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 - David Ingram.
-**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 - 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.
-**December 5** KIDDIES' 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
+**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)
-Central Electric Station to Sutherland
-.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.
-**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.
+**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.
 =====Walking?=====
 - 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 Mountains.
-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 fast downhill skip. Believe it or not there are several advantages to this method of travel.
+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.
+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.
+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 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.
+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.
+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.
+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
+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.
-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.
+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=====