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===== Social Notes. ===== | ===== Social Notes. ===== | ||
- | On February 21st Mr. Fred Hersey, a Field Officer of the Fauna Proteotion | + | On February 21st Mr. Fred Hersey, a Field Officer of the Fauna Protection |
On February 28th Putt was to have talked on the recent NZAC exploration in West New Guinea. Colin' | On February 28th Putt was to have talked on the recent NZAC exploration in West New Guinea. Colin' | ||
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- Eric Adcodk | - Eric Adcodk | ||
- | - Paddy:Bourke | + | - Paddy Bourke |
- Roy Craggs | - Roy Craggs | ||
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__Men__. | __Men__. | ||
- | - Mal Rodgers | + | - Will Rodgers |
- Eric Adcock | - Eric Adcock | ||
- Bob Godfrey | - Bob Godfrey | ||
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- Bill Rowlands & Eileen Taylor | - Bill Rowlands & Eileen Taylor | ||
- | - Eric Adcbck | + | - Eric Adcock |
- Bob Godfrey & Phyllis Radcliffe | - Bob Godfrey & Phyllis Radcliffe | ||
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- Bill Rodgers & Jean Wilson (Tie). | - Bill Rodgers & Jean Wilson (Tie). | ||
- | The Carnival Organiser has issued a warning to the very successful married ladies to watch out for fireworks from an up-and-coming | + | The Carnival Organiser has issued a warning to the very successful married ladies to watch out for fireworks from an up-and-coming |
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- | Robert H. Jones (better known to us as " | + | Robert H. Jones (better known to us as " |
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Maybe the Bushies know all about the Bush, but of our beautiful Harbour, what do they know? So here is a Quiz - | Maybe the Bushies know all about the Bush, but of our beautiful Harbour, what do they know? So here is a Quiz - | ||
- | - What spot is most perfmeous? | + | - What spot is most perfumeous? |
- What spot is most foul? | - What spot is most foul? | ||
- What spot is most feminine? | - What spot is most feminine? | ||
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- | ===== Who'd Be A Walker? | + | ===== Who'd Be A Walker? Part One - Scrambling For A Train. |
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- | === Part One - Scrambling For A Train. === | + | |
- Jim Brown. | - Jim Brown. | ||
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Or winter, during annual holidays, I planned to walk from Picton into Burragorang Wiley via backroads. In those days I prided myself that I knew the timetable of every country passenger train operating within a radius of 100 miles of Sydney. With the confidence that some people swallow a well known variety of headache powder I joined a suburban train that would bring me to Central Station by 9.40 a.m., with 15 minutes to get the Goulburn train. | Or winter, during annual holidays, I planned to walk from Picton into Burragorang Wiley via backroads. In those days I prided myself that I knew the timetable of every country passenger train operating within a radius of 100 miles of Sydney. With the confidence that some people swallow a well known variety of headache powder I joined a suburban train that would bring me to Central Station by 9.40 a.m., with 15 minutes to get the Goulburn train. | ||
- | Somemhere | + | Somewhere |
- | Swiftly, as a gamble, I put Plan B into effect. I alighted at Redfern and flung up to the indicator boards to find there was a fast electric train calling at Burwood and Strathffeld | + | Swiftly, as a gamble, I put Plan B into effect. I alighted at Redfern and flung up to the indicator boards to find there was a fast electric train calling at Burwood and Strathfield |
Oh, it was a frantic scuttle down into the subway, along and up onto platform 3 as the station hand was waving his green flag and intoning "stand clear please!" | Oh, it was a frantic scuttle down into the subway, along and up onto platform 3 as the station hand was waving his green flag and intoning "stand clear please!" | ||
- | Much about the same period I was caught fairly on two occasions in the Otford - Stanwell Park area at the end of day walks. They were Saturday day hikes (I used that word almost in its worst connotation), | + | Much about the same period I was caught fairly on two occasions in the Otford - Stanwell Park area at the end of day walks. They were Saturday day hikes (I used that word almost in its worst connotation), |
