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+ | ===== First Perambulator To Kanangra Tops. ===== | ||
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+ | === January-February, | ||
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+ | Next day was misty and cool and raining off and on. With our small but efficient camp fire and snug quarters we enjoyed it. It was a great environment for the little bloke and a certain amount of wild life filled his day with interest, and we had time to tell him about it. Old Mr. Cunnynghame left his little hut and its column of blue-white wood smoke and came along for a lengthy yarn. He did not know what to think about the pram; he was staggered; it was too much for him, but he appreciated company. He must lead a very lonely existence on this roof of the mountains. Mr. Don Wallace and two mates drifted along, bound on their first adventure into these big hills. They allowed themselves to be persuaded about certain things along the Kanangra-Gingra route by a sticky-beaking old timer (not Cunnynghame), | ||
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+ | Next day we pushed off for Boyd Creek, 7 miles away. The first 2 miles were difficult and had to be taken slowly. At the head of Little Morong Creek I got mater from the secret spring and we had lunch at the side of the road. After lunch we hit the granite and some more teeth-rattling going for awhile, then the downhill section to the Boyd was comparatively easy. Arrived in good time and fixed a comfortable camp. The creek was not running; there was plenty of water in the rock holes but it had dried up several inches so far. By this time we realized our pram was a wonderful vehicle indeed. An ordialary pram would have fallen to bits long before this. The advantages of the solid iron frame were now obvious. The two-way spring system as fitted to ordinary prams would have thrown boy and load out on many an occasion or upset the pram. Nothing had gone wrong except that 3 tyres were worn - torn is a better word. The fourth tyre was not natural; nothing had happened to it. The little 10 inch wheels were miracles of strength. Plenty of oil in the bearings eased the pushing business and prevented undue wear on the hubs. So far so good. Under her load Marg. was toughening up quite well and was enjoying the venture. As for myself I had developed quite a decent rearward action about the legs. Without the pram I was inclined to scratch gravel too heartily and fall on my nose. The 4 pound boots with their ground-gripping hobnails were right good friends. Although nearly new, the middles of the heavy soles (they were American Army boots) were beginning to wear away. These boots were extraordinary articles; no other boots would have stood up to the work so well. | ||
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+ | Next day we set off on the last stage and managed well until near Rocky Top where the pram. had to be hauled up the rough ascent to it, while Milo walked (I forgot to state we planted some reserve tucker in a cache cairn of stones near the Boyd Crossing. This eased the general load somewhat). Lunched on top in the sun because the pleasant day was cool at this altitude of 4160 ft. The descent of the Kanangra Pass onward was a "touch and go" bit of business. I felt sure it would be the graveyard of the little bus. For a short distance Milo walked but the large, loose stones were too rough for the little chap so we put Marg's swag in the pram, whilst she carried him. The whole downhill stretch of nearly a mile and a half was done by walking backwards whilst pulling and easing the wheels between and over the rocks. I never realised just how rough the track is until I found myself on this stunt. It was a wonder that the thing with its 120 pounds on four narrow, little wheels did not fall to pieces when being hauled and thumped over the gibbers of this rare track. I began to respect that pram, and its makers also for they certainly knew their onions when they designed it. I had an idea that the next and final stretch to Kanangra would be easy, as certainly it is when walking with a pack but it wasn' | ||
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+ | We spent four happy days at Kanangra exploring the various plateaux: Mounts Seymour, Maxwell and Brennan to the east; Mounts Pindari, Bungin and the Wallaby Pass on the way to Mount Colboyd; also we went west over Kittani to Mount Ianthe and had a swim in one of the pools of the Thurat Rivulet just above the great Kanangra Falls. | ||
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+ | At 10 past 5 one afternoon I left Marg. and Milo at the camp and set off for Rocky Top with the packed pram (62 lbs) on my back. It was a back-bruising and difficult load which I could neither rest under nor slip off, because had I done so I could not have hoisted it again. Arrived at Rocky Top I thought I had better take it on to Boyd Crossing, so continued. Some men who were rounding up and half-hoppling a number of horses asked me to wait awhile, so for 10 minutes I stood under the stress then moved on after them. At the Boyd I placed the pram. at the camp spot then shot back to Kanangra at a great pace and reached camp and tea at 10 past 8, having done the job in 3 hours. | ||
