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+Feel that autumnal tingle in the air? Time to shake off that summer sloth and get back to the hills and the trail.
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-Feel that autumnal tingle in the air? Time to ;-hake off that summer sloth
-And get back to the hills and the trail.
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-And what do you know?
-vOn't be long to winter And the .skiing season.
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-	Sc off you go then
-WITH GEAR FROM PADDY PALLIN ON YOUR TACK OR YOUR FEET,  OF COURSE.
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-Paddy has been in this business for 40 years and knows the sort of gear that outdoors people need.
-What's more, he has it at s
-Liverppool Street SYDNEY, N.S.W.,  2000
-Telephone 26  2635
-(Just a few doors down. from George Street towards Sussex Street)
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+So off you go then - with gear from Paddy Pallin on your back or your feet, __of course__.
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+Paddy has been in this business for 40 years and knows the sort of gear that outdoors people need. What's more, he has it at:
+Liverpool Street Sydney, N.S.W., 2000. Telephone 26-2635.
+(Just a few doors down from George Street towards Sussex Street)
+=====Coming Walks.=====
+by Pat Harrison, Walks Secretary.
+|lst/2nd May|Sheila Binns is leading an old favourite from Blackheath down Perry's Lookdown to the Blue Gum Forest at the junction of the Grose River and Govett's Leap Creek, then back to Blackheath through the Grand Canyon. There is a track all the way, with a steepish 2,000 ft. descent down Perry's and a gradual 2,000 ft. ascent through the Grand Canyon. The walk passes through some of the most memorable Blue Mountains scenery. Do not miss this one, if you have not been to the Blue Gum; and please note that the walk leaves Sydney on Saturday morning.|
+|2nd May|Jim Calloway, who knows the area around Waterfall and Heathcote like the back of his hand, leads a test walk from Waterfall to Engadine via Woronora Trig and Woronora River. A few ups and downs from Waterfall to the Trig, then a wide view as far as Mt. Jellore near Mittagong and Mt. Colong over near Yerranderie. There's some rock-hopping down the river where you can see if you can keep up with Tear-Away Jim Calloway.|
+|2nd May|Peter Franks has a harder-than-test day-walk from Carlon's Farm to Medlow Gap by fire trail, on to Splendour Rock (track), back to Mt. Warrigal, and some compass work along Black Horse Range down to Breakfast Creek. Back by track to Carlons. Fine views along the way and at Splendour Rock the plaque to walkers lost in World War II and the Memorial to Bob Thomas of the Kamerukas, who lost his life in Tasmania.|
+|7th,8th,9th May|Pat Harrison leads a test walk from Deep Pass to Rock Hill, across Nayook Creek to Mt. Cameron and back to Deep Pass. Deep Pass is an atmospheric place where you almost expect to see bearded horsemen in cabbage tree hats and moleskin trousers ride in. There are aboriginal hand stencils in a nearby overhang to be seen before scrambling up to the plateau and following a compass course to Rock Hill. It continues trackless down through Nayook Creek and up to Tambo Limb Trig, where there is another far-ranging view of the northern Blue Mountains. From Mt. Cameron, with its green grass and magnificent Mountain Blue Gums (Eucalyptus deanei) a bush road leads back to Deep Pass. Fine Blue Mountain Ash (Eucalyptus oreades) are seen in Nayook Creek.|
+|9th May (Sunday)| That cheerful raconteur, David Cotton, (ask him to tell of the time he was locked out of the boarding house), provides a pleasant outing at and around his apiary at Darke's Forest. If the bees have been doing their thing you should get a sample of honey. David will also enlighten you on the dodges that beekeepers get up to in passing off their inferior honey.|
+|9th May (Sunday)|Those two inimitable entertainers, Owen Marks and Alan Pike are leading a car-swap trip through the Blue Gum Forest. If you missed Sheila's walk the previous week, or if you went and liked it so much that you want to go again, here's your chance; and in addition you could be entertained with anything from pancakes to the most outrageous malapropisms.|
