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-A monthly bulletin-of matters of interest to the Sydney Bush Walkers,
+=====The Sydney Bushwalker.=====
-The N.S.W. Nur se st Association Rooms, "Northcate Btailding" ,
-Reiby Place,- Sydney. . Box No. L476 G.P.O., Sydney.
+A monthly bulletin-of matters of interest to the Sydney Bush Walkers, The N.S.W. Nurses' Association Rooms, "Northcote Building", Reiby Place, Sydney. Box No. 4476 G.P.O., Sydney. 'Phone JW1162.
-'Phone jW1162.
- OCTOBER 1961. Price 1/-
+====322 October 1961. Price 1/-====
-Editor: Don Matthews, 33 Pomona Street, Reproduction: Denise Hull
-Pennant Hills. 'NJ-3514. Sales & Subs. Eileen Taylor
+|Editor|Don Matthews, 33 Pomona Street, Pennant Hills. WJ3514|
-Business Manager: Brian Harvey Typed by Jean Harvey.
+|Business Manager|Brian Harvey|
-CONTENTS.
+|Reproduction|Denise Hull|
- Page
+|Sales & Subs.|Eileen Taylor|
-Kanangra " T aro" 1
+|Typed by|Jean Harvey|
-Social Not e s 2
-The Long Weekend 2
+=====Contents.=====
-Special Walks Coming 3
-At 0,ur Extraordinary and Half-yearly General Meetings
+| | |Page|
-- Alex Colley 4
+|Kanangra|"Taro"| 1|
-Letter to the Editor - Allen 11. Strom 5
+|Social Notes| | 2|
-Blizzard Bound - Alex Theakstot 6
+|The Long Weekend| | 2|
-AL Week in the Rockies - Frank Digby 7
+|Special Walks Coming| | 3|
-Hatsmellts Taxi et Tourist Service (Advertisement) 9
+|At Our Extraordinary and Half-yearly General Meetings|Alex Colley| 4|
-Federation ts Annaal Bali - "Social Re-oorter" 10
+|Letter to the Editor|Allen A. Strom| 5|
-Charlie Pryde - B.G. Harvey 12
+|Blizzard Bound|Alex Theakston| 6|
-Da Walks 12
+|A Week in the Rockies|Frank Digby| 7|
-Paddy's Advertisement 13 Kowmung Cavalcade - Part I.
+|Federation's Annual Ball|"Social Reporter"|10|
-KANANURA.
+|Charlie Pryde|B.G. Harvey|12|
-....."And then the plateau - the bold official title is Kananki-ra Plateau; really it is a gorgeous table - set for a banquet - decked with a million flowers - the walls covered with pictures - the like may not be seen this side of the line.
+|Day Walks| |12|
-We climbed around all it s corner s and nooks and scrubs and gullies. We were
+|Kowmung Cavalcade - Part I.| |14|
-on it by night - by moonlight - to catch the star dust gleam of far away Sydney.
+=====Advertisements.=====
+| |Page|
+|Hatswell's Taxi & Tourist Service| 9|
+|Paddy's|13|
+=====Kanangra.=====
+....."And then the plateau - the cold official title is Kanangra Plateau; really it is a gorgeous table - set for a banquet - decked with a million flowers - the walls covered with pictures - the like may not be seen this side of the line.
+We climbed around all its corners and nooks and scrubs and gullies. We were on it by night - by moonlight - to catch the star dust gleam of far away Sydney.
+We were up before dawn, heard the first bird calls, matched for the tip of Old Sol's head to creep up and paint the steeples of Thurat in all colours. What a feast of mountains: Colong just across the street, Gangerang just across a ridge or two, saying "come up and see me", Jellore - away south - yes - and behind it more landscape, for once it is not the sky line, Clear Hill! every twist and turn of it, Debert's Knob, Mouin, all the family here for a party, blue - sky and earth, with drifting fleecy clouds mottling the whole canvas. Ever changing lights and shadows and ever the carpet of flowers for foreground."
+(From 'Hail Kanangra', W. Tarr ("Taro"). The S.B.W., 1934.)
+=====Social Notes.=====
+====Coming.====
+Don't miss these two talks!
