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-THE SYDNEY BUSHMLKER
+====== The Sydney Bushwalker. ======
-A monthly bulletin of natters of interest to the Sydney Bush Walkers, 0/- Ingersoll, 256 Crown St., Sydney. Box No.4476, G.PO. Sydney. 'Phone: JW 1462.
- NOVEMBER, 1956. Prioe:9d.
+A monthly Bulletin of matters of interest to the Sydney Bush Walkers, C/- Ingersoll Hall, 256 Crown St., Sydney. Box No.4476, G.P.O. Sydney. 'Phone: JW 1462.
-CONTENTS
-Page
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-At our October Meeting - Alex Colley 2
-Hatswells Taxi & Tourist Service (Advt.)
+=== No. 264. November, 1956. Price 9d. ===
-Walks Report - September 1956. - Malcolm McGregor 4
-The Sanitarium Health Food Shop (Advt.)
+===== In This Issue: =====
-Three Months amongst the South Sea Islands - W.Trinnick 5 Leica Photo Service (Advt.) 7 Siedleckyfs Taxi & Tourist Service (Advt.)
-Mt. Sonder - Joan Walker 11
+| | |Page|
-Federation Report - October - Allen A. Strom 12
+|At our October Meeting|Alex Colley| 2|
-Turn About - Jim Brown
+|Walks Report - September 1956|Malcolm McGregor| 4|
-Week-end with the Putt-Putt Flotilla - Dot Butler with illustrations by' Jim Hooper
+|Three Months amongst the South Sea Islands|W. Trinnick| 5|
-The Caloola Club's Xmas-New Year Trip 1956/7.
+|Mt. Sonder|Joan Walker|11|
-"Calling all Car-Camping Bushwalkers"(Paddy's Advt.) 22
+|Federation Report - October|Allen A. Strom|12|
-COMRADESHIP
+|Turn About|Jim Brown|13|
-Forsooth, brother, comradeship is heaven, and the lack of comradeship is hell;
+|Week-end with the Putt-Putt Flotilla|Dot Butler with illustrations by Jim Hooper|15|
-comradeship is life, and the lack of comradeship is death; and the deeds that ye do upon the earth, It is for friendship's sake that ye do them,
+|The Caloola Club's Xmas - New Year Trip 1956/7| |20|
-and the life that is in it, that shall live on and on for ever, and each one of you part of it,
-while many a man's life upon the earth from the earth shall wane.
+===== Advertisements: =====
-- John Hall,
+| |Page|
+|Hattswell's Taxi & Tourist Service| 3|
-.
+|Sanitarium Health Food Shop| 5|
-AT OUR OCTOBER MEETING.
+|Leica Photo Service| 7|
-A misplacement of Minutes delayed the start of the meeting
+|Siedlecky's Taxi and Tourist Service| 9|
-until 8.45, but what it lacked in punctuality it gained in brevity
+|"Calling all Car-Camping Bushwalkers" (Paddy's Advt.)|22|
-as it ended half an hour later.'
+----
+=== Comradeship. ===
+Forsooth, brother, comradeship is heaven,\\
+and the lack of comradeship is hell;\\
+comradeship is life, and the lack of comradeship\\
+is death; and the deeds that ye do upon the earth,\\
+it is for friendship's sake that ye do them,\\
+and the life that is in it, that shall live on and on\\
+for ever, and each one of you part of it,\\
+while many a man's life upon the earth from the earth\\
+shall wane.
+- John Hall.
+----
+===== At Our October Meeting. =====
+A misplacement of Minutes delayed the start of the meeting until 8.45, but what it lacked in punctuality it gained in brevity as it ended half an hour later.
 The meeting commenced with a warm welcome to a new member, Henry Gould.
-Although his September move to have the library sold up had not been approved, Frank Ashdown showed further concern about the management and finances nf the library. Replies to his questions were deferred pending enquiries.
-A donation from Bob Binks of 2/2/- (Z1/1/- for "Yarrawonda"
+Although his September move to have the library sold up had not been approved, Frank Ashdown showed further concern about the management and finances of the library. Replies to his questions were deferred pending enquiries.
-and E1/l/- for "a certain ladder") was acknowledged with thanks. (Those concerned with the manufacture of the ladder are thinking to inscribe one fifth nf its rungs "B.BINKS...B.BINKS...B.BINKS..n
-A further suggestion is that the first rung of this section might
+A donation from Bob Binks of £2/2/- (£1/1/- for "Yarrawonda" and £1/l/- for "a certain ladder") was acknowledged with thanks. (Those concerned with the manufacture of the ladder are thinking to inscribe one fifth of its rungs "B.Binks...B.Binks...B.Binks..." A further suggestion is that the first rung of this section might be engraved "You are now entering Binks territory - Watch your step", and the last rung, "You are now leaving Binks territory." The only hold up to the scheme is that such engraving might tend to weaken the rungs causing them to collapse and so precipitate some grateful trogo into the murky depths, which would hardly be the end desired by the donor - or would it?)
-be engraved "You are now entering Binks territory - Watch your step; and the last rung, "You are now leaving Binks territory." The only
-hold up to the scheme is that such engraving might tend to weaken the rungs causing them to collapse and so precipitate SOMB grateful
+It was announced that copies of this year's "Skyline" were for sale.
-trogo into the murky depths, which would hardly be the end desired by the donor - or would it?)
-It was announced that copies of this year's 'Skyline" were for sale.
