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====== THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER ====== | ====== THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER ====== | ||
- | A monthly bulletin of matters of interest to the Sydmey | + | A monthly bulletin of matters of interest to the Sydney |
- | No.262 SEPTEMBER, 1956., Price 9d. | + | No.262 |
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+ | SEPTEMBER, 1956 | ||
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+ | Price 9d | ||
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Tom Moppett announced that the Caloola Club had produced Yarrawonda No.11 (proof copies had been handed round the Meeting), which described all National Parks and Faunal Reserves and areas suitable for reservation, | Tom Moppett announced that the Caloola Club had produced Yarrawonda No.11 (proof copies had been handed round the Meeting), which described all National Parks and Faunal Reserves and areas suitable for reservation, | ||
- | members might care to make donations to Club funds. The Treasurer reported that the expenditure of the £15 would be likely to cause, at worst, a deficit of only a few pounds provided there was no further unusual expenditure. Several members supported the motion and congratulated the Caloola Club on their production. | + | members might care to make donations to Club funds. The Treasurer reported that the expenditure of the £15 would be likely to cause, at worst, a deficit of only a few pounds provided there was no further unusual expenditure. Several members supported the motion and congratulated the Caloola Club on their production. |
Frank Ashdown suggested a £5 Life Membership subscription for Non-Active Members. | Frank Ashdown suggested a £5 Life Membership subscription for Non-Active Members. | ||
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The Meeting closed at 9.35 p.m. | The Meeting closed at 9.35 p.m. | ||
- | **SOCIAL PROGRAMME** | + | ===== SOCIAL PROGRAMME |
- | Wed. 27th SEPTEMBER: Bring your friends to see Ron Knightly' | + | Wed. 27th September: Bring your friends to see Ron Knightly' |
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+ | ===== IMPORTANT TRANSPORT NOTICE ===== | ||
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+ | BUSHWALKERS REQUIRING TRANSPORT FROM BLACKHEATH ANY HOUR....RING, | ||
+ | 116 STATION STREET, BLACKHEATH | ||
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+ | 24 HOUR SERVICE | ||
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+ | BUSHWALKERS arriving late at night without transport booking can ring for car from Railway Station, or call at above address --- IT'S NEVER TOO LATE. | ||
+ | |||
+ | |PHONE: | ||
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+ | FARES: | ||
+ | |KANANGRA WALLS|30/- per head (minimum 5 passengers)| | ||
+ | |PERRY' | ||
+ | |JENOLAN STATE FOREST|20/- per head (minimum 5 passengers)| | ||
+ | |CALRLON' | ||
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+ | LOOK FOR T.C.3210 or PACKHARD T.V.270 | ||
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I left camp on Monday, 5th September - the place: the camping ground at Cairns - and headed north with rucksack on back, bound for Cooktown. The dews are quite heavy in this region; time is lost drying out the tent. | I left camp on Monday, 5th September - the place: the camping ground at Cairns - and headed north with rucksack on back, bound for Cooktown. The dews are quite heavy in this region; time is lost drying out the tent. | ||
- | It was a bright sunny morning and good walking along the Cook's Highway through a sea of sugarcane. With its pink plume-like flower it looked very impressive nodding in the bright northerly breeze. | + | |
- | The cutting was in full swing; lorries laden with cane were continualiy | + | It was a bright sunny morning and good walking along the Cook's Highway through a sea of sugarcane. With its pink plume-like flower it looked very impressive nodding in the bright northerly breeze. The cutting was in full swing; lorries laden with cane were continually |
- | 0 ly passing on their way to the sugar mill. On the return trip they would pull up and give me a lift. Between walking and lifts I reached Port Douglas by lunch time. I called in at Hartley Cafe and inspected the crocodiles. They were of the saltwater type, the largest about 25 ft. There were also Some specimens of the taipan preserved in spirit - probably the deadliest snake in the North, or Australia for that matter. | + | |
