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**THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER** | **THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER** | ||
- | A monthly bulletin of matters of interest to the Sydney Bush walkers, | + | A monthly bulletin of matters of interest to the Sydney Bush Walkers, Ingersoll Hall, 256 Crown Street, Sydney.Box No. 4476, G.P.O. Sydney, Phone JW 1462 |
- | Ingersoll Hall, 256 Crown Street, Sydney. | + | |
- | Box No. 4476, G.P.O. Sydney, Phone JW 1462 | + | |
**283 JULY, 1958 Price 1/ | **283 JULY, 1958 Price 1/ | ||
- | Editor: Geof Wagg, 131 St. Georges Cres. Drummoyne. UF 3435 (B) 1-2 p m. | + | |**Editor**| Geof Wagg, 131 St.Georges Cres. Drummoyne. UF 3435 (B) 1-2 p m.| |
- | Reproduction: Jess Martin | + | |**Reproduction**| Jess Martin |
- | Sales & Subs: Jess Martin | + | |**Sales & Subs**| Jess Martin |
- | Business Manager: Brian Harvey | + | |**Business Manager**| Brian Harvey |
- | Typed by: Grace Wagg | + | |**Typed** | Grace Wagg | |
- | CONTENTS | + | |
- | Page | + | **CONTENTS** |
- | Suffering For Prospectives 1 | + | |Suffering For Prospectives| | 1| |
- | Famous Last Words - "Bull Moose" 2 | + | |Famous Last Words | "Bull Moose" |
- | At Our June General Meeting | + | |At Our June General Meeting |
- | Anzac Weekend at Mt. Renwick | + | |Anzac Weekend at Mt. Renwick |
- | Hatswell' | + | |Hatswell' |
- | The Digby Disclosure | + | |The Digby Disclosure |
- | Leica Photo Service (advt.) 11 | + | |Leica Photo Service (advt.)| |11| |
- | Warrum - Bungling | + | |Warrum - Bungling |
- | The Sanitarium Health Food Shop (advt.) 13 | + | |The Sanitarium Health Food Shop (advt.)| |13| |
- | Letter From Edna Garrard 14 | + | |Letter From Edna Garrard| |14| |
- | Letter From Dormie 15 | + | |Letter From Dormie |
- | Your Walking Guide 16 | + | |Your Walking Guide| | 16| |
- | Kossie to Kiandra on Skis - Paddy 17 | + | |Kossie to Kiandra on Skis | Paddy |17| |
- | Paddy' | + | |Paddy' |
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This softy softy stuff for prospective members is all very well, I suppose, but in my opinion it is too easily overdone. For my own tastes I prefer a trip that includes some genuine suffering - like rising in the dark and frost for a first-light start or some ice-cold swimming and wading. And of course the most memorable trips are those when some days later if you meet a fellow sufferer the conversation, | This softy softy stuff for prospective members is all very well, I suppose, but in my opinion it is too easily overdone. For my own tastes I prefer a trip that includes some genuine suffering - like rising in the dark and frost for a first-light start or some ice-cold swimming and wading. And of course the most memorable trips are those when some days later if you meet a fellow sufferer the conversation, | ||
- | "Have you seen old So & So? He's still hobbling:" | + | "Have you seen old So & So? He's still hobbling." |
"No, but you should see poor Whatsisname - he can't raise his leg high enough to step into a bus." | "No, but you should see poor Whatsisname - he can't raise his leg high enough to step into a bus." | ||
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WHY DON'T I KEEP MY BIG MOUTH SHUT? | WHY DON'T I KEEP MY BIG MOUTH SHUT? | ||
- | "I know where we are now - Euroka is just over this ridge." | + | "I know where we are now - Euroka is just over this ridge." |
"This is where hobnailed boots come into their own - just watch the way I climb round this pool." "We needn' | "This is where hobnailed boots come into their own - just watch the way I climb round this pool." "We needn' | ||
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In her walks report Joan Walker said that trips should be advertised fourteen days in advance and that the advertised trips were usually well attended. A new walks programme is ready for filling. | In her walks report Joan Walker said that trips should be advertised fourteen days in advance and that the advertised trips were usually well attended. A new walks programme is ready for filling. | ||
