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 MARCH, 1964
 THE SYDNEY BUSEZTALKER
 A monthly bulletin of matters of interest to
 the Sydney Bushwalker, The N.S.W. Nurses'
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 . The Sydney Bushwaiker March, 1964
 Hi,
 One can only hail with delight the move by Federation to secure communal club rooms for all the various walking clubs. In the past
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 and the knowledge that a bit' of jumping around wasn't going to cause any excitement.
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 March, 1964 The Sydney Bushwalker 3.
  THE FEBRUARY GENERAL MEETING
 Jim Brown.
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 By which time we were all in good speaking shape for March, and called it a night at 9.20 p m.
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 AeKNOTLEDGEMENT.
 In our previous issue we omitted to mention that the poem "BungraLl_a"
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 The Sydney Bushwaiker ,March, 1964
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 yards from a jeep track.
 THE ORIGIN OF THE 'TONE"
 Newer members who gaze with mixed feelings upon the mighty lump. of bone that graces the presidential table, may not be fully aware of its
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 You now know why bushwaikers are so often caught in two minds, and why it is so appropriate that o President should have the only known relic of the extinct Stego.
 The Stego, became extinct we are told, because he developed the habit of sitting down.
-March, 1964 The Sydney Bushwaiker 9.
-THE FIRST DESCENT OF GPOTERTEETH CANYON Ross Wyborn.
+===== The First Descent of Clatterteeth Canyon =====
-"Do you really know if this creek flo ms into a canyon?" one irate member of the party asked. When I told him I did not really know and that we were doing a sort of exploratory trip he mumbled that he should have gone to Danae Brook. Admittedly the scrub was
-thick in this section of the creek but we had only just dropped into
+Ross Wyborn
-it. We left the Mt. Wilson road just before the hill up to Mt. Wilson and had wandered down an old track and bashed across some low scrub to the creek.
+"Do you really know if this creek flows into a canyon?" one irate member of the party asked. When I told him I did not really know and that we were doing a sort of exploratory trip he mumbled that he should have gone to Danae Brook. Admittedly the scrub was thick in this section of the creek but we had only just dropped into
+it. We left the Mt Wilson road just before the hill up to Mt Wilson and had wandered down an old track and bashed across some low scrub to the creek.
 Several hundred yards after dropping into the creek by a small side arm, it narrowed into a small canyon. After swimming two short pools the morale of the party was raised at the prospect of finding a good canyon. However, after this the creek valley seemed to widen, but no, we were only looking up a side creek, the main creek went around the corner and WOW! What a canyon. It was a long swim and we couldn't see the end of it. After this swim of about 100 yards the canyon again widened but no, another swim, then another 120 yard swim and yet more swims until we gave up counting. The name "Clatterteeth Canyon" fitted this canyon perfectly.
-At the junction of Bell Creek we left our packs and walked up it for a short distance. The lower section of this canyon was more spectacular though, easier than Clatter-teeth Canyon. A future trip dawn
-Bell Creek might be worth while.1 Note. Numbers refer to swims in yaras.
-WOLLANGAM.BE
-To Colo R.
+At the junction of Bell Creek we left our packs and walked up it for a short distance. The lower section of this canyon was more spectacular though, easier than Clatterteeth Canyon. A future trip down Bell Creek might be worth while.
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+Our canyon had now widened which in a way was a good thing as some members had now agreed that too much of a good thing was bad or rather cold. When we reached the Wollangambe Creek I had the job of finding a cave as I had told the party not to bring tents because there would be plenty of caves. Being lazy I settled for a flat patch of sand and confidently declared that it would not rain tonight. At 9.30 there were a few spots of rain and members scrambled across the creek to a small glow worm cave. First in got beds on the small dirt floor while last in had to sleep precariously perched on a two foot wide rock ledge. It didn't rain after all and there were much better caves found around the corner in the morning.