- | IMPORTANT TRANSPORT NOTICE BUSHWALKERS REQUIRING TRANSPORT FROM BLACKHEATH ANY HOUR RING, WRITE or CALL | + | The highway follows the coast line here - one of the best scenic drives in Australia with the Pacific Ocean on the right and a mountain range on the left. Port Douglas is 43 miles from Cairns and one of the oldest towns in North Queensland, settled in 1877. After lunch my lift carried |
- | SIEDLECKY' | + | |
- | 116 STATION STREET BLACKHEATH | + | I walked the last four miles to the Daintree River, arriving at dusk, and here I pitched camp for the night. I had covered about 62 miles that first day, walking 12 miles. The Daintree River here was about a quarter mile wide. It was slightly salty. It was not far to the mouth of the stream from my campsite; the tropical growth comes right to the water' |
- | 24 HOUR SERVICE | + | |
- | BUSHWALKERS arriving late at night without transport booking can ring for car from Railway Station, or call at above address --- IT'S NEVER TOO LATE. | + | I started walking to the small township of Daintree, about five miles away. There were plenty of coconut palms laden with fruit. I climbed one and cut off a few green nuts. The skin is quite soft to cut when green and makes a delicious drink. The small store was closed down so I had to ring Mossman and get my stores sent out on the bus, which arrived about 5 p.m that afternoon. |
- | ' | + | |
- | FARES: KANANGRA WALLS 30/- per head (minimum 5 passengers) | + | Daintree lies on the riverbank in a tropical setting |
- | PERRY' | + | |
- | JENOLAN STATE FOREST 20/- It if if TI | + | |
- | CLRLON' | + | |
- | LOOK FOR T.C.3210 or PACKHARD T.V.270 | + | |
- | The highway follows the coast line here - one of the best scenic drives in Australia with the Pacific Ocean on the right and a mountain | + | |
- | 4. | + | |
- | range on the left. Port Douglas is 43 miles from Cairns and one of the oldest towns in North Queensland, settled in 1877. After lunch my lift carried | + | |
- | I walked the last four miles to the Daintree River, arriving at dusk, and here I pitched camp for the night. I had covered about 62 miles that first day, walking 12 miles. The Daintree River here was about a quarter mile wide. It was slightly salty. It was not far to the mouth of the stream from my campsite; the tropical growth comes right to the water' | + | |
- | fish in the dark water. As I carried a mall mosquito net I erected | + | |
- | it as the mossies were starting to make their presence felt. I was | + | |
- | up at dawn, and as I was having breakfast one of the householders from across the river rowed over -nd had a yarn. | + | |
- | I started walking to the small township of Daintree, about five | + | |
- | miles away. There were plenty of coconut palms laden with fruit. I climbed one and cut off a few green nuts. The skin is quite soft to cut then green and makes a delicious drink. The small store was | + | |
- | closed down so I had to ring Mossman and get my stores sent out on the bus, which arrived about 5 p.m, that afternoon. | + | |
- | Daintree lies on the riverbank in a tropical setting | + | |
- | free of frost. In the winter the cattle from further up the Peninsula | + | |
- | are fattened in the valley before going to market. There is also a small butter factory here. To the north is Thornton Peak, second highest mountain in Queensland. I obtained a lift of 3 miles up the | + | |
- | valley where I made camp fc.)r the night. There was the usual heavy | + | |
- | dew. It was 9 a.m. before I started walking up the valley. It is about one mile wide and the banks of the river are lined with cedar and fig trees. There were some large mobs of cattle grazing, being | + | |
of the zebu cross. This type resists the ticks and is used to the tropics. | of the zebu cross. This type resists the ticks and is used to the tropics. | ||
- | The road had now petered out to a cattle pad. The stream which I had forded a few times was now quite-deep and the pack had to be floated. I was told that there were freshwater crocodiles here. They grow to about 5 ft. long and are considered harmless. All the, saltwater type that are dangerous to man have been shot out of this area. | + | |
- | Where the track shot up a spur on the right I had lunch and dried out the gear. After repacking I set off, climbing up on to the backbone of the ridge. It was open parkland on top of the ridge, but a few yards down on either side was jungle matted with lawyer vine. | + | The road had now petered out to a cattle pad. The stream which I had forded a few times was now quite deep and the pack had to be floated. I was told that there were freshwater crocodiles here. They grow to about 5 ft. long and are considered harmless. All the saltwater type that are dangerous to man have been shot out of this area. |
