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- | A Monthly Bulletin of matters of interest to the Sydney Bushwalkers, | + | ======The |
- | Sydney. Postal address s Box 4476, G.P.O. | + | |
- | EDITOR: Neville Page, 22 Hayward St BUSINESS MANAGER: Bill Burke, Coral SALES & SUBS.: Alan Pike 8 Sunbeam TYPISTE: Mrs. Joan Page. | + | A monthly bulletin of matters of interest to the Sydney Bushwalkers, Northcote Building, Reiby Place, Sydney. |
- | 9 KINGSFORD. Ph. 34-3536 | + | Postal Address PO Box No. 4476, G.P.O. Sydney. |
- | Tree Drive, CARLINGFORD. Pb. 871-1207 Lve,, ENFIELD. Ph. 747-3983 | + | |
+ | |**Editor**|Neville Page, 22 Hayward St, KINGSFORD. Ph. 34-3536| | ||
+ | |**Business Manager**|Bill Burke, Coral Tree Dr. Carlingford. 8711207.| | ||
+ | |**Typist**|Mrs Joan Page| | ||
+ | |**Sales and Subscriptions**|Alan Pike 8 Sunbeam Ave, ENFIELD. Ph. 747-3983| | ||
- | JULY, NO. 322 Price: 10 cents | + | July 1967, No. 392. Price 10c. |
- | IN THIS MONTH' | + | =====IN THIS MONTH' |
- | Page 2. Jim Brown 3. | + | |
- | 4. Don Finch 5. | + | |
- | 7. | + | |
- | Jim Brown 9. | + | |
- | Don Finch 11. | + | |
- | Observer 12. Neville Page 14. | + | |
- | 18. | + | |
- | 19. Owen Marks 20. Aunty Muriel 21. | + | |
- | Era Trust Fund 21. All & Sundry 22. | + | |
- | 1 | + | |
- | Editorial | + | |
- | The June General Meeting Brain Teaser | + | |
- | Yet Another Bungle | + | |
- | A Quote of Note | + | |
- | Night in the Old Trusty Cavern Day Talks | + | |
- | One Moro Month | + | |
- | wet weather 7alking | + | |
- | Startling Statistics | + | |
- | Handy Hints for Bushwalkers Socially Speaking | + | |
- | Advice for the Lovelorn | + | |
- | A Potted History of the North . The Back Page | + | |
- | Page 2. THE SYDNEY BUSHwALKER. July, | + | |
+ | | | |Page| | ||
+ | |Editorial|| | ||
+ | |The June General Meeting |Jim Brown | 3| | ||
+ | |Brain Teaser| | 4| | ||
+ | |Yet Another Bungle | Don Finch | 5| | ||
+ | |A Quote of Note | | 7 | | ||
+ | |Night in the Old Trusty Cavern | Jim Brown | 9 | | ||
+ | |Day Walks | Don Finch | 11| | ||
+ | |One More Month | Observer | 12 | ||
+ | |Wet weather Walking | Neville Page | 14 | | ||
+ | |Startling Statistics | | 18 | | ||
+ | |Handy Hints for Bushwalkers | | 19 | | ||
+ | |Socially Speaking | Owen Marks | 20 | | ||
+ | |Advice for the Lovelorn | Aunty Muriel | 21 | | ||
+ | |A Potted History of the North Era Trust Fund | | 21 | | ||
+ | |The Back Page | All & Sundry | 22 | | ||
- | In the year 1627 the American Indians sold_ Manhattan Island to the white settlers for $24. Geometric progression never was a favourite subject of mine, so I haven' | + | ---- |
- | The last Annual Report of the Sydney Bushwaikers disclosed a balance in the North Era Trust Fund of $1390. Are we going to be satisfied then, to wait for 350 years before doing something with the fund. The money may be gathering interest, hut that's all it's doing. Commonwealth Bonds may be a gilt-edged investment, but that doesn' | + | =====EDITORIAL===== |
- | I must admit that I, like many other Bushwalkers in the Club, know-very little about the fund itself. By asking a few questions I have learnt that | + | |
- | the money was originally raised to finance the purchase of 40 acres of land at North Era. That land, with its beautiful unspoiled beach, so close to Sydney, was later resumed, and now forms part of the Royal National Park. The consideration for the resumption then went back into the Trust Account. | + | |
- | The question now is, as it has been for a number of years, what should be done with the money? Indeed, what could you buy for $1390? An easy way out would be to donate it to some suitable conservation body, such as the | + | |
- | National Parks Association. This, unfortunately, | + | |
- | the money may be used only for the purchase of land. | + | |
- | There are apparently two solutions to the problem. A number of Bush- walkers feel that an appeal should be initiated, with the Fund as a basis, in order to raise an amount sufficiently large to purchase a suitable parcel of | + | |
- | land. Figures of $10,000 and $20,000 have been mentioned. This may seem considerable, | + | |
- | A second school of thought is that there should be no question of fundraising until it has been finally decided how we intend to invest (if that is the word) our money. This method would mean that valuable bargaining power would be lost. Vendors generally don't like waiting around. On the other hand, if we have something definite in mind, the cause would be much easier to sell, and contributions would be more readily forthcoming from outside bodies and | + | |
- | individuals. | + | |
- | Then again, we could fall back on the Red Indian Scheme and horde our | + | |
- | . money. But, would there be anything left in 350 years time to save? | + | |
+ | In the year 1627 the American Indians sold_ Manhattan Island to the white settlers for $24. Geometric progression never was a favourite subject of mine, | ||
+ | so I haven' | ||
+ | be worth some thousands of millions of dollars. | ||
+ | The last Annual Report of the Sydney Bushwalkers disclosed a balance in the North Era Trust Fund of $1390. Are we going to be satisfied then, to wait for | ||
+ | 350 years before doing something with the fund. The money may be gathering interest, hut that's all it's doing. Commonwealth Bonds may be a gilt-edged | ||
+ | |||
+ | investment, but that doesn' | ||
+ | |||
+ | is reducing the purchasing power of our capital at a very fast rate. | ||
+ | I must admit that I, like many other Bushwalkers in the Club, know-very little about the fund itself. By asking a few questions I have learnt that the | ||
+ | |||
+ | money was originally raised to finance the purchase of 40 acres of land at North Era. That land, with its beautiful unspoiled beach, so close to Sydney, | ||
+ | |||
+ | was later resumed, and now forms part of the Royal National Park. The consideration for the resumption then went back into the Trust Account. | ||
+ | The question now is, as it has been for a number of years, what should be done with the money? Indeed, what could you buy for $1390? An easy way out would | ||
+ | |||
+ | be to donate it to some suitable conservation body, such as the National Parks Association. This, unfortunately, | ||
+ | |||
+ | Trust Deed imposes very stringent conditions, one of which is that the money may be used only for the purchase of land. | ||
+ | There are apparently two solutions to the problem. A number of Bush- walkers feel that an appeal should be initiated, with the Fund as a basis, in order | ||
+ | |||
+ | to raise an amount sufficiently large to purchase a suitable parcel of land. Figures of $10,000 and $20,000 have been mentioned. This may seem | ||
+ | |||
+ | considerable, | ||
+ | |||
+ | difficult today. It could also be noted that when the Club contemplated the purchase of the Bendethra property, $4,400 was available from various sources. | ||
+ | A second school of thought is that there should be no question of fundraising until it has been finally decided how we intend to invest (if that is the | ||
+ | |||
+ | word) our money. This method would mean that valuable bargaining power would be lost. Vendors generally don't like waiting around. On the other hand, if | ||
+ | |||
+ | we have something definite in mind, the cause would be much easier to sell, and contributions would be more readily forthcoming from outside bodies and | ||
+ | |||
+ | individuals. | ||
+ | Then again, we could fall back on the Red Indian Scheme and horde our money. But, would there be anything left in 350 years time to save? | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | ====== The June General Meeting ====== | ||
...... By-Our Political Roundsman, Jim Brown. | ...... By-Our Political Roundsman, Jim Brown. | ||
A quiet and docile meeting forsooth | A quiet and docile meeting forsooth | ||
- | Is it Burke of the late lamented Burke and Tills? rhy no, its just the President with an advanced case of five o' | + | Is it Burke of the late lamented Burke and Wills? Why no, its just the President with an advanced case of five o' |
- | New member Andrew Robertson was welcomed, and after we had ratified | + | New member Andrew Robertson was welcomed, and after we had ratified last month' |
- | last month' | + | |
- | their block at MacMaster' | + | |
- | Your reporter suggested, for want of other nominations, | + | |
- | adding that the best spot was on private land and some checking up of a site should be carried out;. this stimulated others who in turn proposed a site at Agnes Banks, at the Colo, and at the farm of Honorary Member Roy | + | |
- | Bennett, near Cattai. It was agreed that the organising SubCommittee should investigate and report, | + | |
- | Correspondence was a singularly unimpressive collection, and may be left unsummarised, | + | |
- | Don Finch reported on a modest month of walking activity, Bill Gillam' | + | |
- | jaunt in the T'ild Dogs taking out 5 people, while Jim Calloway' | + | |
- | Owen Marks told us our interesting social programme just gone was the work of his, predecessor, | + | |
- | Federation Report contained the information that $173 had been donated to Tasmanian walkers whose equipment had been destroyed in last summer' | + | |
- | Brian Harvey eked if there had been any verdict of the S.B.7. | + | |
- | Page 4. THE SYDNEY BUSIFALKER July, | + | |
- | suggestion to amend the Federation Reunion date and was told the delegates had the matter in mind, but the stars had not so far been auspicious to bring it up. Phil Butt, harking back to the 40th. Birthday camp, said the S & R. demonstration, | + | |
- | River site. | + | |
- | Parks and Playgrounds Report, read in summary, referred mainly to | + | |
- | suburban open space, and we had come to General Business, with Brian Harvey stating about 130 diners had booked. to date. | + | |
- | Will Hilder had a deal of map lore - incorrect name of Izards Nob | + | |
- | (near Mittagong) as Lizards Nob, errors found in the latest Gangarang map, expected early issue of 2" v. i mile sheets covering parts of the old Katoomba and Windsor surveys, new 2" maps in the Moss Vale area. In addition, he explained there was a great deal of backing and filling on scales, and it appeared Lands Dept. sheets would go metric, probably 1 - 25,000 scale, with 1000 metre grids. Gloomily thinking how we will be walking 3.37 inches more in every yard, we dispersed at 865 p.m. | + | |
+ | Birthday. 7that, no nominations? | ||
+ | |||
+ | where else? A deathly silence. | ||
+ | Your reporter suggested, for want of other nominations, | ||
+ | |||
+ | be carried out;. this stimulated others who in turn proposed a site at Agnes Banks, at the Colo, and at the farm of Honorary Member Roy Bennett, near | ||
+ | |||
+ | Cattai. It was agreed that the organising SubCommittee should investigate and report, Correspondence was a singularly unimpressive collection, and may be | ||
+ | |||
+ | left unsummarised, | ||
+ | |||
+ | subscriptions. | ||
+ | Don Finch reported on a modest month of walking activity, Bill Gillam' | ||
+ | |||
+ | prospective (and an unspecified crowd of members). There were 16 on Barry Pacey' | ||
+ | |||
+ | Despite a lot of rain, Ross 7yborn' | ||
+ | |||