- | Next the Secretary moved that the typewriter at present used for the magazine be transferred to general club use and a new typewriter be purchased for the magazine at a net cost of L50. The Club typewriter, he explained was 27 years old and generally decrepit. The best typewriter for the magazine was one with a 15" carriage and elite type. A good sturdy machine was needed, one that would stand up to abuse, which he hastened to add, it would get when the Assistant Secretary was away and the Secretary operated it. Brian Harvey (Magazine Business Manager) estimated that elite type would cut down paper consumption by 20% and save L10 a year. Kath Brown confirmed that, in her experience, the typewriter had had its day. Recent Assistant Secretaries had used other machines. Ron Knightley told us we had some 370 in cash and bonds. On being put, Ken's motion was carried with only a murmer | + | Next the Secretary moved that the typewriter at present used for the magazine be transferred to general club use and a new typewriter be purchased for the magazine at a net cost of L50. The Club typewriter, he explained was 27 years old and generally decrepit. The best typewriter for the magazine was one with a 15" carriage and elite type. A good sturdy machine was needed, one that would stand up to abuse, which he hastened to add, it would get when the Assistant Secretary was away and the Secretary operated it. Brian Harvey (Magazine Business Manager) estimated that elite type would cut down paper consumption by 20% and save L10 a year. Kath Brown confirmed that, in her experience, the typewriter had had its day. Recent Assistant Secretaries had used other machines. Ron Knightley told us we had some 370 in cash and bonds. On being put, Ken's motion was carried with only a murmur |
There being no other general business the meeting closed at 9 p m. | There being no other general business the meeting closed at 9 p m. | ||
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6.30 am Thursday, 24th April, saw three of us setting forth from Camden through a fierce deluge in the Dalai Lama's car. The windscreen wiper was working, but she had a broken main spring. Four hours later we reached the Tomerong turnoff ten miles out of Nowra. Here Stitt was to meet us and show us the way to Sassifrass, but as the Stitt motor bike is slightly more decrepit than the Duncan buggy it would be straining optimism a bit too far to expect him before midnight, so we decided to get in a few hours' sleep while we were waiting. It was still raining and the ground was a morass so we gave up the idea of putting up a tent and prospected round for a likely looking shelter. A storage shed at the back of a shop had distinct possibilities, | 6.30 am Thursday, 24th April, saw three of us setting forth from Camden through a fierce deluge in the Dalai Lama's car. The windscreen wiper was working, but she had a broken main spring. Four hours later we reached the Tomerong turnoff ten miles out of Nowra. Here Stitt was to meet us and show us the way to Sassifrass, but as the Stitt motor bike is slightly more decrepit than the Duncan buggy it would be straining optimism a bit too far to expect him before midnight, so we decided to get in a few hours' sleep while we were waiting. It was still raining and the ground was a morass so we gave up the idea of putting up a tent and prospected round for a likely looking shelter. A storage shed at the back of a shop had distinct possibilities, | ||
- | to aquaint | + | to acquaint |
Some four or five hours later we were sitting up in our sleeping bags in the dark eating a baked rice pudding for breakfast, then we packed up by sense of touch, hoped we hadn't forgotten anything, and stepping outside our nice snug little retreat we drove off in the grey dawn in pursuit of our party. | Some four or five hours later we were sitting up in our sleeping bags in the dark eating a baked rice pudding for breakfast, then we packed up by sense of touch, hoped we hadn't forgotten anything, and stepping outside our nice snug little retreat we drove off in the grey dawn in pursuit of our party. | ||
