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A monthly bulletin of matters of interest to the Sydney Bushwalkers, | A monthly bulletin of matters of interest to the Sydney Bushwalkers, | ||
CONTENTS. | CONTENTS. | ||
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Pat Harrison. | Pat Harrison. | ||
- | There are some redoubtable and experienced white ants around -- real experts whose detection would never come to light but for | + | There are some redoubtable and experienced white ants around -- real experts whose detection would never come to light but for their own self confessions, |
- | their own self confessions, | + | ether leaders who wanted their walks to have a reasonable chance of success, if and when white ants as aforementioned were likely to be in the area. |
- | incriminate | + | |
- | ether leaders who wanted their walks to have a reasonable chance | + | |
- | of success, if and when white ants as aforementioned were likely | + | |
- | to be in the area. | + | |
- | The situation would indeed call for firm action, and thus it was that my plans for the Tolgan-Capertee round trip were well | + | The situation would indeed call for firm action, and thus it was that my plans for the Wolgan-Capertee round trip were well known long in advance. Nothing was secret, and anyone who joined, me did so with eyes open. It was a car-swap trip and my leg was starting from Newnes and following the Wolgan and Capertee around to Glen Davis. The plan was to walk the 5 miles or so to Luchotti' |
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- | to Glen Davis. The plan was to walk the 5 miles or so to Luchotti' | + | |
- | Hut on the Friday night and to start walking again at 5.00 a.m. on Saturday morning. | + | |
- | There were 15 walkers and 4 cars in all, but because one car (Don Finch and Snow Browmc) could not leave Sydney until about 9.00 p.m. on the Friday and because some of the occupants of another vehicle (which was conveying the Caliphs and the Harem to Glen Davis) aid not want to walk at night, I was left with a party of four, including myself. However, Don Finch assured me that he would Talk down to Luchetti' | + | |
- | Ray Hookway, Peter Franks (prospective) and myself swapped cars with Ross Hughes, Laurie Quaken, Dot Noble and Marion Lloyd at Lithgow and set out again in Ross's car for the Tolgan Valley about 9,20 p.m. | + | |
- | There had been heavy rain during the afternoon and consequently the road from 7olgan Gap to Newnes was very greasy and dangerous and we were down to second gear and 10 mph most of the way. We were lucky to miss a kangaroo on the narrow part of the road just before the old hotel. Everything was saturated and there | + | |
- | was a drip, drip, drip from the trees when we reached Newnes | + | There were 15 walkers |
- | 7e were walking at 11.5 p.m. but at 11.40 p.m. Ray remembered that that he had not locked_ Ross's car and he had to walk back to Newnes. The rest of us kept going, dodging the mud and the puddles | + | |
- | By 5.00 a.m. when we got out of bed the temperature had dropped and it was a bleakish daybreak | + | |
- | but the view from the Hut was as good as ever and the great | + | |
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- | cliff across | + | |
- | morning.. There was no rain, however, and sharp | + | |
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- | might, we set down the 7olgan. I cannot understand | + | |
- | why som people do not like early starts, for it | + | |
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- | 4. The Sydney Bushwalker. December, | + | |
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- | is the pleasantest time of the day and the birds arc at their -noisiest and the trees and grasses have their freshest look. It is the time when you can saunter along with old rhymes running through yigur head. Of course the kind of stuff that would run through my | + | |
- | head would not be everybody' | + | |
- | Ships, and of course they are not Homers and cannot make up the deficiencies otherwise. Having browsed my way through several thous- | + | |
- | and volumes of poetry and religiously eschewed | + | |
- | (even including modern Australian ones, dozens of whom would be in- | + | |
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- | /- BETTER TO ERR 7ITH POPE THAN SHINE WITH PYE. | + | Ray Hookway, Peter Franks (prospective) and myself swapped cars with Ross Hughes, Laurie Quaken, Dot Noble and Marion Lloyd at Lithgow and set out again in Ross's car for the Wolgan Valley about 9.20 p.m. |
- | Quotations having been made elsewhere, I clpim the privilege of quoting at length what would have appealed to me on such a morning. For example, the following would have boon in keeping with | + | There had been heavy rain during the afternoon and consequently the road from Wolgan Gap to Newnes was very greasy and dangerous and we were down to second gear and 10 mph most of the way. We were lucky to miss a kangaroo on the narrow part of the road just before the old hotel. Everything was saturated and there was a drip, drip, drip from the trees when we reached Newnes and found John Scott there, as arranged. John had driven up alone earlier in the afternoon and had encountered the full blast of the rain and the hail. After doing the walk with us, John (who was freelancing in the area) would drive the Caliph' |