- | I followed the pad in a nor-east direction until sundown when I pitched camp, having walked about 15 miles for the day. The lawyer vine is well named the " | + | |
- | through it to get water for the evening meal. As I was up about the 2,000 ft. mark the night was pleasantly cool. I awoke to an overcast sky, and as there had been no dew to wet the tent I got away to an | + | Where the track shot up a spur on the right I had lunch and dried out the gear. After repacking I set off, climbing up on to the backbone of the ridge. It was open parkland on top of the ridge, but a few yards down on either side was jungle matted with lawyer vine. I followed the pad in a nor-east direction until sundown when I pitched camp, having walked about 15 miles for the day. The lawyer vine is well named the " |
- | early start. The ridge an which the track climbed ran into rain forest where the branches of the trees practically met overhead and | + | early start. The ridge on which the track climbed ran into rain forest where the branches of the trees practically met overhead and there were quite a few orchids in the tall trees. I met an old prospector with swag on back on his way to Daintree for rations. He assured me he was getting a little gold in the creeks hereabouts. |
- | there were quite a few orchids in the tall trees. I met an old prospector with swag on back on his way to Daintree for rations.. He assured me he was getting a little gold in the creeks hereabouts. | + | |
- | Three hours walking brought | + | Three hours walking brought |
- | sighted by the famous navigator on his voyage up the coast. I had | + | There was a small verandah at the front entrance. On pegs driven into the wall hung all the gear of a cattle camp - pack saddles, hobbles, harness, branding irons and two rifles. The shack was deserted. Outside on the clothes line were pegged numerous white objects. Closer inspection revealed what is known as " |
- | reached the highest point and the track now led down into open grassland where I had lunch at a small creek. I was now in the "China camp' | + | was a blessing in disguise as I had travelled around the headwaters of the Bloomfield River across which I would have had to get a boat or wait for low tide and wade. It is infested with sharks and crocks. |
- | PHOTOGRAPHY t ? | + | |
- | You pr.,Iss the button, welll do the rest | + | My hosts were very interested in Paddy' |
- | LEICA | + | |
- | PHOTO | + | My friends directed me to the track which led to Ayton, a small village at the mouth of the Bloomfield river, 14 miles distant. The country was similar to that which I had traversed the previous day. It was quite hot walking as I was down about sea level again. I arrived at the township about 4 o' |
- | SERVICE | + | |
- | 31 Macquarie Place | + | I followed the road around to the sawmill and made camp for the night in a deserted cottage at the mill. On Saturday I arose at dawn and left camp early. The road followed the river for a while. It was very pleasant walking on the sunny spring morning, the country here on the coastal frings being flat and open. There were a lot of wild pigs and a few dingos in this area. After lunch a utility came along on its way to Cooktown and offered me a lift. The road here was just a rough track. After a few miles we came to some wild jungle country dotted with large boulders laced with fallen tree trunks and lawyer vine, the quaint umbrella palm and the wild banana bushes. On some of the large rocks one could see Aboriginal drawings, mostly outlines of the human body. |
- | SYDNEY N.S.W. | + | |
- | Finegrain | + | We were now in the open cattle country and stopped a while at the small township of Rossville. The local inn is appropriately named the " |
- | Developing | + | |
- | p zkiing | + | On the road once again, the Annan River was crossed. The trees here were of the ghost gum variety. A few miles from Cooktown is Black Mountain, an awe-inspiring heap of black granite boulders, bare except for a green bush scattered here and there. The rocks expand and contract with the changes of temperature caused by the sun setting |
- | Prints | + | or a cloud covering the sun. The action of contracting makes a clicking sound. The natives fear them on this account and say a Debbil-Debbil dwells there. Black Mountain is also the home of numerous rock pythons which prey on the small rock wallabies that infest the mountain. |
