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- | THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER | + | **THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER** |
- | A monthly bulletin of matters of interest to the Sydney. Bushwalker) the N.S,W. Nurses' | + | |
+ | A monthly bulletin of matters of interest to the Sydney Bushwalker, the N.S,W. Nurses' | ||
Box No. 44760 G.P.O. Sydney. | Box No. 44760 G.P.O. Sydney. | ||
- | 'Phone 843985. | + | Phone 843985. |
Editor - Bob Duncan, C.S.I.R.O. Camden. Camden - 69251. | Editor - Bob Duncan, C.S.I.R.O. Camden. Camden - 69251. | ||
Business Manager - Alex. Colley. | Business Manager - Alex. Colley. | ||
- | 360 DECEMBER) 1964 Price 1/- | + | |
- | November (Extraordinary) | + | **360 DECEMBER 1964 Price 1/-** |
- | General Meeting - J. , | + | |
- | Kerry Hors | + | November (Extraordinary) General Meeting - J. , |
+ | Badgery's to Bungonia Trip - Kerry Hore | ||
Paddy' | Paddy' | ||
- | Lord: Howe; - Puffing Billy Extract of letter from Jack Debert L'il Sweetie Nuggetheart. Editorial | + | Lord! Howe! - Puffing Billy, |
+ | Extract of letter from Jack Debert, | ||
+ | L'il Sweetie Nuggetheart. | ||
+ | Editorial | ||
Social Notes | Social Notes | ||
Mountain Equipment Ad. | Mountain Equipment Ad. | ||
- | ' | + | Klimpton |
- | worweaffleNOMOIII=0 | + | |
- | 2. The Sydney Bushwalker December, 1964. | + | |
- | AT THE NOVEMBER (EXTRAORDINARY) GENERAL MEETING. | + | ====== At The November Extraordinary General Meeting ====== |
- | The notice said it would be an Extraordinary. Meeting, and in fact | + | |
- | it was, because even the most garrulous withheld other chatter to allow | + | by Jim Brown |
- | :, the maximum time to be given to discussion of the Bandethera project. So soon as the meeting was opened the President gave due notice that | + | |
- | a suspension of atanding | + | The notice said it would be an Extraordinary Meeting, and in fact it was, because even the most garrulous withheld other chatter to allow the maximum time to be given to discussion of the Bandethera project. So soon as the meeting was opened the President gave due notice that a suspension of standing |
- | We saw that Grace Wagg had taken up 12r portfolio as Assistant, Secretary, and once new. member Kerry Hore had been welcomed, we plunged into Minutes | + | |
- | him into a forecast of his views on subscription. | + | We saw that Grace Wagg had taken up the portfolio as Assistant, Secretary, and once new member Kerry Hore had been welcomed, we plunged into Minutes |
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+ | Walks Report indicated that 78 members and 20 prospectives had joined official trips during October, including about 20 S.B.W. at the Search and Rescue Demonstration weekend. Eddie Stretton' | ||
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+ | Federation Report mentioned the drafting of the National Parks Act, and the hope that it would come before the House shortly. In response to an enquiry from the Tracks and Access Committee, proposing a walking trail from Megalong to Glenbrook, our club's committee had expressed disapproval of the first stage, which would involve enlarging the old mining shaft through Narrow Neck Peninsula. Safety considerations were the main reasons. | ||
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+ | Parks and Playgrounds report covered moves to have 200 acres near Bundeena added to the Royal National Park and the expressed view of the Movement that restricted entry into Water Catchment Areas should be granted. | ||
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+ | Slightly out of sequence | ||
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+ | An invitation to become an Honorary Club Member had gone to Mr. Tony Carlon of Barallier. Jenny Grace, leaving for New Zealand, had been granted nonactive membership, and we had written to National Park Trust, expressing satisfaction with the establishment of primitive areas within the Park. | ||
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+ | Came the main argument of the evening and the time only 8.35 p m. The President summarised the history of investigation at Bendethera and negotiations with Mr. Rankin. Mick Elfick then formally moved that the Club purchase the land in the vicinity of Bendethera Homestead, using as a nucleus the Era funds. He produced aerial photographs' | ||
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+ | Jack Gentle asked the position regarding rates and Mick Elfick replied that, on a valuation of L800 this would be about L30 per annum. There did not appear to be any pest plants that would need to be controlled or eradicated. In answer to Greg Grennan he said there was an old slab hut, no other buildings and to Alan Round he said there were no adjoining properties, and so no fencing problems. | ||
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+ | The question of finance was raised and Gordon Redmond mentioned the Club's L400 of special bonds which could be realised on fairly easily and Malcolm McGregor reported that donations amounting to about L250 had already been promised. | ||
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+ | Frank Ashdown said he opposed the scheme because of its remoteness. Era had been easy to reach but the Deua was accessible only to people with cars. Bob Duncan said a closer area would be preferable, but prices were prohibitive, | ||