- | that gloomy mornings | + | |
- | As when from mountaintops | + | We were walking at 11.5 p.m. but at 11.40 p.m. Ray remembered that that he had not locked Ross's car and he had to walk back to Newnes. The rest of us kept going, dodging the mud and the puddles of water and sliding everywhere, and reached the hut at 12.30 a.m. on Saturday morning and lost no time in hitting the hay, but Ray woke us all up again when he arrived at 2.00 a.m. By the way, when Ray got to Glen Davis and to his own car he found that Ross had left it unlocked! |
- | Ascending, while the north wind dleops, | + | |
- | Scowls o'er the darkened landscape snow, or shower, If chance the radiant sun, with farewell sweet, Extend his evening beam, the fields revive, The birds their notes renew, and bleating herds Attest their joy, that hill and valley rings. | + | By 5.00 a.m. when we got out of bed the temperature had dropped and it was a bleakish daybreak with a sky full of wet-looking clouds but the view from the Hut was as good as ever and the great cliff across the river was made more impressive by the morning. There was no rain, however, and sharp at 6.00 a.m., after cooeeing up the river with all our might, we set down the Wolgan. I cannot understand why some people do not like early starts, for it is the pleasantest time of the day and the birds are at their noisiest and the trees and grasses have their freshest look. It is the time when you can saunter along with old rhymes running through your head. Of course the kind of stuff that would run through my head would not be everybody' |
- | To hear the lark begin his flight, And, singing, startle the dull night, From his watchtower in the skies, | + | |
- | Freeze, freeze, thou bitter sky, That dost not bite so nigh, As benefits forgot. | + | IT IS BETTER TO ERR WITH POPE THAN SHINE WITH PYE. |
- | ....the river | + | |
- | That makes sweet music with th..! enamelled stones, Giving a gentle kiss to every sedge | + | Quotations having been made elsewhere, I claim the privilege of quoting at length what would have appealed to me on such a morning. For example, the following would have been in keeping with that gloomy mornings |
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+ | As when from mountain tops the dusky clouds\\ | ||
+ | Ascending, while the north wind dleeps | ||
+ | Heaven' | ||
+ | Scowls o'er the darkened landscape snow, or shower,\\ | ||
+ | If chance the radiant sun, with farewell sweet, | ||
+ | Extend his evening beam, the fields revive, | ||
+ | The birds their notes renew, and bleating herds \\ | ||
+ | Attest their joy, that hill and valley rings. | ||
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+ | To hear the lark begin his flight, | ||
+ | And, singing, startle the dull night, | ||
+ | From his watchtower in the skies, | ||
+ | Till the dappled dawn doth rise; \\ | ||
+ | Then to come in spite of sorrow, | ||
+ | And at my window bid good morrow. | ||
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+ | Freeze, freeze, thou bitter sky, \\ | ||
+ | That dost not bite so nigh, \\ | ||
+ | As benefits forgot. | ||
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+ | ....the river\\ | ||
+ | That makes sweet music with the enamelled stones,\\ | ||
+ | Giving a gentle kiss to every sedge\\ | ||
He overtaketh in his pilgrimage. | He overtaketh in his pilgrimage. | ||
- | 5. The Sydney Bushwalker. December ,l969. | + | |
Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly | Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly | ||
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Man, proud Man, drest in a little brief ' | Man, proud Man, drest in a little brief ' | ||
- | Ay, in the catalogue ye go for men; | + | |
- | As hounds. and greyhounds, mongrels, spaniels, curs, Shoughs, water-rugs, | + | Ay, in the catalogue ye go for men;\\ |
- | Fear no more the heat of the sun | + | As hounds. and greyhounds, mongrels, spaniels, curs, \\ |
- | Nor the furious winter' | + | Shoughs, water-rugs, |
- | Home art gone and taten thy wages; Golden lads and girls all must9 | + | All by the name of dogs. |
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+ | Fear no more the heat of the sun\\ | ||
+ | Nor the furious winter' | ||
+ | Thou thy worldly task hast done,\\ | ||
+ | Home art gone and taken thy wages;\\ | ||
+ | Golden lads and girls all must\\ | ||
As chimney-sweepers, | As chimney-sweepers, | ||
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- | All is best, though we oft doubt What th7 unsearchable dispose of Highest Wisdom brings about. | ||
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- | 6. The Sydney Bushwalker. December, | + | |
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- | Our youth, and joys,and all we have; | + | |
And pays us but with age and dust. | And pays us but with age and dust. | ||
- | Sweet are the thoughts that savour of content; The quiet mind is richer than a crown; | + | |
- | The homely house that harbours quiet rest._ | + | Sweet are the thoughts that savour of content; |
- | His golden locks time bath to silver turned; | + | The quiet mind is richer than a crown;\\ |