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Three hours later we met up again; that was because we had now reached the sawmill and the road didn't go any further. The party was all assembled, then we followed a steep timber track and dropped down into Viney Creek, and an even steeper pull up the other side. Next a fair bit of sidling around a mountain with a fine rock chute of a waterfall to give it character; and throughout the long day someone or other was to be seen all for the love of Colin lugging the long-handled shovel through the rough. | Three hours later we met up again; that was because we had now reached the sawmill and the road didn't go any further. The party was all assembled, then we followed a steep timber track and dropped down into Viney Creek, and an even steeper pull up the other side. Next a fair bit of sidling around a mountain with a fine rock chute of a waterfall to give it character; and throughout the long day someone or other was to be seen all for the love of Colin lugging the long-handled shovel through the rough. | ||
- | Somewhere along the way we had lunch. The party soon showed signs of settling into the usual pattern typical of large groups: a small advance guard of " | + | Somewhere along the way we had lunch. The party soon showed signs of settling into the usual pattern typical of large groups: a small advance guard of " |
As is usual, everybody was early to bed to catch up on some sleep after the lack of it the previous night. I discovered I had left my tent in the butcher' | As is usual, everybody was early to bed to catch up on some sleep after the lack of it the previous night. I discovered I had left my tent in the butcher' | ||
moons. You don't notice these little things unless you have a trained twilight observer at hand to point them out. | moons. You don't notice these little things unless you have a trained twilight observer at hand to point them out. | ||
- | Don Matthews; one of the " | + | Don Matthews; one of the " |
- | Lunch time found us seated on the ton of 7t. 7enwicle | + | Lunch time found us seated on the top of Mt. Renwick |
- | restlessly back and forth, | + | |
- | From our lunch snot the incredible stratified mounds of rock ranking up Irambank, like a cluster of bee-hives, looked so inviting that we planned to go across and climb them. But first we would climb un yonder rock wall and have a look at the tail of the Castle. Strangely, this took some time, and by the time we had selected the right ascent route it was too late for those of us who had to return to base camp to do anything else but bid farewell to Geoffo and party and set off for camp and the side of sheen in the Maori oven. | + | |
- | We took a short cut back, and met a couple | + | From our lunch spot the incredible stratified mounds of rock ranking up Irambank, like a cluster |
- | Well, now the big moment was come when the Maori oven would be opened up. First the too earth was shovelled off, all nice and warm to stand in. Next came the layer of hot rocks, then the six inch pad of bracken, exposing the side of mutton wrapped | + | We took a short cut back, and met a couple |
+ | Well, now the big moment was come when the Maori oven would be opened up. First the too earth was shovelled off, all nice and warm to stand in. Next came the layer of hot rocks, then the six inch pad of bracken, exposing the side of mutton wrapped in a white cloth, (one of Jane's discarded sheets). For the sake of those who like to know everything about a Maori oven, underneath the beastie was another layer of bracken, and a lower layer of hot rocks. But the dozen or so ravenous Bushwalkers who clustered around the pit were not interested in anything but THE FOOD. Colin hacked it up with sweeping Viking slashes and the mob fell upon it. Before long everyone was grease to the elbows, not to mention fat all over the face. Everyone, did I say? Ah no. Who is that pathetic little figure sitting lonely by a guttering campfire, one hand over his eyes and the other clutching a writhing stomach? Take a second look before I tell you, so you won't call me a liar. It is indeed none other than our Club's champion food accepter, the man who has never been known to turn down a free hand-out - in other words DUNCAN! And why is he not running true to form? The sad truth is that he has got a cold in his stomach - a cramp, if you like, and he just couldn' | ||
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+ | Sunday. Space is running out, but I've got to get us back home. We left in the early dawn and retraced our steps across the swamp and round the hillsides and past the waterfall where Yvonne' | ||