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+ | Malcolm McGregor said the Deua was accessible to people without their own cars,it was a fascinating area, and the Bendethera block could well be the hub of a National Park but not if it came into the wrong hands. In the control of a conservation minded group it was unlikely that any undesirable " | ||
- | Walks Report indicat' | ||
- | Federation Report mentioned the draftingof the National Parks Act, and the hope tt'at it would come before the House shortly. In response to an enquiry from the Tracks and Access Committee, proposing a walking trail from Megalong to Glenbrook, our club's committee had expressed disapproval of the first stage, which would involve enlarging the old mining shaft through Narrow Neck Peninsula. Safety considerations were the main reasons. | ||
- | Parks and Playgltound sreport covered moves to. have 200 acres near Bundeena added to the Royal National Park and the axpressed view of the Movement that restricted entry into Water Catchment Areas should be granted. | ||
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- | Slightly out of sequence | ||
- | recent exchanges with la.. Rankin, owner of the Deua River properties, who had in mind offering the land for sale by public auction at Braidwood towards the end of November. An invitation to become an Honorary Club Member had gone to Mr. Tony Carlon of Barallier. Jenny Grace, leaving for New Zealand, had been granted nonactive membership, and we had written to National Park Trust, expressing satisfaction with the | ||
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- | December, 1964 The Sydney Bushwalker 3# | ||
- | Came the main argument of the evening and the time only 8.35 p m. The President summarised the hisory of investigation at Bendethera and negotiations with Mr. Rankin. Mick Elfick then formally moved that the Club purchase the land in the vicinity of Bendethera Homestead, using as a nucleus the Era funds. He produced aerial photographs' | ||
- | Jack Gentle asked the position regarding rates and Mick Elfick replied that, on a valuation of 800 this would be about 30 per annum. There did not appear to be any pest plants that would need to be controlled or eradicated. In answer to Greg Grennan he said there was an old slab hut no other buildings and to Alan Round he said there were no adjoining properties, and so no fencing problems. | ||
- | The question of finance was raised and Gordon Redmond mentioned the Club's 400 of special bonds which could be realised on fairly easily and Malcolm McGregor reported that donations amounting to about 250 had already been promised. | ||
- | Frank Ashdown said he opposed the scheme because of its remoteness. | ||
- | Era had. been easy to reach but the Deua was accessible only to people with cars. Bob Duncan said a closer area would be preferable, but prices were prohibitive, | ||
- | Malcolm McGregor said the Deua was accessible to people without their own cars it was a fascinating area, and the Bendethera block could well be the hub of a National Park but not if it came into the wrong hands. In the control of a conservation minded group it was unlikely that any undesirable " | ||
- | If the block were later resumed and included in a Park, we may get enough money to buy a block at Castlecrag. | ||
The gag was moved and after Mick Elfick, in his reply, said he believed fairly frequent visits by walkers would give sufficient " | The gag was moved and after Mick Elfick, in his reply, said he believed fairly frequent visits by walkers would give sufficient " | ||
- | Several motions regarding the mechanics of purchase followed. Malcolm McGregor pointed out that donors to a Bendethera fund shouldknowsome concrete conditions and proposed that any contributions should. be on the understanding that administration would be in the hands of S.B.T. If | ||
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- | at a later date the land was resumed, the donors may receive back their contributions and the remainder should-be held for future censervation purposes, as was done with the Era funds. If the Bendethera project did not succeed then the donor' | ||
- | risaussion followed on the amount that our envoys should be authorised to offer Mr. Rankin. Wilf Hilder raised home auestions which he had not been able to put forward on the main motion earlier because of the closure | ||
- | Gordon Redurmd suggested there was no immediate' | ||
- | at &qout 30 p a. The proposals put forward by Malcolm McGregor were | ||
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- | We came back to the amount of the offer. Alex Colley moved that it | ||
- | be the amount sulascribed in the Bendethera Fund (including the nucleus | ||
- | Era moneys) plus 200. Malcolm McGregor suggested an absolute " | ||
- | offer be specified, but others held that it may tie our hands for want of a | ||
- | very few pounds and the amendment was lost, and Alex's original proposal | ||
- | carried. | ||
- | Now came the question of mho would make the approach to Mr. Rankin, and it became a question of who was best fitted, who was able to go, | ||
- | and who should be vested with the Club's authority. Some favoured sending | ||