- | 0 time too swift, o swiftness never ceasing! | + | The homely house that harbours quiet rest.\\ |
- | His youth ' | + | His golden locks time bath to silver turned;\\ |
- | - But spurned in vain; youth wanoth by increasing. | + | 0 time too swift, o swiftness never ceasing!\\ |
- | Bac ty, strenth, youth, are flowers but fading seen; e Duty, faith, love, are roots, and over green. | + | His youth ' |
- | 1.01m.m.g.mmi | + | -But spurned in vain; youth wanoth by increasing.\\ |
+ | Beauty, strength, youth, are flowers but fading seen;\\ | ||
+ | Duty, faith, love, are roots, and over green. | ||
His helmet now shall make a hive for bees. | His helmet now shall make a hive for bees. | ||
- | Having warmed to my subject, I had bettor | + | Having warmed to my subject, I had better |
- | :p1SH LORDS. | + | |
+ | IRISH LORDS | ||
The clover burr was two foot high, and the billabOngs were full; The brolgas danced a minuet, and the world seemed made of wool; The nights were never wearisome, and the days were never slow, When first we came to Irish Lords, on the road to Ivanhoe. | The clover burr was two foot high, and the billabOngs were full; The brolgas danced a minuet, and the world seemed made of wool; The nights were never wearisome, and the days were never slow, When first we came to Irish Lords, on the road to Ivanhoe. | ||
The rime was on the barley grass as we passed the homestead rails; | The rime was on the barley grass as we passed the homestead rails; | ||
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No violets in her garden bed. And her voice----hushed long ago: | No violets in her garden bed. And her voice----hushed long ago: | ||
When last we camped at Irish Lords, on the road to Ivanhoe. | When last we camped at Irish Lords, on the road to Ivanhoe. | ||
- | But back to the log of our walk. 77e reached Rocky Creek at 6.45 a.m. and crossed over because the Tolgan was carrying a fair head of water and we were determined to stay on the northern bank all the way to the junction and then up the southern bank of the Caper-tee. We did not want to waste time in crossing unless we really had to. | + | |
- | At Annie Rowan we came upon 5 Dingoes feasting on a dead cow. They were all the characteristic golden colour, but one of them by its size and shape seemed to have a touch of Alsatian. | + | But back to the log of our walk. We reached Rocky Creek at 6.45 a.m. and crossed over because the Tolgan was carrying a fair head of water and we were determined to stay on the northern bank all the way to the junction and then up the southern bank of the Caper-tee. We did not want to waste time in crossing unless we really had to. |
- | They were quite ferocious and snarled in a menacing manner and there seemed no doubt that they would have attacked us but for the turbulent river which separated us. | + | |
- | During our walk down the 7olganwe | + | At Annie Rowan we came upon 5 Dingoes feasting on a dead cow. They were all the characteristic golden colour, but one of them by its size and shape seemed to have a touch of Alsatian. They were quite ferocious and snarled in a menacing manner and there seemed no doubt that they would have attacked us but for the turbulent river which separated us. |
- | hour and we had an hour for lunch (instead of cur planned half hour) so that Don and. Snow would catch us, but of course they did not appear although we were anxious for them to join us. | + | |
- | The 7olgan | + | During our walk down the Wolgan we found a dead Platypus on a small spit of sand, and we also disturbed several Lyre birds which screeched noisily as they fluttered across the river to the safety of the other side. We also took 10 minutes rest every hour and we had an hour for lunch (instead of our planned half hour) so that Don and Snow would catch us, but of course they did not appear although we were anxious for them to join us. |
- | We spent 20 minutes at the junction and we now knew that we could have reached Glen Davis that night if we had wanted to, but for the rest of the day we enjoyed a relaxed saunter up the most beautiful of river gorges, passing Ross's party at 2.30 p.m. We left a message for Don and Snow with Ross, that we would camp not later than 5.00 p.m. and that we were looking forward to seeing them. As it turned out, we camped at 4.30 p.m. in a beautiful | + | |
- | 8. The Sydny. Bushtalker. December, | + | The Wolgan |
- | formed it. There were Myrtles, Blueberry Ash, Melaleuca, Eucalyptus, and two slender Turpentines Which were just rightly placed to serve as tent poles. The grass was short and green on the floor of the bower but waist-high bracken formed a protective barrier around it. | + | |
- | The lower Capertee has some notable specimens of Turpentines, | + | We spent 20 minutes at the junction and we now knew that we could have reached Glen Davis that night if we had wanted to, but for the rest of the day we enjoyed a relaxed saunter up the most beautiful of river gorges, passing Ross's party at 2.30 p.m. We left a message for Don and Snow with Ross, that we would camp not later than 5.00 p.m. and that we were looking forward to seeing them. As it turned out, we camped at 4.30 p.m. in a beautiful |