The first trip brought us down from the hills behind Coal Cliff and we wandered casually back to Stanwell along the railway line. Now, between Coal Cliff and Stanwell Park there are two short tunnels and between them a lofty brick viaduct almost 200 feet high, spanning a creek. In the lazy yellow afternoon light the bridge was most photogenic and one of my freelance walking (rather hiking) cronies couldn' | The first trip brought us down from the hills behind Coal Cliff and we wandered casually back to Stanwell along the railway line. Now, between Coal Cliff and Stanwell Park there are two short tunnels and between them a lofty brick viaduct almost 200 feet high, spanning a creek. In the lazy yellow afternoon light the bridge was most photogenic and one of my freelance walking (rather hiking) cronies couldn' | ||
- | As we left the bridge I thought I heard a faint whistle and by the time we were through the second tunnel the 5.2 was chugging stolidly along the southern slopes of the bay. We ran in the gutters beside the line, not even looking up as the train passed in a leisurely but quite ruthless manner. We even reached the southern ramp of the platform when the etigine | + | As we left the bridge I thought I heard a faint whistle and by the time we were through the second tunnel the 5.2 was chugging stolidly along the southern slopes of the bay. We ran in the gutters beside the line, not even looking up as the train passed in a leisurely but quite ruthless manner. We even reached the southern ramp of the platform when the engine |
The other time was not a real scramble. We were caught thoroughly - were our watches haywire that day? During the late afternoon we came back from Stanwell Park to Otford via the old abandoned railway tunnel under Bald Hill. It was about a mile long and with a decent torch you could traverse it in 20-25 minutes. Not now - it was blown up in 1942 as an anti-invasion precaution. | The other time was not a real scramble. We were caught thoroughly - were our watches haywire that day? During the late afternoon we came back from Stanwell Park to Otford via the old abandoned railway tunnel under Bald Hill. It was about a mile long and with a decent torch you could traverse it in 20-25 minutes. Not now - it was blown up in 1942 as an anti-invasion precaution. | ||
- | We emerged (our time) at 4.45, and with 22 minutes to train time and only a quarter mile to go, perched in the sublight | + | We emerged (our time) at 4.45, and with 22 minutes to train time and only a quarter mile to go, perched in the sunlight |
Somewhere between Lilyvale and Helensburgh we got so intrigued in some new-fangled track lubricating devices we almost "did in" the 8.30 p.m. I've still a recollection of running along the last cutting to Helensburgh, | Somewhere between Lilyvale and Helensburgh we got so intrigued in some new-fangled track lubricating devices we almost "did in" the 8.30 p.m. I've still a recollection of running along the last cutting to Helensburgh, | ||
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In January I was down Little River from Couridjah and found the landscape more or less awash after the summer rains. Crossing streams was a long and tedious affair of trial and withdrawal, so that at 3.40 p.m. on Sunday I had just over 3 hours to make the only train back from Couridjah. Coming out the previous day that stage had taken exactly 3 hours - when I was about 25 miles fresher. | In January I was down Little River from Couridjah and found the landscape more or less awash after the summer rains. Crossing streams was a long and tedious affair of trial and withdrawal, so that at 3.40 p.m. on Sunday I had just over 3 hours to make the only train back from Couridjah. Coming out the previous day that stage had taken exactly 3 hours - when I was about 25 miles fresher. | ||
- | It was a case for " | + | It was a case for " |
As if this were not sufficient warning to wantons we were well and truly caught in another scramble the following (Australia Day) Weekend, at the close of a moist three days down at Burning Palms with the Gentle party. Having the vehicle "on the ice" we went as a family group by rail and, to complete the trip, planned to walk out to Lilyvale for the homeward run. There was a train at 2.40, and a surprisingly long gap then till about five o' | As if this were not sufficient warning to wantons we were well and truly caught in another scramble the following (Australia Day) Weekend, at the close of a moist three days down at Burning Palms with the Gentle party. Having the vehicle "on the ice" we went as a family group by rail and, to complete the trip, planned to walk out to Lilyvale for the homeward run. There was a train at 2.40, and a surprisingly long gap then till about five o' | ||