- | the Trustees, some wanted the original subcommittee, | ||
- | Trustee/s. Finally on Bill Burke' | ||
- | while Maurice Berry was added to the SubCommittee as reittesentative of the Trustees. | ||
- | Ron Knightley proposed that donations to the Bendethera fund be accepted only " | ||
- | confined to election of Room Stewards and the customary announcements | ||
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- | December, 1964 The Sydney Bushwalker | ||
- | BADGERY' | ||
- | Kerry Here. | ||
- | Friday night, as usual, was wet, though spirits were high enough as we rolled up to Reiby Place, wet through: spirits named Geoff Boxsell, John Worrell, Terry Norris, myself and last but not least, our leader Ron Knightley. | ||
- | Ailsa Moore arrived 10 minutes after we left. It was an eventful trip down, | ||
- | one person sick and four people asleep before Marulan; driver only dozed | ||
- | occasionally. | ||
- | . In Marulan, we met the remainder of our party (Don Finch and Allan Pike), | ||
- | and ' | ||
- | We spent the night at Badgery' | ||
- | fences and telephone wires. The rain had stopped by this time but for those who | ||
- | had to sleep in tents it wouldn' | ||
- | No one knows how or why, but we were keen and moved off soon after 7.30 | ||
- | next morning. After a nice easy run down to the Shoalhaven and a nicer rest at the bottom, we began the long trek up the other side. Why is it that what | ||
- | goes down must go up? That a drag! Ron, as always, seemed to take the climb easily enough, but complained anyhow; the boys, if they aid feel it would never | ||
- | have admitted it, but I was almost a physical wreck 20 yards from the bottom. | ||
- | Fully -expecting Don to have a billy boiled we pressed on to the top only | ||
- | to be disappointed: | ||
- | " | ||
- | Who ever heard of walking to a schedule anyhow? Too bad we had to muck it up by getting lost pardon me, misled. Much to the leader' | ||
- | and worked our way across to Tryer' | ||
- | another victim and Allan was it John talked commandoes the whole time we were | ||
- | stzpped for lunch, while we others relaxed and enjoyed the view. Come to think of it, there was no view. Still, we rested our tongues for a while. | ||
- | We didn't appreciate the climb straight after lunch but it had to be done. I think that's what shut us up. At,the top Knightley took so long over his pipe that we lost 5 minutes more. By this time, nobody but the leader cared anyhow. | ||
- | After misleading us some more the leader finally led us onto Gillette | ||
- | Ridge. John wasn't sold on the idea of Gillette Ridge so he headed straight for the camp site. He missed the most fantastic parts of the area. | ||
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- | At about 6 on Saturday evening we had to cross the Shoalhaven in the rain. Wet to the waists and damp up top, we had to keep on walking. Its alright for the hardened busbies but morale was getting low. Anyhow we couldn' | ||
- | The renmin3 of Geoff' | ||
- | on them. I could think of better places to put glasses than on the ground under a ground sheet. | ||
- | Apart from that one incident $ Sunday found us our merry selves again. Our appetites were collosal and we were rearing to be on our way again. Ron and Allan had to go find Stuart to swap keys. David Carver and Lee Brooks came over to visit and to accompany Geoff up King Pin. | ||
- | After a quick dip in Lake Louise the remainder of the party set | ||
- | out for Bungonia Creek and Gorge. I didn't like the look of the boulders but as there was only a few it wasn't so bad. | ||
- | Most of Don's lunch time was spent on top of a pinnacle for the benefit of the photographers, | ||
- | The climb up to the lodkdown wasn't the best either. Most of us had to stop every 10 yards or BO. But despite all the compaints, grumbles and groans, it was a mighty trip and I'll be in it again. | ||
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- | STOP PRESS.. | ||
- | An addition has arrived to the Matthews' | ||
- | The S.B.W. were out-bid at the Dendethera Auction, but there is still some hope of negotiation. | ||
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- | 4,100, | ||
- | kVeZZAV144" | + | Several motions regarding the mechanics of purchase followed. Malcolm McGregor pointed out that donors to a Bendethera fund should know some concrete conditions |
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- | ALL WHO LOVE THE BUSH | + | |
- | and the wide, adventurous out of doors. To those whose great pleasure comes | + | |
- | from a sing song round a campfire | + | |
- | with good companions, the feel of wind | + | |
- | and rain in your face, climbing a difficult | + | |
- | peak, -the challenge of the great | + | |
- | outdoors away from the softening comforts of civilisation, the peeple of the little tents. | + | |
- | PADDY PALLIN & His Staff wish | + | |
- | you a Merry Christmas with Happy | + | |
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- | PADDY PALLIN PTY. =TED | + | |
- | 109,k,, Bathurst Street, | + | |
- | SYDNEY. 2672685. | + | |
- | PADDY PALLIN | + | A discussion followed on the amount that our envoys should be authorised to offer Mr. Rankin. Wilf Hilder raised home questions which he had not been able to put forward on the main motion earlier because of the closure. He understood rates might be as high as 100 per annum and the total price in the order of 1,500 to 2,000. Mick Elfick said that maybe true of all Mr. Rankin' |