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+The Wollangambe seemed to be a more open canyon at first and bashing through the scrub was no pleasant job. After about half a mile, however, it was necessary to swim a wide low cliffed canyon much to the delight of some members of the party. After this there were several small swims then a long swim of about 100 yards and then another approaching a quarter of a mile in length with some small sand banks. After another 120 yard swim
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+lunch was declared on a patch of sand opposite another canyon junction. Ways out of the Wollangambe since the swims began were few and far between and some of the party began to save their food for Monday. Faced with
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+A short swim of about 50 yards and another about 150 yards long brought us to where a small side canyon came in on the right. Here we managed to find a pass out. From above we could appreciate what a great canyon the Wollangambe is as it still wound on as far as we could see through a maze of rough country. Back on Mt Wilson blackberries were the order of the day and a big feast of them was a fitting ending to the trip.
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-. The Sydney Bushwalker March, 1964
-Our canyon had no 'widened which in a way was a good thing. as some members had now agreed that too much of a good thing was bad or rather cold. ' When we reached the Wollangambe Creek I had the job of finding a cave as I had told the party not to bring tents because there would be plenty of caves. Being lazy I settled for a flat patch of sand and confidently declared that it would not rain tonight. At 9.30 there were a few spots of rain and members scrambled across the creek to a small glow worm cave. First in got beds on the small dirt floor while last in had to sleep precariously perched on a two foot wide rock ledge. It didn't rain after all and there were much better caves found around the corner in the morning.
-The Wollangambe seemed to be a more open canyon at first and bashing through the scrub was no pleasant job. After about half a mile, however, it was necessary to swim a wide low cliffed canyon much to the delight of some members of the party. After this there were several small swims then a lorig swim of about 100 yards and then another approaching a quarter of a mile in length with some small sand. banks. After another 120 yard swim
-lunch was declared on a patch of sand opposite another canyon junction. Ways out of the Wollangandbe since the swims began were few and far between
-and some of the party began to save their food for Monday. Faced with
-yet another swim one member in particular tried to climb out here by
-doing a hairy traverse but failed to get across it and was forced to swim.
-A short swim of about 50 yards and another about 150 yards long
-brought us to where a small side canyon came in on the right. Here we
-managed to find a pass out. From above we could appreciate what a great
-canyon the Wollangambe is as it still wound on as far as we could see
-through a maze of rough country. Back on Mt, Wilson Ilackberries were the order of the day and a big feast of them was a fitting ending to the trip.
 DAY WALKS.
 MARCH 22 Waterfall - Kangaroo Ck Karloo Pool - Audley. 11 miles. This walk follows the valley of Kangaroo Ck from the source
 near Waterfall Stn. to the junction with the Hacking River.
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 APRIL 12 Glenbrook - Old Glenbrook Tunnel - Lapstone Zig Zag.- Nerean River - Glenbrook Gorge - Glenbrook. This outing includes exploration , of the original railway route. Train: 8.20 a m. Lithgow train
 from Central Steam Station, Tickets: Glenbrook return 14/3. Leader: John Holly.
 March, 1964 The Sydney Bushwalker 11
 MOUNTAIN EQUIPMENT
 COMPANY
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 BUT RING FIRST.
 The Sydney Bushwaiker March, 1984
-BATTLE REPORT FROM THE BULLDOZER FRONT. Fro' "On Collision Course; Developers-and. Park Lovers" in "House and Home," May 1963.
+BATTLE REPORT FROM THE BULLDOZER FRONT.
+Fro' "On Collision Course; Developers-and. Park Lovers" in "House and Home," May 1963.
 "Housing Industry bulldozers have blitzed into some of the nation's last precious enclaves of forest, shore, and sand dune in the last 18 months.... A cursory reading of such battle reports makes it appear that developers are winning on most fronts. But there is another side to the coin. Congress has become sufficiently aroused to create the first three new national parks in 18 years... President Kennedy has set up the Bureau of Outdoor. Recreation to spur efforts of 20 federal agencies to save some of the nation's shore and wilderness. Politicians are finding a new issue in the conservation groundswell, and on virtually every government level there is evident a new determination to spare at least some parcels of beach, stream and canyon from the
 civilising mark of concrete and asphalt. What kind of picture does
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 of developers, he still seems to be everywhere, halting briefly to make a stand and moving to dig in again, always looking over his shoulder, never more than a step ahead of the bulldozers  a posture draining sympathy and admiration."
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 "WOODS" by W.H. Auden,
 from "The Shield of Achilles".