+|14th,15th,16th May|Blue Gum and the Grose are on the menu again, the leader this time being Frank Taeker. Frank has done this walk before, so he knows all the lurks of the area. This is a Test Walk and as well as chalking up that requirement you have an unrivalled opportunity to receive instruction in natural lore from Frank's store of entomological knowledge. But remember, if at any time you should miss the leader, do not worry but just sit down and wait, for he will be somewhere in the vicinity frozen in an awkward pose with camera focussed on an uncooperative bug!|
+|15th,16th May|Phil Butt has long been addicted to the mysteries of Orienteering. He is not always in the Club Room but you can learn all by ringing him on 270-2440 (Business) or 969-3155 (Home). Contact him as soon as possible, as his work removes him from the city fairly regularly.|
+|15th,16th May|The Instructional Walk, a necessity for prospectives and good fun for all, is being conducted by Membership Secretary, Barbara Bruce. Note that the date has been advanced one week from that shown on the walks programme. The camp will be at Glenraphael on the Narrow Neck plateau, out from Katoomba, an area not trodden so frequently since the fire trail was built. Travel on the 9.25 a.m. train from Sydney and contact Barbara for other details. Narrow Neck is a grand place to begin to read maps - it's all there in front of you.|
+|16th May|A test walk from Helensburgh to Otford via Wilson's Creek and Burning Palms is taken by Jack Gentle. Mostly cross-country to the farm behind Era, then track. Some lovely scenery, fine Sydney Red Gums (Angophora costata), coastal views and a final walk on a leaf-strewn track into Otford. There are few nicer day trips than this.|
+|21st, 22nd, 23rd May|Don Finch and Doone Wyborn are leading an epic river walk which will more than qualify as a Test Walk. There are waterfalls galore in Mumbedah Creek and Kanangra River, while Jenolan (or Harry's) River and the Cox provide some of the best river walking and scenery you can find. Be prepared for wet feet and for some scrambling in Mumbedah and Whalania Chasm.|
+|23rd May|The day trip is a test walk led by Jim Brown into the Blue Labyrinth country, which is no longer so difficult because of the proliferation of fire trails. A couple of short sections of untracked bush separate trail walks. Red Hand Cave has aboriginal hand stencils, there are nice turpentines (Syncarpia glomulifera) in Campfire Creek and the park-like Euroka clearing stands on rich volcanic soil.|
+|28th, 29th, 30th May|Alan Pike is leading Owen's Birthday Walk from Kanangra to Katoomba. It is a Test Walk, but whether you are a Prospective or a Member you cannot say that you have graduated as a Bushwalker unless you have done Kanangra to Katoomba in a weekend. The scenery is superb all the way and after climbing up Taro's Ladder (look for the plaque in memory of Walter Tarr, after whom the "Ladder" is named) on to Clear Hill you can test your fitness by setting the pace for the 8 mile dash along Narrow Neck to Katoomba.|
+|29th, 30th May|Paddy Pallin's Orienteering Contest, the details of which are veiled in mystery until the starting gun is fired.|
+|30th May (Sunday)|If you want to do a Test Walk and you want to be well looked after, here's your chance. There is good walking out Minto way around the George's River, and David Ingram, who has led walks there for umpteen years, is about the only one who puts this walk on; so you may have to wait twelve months if you do not turn out this time.|
+There they are, the 15 walks for May with something for all tastes. The programme for June, July and August is now nearing completion but I expect when you receive this that there will still be some vacant dates. Please assist by leading a walk, for any walking club is only as strong as its walks programme. Keep in mind too the spring walks programme, the preparation of which will commence during the next month or so. If you feel too shy to lead a walk or can't think where, to go see me and I will suggest a ready-made route or offer any other assistance I can give.
+=====Bouddi Natural Park.=====
+by Marie B. Byles.
