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 Years of planning weekend trips enabled the writer to include interesting stops on his return from London to Australia.
-My trip home vas quite interesting. I arrived in Athens at ask and it was dark when I got to the hotel. I learned that there was a performance in the Herodus Attiaas Theatre which Was built in the second century. After settling in I got a taxi to the theatre, and you can imagine w delight as I paid the taxi driver and looked up, for there were the walls of the Acropolis, bathed in an amber glow from great floodlights mounted around its base. Floating on top
+My trip home vas quite interesting. I arrived in Athens at dusk and it was dark when I got to the hotel. I learned that there was a performance in the Herodus Atticus Theatre which Was built in the second century. After settling in I got a taxi to the theatre, and you can imagine my delight as I paid the taxi driver and looked up, for there were the walls of the Acropolis, bathed in an amber glow from great floodlights mounted around its base. Floating on top
-in brilliant white was the Parthenon: probably one of the most beautiful buildings ever constructed in the world. Behind this wonderfully-proportioned Tanple was the deep. violet of the Mediterranean sky.
+in brilliant white was the Parthenon: probably one of the most beautiful buildings ever constructed in the world. Behind this wonderfully proportioned Temple was the deep violet of the Mediterranean sky.
-I went to the wind oa and asked for one good seat and they gave me one in the middle of the third row. I went through the archway and saw the three-storied wall of the theatre softly illuminated. Under the moonlight the forty-five tiers of marble seats set in a semi-circle, were most impressive. I sat comfortably on my cushion and in a moment the lights were dimmed and the soft moonlight flooded the theatre. The orchestra played and then, from the shadows, the spot
+I went to the window and asked for one good seat and they gave me one in the middle of the third row. I went through the archway and saw the three storied wall of the theatre softly illuminated. Under the moonlight, the forty-five tiers of marble seats set in a semi-circle, were most impressive. I sat comfortably on my cushion and in a moment the lights were dimmed and the soft moonlight flooded the theatre. The orchestra played and then, from the shadows, the spot
-lights came slowly on and the performance of "Oedipus Rex" began. It was written B.C. by Sophocles and played in Greek in the type of theatre for which he wrote it. It was a most moving experience. Incidentally, it was the Greek play that I know best and that I had seen performed by Sir Laurence Oliver and Dame Sybil Thorndyke, Mlles Eallison and others in London.
+lights came slowly on and the performance of "Oedipus Rex" began. It was written B.C. by Sophocles and played in Greek in the type of theatre for which he wrote it. It was a most moving experience. Incidentally, it was the Greek play that I know best and that I had seen performed by Sir Laurence Oliver and Dame Sybil Thorndyke, Miles Eallison and others in London.
-The next day I joined a small tourist party and visited some of the historic monuments and saw the Parthenon of white mrrble with a faint gold patina on it, the "Temple of Athene" and the wonderful Caryatids. From the top, looked down on to the roofs of the modern houses, or at leaet modern a century or two ago. I also went to the museum and saw some of the old statues. There is a wonderful one of Poissedon with arm outstretched. This was found in the sea undamaged. There are two gold cups made about 4,000 years ago, one with mild bulls being tied to trees, the other with the bulls tamed working for man - vigorous pieces of work showing that the Greeks "had a may with animals' even 4,000 years ago.
+The next day I joined a small tourist party and visited some of the historic monuments and saw the Parthenon of white marble with a faint gold patina on it, the "Temple of Athene" and the wonderful Caryatids. From the top, looked down on to the roofs of the modern houses, or at least modern a century or two ago. I also went to the museum and saw some of the old statues. There is a wonderful one of Poissedon with arm outstretched. This was found in the sea undamaged. There are two gold cups made about 4,000 years ago, one with mild bulls being tied to trees, the other with the bulls tamed working for man - vigorous pieces of work showing that the Greeks "had a way with animals" even 4,000 years ago.
-Kind friends took me to their home far drinks and then we drove cat to see the lights on the Acropolis and hear the story with music of the history of the temples. They were floodlit with light in an appropriate colour, to fit in with the music. Naturally, when recalling the time the Turks had stored their ammunition in the Parthenon and it exploded, the white marble was floodlit with crimson and flickering amber.
+Kind friends took me to their home for drinks and then we drove out to see the lights on the Acropolis and hear the story with music of the history of the temples. They were floodlit with light in an appropriate colour, to fit in with the music. Naturally, when recalling the time the Turks had stored their ammunition in the Parthenon and it exploded, the white marble was floodlit with crimson and flickering amber.