+|October 18th|Mr. Charles Casperson will speak on C.J. Dennis (of The Sentimerrbal Bloke") fame.|
+|October 25th|Mr. L.G. Harrison (better known as "Mouldy" to S.B.W's) will give an illustrated talk on a visit to Russia. Mouldy usually sees __everything__ on his trips and this should be a most entertaining evening.|
+====Past.====
+|September 15th|Federation Ball. See our Social Reporter's notes on page 10|
+|September 20th|B.P. Films - an excellent selection of short films.|
+----
+__Recently received__ and of interest to all thinking bushwalkers:
+The Spring number of The National Parks Journal together with a reprint of "The Future of the Kosciusko Summit area: A report on a Proposed Primitive Area in the Kosciusko State Park". (A reprint from the Aust. Journal of Science, June 1961.)
+----
+=====The Long Weekend.=====
+|Main Range|Alex Theakston led a party of six from Guthega to the Blue Lake, where an ice cave was dug for comfort, and climbed Twvnam on the Sunday. Exploration of Watson's Crags was prevented by fierce winds.|
+|Colo|Bob Godfrey led 15 starters on a map reading expedition in the Angorawa Creek - Colo area.|
+|Ettrema|Wilf Hilder and party of six explored the Ettrema badlands.|
+|Kowmung|Ben Esgate, Snow Brown and party (6) went down Misery Ridge to the Kowmung, spent Sunday leisurely at the lower end of Morong Deep and returned by Landrigan's ridge.|
+|Carrington - Barren Grounds|A dozen or so S.B.W's plus families attended the N.P.A. camp at Carrington Falls.|
+=====Special Walks Coming.=====
+|October 20-21-22|__Fedreation Search & Rescue Demonstration__ weekend on the Colo. The location will be about 3 miles upstream from lower Portland. St. Alban's Military Map Reference 860690 (approx.). This is on private property and easily reached by road. Preferred route: From Windsor take the road to Wilberforce, then the left hand branch, which is the main road to Singleton via Putty. The turn off is to the right shortly before the descent to the Colo River. Good camping and swimming. Sandy river bank on camp side, high sandstone cliffs on the other side. See Notice Board for further details.|
+|October 28-29|__Blue Gum Working Bee.__ The purpose of the weekend is to cut through logs which are impeding the proper flow of water in the Grose and causing erosion, and to clean up the area generally. Bring a Shovel to dig rubbish pits. Train: 8.50 a.m. to Blackheath. Car to Perry's Lookdown, then steep 2000' descent to the Forest. Good camping. Leader: Jack Gentle. 'Phone XM6121. LA6041 (B.)|
+|November 10-11|__Lovetts Bay Area__ Working Bee. Track clearing from Lovett's Bay to Flagstaff Hill in co-operation with Kuringai Trust Ranger who will provide gear. For further details see Notice Board. Leader: John White. XW6526.|
+==For The Intrepid.====
+|November 3-4-5|Kanangra Walls - Danae Brook - Kanangra Walls. "We were now imprisoned in our canyon, our only way out being down, as three sides were now sheer to overhanging and our gendarme loomed immediately behind and about 300' above us. The rock strata is at all times inclined out and away from the canyon floor, so that by sidling to our left to skirt a large waterfall of 90' we were forced higher and higher till a likely ledge with a favourable belay allowed us to descend into the creek. Here we used our full length of rope to descend vertically 120' to a spot where, after more sidling, along 'narrow' ledges with sparse vegetation, we could reach the creekbed, our quickest way of travel....". If you like this sort of thing and know something of rope wok, this is for you. Starters are requested to bring a carabiner and string. Leader: David Brown.|
+=====At Our Extraordinary And Half-yearly General Meetings.=====
+- Alex Colley.
+Again our proceedings opened with the announcement of an engagement. This time the fortunate ones are Arnold Fleischmann and Gisela Koslowski. Having expressed our approval of this arrangement, we got down to the extraordinary business of investing the Era Fund, which amounted to just over £528. Our choice was restricted to Trustee securities - Government and Government guaranteed loans. Fred Kennedy suggested Special bonds, which had the great advantage of being redeemable in full at a month's notice. Frank Ashdown thought we should leave the money where it was, in the Savings Bank, because it would only earn some 2% more in bonds and would not be readily available if invested. But Frank Barlow pointed out that the additional interest would be about £47 over four years. Ray Kirkby said that although bonds might be the only immediate investment we could profitably make, it would be foolish to expect the interest to equal the increment in land values. Alex Colley agreed with this, and explained that the Committee which had considered the investment of Era funds had unanimously agreed that land was the thing to buy, but so far no suitable land had been found. It was no use saying that "they" meaning the Era Committee, the General Committee, or somebody else should look for land. It was up to every member to take an interest and look out for a suitable piece. A further difficulty which arose was that we could only invest multiples of £10 in special bonds. Pam Baker, however, offered to make up the difference. This making of donations to Club funds is becoming a habit, and a very good one too.
