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- By David, W. Peacock. | - By David, W. Peacock. | ||
- | Life is the most complicated phenomenon of which we are aware - | + | Life is the most complicated phenomenon of which we are aware - man is still thrashing through its outer secrets, and slowly de-coding its complexities, |
- | man is still thrashing through its outer secrets, and slowly de-coding | + | |
- | its complexities, | + | Now this system worked pretty well for 3 billion years and resulted in several million species (the abbreviation is spp.) of animals and plants. These animals and plants got on reasonably well with each other and a very delicate equilibrium was established. But the inevitable happened: a reasoning species emerged. Yes, you're one step ahead of me; it was Homo Sapiens: Man. (Incidentally Homo Sapiens means "The intelligent, |
- | on this planet has existed for 3 billion years - think about it - 3 billion years (for those people who find it hard to imagine 3 billion years, imagine that each year is denoted by one second, and three billion seconds equals 95 years; longer than most of us will live!) which is one hell of a time. And yet, individually speaking, life is so very fragile but this very fragility is its saving factor. I assume that you've all heard of natural selection. If you haven' | + | |
- | molecules - but that's a story for another day), Most of these mutations are fairly minor. A typical human being has several million mutated cells in his body, but occasionally there are macro-mutations (macro = large). The majority of macro-mutations however are harmful and the unfortunate organism suffers a premature death. Very occasionally, | + | Anyway, along came 20th. century man, but at his disposal he has vastly more deadly weapons. Take DDT for example |
- | Now this system worked pretty well for 3 billion years and resulted in several million species (the abbreviation is spp.) of animals and plants. These animals and plants got on reasonably well with each other and a very delicate equilibrium was established. But the inevitable happened a reasoning species emerged. Yes, you're one step ahead of me; it was Homo Sapiens Man. (Incidentally Homo Sapiens means "The intelligent, | + | |
- | insecticides or defoliants and began to " | + | There are, of course, other ways of " |
- | his merciless slaughter sill echoes across the world. Millions, no billions, of animals died before the barrage and a great part of the distressing toll form the contents of the "Red Books" published by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (I.U.C.N.). But before we go any further we must clarify one point; the sportsmen etc:. who helped eradicate so many species often did not do it intentionally. It was just through plain ignorance of the habits of the animals concerned. | + | |
- | Anyway, along came 20th. century man, but at his disposal he has vastly more deadly weapons. Take DDT r (I used to know who the | + | To more recent days, the troops in Vietnam use defoliants to uncover enemy troops, and also lay waste many hundreds of square miles of jungle. The U.S. and others dump obsolete nerve gases into the oceans and the average householder goes wild with " |
- | ititials | + | |
- | February, 1971. THE SYDNEY BUSHWALICER Page 17. | + | There is such a state of public apathy existent at the present |
- | and, as a point of interest, Paul Muller | + | |
- | the point. So this " | + | Well, we are now hurtling towards tho twenty-first century and what will we find? A sterile, antiseptic world inhabited by man and a few domesticated animals. Action is needed NOW, and your help is required. |
- | that insects, especially house flies, were becoming immune to its effects. | + | |
- | It was quite simply a triumph for natural selection, and soon DDT-resistant | + | To close I will now go to sleep listening to the two other fellows in the room describing their encounters with snakes: "I never let one go, I always kill them" says one. "Good on yer" replies the other, and I sigh. |
- | strains existed all over the world. Ah well, people said it was good while it lasted and so they went off to prepare more deadly sprays: the | + | |
- | organo-phosphates and the dreaded "nerve gases" to mention a couple. But | + | |
- | what they hadn't realised, or perhaps, had just ignored, was that these insecticides perhaps failed on insects, but they were appallingly effective | + | |
- | against higher life-forms, e.g. the birds. DDT is stored in fat and the | + | |
- | birds eating the treated insects accumulated the DDT until it passed the | + | |
- | threshhold level. Have you ever seen a bird dying of insecticide poisoning? My God, it's the most sickening thing imaginable. Firstly the nervous system goes (all the insecticides affect the central nervous system- | + | |
- | C.N.S. some more than others) and the animal is convulsed with uncontrollable spasms - it's choking and its pupils dilate - all co-ordination is | + | |
- | gone - and it literally suffocates itself. The heart an lungs just | + | |
- | give up. And I think man did this: - and I hate him for it. The birds of prey are declining rapidly for insecticides affect the eggshell | + | |
- | There are, of course, other ways of " | + | |
