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The end of the trip can come quietly and pleasantly, but if you have just skipped some umpteen miles and your car still resides on the top of a 1500 foot climb, that is unlikely. People with pogo sticks for legs ar ancestors that lived on the rocky crags of the mountains can rise above these things, but if you have been lax and not kept up with your daily skipping practice you have had it. | The end of the trip can come quietly and pleasantly, but if you have just skipped some umpteen miles and your car still resides on the top of a 1500 foot climb, that is unlikely. People with pogo sticks for legs ar ancestors that lived on the rocky crags of the mountains can rise above these things, but if you have been lax and not kept up with your daily skipping practice you have had it. | ||
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- Irene Pridham. | - Irene Pridham. | ||
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However, in spite of the huge caravan of goods and chattels we made very good time to the top, went down to the swamp for a drink, then decided to walk through the swamp to save us a ridge. The usually dry swamp was filled with beautiful red goo that came up to knees at times. At any rate out came twenty- two redmen who went down to the Chinaman' | However, in spite of the huge caravan of goods and chattels we made very good time to the top, went down to the swamp for a drink, then decided to walk through the swamp to save us a ridge. The usually dry swamp was filled with beautiful red goo that came up to knees at times. At any rate out came twenty- two redmen who went down to the Chinaman' | ||
- | Reg Meakins took some of the Visitors to see the view from the Ruined Castle and they were so tired they missed the last train up the Scenic Railway and had to come up the Golden Stairs. Eventually we all met at the AB Cafe where ale and steaks banished all signs of tiredness. As I was paying my bill some bloke put into my pack a bottle that had been opened, and as the most hurried part of the trip was from the Cafe to the station I found myself running along with someone else's hand in my pack to keep the contents in, but all got for my trouble was a piece of cheese that tasted like Sunlight soap. | + | Reg Meakins took some of the Visitors to see the view from the Ruined Castle and they were so tired they missed the last train up the Scenic Railway and had to come up the Golden Stairs. Eventually we all met at the AB Cafe where ale and steaks banished all signs of tiredness. As I was paying my bill some bloke put into my pack a bottle that had been opened, and as the most hurried part of the trip was from the Cafe to the station I found myself running along with someone else's hand in my pack to keep the contents in, but all I got for my trouble was a piece of cheese that tasted like Sunlight soap. |
- | Cliefden Caves (October 7-8-9). | + | **Cliefden Caves (October 7-8-9)** |
Helen Barrett led 10 members to this cave system West of Blayney. Good camping beneath red river gums; exploration of an extensive system of caves. | Helen Barrett led 10 members to this cave system West of Blayney. Good camping beneath red river gums; exploration of an extensive system of caves. | ||
- | Molly Rodgers (October 14-15-16) had three members and two prospectives on the Nattai River trip. Leaders are warned to watch out for a certain prospective of Mature | + | |
+ | **Molly Rodgers (October 14-15-16)** had three members and two prospectives on the Nattai River trip. Leaders are warned to watch out for a certain prospective of mature | ||
The party found Starlight' | The party found Starlight' | ||
- | =====TIE WA:NU:RIMS OF A HULLMOOSE===== | + | =====The wanderings of a Bull Moose===== |
- Eric Pegram. | - Eric Pegram. | ||
Spring arrived at last in England, and as April started the sap rising in the trees so it started peoples' | Spring arrived at last in England, and as April started the sap rising in the trees so it started peoples' | ||
- | Returning to London where a series of farewell parties | + | |
- | side was a mass of colour as the tulips were out in all their glory. Unlike | + | Returning to London where a series of farewell parties |
- | Australia, Holland has an excess of water and the fields have small drainage canals, some 25 yards apart, cut through them and as the seasonal rain had preceded me, walking became a series of slushy Tasmanian type strides and a broadjump - | + | |
slushy- TTS and a BJ etc. etc. etc. - the accepted way of travelling. | slushy- TTS and a BJ etc. etc. etc. - the accepted way of travelling. | ||
- | Leaving Holland and Belgium behind I eventually reached Paris at 11 p m. and | + | |
- | spent the evening walking, not from bar-to-bar as you'd expect (although there were a few visited) but around Paris where the streetsseem | + | Leaving Holland and Belgium behind I eventually reached Paris at 11 pm and |
+ | spent the evening walking, not from bar-to-bar as you'd expect (although there were a few visited) but around Paris where the streets seem to be alive all night long. Ah, Springtime on the Seine, The Eifel Tower and The Champs | ||
I must admit this city certainly has something. (Boy, does some unprintable | I must admit this city certainly has something. (Boy, does some unprintable | ||
- | material come to mind here!) Seven days were spent wandering about the city, from the wonderful Art Galleries and Churches to the lowdives and markets, then, as arranged in London, met up with a mob of mild Aussies under the Arc de Triumph, then off to sunny Spain - San Sebastian - Madrid with its gory bullfights - Latin lover types and staring people | + | material come to mind here!) Seven days were spent wandering about the city, from the wonderful Art Galleries and Churches to the lowdives and markets, then, as arranged in London, met up with a mob of mild Aussies under the Arc de Triumph, then off to sunny Spain - San Sebastian - Madrid with its gory bullfights - Latin lover types and staring people |
- | farewell to the party who were heading south to Rome and Naples while I was heading north. After almost three weeks with non-bushwalker types who mart to see " | + | farewell to the party who were heading south to Rome and Naples while I was heading north. After almost three weeks with non-bushwalker types who want to see " |
- | Hired a car in Frieburg in the Black Forest area of Germany and did a much too quick ten day, never to be forgotten, circular tour through Bavaria - Austrian and Italian Alps - Switzerland, | + | |
+ | Hired a car in Frieburg in the Black Forest area of Germany and did a much too quick ten day, never to be forgotten, circular tour through Bavaria - Austrian and Italian Alps - Switzerland, | ||
(To be continued next month). | (To be continued next month). | ||
- | DON'T FORGET TEE ChTISTMAS PARTY ON DECEMBER 16TH AT NORTH MIME =C IL CHAMBERS. | + | **Don't forget the Christmas Party held at North Sydney Council Chambers** |
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