+ | prospectives (and again a crew of members not stipulated). | ||
+ | Owen Marks told us our interesting social programme just gone was the work of his, predecessor, | ||
+ | |||
+ | the meeting room would not be available. | ||
+ | Federation Report contained the information that $173 had been donated to Tasmanian walkers whose equipment had been destroyed in last summer' | ||
+ | |||
+ | that some errors had. been noted in the Lands Dept. Jenolan map during S & R activity, and the next S & R demonstration would be held on 14-15th. October. | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | Concerning the dispute that had shaken the S & R organisation, | ||
+ | |||
+ | in charge of all field operations and training. The Federation President had withdrawn his threatened resignation. Because of reconstruction of buildings, | ||
+ | |||
+ | Federation would be rendered homeless, and a Committee had been set up to seek suitable rooms. | ||
+ | Brian Harvey asked if there had been any verdict of the S.B.W. suggestion to amend the Federation Reunion date and was told the delegates had the matter | ||
+ | |||
+ | in mind, but the stars had not so far been auspicious to bring it up. Phil Butt, harking back to the 40th. Birthday camp, said the S & R. demonstration, | ||
+ | |||
+ | week earlier, would almost surely be at the Colo River site. | ||
+ | Parks and Playgrounds Report, read in summary, referred mainly to suburban open space, and we had come to General Business, with Brian Harvey stating | ||
+ | |||
+ | about 130 diners had booked. to date. | ||
+ | Will Hilder had a deal of map lore - incorrect name of Izards Nob (near Mittagong) as Lizards Nob, errors found in the latest Gangerang map, expected | ||
+ | |||
+ | early issue of 2" v. i mile sheets covering parts of the old Katoomba and Windsor surveys, new 2" maps in the Moss Vale area. In addition, he explained | ||
+ | |||
+ | there was a great deal of backing and filling on scales, and it appeared Lands Dept. sheets would go metric, probably 1 - 25,000 scale, with 1000 metre | ||
+ | |||
+ | grids. Gloomily thinking how we will be walking 3.37 inches more in every yard, we dispersed at 865 p.m. | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | ====== BRAIN TEASER ====== | ||
+ | We have a situation whereby five persons, each of a different nationality, | ||
- | BRAIN TEASER. | ||
- | We have a situation whereby five persons, each of a differect nationality, | ||
1. The Englishman lives in the RED house. | 1. The Englishman lives in the RED house. | ||
+ | |||
2. The Spaniard owns the DOG. | 2. The Spaniard owns the DOG. | ||
+ | |||
3. COFFEE is drunk in the GREEN house. | 3. COFFEE is drunk in the GREEN house. | ||
+ | |||
4. The Ukrainian drinks TEA. | 4. The Ukrainian drinks TEA. | ||
+ | |||
5. The GREEN house is immediately on your right of the IVORY house. | 5. The GREEN house is immediately on your right of the IVORY house. | ||
+ | |||
6. The OLD GOLD smoker owns SNAILS. | 6. The OLD GOLD smoker owns SNAILS. | ||
+ | |||
7. KOOLS are smoked in the YELLOW house. | 7. KOOLS are smoked in the YELLOW house. | ||
+ | |||
8. MILK is drunk in the middle house. | 8. MILK is drunk in the middle house. | ||
+ | |||
9. The Norwegian lives in the first house. | 9. The Norwegian lives in the first house. | ||
+ | |||
10. The man who smokes CHESTERFIELD lives in the house next to the man with the fox. | 10. The man who smokes CHESTERFIELD lives in the house next to the man with the fox. | ||
+ | |||
11. KOOLS are smoked in the house next to the house where the HORSE is kept. | 11. KOOLS are smoked in the house next to the house where the HORSE is kept. | ||
+ | |||
12. The LUCKY STRIKE smoker drinks ORANGE JUICE. | 12. The LUCKY STRIKE smoker drinks ORANGE JUICE. | ||
+ | |||
13. The Japanese smokes PARLIAMENTS. | 13. The Japanese smokes PARLIAMENTS. | ||
+ | |||
14. The Norwegian lives next to the BLUE house. | 14. The Norwegian lives next to the BLUE house. | ||
+ | |||
What we want to know is s | What we want to know is s | ||
+ | |||
1. WHO DRINKS BEER? and 2. WHO OWNS THE ZEBRA? | 1. WHO DRINKS BEER? and 2. WHO OWNS THE ZEBRA? | ||
- | This problem can most definitely be worked out - the answer is in the custody of the Editor. | ||
- | July, -1967 THE SYDNEY BUSH7ALKER Page 5. | ||
- | Mr.mmermankrir | ||
- | |||
+ | This problem can most definitely be worked out - the answer is in the custody of the Editor. | ||
+ | ---- | ||
====== Yet Another Bungle ====== | ====== Yet Another Bungle ====== | ||
by Don Finch | by Don Finch | ||
- | As usual we got off to a bad start. | + | As usual we got off to a bad start. |
- | The long drive to the Apsley Falls turnoff on the Oxley Highway was completed around | + | discovered that my dearest companion, whose friendship I have cherished, man and boy, for years and years, was missing, and indeed lost forever. |
- | The next morning, leaving | + | my treasure fell through one of the holes in the floor of Rosso' |
- | Our Kiwi friends went on a photographing spree once we reached the bottom, as they hadn't seen anything like this gorge in New Zealand. | + | without her chocolate-coated peanuts, Betty without her wig, Ron Dully without his rum-soaked Weet-Bix, Jack without General Meetings or General meeting |
- | The afternoon dragged on, the swims persisted with monotonous regularity, and the long, cold swims took their toll of the party. | + | without Jack. |
- | Then came the trial of our waterproofing. | + | The long drive to the Apsley Falls turnoff on the Oxley Highway |
- | After sustaining ourselves with breakfast we moved off at a goodly rate of knots. | + | there. |
- | After walking for a further five minutes we found ourselves on river flats. | + | The next morning, leaving the others |
- | The next morning a rather embarrassing situation developed. | + | |
+ | What we found, apart from Heather Joyce, was a gorge 2,000 feet deep, cut into the rolling hills that otherwise went on for an infinitude. | ||
- | Monday was much the same as the day before, with perhaps fewer swims and longer stretches of rock in between. The party from the front to the rear covered at least a mile of river with Dot and Doone up front, Margy and Ross at the back, and myself running to and fro in-between trying to keep track of everybody, telling one lot to hurry up, and the other lot to slow down. | + | suitably impressed by the prelude, we returned to the turnoff to have breakfast. The last car in our party, |
- | Lunch was had at Tin River, four miles from last night' | + | hour, and out popped spouse Joan, Shirley Dean, and Bill Burke. |
- | After two nights of sleeping on hard rocks, everyone welcomed | + | miles, and then along a fire trail, parking |
- | A two mile road bash from the top of the hill brought us to the cars at 12 noon. After calling | + | took almost 3 hours, as Gordon would say "being for" at least two false starts |
- | The Sydney Bushwalker, July 1967: Bill Burke, Dot Butler, Shirley Dean, Margaret Dogterom, Don Finch, Heather Joyce, Frank Rigby, Joan Rigby, Doone Wyborn, Ross Wyborn plus Bill and Keith from NZ. | + | being " |
+ | arrived back at the Falls. | ||
+ | a mile and down a relatively clear ridge free of cliff lines. | ||
- | A QUOTE OF NOTE FOR JULY. | + | rather steep ridge that a dislodged rock hit Ross on the elbow, badly gashing his arm. After plastering up the wound, and with the aid of a couple of |
+ | |||
+ | good kicks, he was up and away again. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Our Kiwi friends went on a photographing spree once we reached the bottom, as they hadn't seen anything like this gorge in New Zealand. | ||
+ | |||
+ | long before they got their first taste of canyoneering, | ||
+ | |||
+ | of wrapping up their packs in groundsheets, | ||
+ | |||
+ | length. | ||
+ | |||
+ | arrangements either. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The afternoon dragged on, the swims persisted with monotonous regularity, and the long, cold swims took their toll of the party. | ||
+ | |||
+ | mount of relief that I noticed the smoke from the campfire several hundred yards down the river. | ||
+ | |||
+ | already been taken by the fire. However after scratching around for an hour or so, Dot managed to clear herself a spot, and everyone else did likewise. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Then came the trial of our waterproofing. | ||
+ | |||
+ | extent, while I had the pleasure of being the most useless waterproofer of the lot. Everything, including my sleeping bag, was soaking wet. We had a | ||
+ | |||
+ | sing-song at the campfire that night interrupted at intervals by small rock falls, most of which finished up in our campsite. | ||
+ | |||
+ | after deciding where we were it was deduced that we had travelled two whole miles. | ||
+ | |||
+ | agreed that things must get better (after all how could they get any worse). Then it was time to go to bed I had another serious decision to make whether | ||
+ | |||
+ | to sleep near the fire on the rocks, or under a small overhang on some shale. | ||
+ | |||
+ | the overhang I would be cold but safe. In the morning, discussing the merits of the overhang with the others, Dot pointed out that in the event of an | ||
+ | |||
+ | avalanche I could have been buried alive. | ||
+ | |||
+ | convincing thud in the nook that Doone had used to lay his head all night put a resounding full stop to the discussion. | ||
+ | |||
+ | After sustaining ourselves with breakfast we moved off at a goodly rate of knots. | ||
+ | |||
+ | to increase. | ||
+ | |||
+ | we found ourselves at a large pool about 50 yards across, with cliffs on all sides except the right side (from our point of view). The water poured into | ||
+ | |||
+ | this pool along a deep chute which could be sidled if one had the ability of a fly or Dot, and the inclination to jump twenty feet into the swirling, | ||
+ | |||
+ | bubbling pea soup that was the Apsley River, | ||
+ | |||
+ | over a steep ridge. | ||
+ | |||
+ | hundred yards from our lunch site. Just goes to show how soft Wyborn' | ||
+ | |||
+ | After walking for a further five minutes we found ourselves on river flats. | ||
+ | |||
+ | four miles in fact, then back into the big boulders. | ||
+ | |||
+ | island in the river. | ||
+ | |||
+ | this day was seven and a half miles a total of nine and a half miles in one and a half days. Ross and Margy turned up with some story of being chased by | ||
+ | |||
+ | a cow, but Ross had managed to scare it off by splashing it. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The next morning a rather embarrassing situation developed. | ||
+ | |||
+ | glance around showed the countryside to be steep and rugged, so naturally the map was out. Thus the " | ||
+ | |||
+ | Monday was much the same as the day before, with perhaps fewer swims and longer stretches of rock in between. | ||
+ | |||
+ | covered at least a mile of river with Dot and Doone up front, Margy and Ross at the back, and myself running to and fro in-between trying to keep track of | ||
+ | |||
+ | everybody, telling one lot to hurry up, and the other lot to slow down. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Lunch was had at Tin River, four miles from last night' | ||