 The Social Secretary reported that the Federation Ball had been a social and financial success and had been attended by twenty-nine S.B.Ws.
 Members are especially asked to let the Social Secretary know if they intend to attend the Christmas Party. It is very difficult to make arrangements unless the numbers are known beforehand.
-- A.G. Colley. a
-WANTED - A STERIOSCOPIC VIEWER.
+- A.G. Colley.
-First of all, do you knoW what we mean? A sterioscopic viewer is a gadget through which you look at a double-image photo thereby seeing it in three dimensions instead of only two. In the days before movies this was the way our grandparents spent their
-Sunday afternoons and party evenings. Bill wants to make a set of glasses for his watch repairing work with the lenses, so
+----
-if the framework is battered or it has lost its varnish Bill doesn't mind. Surely someone's grandparents have one pushed away somewhere in a dark cupboard. See if you can find one.
-.
+=== Wanted - A Sterioscopic Viewer. ===
-AND NOW WHAT IN THE MATRIMONIAL FIELD?
-In the first place, Bill Gillam and Sylvia were married in August and we overlooked mentioning it in the magazine, for which we apologised to Bill. "That's all right," said Bill, "The Sydney Morning Herald Social Page omitted it too, but we're married juot the same."
+First of all, do you know what we mean? A sterioscopic viewer is a gadget through which you look at a double-image photo thereby seeing it in three dimensions instead of only two. In the days before movies this was the way our grandparents spent their Sunday afternoons and party evenings. Bill wants to make a set of glasses for his watch repairing work with the __lenses__, so if the framework is battered or it has lost its varnish Bill doesn't mind. Surely someone's grandparents have one pushed away somewhere in a dark cupboard. See if you can find one.
-oooev
+----
+=== Hattswell's Taxi and Tourist Service. ===
+For all your transport problems contact Hattswell's Taxi and Tourist Service. Ring, write, wire or call any hour, day or night.
+Telephone: Blackheath 129 or 249. Booking Office - 4 doors from Gardner's Inn Hote1 (look for the neon sign.)
+Speedy 5 or 8 passenger cars available. Large or small parties catered for.
+Fares:
+  * Kanangra Walls - 30/- per head (minimum 5 passengers)
+  * Perry's Lookdown - 3/- per head (minimum 5 passengers)
+  * Jenolan State Forest - 20/- per head (minimum 5 passengers)
+  * Carlon's Farm - 10/- per head (minimum 5 passengers)
+We will be pleased to quote other trips or special parties on application.
+----
+=== And what now in the matrimonial field? ===
+In the first place, Bill Gillam and Sylvia were married in August and we overlooked mentioning it in the magazine, for which we apologised to Bill. "That's all right," said Bill, "The Sydney Morning Herald Social Page omitted it too, but we're married just the same."
 By the time this is published Greg Hackworthy and Shirley Dickson will be man and wife, married on 27th October, during one of Greg's leave periods before he puts forth to sea again.
- OOOOO
-The Admiral is engaged to Dawn:%! Ought we be formal and state that Mr. Brian Anderson and Miss Dawn Askew have announced their engagement, and there's a diamond ring to prove it.
+The Admiral is engaged to Dawn! Ought we be formal and state that Mr. Brian Anderson and Miss Dawn Askew have announced their engagement, and there's a diamond ring to prove it.
-FOR ALL YOUR TRANSPORT PROBLEMS CONTACT
-HATSWELL'S TAXI & TOURIST SERVICE
+----
-RING, WRITE; WIRE or CALL. ANY HOUR, DAY or NIGHT
-'Phone: Blheath 128 or 249 :Booking Office - 4 doors from Gardner's Inn Hotel (LOOK FOR THE NEON SIGN).
+===== Walks Report For September 1956. =====
-SPEEDY 5 OR 8 PASSENGER CAR AVAILABLE
-LARGE OR SMALL PARTIES CATERED FOR
-FARES: HANANGRA WALLS 30/- per head (Minimum 5 passengers)
-PERRY'S LOOKDOWN n n ff It n
-JENOLAN STATE FOREST 20/- " " If If ft
-CARLON'S FARM 10/- I H ft ft ft
-WE WILL BE PLEASED TO QUOTE OTBER TRIPS OR SPECIAL PARTIES ON APPLICATION.
-.
-WaLKS REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 1956.
 - Malcolm McGregor.
-The new programme started off well with Jim Hooper's trip. Geof and Grace, Margaret Innes and,Henry Gould attended and reported beaut scenery at Wheeny Gap and Lagoon Creek, which also has some superb pools to visit in the warmer weather. A rough trip but not a tough one was the final comment.
-For the Saturday trip thing.s looked grim; no one wanted to
+The new programme started off well with Jim Hooper's trip. Geof and Grace, Margaret Innes and Henry Gould attended and reported beaut scenery at Wheeny Gap and Lagoon Creek, which also has some superb pools to visit in the warmer weather. A rough trip but not a tough one was the final comment.
-go. Then bingos out came SOMB motor cars and Jim took Heather,
-Snow and Bob Duncan to Newnes State Forest and they climbed
+For the Saturday trip things looked grim; no one wanted to go. Then bingo! out came some motor cars and Jim took Heather, Snow and Bob Duncan to Newnes State Forest and they climbed Mt. Cameron.
-Mt. Cameron.
-Sunday took Laurie Raynor and John White out from Glenbrook
+Sunday took Laurie Raynor and John White out from Glenbrook for a pleasant day and John reported that he was actually able to find the Red Hand Cave. It is still there, for those who couldn't find it recently.
