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 A monthly bulletin of matters of interest to the Sydney Bushwalkers, Northcote Building, Reiby Place, Circular Quay, 2000.
-CONTENTS.
+**Contents**
-Gowing to the Dogs	D. Noble	2
-Barrington is Tops	R.Hookway	5
-The Bushwalkers' Ski Lodge J.Vatiliotis	8
-B. Pacey	10
-A. 77/born	13
-EDITOR:	'Bill Billam, 19 Old Bush Road, Engadine 2233
+|Gowing to the Dogs	|D. Noble	|2|
-BUS. MGR. 'Bill Burke, Coral Tree Drive, Carlingford, 2118
+|Barrington is Tops	|R.Hookway	|5 |
-TYPIST:	Christa.Younger, 71 Yarran Road,Oatley, 2223
+|The Bushwalkers' Ski Lodge| J.Vatiliotis	|8|
-ILLUSTRATOR:Helon Gray, 209 Mlton Road,Epping 2121.
+|The Rock Hopper |B. Pacey|	10|
+|Paddy's Ad  | | 11|
+|Poem | | 12|
+|S.B.W. Kangaroo Valley| A. Wyborn |13|
+|Mt. Equipment Ad | | 17|
-The Rock Hopper Paddy's Ad
+|EDITOR| Bill Billam, 19 Old Bush Road, Engadine 2233|
-Poem
+|BUS. MGR.| Bill Burke, Coral Tree Drive, Carlingford, 2118|
-S,B.7. Kangaroo Valley Mk. Equipment Ad
+|TYPIST|	Christa Younger, 71 Yarran Road,Oatley, 2223 |
+|ILLUSTRATOR|Helen Gray, 209 Malton Road, Epping 2121.|
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-	 The Sydney Bushwalker.	February, 1970.
-====== Going to the Dogs ======
+**The Sydney Bushwalker.	February, 1970.**
+====== Gowing to the Dogs ======
 D. Noble.
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 However, we did not reach the end of the road until dark, and after some considerable discussion about whether to continue (the blackness into which Taro's ladders descended had been thought - gully observed), we almost decided what to do. A decision was not forthcoming until, to our surprise, the leader arrived at the scene and promptly started a fire in the middle of the road. So we abandoned our argument about distraught leaders raging at Medlow Gap, and Neville directed our attention to the fire-on-the-road-and-no water. The fire was eventually sufficiently rationalised in words and stamped out in fact for us to proceed around to the cave without a guilty conscience. Here we cooked and ate our tea, having by then scraped up a modicum of water from somewhere. I did my usual trick and extinguished the fire with my dinner, much to the indignation of my stomach.
-Since Alan had not arrived during the night, we assumed next morning that he was not coming and after breakfast we packed up and galumphed out to Clear Hill and down to Medlow Gap. Not far past Medlow Gap we could see Mt. Mouin sticking its head out of the surrounding scrubbery, and we decided to make a detour to see the view from the top, as none of us had been there. The whole of the State was in the throes of a drought, and the Wild Dogs were no exception. Thus, although the view from the top was interesting, it wasn't exactly colourful. We found a book to sign, but no writing implement, so we made a token effort with a lump of charcoal.
+Since Alan had not arrived during the night, we assumed next morning that he was not coming and after breakfast we packed up and galumphed out to Clear Hill and down to Medlow Gap. Not far past Medlow Gap we could see Mt. Mouin sticking its head out of the surrounding scrubbery, and we decided to make a detour to see the view from the top, as none of us had been there. The whole of the State was in the throes of a drought, and the Wild Dogs were no exception. Thus, although the view from the top was interesting, it wasn't exactly colourful. We found a book to sign but no writing implement, so we made a token effort with a lump of charcoal.
 We left Mouin by slithering down the dry and dusty leaves which covered the rocks, and about half way down who should we bump into but Alan on his way up. He had driven up early in the morning and left his car at the start of Narrow Neck, making a mere Sunday jaunt out of our trip. By some coincidence he too had decided that Mt. Mouin that day would be worth having a look at.
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 Jim Vatiliotis.
-Most of us have at some stage or another complained about the high cost of accommodation at the snowfields or about the comforts" of camping at Sawpit Greek. So I decided to investigate the possibility of building our own club lodge.
+Most of us have at some stage or another complained about the high cost of accommodation at the snowfields or about the comforts of camping at Sawpit Greek. So I decided to investigate the possibility of building our own club lodge.
-I found that it is virtually impossible to obtain a reliable estimate of the cost of building a lodge, but we would probably need 75 to 100 members, paying about T1300 each. The cost of running the Lodge during the ski seaon would bb about $15 to X20 a week per bed.
-If we can get about 50 people who are enthusiastic enough to form a club, we should go ahead and apply to the National Parks and Wildlife Service for a site and draw up plans for a lodge. An a-mplication fee of g100 is payable plus $125 survey fees.
+I found that it is virtually impossible to obtain a reliable estimate of the cost of building a lodge but we would probably need 75 to 100 members, paying about $1300 each. The cost of running the Lodge during the ski seaon would be about $15 to $20 a week per bed.