+ | |||
+ | as consistent as the rocks and pools of the last few days. This was our eleventh hour reprieve, where we belted up an average of three miles an hour. | ||
+ | |||
+ | After two nights of sleeping on hard rocks, everyone welcomed the opportunity to have a pleasant night' | ||
+ | |||
+ | evening of deep slumber, we wandered off down the river for about 2 miles to a ridge which would take us back to the cars. This revised route cut about | ||
+ | |||
+ | ten miles off the originally planned trip. Even so, we weren' | ||
+ | |||
+ | for a few black boys, offered a fabulous panoramic view as we climbed. | ||
+ | |||
+ | it was finally obscured behind a ridge towards the west and the gorge. | ||
+ | |||
+ | A two mile road bash from the top of the hill brought us to the cars at 12 noon. After calling on our farmer friend, who was not home, we went back to | ||
+ | |||
+ | the Apsley Falls. | ||
+ | |||
+ | through the gorge. | ||
+ | |||
+ | bigger rust bucket of nuts, bolts, springs and washers you couldn' | ||
+ | |||
+ | called that heap a car?" | ||
+ | |||
+ | Party: Bill Burke, Dot Butler, Shirley Dean, Margaret Dogterom, Don Finch, Heather Joyce, Frank Rigby, Joan Rigby, Doone Wyborn, Ross Wyborn plus Bill and | ||
+ | |||
+ | Keith from NZ. | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | ====== | ||
When you defile the pleasant streams | When you defile the pleasant streams | ||
And the wild bird's abiding place, You massacre a million dreams | And the wild bird's abiding place, You massacre a million dreams | ||
Line 137: | Line 309: | ||
John Drinkwater. | John Drinkwater. | ||
- | + | ---- | |
- | THE $1702-,0Y BUSEviriT | + | ====== A message from Paddy ====== |
The first month of winter and skiers have invaded Paddy' | The first month of winter and skiers have invaded Paddy' | ||
Many walkers have discovered the pleasures of skiing, especially-ski touring, which could almost be called. bushwalking on skis. | Many walkers have discovered the pleasures of skiing, especially-ski touring, which could almost be called. bushwalking on skis. | ||
- | It calls for some.extra skills and has its share of hardship and adventure, but ski touring opens up a new world to both bushwalkers and skiers. | + | It calls for some extra skills and has its share of hardship and adventure, but ski touring opens up a new world to both bushwalkers and skiers. |
- | Always welcome at Paddy' | + | Always welcome at Paddy' |
- | 4 | + | |
+ | skiing gear. Gear for sale and hire. | ||
PADDY PALLIN PTY.I1TD. 1st Floor, | PADDY PALLIN PTY.I1TD. 1st Floor, | ||
109a Bathurst Street, | 109a Bathurst Street, | ||
Line 150: | Line 324: | ||
Lightweight Camp Gear | Lightweight Camp Gear | ||
BMZ685 | BMZ685 | ||
- | July, 1967. TIM SYDNEY BUSHTAL.1= Page 9. | ||
- | A year or so badk, standing on the southern summit of Mount Renwick in the last light of an angry October sunset, I conceived a brilliant idea, | + | ---- |
- | or so I thought at the time. It was this: generally the view is better | + | ====== Night in the trusty old cavern ====== |
- | from half way up a mountain than it is from the top. The inclusion in a photograph of the upward reaching cliffs above one improves the perspective and heightens the drama of the setting. | + | By Jim Smith |
+ | A year or so back, standing on the southern summit of Mount Renwick in the last light of an angry October sunset, I conceived a brilliant idea, or so I | ||
+ | |||
+ | thought at the time. It was this: generally the view is better from half way up a mountain than it is from the top. The inclusion in a photograph of the | ||
+ | |||
+ | upward reaching cliffs above one improves the perspective and heightens the drama of the setting. | ||
The answer seemed Obvious. Since there are two or three layers of cliff on most of those south coast mountains, and since animal pads | The answer seemed Obvious. Since there are two or three layers of cliff on most of those south coast mountains, and since animal pads | ||
- | usually form wombat parades along the base of these cliffs, it should be | + | usually form wombat parades along the base of these cliffs, it should be possible to go right around Renwick well below the top cliff line, coming in from |
- | possible to go right around Renwick well below the top cliff line, coming | + | |
- | in from the saddle on the western side and ending in the Valley of the | + | the saddle on the western side and ending in the Valley of the Monoliths. As an added incentive there was the virtual certainty of finding a habitable |
- | Monoliths. As an added incentive there was the virtual certainty of finding a habitable overhang out on the southern tip a room with a view, indeed. | + | |
- | Towards the end of annual holidays in April I set out to iz' | + | overhang out on the southern tip a room with a view, indeed. |
- | Left town before dawn on a Thursday, and by 9 a.m. had parked the car on the road that goes south from Sassafras and was headed for the Vines. A lovely mild, clear morning, with a promise of more heat than an April day should have. | + | Towards the end of annual holidays in April I set out to prove it. Left town before dawn on a Thursday, and by 9 a.m. had parked the car on the road that |
- | There' | + | |
- | For a.few hundred yards, around as far as the rift between Roswaine and Renwick,- the sidling was quite reasonable. The scrub had been parted, there were the scrapes and scratches of nails on the rocks, and the only fly inthe ointment was the oppressive heat. | + | goes south from Sassafras and was headed for the Vines. A lovely mild, clear morning, with a promise of more heat than an April day should have. |
- | Beyond the slot, however, the going dteriorated. It was not always possible to walk immediately below the cliff line, and this meant taking to quite tangled scrub growing from the steeply sloping shelf. Moreover it was drys in an area where you expect to find ,seepages from the base of | + | There' |
- | the cliffs, it was quite droughtstricken. | + | |
- | You must understand that the going was not severe enough to make | + | about 3 p.m. I was sweating up the last rise from the saddle towards the bulk of the Renwick Rosigaine |
- | one retreat; it was just a lot slower, harder and drier than expected. At | + | |
- | least there were generous sized overhangs at intervals, but none with a tap, I concluded, however, as clouds settled over the tops, that it was going to rain anyway, and the room with a view would probably command an outlook of mist | + | steely sky to the south west had quite a threat of storm. |
- | Page 10. THE SYDNEY BUSH7ALKER July, | + | For a few hundred yards, around as far as the rift between Roswaine and Renwick, - the sidling was quite reasonable. The scrub had been parted, there were |
- | About 5.30 p.m. - a good hour later than Pd estimated, I was approaching the southern point of Renwick. In the ghostly light I found another good overhang, but still no water: with the exertion of the afternoon T was - | + | |
- | already desperately thirsty, so I pushid | + | the scrapes and scratches of nails on the rocks, and the only fly in the ointment was the oppressive heat. |
+ | Beyond the slot, however, the going deteriorated. It was not always possible to walk immediately below the cliff line, and this meant taking to quite | ||
+ | |||
+ | tangled scrub growing from the steeply sloping shelf. Moreover it was drys in an area where you expect to find seepages from the base of the cliffs, it | ||
+ | |||
+ | was quite drought stricken. | ||
+ | You must understand that the going was not severe enough to make one retreat; it was just a lot slower, harder and drier than expected. At least there | ||
+ | |||
+ | were generous sized overhangs at intervals, but none with a tap, I concluded, however, as clouds settled over the tops, that it was going to rain anyway, | ||
+ | |||
+ | and the room with a view would probably command an outlook of mist | ||
+ | About 5.30 p.m. - a good hour later than I’d estimated, I was approaching the southern point of Renwick. In the ghostly light I found another good | ||
+ | |||
+ | overhang, but still no water: with the exertion of the afternoon T was already desperately thirsty, so I pushed | ||
+ | |||
+ | solve my problem. It was dry, and there was no shelter about either. | ||
In the last glimmers of daylight I shoved my way back through the vegetation to the Old Trusty Cavern and flopped down on its sandy floor. | In the last glimmers of daylight I shoved my way back through the vegetation to the Old Trusty Cavern and flopped down on its sandy floor. | ||
It was very still, with mist eddying outside, and I heard a gentle " | It was very still, with mist eddying outside, and I heard a gentle " | ||
- | Searching with a torch I found there were half a dozen places where occasional drips fell from the roof - one was yielding a drop every five seconds, the others much slower. So I Should not perish miserably after all. | + | Searching with a torch I found there were half a dozen places where occasional drips fell from the roof - one was yielding a drop every five seconds, the |
- | I set billies and cups under the most rewarding spots, and sat down again. Two minutes later I was up, licking the damp spots on the wall of the | + | |
- | cave and spitting out the damp gritty sandstone. Then I saw it - lush growths of moss, an inch thick, in niches of the sandstone. I retrieved the pannikan in which about three drops now reposed, grabbed a handful of moss | + | others much slower. So I Should not perish miserably after all. |
- | and squeezed. From between my fingers dribbled a small stream of discoloured water; splashing with a beautiful sound into the cup. Half a dozen handfuls | + | I set billies and cups under the most rewarding spots, and sat down again. Two minutes later I was up, licking the damp spots on the wall of the cave and |
- | of moss and I had three inches of water: it looked like mud, it smelled like mud, in fact it tasted like mud. It was nectar; | + | |
- | During that night in the Old Trusty Cavern I practically stripped it | + | spitting out the damp gritty sandstone. Then I saw it - lush growths of moss, an inch thick, in niches of the sandstone. I retrieved the pannikan in which |
- | of all water-bearing moss. Like a drunkard on a lost weekend, I roused several times in the night, prowling around with torch and pannikan, | + | |
- | wringing out the green moss and flinging the residue out into the misty night. As I did I muttered to myself "Drink Moss Cup" "Moss Cup is good for you" "Like a mosiy spring" | + | about three drops now reposed, grabbed a handful of moss and squeezed. From between my fingers dribbled a small stream of discoloured water; splashing |
- | I saved the small amount accumulating in billies to wash away the taste of | + | |
- | the mud. Some time during the night the mist cleared away and not a drop of rain fell. | + | with a beautiful sound into the cup. Half a dozen handfuls of moss and I had three inches of water: it looked like mud, it smelled like mud, in fact it |
- | In the morning I made up my mind over a breakfast of sardines eaten while sitting in my sleeping bag, that I should go back. First, however, | + | |