- | Sunday. Space is running out, but I've got to get us back home. We left in the early dawn and retraced our steps across the swamp, | ||
- | and round the hillsides and past the waterfall where Yvonne' | ||
And so ends another saga of Ulysses Putt and his crew. One of Colin' | And so ends another saga of Ulysses Putt and his crew. One of Colin' | ||
- | 7. | + | |
- | 8. | + | |
- | THE DIGBY DISCLOSURE - Joan Walker | + | ====== The Digby Disclosure ====== |
- | Not as many walkers on the tracks | + | |
- | leaders besieged Hatswell' | + | Joan Walker |
- | We could get no transport to Morong Creek until the next morning, so, over tea, we considered how to spend the night. Camp in the bus shed? - vetoed by those who had done it before - the grounds behind the hotel? - vetoed by the waterbag" | + | |
- | Well, it would seem Ern party, bound for Newnes, were spending the night in the family weekender, and if we cared to join them ..? | + | Not as many walkers on the tracks |
- | Okay, Digby, you can take full credit; it was a mighty bit of bludging. | + | |
- | So it was that the boys slept on the lounge room floor while Price and myself, being the weaker vessels, enjoyed the luxury of beds, (Inequality of the sexes - ain't it Wonderful?) | + | We could get no transport to Morong Creek until the next morning, so over tea we considered how to spend the night. Camp in the bus shed? - vetoed by those who had done it before - the grounds behind the hotel? - vetoed by the waterbag who guessed how that would end - the park down the street? - we had all, seen the thick frost already there - but why does the leader look so pleased? |
- | We were a keen party - Don Reid had flown from Canberra for the weekend - Neville Rhodes, a visitor, was returning to Davies Canyon for the third time to complete his series of shots, I had been trying for nearly three years to join | + | |
- | a trip there, and so it was that we were up and waiting for the car while the stars were yet in the sky. | + | Well, it would seem Ern Munn' |
- | We waited while the first fingers of red crept up the horizon, waited while the clouds turned crimson, while the glistening whiteness in the valleys | + | |
- | lost its ghostly character and became fields of frost. We waited till Ern was | + | Okay, Digby, you can take full credit; it was a mighty bit of bludging. So it was that the boys slept on the lounge room floor while Price and myself, being the weaker vessels, enjoyed the luxury of beds, (Inequality of the sexes - ain't it Wonderful?). We were a keen party - Don Reid had flown from Canberra for the weekend - Neville Rhodes, a visitor, was returning to Davies Canyon for the third time to complete his series of shots, I had been trying for nearly three years to join a trip there, and so it was that we were up and waiting for the car while the stars were yet in the sky. |
- | roused enough to offer us tea and then Hatswell came. | + | |
- | The weather chopped and changed as we drove towards | + | We waited while the first fingers of red crept up the horizon, waited while the clouds turned crimson, while the glistening whiteness in the valleys lost its ghostly character and became fields of frost. We waited till Ern was roused enough to offer us tea and then Hatswell came. |
- | A cold wind moved us briskly down Sally Camp Creek so that lunch found | + | |
- | us above the first falls. While our billies boiled over one of Jack Perry' | + | The weather chopped and changed as we drove towards |
- | Slowly we made our way down that scree slope, watching with equal care | + | |
- | our own footing and that of the person above us. It was here I began to suspect a sinister | + | Slowly we made our way down that scree slope, watching with equal care our own footing and that of the person above us. It was here I began to suspect a sinister |
- | Here, also, I disproved the tale that the nettle, firmly grasped, does not sting, for I sure hung onto that nettle bush. | + | |
- | Into the canyon, past the falls we had seen from above; clambering along the banks and across the creek, a cry of despair from Frank when he at | + | Into the canyon, past the falls we had seen from above, clambering along the banks and across the creek, a cry of despair from Frank when he at last wet his feet, five minutes, no more, and we stood above the second falls. |