-We then went on a drive by the seashore to an open air restaurant and dined qn Greek food and drank Greek wines, we danced between courses. Then the floor show came on and at 2 a m. we decided that the party Should go home as some of the members had to work:the following day.
+We then went on a drive by the seashore to an open air restaurant and dined on Greek food and drank Greek wines, we danced between courses. Then the floor show came on and at 2 am we decided that the party should go home as some of the members had to work the following day.
-My host arranged for another friend to pick me up and take me to lunch at Sounion where we ate in the shade of the great 'Temple of Poissedonu, which was built 30 years before the Parthenon. We drove back through groves of olives and acres of vineyards, arriving in Athens again in time to rest quietly under a tree in an open-air cafe discussing SDMO of the problems that have beset mankind through the ages - I regret without resolving them. I caught the bus to the airport at 6 p m. and flew off to Turkey.
+My host arranged for another friend to pick me up and take me to lunch at Sounion where we ate in the shade of the great 'Temple of Poissedon', which was built 30 years before the Parthenon. We drove back through groves of olives and acres of vineyards, arriving in Athens again in time to rest quietly under a tree in an open-air cafe discussing some of the problems that have beset mankind through the ages - I regret without resolving them. I caught the bus to the airport at 6 pm and flew off to Turkey.
-Istanbul was on my list of places to visit because of the world-famed collection of Chinese porcelains. These are shown in the old kitchene of the Top Kappi Museum. There is adequate space, for the Sultan employed 1,400 cooks continuously When preparing food for palace residents and guests. However, vast as these kitchens are, the collection of Ming Chinese procelain is so large that only about one-fifth is on Show.
+Istanbul was on my list of places to visit because of the world-famed collection of Chinese porcelains. These are shown in the old kitchens of the Top Kappi Museum. There is adequate space, for the Sultan employed 1,400 cooks continuously when preparing food for palace residents and guests. However, vast as these kitchens are, the collection of Ming Chinese procelain is so large that only about one-fifth is on Show.
-I visited the wonderful Aya Sophia. This was a Christian church for 600 years, a mosque 400 years, and for the last 24 years has been a museum: I went into the Blue Mosque which has wonderful designs on blue Turkish tiles, inside the upper section of the building. The whole of the floor is covered with rugs seeming to make pools of crimson, scarlet and red, which look particularly wonderful in the soft light against the blue of the tiles.
+I visited the wonderful Aya Sophia. This was a Christian church for 600 years, a mosque 400 years, and for the last 24 years has been a museum. I went into the Blue Mosque which has wonderful designs on blue Turkish tiles, inside the upper section of the building. The whole of the floor is covered with rugs seeming to make pools of crimson, scarlet and red, which look particularly wonderful in the soft light against the blue of the tiles.
-Kind friends took: me to a Turkish lunch, others to a Turkish dinner with Turkish wines. On the second day I dined atAestaurant almost on the Black Sea Which was built out on piers over the water. The fish had been caught no more than half an hour previously. It was served -with superb sauces and preceded with a dozen varieties of hors d'oeuvres. I knew about Turkish Delight, but nobody had told me about the Turkish cuisine being so interesting and good.
+Kind friends took me to a Turkish lunch, others to a Turkish dinner with Turkish wines. On the second day I dined at restaurant almost on the Black Sea Which was built out on piers over the water. The fish had been caught no more than half an hour previously. It was served with superb sauces and preceded with a dozen varieties of hors d'oeuvres. I knew about Turkish Delight, but nobody had told me about the Turkish cuisine being so interesting and good.
-I visited one of the Byzantine churches that was alleged to have some of the finest old mosiacs in the world. This does net surprise me for they were exceedingly beautiful and wonderfully preserved. Much of the preserving was due to the building being turned into a Mosque and the mosia,cs covered with whitewash, and so were the frescoed wails. The Byzantine institute in America hap paid for the cleaning and restoring of these wonderful works. This is still going on.
+I visited one of the Byzantine churches that was alleged to have some of the finest old mosiacs in the world. This does net surprise me for they were exceedingly beautiful and wonderfully preserved. Much of the preserving was due to the building being turned into a Mosque and the mosiacs covered with whitewash, and so were the frescoed wails. The Byzantine institute in America has paid for the cleaning and restoring of these wonderful works. This is still going on.