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+ | Next day we walked out with our normal loads (2 swags this time), Milo walking and being carried by turns, and camped the whole afternoon on the Boyd. The waterholes were noticeably lower. Next day we reached Cunnynghame' | ||
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+ | The following day we scooted down the long hill to Edith, 8 miles from Oberon, and camped by the roadside. The miraculously good tyre fell off as we mounted the bank to the site. We reckoned there was no point in finishing the Oberon stretch with its to uphill lengths of loose metal, so ' | ||
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+ | Anyway, we established the fact that the type of strong " | ||
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+ | Myles J. Dunphy. Perambulatourist (for once). | ||
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+ | === Paddy Made. === | ||
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+ | __Who' | ||
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+ | __Someone__ is you can be certain. | ||
- | FIRST PERUBULATOR TO KOANGRA TOPS. January-February, | ||
- | Next day was misty and cOol and raining off and on.- With our small but efficient camp fire and snug quarters we enjoyed it It was a great environment for the little bloke and a certain amount of mild life filled | ||
- | his day with interest, and we had time to tell him about it. Old Mr. Cuntrnghame left his little hut and its column of blue-white wood smoke and came along for a lengthy yarn. He did not know that to think about the pram; he was staggered; it was too much for him, but he appreciated comany. He must lead a very lonely existence on this roof of the mountains. Mr. Don, Wallace and two mates drifted along, bound on their first adventure into these big hills. They allowed themselves to be persuaded about certain things along the Kanangra-Gingra route by a sticky-beaking old timer (not Cunnynghame), | ||
- | Next day we pushed off for Boyd Creek, 7 miles away, The first 2 miles were difficult and had to be taken slowly. At the head of Little Morong-Creek I got mater from the secret spring and we had lunch at the side of the road.' After lunch we hit the granite and some more teeth-rattling going for awhile, then the downhill section to the Boyd was comparatively easy. Arrived in good time and fixed a comfortable camp. The creek was not running; there was plenty of mater in the rock holes but it had dried up several inches so far. By this time' | ||
- | her load Marg. was toughening up quite well and was enjoying the venture. As | ||
- | for myself I had developed quite a decent rearward action about the legs. Without | ||
- | the prat. I was inclined to scratch gravel too heartily and fall' | ||
- | boots) were beginning to wear away. These' boots were extraordinary articles.; no other boots mould have stood up to the work so well, | ||
- | - Next day we set off on the last stage and managed well until near Rockir | ||
- | Top Where the pram. had to be hauled up the rough ascent to it, while Milo walked (I forgot to state we planted somii-reserv6 tucker in a cache cairn of stones near the Boyd Crossing.- This eased the general load somewhat). Lunched on top in the sun because the pleasant day was pool at this altitude of 11160 ft. The descent of the Kanangra Pass onward was a "touch and go" bit of business. I felt sure it mould be the graveyard of the little bus. For a short distance Milo walked but the large, loose stones were too rough for the little chap so | ||
- | we put Mares swag in the pram, whilst she carried him. The whole downhill | ||
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- | WHO'S PLANNING A TRIP. | ||
- | Someone is you can be certain. | ||
Perhaps to New Zealand on an Alpine Glacier Trip | Perhaps to New Zealand on an Alpine Glacier Trip | ||
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or | or | ||
Tasmania to any of the spectacular places there | Tasmania to any of the spectacular places there | ||
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or | or | ||
Driving to Perth for the Games | Driving to Perth for the Games | ||
- | or Doing a Kowmung trip | + | |
or | or | ||
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+ | Doing a Kowmung trip | ||
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+ | or | ||
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Loafing down at Burning Palms. | Loafing down at Burning Palms. | ||
- | Nherever | + | |
- | Crampons for Glacier | + | Wherever |
- | Sou-Wester tents for tough Tassie Jerry Cans (for water) | + | |
- | Air beds | + | * Crampons for Glacier |