- | 9. | + | |
- | last wet his feet, five minutes, no more, and we stood above the second falls. | + | A few months ago in Tassie we often used to ask "How lucky can you be?" Well, now I know, lucky enough to camp warm and dry in Davies Canyon. Beyond the spray from the falls, |
- | A few months ago in Tassie we often used to ask "How lucky can you be?" Well, now I know, lucky enough to cam o warm and dry in Davies Canyon. Beyond the spray from the falls, | + | |
- | a single tent neg. Ours was probably the most unorthodox - fixed slantwise | + | A layer of greenery between us and the rocks (conservation? |
- | A layer of greenery between us and the rocks (conservation? | + | |
- | 10.30 when I was forcibly wakened. | + | "The rain," said Digby, " |
- | "The rain," said Digby, " | + | Taking advantage again of the inequality of the sexes I nobly offered to hold the torch while Frank crept out into the drifting snow to lower the end of our shelter and arrange our packs as a weather break. All was quiet for another six hours when the corner of the tent slid gently off its perch onto Digby' |
- | Rain: No fear, that was ice on our groundsheets. | + | |
- | Taking advantage again of the inequality of the sexes I nobly offered | + | However it was still dark when we were ordered from our bags and very, very cold. As the night died the scree slope seemed to shine through the dark, to gleam, glisten and finally, in the early dawn, show as a snow-covered |
- | to hold the torch while Frank crept out into the drifting snow to lower the end of our shelter and arrange our Packs_ | + | were covered in snow. Against the wall tree-ferns and bracken, their fronds veined heavily with white, stood darkly. The tents were edged with tiny drifts and the cold spot Bev complained of resolved itself into a sheet of ice nearby. |
- | However it was still dark when we wore ordered from our bags and very, very cold. As the night died the scree sloe seemed to shine through the dark, to gleam, glisten and finally, in the early dawn, show as ": | + | |
- | were covered in snow. Against the wall tree-ferns and bracken, their fronds veined heavily with white, stood darkly. The tents were edged with tiny drifts and the cold spot Bev complained of resolved itself into a. sheet of ice nearby. | + | No loitering today; while three of us broke camp Frank, Neville and Jack again investigated the descent. Returning to camp they declared themselves willing to give it a go. We thoughtfully sent our leader down first and waited out of the wind while he worked along the ledge a bit. A call to Neville and |
- | No loitering today; while three of us broke camp Frank, Neville and | + | Jack and the leader |
- | Jack again investigated the descent. Returning to camp they declared themselves | + | So up the steep hillside we clambered, fingers and toes frozen by the snow, dodging falling stones again, until mid-morning found us on the ridge above. You have heard of mile-a-day country - well, we now looked back on yesterday' |
- | willing to give it a go. We thoughtfully sent our leader down first and waited out of the wind while he worked along the ledge a bit. A call to Neville and | + | |
- | Jack and the leader | + | On this ridge occurred an incident for which I cannot praise the leader too highly. Sheltered from the wind we found a party of three melting snow for a cuppa and enjoying a late breakfast. They had pulled out of the creek above the first falls and were intending to spend the rest of the weekend at Caves House. Did this wonderful |
- | all relieved when he declared it might be O.K. for Manning, | + | |
- | So up the steep hillside we clambered, fingers and toes frozen by the snow, dodging falling stones again, until mid-morning found us on the ridge above. You have heard of mile-a-day country - well, we now looked back on | + | A navigator, who has been there before, is a great comfort. Down, down the ridges we went, and here, there being no rocks to set rolling, Don hurled himself bodily down the slope. The culmination of this feud came the next day when he apparently |
- | yesterday' | + | |
- | On this ridge occurred an incident for which I cannot praise the leader too highly. Sheltered from the wind we found a party of three melting | + | Down the creek we stopped |