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 SOCIAL NOTES FOR-MARIM.
 On Wednesday, 18th March, Rayner Mayer will give a talk on South
 Africa. As you probably know, Rayner hails from South Africa, an so we can look forward to an interesting evening.
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 March, 1964 The Sydney Bushwalker 13.
 INIPUINoy t.1
 UNCLE MUST'VE SEEN-ED IT.
 Scotty'
 I's tell about a fing, Ma, what Uncle Ian told,
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 Now Granny says they's no such fings, that Uncle must of dreamed it, But Uncle's sure an' so am I, that Uncle must've seen-ed it.
 . The Sydney Bushwalker March, 1964.
 SCIENCE, NATURALLY.
 THE HISTORY OF PRRAMATTA.
 One can do a lot worse than spend a day roaming around
 Parramatta. If our early history appeals to you, then Parramatta becomes a must. Here are some of the items of unusual interest that can be soon:-
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 just north of Ross Street, is Roseneath, a typical one-storey old colonial home built in the 1830's and probably the finest existing example in Australia of that period.
 March, 1964 The Sydney Bushwalker ; 15.
 TERRA NOVA - AND THE HEAT WAVE.
 Jim Brown
 It's not easy these days to find a bit of genuine Terra Nova within a reasonable distance of Sydney. However, there are a few places that measure up to the specification - no fire trail or timber cutter's tracks - not even the scratches of hobnailed_ boots - and certainly no empty cans and bottles.
 There is one tract of Terra Nova I had acknowledged for a  good many years and had mentally promised to visit it, but it was only during the last few years that a combination of map and ground reconnaissance presented an acceptable round trip. To be precise it was roughly a diamond shaped trip with successive legs running south-east,
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 .. The Sydney Bu shwalker March 1964
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 Monday, January 6, the temperature in Sydney was 86: it was a good deal hotter west of the Dividing Range where I was &rng north from the Riverina to the walking ground. So hot, in fact, that it was more comfortable to keep on driving into the night so that
 I had the wind of travel. Night was spent by the roadside about 15 miles south west of Bathurst, and when the morning promised more heat I got away early - at 5.30, and- by 8.30 a m. had reached Rylstone, via Bathurst and Sofala. An hour later, with a smoky blueness dwelling over the hills, I cam to the top of Nulls Mountain; to leave the car in a pleasant grassy, forested place just along Fire Trail No. 31. I started to walk at 9.45.
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 very steep at first, and somewhat overgrown, presently levelling out and
 winding between patches of newly burned bush. Some of the fallen timbers were still smoking, but since almost all the dry litter on the ground had been burned, I felt there was little risk of a fresh outbreak at that point.
 TO BE CONTINUED
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 . The Sydney Bushwaiker March, 1964.
 THE CAR TRIAL
 David. Ingram.
 The Car Trial, which has become sufficiently popular to warrant inclusion in each Summer Programme, was held on 15th-16th February. The starting place was the Melba Theatre Strathfield, where a representative gathering Club personalities assembled with their vehicles. By 1.0 p m. most of them were on their way, clutching clue and answer sheets in their hot little hands - it was a hot day, tool
 We answered such queries as "What was Norton Doing?" Chipping! (Chipping Norton), and "What type of plane is not allowed to use the Aerodrome (Bankstown) except in an emergency?" To ensure a corrent answer, Esme Bidaulph rang up the Aerodrome to enquire just what the situation was. This enterprising member succeeded, also, in acquirin'7 g couple of excellent Cumberland County Council publications on the history of the district from local historians to Whom she was directed during her search for information,
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 It was generally agreed, amongst those taking part, that the whole affair was thoughtfully organised so that there was no
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 need to rush between points where answers were to be found. Now, the organisers think that they should rest on their laurels and some new organisers with new ideas should take over for next year, so that they, the present organisers, may take part in any future car trial and try out their ability to sblve clues as well as devise them.
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 Letter to the Editor from Nan Bourke.
 I am sure that "Housebound's" sad little poem in last
 month's magazine struck a responsive chord in many an S.B.7. bos6m.
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 . Gladys Roberts
 . Bruce McInnes
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