- | Karkampa tents | + | |
- | Gas Cooking Stoves for Perth or otherwise bound motorists | + | * Jerry Cans (for water) |
- | Pack:linings for Kowmung trips or all the accessories for loafing at the Palms. | + | |
- | make your | + | |
- | trips | + | |
- | WHATEVER YOU ARE PLANNING, PLAN A TRIP TO PADDY 'b | + | |
- | !A *D\' P | + | |
- | Lightweight Camp Gear | + | Whatever you are planning, plan a trip to Paddy' |
- | 2o1 CASTLEREAGH Si SYDNEY | + | |
- | B M 2, 68=5 | + | Paddy Pallin Pty Ltd. Lightweight Camp Gear |
- | 12. The Sydney Bushwalker November 1962 | + | |
- | stretch of nearly | + | 201 Castlereach St., Sydney. BM2685. |
- | because it was a rare sight. Since the pram, had proved itself so indestructible | + | |
- | I felt no compunction in proceeding to heave it along thu track behind the mud house to our camp spot near the creek. The rocks stopped us for awhile but | + | ---- |
- | finally it was done, We realized that it could never be wheeled back to Rocky Top; it would have to be carried there. Really I felt like leaving it there | + | |
- | by the camp for good. | + | |
- | We spent four happy days at Kanangra exploring the various plateaux: | + | === S.B.W. |
- | Mounts Seymou, Maxwell and Brennan to the east; Mounts Pindari, Bungin and the Wallaby Pass on the way to Mount Colboyd; also we went west over Kittani to | + | |
- | Mount Ianthe and had a swim in one of the DoOls of the Thurat Rivulet just above the great Kanangra Fallsa | + | Come dressed as an historical figure!!!! (If you can't do this, at least come dressed). |
- | At 10 past 5 one afternoon I left Marg0 and Milo at the camp and set off for Rocky Top with the packed pram (62 lbs) on my back, It was a back-bruising and difficult load Which I could neither rest under nor slip off, because had I done so I could not have hoisted-it again. Arrived at Rocky Top I thought | + | |
- | I had better take it on to Boyd Crossing? so continued. Some men who were rounding up and half-hoppltng a nuMber of horses asked me to -wait awhile, go | + | __Place__ |
- | for 10 minutes I stood under the stl' | + | |
- | Next day we walked out with our normal loads (2 swags this time), Milo | + | __Time__ |
- | walking and being carried by turns, and camped the whole afternoon oh the Boyd. The waterholes-were noticeably lower. Next day we reached Cunnynghame' | + | |
- | even to pulling up the fireplace crotches and adding them to the pile, It was lucky I made a practice of using very thick and short, square topped tent pegs | + | __Date__ |
- | in case he ever fell upon one for this evening he ran towards me, tripped on | + | |
- | a small clump of snow grass and fell fair on the-big end peg. It struck his mouth and luckily his teeth were shut together so that the blow was spread over | + | __Cost__ |
- | them. His underlip was split and at first we thought he was badly damaged, but fortunately it was not nearly as had as it appeared. | + | |
- | November 1962 The Sydney Bushwaflcer 13. | + | ---- |
- | The following day we deooted down the long hill to Edith, 8 mile from Oberon, and camped by the roadside. The miraculously good tyre fell off as we mounted the bank to the site. We reckoned there was no point in finishing the Oberon stretch with its to uphill lengths of loose metal, so ' | + | |
- | / I think it was, a magnificent meteor fell about west of us. I was outside and saw it plainly and I never saw a better one. It fell very low down to the horizon and if it hit the ground there was no apparent report. Now for the next. About an hour and a half or tmo hours later there occurred a single and | + | ===== Meet Mrs McComish. ===== |
- | \/ peculiarly sharp detonation7 obviously at a distance but very loud* It had a kind of rocketting quality as if the hills obstructed some of the sound maves, I remarked-to Marg. that it was a great explosion and that something remarkable had happened and also that it coUld hardly be commected with the meteor because of the long interval between, So much for what we saw and heard. Next day when te returned to Sydney *e discovered that the initial fall of the great Dog Face Rock avalanche at Katoomba happened this same night, at 9.30 I believ e. | + | |
- | / Several days later I learned that a marked earth shake had occurred over a limited area of swampy country (I think it was) somewhere south or Bathurst!! The name Of the district was given me but I have forgotten it. Now, what do you make of that? | + | When the small apparently frail lady rose and moved across to the table covered with shells, paper clippings and island bric-a-brac, |
- | Anyway, we established the fact that the type of strong " | + | |