- | I would go on the few yards to the southern face, to see if I could get a photograph, and then get out before it became too hot. | + | tasted like mud. It was nectar; |
- | At a quarter to seven I stood on the best vantage point I could find | + | During that night in the Old Trusty Cavern I practically stripped it of all water-bearing moss. Like a drunkard on a lost weekend, I roused several times |
- | a very good one- dickering with myself whether to go on or retire defeated. | + | |
+ | in the night, prowling around with torch and pannikan, wringing out the green moss and flinging the residue out into the misty night. As I did I muttered | ||
+ | |||
+ | to myself "Drink Moss Cup" "Moss Cup is good for you" "Like a mossy spring" | ||
+ | I saved the small amount accumulating in billies to wash away the taste of the mud. Sometime | ||
+ | |||
+ | fell. | ||
+ | In the morning I made up my mind over a breakfast of sardines eaten while sitting in my sleeping bag, that I should go back. First, however, I would go on | ||
+ | |||
+ | the few yards to the southern face, to see if I could get a photograph, and then get out before it became too hot. | ||
+ | At a quarter to seven I stood on the best vantage point I could find a very good one- dickering with myself whether to go on or retire defeated. | ||
At seven o' | At seven o' | ||
- | We draw a veil over the next 5 hours, in which I progressed about 1i- miles. If there are any animals in that area, they have ceased making wombat parades and now assiduously follow the trails blazed. by the C.M.T. If I was not up to my ears in dead tree ferns, it was because I couldn' | + | We draw a veil over the next 5 hours, in which I progressed about 1i- miles. If there are any animals in that area, they have ceased making wombat parades |
- | get through the tangle of vines that meshed my legs up to the armpits. | + | |
- | There were times when I am certain forward progress was down to 100 yards in an hour. At least I did find free water twice, but so thirsty was the work that I continued to swallow great draughts of Moss Cup at every opportunity. | + | and now assiduously follow the trails blazed. by the C.M.T. If I was not up to my ears in dead tree ferns, it was because I couldn' |
- | July, 1967. THE SYDNEY BUSHrALKER Page 11. | + | |
- | , | + | tangle of vines that meshed my legs up to the armpits. |
+ | There were times when I am certain forward progress was down to 100 yards in an hour. At least I did find free water twice, but so thirsty was the work | ||
+ | |||
+ | that I continued to swallow great draughts of Moss Cup at every opportunity. | ||
Some tithe after noon I reached the Valley of the Monoliths, and from that point the way out around the north of Roswaine was familiar and easy. | Some tithe after noon I reached the Valley of the Monoliths, and from that point the way out around the north of Roswaine was familiar and easy. | ||
Friday night was spent on Sally_Creek, | Friday night was spent on Sally_Creek, | ||
- | Was it the Moss Cup that brought on hallucinations, | + | Was it the Moss Cup that brought on hallucinations, |
- | to do with it. | + | |
- | 9TH. JULY. Jim Brown, the long-legged man with the pipe embedded in his face, has a trip going from Coalcliffe, Stanwell Tops, | + | Saturday? Since they saw me and have said so, I guess I can't blame the Moss. But this I know, if they offer me Moss Cup at the Old Crusty Tavern at the |
- | Kelly' | + | |
- | platform at 8&42 a.m. Tickets should be purchased to Coalcliffe. The trip is disguised as 8 miles easy, and | + | 40th. Anniversary, |
- | any further details maybe obtained by phonihg Jim on 81-2675. | + | |
+ | ---- | ||
+ | ====== Day Walks ====== | ||
+ | A BRIEF OUTLINE OF SUNDAY WALKS FOR THE COMING MONTH, COMPILED FOR YOUR ' | ||
+ | 9TH. JULY. Jim Brown, the long-legged man with the pipe embedded in his face, has a trip going from Coalcliffe, Stanwell Tops, Kelly' | ||
+ | |||
+ | train leaves Central country platform at 8&42 a.m. Tickets should be purchased to Coalcliffe. The trip is disguised as 8 miles easy, and any further | ||
+ | |||
+ | details maybe obtained by phonihg Jim on 81-2675. | ||
16TH. JULY.7 No Sunday trips are programmed for either of these dates. | 16TH. JULY.7 No Sunday trips are programmed for either of these dates. | ||
- | 23RD JULY rIf this fact upsets you enough to do something about it, | + | |
- | . . | + | 23RD JULY rIf this fact upsets you enough to do something about it, see the Walks Secretary, as the new Spring programme is in the making. |
- | j'see the Talks Secretary, as the new Spring programme is | + | |
- | in the making. | + | 30TH. JULY. Ye olds knights |
- | 30TH. JULY. Ye olds knighte | + | |
+ | leaveth Central at 8.25 a.m. - tickets to Minto. The grading is 12 miles medium, and it is a TEST TALK. Sir Davey may be contacted by carrier pigeon, or | ||
+ | |||
+ | other means of communications at 635-7733 (Business number). | ||
6TH. AUGUST. No Sunday trip programmed. | 6TH. AUGUST. No Sunday trip programmed. | ||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ====== WALKS PROGRAMME====== | ||
+ | The new Spring programme is now in process of being compiled, and the usual cardboard sheets are currently circulating in the Club rooms on Wednesday | ||
+ | |||
+ | nights. Spring is probably. the most enjoyable walking season, and it gives the opportunity for some terrific trips. So give the matter some thought NOW, | ||
+ | |||
+ | even though the weather is a bit cold. Make this Walks Programme an all-time record; something the S.B.W. can be proud of. | ||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ====== One more month ====== | ||
+ | FUZZ FEATURES 1 Have you seen our gracious President, Frank Rigby, since his return from Central Australia. If you have, you will know the answer, when I | ||
+ | |||
+ | ask you what you think Frank has in common with Leonardo Da Vinci, Rolf Harris, Claudio Monteverdi, Leo Tolstoy, and Santa Claus. As so aptly described by | ||
+ | |||
+ | that master of words, Jim Brown, all appear- to have advanced cases of five o' | ||
+ | QUEEN' | ||
+ | discovered, once there, that all likely entrances were densely overgrown, and it would take at least five days to clear a way in, and even then there | ||
- | TALKS PROGRAMME. The new Spring programme is now in process | + | would be no promise |
- | being compiled, and the usual cardboard sheets are currently circulating in the Club rooms on Wednesday nights. Spring is | + | |
- | probably. the most enjoyable walking season, and it gives the opportunity for some terrific trips. So gi77e the matter some thought aPT, even though the weather is a bit cold. Make this Wallcs Programme an all-time record; ..something the S.B.T. can be proud of. | + | |
- | A BRihil OUTLINE OF SUNDAY WALKS FOR THE COMING MONTH, COMPILED FOR YOUR ' | + | the way to the snow country to find that there was no snow. "All starters need to be fully equipped for survival in subzero blizzards" |
- | Page 12. THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER July9 1967. | + | |
+ | the Talks Programme. | ||
- | FUZZ FEATURES 1 Have you seen our gracious President, Frank Rigby, since his return from Central Australia. If you have, you will know the answer, when I ask you what you think Frank has in common with Leonardo Da Vinci, Rolf Harris, Claudio Monteverdi, Leo Tolstoy,' | ||
- | QUEEN' | ||
- | and it would take at least five days to clear a way in, and even then there would be no promise of anything' | ||
CONSERVATION POST FILLED. (From Sydney- Morning Herald, June 19, 1967) | CONSERVATION POST FILLED. (From Sydney- Morning Herald, June 19, 1967) | ||
- | "Dr. D. F. McMichael, the present director of the Sydney Museum, has been appointed director of the Australian Conservation Foundation. The foundation' | + | "Dr. D. F. McMichael, the present director of the Sydney Museum, has been appointed director of the Australian Conservation Foundation. The foundation' |
- | CLUB LIBRARY.The new Club Librarian has been working hard, with the help of her family, so I hear, to get the Library into shape, ready for use once again after a lapse of some time. Ivy Painter tells us that details of borrowing arrangementt will be available next month. | + | |
- | The Subscription Manager, "The Sydney Bushwalker" | + | president, Sir Garfield Barwick, made the announcement |
- | SYDNEY. | + | |
- | Herewith enclosed $ being Annual Subscription to | + | |
- | "The Sydney. Bushwaiker" | + | |
- | NAO. | + | |
- | POSTAL ADDRESS | + | |
- | (For new subscribers only tear off and send to Alan Pike). | + | |
- | THY5OT 7ALK IN COMFORT? | + | |
- | Nothing like athick wool nt2.Nhtshirt for winter walking. Put it .under a RELAX Oiled Japara Parka. | + | |
- | while we are talking about keeping warm, perhaps that old sleeping bag you've had for years is wearing a bit thin. If so, come and chat over your | + | |
- | requirement with Australia' | + | |
- | Australia' | + | |
- | See us also for the following gear: | + | |
- | Mountain Mule. HFrame- Packs Sleeping Bag Outer Covers Don Williams Climbing Sacs Carabiners | + | |
- | Climbing Breeches | + | |
- | Down Duvet Jackets | + | |
- | Easters Rock Climbing Boots Light Air Beds | + | |
- | Mammut Dynamic Ropes | + | |
- | Nylon Slings | + | |
- | MOUNTAIN EQUIPMENT COMPANY' | + | |
- | 30 Mount Street, | + | |
- | NORTH SYDNEY. 49-3329 | + | |
- | Tuesday & Thursday Evening | + | |
- | 7.30 p.m. 10.00 p.m. | + | |
- | All Day Saturday. 9.00 a.m. 5 p.m. | + | |
- | MOUNTAIN EQUIPMENT COMPANY | + | |
+ | CLUB LIBRARY. The new Club Librarian has been working hard, with the help of her family, so I hear, to get the Library into shape, ready for use once | ||
+ | again after a lapse of some time. Ivy Painter tells us that details of borrowing arrangementt will be available next month. | ||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ====== Wet Weather Walking ====== | ||
OR, "HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR SCRABBLE SCORE WITHOUT REALLY. TRYING.," | OR, "HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR SCRABBLE SCORE WITHOUT REALLY. TRYING.," | ||
"FLOOD STRIKES VALLEY" | "FLOOD STRIKES VALLEY" | ||
- | district. " | + | district. " |
- | Macleay by inches of rain draining from the catchment in the last three days," | + | |
- | be starting at the end of the story? Let's go back to the beginning. | + | |
- | Various communications between Sydney and. Kempsey culminated | + | article continued. "From the hills in the west to the coast, the rich lower river is submerged by a huge, muddy lake. " But should I be starting at the |
- | Birthday weekend from Roger Gowing up there, to me down here. The purpose of the call was to verify final arrangements for his proposed walk in the upper Macleay region. | + | end of the story? Let's go back to the beginning. |
+ | Various communications between Sydney and. Kempsey culminated in a telephone call a week before the Queen' | ||
+ | |||
+ | to me down here. The purpose of the call was to verify final arrangements for his proposed walk in the upper Macleay region. | ||
" | " | ||