- | Perfect | + | |
- | Enlargements | + | I arrived in Cooktown as the sun was setting and camped in what was once the park. It had now reverted to wilderness. There was a strong wind which blows continually for weeks on end around this time of the year. In its heyday Cooktown was quite a large town, kept going by the gold and tin that were found in the area. One can still see signs of the large Radio and Aerodrome Station that were here during the last War. The bank and hospital are two fine buildings that give a hint of its former glory. There is a fine monument to Captain Cook who landed here, also one to Kennedy, the ill-fated explorer who lost his life exploring the Peninsula. |
- | Your | + | |
- | Rollfilms | + | I returned to Sydney via the Mulligan Highway, but that is another story. |
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+ | ===== PHOTOGRAPHY ===== | ||
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+ | You press the button, we'll do the rest! | ||
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+ | Finegrain Developing | ||
+ | Sparkling | ||
+ | Perfect Enlargements | ||
+ | Your Rollfilms | ||
or | or | ||
Leica films | Leica films | ||
deserve the | deserve the | ||
best SERVICE | best SERVICE | ||
- | 6. | + | |
- | anxious as I should be bearing north; however I decided to follow it until sundown. About 5 o' | + | LEICA PHOTO SERVICE |
- | There was a small verandah at the front entrance. On pegs driven into the wall hung all the gear of a cattle camp - pack saddles, hobbles, harness, branding irons and two rifles. The shack was deserted. Outside on the clothes line were pegged numerous white objects. Closer inspection revealed what is known as " | + | 31 Macquarie Place |
- | ed with coarse salt and then hung on the line to cure in the sun.I | + | SYDNEY N.S.W. |
- | pitched camp a short distance from the dwelling and was cooking tea when the owners arrived - two young chaps and a station hand. They | + | |
- | were very friendly and invited me over for a talk. The place was known as the "Ten Mile" and I was about six miles off course. However it | + | ===== FOR ALL YOUR TRANSPORT PROBLEMS |
- | was a blessing in disguise as I had travelled around the headwaters of the Bloomfield River across which I would have had to get a boat or wait for low tide and wade. It is infested with sharks and crocks. | + | |
- | My hosts were very interested in Paddy' | + | CONTACT |
- | and camping gear and obtained his address from me. I was invited to | + | |
- | breakfast and loaded up with as much jerked meat as I could carry. | + | |
- | I found the meat, when boiled with potatoes and pumpkin, very appetis- | + | |
- | ing. It will keep for a long while. It is the custom on most stations to give travellers a handout of moat. | + | |
- | My friends directed me to the track which led to Ayton, a small | + | |
- | village at the mouth of the Bloomfield river, 14 miles distant. The country was similar to that which I had traversed the previous day. It was quite hot walking as I was down about sea level again. I arrived at the township about 4 o' | + | |
- | The tropical fruits, pawpaws and pineapples, grow well here. | + | |
- | I followed the road around to the sawmill and made camp for the night in a deserted cottage at the mill. On Saturday I arose at | + | |
- | dawn and left camp early, The road followed the river for a while. It was very pleasant walking on the sunny spring morning, the country here on the coastal frings being flat and open. There were a lot of wild pigs and a few dingos in this area. After lunch a utility came along on its way to Cooktown and offered me a lift. The road here was just a rought track. After a few miles we came to Some wild jungle country dotted with large boulders laced with fallen tree trunks and lawyer vine, the quaint umbrella palm and the wild banana bushes. On some of the large rocks one could see Aboriginal drawings, mostly outlines of the human body. | + | |
- | We were now in the open cattle country and stopped a while at the small township of Rossville. The local inn is appropriately named the " | + | |
- | After gorging, the snakes are unable to get through the wire mesh and so fall easy prey to the irate Innkeeper. | + | |
- | On the road once again, the Annan River was crossed. The trees | + | |
- | 7. | + | |
- | here were of the ghost gum variety. A few miles from Cooktown is Black Mountain, an awe-inspiring heap of black granite boulders, ilare except for a green bush scattered here and there. The rocks expand and contract with the changes of temperature caused by the sun setting | + | |