- | as ours and fitted much the same way is qdit the thing for ordinary roads, but the thicker kind of tyres would be better; no doubt. The Kanangra road i6 too rough for any perambulator and we advise other couples with a bairn not to attempt this back-breaking enterprise but to cut down weight as much as possible and walk:there, no matter how slowly. Legs are better than wheels on such a track. Still, young Milo Ehnangra reached the place he was named after (maybe the first kiddie to get' there) and my pal Margaret enjoyed her first visit to the magnificent scenery Which cannot possibly be seen in a stay of less than three days; a Week is not tiio long. I lost a lot of *eight because of the dinkum hard work. No doubt ours is the first peraMbulator to be shoved to Ehnangra, but I think it will be the last until a better road is ,made - and I hope that never happens anyway. Next time we walk. | + | Two minutes later, I was sitting forward, pipe out and I stayed that way for seventy minutes; Mrs. McComish' |
- | MYLES J. DUNPHY Perambulatourist (for once). | + | |
- | | + | She told us how her interest in nature began as a girl of five, when she kept bugs in boxes under her bed much to her Mother' |
- | Come dressed as an historical figure!!!! (If you can't do this, at | + | |
- | least come dressed).: Place - North Sydney Town Hall. | + | She married in England, but lost her husband soon after in the Great War. Her two brothers having emigrated - one to Australia, one to New Zealand - she set to work to persuade her parents to follow. Those of us who met her and came under the spell of Mrs McComish' |
- | Time -5 Who cares? | + | |
- | Date - 22nd December onwards. (A Saturday, we think). | + | All she wanted was a travelling companion - now that shouldn't be difficult. Only qualification required - female, not to mind travelling in luggers or dugouts, living with natives, sleeping on the ground, travelling light, swimming creeks, collecting bugs... there should be plenty of them. |
- | 14 The Sydney Bushwalker November 1962 | + | |
- | MEET MRS. | + | Eventually, |
- | When the small apparently frail lady rose and moved across to the | + | |
- | table covered with shells, paper clippings and island bric-a-brac, | + | Over the years Mrs McComish has visited most of the Pacific Islands, learning about their people, studying the natural life and in particular, painting the indigenous flowers. We had the opportunity of inspecting one of her fourteen volumes of hand paintings of these flowers, and they were really magnificent. It is of great satisfaction to nature lovers therefore to know that these fourteen volumes comprising thousands of paintings and pressed flowers will eventually become the property of the Mitchell Library. |
- | thought to myself "This will be dull:" I lit my pipe and settled back to pass the time as comfortably as possible. | + | |
- | Two minutes later, I was sitting forward, pipe out and I stayed | + | We were given a glitpse of life on Thursday Island (because of the large numbers of empty bottles around, Mrs. M. preferred to think of it as Thirsty Island). Thursday Island is the centre of an active pearling industry, and, true to form, Mrs. M. must know all the intimate details, so she shipped out on a pearling lugger to find out - the hard may. The toughest |
- | that way for seventy minutes; Mrs. McComish' | + | |
- | She told us how her interest in nature began as a girl of five, when | + | On Thursday Island, |
- | she kept bugs in boxes under her bed much to her Mother' | + | |
- | something of an obsession with her, later to dominate her life. | + | Near Thursday Island lies Hammond Is. which is owned by the Catholic Church and used as a training school for natives. On Hammond Island |
- | . She married in England, but lost her husband soon after in the Great War. Her two brothers having emigrated - one to Australia, one to New Zealand - she set to work to persuade her parents to follow. Those of us who met her and came under the spell of Mrs McComish' | + | |
- | in Cairns. Not good enough: Once more she started to drip away on the parental rock - this time to visit the smaller islands - in a lugger. (She has a healthy loathing of tourist liners). Admitting to having nearly driven her parents to drink in the process, she finally got her way, but only on the condition she found a suitable travelling companion, female. Off she took | + | With the sun shining on them, the windows cast a golden amber light in wonderful patterns of circles in circles. The ever-present island breezes blowing across the open necks of the bottles produces inside a constant symphonic background of a thousand blending notes. |
- | herself to the shipping agency where she began tcr drip on the manager - regularly - every morning. | + | |
- | All she wanted was a travelling companion - now that shn' | + | An inspection of the school activities further amazed Mrs M. Here the native Children were being taught Western Cultures and were learning them with enthusiasm and spectacular results. On a beat-up old piano, bare wood keys and all, Mrs. M. heard a recital from a 12 year old native girl that would have done credit to any conservatorium |
- | Evehtually- | + | |