+Amongst the advertising matter in correspondence was a letter from Mrs. Carlon telling us we were welcome to camp "amongst the paper barks and ti-tree" any time - there was no need to write, as we had before the walking trial.
+In his walks report Wilf Hilder told us that poor weather had kept down attendances and the Bank Holiday Weekend Walk had been cancelled because of lack of starters. Most popular walk of the month was Jack Gentle's along the Georges River, attended by 18 prospectives and 1 member. We were alarmed to learn that there is an army minefield at Freer's Crossing. Most intriguing walk of the month was Molly Rodgers' Upper Middle Harbour day walk which took place "on the fringes of civilisation" and was accomplished with the aid of the Broken Bay Military Map and a map published by Shead's Estate Agency. When civilisation advances far enough to embrace even the Bush Walkers in its spread, we may see the estate agents themselves filling the blanks on the programme. Vince Aitken's walk to St. Helena and Clem Hallstrom's walk up Bola Creek were well attended. David Ingram's Cattai Creek Walk was curtailed due to rain, but that it went at all, "showed fighting spirit".
+The Treasurer's Report, read by John White, proved the success of putting up a list of the unfinancial. Subscriptions for the month were £30.5.0. If next to this list we displayed an ilIaminated scroll containing the names of donors, we might do even better.
+Brian Harvey told us that the letter from the Hornsby Rifle Club, read at our last meeting and referred to Federation, had been referred here and there since until it completed the circle and came back to him - the original addressee. He was going to visit the range and see what could be done.
+Wilf Hilder reported that the gates at Bindook were still locked (illegally) and that dingo traps had been set along that road, the Old Cedar Road, and the Cookem Highway. They were cunningly concealed in sand and were very dangerous to walkers.
+At the conclusion of the meeting the President thanked Audrey Kenway for deputising as Assistant-Secretary at the Committee Meeting. Wilf Hilder, Gladys Roberts, David Ingram and Bill Rodgers were elected room stewards for the next month.
+=====Letter To the Editor.=====
+"3 Coopernook Avenue, Gymea Bay.
-We were up before dawn, heard the first bird calls, matched for the tip of Old Sol 's head to creep up and paint the steeples of Thurat in all colors. What a feast of mountains: Colong just across the street, Gangerang just across a ridge or two, saying "came up and see me", Jellore - away south - yes - and behind it more landscape, for once it is not the sky line, Clear Hill: every twist and turn of it, Debert s Knob, Nbuin, all the family here for a party, blue - SNIT and earth, with drift-ibg: fleecy clouds mottling the whole canvas. Ever changing lights and shadows and ever the carpet of flowers for foreground."
-(From ti1 Ka nangra , VT. Tarr ("Taro"). The S.WAT. , 1934.
-.
-SOCIAL  NOTES.
-COMING
-Don't hiss these two talks:
-OCTOBER 18TH Mr. Charles Casperson will speak on C.J. Dennis (of The -Sentimerrbal Bioko") fame.
-CCTOECR 25TH Mr. L.G. Harrison (better known as "Mouldy" to S.B.IV's) will give an illustrated talk on a visit to Russia. Mouldy usually sees evea_agb 4.hi on his trips and this should be a 4aost entertaini
-evening. -
-PAST
-SEPTE64Bal. 15TH Federation Ball. See our Social Reporter's notes on page SEP:I'M/a:it 20TH B.P. Films -- an excellent,, selection of short films.
-RECEZITLY RECEIVED and of interest: to all thinidng sh war: s :
-The Spring number of The National Parks Journal together with a reprint of "The FutUre of the Kosciusko Summit 'area::: A report on la Proposed Primitive Area in the 'Kosciusko State Park'. (A. reprint from the -Aust. Journal' of Science, June 1961.)
-THE LOM WEEKEND.
-MAIN ROUE: Alex Theakston led a party of six fro3:h Cuthega to the Blue Lake, where an ice cave was dug for comfort, and climbed Tvilynam on the Sunday. acploration of Watson's Crags was prevented by fierce winds.