-I was booked at the Hilton Hotel for one night but found it was necessary to arrive one night earlier. I assumed that I would have accommodation at the same hotel, but the Hilton was booked out, so I went to Istanbul's "Plaza". I was a little surprised for I went dawn a side street, into an alley, dawn a lane and off that was a passage leading to the small hotel. I was not very impressed but considered at least it was Turkey., When I got to my room'and went on to its private balcony, there was Istanbul laid out in the moonlight, with the Bosphorus gleaming. :Lcross the water were the festooned lights of a restaurant. It was really far nicer than Staying at the American-type Hilton Hotel, which was about four times the price.
+I was booked at the Hilton Hotel for one night but found it was necessary to arrive one night earlier. I assumed that I would have accommodation at the same hotel, but the Hilton was booked out, so I went to Istanbul's "Plaza". I was a little surprised for I went down a side street, into an alley, down a lane and off that was a passage leading to the small hotel. I was not very impressed but considered at least it was Turkey. When I got to my room and went on to its private balcony, there was Istanbul laid out in the moonlight, with the Bosphorus gleaming. Across the water were the festooned lights of a restaurant. It was really far nicer than staying at the American-type Hilton Hotel, which was about four times the price.
-I was sorry to leave Istanbul for there were many more things to be seen udt ' soon I was on my nay to Beirut and from there spent a day in Old Jerusalem, seeing Bethlehem, The Church of the Nativity, which was built over the "old inn and stable", across to the Mount of Olives, and later to the Via Dolorosa,'Calvary and to the Garden of Gethsemane. Next day I went to Baalbeck to see the 1,700 year Old "Temple of Jupiter" and the well-preserved "Temple of Bacchus". Across the way was the "Temple of Venus", so even in those days they had their song, wine and women.
+I was sorry to leave Istanbul for there were many more things to be seen but soon I was on my way to Beirut and from there spent a day in Old Jerusalem, seeing Bethlehem, The Church of the Nativity, which was built over the "old inn and stable", across to the Mount of Olives, and later to the Via Dolorosa, Calvary and to the Garden of Gethsemane. Next day I went to Baalbeck to see the 1,700 year Old "Temple of Jupiter" and the well-preserved "Temple of Bacchus". Across the way was the "Temple of Venus", so even in those days they had their song, wine and women.
-I next went to Banglmkmhere my Thai friends were delighted to see me and insisted on me staying an extra day. I visited their air-conditioned office, slept in their airconditioned home and travelled in their air-conditioned Mercedes. 'jr1\ host, Dr. Somphdb, took me to the Royal Palace and through the State apartments, and also to the "Temple of the Emerald Buddha", which incidentally, is not made of emeralds but greenstone much like jade. The colour in this room and the gold is quite wonderful and would make a marvellous background for the classical Siamese Dancing. I attended a performance and watched the young girls carry the gorgeous costumes with charm and ease. I saw some Thai boxing where they do everything but bite.
+I next went to Bangkok where my Thai friends were delighted to see me and insisted on me staying an extra day. I visited their air-conditioned office, slept in their airconditioned home and travelled in their air-conditioned Mercedes. My host, Dr. Somphob, took me to the Royal Palace and through the State apartments, and also to the "Temple of the Emerald Buddha", which incidentally, is not made of emeralds but greenstone much like jade. The colour in this room and the gold is quite wonderful and would make a marvellous background for the classical Siamese Dancing. I attended a performance and watched the young girls carry the gorgeous costumes with charm and ease. I saw some Thai boxing where they do everything but bite.
-My friends, at my request, gave me Thai food for breakfast, luneh and dinner. I enjoyed it all but was slightly surprised when in one I could not identify one particular morsel. Breakfast on this lastmorning consisted of broken rice in a kind of soup stock, slices of liver, sweet breads, and octopus. The mystery. morsel, on enquiry, was sliced pork intestines! I think this particular pig must have been crossed with an old boot for the intestine was quite tough.
+My friends, at my request, gave me Thai food for breakfast, lunch and dinner. I enjoyed it all but was slightly surprised when in one I could not identify one particular morsel. Breakfast on this last morning consisted of broken rice in a kind of soup stock, slices of liver, sweet breads, and octopus. The mystery. morsel, on enquiry, was sliced pork intestines! I think this particular pig must have been crossed with an old boot for the intestine was quite tough.