- | a second time to an' | + | Mrs M. was prevailed upon to entertain the children in return which she did by demonstrating |
- | Over the years la-s McComish has visited most of the Pacific Islands, learning about their people, studying the natural life and in particular, | + | |
- | painting the indigenous flowers. We had the opportunity of inspecting one of | + | |
- | her fourteen volumes of hand paintings of these flowers, and they were really magnificent. It is of great satisfaction to nature lovers therefore to know that these fourteen volumes comprising thousands of paintings and pressed | + | |
- | flowers will eventually become the property of the Mitchell Library. | + | |
- | November 1962 The Sydney Bushwalker 15. | + | |
- | . We were given a glitpse of life on Thursday Island (because of the large numbers of empty bottles around, Mrs. M. preferred to think of it | + | |
- | as 'Thirsty Island). Thursday Island is the centre of an active pearling | + | |
- | industry, and, true to. form, Mrs. 14:: must know all the intimate details, so she shipped out on a pearling lugger to find out - the hard may. The trughest | + | |
- | On Thursday Island, | + | |
- | Saibai. | + | |
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- | . Near Thursday Island lies Hammond Is. which is owned b:y,the.Catholic Church and used as a' | + | |
- | With the sun shining on them, the windows cast a golden amber light in wonderful patterns of circles in circles. The ever-present island breezes blowing across the open necks of 'the bottles produces inside a constant symphonic background of a thousand blending notes, | + | |
- | An inspectiOn' | + | |
- | Mrs M. was prevailed upon to entertain the children in return which she | + | |
- | did by demonStrating | + | |
- | 16 The Sydney Bushwalker November 1962. | + | |
Mrs. McComish has seen her Pacific Islands, including the Australian continent from end to end - not superficially as a tourist, but intimately as a friend of the inhabitants and a scientist interested in everything that lived and breathed around her. | Mrs. McComish has seen her Pacific Islands, including the Australian continent from end to end - not superficially as a tourist, but intimately as a friend of the inhabitants and a scientist interested in everything that lived and breathed around her. | ||
- | When Jack Gentle passed a vote of thanks to Mrs M., he said that this was. the most entertaining talk the club, had had the pleasure of hearing for some time. (He was obviously excluding some of our more vocal members at General Meetings). For once Jaek had everyone present right with him. | + | |
- | REPORT ON FEDERATION MEETING HELD 18.9.62. | + | When Jack Gentle passed a vote of thanks to Mrs M., he said that this was the most entertaining talk the club had had the pleasure of hearing for some time. (He was obviously excluding some of our more vocal members at General Meetings). For once Jaek had everyone present right with him. |
- | Business | + | |
- | Correspondence. | + | ---- |
- | ,Reports | + | |
- | Possible changes to the constitution of S R section to get sales tax exemption, will be considered by the S R committee, but were not viewed with favour by Federation meeting. | + | ===== Report On Federation Meeting Held 18.9.62. |
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+ | === Business | ||
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+ | The vacancy for an auditor will be left open until the member clubs have had time to deliberate on the matter. | ||
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+ | === Correspondence. | ||
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+ | Mr. Webb of Glen Davis has been troubled by unauthorised | ||
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+ | === Reports. === | ||
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+ | S. & R. A search was organised, during August for a solo walker who was 3 days overdue, but was called off at the last moment when the missing person rang S & R __from | ||
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+ | Possible changes to the constitution of S & R section to get sales tax exemption, will be considered by the S & R committee, but were not viewed with favour by Federation meeting. | ||
Paddy Pallin has made a gift of 200 ft. of rope to S & R. | Paddy Pallin has made a gift of 200 ft. of rope to S & R. | ||
- | Treasurer' | + | |
- | Social | + | === Treasurer' |
- | Tracks and Access. Messrs Melville, Dunphy and Hider are on the Lands Department committee deciding on place names for thy new Burragorang, | + | |
- | General Business. It was resolved that the Secretary should write to the " | + | The credit balance stands at £981.12.0 less about £200 liabilies. |
- | .V., | + | |
+ | === Social | ||
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+ | The annual ball was not only a great social success, but also turned in a financial profit. The final profit figure will be known next month. | ||