- | To more recent days, the troops in Vietnam use defoliants to uncover enemy troops, and also lay waste many hundreds of square miles of jungle. The U.S. and others dump obsolete nerve gases into the oceans and the average householder goes wild with " | + | |
- | There is such a state of public apathy existent at theresent | + | |
- | Well, we are now hurtling towards tho twenty-first century and what will we find? A sterile, antiseptic world inhabited by man and a few | + | |
- | domesticated animals. Action is needed NOW, and your help is required. To close I will now go to sleep listening to the two other fellows | + | |
- | in the room describing their encounters with snakes: "I never lot one go, I always kill them" says one. "Good on yor" replies the other, and I sigh. | + | |
P.S. I recommend that everyone reads Rachel Carson' | P.S. I recommend that everyone reads Rachel Carson' | ||
- | Page 18. . THE SYDNEY BUSHWALICR February, | + | |
- | k,/, | + | =====The Mighty Williams.===== |
- | 17 Lri V'YO | + | |
- | I tVL) | + | - By peter Levander. |
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- | The main party left Sydney in the Levander Vauxhall about 8 p.m. | + | The main party left Sydney in the Levander Vauxhall about 8 p.m. and consisted of Peter Kaye, Peter Franks, Colin Walpole, John Campbell and Peter Levander. We made good time along the Newcastle Expressway despite the fact that the rear springs curved upwards instead of downwards due to a combination of old age and a full load. We turned off the highway at Maitland and proceeded through the moonlit countryside under a clean starry night, a good omen for river trips - arriving at Barrington House just after midnight. |
- | and consisted of Peter Kaye, Peter Franks, Colin Walpole, John Campbell | + | |
- | and Peter Levander. We made good time along the Newcastle Expressway despite the fact that the rear springs curved upwards instead of downwards due to a combination of old age and a full load. We turned off the highway at Maitland and proceeded through the moonlit countryside under a clean starry night, a good omen for river trips arriving at Barrington House just after midnight. | + | The next morning we were joined by John Worrell complete with Land Rover and relief driver. John immediately proposed that we should do the 3,000 ft. climb up the ridge to our dropping off point into the Williams River by Land Rover; to which the whole party readily agreed, and soon we were bouncing our way up the fire trail which runs up the ridge from the guest house to Barrington Tops. We climbed the last 500 ft. on foot to the Corker which is a large lump just before the tops, arriving at about 9 a.m. |
- | The next morning we were joined by John Worrell complete with Land Rover and relief driver. John immediately proposed that we should do the 39000 ft. climb up the ridge to our dropping off point into the Williams River by Land Rover; to which the whole party readily agreed, and soon we were bouncing our war up the fire trail which runs up the | + | |
- | ridge from the guest house to Barrington Tops. We climbed the last 500 ft. on foot to the Corker which is a large lump just before the tops, arriving at about 9 a.n. | + | After admiring the view from the lookout, we dropped off the Williams River side and proceeded to scrub bash our way down the 45° slope through various levels of scunge. The going was not too bad until we gravitated into a side creek whose waters supported enormous growths of lawyer vine, nettles etc. Eventually, however, we reached the river at about 11 a.m. and lunched during which two members removed the only two leeches we encountered on the trip (no ticks either). |
- | After admiring the view from the llokout, we dropped off the 0 Williams River side and proceeded to scrub bash our way down the 45 slope through various levels of scunge. The going was not too bad uhtil we gravitated into a side creek whose waters supported enormous growths of lawyer vine, nettles etc. Eventually, however, we reached the river at about 11 a.m. and lunched during which two members removed the only two leeches we encountered on the trip (no ticks either). | + | |
- | At noon, we rockhopped dawn the river in brilliant sunshine and within half a mile encountered | + | At noon, we rockhopped dawn the river in brilliant sunshine and within half a mile encountered |
- | giving way to lush dense jungle and the boulder strewn bed chnaging | + | |
- | stretches of rock with wierd shapes gouged into it by the water. | + | We set up camp about 5.30 and lit a fire to dry out all our gear which was thoroughly wet after our plastic bags had burst from impact with the water. |
- | We set up camp about 5.30 and lit a fire to dry out all our gear whicli. | + | |
- | We set off at eight next morning and soon encountered more falls, | + | We set off at eight next morning and soon encountered more falls, |
- | February, 1971. THE SYDNEY BUSHWALICTR Page 19. | + | |
- | turn, we arrived back at the cars at noon. During the trip we encountered quite a variety of wildlife ranging from eels to platypus. We came upon a tree snake in the river which promptly gave a demonstration of its tree climbing ability. At the top of one of the falls, Peter Franks came face to face with an 18 inch Blue Tongue Lizard. When the poor reptile | + | =====Coming Walks.===== |