-for a pleasant day and John reported that he was actually able to
-find the Red Hand Cave. It is still there, for those who couldn't find it recently.
+The combined trip brought out a total of seven, including three from the C.B.C. The man who knew the way up Black Billy's didn't come so the Admiral led his band up Galong Creek and thence to Megalong. Brian is itching to try out his nautical "skills" in Galong, and when he does I'll be itching to stand on the banks and watch him.
-The combined trip brought out a total of seven, including three from the C.B.C. The man who knew the way up Black Billy's
-didn't COMB so the Admiral led his band up Galong Creek and thence
-to Megalong. Brian is itching to try out his nautical "skills" in Galong, and when he does I'll be itching to stand on the banks and
-watch him.
 The Saturday trip failed through lack of starters and the leader spent the week-end in bed.
-On Sunday Paddy struck trouble at Woodnuts and the party
-could not get across Cowan Creek. So Paddy set off with his seven hench?men and ladies around Apple Tree Bay to Bobbin Head and up the ridge to the gates. It was reported to MB as an excellent day and the flowers were good. Mary Houghton was the sole prospective attending.
+On Sunday Paddy struck trouble at Woodnuts and the party could not get across Cowan Creek. So Paddy set off with his seven hench-men and ladies around Apple Tree Bay to Bobbin Head and up the ridge to the gates. It was reported to me as an excellent day and the flowers were good. Mary Houghton was the sole prospective attending.
-George Grey had a week-end at home as his trip had no starters,
-Kath Brown substituted a trip from Courijah.for the leaderless one on the programme, and Sheila, Joan Cordell and John White went with her. A most pleasant trip followed and they hitched out from Burragorang.
+George Grey had a week-end at home as his trip had no starters.
+Kath Brown substituted a trip from Courijah for the leaderless one on the programme, and Sheila, Joan Cordell and John White went with her. A most pleasant trip followed and they hitched out from Burragorang.
 Jess Martin had a highly successful day walk on the 16th with 6 members and 5 visitors. The weather was fine and a first class display of flowers was seen. Jess comments that there doesn't seem to have been many people in this area lately.
 Frank Rigby had his trip put into the melting pot for a new leader as his holidays were forced upon him and he was not in town, and as far as is known, no substitute leader was found.
-Frank Ashdown's midnight meander on the 22nd failed to come off, again for lack of starters, and the same with Dot Butlerh so we flnish up with a very poor set of trips for this month; five did not start and the remainder were poorayi attended. The scores were: 35 members, 3 prospectives and 5 visitors.
-.
+Frank Ashdown's midnight meander on the 22nd failed to come off, again for lack of starters, and the same with Dot Butler's, so we finish up with a very poor set of trips for this month; five did not start and the remainder were poorly attended. The scores were: 35 members, 3 prospectives and 5 visitors.
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+=== The Sanitarium Health Food Shop. ===
-AMAZING, LOW ECONOMY PRICES
-COME TO OUR STORE, 13 HUNTER STREET, SYDNEY AND SEE OUR WONDERFUL RANGE OF HEALTH-FOODS
+Offers quality dried fruits, nuts and biscuits. Delicious fruit sweets. Wholesome, light ry-king crisp bread.
-- FOR WALKING TRIPS AND HOME USE.
-THREE MONTHS AMONGST THE SOUTH SEA ISIANDS
+Amazing, low economy prices.
+Come to our store at 13 Hunter Street, and see our wonderful range of health-giving foods - for walking trips and home use.
+----
+===== Three Months Amongst The South Sea Islands. =====
 (Being a letter from Frank Duncan's friend, Walter Trinnick)
 When I visited your Club to show movies of New Guinea I mentioned to your President that I might find time to tell the S.B.Ws. about a forthcoming trip of mine, and as he might be expecting me to keep my promise and as the trip is now under way, here goes.
-In June my wife Dorothy and I left on Bret Hilder's little boat for three months voyage (Cost 85). ports of call as follows:r Lord Howe0Is., Norfolk Is., New Hebrides Espiritu Santo,.
-Guardalcanal, New Guinea, (and intervening islands)
+In June my wife Dorothy and I left on Bret Hilder's little boat for three months voyage (Cost £85). Ports of call as follows: Lord Howe Is., Norfolk Is., New Hebrides, Espiritu Santo, Guardalcanal, New Guinea, (and intervening islands).
-AD-sea. June.
-Sometimes I wonder whether I am dreaming, or whether everything I recall of living in Sydney comes from a recollection of a previous life. Here in a gigantic circle of sea and sky, each of the most vivid translucent blue, our little ship rolls gently along for days on end. Flying fish and majestic albatrosses and hot sun, with everyone in white, make Sydney in wind, rain and cold seem a million
+__At sea__. __June__.