 I was very impressed with the marvellous long pools of Lotus at the sides of some of the roads. Some of these are 3-400 yards long filled with great quantities of pink blossoms. In some of the streets they are filling in these canals, or klongs, as the natives call them, and turning them into roadways. Originally, of course, they were used for water transport.
-Hong Kong was the last call where I spent too happy days. Chinese friends made the visit most enjoyable. Two days is far too short to spend in a place like Hong Kong but it recalled the happy four days that I had spent there three years earlier.
+Hong Kong was the last call where I spent two happy days. Chinese friends made the visit most enjoyable. Two days is far too short to spend in a place like Hong Kong but it recalled the happy four days that I had spent there three years earlier.
-It vas grand to get back to Sydney again, even if only to draw breath arid
+It was grand to get back to Sydney again, even if only to draw breath and
 recollect some of the fascinating things I have seen over the past fourteen days.
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 - David Ingram.
-NOVEMBER 27 Waterfall - bus to Governor Game Lookout - Era Beach - Gene - bus to Waterfall. 3 miles. 8.20 train from Central Electric Station to SUTHERLAND. Change for rail motor to Waterfall.: 9.20 a m, bus from Waterfall - Govinor Game Lookout.'
+**November 27** Waterfall- bus to Governor Game Lookout - Era Beach - Garie - bus to Waterfall. 3 miles. 8.20 train from Central Electric Station to Sutherland. Change for rail motor to Waterfall.: 9.20 a m, bus from Waterfall - Governor Game Lookout. Tickets - Waterfall Return at about 6/-, plus 4/6d. return bus fares.
- Tickets - Waterfall Return at aboUt 6/-, plus 4/6d. return bus fares.
+This walk is designed to link up With Dick Child's midday Saturday walk to Era Beach. Surfing if the weather is suitable.
-Thiswalk is designed to link up With Dick Child's midday Saturday walk to Era Beach. Surfing if the weather is suitable.
-pEcHumi KIDDIES' CHRISTMAS PARTY will be held at the same spot as last Tear, on the clearing about a mile from Waterfall Station just off the Lady Carrington Drive and just before reaching the first
+**December 5** Kids Christmas Party will be held at the same spot as last year, on the clearing about a mile from Waterfall Station just off the Lady Carrington Drive and just before reaching the first
- waterfall.
+waterfall. A good road right to the spot if travelling, by car. 8.20 a m. train
-A good road right to the spot if travelling, by car.
+Central Electric Station to Sutherland, 9.20 a m. train
-.20 a m. train)
+where change for rail motor to Waterfall. These trains usually connect with the Garie Beach bus which passes the site. A good opportunity for the kids and parents to get together. For further details ring Clem Hallstrom at LB6495.
-Central Electric Station to Sutherland
-.20 a m. train)
+**December 11** The Rudolph Cup. The Nepean River at Wallacia will be the spot this year. The handsome trophy will be competed for in rowing boats. As the programme says, the type of walk will be met - take your swimming costume. See David ("Snow") Brown about transport arrangements.
-where change for rail motor to Waterfall. These trains usually
-conma2t with the Gazie Beach bus which passes the site.
+=====Walking?=====
-A good opportunity-for the kids and parents to get together. For further details ring Clem Hallstrom at LB6495.
-DECEMBER 11 THE RUDOLPH CUP. The Nepean River at Wallacia will be the spot this year. The handsome trophy will be competed for in rowing
-boats. As the programme says, the type of walk will be met -
-take your swimming costume. See David ("Snow") Brown about transport arrangements.
-WALKII.G?
 - Eric Adcock.
-I feel that there is some need for a Nord Of warning to members of the Club Who may feel that they are knowledgable in the ways of the Bush, but not up with the most modern of walking 'trends.. It should be stated here that the comments I am about to make are tardly. in anyway related to my latest trip in the Blue Mbuntains:
-The first is to ascertain -When and where you are going. Simple, you may say- - but beware, Tot mith the gathering of the clan there is sure to be thoughts of better and tougher trips. Before your very eyes and ears the Friday night start for the Caves becomes a Saturday marathon. So you are off; initially a comfortable drive in the car until it is practically dark, and then the walk to the first campsite. Everyone moves off in that quiet dignified manner of a
+I feel that there is some need for a word Of warning to members of the Club Who may feel that they are knowledgable in the ways of the bush, but not up with the most modern of walking trends.. It should be stated here that the comments I am about to make are hardly in anyway related to my latest trip in the Blue Mountains.