- | snow for a cupps and enjoying a late breakfast. They had pulled out of the | + | |
- | creek above the first falls and were intending to spend the rest of the weekend at Caves House. Did this wonderful | + | Dropping |
- | A navigator, who hPs been there before, is P great comfort. Down, down the ridges we went, and here, there being no rocks to set rolling, Don hurled himself bodily down the slone. The culmination of thiF fue,r3 cnme the next day when he annarentiv | + | |
- | Down the creek we stoned | + | What can I say about the rest of the trip? Describe the falls of the lower canyon? Spectacular - breath-taking - words cannot tell that thrill as one gazes at some natural masterpiece. Tell of that narrow chasm down which the waters passed? Or of Guouogang looming high above us into the clouds? Or that last peaceful |
- | Dronning | + | |
- | Nhat can I say about the rest of the trip? Describe the falls of the lower canyon? Spectacular - breath-taking - words cannot tell that thrill as one gazes at some natural masterpiece. Tell of that narrow chasm down which the waters | + | The Monday dawned fine and clear, but only two of the party saw it. Jack and Neville, intent on early trains, moved off when planned, the rest followed somewhat later. Down the Cox to White Dog - time flying away from us - we are convinced this stretch of river has been lengthened since the map was drawn - up the ridges, Deberts, Clear Hill, (but stop we must, despite |
- | The Monday dawned fine and clear, but only two of the narty saw it. Jack and Neville, intent on early trains, moved off when ,71anned, the rest followed somewhat later. | + | |
- | Down the Cox to `.' | + | We bypassed |
- | We by-nassed | + | |
Anyway, it was a mighty trip. | Anyway, it was a mighty trip. | ||
- | Monologue by Frank Ashdown late on Friday night: | + | |
- | 10. | + | Monologue by Frank Ashdown late on Friday night: " |
- | Yo 4 press the button, we'll do the rest I | + | |
- | Finegrain | + | |
- | Developing | + | ====== Warrum - Bungling ====== |
- | Spariding | + | |
- | Prints | + | Neville Picton |
- | Perfect | + | |
- | Enlargements | + | What happens when a new member of the S.B.W. gets posted away from Sydney? Does he give up Bushwalking, |
- | Your | + | |
- | Roll films | + | Saturday, 18th January, 1958 - A letter in the mail. "Oh hell," says Neville. " |
- | or | + | |
- | Leica films | + | |
- | deserve the | + | |
- | best SERVICE | + | |
- | LEICA PBOTO SERVICE | + | |
- | 31 Macquarie Place | + | |
- | SYDNEY N.S.W. | + | |
- | INARRUI4 BUNGLINC-S | + | |
- | - Neville Picton | + | |
- | What happens when a new member of the S.B.W. gets posted away from Sydney? Does he give up Bushwalking, | + | |
- | Saturday, 18th January, 1958 - A letter in the mail. "Oh hell," says Neville. | + | |
- | " | + | |
"This envelope looks like the ones they use to send out postings." | "This envelope looks like the ones they use to send out postings." | ||
A note .. "You are requested to commence duty 4th February, 1958, at Coonabarabran Intermediate High School." | A note .. "You are requested to commence duty 4th February, 1958, at Coonabarabran Intermediate High School." | ||
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"Where the hell is Coonabarabran?" | "Where the hell is Coonabarabran?" | ||
- | A map was dug out (all school-teachers have one handy for such emergencies). Coona was placed about 100 miles North of Dubbo (I wasn't really sure where Dubbo was) and slightly more West of Tamworth. | + | |
- | The next fortnight was spent nlanning | + | A map was dug out (all school-teachers have one handy for such emergencies). Coona was placed about 100 miles North of Dubbo (I wasn't really sure where Dubbo was) and slightly more west of Tamworth. |
+ | The next fortnight was spent planning | ||
So off I went to Coonabarabran, | So off I went to Coonabarabran, | ||
- | 1st February - arrived at Cnona. | + | |
- | 2nd February - "Night drive out and have a look at this Timor Rock." So out I went. Timor is a volcanic plug (Trachite) about 500 - 600 feet high. | + | 1st February - arrived at Coona.\\ |
- | By its base runs Shawn' | + | 2nd February - "Night drive out and have a look at this Timor Rock." So out I went. Timor is a volcanic plug (Trachite) about 500 - 600 feet high. By its base runs Shawn' |