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Then it was 1.10 when we set out up the Squeeze Hole track - add say 30 minutes for the hill and a spell at the lookout thrown in as well... We were going along the top track towards Lilyvale at 1.50, and I had privately resolved that we had perhaps a 50-50 chance of the train. Seven-year-olds aren't quite in the marathon class. | Then it was 1.10 when we set out up the Squeeze Hole track - add say 30 minutes for the hill and a spell at the lookout thrown in as well... We were going along the top track towards Lilyvale at 1.50, and I had privately resolved that we had perhaps a 50-50 chance of the train. Seven-year-olds aren't quite in the marathon class. | ||
- | The track was, nicely muddied and ploughed up and about halfway to Lilyvale the thunderclouds rolled over and a smart shower began, adding to the greasiness of the already sloppy path. At the top of the hill above Lilyvale, at 2.25, we took recourse to desperate | + | The track was, nicely muddied and ploughed up and about halfway to Lilyvale the thunderclouds rolled over and a smart shower began, adding to the greasiness of the already sloppy path. At the top of the hill above Lilyvale, at 2.25, we took recourse to desperate |
Part way down the slope I decided the worn soles of my sneakers were getting practically no grip at all on the slimy track, and Chris would really be better off without my hand. Then we were down, crossing the slightly swollen Hacking River and slipping and sliding up the smooth clay bank. A last sprint up to the station with my watch showing 2.43 (a mercy it was about 5 minutes fast), and the train rolling in as I slipped out of a cape-groundsheet which was almost as wet inside with sweat as it was outside with rain. | Part way down the slope I decided the worn soles of my sneakers were getting practically no grip at all on the slimy track, and Chris would really be better off without my hand. Then we were down, crossing the slightly swollen Hacking River and slipping and sliding up the smooth clay bank. A last sprint up to the station with my watch showing 2.43 (a mercy it was about 5 minutes fast), and the train rolling in as I slipped out of a cape-groundsheet which was almost as wet inside with sweat as it was outside with rain. | ||
- | Now, it may be sinful pride, but by comparison with some other walkers I could name, I've always felt I was a cautious and provident sort of person: not the kihd that is prone to dash up at the last whistle blowing, flag-wagging moment of a train departure. Yet there are quite a few case histories. It all goes for to show that it's almost impossible to be a walker without (sometimes) scrambling for a train. | + | Now, it may be sinful pride, but by comparison with some other walkers I could name, I've always felt I was a cautious and provident sort of person: not the kind that is prone to dash up at the last whistle blowing, flag-wagging moment of a train departure. Yet there are quite a few case histories. It all goes for to show that it's almost impossible to be a walker without (sometimes) scrambling for a train. |
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=== April 1st === | === April 1st === | ||
- | Pymble - bus to St. Ives (Douglas Street) - Bungaroo - Middle Harbour Creek - Lindfield. 8 miles. Good swimming pools in the fresh water section of Middle | + | Pymble - bus to St. Ives (Douglas Street) - Bungaroo - Middle Harbour Creek - Lindfield. 8 miles. Good swimming pools in the fresh water section of Middle |
9.10 a.m. Electric train Central - Pymble via Bridge. 9.46 a.m. bus Pymble - St. Ives. Tickets: Pymble Return via Bridge at 4/3, plus 1/1d. bus fare. | 9.10 a.m. Electric train Central - Pymble via Bridge. 9.46 a.m. bus Pymble - St. Ives. Tickets: Pymble Return via Bridge at 4/3, plus 1/1d. bus fare. | ||
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+ | ===== Greyhound " | ||
+ | Especially planned to holiday requirements of bushwalkers & camping club members. | ||