-miles away instead of a mere 1,500. 'Though each day since we left
-Sydney has been perfect, the seas have been very high until this
+Sometimes I wonder whether I am dreaming, or whether everything I recall of living in Sydney comes from a recollection of a previous life. Here in a gigantic circle of sea and sky, each of the most vivid translucent blue, our little ship rolls gently along for days on end. Flying fish and majestic albatrosses and hot sun, with everyone in white, make Sydney in wind, rain and cold seem a million miles away instead of a mere 1,500. Though each day since we left Sydney has been perfect, the seas have been very high until this morning when it threatens to become monotonously calm. Part of the day's fun has been to dash across the cargo deck and hatches between waves breaking over the sides without being ducked. Half the crew are Malayans and the other half Chinese and on such a small ship you get to know them and establish a contact even though they cannot all speak English. Yesterday we were anchored off an island fishing. I asked our Chinese cabin boy how many he'd caught, and got the reply "oo piss" - which rather rocked me, so I asked again and got the same answers and then it dawned on me that "pp piss" was his idea of English for "two fish" - and you could read in his face the query "What's the matter with this bloke; he can't understand his own language." And the fish - never seen so many or so big. Every time you throw a line out there's a 20 or 30 lb. one on the hook.
-morning when it threatens to become monotonously calm. Part of the
-day's fun has been to dash across the cargo deck and hatches between waves breaking over the sides without being ducked. Half the crew are Malayans and the other half Chinese and on such a small ship you get to know them and establish a contact even though they cannot
+It is strange how our impressions of a place change when we come into close contact with it. Take Norfolk Is. for instance, tied up as it is with our early history. I've always imagined it a tiny, more or less barren little island just off the coast, inhabited by a number of rugged Australians who grew pine trees and sold the seeds to our beach councils. Instead of which I found a slice of the Canadian Rockies with __millions__ of native pines in forests where they'd been growing for centuries - and the cultivated parts a replica of the loveliness of Devon and Somerset in England. As a whole the island looks like a beautiful English park, an effect that is helped by the old English buildings __and__ the old English speech of the __Islanders__. They are __not__ Australians by any means. All the inhabitants are the descendants of the mutineers of The Bounty, who were transferred from Pitcairn to Norfolk Island 100 years ago. And since the Pitcairners married Tahitian women the islanders of today are a mixture of both, and since they have always been isolated on a small island over the whole period of 130 years, they have retained all their early characteristics - a mixture of dark and fair - slow and exotic - speech still the dialect of old English mixed with the dreamy Tahitian. The women are lovely and langourous like the Tahitians, but the men are a weak looking lot. Without much contact with the outside world there has been much inter-marriage, and there are only about two dozen surnames among the 800 population. Looking at the family tree you see, for instance, a Young marrying a Young. We met a Mrs. Young whose grandmother was one of the original Tahitian girls who married a Mutineer on Pitcairn. It was difficult to follow her half old-English-Tahitian speech. Living still as one big family, too, they're very clannish - every industry that has started on the Island has been either burned down, blown up or sabotaged, with the result that there's no work done except when the steamer calls once every 8 weeks or so, and even then they've got to drag the men on to the job - as for instance on this trip, because of the high seas and the fact that all cargo is taken ashore in surf boats, on several days it was noon before the sea subsided enough to lower the boats. They went ashore to collect the Islanders, but __all__ except three of those whose job it was were dead drunk, and there's no hotel here - the Govt. sells the grog. There are no taxes - no duty - result, cigarettes in Sydney 3-, here 2/-; cameras in Sydney £120, here £40, etc.
-.
-all speak English. Yesterday we were anchored off an island fishing. I asked our Chinese cabin boy how many he'd caught, and got the reply "co piss" - which rather rocked me, so I asked again and got the same answers and then it dawned on me that "cc pis s2 was his idea of English for "two fish" - and you could read in his face the query 'What's the matter with this bloke; he can't understand his
+Yesterday I walked 12 miles to collect movies of all the historic spots of pre-mutineer days - the convict settlement - collecting pictures of, for instance, Bloody Bridge where 13 convicts were buried alive among the stones - or Headstone Pt. where a legendary character who escaped the warders and successfully evaded them for 7 years by living in one of the huge trees, coming out at night to fish - was finally caught and hanged in the town Common.  He cursed the two warders who caught him and threatened them with a violent death, and they obliged by getting mashed off the rocks a week later.
-own language." And the fish - never seen so many ar so big. Every time you throw a line out there's a 20 or 30 lb. one on the hook.
-It is strange how our impressions of a place change when we
+Being a personal friend of the Captain's, we sit at his table and this, after a really fine dinner, is one of the pleasant events of the day as he regales us with tales of the South Pacific.
-come into close contact with it. Take Norfolk Is. for instance, tied up as it is with our early history. I've always imagined it a tiny, more or less barren little island just off the coast,
-inhabited by a number of rugged Australians who grew pine trees and sold the seeds to our beach councils. Instead of which I found a
+We're now off on a 3-day cruise to the next group of Islands - the New Hebrides, where we are promised a mixture of French, British - and Tonkinese, as well as natives. There we'll have our swimming and coconut plantations and native villages, so I'll leave anticipation to realisation. Any difficulty you have deciphering this writing you can put down to the violent motion of the ship, plus the effort of writing on my knees and trying to avoid being washed overboard as every now and again a wave breaks over the side.
-slice of the Canadian Rockies with millions of native pines in
-forests where they'd been growing for centuries - and the cultivat-
+__Espiritu Santo__
-ed parts a replica of the loyEiness of Devon and Somerset in
-England. As a whole the island looks like a beautiful English park,
+This is the life! A strange new world indeed - every day teems with stories, mostly about people you meet. There are no secrets or family skeletons; since everyone knows everyone else there is, after all, not much sense.