- | Reports from the townspeople vary. | + | Reports from the townspeople vary.\\ |
- | e g. 1 - "Timor is easy to climb. So and so took a six year old child | + | e g. 1 - "Timor is easy to climb. So and so took a six year old child. |
- | e g. 2 - " | + | e g. 2 - " |
- | e g. 3 - " | + | e g. 3 - " |
- | However on 2.2.58 I hadn't heard these reports so I sot off un. Almost up. Got to within 40 feet of the top and things got a bit dicey. | + | |
- | 8th February - "Come on Harry. Let's go un Timor 7.ock. | + | This last proved to be a photo taken at the old " |
- | it ' | + | |
- | "We might get un this way." "Not b likely." | + | 8th February - "Come on Harry. Let's go un Timor Rock today." |
- | One hour later. " | + | |
- | 14th February.- off to Sydney to buy textbooks etc. While there I bought a camera and 100 m m. lens, a couple of rolls of Kodachrome, and of course, a haze filter. | + | "We might get up this way." "Not b likely." |
- | 12. | + | |
- | "Ah | + | One hour later. " |
- | 13. | + | |
- | 23rd February - back at Timor. Same crew with two new climbers, Monty and Mac, " | + | 14th February, off to Sydney to buy textbooks etc. While there I bought a camera and 100 mm.lens, a couple of rolls of Kodachrome, and of course, a haze filter. |
- | Half an hour later. " | + | |
- | Quarter of an hour later. "How about the creek side at the western end?" " | + | 23rd February - back at Timor. Same crew with two new climbers, Monty and Mac, " |
- | Half an hour later. " | + | |
- | 1st March - Timor. Same two cooks. Harry, Monty and I arc climbing - Mac has been posted to Molong. We have 100 feet of rope for coming down nnd for belays if we need them. Harry and Monty prefer to slide down the rope rather than abseil, but are showing interest in the easier form of travel. By now we know that the way up is the western end of the creek side - the last crack almost - the crack being shaped like a C, crescent shaped. This does in fact provide a. route to the top. The climbing is not what I would call easy and in a few places I felt it was much easier to think about food or anything rather than the horrible mess which would result if one fell 200 feet straight down without even the odd rock to bounce off on the way. Apart from that it was a good climb, although the tint of water we cnrried | + | Half an hour later. " |
- | . When you try to climb a rock three times and fail, and get Up on the fourth, you feel really good. Timor, I guess, rates low on the scale of difficulty, but judging by the looks on Harry and Monty and the way rfelt - well - Hillary and Tensing | + | |
- | "Hell! It's three o' | + | 1st March - Timor. Same two cooks. Harry, Monty and I are climbing - Mac has been posted to Molong. We have 100 feet of rope for coming down and for belays if we need them. Harry and Monty prefer to slide down the rope rather than abseil, but are showing interest in the easier form of travel. By now we know that the way up is the western end of the creek side - the last crack almost - the crack being shaped like a C, crescent shaped. This does in fact provide a route to the top. The climbing is not what I would call easy and in a few places I felt it was much easier to think about food or anything rather than the horrible mess which would result if one fell 200 feet straight down without even the odd rock to bounce off on the way. Apart from that it was a good climb, although the pint of water we carried |
- | YOU DEFINITELY CAN'T BANK ON IT | + | |
- | You can't bank on August Bank Holiday - but those walkers, who, by their devoted attention to their jobs throughout the year will have earned their relaxation on Monday, 4th August next, CAN bank on n minimum of feet- vetting on Brian Harvey' | + | When you try to climb a rock three times and fail, and get up on the fourth, you feel really good. Timor, I guess, rates low on the scale of difficulty, but judging by the looks on Harry and Monty and the way we felt - well - Hillary and Tensing |
- | Brian Harvey - Business | + | |
- | Maria Theresien Schlosal, Hellbrun, | + | "Hell! It's three o' |
- | Salzbert. | + | |
- | 5th June, 1958. Dear Bushwallcers, | + | |
+ | **YOU DEFINITELY CAN'T BANK ON IT** | ||
