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- | The Sydney Bushwalker July, 1965 | + | ====Letter from Ken Lewis==== |
- | Letter from Ken Lewis. - Hermitage Hotel, Mt. Cook, New Zealand. Hullo Bushies | + | |
+ | Hermitage Hotel, Mt. Cook, New Zealand. | ||
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+ | Hullo Bushies, | ||
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Bet you didn't expect a letter from me, but I thought I would take you by surprise. | Bet you didn't expect a letter from me, but I thought I would take you by surprise. | ||
- | I have been at Mt. Cook now for 8 months; fact is, as | + | |
- | soon as I came back from Antartica (I worked as a weather observer on the N.Z. ship 'Hatheburni),. I started up here. I work - as a. steward-cum-weather-observer (on land). Just the shot for me as I get sea sick. . | + | |
- | This would be the best job I have ever had. I drive a bus now - got my licence and drive two days a week. I drive up to Ball Hut and act as a temporary guide on the glacier - haven' | + | I have been at Mt. Cook now for 8 months; fact is, as soon as I came back from Antartica (I worked as a weather observer on the N.Z. ship 'Homeburn' |
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+ | This would be the best job I have ever had. I drive a bus now - got my licence and drive two days a week. I drive up to Ball Hut and act as a temporary guide on the glacier - haven' | ||
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The other three days I am second steward which, in actual fact, means I'm the working boss. The Head steward is an ardent out-doors man so we get on well. Fact is, you might say the place runs how I want it to now. | The other three days I am second steward which, in actual fact, means I'm the working boss. The Head steward is an ardent out-doors man so we get on well. Fact is, you might say the place runs how I want it to now. | ||
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Eric Saxby, one of the S.R.C. is now on the staff so we have a bit of fun. Graham Bishop comes through quite regularly. Have got to know him quite well. | Eric Saxby, one of the S.R.C. is now on the staff so we have a bit of fun. Graham Bishop comes through quite regularly. Have got to know him quite well. | ||
- | Didn't do much climbing myself this last season; these mountains | + | |
- | of the ski-planes and have been to the Plateau hut and over to the west Coast, etc | + | |
- | I came to N.Z. with the intention of staying 6 months then going | + | Didn't do much climbing myself this last season; these mountains |
- | to South America on my cobber' | + | of the ski-planes and have been to the Plateau hut and over to the West Coast, etc. |
- | If you want to buy New Zealand, or hear of anyone wanting to buy it, send me ward. Tell them I can prove it isn't stolen property. | + | |
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+ | I came to N.Z. with the intention of staying 6 months then going to South America on my cobber' | ||
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+ | If you want to buy New Zealand, or hear of anyone wanting to buy it, send me word. Tell them I can prove it isn't stolen property. | ||
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Your old Mate, | Your old Mate, | ||
Ken Lewis. | Ken Lewis. | ||
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