- | I explained to him that we were experiencing overcast conditions, with light showers of rain. I asked him how his weather was, remembering that we were now more than 300 miles apart. | + | I explained to him that we were experiencing overcast conditions, with light showers of rain. I asked him how his weather was, remembering that we were |
- | "Just like a summer' | + | |
- | requested. The truck would be waiting at Kempsey station for us to provide | + | |
- | local transport. One thing was for surer..; there was going to be no bungling up of the formal arrangements. Anticipating that the train would be full, a compartment of 8 seats were booked several weeks in advance. Everything was organized down to the last detail. | + | |
- | And that's how it was when we boarded the train on Friday night, 9th. June. There were ten of us, two more than expected, but fortunately Ramon U' | + | |
- | Three hours out of Sydney, stimulating conversation began to wane somewhat, in spite of the acute wit and seeming Unlimited talkativeness of certain individuals in our group, and the topic turned to our bedding down for the night. This brought forth various points of view, and lasted another hour into the night before anything was actually done. Frank, being the tallest, and Dave, being the largest in the other dimension, were assigned to the luggage racks. The square frame packs were placed on the floor between the two seats, and it is here that we took advantage of one of the marvels of our scientific age. I refer of course to that remarkable invention, the lilo. These were laid out across the packs to give a large flat surface to sleep on, without having a steel frame dig | + | |
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- | mercilessly-into one' | + | |
- | conVenient' | + | |
- | . most confused state9 the ticket inspector arrived. Bodies, packs, half- inflated li-los and red-faced inflaters were everywhere. The inspector surveyed the scene punched our tickets, and quickly moved on with basely a word. Being a restless sleeper, I took the end nearest. the door. Lights were turned out as I slipped my sandshoes off, and let them drop to the floor; and we all looked forward to a few hours of uninterrupted slumber. | + | |
- | The pre-dawn twilight saw everyone in a sem-consious state, and to our dismay it was raining - and rather too heavily to be a mere passing | + | |
- | shower. Mere was the Indian Summer promised by Roger earlier in the week? | + | |
- | Our compartment degenerated once again into a state of utter chaos as li-los were eletlated and goods packed up. But there was still something missing. I could only find one sandshoe. A quick search up and down the carriage didn't help any The train arrived at Kempsey and I made a final lightning dash through the different compartments, | + | |
- | Roger was at the station with his truck to greet us in true style. It was still raining, and the air at this hour of the morning being rather chilly, Roger' | + | |
- | welcomed by one and all. So into the truck we climbed and drove off to | + | |
- | the residence of one Mrs. Halliday (Aunty Mick). It was here from Aunty Mick that we got our first taste of the wonderful hospitality we received wherever we went in Kempsey. Aunty Mick had not only a cup of tea ready for us, but a large pot of stew on the stove, Which we devoured with fresh toast in quick-smart time. I also took the opportunity of warming | + | |
- | one very cold bare foot in front of the Kosi0 rhile everyone was eating stew, and drinking numerous cups of tea, Roger, looking rather perturbed, was making a number of telephone calls, which sounded from our end like the A.B.C.Is midday river heights report. Roger advised us that because of the continuing heavy rain, there was some uncertainty about our being able to go where it was originally intended. | + | |
- | As I remember it, Roger' | + | |
- | at the junction of the Chandler and Macleay Rivers, one of the largest single drops of water in Australia - 1,150 feet. In fact, of the 32 waterfalls on the east coast which have a drop of more than 208 feet, 14 are in the Macleay watershed. | + | |
- | With the rain still falling we donned our groundsheets' | + | |
- | 9 | + | |
- | incidentally, | + | |
- | Page 16, | + | |
- | the street to buy me a new sandshoe. After attending to this business we loaded the packs onto the truck, and since we also had the use of Roger' | + | |
- | So from here we proceeded out towards Dondingalong, | + | |
- | 900 acre dairy property is situated in the valley. Dondingalong, | + | |
- | is the name derived from the sound of bullock bells jangling. About 500 | + | |
- | yards from the hotestead where Roger 's mother and father live, is the cottage which Roger used to live in, and behind that is a barn. The water on the | + | |
- | ground areated a sponge-like situation, so that one had the sensation of | + | |
- | walking in three inches of water. Pitching tents was out of the question, so we set up house in the barn. That comfort it was too; warm and dry, with the rain still pelting down outside . We collected the dryest wood we could find around the place and built a fire, covering it from the rain with half a galvanised iron water tank. The rain and smoky fire made cooking for 10 rather difficult, but everyone persevered and finally lunch had been eaten | + | |
- | by all. Some of us had a bit of a sleep, appreciated after our all-night train | + | |
- | ride, while others ventured out into the weather to have a look arouhd. I awoke at about 3.30 in the afternoon to find that apparently everyone had deserted the place, except Owen, of course, who was still snoring on his li-b in the corner. I donned my parka and proceeded up to the farmhouse, where I met Roger' | + | |
- | Christine Sadler had discovered that the city life wasn't the life for her, and that she wanted to be a milk-maid. Despite the fact that, as was explained to her, milk-maids have been displaced by automation, she has | + | |
- | been pestering David ever since to buy a farm. After milking was done, | + | |
- | calves chased up and fed, and other farmyard jobs attended to (by Mr, Gowing) and observed (by us) we returned to our smouldering fire and cooked our evening meal. | + | |
- | After dinner it was back up to the house for those not too exhausted, and put came the table tennis table, scrabble board, and card. table. Simultaneously these were used, with jovial sounds, and outbursts of uproarious laughter continued well into the night. We had a look at Mr. Gowing' | + | |
- | Next morning it was still raining heavily, and we all sat down to decide what we should do. We could do a day in the rain without worrying about setting up camp anywhere. This is what we decided to do, except for Katie, | + | |
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- | Mike, and 0wen2 who took the car and went back into Kempsey to catch the train back to Sydney. The rest of us packed our gear into one pack, and set off into the rain.jne thing was in our favour, and that was thatthe rain at this stage wa4taccompanied by any stronyNinds. The forecast was for clearing showers, 4hich meant, according to Roger, flood rains, especially if it was coming in from the northeast. The countryside is undulating with some steep wooded hills. re climbed one of these hills and onto the ridge, where we got a good view of the area, To the east we could see Smoky Cape, sighted and named by Captain Cook, and to the west and northwest the rugged and mountainous terrain where we had intoaded going, and which includes the highest mountain (5,300 ft.) Nj;77 Sol/th wales, outside the Snowy mountains. Roger wanted particularly to show us an area of tropical rain forest, consisting of dense green trees, entagled with vines, and interspersed with gigantic stinging trees. There are also those trees which, grow up around another tree, sending down roots from above the ground, and eventually killing the original tree. This was very interesting to me, since, I hadn't seen rain forest like this before, For lunch we cooked up a large pot of soup, and sipped it in the rain, talking, and joking about what an unusual weekend this was turning out to be. rhat 's more, everyone was enjoying :72G Teisquelched our Way back to the barn, and the milkers went up for the afternoon milking. Christine, incidentally, | + | |
- | After eating it was back up to the house for a repeat of the evening before, with another huge and delicious supper, invluding a freshly baked apple tart. Ken Ellis played the piano, which had somehow lost its tone over the years. As well as the scrabble and cards, we had a game of progressive table tennis. Now, anyone who has played this game can tell you how strenuous it is. Everyone lines up, half on each side of the table. One serves and moves on, so that people are moving around the table, returning the ball, and walking towards the other end of the table. You score one point for every ball missed, and once you reach 10 you drop out. As the number of people playing falls, the pace of the game gets faster and faster, until there are only two left. At this stage the players have to race at lightning speed to the other end of the table in order to collect the returning ball. Much noise accompanied this game, and at the end everyone retired to their sleeping bags thoroughly exhausted. | + | now more than 300 miles apart. |
- | Monday morning came and it was just too wet for cooking outdoors, so we used the stove in Roger' | + | "Just like a summer' |
- | TWO hours later Roger was back for 'us, and, armed with a tin full of apple tart to eat on the train, we set off. Isolated water was everywhere along the way, including pools covering part of the road. The mud was thick, . and yellow, and slimy, and eventually we came to the spot where everyone had to get out and push, The wheels spun while we pushed, and the car crept along sliding from one side of the road to the other through the murk, until eventually we reached solid ground at the top of the hill. From here it was plain sailing except for one spot near the river where the water was more than half covering the road. | + | |
- | Eventually we met the others in Kempsey, and we proceeded back to Aunty Mick's place, where once again a magnifioent afternoon tea was turned on. Here we had hot showers, and changed into dry clothes. It was here that we spoke to Mrs. Val Melville, Tourist Promotion Officer for the area, on | + | |
- | the telephone. Mrs. Melville, who is also the Mayor' | + | |
- | much already, and may wear out our welcome, we elected to eat at one of the | + | |
- | downtown cafes. After feeding ourselves here we found, to our surprise, that the Mayoress had came down to drive us to the station. At the railway, gifts | + | |
- | of Milo and Malted milk were given to all of us, If anyone has any enquiries | + | |
- | about the district, I am quite sure that Mrs. Melville would do her best to answer them for you. (Her address is Box 89, P.O. Kempsey). It was with this friendly farewell that we boarded the train at Kempsey to arrive in Sydney next moiling at 5.309 ready to do a hard day's work. | + | |
- | To those wonderful Kempsey people9 to Mr. & Mrs. Gowing, who entertained us so tolerantly, to Mrs. Halliday, and to Mrs. MelVille, I would say thank | + | |