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+ | === Central Australia, Alice Springs, Ayers Rock Tour (Duration 3 weeks). === | ||
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+ | __Tour " | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Central Australia and Northern Territory (including Darwin) Tour (Duration 4 weeks). === | ||
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+ | __Tour " | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Northern Queensland, Atherton Tablelands and Cooktown Tour (Duration 3 weeks). === | ||
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+ | __Tour " | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Western Australia Caves and Wild Flowers Tour (Duration 4 weeks). === | ||
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+ | __Tour " | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Grand Around Australia All States Tour (Duration 76 days). === | ||
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+ | TOUR " | ||
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+ | === N.B. === | ||
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+ | Other tours to Flinders Ranges (Tour " | ||
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+ | Tour " | ||
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+ | === Bookings and Information: | ||
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+ | V. C. Penfold, Greyhound Pacific Ltd., P.O. Box 50, Coolangatta. QLD. | ||
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+ | ===== Letters To The Editor. ===== | ||
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+ | "48 Park Avenue,\\ | ||
+ | Roseville. N.S.W. | ||
- | CENTRAL AUSTRALIA, ALICE SPRINGS, AYERS ROCK TOUR (DURATION 3 WEEKS). | ||
- | TOUR _" | ||
- | Mary Kathleen, Mt. Isa, Flynn Memorial, Tennant Creek, Alice Springs (2 days), Ayers Rock (2 days), Mt. Olga, Coober Pedy, Pt. Augusta and Broken Hill. FARE E 55, 0. O. | ||
- | CENT. AUST. AND NTH. TERRITORY (INCLUDING DARWIN) TOUR (DURATION 4 WEEKS). | ||
- | TOUR " | ||
- | Itinerary as Tours " | ||
- | NORTHERN QUEENSLAND, ATHERTON TABLELANDS AND COOKTOWN TOUR (DURATION 3 WEEKS). | ||
- | TOUR " | ||
- | Travelling via Newcastle, Kempsey, Gold Coast, Brisbane, Rockhampton, | ||
- | (1 day), Daintree, C&:rns, (Green Is.), Charters Towers, Clermont, Toowoomba, Tenterfield and Tamworth. FARE E 54. 0. O. | ||
- | WESTERN AUSTRALIA CAVES AND WILD FLOWERS TOUR (DURATION 4 WEEKS). | ||
- | TOUR " | ||
- | Travelling via Albury, Bendigo, Bordertawn, " | ||
- | GRAND AROUND AUSTRALIA ALL STATES TOUR (DURATION 76 DAYS). | ||
- | TOUR "FP Departs Sydney Monday 6th August. | ||
- | Travelling via Taree, Brisbane (1 day), Rockhampton, | ||
- | Mataranka (1 day), Darwin (2 days), Rum Jungle, Wyndham, Derby, Broome (1 day), Marble Bar (1 day), Hammersley Ranges (3 days), Carnarvon (1 day), Geraldton | ||
- | (2 days), Perth (3 days), Margaret River Caves (2 days), Albany (1 day), Esperance, Nullabor Plains, Adelaide (1 day), Melbourne, Gundagai. FARE E 125.10. O. | ||
- | N.B. OTHER TOURS TO FLINDERS RANGES (TOUR " | ||
- | TOUR " | ||
- | BOOKINGS AND INFORMATION : V. C. PENFOLD, GREYHOUND PACIFIC LTD., P.O. BOX 50, COOLANGATTA. QLD. | ||
- | LETTERS TO THE =OR. | ||
- | "48 Park Avenue, Roseville. N.S.W. | ||
Dear Sir, | Dear Sir, | ||
- | Rec-6nt ccrrespondents | + | |
- | - | + | Recent correspondents |
- | In spite of lip sdrvice | + | |
- | One -writer | + | In spite of lip service |
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- | true, but if this m-eans | + | One writer |
- | ovide fox' | + | |
- | Bouddi | + | Bouddi |
- | The construction of the road (on a previously cut fire trail, and less than half a-mile in length) and shelter shed with water tank, allows the motoriat | + | |
- | As I understand it, the purpose of the work is not to enable motorists to view the park from their cars or from ' | + | The construction of the road (on a previously cut fire trail, and less than half a mile in length) and shelter shed with water tank, allows the motorist |
- | The 'work has been severely criticised | + | |
- | motorists do lea-lte | + | As I understand it, the purpose of the work is not to enable motorists to view the park from their cars or from under the shelter shed. The road gives access and allows |
- | ' | + | |
- | There is great danger that roads will " | + | The work has been severely criticised |