-.
-fast downhill skip. Believe it or not there are several advantages to this method of travel.
+The first is to ascertain when and where you are going. Simple, you may say, but beware, for with the gathering of the clan there is sure to be thoughts of better and tougher trips. Before your very eyes and ears the friday night start for the Caves becomes a Saturday marathon. So you are off; initially a comfortable drive in the car until it is practically dark, and then the walk to the first campsite. Everyone moves off in that quiet dignified manner of a fast downhill skip. Believe it or not there are several advantages to this method of travel.
 (a) It loosens up the leg muscles.
 (b) It puts the stomach into a rhythmic rhumba which does wonders for the digestive system and probably accounts for any lack of gregariousness later in the evening.
-(c) It extends the neck muscles, but any gain in height is counteracted by the wear on your feet.
-(d) It prohibits talking and eating and in fact carrying dentures for itb not long before your jaw flaps in time with the pace.
+(c ) It extends the neck muscles, but any gain in height is counteracted by the wear on your feet.
+(d) It prohibits talking and eating and in fact carrying dentures for it is not long before your jaw flaps in time with the pace.
 (e) It is interesting to see this rhythm and beauty in other people.
-It is little -wonder that bushwalkers are treated with considerable amount of doUbt and perhaps respect, far to meet such a pounding herd on a track could be terrifying if not disastrous.
-You Zaven't travelled far before your mind jogs back to the comment by a girl who had lifted your tack earlier and said "Gosh, it's heavy". This of course had been shrugged off by pulling your head in. (fau couldn't lift your shoulders far the weight.) However you skip on, and it isn't until you finally collapse at the only clump of rocks you have seen, Which is the campsite, that you realise the reason for all the extra weight. WhEm one of the party starts to chew his belt because his meat is still residing in Sydney, a normal person might simply pass the salt as he tosses away the less tender parts of his own T-bone, but no one is normal after the last five miles of pounding and resistance is down to a featherpush.
-For those that have any feeling left the evening is about to start. A brew is made, capable of contorting the remnants of the stomach until it sits up and barks, while the conversation takes weird. turns. Topics such as which part of the human is the most tender for eating and recommended cooking times ensure a night of tranquil sleep. Finally you retreat to the sleeping bag watching everyone else, and then you have the brainwave - you'll sleep upside down so that in the event of an attack they will only cut off your feet instead of your head.
-The hours pass and at last the dawn rises. In case you don't feel uncomfortable a cup of tea is produced before you have time to rise. It is p3ea6ant to notice at this stage that you still have a head and both feet. You rise to make breakfast and eat it with the feeling that at least the weather is good. Before the last mouthful has been chewed 26 times you are off again at a slow skip down the track. Stimulation of the digestion is high.
-Miles pass - beautiful bush as free as the air is skipped through, which you see as from a yo-yo. Finally you come to a small patch of cleared land. What
-an ideal spot far a quiet serene :Lunch! And then, up and away. I discovered for the first time that it is essential to have your foot outside the pack before you do up the straps.
-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.
-SOLITARY
+It is little wonder that bushwalkers are treated with considerable amount of doubt and perhaps respect, for to meet such a pounding herd on a track could be terrifying if not disastrous.
+You haven't travelled far before your mind jogs back to the comment by a girl who had lifted your pack earlier and said "Gosh, it's heavy". This of course had been shrugged off by pulling your head in. (You couldn't lift your shoulders for the weight.) However you skip on, and it isn't until you finally collapse at the only clump of rocks you have seen, which is the campsite, that you realise the reason for all the extra weight. When one of the party starts to chew his belt because his meat is still residing in Sydney, a normal person might simply pass the salt as he tosses away the less tender parts of his own T-bone, but no one is normal after the last five miles of pounding and resistance is down to a featherpush.
+For those that have any feeling left the evening is about to start. A brew is made, capable of contorting the remnants of the stomach until it sits up and barks, while the conversation takes weird turns. Topics such as which part of the human is the most tender for eating and recommended cooking times ensure a night of tranquil sleep. Finally you retreat to the sleeping bag watching everyone else, and then you have the brainwave - you'll sleep upside down so that in the event of an attack they will only cut off your feet instead of your head.
