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195709 [2016/05/04 13:34] – [Seven Weeks in New Zealand - Part VII] kennettj | 195709 [2016/05/04 13:45] – [Report of the Ski Lodge Committee] kennettj | ||
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====== Report of the Ski Lodge Committee ====== | ====== Report of the Ski Lodge Committee ====== | ||
+ | Colin Putt - Convenor. | ||
- | -- Colin Putt - Convenor. | ||
The Committee, appointed mainly for the purpose of making inquiries on the feasibility of erecting a hut in the Kosciusko area, had held six meetings, and is of the opinion that it is not constituted to go further - i.e. to start erecting the hut. | The Committee, appointed mainly for the purpose of making inquiries on the feasibility of erecting a hut in the Kosciusko area, had held six meetings, and is of the opinion that it is not constituted to go further - i.e. to start erecting the hut. | ||
- | Four visits have been made to the Kosciusko State Park - one to inspect a hut for sale, two to select a site and one to see the site in winter, Two of these visits were made for the sole purpose of the Committee' | + | |
- | Following the Committee' | + | Four visits have been made to the Kosciusko State Park - one to inspect a hut for sale, two to select a site and one to see the site in winter. Two of these visits were made for the sole purpose of the Committee' |
- | Snow Reveller' | + | |
- | The cost of a hut which would conform to the minimum requirements of the Trust was estimated at 957, exclusive of labour cost. | + | Following the Committee' |
- | Laurie Rayner, architect, has consented to design a suitable hut | + | |
- | and has conferred with the Trust architects on their requirements. A preliminary plan has been prepared by him. John Scott, builder/ has agreed to cost Laurie Rayner' | + | Laurie Rayner, architect, has consented to design a suitable hut and has conferred with the Trust architects on their requirements. A preliminary plan has been prepared by him. John Scott, builder/ has agreed to cost Laurie Rayner' |
- | The steps to be taken in the construction of a hut ara: | + | |
+ | The steps to be taken in the construction of a hut are:\\ | ||
1. Agreement on final plan, submission of same to Trust and approval | 1. Agreement on final plan, submission of same to Trust and approval | ||
- | of Trust. | + | of Trust.\\ |
- | 2. Formation of a Co-operative Society, | + | 2. Formation of a Co-operative Society,\\ |
- | 3. Collection of funds. | + | 3. Collection of funds.\\ |
4. Organisation of building. | 4. Organisation of building. | ||
- | To carry the project to a conclusion hut officials are required | + | |
- | for the following tasks: | + | To carry the project to a conclusion hut officials are required for the following tasks:\\ |
- | 1. Chairman of the Co-operative Society, who will presumably | + | 1. Chairman of the Co-operative Society, who will presumably organise and guide the project.\\ |
- | organise and guide the project. | + | 2, Treasurer\\ |
- | 2, Treasurer. - | + | 3, Secretary\\ |
- | 3, Secretary | + | 4. Builder\\ |
- | 4., Builder | + | |
5, Architect. | 5, Architect. | ||
- | The Committee has no suggestions for any of these officials except the latter two. One person could, of course combine two or | + | |
- | more of these functions, but this would mean increased work | + | The Committee has no suggestions for any of these officials except the latter two. One person could, of course combine two or more of these functions, but this would mean increased work. |
RECENT ACQUISITIONS BY THE LIBRARY. | RECENT ACQUISITIONS BY THE LIBRARY. | ||
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+ | " | ||
Remember our appeal for suitable book donations to the Club Library a couple of months back. Well, the response has not been exactly overwhelming, | Remember our appeal for suitable book donations to the Club Library a couple of months back. Well, the response has not been exactly overwhelming, | ||
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====== The Kowmung Manuscript Part II. ====== | ====== The Kowmung Manuscript Part II. ====== | ||
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Jim Hooper | Jim Hooper | ||
- | Last month we saw an archaeologist, | + | Last month we saw an archaeologist, |
- | who was guessing his location on the Kowmung River.:During his | + | |
- | " | + | Suddenly I was swept sideways and down --- into the dip of a pressure-wave. Desperately I trod water to try and keep the manuscript up a bit higher. The stick was just too long for a comfortable " |
- | a Paleolithic bushwalker (fleshless variety); grabs a roll of Papyrus | + | |
- | (The Manuscript, and dives for the river. (So far he's been swimming for a month). Now read on -- | + | Gasping for air between tightly clenched teeth, I knew the manuscript would have to go if I couldn' |
- | Suddenly I was swept sideways and down --- into the dip of a pressure-wave. Desperately I trod water to try and keep the manuscript up a bit higher. The stick was just too long for a comfortable | + | |
- | " | + | Down I went again --- another pressure-wave --- tread, tread, tread, furiously. The manuscript might still be dry. My foot touched a rock. In a flash of light I could see two rocks jutting out of the |
- | flashed, and in the instant I was striking out again for the opposite | + | water just a few feet away. I lunged hard towards them. Water trickled down the back of my throat. Spluttering and half-choking, |
- | bank. I seemed to be in part of a channel where the current was strongest. | + | |
- | Gasping for air between tightly clenched teeth, I knew the manuscript would have to go if I couldn' | + | A searing flash of lightning filled the air, and then darkness. Glancing across to the bank I saw an enormous blueish cloud of vapour shimmering and swirling in an intense circle of light about the Stumpus. |
- | Jaws aching relentlessly, | + | |
- | it was obvious the manuscript would have to go in a few seconds. I'd try swimming with only one hand, but the current was too strong. | + | |
- | lid never last the distance. | + | |
- | Down I went again --- another pressure-wave --- tread, tread, | + | |
- | tread, furiously. The manuscript might still be dry. My foot touched a rocks In a flash of light I could see two rocks jutting out of the | + | |