- | saw Peter, it did a backwards somersault | + | |
- | ******************XXXXX**** | + | - By The Editor. |
- | The Talks Secretary is still recuperating from his big New Zealand ordeal, but he should be sufficinetl | + | |
- | his magazine piece (by which time his tenure of office will be finished). | + | The Walks Secretary is still recuperating from his big New Zealand ordeal, but he should be sufficinety |
The Autumn Walks Programme is enclosed with this issue, so you will be able to plan your trips for the next three months. Details for March are as follows: | The Autumn Walks Programme is enclosed with this issue, so you will be able to plan your trips for the next three months. Details for March are as follows: | ||
- | BIRCH 5TH, 6TH, & 7TH. Four walks are programmed for this weekend, two weekenders and two day walks. Alan Round is leading an exploratory trip in one of his favourite areas: Ettrema and Taliangla Gorge. | + | |
+ | |March 5th, 6th & 7th|Four walks are programmed for this weekend, two weekenders and two day walks. Alan Round is leading an exploratory trip in one of his favourite areas: Ettrema and Taliangla Gorge. | ||
If you think that might be a bit hard for you, and you want something a bit easier to start the season, Hans Beck (phone 67-1517 (B)) is leading a Bluegum Forest walk. This is a good one for prospectives who haven' | If you think that might be a bit hard for you, and you want something a bit easier to start the season, Hans Beck (phone 67-1517 (B)) is leading a Bluegum Forest walk. This is a good one for prospectives who haven' | ||
- | One of the day walks is another of the Combined Club efforts. Jim Gallopaway | + | |
- | Again, if you feel like a lazy day, Jim Brown is leading an easy one, which even includes a ferry ride. He'll be catching the 8.50 electric train and his home number is 81-2675. | + | One of the day walks is another of the Combined Club efforts. Jim Gallop-away |
- | MARCH 12TH, 13TH, & 14TH. This weekend is given over to the Club Reunion, details of which are given on page 14 of this magazine. | + | |
- | Page 20 THE SYDNEY BUSITTALICER February, 1971. | + | Again, if you feel like a lazy day, Jim Brown is leading an easy one, which even includes a ferry ride. He'll be catching the 8.50 electric train and his home number is 81-2675.| |
- | MARCH 19TH9 20TH9 & 21ST. The old team of Finch and. Wyborn (Doone that is for the latter and Don for the former) will be leading a mighty trip from Erris Clare and back via Ettrema Creek, Sentry Box Canyon and Jones Creek. Home telephone numbers are Don, 74-1070 and Doone, 57-5218. | + | |March 12th, 13th & 14th|This weekend is given over to the Club Reunion, details of which are given on page 14 of this magazine.| |
+ | |March 19th, 20th & 21st|The old team of Finch and Wyborn (Doone that is for the latter and Don for the former) will be leading a mighty trip from Erris Clare and back via Ettrema Creek, Sentry Box Canyon and Jones Creek. Home telephone numbers are Don, 74-1070 and Doone, 57-5218. | ||
If you haven' | If you haven' | ||
- | The Sunday walk this weekend represents Kath Brown' | ||
- | MARCH 26TH, 27TH, & 28TH. The major item of the weekend is the Federation Reunion, details of which will be announced in the Club, posted on the notice board, probably advised in the next magazine (if it's out on time) or failing all else, from the Walks Secretary. The venue for this year's reunion is the Wolgan Valley. | ||
- | Also in the same area this weekend will be Alan Hedstrom with a happy band of bushwalkers. He'll be visiting the Glowworm tunnel and Chinatown as added attractions. Walkers should take every opportunity to visit this beautiful spot in the Wolgan Valley, | ||
- | since word has it that it is soon to be mined again (coal this time). | ||
- | The day walk, for those who have had enough reuning for one month, will be led by Bill Hall. He will be going from Waterfall, Kingfisher Creek, Myuna Creek, Waterfall | ||
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+ | The Sunday walk this weekend represents Kath Brown' | ||
+ | |March 26th, 27th & 28th|The major item of the weekend is the Federation Reunion, details of which will be announced in the Club, posted on the notice board, probably advised in the next magazine (if it's out on time) or failing all else, from the Walks Secretary. The venue for this year's reunion is the Wolgan Valley. | ||
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+ | Also in the same area this weekend will be Alan Hedstrom with a happy band of bushwalkers. He'll be visiting the Glow-worm tunnel and Chinatown as added attractions. Walkers should take every opportunity to visit this beautiful spot in the Wolgan Valley, since word has it that it is soon to be mined again (coal this time). | ||
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+ | The day walk, for those who have had enough re-uning for one month, will be led by Bill Hall. He will be going from Waterfall, Kingfisher Creek, Myuna Creek, Waterfall. | ||
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+ | All members should attend the Annual General Meeting. |
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