-an effect that is helped by the old English buildings and the old English speech of the Islanders. They are not Australians by any
-means. All the inhabitants are the descend7E7s of the mutineers of The Bounty, who were transferred from Pitcairn to Norfolk Island 100 years ago. And since the Pitcairners married Tahitian women
+I've been introduced to Nature's Wonderland too. We were taken in the launch to a lovely coral atoll, with a palm-lined lagoon for swimming and looking at the coral growth. I thought that was something out of the bag until the skipper took me with underwater goggles to the outer reef and there, Presto! I came upon Wonderland. The first sight of it shocked me, I had to come up for air. I just couldn't believe what I had seen so I went down again - into a bright blue - bluer than anything I've ever seen, with literally millions of the brightest coloured fish floating in and out of the coral, and then huge fish that must have weighed between 30 and 50 lbs. just idly swimming around us, barely curious. The transparent blue gradually deepened with depth, and frighteningly lost its transparency as the floor sunk away to greater depths. By way of contrast we visited Million Dollar Point at Espiritu Santo where the Yanks dumped millions of pounds worth of unused equipment into the sea. Looking at it lying on the bottom of the sea rotting away was indeed an ugly sight.
-the islanders of today are a mixture of both, and since they have
-always been isolated on a small island over the whole period of 130 years, they have retained all their early characteristics -
+These islands are mostly French and everything is so different; natives made the islands beautiful - the natives kept them that way, and when the French, Chinese and Tonkinese came and created filthy slums, the natives moved out and built lovely little villages in the jungle a few yards from the sea. We visited several of them and they were a delight - flowers everywhere - not a tree destroyed - and absolute cleanliness. I wonder what they think when they walk down the European street with its lack of drains, its filthy slush and the hovels of the Chinese and Tonkinese who empty all their slops in the street. The French being a carefree race, although clean in themselves, couldn't care less. This New Hebrides group are nevertheless very interesting but to get anywhere you've just got to brighten up your French.
-a mixture of dark and fair - slow and exotic - speech still the dialect of old English mixed with the dreamy Tahitian. The women
-are lovely and langourous like the Tahitians, but the men al.e a weak looking lot. Without much contact with the outside world there has been much inter-marriage, and there are only about two dozen surnames among the 800 population. Looking at the family tree you see, for instance, a Young marrying a Young. We met a Yrs.
+__Rabaul__. __Aug.1__
-Young whose grandmother was one of the original Tahitian girls who married a Mutineer on Pitcairn. It was difficult to follow her half
-old-English-Tahitian speech. Living still as one big family, too, they're very clannish - every industry that has started on the
+Just to remind us that the volcano I can see a couple of miles away (Matapi) is still alive and kicking, we have just had three earthquakes in one day - one of them rattled the place like a dice in a box. We climbed to the top of the volcano and looked down into the crater despite the steam and sulphur fumes. It will be almost impossible for you to imagine how hot it is up here at this time of the year. There is no such thing as winter since we are only a few degrees from the equator. It's just Hot and D--Hot. The sun rises and sets at almost the same time every day all the year round. For nearly two months now, since leaving Sydney, shivering in the cold, we have not worn more than shorts and shirt and slept bare every night. No one owns a blanket here. We swim every day though it's a waste of time as the water is luke warm. We came on the trip for a rest but up to the present we haven't stopped a moment anywhere and have had some really wonderful experiences. The highlight (for me) was at a dream island with limpid lagoons and swaying palm trees where twelve lovely Polynesian girls tried to teach me the hula hula, crowned me with a garland of frangi pani blossoms - then threw me in the lagoon as a token of goodwill, despite the fact that I had shorts, shirt and shoes on. Did they enjoy themselves? And did I? Ask me!
-Island has been either burned downs blown up or sabotaged, with the
-result that there's no work done except when the steamer calls once every 8 weeks or so, and even then they've got to drag the men on to the job - as for instance on this trip, because of the high seas and the fact that all cargo is taken ashore in surf boats, on several days it was noon before the sea subsided enough to lower the boats. They went ashore to collect the Islanders, but all except three of those whose job it was were dead drunk, and there's no hotel here - the Govt. sells the grog. There are no taxes - no duty - result, cigarettes in Sydney V-, here 2/-; cameras in Sydney 120, here E,40, etc.
+We called at 20 different islands before arriving at Rabaul and have now been here one week during which time we've travelled a few hundred miles into the interior. In a few days we're flying to the famous Sepik River - right away off the beaten track among the most primitive natives whose houses are built __over__ the water. We'll be glad to be on the way for we've attended parties and dinners almost every night till 3 a.m. Anyway, it's too hot to sleep.
-Yesterday I walked 12 miles to collect movies of all the historic spots of pre-mutineer days - the convict settlement - collecting pictures of, for instance, Bloody Bridge where 13 convicts were buried alive among the stones - or Headstone Pt, where a legendary character who escaped the warders and successfully evaded
-,
+Been struggling with the pigeon and gradually learning the hard way. For instance, saw some "boys" with blue lap laps (which means they were prisoners from the kallaboose or jail); no one in charge - they just mow the lawns one blade of grass at a time - so I asked one,
-them for 7 years by living in one of the huge trees, coming out at night to fish - was finally caught and hanged in the town Common.  He cursed the two warders who caught him and threatened them with a violent death, and they obliged by getting mashed off the rocks a week later.