-COW: Bob Godfrey led 15 'starterson a map reading expedition in the Angorawa Creek - Colo area.
-ETTRULI.: Hilder and party of _six explored the Ettrema badianda.
-Kan/MUNG: Ben Esgate, *Snow Brown and party (6) went down Misery Ridge to the. Kowmung, spent Sunday leisurely at the lower end of Moridng Deer and returned by.Landrigan' a ridge.
-. CARRINGTON - A dozen or so S.B.W's plus fmilies attended the N.P.A. camp at BARREN GROUNDS: Carrington Falls:
-.
-SPECIAL WALKS CONING.
-OCTOBER. 20-21-22
-FEDERATIONSCH & RESCUE DEMONSTRATION weekend on the Colo. The location will be about 3 miles upstream from lower Portland. St. Alban's Military Map Reference 860690 (approx.): This is on private property and easily reached by road. Preferred route: From Windsor take the road to Wilberforce,- then the left hand branch, which is the main road to Singleton via Putty. The turn off is to the right shortly before the descent to the Colo River.
-Good caning and swimming. Sandy river bank on camp side, high sandstone cliffs on the other side.
-SEE NOTICE BOARD FOH FURThi-.:8 DETAILS.
-OCTOB.4-t. 28-29 BLUE aum WCRKING BEE.
-The purpose of the weekend is to cut through logs which are impeding the proper flow of water in the Grose and causing erosion, and to clean up the area generally.
-Bring a Shovel to dig rubbish pits.
-Train: 8.50 a m. to Blackheath. Car to Perry's Lookdown, then steep 2000 descent to the Forest. Good camping. Leader: Jack Gentle.
-'Phone xlc6121
-IA6041 (B.)
-NOVEMBER 10-11
-NovEEBER 3-4-5
-LOVETTS BAY AREA Working Bee.
-Track clearing from Iovett's Bay to Flagstaff Hill in co-operation with Kuringai Trust Ranger who will provide gear. For further details see Notice Board.
-Leader: John Ighite. 2W6526.
-FORME INTREPID.
-Kanangra Walls Danae Brook - Kanangra Walls.
-wfWe were now imprisoned in our canyon, our only way out being dawn, as three sides were now Sheer to overhanging and our gendarme loomed immediately behind and about 300' above us. The rock strata is at all times inclined out and away from the canyon floor, so that by sidling to our left to skirt a large waterfall of 90' we were forced higher and biter till a likely ledge with a favourable belay allowed us to descend into the creek. Here -We used our full length of rope to descend vertically 120' to a spot where, After more sidling, along 'narrow' ledges with sparse vegetation, we could reach the creekbed, our quickest way of travel...."
-If you like this sort of thing and know something of rope wok, this is far you. Starters are requested to bring a carabiner and string.
-Leader: David Brown.
-AT OUR =RAORDINAFY AND ITALF-YEARLY GENERAL T,EETINGS.
-Alex Colley.
-Again our proceedings opened vith the announcement of an engagement. This time the fortunate ones are Arnold Fleischmann and Gisela Koslowsld. Having expressed our approval of this arrangement, we got domn to the extraordinary business of investing the Era Ftnd, which amounted to just over 628. Our choice was restricted to Trustee securities' - Government and Government guaranteed loans. Fred Kennedy suggested Special bonds, mhidh had the great advantage of being redeemable in fall'at a month's notice.' Frank Ashdown thought we should leave the money -where it vas, in the Savings Bank, because it vould only earn some 2% more in bonds and mould not be readily available if invested. But Frank Barlow pointed out that the additional interest would be about 47 over four years. Ray Eirkby said that although bonds might be the only triniediate investment we could profitably make, it would be foolish to expect the interest to equal the increment in land values. Alex Colley agreed -with this, and explained that the Committee which had considered the investment of Era funds had unanimously agreed that land was the thing to low, but so far no suitable land had been found. It was no use saying that "they" meaning the Era Committee, the General Committee, or somebody else should look for land. It was up to every member to tako an interest and look:out for a suitable piece. A further difficulty which arose was that we could only invest multiples of 10 in 'Special bonds. Pam Baker, however, offered to make up the difference. This making of donations to Club funds is becoming a habit, and a very good one too.