-At this stage we would know the costs involved, and we would be faced with our biggest problem  collecting the money from members. This is where the whole project could collapse, and I think that the members who form the Club should be prepared to pay $50 to show that they are genuinely interested.
-There are sites available at Thredbo and Smiggin Hole but most bushwalkers prefer Perisher Valley. The best of the sites available at Porisher are shown on the map on the opposite page (near the Jolly Swagman Lodge at the end of Gunyah Road which runs south from the "Man"). There are a number of sites available at North Perisher and one near the Yeti Lodge.
+If we can get about 50 people who are enthusiastic enough to form a club, we should go ahead and apply to the National Parks and Wildlife Service for a site and draw up plans for a lodge. An application fee of $100 is payable plus $125 survey fees.
+At this stage we would know the costs involved, and we would be faced with our biggest problem : collecting the money from members. This is where the whole project could collapse, and I think that the members who form the Club should be prepared to pay $50 to show that they are genuinely interested.
+There are sites available at Thredbo and Smiggin Hole but most bushwalkers prefer Perisher Valley. The best of the sites available at Perisher are shown on the map on the opposite page (near the Jolly Swagman Lodge at the end of Gunyah Road which runs south from the "Man"). There are a number of sites available at North Perisher and one near the Yeti Lodge.
 It would be possible to reduce the cost to members by borrowing money to build the lodge and then allowing nonmembers to use the lodge and help pay off the loan. This would involve a lot of work in running the lodge, and there would always be the chance that we would not make a Profit from nonmembers and members would have to pay the loan off.
-The only other way to reduce costs is to do some of the building work ourselves, but this muld only be possible if people were prepared to volunteer for two or three weeks work.
-The N.P.T.S. has a very strict building code, and there are restrictions on the type of building materials used, the size
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+The only other way to reduce costs is to do some of the building work ourselves, but this would only be possible if people were prepared to volunteer for two or three weeks work.
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 Well if anyone has read this far and is still interested, please contact me! If there are enough people interested we will have a meeting to discuss some of these problems and decide whether we should go ahead.
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+====== The Rockhopper, ======
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-He stood gazing in rapt ecstaey at the scene before him.
-There as far as the eye could see, rock after rock, boulder after boulder was a wide flat river bed just waiting to be leapt upon. He took in the meandering watercourse with its frothing, gurgling persistance as it advanced toward him and he too ourgled. And had one been present one would have seen his lips part and little bubbles of saliva emerge
-thereon to dribble down his shirt front for he was happy.
-Soon he was off speeding like a possessed wallaby over the rough
-and tumble of his new found playground. As he skipped gaily from rock to log and yea back to rock again his thoughts wandered to pleasant things and he recalled the previous night when he had been named
-International Leaper and Flautist Extror,linaire at the Purple Ferret Hotel.
-He flitted still further and with each flit came thoughts of
-song. It was a pleasant song of birds and flowers and springtime and all that is nice. And had one still been present one could have seen startled and puzzled looks on the faces of local fauna as they lifted their heads to sec a strange figure go bounding by. A figure
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+Soon he was off speeding like a possessed wallaby over the rough and tumble of his new found playground. As he skipped gaily from rock to log and yea back to rock again his thoughts wandered to pleasant things and he recalled the previous night when he had been named International Leaper and Flautist Extrordinaire at the Purple Ferret Hotel.
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+He flitted still further and with each flit came thoughts of song. It was a pleasant song of birds and flowers and springtime and all that is nice. And had one still been present one could have seen startled and puzzled looks on the faces of local fauna as they lifted their heads to sec a strange figure go bounding by. A figure that would leap now and then to great heights until finally with arms flailing and joyous cries emitting therefrom it would disappear round yet another bend in the river.
-Poem extracted from the log book of the Windy Ridge Hut in the Tasmanian Cradle Reserve	,
-trip in the Cradle Reserve.
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-Across the stony ridges. Across the swampy plain. Are many sungy axes
-From Narcissus to Du Cane.
+====== Poem extracted from the log book of the Windy Ridge Hut in the Tasmanian Cradle Reserve ======
-But for cutting up your firewood When the weather's like a fridge There is nothing to compare With the axe at Windy Ridge. The axe that's in Pine Valley It's head is almost split. It's sides are bent and bulging
-At the back they4ve welded it.
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+By Ray Hookway and Pat Harrison on recent trip in the Cradle Reserve.
-But its quarter inch wide cutting edge Till still cut at a pinch.
-But the Windy Ril.ge. hut's specimen
+Across the stony ridges.\\
+Across the swampy plain. \\
+Are many sungy axes\\
+From Narcissus to Du Cane.\\
+But for cutting up your firewood\\
+When the weather's like a fridge \\
+There is nothing to compare\\
+With the axe at Windy Ridge.
+The axe that's in Pine Valley\\
+It's head is almost split.\\
+It's sides are bent and bulging\\
+At the back they've welded it.
+But its quarter inch wide cutting edge\\
+Will still cut at a pinch.\\
+But the Windy Ridge hut's specimen\\
 Has it's blade width half an inch
-The windy ridge axe handle is as warped as some mens' minas
-And when they lift it upwards it curves around to their behinds.