+The hours pass and at last the dawn rises. In case you don't feel uncomfortable a cup of tea is produced before you have time to rise. It is pleasant to notice at this stage that you still have a head and both feet. You rise to make breakfast and eat it with the feeling that at least the weather is good. Before the last mouthful has been chewed 26 times you are off again at a slow skip down the track. Stimulation of the digestion is high.
+Miles pass - beautiful bush as free as the air is skipped through, which you see as from a yo-yo. Finally you come to a small patch of cleared land. What an ideal spot far a quiet serene  lunch! And then, up and away. I discovered for the first time that it is essential to have your foot outside the pack before you do up the straps.
+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 and 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.
+=====Solitary=====
 - 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's Cave for lunch  The lunch time was sweet and short as we were going down the Knife Edge and there were a great number of bods who hadn't done any rock scrambling, therefore the extra time was needed.
-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.
-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 years who eats leader's breakfasts. Sorry we don't know the name. Ask Molly.
+**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 years who eats leader's breakfasts. Sorry we don't know the name. Ask Molly.
 The party found Starlight's trail and were able to catch the train by doing the latter part of the walk at a brisk run.
-=====TIE WA:NU:RIMS OF A HULLMOOSE=====
+=====The wanderings of a Bull Moose=====
 - Eric Pegram.
 Spring arrived at last in England, and as April started the sap rising in the trees so it started peoples' feet itching to be moving around again. May saw a party of Commonwealth wanderers touring southern England in the Devon Cornwell area in changeable weather - one day rejoicing at the Spring sunshine and bursting growth, the next cursing the misty cold rain which wasn't heavy enough to be really worrying but just damp enough to make things unpleasant.
-Returning to London where a series of farewell parties andgoodbyes took place, then off to Harwich en route for the Hook of Holland. The Dutch country-
-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 and goodbyes took place, then off to Harwich en route for the Hook of Holland. The Dutch country-side was a mass of colour as the tulips were out in all their glory. Unlike 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 -
-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.
-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 to be alive all night long. Ah, Springtime on the Seine, The gy-eful Tower and The Champs EllsysayS -
+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 Ellsysays-
 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 mho, I believe, even outstare we Australians - Italian and French Riviera - Monaco - to Milano in Northern Italy where I bid
+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 who, I believe, even outstare we Australians - Italian and French Riviera - Monaco - to Milano in Northern Italy where I bid
-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 "everything" (this seems to be dance floors, palaces, art museums, churches etc.) to sleep While travelling through the picturesque countryside and -wander about for an hour or so then write dozens of letters home telling friends -where they've been. Sill - it's really amazing that young -women who in Australia are respectable (i e. riot bushwalkers) and comfort loving, travel around the other side of the world - rough it and press on with their plans despite sickness, discmfort, inadequate gear and non-cooperative males with a determination that mould rival a marathon runner.
+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 "everything" (this seems to be dance floors, palaces, art museums, churches etc.) to sleep while travelling through the picturesque countryside and wander about for an hour or so then write dozens of letters home telling friends where they've been. Sill it's really amazing that young women who in Australia are respectable (i e. riot bushwalkers) and comfort loving, travel around the other side of the world, rough it and press on with their plans despite sickness, discomfort, inadequate gear and non-cooperative males with a determination that mould rival a marathon runner.
-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, returning to Heidleburg. A memorable incident occurred in the Alps while spending a couple of days with a mixture of raggedlooking English and N.Z. students doing some very amateurish climbs. Returning to the road dcwn a not so sheer snow drift which would probably have been nothing to anyone ccrrectly equipped and experienced we stumbled, cursed and slid as a great big American car glided to a stop and a chap dived out with his movie camera at his eye and filmed some thousands of feet of us ploughing down the drift. As we reached the road we were amused to hear him say to his rugged up wife: "Say, honey. I've gct some great shots of these Tyrolean guys to show the folks back home".
+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, returning to Heidleburg. A memorable incident occurred in the Alps while spending a couple of days with a mixture of ragged looking English and N.Z. students doing some very amateurish climbs. Returning to the road down a not so sheer snow drift which would probably have been nothing to anyone correctly equipped and experienced we stumbled, cursed and slid as a great big American car glided to a stop and a chap dived out with his movie camera at his eye and filmed some thousands of feet of us ploughing down the drift. As we reached the road we were amused to hear him say to his rugged up wife: "Say, honey. I've got some great shots of these Tyrolean guys to show the folks back home".
 (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**