-Being a personal friend of the Captain's, we sit at his table and this, after a really, fine dinner, is one of the pleasant events of the day as he regales us with tales of the South Pacific. s
-We're now off on a 3-day cruise to the next group of Islands - the New Hebrides, where we are promised a mixture of French, British
-- and Tonkinese, as well as natives. There we'll have our swimming and coconut plantations and native villages, so I'll leave anticipation to realisation. Any difficulty you. have deciphering this writing you can put down to the violent motion of the ship, plus the effort of writing on my knees and trying to avoid being washed overboard as every now and again a wave breaks over the side,
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-Espiritu Santo
-This is the life l A strange new world indeed - every day teens with stories, mostly about people you meet. There are no secrets or family skeletons; since everyone knows everyone else there is, after all, not much sense.
-I've been introduced to Nature's Wonderland too, We were taken in the launch to a lovely coral atoll, with a palm-lined lagoon for swimming and looking at the coral growth. I thought that was something out of the bag until the skipper took me with underwater goggles to the outer reef and. there, Prestos I came upon: Wonderland. The first sight of it shocked me, I had to COMB up for air. I just couldn't believe what I had seen so I went down again - into a bright blue - bluer than anything I've ever seen, with literally millions of the brightest coloured fish floating in and out of the coral, and then huge fish that must have weighed between 30 and 50 lbs. just idly swimming around us, barely curious. The transparent blue gradually deepened -with depth, and frighteningly lost its transparency as the floor sunk away to greater depths. By way of contrast we visited. Millioia.D911.:'ar. Point at Espiritu Santo where the Yanks dumped millions of.pounO!Worth of unused equipment into the sea. Looking at it lying on the bottom of the sea rotting away was indeed an ugly sight.
-These islands are mostly French and everything is so different; natives made the islands beautiful - the natives kept them that
-way, and when the French, Chinese and Tonkinese came and created filthy slums, the natives moved out and built lovely little villages in the jungle a few yards from the sea. We visited several of them and they were a delight - flowers everywhere - not a tree destroyed - and absolute cleanliness. I wonder what they think
-when they walk down the European street with its lack of drains, its filthy slush and the hovels of the Chinese and Tonkinese who empty all their slops in the street. The French being a carefree race, although clean in themselves, couldn't care less This New Hebrid.es group are nevertheless very interesting but to get anywhere you've just got to brighten up your French.
-Rabaul. Aug.1
-Just to remind us that the volcano I can see a couple of miles away (Matapi) is still alive and kicking, we have just had three earthquakes in one day - one of them rattled the place like a dice in a box. We climbed to the top of the volcano and looked down into the crater despite the steam and sulphur fumes. It will be almost impossible for you to imagine how hot it is up here at this time of the year. There is no such thing as winter since we are only a few degrees from the equator. It's just Hot and D--Hot. The sun rises and sets at almost the same time every day all the year round. For nearly two months now, since leaving Sydney ,shivering in the cold, we have not worn more than shorts and shirt and
-slept bare every night. No one owns a blanket here. We swim every
-day though it's a waste of time as the water is luke warm. We came
-on the trip for a rest but up to the present we haven't stopped a
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-moment anywhere and have had some really wonderful experiences. The highlight (for me) was at a dream island with limpid lagoons and swaying palm trees where twelve lovely Polynesian girls tried to teach me the hula hula, crowned MB with a garland of frangi pani blossoms - then threw me in the lagoon as a token of goodwill, despite the fact that I had shorts, shirt and shoes on. Did they enjoy themselves/ And did I? Ask mel
-We called at 20 different islands before arriving at Rabaul and have now been here one week during which time we've travelled a few hundred miles into the interior. In a few days we're flying to the famous Sepik River - right away off the beaten track among the most primitive natives whose houses are built over the water. We'll be glad to be on the way for we've attended parties and dinners almost every night till 3 a.m. Anyway, it's too hot to sleep.
-Been struggling with the pigeon and gradually learning the hard way. For instance, saw some "boys" with blue lap laps (which means they were prisoners from the kallabooseor jail); no one in charge - they just mow the lawns one blade of grass at a time - so I asked one,
 "Why fella you bilong Kalaboose?"
-.
 Answer: Me killim Master.
-Q. Howlong you stop along Kalaboose?
-A. 6 months,
+Q. How long you stop along Kalaboose?
-Wows I thought, Only 6 months for killing his Master, and when I Mentioned this to a European he just laughed for killim means hit only. Had he said killim finish it would have meant the real thing. They use it this way also when they are driving the jeep and you want to stop and leave the engine idle you say "You killim engine." To stop car dead - "You killim finish". To park the car you say "Fasim" (fasten).
-We were taken in a small ship up the 'Buka Passage - one of the most beautiful waterways in the world - to meet the Catholic Bishop who is quite an identity, - a jovial old bloke.
+A. 6 months.
-Been shooting crocodile and expect to do some more, but as they only COMB out at night you can't photograph them; instead I'm bringing back a skin just to prove it.
-Time is on the wing and the mail leaves in half an hour so oheers. Won't get an opportunity to write any more; we will be living in a native village for about 2 weeks with natives to study their way of life.
+Wow! I thought. Only 6 months for killing his Master, and when I Mentioned this to a European he just laughed for __killim__ means __hit__ only. Had he said __killim finish__ it would have meant the real thing. They use it this way also when they are driving the jeep and you want to stop and leave the engine idle you say "You killim engine." To stop car dead - "You killim finish". To park the car you say "Fasim" (fasten).
+We were taken in a small ship up the Buka Passage - one of the most beautiful waterways in the world - to meet the Catholic Bishop who is quite an identity - a jovial old bloke.