-Page 7.	THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKERS	April, 1971
-COMING WALKS
-by PAT HARRISON, WALKS SECRETARY
-lst/2nd MAY  Sheila Binns is leading an old favourite from Blackheath down Perry's Lookdown to the Blue Gum Forest at the junction of the Grose River and Govett's Leap Creek, then back to Blackheath through the Grand Canyon. There is a track all the way, with a steepish 2,000 ft. descent down Perry's and a gradual 2,000 ft. ascent through the Grand Canyon. The walk passes through some of the most memorable Blue Mountains scenery. Do not miss this one, if you have not been to the
-Blue Gum; and please note that the walk leaves Sydney on Saturday morning.
-nd MAY Jim Calloway, who knows the area around Waterfall and Heathcote like the back of his hand, leads a test walk from Waterfall to Engadine via Woronora Trig and Woronora River. A few ups and downs from Waterfall to the Trig, then a wide view as far as Mt. Jellore near Mittagong and Ht. Colong over near Yerranderie. There's some rock-hopping down the river where you can see if you can keep up with Tear-Away Jim Calloway.
-nd MAY Peter Franks has a harder-than-test day-walk from Carlon's Farm to Medlow Gap by fire trail, on to Splendour Rock (track), back to Mt. Warrigal, and some compass work along Black Horse Range down to Breakfast Creek. Back by track to Carlons. Fine views along the way and at' Splendour Rock the plaque to walkers lost in World War 11 and the Memorial to Bob Thomas of the Kamerukas, who lost his life in Tasmania. .
-th,8th,9th MAY Pat Harrison leads a test walk from Deep Pass to Rock Hill, across Nayook Creek to Ht. Cameron and back to Deep Pass. Deep Pass is an atmospheric place where you almost expect to see bearded horsemen in cabbage tree hats and moleskin trousers ride in.
-There are aboriginal hand stencils in a nearby overhang to be seen before scrambling up to the plateau and following a compass course to Rock Hill. It continues trackless down through Nayook Creek and up to Tambo Limb Trig, where there is another far-ranging view of the northern Blue Mountains. From Mt. Cameron, with its green grass and magnificent Mountain Blue Gums (Eucalyptus deanei) a bush road leads back to Deep Pass. Fine Blue Mountain Ash (Eucalyptus oreades) are seen in Nayook Creek.
-Page 8.	THE SYDNEY BUSHWALEERS	April, 1971
-COMING WALKS cont'd.
-th MAY (Sunday) That cheerful raconteur, David Cotton, (ask
-him to tell of the time he was locked out of the boarding house), provides a pleasant outing at and around his apiary at Darke's Forest. If .the' bees have been doing their thing you should get a sample of honey. David will also enlighten you on the dodges that beekeepers get up to in passing off their inferior honey.
-th MAY (Sunday) Those two inimitable entertainers, Owen Marks and Alan Pike are leading a car-swap trip through the Blue Gum Forest. If you missed Sheila's walk the previous week, or if you went and liked it so much that you want to go again, here's your chance; and in addition you could be entertained with anything from pancakes to the most outrageous malapropisms.
-th,15th,16th MAY Blue Gum and the Grose are on the menu again, the leader this time being Frank Taeker. Frank has done this walk before, so he knows all the lurks of the area. This is a Test Walk and as well as chalking up that requirement you have an unrivalled opportunity to receive instruction in natural lore from Frank's store of entomological knowledge. But remember, if at any time you should miss the leader, do not worry but just sit down and wait, for he will be somewhere in the vicinity
-frozen in an awkward pose with camera focussed on an uncooperative bug!
-th,16th MAY Phil Butt has long been addicted to the mysteries of Orienteering. He is not always in the Club Room but you can learn all by ringing him on 270-2440 (Business) or 969-3155 (Home). Contact him as soon as possible, as his work removes him from the city fairly regularly.