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+ | Many motorists do leave rubbish and fires behind them, but I doubt that the answer is to exclude them from parks, even if this were feasible. | ||
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+ | Our plans for bigger and better parks will be listened to only if the people generally | ||
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+ | There is great danger that roads will " | ||
Yours faithfully, | Yours faithfully, | ||
- | (Sgd.) T.W. Moppett | + | |
- | "Box 500 F, P.O., | + | (Sgd.) T.W. Moppett." |
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+ | "Box 500 F, P.O.,\\ | ||
Newcastle. | Newcastle. | ||
- | " | + | |
+ | Thanks to those responsible | ||
Regards, | Regards, | ||
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(Sgd.) (J.V.) Joe Turner. | (Sgd.) (J.V.) Joe Turner. | ||
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- | (" | + | (" |
- | blassics | + | |
- | 1T163 Karimbla R(-ad, Miranda. | + | ---- |
- | 'The motion that our well established and ibrofitable | + | |
- | For this motion to have been carried | + | "163 Karimbla Road,\\ |
- | The magazine is as strong as tire members may choose to make it, but where | + | Miranda. |
- | there is -forgetfulness by the members to write, they themselves are to blame, not | + | |
- | the Editor if the journal tends to become weaker through the lack of material. | + | "The motion that our well established and profitable |
- | The magazine | + | |
- | 175. | + | For this motion to have been carried |
- | The journal is the mouthpiece of all club activities and is open to arF member, who is desirnas | + | |
- | - An experienced editor | + | The magazine is as strong as the members may choose to make it; but where there is forgetfulness by the members to write, they themselves are to blame, not the Editor if the journal tends to become weaker through the lack of material. |
- | -There is no excuse for any club as strong in membership as the Sydney | + | |
- | On the contrary, there shculd | + | The magazine |
- | The mover, no doubt, realised this and so moved along the lines he did to dhow all members the importance of sending him articles that the members on the -whole may benefit. | + | |
- | (Sgd. ) Clem Ti p1lstrom. | + | The journal is the mouthpiece of all club activities and is open to any member, who is desirous |
- | ..N.FpdoeImmoii. | + | |
+ | An experienced editor | ||
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+ | There is no excuse for any club as strong in membership as the Sydney | ||
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+ | On the contrary, there should | ||
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+ | The mover, no doubt, realised this and so moved along the lines he did to show all members the importance of sending him articles that the members on the whole may benefit. | ||
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+ | (Sgd.) Clem Hallstrom. | ||
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"Dear Editor, | "Dear Editor, | ||
- | Quote from our magazine of January 62. | + | |
- | "They - (Mallory and Irvine) did not forfeit their lives in vain etc." | + | Quote from our magazine of January 62. "They - (Mallory and Irvine) did not forfeit their lives in vain, etc." |
- | - -Fire play of words - but to me utterly unconvincing. Such stuff always | + | |
- | cordures | + | Fine play of words - but to me utterly unconvincing. Such stuff always |
- | cockeyed hat - hand reaching for hia wallet. | + | |
- | - | + | "Why climb - because it is there". Balderdashtic junk - with equal sense - one could say - why go to a circus - because it is there. |
- | "Why climb - because it is there. Balderdashtic junk - with equal sense - one could say - why go to a circus - because it is there, | + | |
- | E' | + | Everest |
- | And what a waste of life, in perfgct | + | |
- | Now this is my view of such 'doings - in a restraining letter to a friend | + | And what a waste of life, in perfect |
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+ | Now this is my view of such doings - in a restraining letter to a friend | ||
(Sgd.) Taro. | (Sgd.) Taro. | ||
- | 16. | + | |
- | CEditors | + | (Editors |
- | - "The line which separates the difficult from the dangerous is sometimes very shadomy, but it is not an imaginery | + | |