- | or a cloud covering the sun. The action of contracting makes a clicking sound. The natives fear them on this account and say a DebbilDebbil dwells there. Black Mountain is also the home of numerous rock pythons which prey on the small rock wallabies that infest the mountain | + | |
- | I arrived in Cooktown as the sun was setting and camped in what was once the park. It had now reverted to wilderness. There was a strong wind which blows continually for weeks on end around this time | + | |
- | of the year. In its heyday Cooktown was quite a large town, kept | + | |
- | going by the gold and tin that were found in the area. One can still see signs of the large Radio and Eerodrome Station that were here during the last War. The bank and hospital are two fine buildings that give a hint of its former glory. There is a fine monument to Captain Cook who landed here, also one to Kennedy, the ill-fated explorer who lost his life exploring the Peninsula. | + | |
- | I returned to Sydney via the Mulligan Highway, but that is another story. | + | |
- | FOR ALL YOUR TRANSPORT PROBLEMS | + | |
- | HATTSWELL' | + | |
RING, WRITE, WIRE or CALL ANY HOUR DAY OR NIGHT. | RING, WRITE, WIRE or CALL ANY HOUR DAY OR NIGHT. | ||
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Phone: Blheath 128 or 249 | Phone: Blheath 128 or 249 | ||
- | Booking Office - 4 doors from Gardner' | + | Booking Office - 4 doors from Gardner' |
- | (LOOK FOR THE NEON SIGN). | + | |
SPEEDY 5 OR 8 PASSENGER GARS AVAILABLE | SPEEDY 5 OR 8 PASSENGER GARS AVAILABLE | ||
- | URGE OR SMALL PARTIES CATERED FOR | + | LARGE OR SMALL PARTIES CATERED FOR |
- | FARES: | + | |
- | PERRY 'S LOOKDOWN 3/- if If if if if | + | FARES: |
- | JENOLAN STATE FOREST 20/- " U if if | + | |KANANGRA |
- | CARLON' | + | |PERRY 'S LOOKDOWN|3/- per head (minimum 5 passengers)| |
+ | |JENOLAN STATE FOREST|20/- per head (minimum 5 passengers)| | ||
+ | |CARLON' | ||
WE WILL BE PLEASED TO QUOTE OTHER TRIPS OR SPECIAL PARTIES ON APPLICATION | WE WILL BE PLEASED TO QUOTE OTHER TRIPS OR SPECIAL PARTIES ON APPLICATION | ||
8. | 8. | ||
- | ===== Letter from Joan and Bev at Alice Springs | + | ===== LETTER FROM JOAN AND BEV AT ALICE SPRINGS |
- | C/O - P.O. ALICE SPRINGS|| 30th July | + | C/O - P.O. ALICE SPRINGS |
+ | 30th July | ||
Dear Everybody, | Dear Everybody, | ||
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We had two extra days on the train at the expense of the Commonwealth Railways. As you would no doubt have guessed from Sydney weather forecasts we had quite an interesting trip to Adelaide and count ourselves very lucky to have been delayed only two days. The Murray Valley, of course, was impassable to everything but a helicopter and we finished up pussy-footing through the backblocks to Bendigo and on through Bordertown to Adelaide. In addition to being experts on which type of semi had the most comfortable seats, we are going to set up an information bureau on the ailments of sheep and the impossibility of growing wheat under present conditions. Didn't dare suggest that they (the farmers) might sow a crop of rice with excellent results! | We had two extra days on the train at the expense of the Commonwealth Railways. As you would no doubt have guessed from Sydney weather forecasts we had quite an interesting trip to Adelaide and count ourselves very lucky to have been delayed only two days. The Murray Valley, of course, was impassable to everything but a helicopter and we finished up pussy-footing through the backblocks to Bendigo and on through Bordertown to Adelaide. In addition to being experts on which type of semi had the most comfortable seats, we are going to set up an information bureau on the ailments of sheep and the impossibility of growing wheat under present conditions. Didn't dare suggest that they (the farmers) might sow a crop of rice with excellent results! | ||
- | Adelaide was very disappointing to us both; it's rather a scruffy little city. (Dalai Lama please note! Ed.) I guess you couldn' | + | Adelaide was very disappointing to us both; it's rather a scruffy little city. (Dalai Lama please note! Ed.) I guess you couldn' |
- | One important point worthy of mention when hitching on trailers: Don't put your pack on the back of the prime mover; somehow it doesn' | + | |
- | We got through to Quorn quite easily and duly pickedvp | + | One important point worthy of mention when hitching on trailers: Don't put your pack on the back of the prime mover; somehow it doesn' |