-Amongst the advertising matter in correspondence was a letter from hrs. Carlon telling us we were welcome to camp "amongst the paper barks and ti-tree" any time - there was no need to vrite, as we had before the walking trial.
-In his walks report Wilf Hilder told us that poor weather had kept down attendances and the Bank Holiday Weekend Walk had been cancelled because of lack of starters. Most popular walk of the month was Jadk Gentle's along the Georges River, attended by 18 prospectives and 1 tetber. We-were alarmed tolearn that there is an army minefield at Freer's Crossing. Most intriguing walk of the month was Molly Rodgers' Upper Middle Harbour day walk vhidh took place "on the fringes of civilisation!' and was accomplished -with the aid of the Broken Bay Military Map and a map published by Shead's Estate Agency. Meth civilisation advances far enough to embrace even the Bush Walkers in its spread, we may see the estate agents themselves' filling the blanks on the programme. Vince Aitken's walk to St. Helena and Clau Hallstram's walk up Bola Creek'vere well attended. David Ingram's Cattai Creek Walk was curtailed due to rain, but that it went at all, "showed fighting spirit".
-The Treasurer's Report, read by John Nhite, proved the success of putting up a list of the unfinancial. Pabscriptions for the month were 30. 5. 0. If next to this list mo displayed an'ilIaminated scroll containing the names of donors, we might do even better.
-Brian Harvey told us that the letter from the Hornsby Rifle Club, read at - our last meeting and referred to Federation, had been referred here and there since until it completed the circle and came back to him - the original addressee. He was going to visit the range and see what could be dons.
-Wilf Hilder reported that the gates at Bindook were still locked (illegally) and that dingo traps had been set along that road, the Old Cedar Road, and the
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-Cookem Highway. They were cunningly concealed in sand and were very dangerous to walkersAt the conclusion of the meeting the President thanked Audrey Kenway for
-deputising as Assistant-Secretary at the Committoe Meeting. Wilf Hilder, Gladys Roberts, David Ingram and Bill Rodgers vere,elected room stewards for the next month.
-LETTM TO THE EDITOR:
-- "3 Coopernook Avenue,
-Gymea Bay.
 Dear Sir,
-I read with much misgiving that the proposal to erect a Memorial Shelter to A.W. Dingeldei in the Bouddi Natural Park was opposed at the August Meeting of the Club because "it was a building in a natural park which would require a road and 'would be mainly for the benefit of motorists".
-A shelter surely is for those vho would use it,?nd the Bouddi Natural Park, despite its use of the rather reddndant word " natural" is one of our National Parks including amongst it 8 purposes for public recreation". In other words Bouddi is a public reserve belonging to all the community and tot to a very small group of
+I read with much misgiving that the proposal to erect a Memorial Shelter to A.W. Dingeldei in the Bouddi Natural Park was opposed at the August Meeting of the Club because "it was a building in a natural park which would require a road and would be mainly for the benefit of motorists".
-, people who call themselves "bushvalkers". I have no indication from the Report on the August Meeting:how the proposed Memorial Shelter came to appear on 'the Club's Agenda - perhaps, because the Club was asked to assist the appeal far funds. I agree that the Club has a perfect right to say that the Shelter will nat benefit bushvalkers even though I may doubt the truth of the statement, but I am certain that it is bad taste, dgmrance and Sheer nonsense to oppose the erection because it would benefit another section of the coptanity -whose use of the Park is as legitimate as bushwalkers. Indeed, as a much larger section of the comaunity, with a much more pressing need for outdoor experience, non-bushwalkars have a greater claim to places like Bouddi.
-As one who has listened to bushvalkers beating the air about National Parks for more than a quarter of a century, I have gathered the impression that there is
+A shelter surely is for those who would use it and the Bouddi Natural Park, despite its use of the rather redundant word "natural" is one of our National Parks including amongst its purposes "for public recreation". In other words Bouddi is a public reserve belonging to __all__ the community and not to a very small group of people who call themselves "bushwalkers". I have no indication from the Report on the August Meeting how the proposed Memorial Shelter came to appear on the Club's Agenda - perhaps, because the Club was asked to assist the appeal for funds. I agree that the Club has a perfect right to say that the Shelter will not benefit bushwalkers even though I may doubt the truth of the statement, but I am certain that it is bad taste, ignorance and Sheer nonsense to oppose the erection because it would benefit another section of the community whose use of the Park is as legitimate as bushwalkers. Indeed, as a much larger section of the community, with a much more pressing need for outdoor experience, non-bushwalkars have a greater claim to places like Bouddi.