- | AMMO TO TaO'S QUIZ on Page 7): | + | "The line which separates the difficult from the dangerous is sometimes very shadowy, but it is not an imaginary |
- | 1. Lavender Bay. | + | |
- | 2. Hen and Chicken Bay | + | ---- |
- | 3. Darling Harbour | + | |
- | 4. Manly | + | === Answers to Taro's Quiz (on Page 7): === |
- | 5. Neutral Bay | + | |
- | 6. The Spit | + | - Lavender Bay. |
- | 7. Dotible | + | |
- | 8. Carooning | + | - Darling Harbour. |
- | 9. Elizabeth | + | - Manly. |
- | 10. Point-Piper | + | - Neutral Bay. |
- | 11. Cabarita | + | - The Spit. |
- | 12. NIH. Macquarie 's Chair | + | - Double |
- | 13. Farm Cole | + | - Careening |
- | 14. Circular Quay. | + | - Elizabeth |
- | 15. Pinchgut | + | - Point Piper. |
- | 16. Potts Point | + | |
- | 17. Goat Island | + | - Mrs. Macquarie' |
- | 18. Rusheutter's Bay. | + | - Farm Cove. |
- | LEECHES | + | - Circular Quay. |
- | ARE CREATURES | + | |
- | WITH NO ATTRACTIVE FEATURES. | + | - Potts Point. |
+ | - Goat Island. | ||
+ | - Rushcutter's Bay. | ||
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+ | ===== Leeches Are Creatures With No Attractive Features. ===== | ||
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- Don Matthews. | - Don Matthews. | ||
- | For once Snow mas early; but by the time we had assembled, and then stoppad | + | |
- | Peter looked sceptical when we declared our intention of doing an overnight walk. On previous occasions the lure of the bush camp sites of "Ben Ricketts " | + | For once Snow was early; but by the time we had assembled, and then stopped |
- | had been too great, and we had camped there and enjoyed day walks around the Barren Grounds, especially at wildflower | + | |
- | We left the-Griffiths Trail where it dr-rts (4: | + | Peter looked sceptical when we declared our intention of doing an overnight walk. On previous occasions the lure of the bush camp sites of "Ben Ricketts" |
- | 17. | + | |
- | cliffs, were the high terraces, wide and lush and dotted with Palm trees and rocks. | + | We left the Griffiths Trail where it drops down to the pool on Upper Broghers Creek and made our way out to Cook's Nose. From here the Brogher's Creek Valley opened up towards Kangaroo Valley. |
Further down, cattle grazed on the slopes and the farms down the valley could be clearly picked out. | Further down, cattle grazed on the slopes and the farms down the valley could be clearly picked out. | ||
- | Peter had assured us' | ||
- | This was easy until we reached a creek whidh rose near-the point and then If' | ||
- | rorwth between creek and cliff. | ||
- | A viewpoint from the cliff-line shoikied | + | Peter had assured |
- | Imick into the scrub arid down over dank earth and leaves on to the creek which ' | + | |
- | Snow had disappeared and there was no hope of retreat. | + | |
- | _ | + | |
- | We follow-6d, a,s he sidled to the right, and then gingerly groped our way | + | |
- | qlovrn a leafy earth ridge between the low tree growth. ,About a hundred feet down, where we expected to find the high terrace | + | |
- | before continuing-its dash downwards. After a search through | + | |
- | reek side we peered through a gap to see flat ground stretching away to the South. | + | |
- | Mb were down, and it was 6.30 and getting dark. | + | |
- | We moVed along the co' | + | |
- | Snot sank gratefully to earth and sighed a sigh of contentment. Then he leaped | + | |
- | into the- air with a startled yell. Leeches! "Go 0 e , I said, "you brought them with | + | |
- | you" (from the- creek, that is). But Snow was right. Wave upon wave of hungry- leeches were advancing towards us, so we upped and moved to higher ground whei3e we hoped there might not be so many. | + | |
- | There weren' | + | |
- | . . | + | |
- | moSquitoes, as we found out uring the night; but the" memory of-the disCOmfOrtt was soon washed out by the dawn Of a perfect ,day, with dos of birds flitting though the brush, and the view of the mist-filled valley below. | + | |
- | We dropped down to the road near the highest 'farm, crossing the Broger 's Creelc ford, then plodded up the hill to the Woodhill Gap, and up the track, faint in parts, to the Drawing Room Rock.- From ' | + | |
- | , L - | + | |
- | The traverse' | + | |
- | of five-Ground P' | + | |
- | We followed the Trail- -down to the pool, 6. pieasrnt Spot for lunch, especially in springtime, then there ar | + | |
- | the Reserve entrance, where we again admired the Trust' | + | |