- | Quote. | + | |
- | Porter: We don't build bridges across the creeks that flood here. Just run a bank of dirt across and then it gets washed out we just build a new line. | + | We got through to Quorn quite easily and duly picked Up the train which duly took 2 days to travel 50 miles! |
- | Passengers, (with a wail): Whenever will we get through? | + | |
- | Porter (with mock concern): If more water doesn' | + | Quote. |
- | maybe in a couple of days...maybe a week." | + | Porter: We don't build bridges across the creeks that flood here. Just run a bank of dirt across and When it gets washed out we just build a new line. |
- | It did have its funny side and allowed us to show off at Hawker where we took a quick stroll in the Hawker hills. Being late also | + | Passengers (with a wail): Whenever will we get through? |
- | 9, | + | Porter (with mock concern): If more water doesn' |
- | THE SANITARIUM HEALTH FOOD SHOP OFFERS | + | |
- | QUALITY DRIED FRUITS, NUTS and BISCUITS | + | It did have its funny side and allowed us to show off at Hawker where we took a quick stroll in the Hawker hills. Being late also gave us a daylight view of the Flinders Range, normally passed at night. This blue range runs parallel with the railway --- wait a bit, that's unfair to old age --- the railway runs parallel with the range for some hundred odd miles and from local reports there are some very interesting spots in the ranges worthy of a visit. We learned that at the end of August square miles of country form a veritable flower garden absolutely covered with Salvation Jane (blue) and Red Hop (of course, red). All we Could do, of course, was " |
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+ | We are both anxiously waiting the return of our first films, Joan to check the results and me because I've been trying to be smart - not too smart I'm hoping - and we expect either a thumping great 20 good shots or a dazzling bunch of flops. High spirits prevail - Alice at 3 o' | ||
+ | lots and lots, so will leave you with that to digest. Bye... JOAN & BEV. | ||
+ | |||
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- | COME TO OUR STORE 13 HUNTER STREET AND SEE | + | |
- | OUR WONDERFUL | + | COME TO OUR STORE 13 HUNTER STREET AND SEE OUR WONDERFUL |
- | gave us a daylight view of the Flinders Range, normally passed at night. This blue range runs parallel with the railway --- wait a bit, that's unfair to old age --- the railway runs parallel with the range for some hundred odd miles and from local reports there are some very interesting spots in the ranges worthy of a visit. We learned that at the end of August square miles of country form a veritable flower garden absolutely covered with Salvation Jane (blue) and Red Hop (of course, red). All we eould dopof course, was " | + | - FOR WALKING TRIPS AND HOME USE - |
- | intermittant shrubs, then when Ooodnadatta is about 20 miles off you | + | |
- | cop the blinding glare off the gibber plains and these continue well beyond Oodnatlatta with its tiny group of houses with the inevitable pub. Whilst the men went in for a " | + | ===== ANOTHER LETTER===== |
- | We are both anxiously waiting the return of our first films, Joan to check the results and me because I've been trying to be smart - not too smart I'm hoping - and we expect either a thumping great 20 | + | |
- | good shots or a dazzling bunch of flops. High spirits prevail - | + | This one from Pat and Ian who have just heard of the Wagg-Aird Engagement |
- | Alice at 3 o' | + | |
- | lots and lots, so will leave you with that to digest. Bye... JOAN & BEV. | + | Canberra. |
- | 10. | + | |
- | ANOTHER LETTER - this one from Pat and Ian who have | + | Dear Geoff, |
- | just heard of the Wagg-Aird Engagement | + | What's this we hear about this 'ere decision to engage |
- | Canberra. Dear Geoff, | + | A special combination set to last you all your days? |
- | What's this we hear about this 'ore decision to engage A special combination set to last you all your days? | + | |
A floor-scrubbing, | A floor-scrubbing, | ||
- | A door-closing, | + | A door-closing, |
- | A back-warming, | + | A spin-drying, |
- | A beth-running, nappy-changing, | + | A bed-making, biscuit-baking, |
- | And whit is more, to cap it all, a Geoff-Wagg-thumperl | + | A back-warming, |
+ | A clothes-pressing, | ||
+ | A bath-running, nappy-changing, | ||
+ | And what is more, to cap it all, a Geoff-Wagg-thumper! | ||
Dear Grace, | Dear Grace, | ||