- | water just a few feet away. I lunged hard towards them. | + | |
- | Water trickled down the back of my throat. Spluttering and half- choking, I grabbed blindly at the nearest rock. My fingers | + | |
- | A searing flash of lightning filled the air, and then darkness. | + | |
- | Glancing across to the bank I saw an enormous blueish cloud of vapour | + | |
- | shimmering and swirling in an intense circle of light about the Stumpus. | + | |
The rock upon which I was resting gave a sudden tremor and from around the Stumpus I could hear an ugly grating sound. A dull and distant rumbling drowned the growl of the river. Thoroughly awe-struck I gazed across from my little island of rock. I held tight to the manuscript. | The rock upon which I was resting gave a sudden tremor and from around the Stumpus I could hear an ugly grating sound. A dull and distant rumbling drowned the growl of the river. Thoroughly awe-struck I gazed across from my little island of rock. I held tight to the manuscript. | ||
- | The Stumpus itself; it's encompassing gigantic boulders and | + | |
- | even the ridge behind it seemed alive and as if under some terrific subterranean tension. A low humming sound drifted across the river. | + | The Stumpus itself, it's encompassing gigantic boulders and even the ridge behind it seemed alive and as if under some terrific subterranean tension. A low humming sound drifted across the river. |
- | The blueish vapour around the Stumpus changed its hue to a greenish | + | |
- | 13. colour, and as it did so the humming | + | The blueish vapour around the Stumpus changed its hue to a greenish colour, and as it did so the humming |
- | The vapour-cloud seemed to writhe violently about the Stumpus and then it changed abruptly to a vivid yellow burst of light accompanied | + | |
- | 4 by a high-pitched screaming whine Cr-r-aa-ack | + | All hell seemed let loose ---- A blast of light and air flattened the water in front of me, and then, strangely, the blast-wave passed overhead and across the rock like a gentle breeze. It must have been deflected upwards from the water by the far end of the rock on which I was lying. Trees gesticulated violently, and nearly bent themselves double in answer to the blast. Water surged up along the opposite river-bank. A swirling tumultuous red cloud rose up above the Stumpus ---- The Stumpus? |
- | All hell seemed let loose ---- A blast of light and air flattened the water in front of me, and then, strangely, the blast-wave passed overhead and across the rock like a gentle breeze' | + | ---- Splash. Some of them were falling into the river. Pssst; |
- | Trees gesticulated violently, and nearly bent themselves double | + | |
- | in answer to the blast. Water surged up along the opposite river-bank. A swirling tumultuous red cloud rose up above the Stumpus ---- The Stumpus? | + | Sitting under the tent with legs crossed yogi-fashion, |
- | large and small, crashed with a continuous roar down the ridge. Crash; | + | He'd spent all day hunting for paleolithic sign-posts, and all he'd got for his efforts was a sting from a bee; Everything was wet.,. the other bloke had apparently forgotten to come back to camp, and it was raining cats and bloody dogs. |
- | ---- | + | |
- | Splash. Some of them were falling into the river. | + | Slipping, sliding, cussing and bumping through the dark undergrowth, |
- | Pssst; | + | |
- | then died. Darkness. Pssst; Darkness again. Pssst; The flame flickered, grew in intensity, waned, became brighter, then suddenly increased in size. Fingers despairingly closed themselves about the flame. | + | Sand; Surely camp must be somewhere near at hand. We had a small beach " |
- | Sitting under the tent with legs crossed yogi-fashion, | + | |
- | He'd spent all day hunting for paleolithic sign-posts, and all he'd got for his efforts was a sting from a bee; Everything was wet.,. the other bloke had apparently forgotten to come back to ,camps, and it was raining cats and bloody dogs. | + | |
- | Slipping, sliding, cussing and bumping through the dark undergrowth, | + | |
- | Sand; Surely camp must be somewhere near at hand. We had a small , beach " | + | |
An ear-splitting roar tumbled down the slope: " | An ear-splitting roar tumbled down the slope: " | ||
don't get steam up in a minute'," | don't get steam up in a minute'," | ||
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Meal) by pouring it from a billy into the top of my sleeping-bag. | Meal) by pouring it from a billy into the top of my sleeping-bag. | ||
Another kindred spirit had energetically grabbed my big toe through the bag and was pulling my leg --- just like yours! | Another kindred spirit had energetically grabbed my big toe through the bag and was pulling my leg --- just like yours! | ||
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- | WEDDING BELLS FOR BUSHWALKERS. | + | |
- | Two of our very good friends and fellow members, Goof Wagg and Grace Aird, will jump into the common melting pot of matrimony on the | + | ------------------ |
- | night of Wednesday, 18th September. The S.B.W. sincerely wishes you, Goof and Grace, all the happiness that life can bring in your journey | + | **WEDDING BELLS FOR BUSHWALKERS** |
- | together through the years ahead. We know that bushwalking and the | + | |
- | outdoor life will always play a big part in attaining that happiness, | + | Two of our very good friends and fellow members, Goof Wagg and Grace Aird, will jump into the common melting pot of matrimony on the night of Wednesday, 18th September. The S.B.W. sincerely wishes you, Geof and Grace, all the happiness that life can bring in your journey together through the years ahead. We know that bushwalking and the outdoor life will always play a big part in attaining that happiness, |
- | among us just as you always have been in the past. (F.S. We'll allow | + | |
- | you a little time off now and then for home-building and certain other t thinp;s) - Ed. | + | Congratulations to Club Member Allen Strom, whose marriage to Miss Edwina Gray of the Caloola Club took place on 22nd August. |
- | Congratulations to Club Member Allen Strom, whose marriage to | + | |
- | Miss Edwina Gray of the Caloola Club took place on 22nd August. | + | |
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