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+ | You can't bank on August Bank Holiday - but those walkers, who, by their devoted attention to their jobs throughout the year will have earned their relaxation on Monday, 4th August next, CAN bank on a minimum of feet-vetting on Brian Harvey' | ||
+ | Brian Harvey - Business | ||
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+ | ====== Letter from Edna Gerrad ====== | ||
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+ | Maria Theresien Schlosal, Hellbrun, Salzbert. | ||
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+ | 5th June, 1958. Dear Bushwalkers, | ||
Here is a brief record of my trip to date. Please excuse z for y as I can't get used to this machine in the short time for which I have it. | Here is a brief record of my trip to date. Please excuse z for y as I can't get used to this machine in the short time for which I have it. | ||
- | Went first to Bangkok and found that very colourful and interesting - | + | |
- | things like the King's Barges which are 150 feet long and very much decorated. Did zou see the film "The King and I"? | + | Went first to Bangkok and found that very colourful and interesting - things like the King's Barges which are 150 feet long and very much decorated. Did you see the film "The King and I"? |
- | Went down to Cambodia and found Ankor Wat fascinating. It is verz | + | |
- | necessarz, in mz opinion, to read it all up before | + | Went down to Cambodia and found Ankor Wat fascinating. It is very necessary, in my opinion, to read it all up before |
- | is verz poor. | + | |
- | It was verz hot in the East and at all the airports in the Middle East; at all times of the night the heat was reallz | + | Greece and Southern |
- | Greece and Southern | + | |
- | Italz was verz interesting and Florence and Venice are verz tempting to females, with lovelz | + | Austria is coming up to all my expectations. Loved Vienna. Had an interesting tour of Vienna |
- | rolls and wine at an inn, for lunch. Had some difficultz | + | |
- | Austria is coming up to all mz expectations. Loved Vienna. Had an interesting tour of Vienna | + | |
- | each stop and champagne at the nightclub. Bz midnight I could have done with a | + | |
- | good Australian steak: Zesterdaz | + | |
- | for his Eagle' | + | |
Often wish I had some S.B.W. friends with me. Regards to all. | Often wish I had some S.B.W. friends with me. Regards to all. | ||
- | Edna G. | + | |
- | 14. | + | |
- | 15. | + | **OF VEGETARIAN |
- | ofiVEGETARIAN | + | |
- | - : | + | Tasty meatless meals with a high protein value. They come in tins, and only need to be fried. A very satisfying substitute for fresh meat. Delicious when cooked in butter. |
- | GLUTEN. STEAKS | + | |
- | Tasty meatless meals with a high protein value. They come in tins, and only need to be fried. A very satisfying substitute for fresh meat. Delicious when cooked in batter :I | + | |
- | Delhi, India. | + | ====== Letter from Dormie ====== |
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+ | Delhi, India.\\ | ||
Sunday, 18/5/58. Dear Bushwalkers, | Sunday, 18/5/58. Dear Bushwalkers, | ||
- | Today I took un residencu | + | |
- | Although part of the HimalayRs, the views from Darjeeling of the highest peaks were disappointing and frustrating because the mists already mentioned blotted out such distant. scenery. (Hangchenjunga, 28,146 ft., the third highest of the Himalayan peaks, is 42 miles from Dnrjeeling.)- - The higher you climbed, the more likely- you were' | + | Today I took up residence |
- | clouds | + | |
- | On the first !Darning | + | Although part of the Himalayas, the views from Darjeeling of the highest peaks were disappointing and frustrating because the mists already mentioned blotted out such distant scenery. (Kangchenjunga, 28,146 ft., the third highest of the Himalayan peaks, is 42 miles from Darjeeling.) The higher you climbed, the more likely you were to become |
- | of the nine days at Darjeeling was like the musician' | + | clouds |
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+ | On the first dawning | ||
Yours, | Yours, | ||
trlormiet | trlormiet | ||
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YOUR WALKING GUIDE - JULY | YOUR WALKING GUIDE - JULY | ||
Walk No. | Walk No. |
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