+Been shooting crocodile and expect to do some more, but as they only come out at night you can't photograph them; instead I'm bringing back a skin just to prove it.
+Time is on the wing and the mail leaves in half an hour so cheers. Won't get an opportunity to write any more; we will be living in a native village for about 2 weeks with natives to study their way of life.
 Good Bushwalking,
 W.T.
-PROGRESS REPORT:
-In spite of the Woodiestpoem, Grace and Geof are still engaged. "You don't have to believe everything you read in print," says Grace, "for instance that bit about the bathroom.-floorflooder...." "Yes," cried Goof triumphantly, "That couldn't be right because I never use the bathroom:"
-WINTER MORN
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-A splash
-That's quick as a flash And a feeling of horror At each to-morrow..
+=== Progress Report: ===
-The horrible fright
-May be all right
+In spite of the Woodies' poem, Grace and Geof are __still__ engaged. "You don't have to believe everything you read in print," says Grace, "for instance that bit about the bathroom-floor-flooder...." "Yes," cried Geof triumphantly, "That couldn't be right because I never use the bathroom!"
-But I say
-Boshl
+----
-Why should a.Bushwalker
-Wash? (Anon. N.Z.A.C.)
+=== Winter Morn. ===
-MT. SONDER. - Joan Walker.
-It was early afternoon as we waved goodbye to the jeep that had brought us to Glen Helen, 'That morning we had come the hundred miles from Alice Springs prepared for a week's camp at Glen Helen Gorge on the FinkeRiver, and at Ormisten Gorge about six miles away.
+A splash\\
+That's quick as a flash\\
+And a feeling of horror\\
+At each to-morrow..
+The horrible fright\\
+May be all right\\
+But I say\\
+Bosh!\\
+Why should a.Bushwalker\\
+Wash?
+(Anon. N.Z.A.C.)
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+Bushwalkers arriving at Blackheath late at night without transport booking can ring for car from Railway Station or call at above address - __it's never too late__!
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+===== Mt. Sonder. =====
+- Joan Walker.
+It was early afternoon as we waved goodbye to the jeep that had brought us to Glen Helen. That morning we had come the hundred miles from Alice Springs prepared for a week's camp at Glen Helen Gorge on the Finke River, and at Ormisten Gorge about six miles away.
 Leaving our packs on the sandy river bank we skirted the deep waterhole blocking the northern end of the gorge, and, cameras at the ready, pussy-footed to a vantage point a quarter of a mile away.
-Behind us, the long straight ridge we had left, running East to West to the limits of vision, with the broad and sandy Finke swinging in beneath its steep red cliffs. In front, mile after mile of
-plain cut by cattle tracks weaving between the mulga and broken by scattered ridges,50 ft. ox so high, of red quartzite or the more
+Behind us, the long straight ridge we had left, running East to West to the limits of vision, with the broad and sandy Finke swinging in beneath its steep red cliffs. In front, mile after mile of plain cut by cattle tracks weaving between the mulga and broken by scattered ridges, 50 ft. or so high, of red quartzite or the more startling chocolate brown limestone. Over and beyond these our eyes were drawn irresistibly to the great bulk of Mt. Sonder. We had first seen it, almost ice-blue - the three peaks clear against the sky - from Hermansburg twenty miles away. Now it showed long ridges of blue running up to the cliff faces shadowed in purple. There was only one decision possible; it had to be visited and, if the gods were willing, climbed.
-startling chocolate brown limestone. Over and beyond these our eyes were drawn irresistiply to the great bulk of Mt. Sander. We had first seen it, almost ice-blue - the three peaks clear against the sky - from Hermansburg twenty miles away. Now it showed long ridges of blue running up to the cliff faces shadowed in purple. There was only one decision possible; it had to be visited and, if the gods were willing, climbed.
-Meanwhile to camp and the search for H20. There was water a-plenty in the river - with a saline content comparable to seawater. A search on the hillside yielded Some which was excellent for cooking - no need to add salt to our stews - but not so good for our "cuppas". A blazing fire, a large steak, a soft camp spot, and life was good - so much so that even the dingoes chasing cows on the plain barely disturbed our rest.
+Meanwhile to camp and the search for H20. There was water a-plenty in the river - with a saline content comparable to seawater. A search on the hillside yielded some which was excellent for cooking - no need to add salt to our stews - but not so good for our "cuppas". A blazing fire, a large steak, a soft camp spot, and life was good - so much so that even the dingoes chasing cows on the plain barely disturbed our rest.
-An early rising one morning, and out to watch the sun light up Sonder catching the cliffs first and turning them red, then
-gradually, as the light became higher, the purple shadows returned.
+An early rising one morning, and out to watch the sun light up Sonder catching the cliffs first and turning them red, then gradually, as the light became higher, the purple shadows returned.