-a strong and most erroneous belief amongst walkers that National Forks are specially created for the benefit of bushwaners, alone. That is, the walkers hold this opinion whilst they want to "do over one mountain after another. Then When they tire of this behaviour, most leave the rucksack and big boots to rot in the cornor, and they couldn't care less about their "beloved bush".
-Let's get it quite straight Yr. Editor, this attitude of "bash for the bushwalker alonp" has done more harm to the cause of Nature Conservation than all the land - developers lupped into one corner. It has antagonised public opinion, it has left administration cold and cynical and it has allowed the years to roll by without achievement. We cannot afford to push the public out of their Pr,rks, in fact, every' person 'who visits a Park must be won to the cause of Nature Conservation not repulsed, chided, ridiculed as a "motorist" and sent away a champion of opposition because he hates the people who love the bush.
+As one who has listened to bushwalkers beating the air about National Parks for more than a quarter of a century, I have gathered the impression that there is a strong and most erroneous belief amongst walkers that National Parks are specially created for the benefit of bushwalkers, alone. That is, the walkers hold this opinion whilst they want to "do over" one mountain after another. Then when they tire of this behaviour, most leave the rucksack and big boots to rot in the corner, and they couldn't care less about their "beloved bush".
-What kind of publid opinion pressure can the bashihalkerb wield with limited
- numbers, apathy in their own ranks and rancour in their approaches? In the last few years there has been a remarkable improvement in public attitude and in "opinion
+Let's get it quite straight Mr. Editor, this attitude of "bush for the bushwalker alone" has done more harm to the cause of Nature Conservation than all the land developers lumped into one corner. It has antagonised public opinion, it has left administration cold and cynical and it has allowed the years to roll by without achievement. We cannot afford to push the public out of their Parks; in fact, every person who visits a Park must be won to the cause of Nature Conservation not repulsed, chided, ridiculed as a "motorist" and sent away a champion of opposition because he hates the people who love the bush.
-.
-pressures"; but most of all, there has been a tremendous change on the administrative level - and tt4y? Because administration now feel that the community as a thole want Nation Parkz and Nature Reserves and they want to be able to use them.
+What kind of public opinion pressure can the bushwalkers wield with limited numbers, apathy in their own ranks and rancour in their approaches? In the last few years there has been a remarkable improvement in public attitude and in "opinion pressures"; but most of all, there has been a tremendous change on the administrative level - and why? Because administration now feel that the community as a whole want National Parks and Nature Reserves and they want to be able to use them.
-The great need of course, is for sound management - careful planning so that the Parks are used without destruction of the essential assets for which thy were set apart. There is no single plan that answers this problem - every Park and every Reserve sets its own problem and to say no roads, no buildings (perhaps no tracks) is absolute nonsense. This is how ynu lose friends and influence people to hate you and what you stand for.
+The great need of course, is for sound management - careful planning so that the Parks are used without destruction of the essential assets for which thy were set apart. There is no single plan that answers this problem - every Park and every Reserve sets its own problem and to say no roads, no buildings (perhaps no tracks) is absolute nonsense. This is how you lose friends and influence people to hate you and what you stand for.
 Yours sincerely,
 (Sgd.) Allen A. Strom."
-.11...1.4.
--RLTZZARD BU.
+=====Blizzard Road.=====
 - Alex Theakston.
-The plan was to-ski from the chairlift top at Thredbo to Seaman's or Lake Albina huts on the Kosciusko mein range. Ted Smith and I left Thredbo village at lunch time Saturday and clizlbed with skis and picks up and over the Ram's Head range and down onto the upper reaches of the Snowy River.
-The weather, perfect up till now, began to close in with light winds and snow closing the visibility to a couple of hundred yards. At this stage we decided to turn tack: to Thredbo far the night, as this type of weather usuallv-heralds several days of unpleasant conditions. Az we slowly climbed back on to the Eam's Head range the visibility dropped progressively as the day ended. It was almost dark as we crested the ridge, and we could barely see the snow poles which were less than one hundred yards apart. We skied and stumbled slowly down into the valley, stutbling stumbling because we could not define the surface on which we were sliding. Folloting the snow poles became very difficult and when they led us into broken rocky country we left them and made our own way down.