We hate to cast a shadow but we often pause to wonder | We hate to cast a shadow but we often pause to wonder | ||
If the average in dream-men doesn' | If the average in dream-men doesn' | ||
- | . You'll find he is a shower-hogging, | + | You'll find he is a shower-hogging, |
A Sunday-paper-snatcher, | A Sunday-paper-snatcher, | ||
- | A practised-alibier and a secretary-slayer, | + | A practised-alibier and a secretary slayer; |
- | A champion-putter-offer and a regular-mislayer; | + | A champion-putter-offer and a regular-mislayer, |
- | A bathroom-floor-flooder and a cold-foot-putter, | + | A bathroom-floor-flooder and a cold-foot-putter, |
- | A doormat-misser and a drying-up-escaper, - | + | A grubby-hanky-hider and a birthday-overlooker, |
- | A cake-tin-cleaner and a pudding-basin-scraper; | + | A doormat-misser and a drying-up-escaper; |
- | A long-grass-grower and a cut-finger-cryer; | + | A cake-tin-cleaner and a pudding-basin-scraper; |
- | SI sock-holing, | + | A saucepan-lid-lifter and a bad-bargain buyer; |
- | But if you thump 'him hard enough you're bound to make him betterl | + | A long-grasss-grower and a cut-finger-cryer; |
- | We hope we haven' | + | A sock-holing, |
+ | But if you thump him hard enough you're bound to make him better! | ||
+ | |||
+ | We hope we haven' | ||
+ | For you'd miss the life-long audience you each will need to moan to! | ||
And moaning on your ownsome is a lonesome sort of game, | And moaning on your ownsome is a lonesome sort of game, | ||
- | And marriage sees there' | + | And marriage sees there' |
The Woodies. | The Woodies. | ||
- | vo6 gt&crys | + | |
- | from THE INDIAN FORESTRY DEPARTMENT. | + | |
- | QiI | + | ===== GREETINGS FROM THE INDIAN FORESTRY DEPARTMENT===== |
- | Forest Research Institute & College Dehradun, INDIA. | + | |
- | CT9n7r7714 | + | Forest Research Institute & College, Dehradun, INDIA. |
- | II I I Trii71#1 M'N II | + | |
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- | year 1956 is the two thousand five hundredth of the death of the Buddha who taught his have love and kindness towards plants, trees, animals, as well as man. | + | |
- | "The forest is a peculiar organism of unlimited kindness and benevolence that makes no demands for its sustenance and extends generously the product of its life activity; it affords protection to all beings, offering shade even to the axemen who destroy it." | + | "The forest is a peculiar organism of unlimited kindness and benevolence that makes no demands for its sustenance and extends generously the product of its life activity; it affords protection to all beings, offering shade even to the axemen who destroy it." Gautama Buddha. |
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- Marie Byles. | - Marie Byles. | ||
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- | WALKS REPORT FOR JULY, 1956. - Malcolm McGregOr. | + | |
+ | ===== WALKS REPORT FOR JULY, 1956. - Malcolm McGregOr. | ||
A rather mixed bag of walking this month, again; rain has hampered quite a few trips and no doubt deterred some of the walking people. | A rather mixed bag of walking this month, again; rain has hampered quite a few trips and no doubt deterred some of the walking people. | ||
Bev. Pricers caving trip drew a complete blank to start off the month. The leader is in Central Australia with Joan Walker and there was no enthusiasm amongst others in the club to set out for the cave trip. Score O. | Bev. Pricers caving trip drew a complete blank to start off the month. The leader is in Central Australia with Joan Walker and there was no enthusiasm amongst others in the club to set out for the cave trip. Score O. | ||
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- | HEY HELL AND (Could it be Duncant) | + | |
- | - Monica 2. | + | ===== Hey, Hell And ? (Could it be Duncan?) ===== |
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+ | by Monica 2 | ||
I've just been to Kossi, and it was beaut - lots and lots of snow, blue skies, sunshine, fun and trouble. | I've just been to Kossi, and it was beaut - lots and lots of snow, blue skies, sunshine, fun and trouble. | ||
- | On the way down we ran into a bit of bother in the. shape of fog and hoar frost which froze the windscreen solid and reduced ity to the minimum. Every few miles Bob had to get out and chip the ice off his side of the windscreen so he could see for at least a few miles more. Finally he gave up and for the last 50 miles to Cooma he drove with his head (with the " | + | On the way down we ran into a bit of bother in the shape of fog and hoar frost which froze the windscreen solid and reduced ity to the minimum. Every few miles Bob had to get out and chip the ice off his side of the windscreen so he could see for at least a few miles more. Finally he gave up and for the last 50 miles to Cooma he drove with his head (with the " |