- | you for making this trip, which had every promise of being a miserable weekend, into a trip to be remembered, | + | |
- | STARTLING STATISTICS. Just how significant has the role played by the | + | times were confirmed. We would catch the North Coast Mail, leaving Sydney at 8.15 p.m. Friday night, arriving at Rempsey at 6.31 a.m. next morning. I had |
- | professional hunter been in the destruction of Australies native faunas The following extracts give some indication. | + | |
- | News Review, May 14, 1965. " | + | |
- | previous year was about a million. The number of possums taken in the same period was more than five million. Authoritative statements made in 1911 showed that in the previous year two Sydney dealers alone had sold 1,298 lyrebird tails. The ruling price, it appears, was 2/6 each." | + | |
- | 111.1.1n......E., | + | |
- | hunters shot 600,000 koalas." | + | |
- | July, 1967. THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER Page 19. | + | bought the map in Sydney that Roger had requested. The truck would be waiting at Kempsey station for us to provide local transport. One thing was for |
- | A i\J | + | |
- | A number of Bushwalkers have made it known to me that they would appreciate, a space in the magazine where ideas and hint's could be given | + | surer..; there was going to be no bungling up of the formal arrangements. Anticipating that the train would be full, a compartment of 8 seats were booked |
- | an airing, and thus, | + | |
- | for gear, such as water-proofing tents, and any other ideas which might | + | several weeks in advance. Everything was organized down to the last detail. |
- | help to " | + | And that's how it was when we boarded the train on Friday night, 9th. June. There were ten of us, two more than expected, but fortunately Ramon O' |
+ | |||
+ | was able to book into the adjoining compartment to ours. Only Mike Short was separated, being at the other end of the train. The others in our party were | ||
+ | |||
+ | Katie Stoddart, Lesley Brown, Christine and David Sadler, Frank Taeker, Owen Marks, Ken Ellis and myself. | ||
+ | Three hours out of Sydney, stimulating conversation began to wane somewhat, in spite of the acute wit and seeming Unlimited talkativeness of certain | ||
+ | |||
+ | individuals in our group, and the topic turned to our bedding down for the night. This brought forth various points of view, and lasted another hour into | ||
+ | |||
+ | the night before anything was actually done. Frank, being the tallest, and Dave, being the largest in the other dimension, were assigned to the luggage | ||
+ | |||
+ | racks. The square frame packs were placed on the floor between the two seats, and it is here that we took advantage of one of the marvels of our | ||
+ | |||
+ | scientific age. I refer of course to that remarkable invention, the lilo. These were laid out across the packs to give a large flat surface to sleep on, | ||
+ | |||
+ | without having a steel frame dig mercilessly-into one's back. The remaining packs were suspended from any convenient Projection Thus attached, they stung | ||
+ | |||
+ | back and forth, and from side to side with every lurch of the train., Jut as things were in their . most confused state9 the ticket inspector arrived. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Bodies, packs, half- inflated li-los and red-faced inflaters were everywhere. The inspector surveyed the scene punched our tickets, and quickly moved on | ||
+ | |||
+ | with basely a word. Being a restless sleeper, I took the end nearest. the door. Lights were turned out as I slipped my sandshoes off, and let them drop to | ||
+ | |||
+ | the floor; and we all looked forward to a few hours of uninterrupted slumber. | ||
+ | The pre-dawn twilight saw everyone in a semiconscious state, and to our dismay it was raining - and rather too heavily to be a mere passing shower. Mere | ||
+ | |||
+ | was the Indian Summer promised by Roger earlier in the week? | ||
+ | Our compartment degenerated once again into a state of utter chaos as li-los were inflated and goods packed up. But there was still something missing. I | ||
+ | |||
+ | could only find one sandshoe. | ||
+ | |||
+ | through the different compartments, | ||
+ | Roger was at the station with his truck to greet us in true style. It was still raining, and the air at this hour of the morning being rather chilly, | ||
+ | Roger' | ||
+ | |||
+ | Mrs. Halliday (Aunty Mick). It was here from Aunty Mick that we got our first taste of the wonderful hospitality we received wherever we went in Kempsey. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Aunty Mick had not only a cup of tea ready for us, but a large pot of stew on the stove, Which we devoured with fresh toast in quick-smart time. I also | ||
+ | |||
+ | took the opportunity of warming one very cold bare foot in front of the Kosi0 rhile everyone was eating stew, and drinking numerous cups of tea, Roger, | ||
+ | |||
+ | looking rather perturbed, was making a number of telephone calls, which sounded from our end like the A.B.C.Is midday river heights report. Roger advised | ||
+ | |||
+ | us that because of the continuing heavy rain, there was some uncertainty about our being able to go where it was originally intended. | ||
+ | As I remember it, Roger' | ||
+ | |||
+ | was planned we should walk southwards to Kemp's Pinnacle, an yet unclimbed to our knowledge. This is an area which has a great deal to offer Bushwalkers, | ||
+ | |||
+ | and it is an area in which not a lot of walks have been done. This could. be explained partly by its considerable distance from Sydney. The Apsley Gorge | ||
+ | |||
+ | (see Don Finch' | ||
+ | |||
+ | River, major tributary of the Macleay. The area abounds in large waterfalls, with the vallamumbi Falls, at the junction of the Chandler and Macleay | ||
+ | |||
+ | Rivers, one of the largest single drops of water in Australia - 1,150 feet. In fact, of the 32 waterfalls on the east coast which have a drop of more | ||
+ | |||
+ | than 208 feet, 14 are in the Macleay watershed. | ||
+ | With the rain still falling we donned our groundsheets' | ||
+ | |||
+ | me a new sandshoe. After attending to this business we loaded the packs onto the truck, and since we also had the use of Roger' | ||
+ | |||
+ | into that, agreeing to meet at a roadside hotel along the way. Being slower than the car, the truck took a while to catch up. we gathered under the awning | ||
+ | |||
+ | of the pa, out of the rain, and discussed the situation over a glass of sarsparilla. If we went ahead and crossed the river, and the rain continued for | ||
+ | |||
+ | the weekend, it was most unlikely that we would get back across. We would be stranded until the level of the river dropped. The publican didn't like our | ||
+ | |||
+ | chances of crossing the river even at this stage. The fact that the truck mils tdblarge to push out of a bog clinched the final decision and we decided | ||
+ | |||
+ | against our original plan. As it eventuated, this decision was a very wise one. | ||
+ | So from here we proceeded out towards Dondingalong, | ||
+ | |||
+ | the name derived from the sound of bullock bells jangling. About 500 yards from the hotestead where Roger 's mother and father live, is the cottage which | ||
+ | |||
+ | Roger used to live in, and behind that is a barn. The water on the ground areated a sponge-like situation, so that one had the sensation of walking in | ||
+ | |||
+ | three inches of water. Pitching tents was out of the question, so we set up house in the barn. That comfort it was too; warm and dry, with the rain still | ||
+ | |||
+ | pelting down outside. We collected the dryest wood we could find around the place and built a fire, covering it from the rain with half a galvanised iron | ||
+ | |||
+ | water tank. The rain and smoky fire made cooking for 10 rather difficult, but everyone persevered and finally lunch had been eaten by all. Some of us had | ||
+ | |||
+ | a bit of a sleep, appreciated after our all-night train ride, while others ventured out into the weather to have a look around. I awoke at about 3.30 in | ||
+ | |||
+ | the afternoon to find that apparently everyone had deserted the place, except Owen, of course, who was still snoring on his li-b in the corner. I donned | ||
+ | |||
+ | my parka and proceeded up to the farmhouse, where I met Roger' | ||
+ | Christine Sadler had discovered that the city life wasn't the life for her, and that she wanted to be a milk-maid. Despite the fact that, as was explained | ||
+ | |||
+ | to her, milk-maids have been displaced by automation, she has been pestering David ever since to buy a farm. After milking was done, calves chased up and | ||
+ | |||
+ | fed, and other farmyard jobs attended to (by Mr, Gowing) and observed (by us) we returned to our smouldering fire and cooked our evening meal. | ||
+ | After dinner it was back up to the house for those not too exhausted, and put came the table tennis table, scrabble board, and card. table. Simultaneously | ||
+ | |||
+ | these were used, with jovial sounds, and outbursts of uproarious laughter continued well into the night. We had a look at Mr. Gowing' | ||
+ | |||
+ | axes, including an excellent greenstone specimen. After that, Dave picked up every second stone he saw, declaring unequivocally that he had discovered | ||
+ | |||
+ | another aboriginal stone axe. Mrs. Goring prepared a wonderful supper; trays and trays of biscuits, cakes, jam tarts, cups of tea, and coffee made with | ||
+ | |||
+ | fresh milk. What wonderful hospitality we were receiving. | ||
+ | Next morning it was still raining heavily, and we all sat down to decide what we should do. We could do a day in the rain without worrying about setting | ||
+ | |||
+ | up camp anywhere. This is what we decided to do, except for Katie, Mike, and 0wen2 who took the car and went back into Kempsey to catch the train back to | ||
+ | |||
+ | Sydney. The rest of us packed our gear into one pack, and set off into the rain .jne thing was in our favour, and that was that the rain at this stage | ||
+ | |||
+ | wa4t accompanied by any stronyNinds. The forecast was for clearing showers, 4hich meant, according to Roger, flood rains, especially if it was coming in | ||
+ | |||
+ | from the northeast. The countryside is undulating with some steep wooded hills. re climbed one of these hills and onto the ridge, where we got a good view | ||
+ | |||
+ | of the area, To the east we could see Smoky Cape, sighted and named by Captain Cook, and to the west and northwest the rugged and mountainous terrain | ||
+ | |||
+ | where we had intoaded going, and which includes the highest mountain (5,300 ft.) Nj;77 Sol/th wales, outside the Snowy mountains. Roger wanted | ||
+ | |||
+ | particularly to show us an area of tropical rain forest, consisting of dense green trees, entagled with vines, and interspersed with gigantic stinging | ||
+ | |||
+ | trees. There are also those trees which, grow up around another tree, sending down roots from above the ground, and eventually killing the original tree. | ||
+ | |||
+ | This was very interesting to me, since, I hadn't seen rain forest like this before, For lunch we cooked up a large pot of soup, and sipped it in the rain, | ||
+ | |||
