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-UP IN THE MORNING- EARLY
+=====Up Early In The Morning.=====
 Pat Harrison
-The leader of a walk is always mightily pleased when Friday night comes, for then he knows that there can be no more. changes in who is coming and who is not coming. The phone calls were at an end and the party for the Yaouk
-walk on 14/15 December was finally stabilised at six members. Ross Hughes collected Shirley Dean and Bill Gillam and headed for the Seven Seas Cafe at Canberra, while David Cotton collected me and headed for the same rendezvous, where we all met Frank Rigby at 10.40 p.m. The two vehicles then set out for Glendale Crossing on the Gudgenby River and decided to camp there because it
+The leader of a walk is always mightily pleased when Friday night comes, for then he knows that there can be no more changes in who is coming and who is not coming. The phone calls were at an end and the party for the Yaouk walk on 14/15 December was finally stabilised at six members. Ross Hughes collected Shirley Dean and Bill Gillam and headed for the Seven Seas Cafe at Canberra, while David Cotton collected me and headed for the same rendezvous, where we all met Frank Rigby at 10.40 p.m. The two vehicles then set out for Glendale Crossing on the Gudgenby River and decided to camp there because it was the only place for forty miles around where a fire could be lit. After a cup of Bill's coffee the party was in bed by 1.00 a.m., with the chuckle of the Gudgenby in our ears and the daybright moonlight on our faces. It shone so brightly over all that I had a half-awake confused dream that the nearby Tracking Station was engaged in an inter-planetary war with Mars and I realy expected little men to carry me away at any moment. It was worth a 225-mile drive just to camp under such a moon in such a place on such a night.
-was the only place for forty miles around where a fire could be lit. After a cup of Billts coffee the party was in bed by 1.00 a.m., with the chuckle of the -tidgenby in our ears and the daybright moonlight on our faces.-It shone
-so brightly over all that I had a half-awake confused dream that the nearby Tracking Station was engaged in an inter-planetary.war.with Mars and I re4ly expected little men to carry me away at any moment. It was worth a 225-mile drive just to camp under such a moon in such a place on such a night.
+We were up for an early breakfast on Saturday morning and climbed into the cars at 6.00 a.m. for the last stage of the drive to Yaouk and points north. The road climbed through the Snow Gums then down across the Naas River and through the pleasant country around Callemondah and on into the broad valley of Bradley's Creek where it was fascinating to consider how such a stream made such a valley and to wonder whether the Murrumbidgee once kept going eastwards at Yaouk and had something to do with the formation of the valley. It was a very beautiful drive down the broad, flat, lush-green valley in the early morning, with a ring of great mountains around us.
-We were up for an early breakfast on Saturday morning and climbed, into
-the cars at 6.00 a.m. for the last stage of the drive to YaoUk and points north. The road cliMbed through the Snow Gums then down across the Naas River and through the pleasant country around Callemondah and on into the.. . broad valley of Bradley's Creek where it was fascinating to consider how such a stream made such a valley and to wonder whether the MurruMbidgee Ince kept going, eastwards at Yaouk and had something to do with the formation of the valley. It was a very beautiful drive down the broad, flat, lush-green valley in the early morning, with a ring of groat mountains around us.
+We parked the cars at a timbergetter's cottage in the shadow of Mount Morgan, but the timbergetter couldn't give us any topographical information whatsoever - he knew less than we did about the area. However, we found the Bung Harris Track and in pretty smart time were dumping our packs in one of those lovely little meadows that you find in this part of the world. Morgan was still another 1,000 feet above us, but without packs the party tore into it like terriers and soon were identifying the snow-plastered features of the Snowy Mountains, Jagungal standing out most impressively. There was a little alpine stream a few yards from our packs, thus enabling us to have a comfortable lunch before picking up the Bung Harris Track again and finding our way down to Oldfield's Hut along the open valley of the Goodradigbee River (or Murray Greek as it is known in its headwaters).
-b parked the cars at a timbergetter's cottage in the shadow of Mount
-Horgan, but the timbergetter couldnJt give us any topographical.information
+Oldfield's Hut is sited in a beautiful meadow, and the alpine flowers were beginning to show; there was also a most imposing view of Bimberi Peak: but Frank Rigby detests huts (and I must admit that Oldfield's looked a really good harbourage for rats and snakes) and consequently we moved down to the river and camped in an equally pleasant spot where we could see everything as before, excepting the hut.
-Whatsoever --- he knew less than we aia about the area. However, we found the Bung Harris Track and in pretty smar-itime were. dumping our packs' in one of those lovely little,meadows that you find in this part of the world. Morgan was still another 1,000 feet above us, but without packs the party tore into it like terriers and soon were identifying the snow-Plastered features of the Snowy Mountains, Jagungal standing out most impressively. There was a little alpine stream a few yards from our packs, thus enabling us to haVe a comfortable lunch before picking up the Bung Harris Track again and finding our way down to Oldfield's Hut along the open valley of the Goodradigbee River (or Murray Greek as it is known in its headwaters).