+The plan was to ski from the chairlift top at Thredbo to Seaman's or Lake Albina huts on the Kosciusko main range. Ted Smith and I left Thredbo village at lunch time Saturday and climbed with skis and picks up and over the Ram's Head range and down onto the upper reaches of the Snowy River.
-were tired by now and moving downhill was very uncomfortable, so iive deciddd to hole up under a large leaning slab of rock which we had found just above the tree line. -LSter an hour of work, scraping a hollow beneath the boulder, loaning cur sids against it then covering the skis with branches and lumps of snow, we had a fair windbreak with a small roof affording us protection from the wind-driven snow.
-A fire was started with Some difficulty ard-te-cboked dinner and when the fire had sunk:too deep to be of any use we climbed into our sleeping bags and lay down on ground sheets to keep off the snow. Mb fell asleep, and then at about 9-o'clock the same night we awoke, something was wrong: the -wind was now much stronger and tust have changed direction far we were covered with snow which was now blowing-into our shelter. Naturally the snow melted as it settled on our warm sleeping bags and now they were very wet and contimed to get, if possible, even wetter. To keep warm we tried to snuggle closer to each other but between us was a solid mass of snow, leaving us shivering alternately in our individual icy tombs.
+The weather, perfect up till now, began to close in with light winds and snow closing the visibility to a couple of hundred yards. At this stage we decided to turn back to Thredbo for the night, as this type of weather usuallv heralds several days of unpleasant conditions. As we slowly climbed back on to the Ram's Head range the visibility dropped progressively as the day ended. It was almost dark as we crested the ridge, and we could barely see the snow poles which were less than one hundred yards apart. We skied and stumbled slowly down into the valley, stumbling because we could not define the surface on which we were sliding. Following the snow poles became very difficult and when they led us into broken rocky country we left them and made our own way down.
-The night grew longer, as we grew wetter, colder. Above us a grey black howling sky leered at us. There mas one consolation, we could not be any worse off.
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+were tired by now and moving downhill was very uncomfortable, so we decided to hole up under a large leaning slab of rock which we had found just above the tree line. After an hour of work, scraping a hollow beneath the boulder, leaning our skis against it then covering the skis with branches and lumps of snow, we had a fair windbreak with a small roof affording us protection from the wind-driven snow.
- We counted the hours and sometime in the early morning the gale eased. At 645 Sunday morning the black grey above us began to be dark grey so I peeled the sodden white sleeping bag off me, put pok boots on and ran down to a clump of trees and lit a fire over which we thawed out, had breakfast and even dried out a little.
-Alter-stuffing our frosted sadden belongings into our packs we made our way towards Karella Hut at the top of the chair lift. fie could not ski far about 18 inches of very soft snow had fallen overnight and the skis only sank down leaving us knee deep in snow. Very soon in between snow showers we found the but where we dried our clothes out beside a gase fire whilst rearing our hosts clothing.
+A fire was started with some difficulty and we cooked dinner and when the fire had sunk too deep to be of any use we climbed into our sleeping bags and lay down on ground sheets to keep off the snow. We fell asleep, and then at about 9 o'clock the same night we awoke; something was wrong: the wind was now much stronger and must have changed direction for we were covered with snow which was now blowing into our shelter. Naturally the snow melted as it settled on our warm sleeping bags and now they were very wet and continued to get, if possible, even wetter. To keep warm we tried to snuggle closer to each other but between us was a solid mass of snow, leaving us shivering alternately in our individual icy tombs.
+The night grew longer, as we grew wetter, colder. Above us a grey black howling sky leered at us. There was one consolation, we could not be any worse off.
+We counted the hours and sometime in the early morning the gale eased. At 6.45 Sunday morning the black grey above us began to be dark grey so I peeled the sodden white sleeping bag off me, put my boots on and ran down to a clump of trees and lit a fire over which we thawed out, had breakfast and even dried out a little.
+Alter-stuffing our frosted sodden belongings into our packs we made our way towards Karella Hut at the top of the chair lift. We could not ski for about 18 inches of very soft snow had fallen overnight and the skis only sank down leaving us knee deep in snow. Very soon in between snow showers we found the hut where we dried our clothes out beside a gas fire whilst rearing our hosts clothing.
 A WEEK -IN TIE ROCKIES.
 - Frank Diglv.