+The windy ridge axe handle is as warped as some mens' minds\\
-It was once a tendtr sapling all terrible and bent
+And when they lift it upwards it curves around to their behinds.\\
-But now as an axe handle is the chuse of this lament.
+It was once a tender sapling all terrible and bent\\
-When the Hugel is in torrent and Narcissus is
+But now as an axe handle is the cause of this lament.\\
-Then 'ih.6 Plains behind diimpus are a sea of sticky mud,
-Cart Machettes or a hoofer although it breaks your back
+When the Hugel is in torrent and Narcissus is in flood\\
+Whne the Plains behind Olympus are a sea of sticky mud,\\
+Cart Machettes or a hoofer although it breaks your back\\
 Cos you'll never never cut no firewood
 With the Windy Ridge Hut axe.
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 At the foot of the track near the river flat is a small two room hut much in need of repair and a cleanout. A tree fern growing outside the door of the but gives shade to the visitor on the door step. Several plum trees, a pear tree and a grape vine, all loaded with fruit, another hut now reduced to floor level, and a shed, are the only other signs of a long forgotten habitation. The addition of a small tank fed from the roof of the hut would help, as the river banks are steep and could be slippery. The hut will be about 30 feet above the finished dam water level, but most of the river flat will be inundated except for a small island at the top of the present river bank. This flat is at present covered in three feet high paspalum making it unsuitable for camping. The marking pegs for the dam water level are now in position, and indicate that in a few years time our land will consist mainly of a steep wooded hillside with various small flats and hollows on the way down, which would be suitable for camping on
-Our 90 acres of land has about 50 chains along the river, and it was originally taken up by one Michael Donnelly. Bendeela Flat on the north side of the river will be mostly inundated by the dam. A fence marks our western boundary, and at this point there is a good swimming pool with a log to dive from, but no fences were found for the eastern and southern boundaries. However, a natural cliffline about
+Our 90 acres of land has about 50 chains along the river, and it was originally taken up by one Michael Donnelly. Bendeela Flat on the north side of the river will be mostly inundated by the dam. A fence marks our western boundary, and at this point there is a good swimming pool with a log to dive from, but no fences were found for the eastern and southern boundaries. However, a natural cliff line about
 feet high marks the approximate southern boundary and makes a good barrier for cattle. Above this cliff burrawang palms and christmas bush are much in evidence, and on the hillside to the river there is good tree cover, mainly gums and large banksias. Through the trees are seen vistas up the valley and across to the wooded hillsides and rock walls of Barrengarry Mountain. Plentiful wildflowers should
 make a good show in the spring. Wildlife on the slopes consists mainly of wallabies, echidnas and lyre birds. Perch and eels are in the river, but no one seems to try the fishing. The pool upstream from the hut is about a quarter of a mile long, and with the rapids downstream, provide for canoeing and rubber dinghies. Two people in the latter passed through while we were there, having taken 2 days down the Shoalhaven from Tallong and up the Kangaroo to Hampden Bridge. The bed of the river contains some semiprecious stones such as banded jasper, Quartz crystals, some agate and plenty of petrified wood.
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 Reference Maps:
 . Parish of Bugong County of Camden
-. Burricr9 1:316809 8928-11N
+. Burrier 1:316809 8928-11N
-. Bundanoon9 1:31680, 8928-1-59 provisional.
+. Bundanoon 1:31680, 8928-1-59 provisional.
-TRANSPORT TO THE REUNION.
+**TRANSPORT TO THE REUNION.**
-(14th-15th March' 1970 at the Club's land in
-Kangaroo Valley).
+(14th-15th March 1970 at the Club's land in Kangaroo Valley).
-Train Fare to Nowra is 3..77 2nd class return from Sydney. Timetable of trains.
+Train Fare to Nowra is $3.77 2nd class return from Sydney. Timetable of trains.
 Saturday:	Sunday:
-Dep. Sydney 9.35 a.m. (Daylight Depart Nowra
+Dep. Sydney 9.35 a.m.(Daylight Express Reserved Seats only) Arrive Nowra 12.21 p.m.
-Express Reserved Seats only)	2-.15 p.m.
+Dep. Sydney 1.30 p.m. Arr. Nowra 4.25 p.m.
-Arrive Sydney
+Depart Nowra 2-15 p.m. Arrive Sydney 6.5 p.m.
-.5 p.m.
+Depart Nowra 5.50 p.m  Arrive Sydney 9.25 p.m
-Arrive Nowra 12.21 p.m.
-Dcp. Sydney 1.3 0 p.m. Arr. Nowra 4.25 p.m.
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-.50 p.m.	9.25 p.m.
+**IF**
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+. Members willing to offer car transport to others
-. Nbmbors willing to offer car transport to others
 . Members who would like to obtain a lift with others going by can
-. And members who intend to travel by train ana require transport to the Reunion site
+. And members who intend to travel by train and require transport to the Reunion site
 contact Bob Younger (Tel. 571158) he will endeavour to coordinate and arrange.
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