+ | talking, and joking about what an unusual weekend this was turning out to be. rhat 's more, everyone was enjoying :72G Teis quelched our Way back to the | ||
+ | |||
+ | barn, and the milkers went up for the afternoon milking. Christine, incidentally, | ||
+ | |||
+ | scones, which were eaten in double quick time. It was still raining when we had tea that night, and the river height was rising. | ||
+ | |||
+ | After eating it was back up to the house for a repeat of the evening before, with another huge and delicious supper, including a freshly baked apple tart. | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | Ken Ellis played the piano, which had somehow lost its tone over the years. As well as the scrabble and cards, we had a game of progressive table tennis. | ||
+ | Now, anyone who has played this game can tell you how strenuous it is. Everyone lines up, half on each side of the table. One serves and moves on, so that | ||
+ | |||
+ | people are moving around the table, returning the ball, and walking towards the other end of the table. You score one point for every ball missed, and | ||
+ | |||
+ | once you reach 10 you drop out. As the number of people playing falls, the pace of the game gets faster and faster, until there are only two left. At this | ||
+ | |||
+ | stage the players have to race at lightning speed to the other end of the table in order to collect the returning ball. Much noise accompanied this game, | ||
+ | |||
+ | and at the end everyone retired to their sleeping bags thoroughly exhausted. | ||
+ | Monday morning came and it was just too wet for cooking outdoors, so we used the stove in Roger' | ||
+ | |||
+ | river from the window. It was definitely rising, and water was beginning to spread out over the flat areas, Roger' | ||
+ | |||
+ | asked that three people be ready to move out by twelve o' | ||
+ | |||
+ | the rest of us. The bridge we had come across on our way here was under water, and a different way out would_ be used. The road was very sloshy and muddy, | ||
+ | |||
+ | and it was unlikely that we could push the truck through it. Once the first lot had gone, the rest of us set about to clean things up and pack our gear so | ||
+ | |||
+ | as to be ready when Roger returned. We could see farmers herding cattle along the road, and carting them in trucks to paddocks on higher ground. When | ||
+ | |||
+ | it starts raining continuously in Kempsey, people set about doing things | ||
+ | TWO hours later Roger was back for 'us, and, armed with a tin full of apple tart to eat on the train, we set off. Isolated water was everywhere along the | ||
+ | |||
+ | way, including pools covering part of the road. The mud was thick,. and yellow, and slimy, and eventually we came to the spot where everyone had to get | ||
+ | |||
+ | out and push, The wheels spun while we pushed, and the car crept along sliding from one side of the road to the other through the murk, until eventually | ||
+ | |||
+ | we reached solid ground at the top of the hill. From here it was plain sailing except for one spot near the river where the water was more than half | ||
+ | |||
+ | covering the road. | ||
+ | Eventually we met the others in Kempsey, and we proceeded back to Aunty Mick's place, where once again a magnificent afternoon tea was turned on. Here we | ||
+ | |||
+ | had hot showers, and changed into dry clothes. It was here that we spoke to Mrs. Val Melville, Tourist Promotion Officer for the area, on the telephone. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Mrs. Melville, who is also the Mayor' | ||
+ | |||
+ | but feeling that we had imposed on her a little too much already, and may wear out our welcome, we elected to eat at one of the | ||
+ | downtown cafes. After feeding ourselves here we found, to our surprise, that the Mayoress had came down to drive us to the station. At the railway, gifts | ||
+ | |||
+ | of Milo and Malted milk were given to all of us, If anyone has any enquiries about the district, I am quite sure that Mrs. Melville would do her best to | ||
+ | |||
+ | answer them for you. (Her address is Box 89, P.O. Kempsey). It was with this friendly farewell that we boarded the train at Kempsey to arrive in Sydney | ||
+ | |||
+ | next moiling at 5.309 ready to do a hard day's work. | ||
+ | To those wonderful Kempsey people9 to Mr. & Mrs. Gowing, who entertained us so tolerantly, to Mrs. Halliday, and to Mrs. Melville, I would say thank you | ||
+ | |||
+ | for making this trip, which had every promise of being a miserable weekend, into a trip to be remembered, | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | ====== STARTLING STATISTICS====== | ||
+ | Just how significant has the role played by the | ||
+ | professional hunter been in the destruction of Australia’s native faunas The following extracts give some indication. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ====== News Review====== | ||
+ | May 14, 1965. " | ||
+ | |||
+ | about a million. The number of possums taken in the same period was more than five million. Authoritative statements made in 1911 showed that in the | ||
+ | |||
+ | previous year two Sydney dealers alone had sold 1,298 lyrebird tails. The ruling price, it appears, was 2/6 each." | ||
+ | ====== The Daily Telegraph ====== | ||
+ | June 18, 1967. "In 1908 60,000 koalas were hunted and killed, and their skins passed through the Sydney market. In 1924 the number had risen to a | ||
+ | |||
+ | staggering 2 million from the Eastern States. In 1927 Queensland declared an open onemonth season on the bears and 10,000 hunters shot 600,000 koalas." | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | ====== Handy Hints ====== | ||
+ | A number of Bushwalkers have made it known to me that they would appreciate, a space in the magazine where ideas and hint's could be given an airing, and | ||
+ | |||
+ | thus, ydnefit everyone. The idea is to pass on information about new gear, special recipes, for light-weight food, hints on caring for gear, such as | ||
+ | |||
+ | water-proofing tents, and any other ideas which might help to " | ||
+ | |||
+ | published whenever they are received, and every month if possible. Should you have any ideas I would be pleased to hear | ||
from you. Ed. | from you. Ed. | ||
TO LIGHTEN THE LOAD. | TO LIGHTEN THE LOAD. | ||
- | Is yours a pack laden with heavy tinned food? Is yours the heavy load? Perhaps you may prefer to endure those million little gremlins | + | Is yours a pack laden with heavy tinned food? Is yours the heavy load? Perhaps you may prefer to endure those million little gremlins pulling on your pack |
- | pulling on your pack for the sake of easy comfort at the other end. For those of us who wish to lighten the load there are surely many who can | + | |
- | offer suggestions and advice; hints they have picked up along the' way or | + | for the sake of easy comfort at the other end. For those of us who wish to lighten the load there are surely many who can offer suggestions and advice; |
- | just some idea of their own; a favourite recipe or simply any suggestion to make the going easier. | + | |
+ | hints they have picked up along the' way or just some idea of their own; a favourite recipe or simply any suggestion to make the going easier. | ||
Here is a simple recipe for rice pudding: | Here is a simple recipe for rice pudding: | ||
- | Into a plastic bag put, for two people, cup rice, 1 heaped | + | Into a plastic bag put, for two people, cup rice, 1 heaped tablespoon sugar, 1 tablespoon coconut, 1 tablespoon raisins, prunes or any dried fruit, and a |
- | tablespoon sugar, 1 tablespoon coconut, 1 tablespoon raisins, prunes | + | |
- | or any dried fruit, and a pinch of salt. Then preparing simply put' dry - ingredients into billy can and add about 1 cups water, stir, and cook | + | pinch of salt. Then preparing simply put' dry - ingredients into billy can and add about 1 cups water, stir, and cook over fire for fr an hour, stirring |
- | over fire for fr an hour, stirring occasionally. | + | |
+ | occasionally. | ||
- | - | ||
- | Condensed milk, added to rice that has been cobked | + | Condensed milk, added to rice that has been cooked |
- | raisins, is simple and quite tasty also. | + | For breakfast, sausage mince patties rolled in corn flake crumbs, flattened and wrapped in Alfoil, packs easily, and cooks in coals at the edge of the |
- | For breakfast, sausage mince patties rolled in corn flake crumbs, | + | |
- | flattened and wrapped in Alfoil, packs easily, and cooks in'coals at the edge of the fire. | + | |
- | Girls, a simple freshener for those hot walks - a couple of cotton balls soaked in skin freshener, and carried in a small aluminium container or plastic bag. | + | |
- | NEW EQUIPMENT. A member of the Sydney University tushwalking ClUb, Miss | + | |
- | K. Webb, recently tested a new ultra-light outdoor activity blanket in New Zealand. The material is waterproof aluminised plastic, reinforced | + | |
- | with fibreglass strands. It reflects 80% of the wearer,' | + | |
+ | fire. | ||
+ | Girls, a simple freshener for those hot walks - a couple of cotton balls soaked in skin freshener, and carried in a small aluminium container or plastic | ||
- | Claire Kinsella' | + | bag. |
- | educational evening, due mainly to the intelligent and unbiassed way in which the subject was presented. We hear many conflicting reports on life behind the Bamboo Curtain, usually loaded with propaganda for one side or the other, but Claire' | + | NEW EQUIPMENT. A member of the Sydney University Bushwalking Club, Miss K. Webb, recently tested a new ultra-light outdoor activity blanket in New |
- | The other social evening in June was the Museum Night. This was somewhat of an experiment, which worked. Fiftyseven Bushwalkers invaded the Museum after normal trading hours, and were treated to an enjoyable evening, concluded with supper in-the rooftop restaurant. The bestrec- | + | |
- | eived feature of the evening was the excellent film on the "Birth of the Red. Kangaroo" | + | Zealand. The material is waterproof aluminised plastic, reinforced with fibreglass strands. It reflects 80% of the wearer' |
+ | |||
+ | in. blanket folds to 8 in. by 5- in. and weighs 11 ounce. I think that this is one new product that Bushwalkers are going to hear a lot more about. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | ====== Socially Speaking ====== | ||
+ | Claire Kinsella' | ||
+ | |||
+ | which the subject was presented. We hear many conflicting reports on life behind the Bamboo Curtain, usually loaded with propaganda for one side or the | ||
+ | |||
+ | other, but Claire' | ||
+ | The other social evening in June was the Museum Night. This was somewhat of an experiment, which worked. Fiftyseven Bushwalkers invaded the Museum after | ||
+ | |||
+ | normal trading hours, and were treated to an enjoyable evening, concluded with supper in-the rooftop restaurant. The best received | ||
+ | |||
+ | was the excellent film on the "Birth of the Red. Kangaroo" | ||
COMING SOCIAL EVENTS. | COMING SOCIAL EVENTS. | ||
19th. July: "The Upper Cbimbu Valley | 19th. July: "The Upper Cbimbu Valley | ||
slides presented by Margaret Vazey. | slides presented by Margaret Vazey. | ||
- | 26th. Julys "Club Debate" | + | 26th. Julys "Club Debate" |