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- | . J | + | Gordon Redmond suggested there was no immediate need to assemble funds. If our offer was taken up the legal processes would give time to collect promised donations. He felt sure the Club could meet the annual charges at about 30 p a. The proposals put forward by Malcolm McGregor were .. |
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+ | We came back to the amount of the offer. Alex Colley moved that it be the amount subscribed in the Bendethera Fund (including the nucleus Era moneys) plus 200. Malcolm McGregor suggested an absolute " | ||
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+ | Now came the question of who would make the approach to Mr. Rankin, and it became a question of who was best fitted, who was able to go, and who should be vested with the Club's authority. Some favoured sending | ||
+ | the Trustees, some wanted the original subcommittee, | ||
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+ | Ron Knightley proposed that donations to the Bendethera fund be accepted only " | ||
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+ | ====== Badgery' | ||
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+ | Kerry Hore. | ||
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+ | Friday night, as usual, was wet though spirits were high enough as we rolled up to Reiby Place, wet through: spirits named Geoff Boxsell, John Worrell, Terry Norris, myself and last but not least, our leader Ron Knightley. Ailsa Moore arrived 10 minutes after we left. It was an eventful trip down, one person sick and four people asleep before Marulan; driver only dozed occasionally. | ||
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+ | In Marulan, we met the remainder of our party (Don Finch and Allan Pike), and Stuart Brook' | ||
+ | had to sleep in tents it wouldn' | ||
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+ | No one knows how or why, but we were keen and moved off soon after 7.30 next morning. After a nice easy run down to the Shoalhaven and a nicer rest at the bottom, we began the long trek up the other side. Why is it that what goes down must go up? That a drag! Ron, as always, seemed to take the climb easily enough, but complained anyhow; the boys, if they had feel it would never have admitted it, but I was almost a physical wreck 20 yards from the bottom. | ||
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+ | Fully expecting Don to have a billy boiled we pressed on to the top only to be disappointed: | ||
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+ | " | ||
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+ | We didn't appreciate the climb straight after lunch but it had to be done. I think that's what shut us up. At the top Knightley took so long over his pipe that we lost 5 minutes more. By this time, nobody but the leader cared anyhow. After misleading us some more the leader finally led us onto Gillette Ridge. John wasn't sold on the idea of Gillette Ridge so he headed straight for the camp site. He missed the most fantastic parts of the area. | ||
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+ | At about 6 on Saturday evening we had to cross the Shoalhaven in the rain. Wet to the waists and damp up top, we had to keep on walking. Its alright for the hardened bushies but morale was getting low. Anyhow we couldn' | ||
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+ | The remains of Geoff' | ||
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+ | Apart from that one incident Sunday found us our merry selves again. Our appetites were colossal and we were rearing to be on our way again. Ron and Allan had to go find Stuart to swap keys. David Carver and Lee Brooks came over to visit and to accompany Geoff up King Pin. After a quick dip in Lake Louise the remainder of the party set out for Bungonia Creek and Gorge. I didn't like the look of the boulders but as there was only a few it wasn't so bad. | ||
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+ | Most of Don's lunch time was spent on top of a pinnacle for the benefit of the photographers, Poor Don, I'll bet he won't volunteer for that anymore. The climb up to the lookdown wasn't the best either. Most of us had to stop every 10 yards or so. But despite all the compaints, grumbles and groans, it was a mighty trip and I'll be in it again. | ||
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+ | **STOP PRESS.**. | ||
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+ | An addition has arrived to the Matthews family. A girl. It is rumoured it will be called Kanagrarina. | ||
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+ | The S.B.W. were out-bid at the Bendethera Auction, but there is still some hope of negotiation. | ||
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+ | ====== Lord ! Howe! ====== | ||
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- | The Sydney Bushwalker December, 1964. | ||
- | LORD!. HOWE!, | ||
by Puffing Billy. | by Puffing Billy. | ||
- | Perhaps it will never go clown in the annals as one of the epics | ||
- | of bushwalking exploration; | ||