- | e masses of wildflrmer& | + | |
- | NOTES ON THE BARREN GROUNDS AREA. | + | This was easy until we reached a creek which rose near the point and then flowed |
- | THE PAGES OF BEN RICISTTS. | + | |
- | ' | + | |
- | For years now, old and new S.B.111' | + | |
- | ' Those who haven' | + | |
- | THE EL.,RRE-14 GROUNDS F,A.UNAL RESERVE NO. | + | |
- | (From Fauna Conservation and. The Wildlife Refuge Idea Fauna Protection | + | |
- | Panel, 1960). | + | |
- | Barren Grounds Faunal Reserve, No.3', is on p1-4teau land-a bnut 2,000 feet above sea level:, west if Kiama and -just 'above Jamberbo. At present, its area i:s about 3;600 acres coVerifig large tracts of sizampy heathnds_ which act as water supply regulators for streams which belotig to the Kangaroo system, and so are-important to the farmlands in the valley. -Where the swamps have given away to drier conditions the open forest takes over., and in the little :valleys developed by the creeks | + | |
- | TO preserve-the spirit of the Reserve ' | + | |
- | There are many walking tours in this area,, outside the Faunal Reserve, e g. Brogher' | + | |
+ | A viewpoint from the cliff line showed us a definite break to our right, so back into the scrub and down over dank earth and leaves on to the creek which dropped quickly until it reached a 30' waterfall. At this point I rebelled. " | ||
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+ | We followed, as he sidled to the right, and then gingerly groped our way down a leafy earth ridge between the low tree growth. About a hundred feet down, where we expected to find the high terrace, the creek flattened out for a distance before continuing its dash downwards. After a search through the thicket at the creek side we peered through a gap to see flat ground stretching away to the South. We were down, and it was 6.30 and getting dark. | ||
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+ | We moved along the cowpad to an inviting camp spot beneath a huge tree canopy. Snow sank gratefully to earth and sighed a sigh of contentment. Then he leaped into the air with a startled yell. Leeches! "Go on", I said, "you brought them with you" (from the creek, that is). But Snow was right. Wave upon wave of hungry leeches were advancing towards us, so we upped and moved to higher ground where we hoped there might not be so many. | ||
+ | |||
+ | There weren' | ||
+ | |||
+ | We dropped down to the road near the highest farm, crossing the Broger' | ||
+ | |||
+ | The traverse of the heath, although hard going, was rewarded by the sighting of five Ground Parrots in flight in different parts of the plateau and by views to the south of Pigeon House and Currockbilly. | ||
+ | |||
+ | We followed the Trail down to the pool, a pleasant spot for lunch, especially in springtime, when there are masses of wildflowers in bloom. Then up the track to the Reserve entrance, where we again admired the Trust' | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Notes On The Barren Grounds Area. ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | === The Pages of Ben Ricketts. === | ||
+ | |||
+ | In 1948, or thereabouts, | ||
+ | |||
+ | For years now, old and new S.B.W' | ||
+ | |||
+ | Those who haven' | ||
+ | |||
+ | === The Barren Ground Faunal Reserve No. 3. === | ||
+ | |||
+ | (From Fauna Conservation and The Wildlife Refuge Idea (Fauna Protection | ||
+ | Panel, 1960)). | ||
+ | |||
+ | Barren Grounds Faunal Reserve, No.3, is on plateau land about 2,000 feet above sea level, west if Kiama and just above Jamberoo. At present, its area is about 3,600 acres covering large tracts of swampy heathlands which act as water supply regulators for streams which belong to the Kangaroo system, and so are important to the farmlands in the valley. Where the swamps have given away to drier conditions the open forest takes over, and in the little valleys developed by the creeks before they tumble over the edge of the plateau, there are small stands of sub-tropical growth including tree ferns, black wattles and coachwoods. In consequence, | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | To preserve the spirit of the Reserve camping in it should be restricted to the entrance, near the Ranger' | ||
+ | |||
+ | There are many walking tours in this area, outside the Faunal Reserve, e.g. Brogher' | ||
+ | |||
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