-th,16th MAY The Instructional Walk, a necessity for prospectives and good fun for all, is being conducted by Membership Secretary, Barbara Bruce. Note that the date has been advanced one week from  that shown on the walks programme. The camp will be at Glenraphael on the Narrow Neck plateau, out from Katoomba, an area not trodden
-so frequently since the fire trail was built. Travel on the 9.25 a.m. train from Sydney and contact Barbara for other details. Narrow Neck is a grand place to begin to read maps - it's all there in front of you.
-th MAY A test walk from Helensburgh to Otford via Wilson's Creek and Burning Palms is taken by Jack Gentle. Mostly cross-country to the farm behind Era, then track. Some lovely scenery, fine Sydney Red Gums (Angophora costata), coastal views and a final walk on a leaf-strewn track into Otford.There are few nicer day trips than this.
-. Page 9.	THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER	April, 1971
-COMING WALKS cont'd.
-st, 22nd, 23rd MAY Don Finch and Doone Wyborn are leading an epic river walk which will more than qualify as a Test Walk. There are waterfalls galore in Mumbedah Creek and Kanangra River, while Jenolan (or Harry's) River and the Cox provide
-some of the best river walking and scenery you can find. Be prepared for wet feet and for some scrambling in Mumbedah and W1alania-Chasm.
-rd MAY  The day trip is a test walk led by Jim Brown into the
-Blue Labyrinth country, which is no longer so difficult because of the proliferation of fire trails. A couple of short sections of untracked bush separate trail walks. Red Hand Cave has
-aboriginal hand stencils, there are nice turpentines (Syncarpia glomulifera) in Campfire Creek and the park-like Euroka clearing stands on rich volcanic soil.
-th,29th,30th MAY Alan Pike is leading Owen's Birthday Walk from Kanangra to Katoomba. It is a Test Walk, but whether you are a Prospective or a Member you cannot say that you have
-graduated as a Bushwalker unless you have done Kanangra to Katoomba in a weekend. The scenery is superb all the way and after climbing up Taro's Ladder (look for the plaque in memory
-of Walter Tarr, after whom the 'Ladder" is named) on to Clear
-Hill you can test your fitness by setting the pace for the 8
-mile dash along Narrow Neck to Katoomba.
-th,30th MAY Paddy Pallin's Orienteering Contest, the details of which are veiled in mystery until the starting gun is fired.
-th MAY (Sunday) If you want to do a Test Walk and you want to be well looked after, here's your chance. There is good walking out Mfmto way around the George's River, and David Ingram, who has led walks there for umpteen years, is about the only one who puts this walk on; so you may have to wait twelve months if you do not turn out this time.
-There they are, the 15 walks for May with something for all tastes. The programme for June, July and August is now nearing completion but I expect when you receive this that there will still be some vacant dates. Please assist by leading a walk, for any walking club is only as strong as its walks programme. Keep in mind too the spring walks programme, the preparation of which will commence during the next month or so. If you feel too shy to lead a walk or can't think where, to go see me and I will suggest a ready-made route or offer any other asistance I can give.
-Page 10.	THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER.	April, 1971
-BOUDDI NATURAL PARK.
-by MARIE B. BYLES
 The history of Bouddi Natural Park dates back to 5th May,1898 when the coastal steamer "Maitland" paddled out of Sydney harbour under the command of Captain Skinner. It was a dark and stormy night. Soon mountainous waves were hurling themselves upon the boat. Outhouses were swept away, and then tons of water began pouring into the engineroom. The fires went out and the ship floundered helplessly on the inky waters. In the driving rain and hurricane even the ruby light of Barranjoey lighthouse was invisible but it would have made no difference even had it been seen.
 The people waited for the inevitable crash when the ship struck the bombora off 3ouddi Head. Some were flung overboard, to be seen no more. A few jumped into the sea and reached the shore injured but alive. The rest waited. Several attempts were made to get a line ashore and eventually a man called Russell succeeded. Two by two, passengers and crew were taken to safety. Then the rope broke and three more people perished. Some firemen, the