- | Island is at least a memorable insight into the intestinal capacities | ||
- | of a guesthouse full of S.B.W' | ||
- | instead of the more familiar carbonated goo. | ||
- | After years and years of earbashtng Brian and Jean (been there 35 | ||
- | times for 35,000 kodochromes, | ||
- | selfdefence, | ||
- | breathtaking vistas, fruit salad and cream. The whole thing was organised by Brian; but he " | ||
- | in the end, by " | ||
- | Let me explain the island. Seven miles long, it consists of two massifs of volcanic rock joined by an arcuate | + | Perhaps it will never go down in the annals as one of the epics of bushwalking exploration, |
- | About one mile-by a half mile, its most interesting viewpoint is a. rocky knoll of 400 feet, facetiously named " | + | |
- | at the southern end is somewhat more substantial. About three miles long and over a mile wide, it is graced by two basalt hillocks named Gower and Lidgbird. It is rumoured that the 2,800 foot sheerdowns on the western end of Gower are unclimable, even by the loudlyheralded | + | After years and years of earbashing Brian and Jean (been there 35 times for 35,000 kodochromes it seems) we decided we had to go in self defence, to get our own stories-of this much vaunted paradise of awesome precipices, lofty crags, impenetrable jungle, wild animals breathtaking vistas, fruit salad and cream. The whole thing was organised by Brian; but he " |
- | The map of,the island (four inches | + | |
- | assortment of nameslike.Transit: Ge-Orge', | + | Let me explain the island. Seven miles long, it consists of two massifs of volcanic rock joined by an arcuate |
- | Describing the island is. kidts stuff; but, describin--; | + | |
- | As we assemble at Rose Bay this early morning, there are four males and seven females, ranging from Bill with his fishing rod, gnorkel, | + | The map of the island (four inches anything else. anct the map would be too small to be saleable) is sprinkled with a lively |
- | mask and flippers,-to Dorothy carrying-a-large | + | |
- | 9. The Sydney Bushwalker December, 1964 | + | Describing the island is kids stuff; but, describing |
- | is also a tall, soignee, dead-ash blonde type being introduced by Jean as "My friend, Rhoda." | + | |
- | Eager to start the photographic story right, I put on honeyed tones and purr, "Now if you creeps' | + | As we assemble at Rose Bay this early morning, there are four males and seven females, ranging from Bill with his fishing rod, snorkel, mask and flippers,to Dorothy carrying-a-large |
- | The loudspeaker system grinds out something unintelligible and the | + | |
- | flood surges forward like bushwalkers through the door of the Royal George. | + | Eager to start the photographic story right, I put on honeyed tones and purr, "Now if you creeps' |
- | And here's where we see the virtue of the double-extension umbrella; Dorothy is an easy first to a window seat. | + | flood surges forward like bushwalkers through the door of the Royal George. And here's where we see the virtue of the double-extension umbrella; Dorothy is an easy first to a window seat. |
- | Nam, if ever I've seen an air hostess earn her keep, it is this lass who tries to observe ICAO regs. in two compartments full of S.B.W' | + | |
+ | Man, if ever I've seen an air hostess earn her keep, it is this lass who tries to observe ICAO regs in two compartments full of S.B.W' | ||
Well, the hostess finally gets her head above water and has the courage to ask whether we'd like a drink. Can you imagine them even bothering to ask at the Royal George? Whisky, brandy, ginger ale, soda water, and who says you can't drink gin at 8 a m.? Bill? - don't mind Bill; he always drinks his lemon squash neat. | Well, the hostess finally gets her head above water and has the courage to ask whether we'd like a drink. Can you imagine them even bothering to ask at the Royal George? Whisky, brandy, ginger ale, soda water, and who says you can't drink gin at 8 a m.? Bill? - don't mind Bill; he always drinks his lemon squash neat. | ||
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To continue the kodachrome story, I compose a group in the forward compartment - Grace, Jack, Jess, Jean and Edna with Frank Cashdown recumbent on the floor between. "Shut your mouth, Frank; they' | To continue the kodachrome story, I compose a group in the forward compartment - Grace, Jack, Jess, Jean and Edna with Frank Cashdown recumbent on the floor between. "Shut your mouth, Frank; they' | ||
- | The hostess appears with a tray and begins to pour the drinks. To round out the story, I line her up for a photo - wide-lens, law-angle job - emphasizes | + | The hostess appears with a tray and begins to pour the drinks. To round out the story, I line her up for a photo - wide-lens, law-angle job - emphasises |
has done it again. I begin to wonder who is this paraphrenic Charley with such an interest in my backside. | has done it again. I begin to wonder who is this paraphrenic Charley with such an interest in my backside. | ||
- | . Now, what's that queue up front? All this grog, and a puny one- | + | |
- | haler between the lot of us. Jean begins to get excited. "There in | + | Now, what's that queue up front? All this grog, and a puny one-haler between the lot of us. Jean begins to get excited. "There in front - Lord Howe Island. Can't you see it?" Cameras flash out anew, and necks crane at every window. " |