From Cooma up to Smigginsthe sun shone and the breeze breezed and all was bright and gay. But trouble wasn't far away and it came in the shape of a hitching girl and a broken-down bus. Bob pulled up with a scream of brakes 44 and jumped out to see what was.wrong. The startled occupants from the bus scattered to the four winds - they evidently had never seen a " | From Cooma up to Smigginsthe sun shone and the breeze breezed and all was bright and gay. But trouble wasn't far away and it came in the shape of a hitching girl and a broken-down bus. Bob pulled up with a scream of brakes 44 and jumped out to see what was.wrong. The startled occupants from the bus scattered to the four winds - they evidently had never seen a " | ||
Half an hour later we started off again loaded down to the gunwhales with two Chalet types. A few miles further along the car started to make queer clanging noises so we stopped hurriedly. Eeek41 the fan was kaput, the engine was boiling and we were in danger of blowing up t An hour later we got going again and eventually made Smiggins where we met the rest of the mob. | Half an hour later we started off again loaded down to the gunwhales with two Chalet types. A few miles further along the car started to make queer clanging noises so we stopped hurriedly. Eeek41 the fan was kaput, the engine was boiling and we were in danger of blowing up t An hour later we got going again and eventually made Smiggins where we met the rest of the mob. | ||
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Finally we got to Cooma and stopped for a meal. The people in the cafe must have had a bit of a shock when we walked int Bob capering about in his "skin of a sacred pie-eyed wombat and a pair of socks, and Marcell and I looking very elegant in baggy ski pants, damp windjackets and our climbing skins wound around our waists. But the meal was super. | Finally we got to Cooma and stopped for a meal. The people in the cafe must have had a bit of a shock when we walked int Bob capering about in his "skin of a sacred pie-eyed wombat and a pair of socks, and Marcell and I looking very elegant in baggy ski pants, damp windjackets and our climbing skins wound around our waists. But the meal was super. | ||
One thing about going to Kossi, you appreciate home when you get back. | One thing about going to Kossi, you appreciate home when you get back. | ||
- | FEDERATION REPORT, AUGUST | + | |
- | The President, Mr, Norman Allen, was in the chair and 20 delegates were present. | + | ===== Federation Report |
- | BUSHFIRE FIGHTING ORGANISATION: It was resolved to circularise | + | |
- | Federated clubs requesting names, addresses and telephone numbers of walkers willing to volunteer for bushfire fighting in the Royal | + | by Brian Harvey |
- | National-Park-Heathcote area. With the heavy growth following the rains, fire danger is expected to be high in the coming summer months, | + | |
- | RANGER PATROLS: It also was resolved to ask for volunteers to patrol the Royal National Park at week-ands | + | The President, Mr. Norman Allen, was in the chair and 20 delegates were present. |
- | to check dangerous cooking fires, and assist in fire spotting and fire patrol generally, | + | |
- | NARROW NECK: A diversionary track to Clear Hill | + | **Bushfire Fighting Organisation:** It was resolved to circularise Federated clubs requesting names, addresses and telephone numbers of walkers willing to volunteer for bushfire fighting in the Royal National Park - Heathcote area. With the heavy growth following the rains, fire danger is expected to be high in the coming summer months. |
- | Hill is reported to have been blazed and working to make a permanent track. | + | |
- | FEDERATION BALL: Walkers are reminded that this | + | **Ranger Patrols:** It also was resolved to ask for volunteers to patrol the Royal National Park at weekends |
- | Australia on Sat., 6th Oct, Early bookings will | + | |
- | Club Social Secretaries as the number of tickets | + | **Narrow Neck:** A diversionary track to Clear Hill over Bushwalkers |
- | over Bushwalkers parties are required | + | |
- | will be held at Hotel be necessary with | + | **Federation Ball:** |
- | is limited. | + | |
===== Paddy Made ===== | ===== Paddy Made ===== |
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