- | We were in bed by 7.00 p.m. on Saturday, up at 5.00 a.m. on Sunday, on the track at 6.00 a.m., and reached Glen Davis at 10.15 a.m., having of course taken our usual 10 minutes every hour to gaze around at the golden walls of rock. - | + | |
- | Ever since Friday night we had been expecting rain, to the extent that we had been induced to carry a tent, but by -*e time we reached the cars on Sunday there were large patches of blue among the grey and the morning was auite nice. | + | The lower Capertee has some notable specimens of Turpentines, |
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+ | We were in bed by 7.00 p.m. on Saturday, up at 5.00 a.m. on Sunday, on the track at 6.00 a.m., and reached Glen Davis at 10.15 a.m., having of course taken our usual 10 minutes every hour to gaze around at the golden walls of rock. | ||
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+ | Ever since Friday night we had been expecting rain, to the extent that we had been induced to carry a tent, but by the time we reached the cars on Sunday there were large patches of blue among the grey and the morning was quite nice. | ||
We boiled the billy, had a dip in the river, and hung around until 11.30 a.m. in the hope that Don and Snow would arrive, but they (like the rain) did not appear. | We boiled the billy, had a dip in the river, and hung around until 11.30 a.m. in the hope that Don and Snow would arrive, but they (like the rain) did not appear. | ||
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- | 74ARTEDs One papoose pack, used, cheap. Our son can almost sit and we would like a papoose pack to show our little Aussie this.wonrderful country - what better way than hiking with the S.B.7.' | + | |
- | Please contact Craig or Marcia Shappert | + | |
- | 30-2028 (H). | + | |
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Also arising from the Minutes it was reported that about 35 people attended the memorial service to Taro at Clear Hill, and that the position regarding Crown land adjoining the Club block in Kangaroo Valley was still uncertain. Frank Leyden suggested " | Also arising from the Minutes it was reported that about 35 people attended the memorial service to Taro at Clear Hill, and that the position regarding Crown land adjoining the Club block in Kangaroo Valley was still uncertain. Frank Leyden suggested " | ||
- | Out of correspondence was a proposal by the Nature Conservation Council that the-Sim report on beach mining should be discussed in l' | + | Out of correspondence was a proposal by the Nature Conservation Council that the Sim report on beach mining should be discussed in parliament. The Club resolved, on a motion by Phil Hall, to request |
In the " | In the " | ||
At, the beginning of the month five members were amongst 27 pedple at a joint trip on 7atsonts Crags in the Alps, and Ray Hook- way's ?47,da-cang trip had 17 - the area was so crowded it " | At, the beginning of the month five members were amongst 27 pedple at a joint trip on 7atsonts Crags in the Alps, and Ray Hook- way's ?47,da-cang trip had 17 - the area was so crowded it " | ||
- | Dot Noble' | + | Dot Noble' |
- | showery conditions in the hills near KanangTa, and there were two day walks, one led. by Meryl Watman into flannel flower, country near KUrnell, while Gladys Robert | + | |
- | Mid October saw the carswap | + | Mid October saw the car swap trip of Pat Harrison and Ross Hughes on Wo1gan |
- | For his Instructional | + | For his Instructional walk over Paddy' |
71ollon.dilly; | 71ollon.dilly; | ||
Owen.' | Owen.' | ||
weather, but by all accounts there was little time, forAns, | weather, but by all accounts there was little time, forAns, | ||
- | Wilf proceeded with a Federation Report, including congratulations to the Melbourne Walking' | + | Wilf proceeded with a Federation Report, including congratulations to the Melbourne Walking' |
- | NOT to contradict conservationists who were opposed to the stunt. This might be construed as supporting the critics. Delegates were wanted for the Conservation Bureau and apparently | + | |
The Chairman reminded the meeting of Committee' | The Chairman reminded the meeting of Committee' | ||
- | In General Business Frank Ashdown asked what measures were being taken to Day rates on the Kangaroo Valley property. Phil Butt said this was a question for examination by the Management Committee and Sheila | + | In General Business Frank Ashdown asked what measures were being taken to pay rates on the Kangaroo Valley property. Phil Butt said this was a question for examination by the Management Committee and Sheila |
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- | Will' | + | Wilf Hilder reported the recent death of Harold Peatfield of the Mountain Trails Club. He had been connected with the Walking |
Also covered by 7111f were brochures on the Royal National Park and Kuringgai Chase now at Paddy' | Also covered by 7111f were brochures on the Royal National Park and Kuringgai Chase now at Paddy' | ||
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It was 9.40 by this time, there was no more to be said, and we went our several ways. | It was 9.40 by this time, there was no more to be said, and we went our several ways. | ||
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