- | front - Lord Howe Island.. Can't you see it?" Cameras flash out anew, and necks crane at every window. " | + | |
- | December, 1964 The Sydney Bushwalker 10 | + | The flying boat roars down on the hightide lagoon and Bill disappears along a dark corridor up front with the hostess. "Going to take a photo of the buoy." How dumb does he think we are? The trapdoor is opened and we pour out into the launch that awaits us; the launch pulls in by the jetty and a character assists the ladies ashore, muttering dejectedly, " |
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- | The flying boat roars down on the hightide lagoon and Bill disappears along a dark corridor up front with the hostess. "Going to take a photo of the buoy." How dumb does he think we are? The trapdoor is opened and we pour out into the launch that awaits us; the launch pulls in by the jetty and a character assists the ladies ashore, muttering dejectedly, " | + | The population contrast is amazing. The indigenous humanity is there in force at least a dozen of them weatherbeaten, |
- | We arrived. | + | |
- | The population contrast is amazing. The indigenous humanity is | + | Arrived at the Banyan Lodge, mine host Bill Thornton calls, "I want a married couple." |
- | there in force at least a dozen of them weatherbeaten, | + | |
- | Arrived at the Banyan Lodge, mine host Bill Thornton calls, "I want | + | The setup is idyllic. Two hundred yards from the Banyan is a crescent bay of coral sand, brilliant sun, waving palms, lazy wavelets, azure water and encircling coral reefs. Its name might be Tropicana, Paradise Inlet or somes uch, but an unromantic character named it " |
- | a married couple." | + | |
- | The setup is idyllic. Two hundred yards from the Banyan is a crescent bay of coral sand, brilliant sun, waving palms, lazy wavelets, azure water and encircling coral reefs. Its name might be Tropicana, Paradise Inlet or somesuch, but an unromantic character named it " | + | Later in the day, as twilight settles over Paradise, we become aware of loud sounds from the ladies' |
- | Later in the day, as twilight settles over Paradise, we become aware of v rd sounds from the ladies' | + | choir practice continues, on the Banyan verandah. Six p m.: dinner, guess who is first in. After dinner, the night is our own. Dill is perhaps reading the light literature he brought along, The Care And Maintenance of Automatic Screw Machines." |
- | The days pass by, and we settle down to a solid routine. Ned's Beach for that exhilarating before breakfast swim. Breakfast, with Sarah first in, and incredulous remarks from the waitress, " | + | by Jess (" |
- | 11. The Sydney Bushwalker December, 1964 | + | |
- | chops and eggs." After breakfast, snore off on Ned's Beach. Ten-thirty, | + | Occasionally, |
- | munch munch, gurgle gurgle at morning tea. Spine-bash on Ned's Beach. | + | |
- | Twelve-thirty and more munch munch, Sarah first in. After, lunch, a | + | Then, too, there' |
- | variety of occupations like push-bike to the general store (quarter of a smile - too far to walk), a leisurely stroll on the reef, a game | + | |
- | of scrabble, or sun: | + | And, of course, we can't miss the Goat House. This proves to be a distinct lolly, despite the buildup. Eighteen hundred feet of an easy track up Lidgbird to the foot of the encircling cliffs and we are there to feast on grilled chops and cream cakes, accompanied by the nauseating and all pervading |
- | Four-thirty sees choir practice at the Bowling Club for those that | + | |
- | like it cold; more Ned's for those that don't. Five-thirty, | + | I find myself wondering how Nature could possibly have conjured up so diabolical an odour as a mating stimulus; but then I don't normally think like a nanny goat. Jean, meanwhile is exhorting everyone to press on around the cliffs to the other side of Lidgbird, to view the rugged south facings of the island; but Jess, Edna, Dorothy and some of the others elect to stroll slowly down the pathway home. When we again catch up with them, they are ensconced |
- | choir practice continues, on the Banyan verandah. Six p m.: dinner, guess who is first in, | + | |
- | After dinner, the night is our own. Dill is perhaps reading the | + | Aunt Rmby calls Frank Ramdown and Jean into the kitchen and it not long before the rest of us are lot in on a secret. An exalted Archbishop is on the island and has been invited to Aunt Ruby's for dinner on Saturday; would Joan and Frank care to be among the guests? Would they! Even the sheerdowns of Gower wouldn' |
- | light literature he brought along, The Care And Maintenance of Automatic | + | |
- | Screw Machines." | + | |
- | by Jess (" | + | |
- | Eight-thirty, | + | |
- | Occasionally, | + | |
- | . less than an armfull | + | |
- | is coming on top of me, and then I hear a click and that rara-schizo voice again. | + | |
- | Then, too, there' | + | |
- | December, 1964 The Sydney Bushwalker 120 | + | |
- | rule printed on the walks programme about "Take map, compass and torch | + | |
- | ... | + | |
- | And, of course, we can't miss the Goat House. This proves to be a distinct lolly, despite the buildup. Eighteen hundred feet of an easy track up Lidgbird to the foot of the encircling cliffs and we are there to feast on grilled chops and cream cakes, accompanied by the nauseating and allpervading | + | |