-Oldfield/s Hut is sited in a beautiful meadow, and the alpine flowers were beginning to shawl there was also a most imposing view of Bimberi Peak: but Frank Rigby detests huts (and I must admit that Oldfieldis looked a really good harbourage ftr rats and snakes) and consequently we moved down to the river and.camped in an equally pleasant spot where WO could see everything as before, excepting the hut.
+Bill Gillam tied his fishing line to a pole that would have made Izaak Walton weep, and wandered down the river casting here and there, but without luck, although the fish were in sight.
-January, 1969	The Sydney Bushwalker	5
-Bill Gillam tied his fishing line to a pole that would have made Izaak Walton w6ep, and wandered down the river casting here and there, but without luck, although the fish were in sights
+We had reached Oldfield's at 3.40 p.m. on a mellow afternoon with loads of daylight in hand, and soon there was some talk of either climbing Bimberi Peak and camping on top or going up to the meadow in Murray Gap and camping there, but Frank Rigby quickly scotched that notion by declaring that he __hadn't a Bimberi in him today but might have one tomorrow__.
-We had reached Oldfield's at 3.40p.m. on a mellow afternoon with loaas of daylight in hand, and soon there was some talk of either climbing Bimberi Peak and camping on top or going up to the meadow in Murray Gap and camping there, but Frank Rigby quickly scotched that notion by declaring that he hadn't a :Bimberi in him toda but might have one tomorrow.
-TS were up early again on Sunday morning and in due course Frank announced that he had a Bimberi in him today. The party had protested somewhat about early rising and about early starts, but it was the poor leader who was still dousing the fire at 6.00 a.m. while the rest of them were galloping down, the Goodradigbee and heading for Murray Gap. Leaders of walks can never win. If the walk goes perfectly, the others just regard that as,it should be; but odium is heaped upon the poor fellow if things go wrong.
+We were up early again on Sunday morning and in due course Frank announced that he had a Bimberi in him today. The party had protested somewhat about early rising and about early starts, but it was the poor leader who was still dousing the fire at 6.00 a.m. while the rest of them were galloping down the Goodradigbee and heading for Murray Gap. Leaders of walks can never win. If the walk goes perfectly, the others just regard that as it should be; but odium is heaped upon the poor fellow if things go wrong.
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 We dumped our packs at Murray Gap and a deaf ear was turned to subtle interpretations of the snowy mist that was rising from the Cotter Valley. Murray Gap is a glorious place to camp, with water right in the Gap; but there is an even better place on Dunn's Flat Creek about halfway between Oldfield's and the Gap.
-Bimberi Peak was climbed and about forty minutes was spent there in picking out landmarks around the skyline --- the Snowy Mountains, the Bogong ,Peaks over near Yarrangobilly, and the Tinderry Mountains near Michelago. Time was also taken to verify that there is still water on the very summit of Bimberi and that campsites are plentiful and good.
--Badk to Murray Gap, Picked up our packs, and were up on Mount,Murrayfor an early lunch at 11.00 a.m. All these mountains are beautiful, each in a diffovent way, the weatherbeaten Snow Gums on Mount Murray with snowgrass underneath providing a delightful lunch spot, and there was water a few feet down on the southern slope.
+Bimberi Peak was climbed and about forty minutes was spent there in picking out landmarks around the skyline - the Snowy Mountains, the Bogong Peaks over near Yarrangobilly, and the Tinderry Mountains near Michelago. Time was also taken to verify that there is still water on the very summit of Bimberi and that campsites are plentiful and good.
-There are two summits on Murray, the easterly one apparently the higher, and it was from the jumbled mass of granite boulders on this end that we dropped of and steered ourselves back to the Bung Harris ,Track under Morgan. The country south of Murray was Very alpine in appearance.
-Everybody had a wash in the icy water of Bung Harris Creek, and we all set off for IMMO at 3.40 p.m. I am somewhat nervous these days of motor vehicles, having recently been in one that was rolled; consequently you will appreciate how I felt when David came down Fitz's Hill in top gear with his brake linings burning and smoking furiously; but despite all my fears I at last fell asleep near Piton and David was allowed to drive the last leg of the journey in peace.
+Back to Murray Gap, picked up our packs, and were up on Mount Murray for an early lunch at 11.00 a.m. All these mountains are beautiful, each in a different way, the weather-beaten Snow Gums on Mount Murray with snowgrass underneath providing a delightful lunch spot, and there was water a few feet down on the southern slope.
-	The Sydney Bushwalker	Jp.nuarY,. 1969
+There are two summits on Murray, the easterly one apparently the higher, and it was from the jumbled mass of granite boulders on this end that we dropped off and steered ourselves back to the Bung Harris Track under Morgan. The country south of Murray was very alpine in appearance.
+Everybody had a wash in the icy water of Bung Harris Creek, and we all set off for home at 3.40 p.m. I am somewhat nervous these days of motor vehicles, having recently been in one that was rolled; consequently you will appreciate how I felt when David came down Fitz's Hill in top gear with his brake linings burning and smoking furiously; but despite all my fears I at last fell asleep near Piton and David was allowed to drive the last leg of the journey in peace.
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