- | teams of three persons each and each speaker will be given three minutes in which to air his or her views on the particular | + | |
+ | speaker will be given three minutes in which to air his or her views on the particular | ||
1. That small cooking fires are preferable to large communal cooking fires, | 1. That small cooking fires are preferable to large communal cooking fires, | ||
2. That Hframe packs are superior to Aframe packs. | 2. That Hframe packs are superior to Aframe packs. | ||
3. That Instructional Walks are not necessary. | 3. That Instructional Walks are not necessary. | ||
- | These are the topics expressed generally. The exact wording will | + | These are the topics expressed generally. The exact wording will be advised later on, but anyone interested in participating should start thinking about |
- | be advised later on, but anyone interested in participating should start | + | |
- | thinking about which side to take. If you have any enquiries about the debating, or would like your name added to the list of debaters, ring me at 30-1827. | + | which side to take. If you have any enquiries about the debating, or would like your name added to the list of debaters, ring me at 30-1827. |
- | July, 1967 THE SYDNEY BUSH7ALKER Page 21. | + | |
- | ADVICE FOR THE LOVELORN AND 7AE:=J1T; TI7BITS | + | ---- |
- | i 7ISDOM | + | ====== Aunty Muriel ====== |
+ | ADVICE FOR THE LOVELORN AND FASCINATING TITBITS | ||
+ | |||
+ | Aunty Muriel received three letters from worried souls during the month, but after consultation with the Editor, it was decided that the letters should | ||
+ | |||
+ | not be published until next month. Aunty Muriel feels that serious problems require a lot of thought so that a just solution can be found. So we hope you | ||
+ | |||
+ | can struggle along until next 3:9.onth without too much heartache. In the meantime anyhow Aunty Muriel offers some interim advice. To Unhappy of | ||
+ | |||
+ | Kempsey, don't let your de facto know about things just for the moment, and keep out of the way of Daisy and Mabel. | ||
+ | And if your wife starts asking questions, play it smart by acting dumb. To Innocent Irma, if you entertain any of Ron's friends during the next month, it | ||
- | Aunty Muriel received three letters from worried souls during the month, but after consultation with the Editor, it waa.decided that the letters should not be published until next month. Aunty Muriel feels that serious | + | might be best to lock the bedroom door, then you'll have a chance to hide whoever it is before letting Ron in To Worried Fanny, there is a very simple |
- | problems reqUire a lot of thought so that a just solution can be found. So we hope you can struggle along until next 3:9.onth without too much | + | |
- | heartache. In the meantime anyhow Aunty Muriel offers some interim | + | |
- | advice. To Unhappy of Kempsey, don't let your de facto know about things just for the moment, and keep out of the way of Daisy and Mabel. | + | |
- | And if your wife starts asking questions, play it smart by acting dumb. To Innocent Irma, if you entertain any of Ron's friends during the next month, it might be best to lock the bedroom door, then you'll have a chance to hide whoever it is before letting Ron in To Worried Fanny, | + | |
- | there is a very simple | + | |
- | go gogo dancing together. | + | |
+ | solution to your problem, which Aunty Muriel will disclose to you next month. In the meantime, why don't the four of you go gogo dancing together. | ||
- | A POTTED HISTORY OF THE NORTH ERA TRUST FUND | + | ====== |
A precis of an article which appeared in "The Sydney Bushwalker, | A precis of an article which appeared in "The Sydney Bushwalker, | ||
July, 1947) | July, 1947) | ||
- | From the earliest days of the S.B.7. members have camped at Era. About 1937 the possibility of buying Lot 7, North Era was mooted, and a rough survey was made of the boundaries. Early in 1943 it became known that Byrnes' | + | From the earliest days of the S.B.7. members have camped at Era. About 1937 the possibility of buying Lot 7, North Era was mooted, and a rough survey was |
- | the purchase was obtained. The land was later resumed, and now forms part of Royal Nationa Park. | + | |
+ | made of the boundaries. Early in 1943 it became known that Byrnes' | ||
+ | around that it' | ||
+ | proposed company was to erect a large boarding house or hotel and to instal all the usual holiday facilities. At first the Government was requested, | ||
+ | |||
+ | through Federation, to resume the whole of the privately owned lands between National Park and Garrawarra. The Government would not resume the land, so | ||
+ | |||
+ | attention was turned to the possibility of purchasing Lot 7. In a very short time nearly 200 had been promised. The Club also devoted 100 towards the | ||
+ | |||
+ | purchase. Edna Garrad undertook collection of funds. Tom Herbert and Mouldy Harrison negotiated with the owner the price agreed to being 350. By June, | ||
+ | |||
+ | 1945, 435 had been contributed. However the Federal Treasurer would not consent to a sale for 350 of land valued at 210. Unable to purchase, camping | ||
+ | |||
+ | rights were leased for 18 a year. A new tactic was tried. A new valuation was obtained from an approved valuer (Z3OO) and the Treasurer' | ||
+ | |||
+ | purchase was obtained. The land was later resumed, and now forms part of Royal National Park. | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | ====== The Back Page ====== | ||
CHANGE OF ROUTE SUNDAY WALK. | CHANGE OF ROUTE SUNDAY WALK. | ||
- | David Ingram' | + | David Ingram' |
- | going via Bobbin Head and. Mt. Kuringai, | + | |
- | but instead will go Clatswood | + | Hills Ryland trig. Cowan Creek The Sphinx |
- | to Terry Hills Ryland trig. Cowan Creek The Sphinx | + | |
- | STONY RANGE IFILDFLO" | + | close to Geoff wood's walk which followed the same route. Train tickets are needed only to "Wahroonga |
+ | |||
+ | STONY RANGE WILDFLOWER | ||
DEE WHY. | DEE WHY. | ||
- | Saturday, September 9th. has been set aside for Sydney Bush walkers to take a picnic lunch to the above reserve. It is hoped that | + | Saturday, September 9th. has been set aside for Sydney Bush walkers to take a picnic lunch to the above reserve. It is hoped that many will attend, as |
- | many will attend, as they have done in the last two Springs, and make this event a minor reunion. Anyone interested could contact Kath McKay 78-7455. | + | |
- | . LOST | + | they have done in the last two Springs, and make this event a minor reunion. Anyone interested could contact Kath McKay 78-7455. |
- | No, not 36 chooks in Pitt Street by University student, but one jigsaw puzzle by Owen Marks. Loaned to someone, but can't remember who. Has great sentimental | + | |
- | SCHOOL FOR. SCANDAL | + | LOST |
- | Could those persons who indicated to Katie Stoddart that they would be joining the theatre party to see " | + | No, not 36 chooks in Pitt Street by University student, but one jigsaw puzzle by Owen Marks. Loaned to someone, but can't remember who. Has great |
- | START THINKING | + | |
- | It is almost certain that there To the contributors : | + | sentimental value to owner. |
- | will be a special 40th. Anniversary | + | |
+ | SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL | ||
+ | Could those persons who indicated to Katie Stoddart that they would be joining the theatre party to see " | ||
+ | |||
+ | their money to Katie as soon as possible so that the tickets can be purchased. | ||
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+ | START THINKING | ||
+ | It is almost certain that there To the contributors : will be a special 40th. Anniversary | ||
THIS issue of the magazine in October, | THIS issue of the magazine in October, | ||
- | consisting of 40 pages (one for each year if the budget can stand it). It takes a lot of copy to fill forty | + | consisting of 40 pages (one for each year if the budget can stand it). It takes a lot of copy to fill forty pages, so could you put on the thinking cap |
- | pages, so could you put on the thinking cap and you may come up with | + | |
- | something. You need not necdasarily have to write, but ideas are always welcome, Do you have any old newspaper clippings which may have some relevance to the history of the Club? This is the sort of thing that is teeded. An old Talks programme, or a clipping | + | and you may come up with something. You need not necdasarily have to write, but ideas are always welcome, Do you have any old newspaper clippings which |
- | can have a lot to say. Please forward any ideas to the editor, whose address appears on the front page of this Magazine. | + | |
+ | may have some relevance to the history of the Club? This is the sort of thing that is teeded. An old Talks programme, or a clipping can have a lot to say. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Please forward any ideas to the editor, whose address appears on the front page of this Magazine. | ||
MONTH, Jim Brown Don Finch Owen Marks | MONTH, Jim Brown Don Finch Owen Marks | ||
Dot Butler Kath McKay David Ingram Ivy Painter | Dot Butler Kath McKay David Ingram Ivy Painter | ||
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PRESS: SPECIAL EESSAGE | PRESS: SPECIAL EESSAGE | ||
- | The news has just been received. that Heather (nee Joyce) and. John White were married last Saturday, 8th0 July, 1967. To Mr. and Mrs. White, on behalf of all Sydney Bushwalkers, | + | The news has just been received. that Heather (nee Joyce) and. John White were married last Saturday, 8th0 July, 1967. To Mr. and Mrs. White, on behalf of |
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+ | all Sydney Bushwalkers, | ||
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+ | CHANGE OF DATE. Katie Stoddart wishes to advise that her Newnes trip, shown on the Walks Programme for nth., 29th.', | ||
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+ | 11th., 12th., 13th. August. The trip will include an inspection of the disused railway tunnel which houses the famous News Glowworms. Ample time will also | ||
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+ | be allowed for exploration of"the old mines and shale Oil works, | ||
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+ | LAST MINUTE NEWS. The Editor would like it to be known that in future, any last minute news items should be submitted at least one week before the | ||
+ | publication date. Otherwise the shock next time may be too great for him. | ||
- | MARGE OF DATE. Katie Stoddart wishes to advise that her Newnes trip, shown | + | A NEW RECORD. S.B.W. has had numerous marriageS of members, but the latest |
- | . on the Walks Programme for nth., 29th.', | + | |
- | LAST MINUTE NE7S. The Editor would like it to be known that in future, any last minute news items should be submitted at least one | + | |
- | week before the publication date. Otherwise the shock next time may be too | + | |
- | great for him. | + | |
- | A NEW RECORD. S.B.117. has had numerous marriageS of members, but the latest | + | |
- | 7hite/joyce marriage creates a new record in that this is the first time one PastPresident | + | Past President |
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