- | I find myself wondering how Nature could possibly have conjured up so diabolical an odour as a mating stimulus; but then I don't normally think like a nanny goat. Jean, meanwhile is exhorting everyone to press on around the cliffs to the other side of Lidgbird, to view the rugged south facings of the island; but Jess, Edna, Dorothy and some of the others elect to stroll slowly down the pathway home. When we again catch up with them, they are escnnced | + | |
- | Aunt.Rmby calls Frank Ramdown and Jean into the kitchen and it not long before the rest of us are lot in on a secret. An exalted Archbishop is on the island and has been invited to Aunt Ruby's for dinner on Saturday; would Joan and Frank care to be among the guests? Would they! Even the sheerdowns of Gower wouldn' | + | |
- | This does, however, present some problems, like "Eh what would | + | |
- | you call a, bloke like that?" asks Frank. "Why, you' refer to him as Your Grace," | + | |
." | ." | ||
- | After all this grilling, is it any wonder that, as he proceeds from the Banyan to Aunt Ruby's on the evening | + | |
- | The apex of the trip comes when we sally forth to climb "The Mountain." | + | After all this grilling, is it any wonder that, as he proceeds from the Banyan to Aunt Ruby's on the evening |
- | 13. The Sydney Bushwalker December, 1964 | + | |
- | This produces a character who's game to take us on, so at the | + | The apex of the trip comes when we sally forth to climb "The Mountain." |
- | appointed time of 7.30 we appear at his front gate. To our surprise, | + | |
- | there are others there - males in sportive attire, with a female arrayed in flatties, Bermuda slacks, silken blouse and broad-brimmed hat. When she hears that we're bushwalkers, | + | This produces a character who's game to take us on, so at the appointed time of 7.30 we appear at his front gate. To our surprise, there are others there - males in sportive attire, with a female arrayed in flatties, Bermuda slacks, silken blouse and broad-brimmed hat. When she hears that we're bushwalkers, |
- | professional. Still, we'll give you a run for your money." | + | the day, as we are coming down, I find myself thinking, "Never heard a woman whimper like this before." |
- | the day, as we are coming down, I find myself thinking, "Never heard a woman whimper like this before." | + | |
- | her that. I doff my hat and murmur, "Only another thousand feet, love." | + | It is really a day to remember, even though Joan and Prank and others have elected to spend it on Ned's Beach instead. Grace, Edna, Molly, Dill, Jack and me - the only six in the party with enough energy to lift our increasing avoirdupois up the highest hill on the island. In the early morning sunshine, we depart from the " |
- | It is really a day to remember, even though Joan and Prank and others have elected to spend it on Ned's Beach instead. Grace, Edna, Molly, Dill, Jack and me - the only six in the party with enough energy to lift our increasing avoirdupois up the highest hill on the island. In the early morning sunshine, we depart from the " | + | |
- | upward from the shore, on to the steep talus slope of Lidgbird; and after a half-hour of scrambling over jumbled boulders and palm roots | + | |
- | we emerge on a quarter-mile | + | |
- | 'botched the levels and someone else left it out in the weather for a few thousand years. We begin to understand the expression, "the exhilaration | + | |
- | of height," | + | |
below them. | below them. | ||
- | As the sun climbs higher in the morning sky, so we climb behond | + | |
- | of the " | + | As the sun climbs higher in the morning sky, so we climb beyond |
- | between Lidgbird and Gower. The sub-tropical jungle is sprinkled with | + | |
- | groves of pandanus with their tent-like aerial route systems, but such obstacles are no barrier to us. A well-marked track winds between them. Thank goodness we've got a guide! | + | The fifty-degree ridge eventually eases off, the summit of Lidgbird |
- | Grace is humming little catchy tunes 5e we steadily rise, obviously enjoying her climb in the muted sunlight of the forest. We breast the saddle between Lidgbird and Gower, and begin to claw our way up the knife- | + | with shrouds of moss - is all around us as we boil the billy and settle down for lunch on a grassy shoulder. Lidgbird and the rest of the island |
- | edge ridge of Gower itself. It gets steeper by the minute, until we reach a spot called "The Getting Up Place," | + | |
- | all as we scramble up about twenty feet or so of vertical rock, with awesome cliffs dropping away on either side. Grace has changed to hymns. | + | But even paradise has limits, and all too soon we must go down again. We romp down the upper part of the ridge, slow up somewhat on the fifty degree part, and even more than somewhat at "The Getting Up Place" |
- | The fifty-degree ridge eventually eases off, the summit of Liagbird | + | |
- | with shrouds of moss - is all around us as we boil the billy and settle | + | Slowly |
- | down for lunch on a grassy shoulder. Lidgbird and the rest of the istand | + | The scent of home is now in our nostrils and it is getting towards choir practice time. The flatties, Bermuda slacks and broad-brimmed hat are far behind us as we gingerly tread The Lower Road, skitter down the scree to the ocean and plunge into the sea at the first beach we come to. The perspiration washed away, we are soon on our bicycles and peddling off to the Bowling |