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+ | === Tracks and Access. | ||
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+ | Messrs Melville, Dunphy and Hilder | ||
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+ | === General Business. | ||
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+ | It was resolved that the Secretary should write to the " | ||
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At last! Lady Luck has smiled on a bushwalker. Malcolm McGregor (or was it Bobby) has won an aluminium topped speedboat complete with motor attachment and trailer on which to tow it to and from the water, for simple writing a simple slogan. | At last! Lady Luck has smiled on a bushwalker. Malcolm McGregor (or was it Bobby) has won an aluminium topped speedboat complete with motor attachment and trailer on which to tow it to and from the water, for simple writing a simple slogan. | ||
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May we expect some photographic studies on marine life, Malc? | May we expect some photographic studies on marine life, Malc? | ||
- | November 1962 The Sydney Bushwalker .17. | + | |
- | SCIENCE NATURALLY. | + | ---- |
- | Hurricanes. | + | |
- | Water occurs naturally in three states :- solid (ice), liquid (water) and gas (water vapour). Water vapour is invisible and is always present in the air. " | + | ===== Science Naturally ===== |
- | . The three different | + | |
- | So to change from one form to 'another, a Change | + | === Hurricanes. |
- | supply additional energy to the water molecules and the form Changes | + | |
- | solid to liquid. Conversely, when water changes into ice, energy is given off, and the air around is warmed up somewhat. | + | Water occurs naturally in three states:- solid (ice), liquid (water) and gas (water vapour). Water vapour is invisible and is always present in the air. " |
- | Menthe | + | |
- | When the water vapour eventually turns back into water (i e. rain) this extra energy in the water vapour is released and the air around is warmed up. "What the hell" I can hear you saying "has all this drivel got to do with hurricanes?" | + | The three different |
- | Well, if you will be patient a while longer, all, we trust, will be revealed. | + | |
- | In the doldrums just north or south of the qquator, the water vapour process | + | When the sun shines on the ocean, it warms the water and some water changes into water vapour which mixes with the air and makes it what we call humid. When the water vapour eventually turns back into water (i.e. rain) this extra energy in the water vapour is released and the air around is warmed up. "What the hell" I can hear you saying "has all this drivel got to do with hurricanes?" |
- | we just mentioned goes on at a vast rate and on' | + | |
- | the oily ocean and enormous volumes of heated air, saturated with water vapour, | + | In the doldrums just north or south of the equator, the water vapour process we just mentioned goes on at a vast rate and on a large scale. Heat waves roll over the oily ocean and enormous volumes of heated air, saturated with water vapour, rise and spiral slowly |
- | rise and spiral slowly | + | |
- | the side. -The motion'is moderate-bft on a vast scale. The earth' | + | Before long we have a column of air, perhaps 500 miles across and several miles high, spinning rough like a vast top, sucking up moist hot air, cooling it, condensing the vapour, and getting back vast quantities of heat to speed the motion up further. A hurricane has been born. The rotation of the earth causes this rapidly spinning mass to move slowly sideways along a curved path which is anticlockwise in the Northern hemisphere, clockwise in the Southern hempisphere. Thus the Atlantic hurricanes in the north first move generally in a northwest direction swing slowly around to the north east progressing at a steady speed of about 10 mph - something like a couple doing an old-time waltz. A hurricane may live as long as three or four weeks though the average life is 9 days. |
- | readhea | + | |
- | re-warming the air. This causes the air to move faster, to..spiral,quicker and the -whole process gathers momentum. | + | The winds on the outside of the hurricand are light and gusty, but increase towards the centre where they may reach a speed of 250 mph. Right in the centre of the spinning air mass is the " |
- | Before long we have a column of air; perhaps 500 miles across and several | + | |
- | miles high, spinning rough like a vast top, sucking up moist hot air, cooling it, | + | A hurricane is thus like a huge turbine. Water vapour is its fuel. It turns water vapour into water and gains a huge power bonus as a result. Liquid water in great lumps is a by-product, an unfortunate by-product - as this torrential rain dropped by the hurricane causes more damage than the actual winds. |
- | condensing the vapour, and getting back vast quantities of heat to speed the | + | |