-Across the plain we started, ignoring the cattle pads and plunging bravely through the spinifex to each hill top so that we might admire again the colours of Sonder and the shadows on the scalloped ridges of the Ormiston, A choice of two routes seemed open to us: to follow the western ridge which clearly swung in a great bend to the furthest peak, or forge straight ahead up the ridges mounting to the base of the main peak. A short scramble through a saddle should then put us in a position to walk up from the northern side. This we decided on, but alas, we forgot how strange this land is. Up the ridges which should have led to1 the main line, down into the gullies which magically appeared and isolated each from its neighbour. Once. Twice. But then at last
-the main ridge. Up, up and over. In front the ridge dropped
+Across the plain we started, ignoring the cattle pads and plunging bravely through the spinifex to each hill top so that we might admire again the colours of Sonder and the shadows on the scalloped ridges of the Ormiston. A choice of two routes seemed open to us: to follow the western ridge which clearly swung in a great bend to the furthest peak, or forge straight ahead up the ridges mounting to the base of the main peak. A short scramble through a saddle should then put us in a position to walk up from the northern side. This we decided on, but alas, we forgot how strange this land is. Up the ridges which should have led to the main line, down into the gullies which magically appeared and isolated each from its neighbour. Once. Twice. But then at last the main ridge. Up, up and over. In front the ridge dropped steeply to a valley practically enclosed by that despised western ridge on whose southern bend we stood. Two miles away, across the valley, the true ridges of Mt. Sonder rose. Two miles away! Time had beaten us, but we could still admire, and that we did as we boiled our billy and dreamt of how, one day, we should return and reach the summit.
-steeply to a valley practically enclosed by that despised western ridge on whose southern bend we stood. Two miles away, across the valley, the true ridges of Mt.onder rose. Two miles away; Time had beaten us, but we could still admire, and that we did as we boiled our billy and dreamt of now, one day, we should return and reach the summit.
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-,FEDERATION REPORT - OCTOBER.
+===== Federation Report - October. =====
 - Allen A. Strom.
-Enquiry has shown that Window Displays inviting membership of Bush- walking Clubs will be accepted by The County Council (Queen Victoria
-Buildings), The Tourist Bureau and Kodaks. Steps will be taken to organise these displays.
+Enquiry has shown that __Window Displays__ inviting membership of Bushwalking Clubs will be accepted by __The County Council__ (Queen Victoria Buildings), __The Tourist Bureau__ and __Kodaks__. Steps will be taken to organise these displays.
-The affiliation with lintz_szii,E921111E!ILLIa will be continued
-- with Paul H. Barnes acting as delegate,
+The affiliation with __The N.S.W. Sports Federation__ will be continued with Paul H. Barnes acting as delegate.
-An enquiry was received from The Eureka Youth League Bushwalking  Club regarding affiliation with the Federation. Information will be forwarded.
-Following upon the occurrence of a vacancy on The Heathcote primitive Reserve Trust, Paul H. Barnes was nominated by Federation.
+An enquiry was received from __The Eureka Youth League Bushwalking__ Club regarding affiliation with the Federation. Information will be forwarded.
-The Department of Lands has refused to resume Panorama Lookout  (Kurrajong Heights) as the landholder intends to develop the area as a tourist attraction.
-Tom Moppett was nominated by the Federation to fill a vacancy that has occurred on The Fauna Protection Panel.
+Following upon the occurrence of a vacancy on __The Heathcote Primitive Reserve Trust__, Paul H. Barnes was nominated by Federation.
-Approximately 154 persons were present at The Federation 'Ball held on October 6th. A profit of about 35 is expected. -
-The Assistant Information Officer (Paul Driver) is still not receivint. adequate support from Clubs in his efforts to collect Walks Reports. He also indicates that the Reports should contain information valuable to Beginners.
+The Department of Lands has refused to resume __Panorama Lookout (Kurrajong Heights)__ as the landholder intends to develop the area as a tourist attraction.
-A meeting of the Junior Walks Committee elected Stan Cottier as Secretary. The first walk is scheduled for the weekend,'Nov.17/18,
-It will be for boys, Stan Cattier will be contacting prospective
+Tom Moppett was nominated by the Federation to fill a vacancy that has occurred on __The Fauna Protection Panel__.
-le4ders.
-Buphfire Fighting or Propaganda Work? Which is preferred? Organiser of ;Iatrols, Bruce Little, would like to know your answer and at the
+Approximately 154 persons were present at __The Federation Ball__ held on October 6th. A profit of about £35 is expected.
-same time receive an up-to-date list of volunteers. His Address is 29 High St. Canterbury.
-A Track over Bushwalkersi Hill to by-pass the Glenraphael Swamp will be cut on week-end Nov. 11/12th. Help required. Turn up with cutting gear.
+__The Assistant Information Officer__ (Paul Driver) is still not receiving adequate support from Clubs in his efforts to collect Walks Reports. He also indicates that the Reports should contain information valuable to __Beginners__.
-A report to hand says that a road has been cut into Church Creek Caves area. Enquiries into land tenures in the area will be under-
-taken.
+A meeting of the __Junior Walks Committee__ elected Stan Cottier as Secretary. The first walk is scheduled for the weekend, Nov. 17/18. It will be for boys. Stan Cottier will be contacting prospective leaders.
-The Federation still requii.es a Publicity Officer. Have we a volunteer?
-Premier Cahill has assured us that no alienation of land will take place along the railway line in The Royal National Park.
+__Bushfire Fighting or Propaganda Work__? Which is preferred? Organiser of Patrols, Bruce Little, would like to know your answer and at the same time receive an up-to-date list of volunteers. His Address is 29 High St. Canterbury.
-.
+__A Track over Bushwalkers' Hill to by-pass the Glenraphael Swamp__ will be cut on week-end Nov. 11/12th. Help required. Turn up with cutting gear.
+A report to hand says that a road has been cut into Church Creek Caves area. Enquiries into land tenures in the area will be undertaken.
+The Federation still requires a __Publicity Officer__. Have we a volunteer?
+Premier Cahill has assured us that no alienation of land will take place along the railway line in __The Royal National Park__.
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 - Jim Brown.