- | lie below us: bejewelled lagoon, creaming breakers on the reef, bosun birds flashing white against the blue Pacific rollers, emerald | + | |
- | December, 1964 The Sydney Bushwalker 14. | + | |
- | ..M.1.1.1411=.11111..M..=11FIMPO....OMIM | + | |
- | But even paradise has limits, and all too soon we must go down again. We romp down the upper part of the ridge, slow up somewhat | + | |
- | on the fifty degree part, and even more than somewhat at "The Getting Up Place" | + | |
- | There is a fixed wire to give moral support to the immoral, but it wobbles and it is slippery, and Ednals | + | |
- | Slowly1 | + | |
- | The scent of home is now in our nostrils and it is getting towards choir practice time. The flatties, Bermuda slacks and broad-brimmed hat are far behind us as we gingerly tread The Lower Road, skitter down the scree to the ocean and plunge into the sea at the first beach we come to. The perspiration washed away, we are soon on our bicycles and peddling off to the Dowling | + | |
"Well, we've conquered Gower," | "Well, we've conquered Gower," | ||
- | And so a holiday comes to an n d. In a couple of days more, we assemble at the terminal and and see the flying boat arrive, with the scent of hibiscus and oleanders in our nostrils, from the leis about our necks. Here are the incoming tourists - pink faced, shiny, high heels, nylons, snorkels, umbrellas, etc; you name it, they' | + | And so a holiday comes to an end. In a couple of days more, we assemble at the terminal and and see the flying boat arrive, with the scent of hibiscus and oleanders in our nostrils, from the leis about our necks. Here are the incoming tourists - pink faced, shiny, high heels, nylons, snorkels, umbrellas, etc; you name it, they' |
- | The flying boat thunders over the lagoon, the island gem drops away beneath the wingtips; and as we look down to the pier we can see that | + | |
- | our leis, cAst on the water at the moment of departure, are slowly drifting landwards. The symbol that we shall be back again. | + | The flying boat thunders over the lagoon, the island gem drops away beneath the wingtips; and as we look down to the pier we can see that our leis, cast on the water at the moment of departure, are slowly drifting landwards. The symbol that we shall be back again. |
- | 15. The Sydney Bushwalker Decenfber 9 1964 | + | |
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- | Extract of _letter | + | ====== |
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- | Doubt very much if anyone in a walking club does any more walking, Should. I- say ambling-around, | + | Jack Debert (Forster) |
- | - | + | |
- | than :.I do. An still as keen as ever on the great outdoors and. spend. a lot of time. with pack on my back birdwatching. | + | Doubt very much if anyone in a walking club does any more walking, Should I say ambling-around, |
- | Still :surf daily, | + | |
- | Apart from running the flats we now run the local paper. Am also | + | Apart from running the flats we now run the local paper. Am also on all sorts of committees |
- | on all sorts of cbmmittees | + | |
- | and. nature notes fbr the Taree paper once or twice a week and. get quite a fan mail. | + | |
- | ....N.AmO.11M | + | ====== Editorial ====== |
- | E-/c_.- ET I E NUL.GETHEART | + | |
- | L | + | The promised National Parks Bill has not been introduced to Parliament |
- | 1 | + | |
- | -\ | + | Merry Christmas, The Editor. |
- | , | + | |
- | \ \ i i '4 | + | **SOCIAL NOTES DECEMBER** |
- | 1 '' | + | |
- | 1 , | + | Since the clubroom |
- | 06/ZE. | + | |
- | December, 1964 The Sydney Bushwalker 16. | + | The S.B.W. Christmas party was a social success but not a financial success. The excess of expenditure over receipts was in the vicinity of 13. The Social Secretary was disappointed that more people did not attend. Altogether forty nine enjoyed the festivities, a very poor number considering the membership of the club. Members will need to consider if the Christmas Party is to continue as an annual event. Suggestions will be welcome particularly those which may help in the reduction |
- | ^ EDITORIA L. | + | |
- | The promised National Parks Bill has not been introduced to Paxliament | + | |
- | Conservation has a broad base of support;..Australian political parties have spontaneously adopted resolutions calling for the establishment of more National Parks; the U.S. Congress has recently passed a sweeping primitive areas Bill. With a little more effort ,the tide could be turned. The SydneyBushwaiker | + | |
- | with the National Parks Association in urging its readers to write' | + | |
- | 'Merry Christmas, The Editor.. | + | |
- | SOCIAL NOTES ' | + | |
- | Since the clubroom | + | |
- | Irals photography coupled with Dot's bright commentary should provide us with some absorbing entertainment. | + | |
- | The S.B.W. Christmas party was a social success but not a | + | |
- | financial success. The excess of expenditure over receipts was in the vicinity of 13. The Social Secretary was disappointed that more people did not attend. Altogether forty nine enjoyed the festivities | + | |
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