- | motion up further. A hurricane has been born. The rotation of the earth causes | + | In one hurricane in the Phillipines in 1911, 46 inches of rain fell in 24 hours, and a total of 88 inches in 4 days. Brother, that's really rain! |
- | this rapidly spinning mass to mbvb slowly sideways along a curved path which is anticlockwise in the Northern hemisphere, clockwise in the Southern hempisphere. Thus the Atlantic hurricanes in the north first move generally in a northwest direction swing slowly around to the north east progressing at a steady speed of about 10 mph - something like a couple doing an old-time waltz. A hurricane | + | |
- | may live as long as three or four weeks though the average life is 9 days. | + | |
- | The winds on the outside of the hurricand are light and gusty, but increase towards the centre where they may reach a speed of 250 mph. Right in the centre of the spinning air m5ss'is the " | + | |
- | 18 The Sydney Bushwalker November 1962 | + | |
- | vepy low pressure and almost still air about 14 miles across. While the hurricane remains over the ocean it continues to pick up water vapour, and thus energy to keep it going, but over land, it gradually dies away, though this may take days due to its huge momentum. | + | |
- | A hurricanPis | + | |
- | Liquid water in great lumps is a by-product, an unfortunate by-product- as | + | |
- | this torrential rain dropped by the hurricane causes more damage than the actual winds. | + | |
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Hurricanes are also known in various localities as typhoons and cyclones. A tornado is something quite different however. | Hurricanes are also known in various localities as typhoons and cyclones. A tornado is something quite different however. | ||
- | Letter to the Editor of a rival Publication (Comes out every morning | + | |
- | Pollution of the Elouera Reserve. | + | ---- |
- | Sir, C.E. Tackrah says that effluent from the new Mona Vale Hospital | + | |
- | is to be run into Warriewood Beach (" | + | ===== Letter to the Editor of a rival Publication (Comes out every morning). ===== |
- | Effluent from a Government institution which will house a large number (perhaps | + | |
- | Is a reserve, set aside for the recreation of the people, available by | + | === Pollution of the Elouera Reserve. |
- | a decision of two or three Government | + | |
- | even if, in the final process, it is said to be purified? Does such use come within the framework of the original purpose - public recreation - for which the reserve was set aside? | + | Sir, |
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+ | C.E. Tackrah says that effluent from the new Mona Vale Hospital is to be run into Warriewood Beach (" | ||
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+ | Effluent from a Government institution which will house a large number (perhaps | ||
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+ | Is a reserve, set aside for the recreation of the people, available by a decision of two or three Government | ||
R.C. Dickens, | R.C. Dickens, | ||
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Hon.Sec. Asquith-Hornsby Fauna and Flora Protection Society. | Hon.Sec. Asquith-Hornsby Fauna and Flora Protection Society. | ||
- | Of all cliches trust this the least | + | |
- | "The squeaking wheel is soonest greased." | + | ---- |
- | squeaked, all right, but what a waste: I wasn't greased, I was replaced. | + | |
- | November 1962 The Sydney Bushwalker 19 THE AGONISTIC STRUGGLE. | + | Of all cliches trust this the least -\\ |
+ | "The squeaking wheel is soonest greased." | ||
+ | I squeaked, all right, but what a waste!\\ | ||
+ | I wasn't greased, I was replaced. | ||
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+ | THE AGONISTIC STRUGGLE. | ||
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The Greek games p1ayers4 the agonistals, were men selected to show their ability in games, the nature of which was such that the loser had a fair chance of not hearing another play by Aristophanes.- The gaizs were in fact little wars, The increasing status of games, at all levels of participation and exertion, in the last several centuries is derived from the Greek games.. Most games are,still little wars but the avoidance of death has been replaced by the avoidance of defeat to the increased longevity of sportsmen. In certain games, essentially the "body contact" | The Greek games p1ayers4 the agonistals, were men selected to show their ability in games, the nature of which was such that the loser had a fair chance of not hearing another play by Aristophanes.- The gaizs were in fact little wars, The increasing status of games, at all levels of participation and exertion, in the last several centuries is derived from the Greek games.. Most games are,still little wars but the avoidance of death has been replaced by the avoidance of defeat to the increased longevity of sportsmen. In certain games, essentially the "body contact" |
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