Dear! Don't even think of the sodden packs and clothes and sleeping |
- | Next morning we crawled out and cooked up half a cup of oatmeal and put on it the last of our milk powder and sugar, than packed our wet tents and off again to the flood. Why harrow you with the rest of it? Garth' | + | |
- | 1 pm,It appeared Jim Brown, Dot Barr and.Geof Broadhead had got to Canon' | + | Instead of getting shallower, as we got higher up the crossings got deeper. Garth would test them first, and when he found them above his waist he would pronounce them too dangerous without a rope so we would make heroic sidles |
- | 20. | + | |
- | there at 4 and after a cup of tea had pushed off via Devil' | + | The low-lying part of the flat was several |
- | However, we didn't get there, as you already know. | + | |
- | We had a cup of tea with the Canons | + | Next morning we crawled out and cooked up half a cup of oatmeal and put on it the last of our milk powder and sugar, than packed our wet tents and off again to the flood. Why harrow you with the rest of it? Garth' |
- | , | + | |
- | Garth and Ernie made a, fire t-2nd cooked up our lunch...one (1) packet' | + | We had a cup of tea with the Carlons |
- | 5 o.' clock. We filled in the ne-xt hbur t the It; | + | |
- | the train out at 6.5 p m. - Six 'typical, S,,,,...E34-vir44, ,t66-ney Broke to the Wide, owing the Admiral for phone calld..-_G4tti fo,brr7the. | + | Garth and Ernie made a fire and cooked up our lunch... one (1) packet of Chicken Noodle, soup with some bread crusts in it. Then with a grin on his face Garth brought out his final triumph |
- | fhe hamburgers | + | the hamburgers, and Ernie for the train fare home. |
- | to | + | |
- | So into town by 9 p.m. Then", | + | So into town by 9 p.m. Then as I'd promised myselft |
- | straight to the Wentworth Hotel, | + | |
- | impregnated jumper and all, so, | + | "Guess again, brother. I' |
- | of mountain air, but I must_ _sti.7, | + | |
- | _ | + | "Let her go," yawned the gods on their mountain height, "The joke's over." |
- | Sims bedrofem -where we sat -c3ti-it: | + | |
- | aa.4: | + | ---- |
- | the still-crowded lounge' | + | |
- | "Let her go," yawned the gods on their mountain height, "The joke 's over." | + | Into the sleeping |
- | ......1 | + | Glideth late or soon\\ |
- | ,ce | + | That gentle companion,\\ |
- | Into the sleeping | + | The lovely |
- | Glideth late or soon | + | |
- | That gentle companion, | + | Soft as a dewdrop,\\ |
- | The lovely | + | Cool ss a willow,\\ |
- | Soft as a (3.6wdrop, | + | She layeth her bright head\\ |
- | Cool ss a willow, | + | Beside mine on the pillow. |
- | She layeth her bright head Beside mine on the pillow. | + | |
- | 21. | + | ---- |
GHASTLY ITTRESSIONS | GHASTLY ITTRESSIONS | ||
or - Dawn Askew. | or - Dawn Askew. |
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