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-EXCURSION	TARRABUNGLES, EASTER 1971. Nancye Alderson.
+=====Excursion To The Warrambungles, Easter 1971.=====
-Participants were Mary Davidson, Gay Fordham, Julie Frost, Heather Nancye Alderson, Les Davidson, David Cotton (leader), Jim otis9 Greg Thorn, Tony Denham, Laurie Quaken, Peter Martin, Ron Howe and
-Bill Sherpa.
+Nancye Alderson.
-David Cotton allocated passengers to the cars on the Thursday right of Easter and at 8.30 Julie, David and 19 fastened our seatbelts and "flew", breaking all speed records to Gulgong north of Mudgee.
-Our drive was a gay one, David kept up a. constant patter of his quick wit e.g. "There are two rings in marriage, the wedding ring and the suffering." "I hope you can put up with my drivin#, still it's not as bad. for you as for me, you only have to put up with it for the weekend, I have to put up with it all the time!"
+Participants were Mary Davidson, Gay Fordham, Julie Frost, Heather Williams, Nancye Alderson, Les Davidson, David Cotton (leader), Jim Vatiliotis, Greg Thorn, Tony Denham, Laurie Quaken, Peter Martin, Ron Howe and Bill Sherpa.
+David Cotton allocated passengers to the cars on the Thursday night of Easter and at 8.30 Julie, David and 1, fastened our seatbelts and "flew", breaking all speed records to Gulgong, north of Mudgee.
+Our drive was a gay one, David kept up a. constant patter of his quick wit e.g. "There are two rings in marriage, the wedding ring and the suffe__ring__." "I hope you can put up with my driving, still it's not as bad for you as for me, you only have to put up with it for the weekend, I have to put up with it all the time!"
 We flashed through Gulgong at 1.00 a.m. It is a quaint little town which resembles something out of a history book, very early Australian history. I would have liked time to study the buildings in the main street at my leisure.
-The camp site was 3-1- miles out of Gulgong and we were surprised no one in the party missed the place David had chosen. David. brewed tea for us all in the wee small hours and eventually we climbed into our sleeping bags. Two of the men had a narrow escape, they almost pitched their tent on a bull ant's next. Sleep was slow to come (for me) and we were all blissfully dozing when suddenly some bright spark blew a whistle and shouted "Everybody out!"
-On Friday morning we woke to a perfect day. Once again David spoilt us by clearing the area of dense grass and lighting a fire. He was as bright
+The camp site was 3 1/2 miles out of Gulgong and we were surprised no one in the party missed the place David had chosen. David brewed tea for us all in the wee small hours and eventually we climbed into our sleeping bags. Two of the men had a narrow escape, they almost pitched their tent on a bull ant's nest. Sleep was slow to come (for me) and we were all blissfully dozing when suddenly some bright spark blew a whistle and shouted "Everybody out!"
-as ever with jokes rolling off his tongue. "Is there any tea David?" "Yes, there's a big billy and a small billy, silly billy."
-I omitted to mention David travels equipped with all requirements. A pick, shovel, axe, bucket, portagas light, library, medicine chest  you name it, he has it with him (I haven't itemised the rest of the gear in his
+On Friday morning we woke to a perfect day. Once again David spoilt us by clearing the area of dense grass and lighting a fire. He was as bright as ever with jokes rolling off his tongue. "Is there any tea David?" "Yes, there's a big billy and a small billy, silly billy."
-utility.)
-Seventeen miles from the Warrumbungles Ron Howe's brakes seized. Six of us spent some time pushing his Volkswagen back and forward to the instruction of David, our chief mechanic. Hub caps came off, wheel nuts were
+I omitted to mention David travels equipped with all requirements. A pick, shovel, axe, bucket, portagas light, library, medicine chest - you name it, he has it with him (I haven't itemised the rest of the gear in his utility.)
-unscrewed but soon the repairs were complete and we drove on toward the mountains.
-Our first glimpse of the warrumbungles was a range of blue craggy mountains jutting up into the sky from the otherwise featureless plains of
+Seventeen miles from the Warrumbungles Ron Howe's brakes seized. Six of us spent some time pushing his Volkswagen back and forward to the instruction of David, our chief mechanic. Hub caps came off, wheel nuts were unscrewed but soon the repairs were complete and we drove on toward the mountains.
-Page 8.	TIE SYDNEY BUSHT-TALUR.	June, 1971.
-the Central west. They were quite different to any mountains I.had seen before.
+Our first glimpse of the Warrumbungles was a range of blue craggy mountains jutting up into the sky from the otherwise featureless plains of the Central west. They were quite different to any mountains I had seen before.
-The next stop was to check the tyre on Jim Vatiliotis' Holden Torana. This entailed removing the wheel and brake drum with assistance from six of the men. The necessary adjustments were made and we were about to drive off when Ron Howe broke the news that his petrol gauge was not working and he
-was out of petrol! David came to the rescue again by offering to pump petrol from his car.
+The next stop was to check the tyre on Jim Vatiliotis' Holden Torana. This entailed removing the wheel and brake drum with assistance from six of the men. The necessary adjustments were made and we were about to drive off when Ron Howe broke the news that his petrol gauge was not working and he was out of petrol! David came to the rescue again by offering to pump petrol from his car.
-e finally arrived at the WarruMbungles around 1.00 p.m. and pitched our tents at Camp Pincham.
-Many people have not heard of the 7arrumbungle National Park, though I don't know why, for its 15,400 acres contain some magnificent scenery and a collection of extinct volcanoes. The ancient volcanic remains that make up part of the park are quite impressive. The mountains have very strange rock formations and great spires. The scenery is really beautiful and there is something for everyone, whether they be sightseers, bushwalkers rock-climbers or photographers. In addition, the park is a sanctuary and there are numerous birds to be seen, as well as kangaroos, wallabies, foxes and wild pigs if you walk around at dusk.
+We finally arrived at the Warrumbungles around 1.00 p.m. and pitched our tents at Camp Pincham.
-There is a main trail in the park and it has been made to enable visitors-to do a complete circuit, seeing all the main features in a couple of days. Our first climb, during the afternoon, was up Belougery Split Rock, which towers above the Canyon Camp. It is quite a dramatic sight and was a dusty climb. 170 felt we were beginning to see something of the area.
-On Saturday a day walk was planned. we started early and it promised to be a hot day. No one told me that David makes his party run all the way! Our first step was Mocha Tor, from which we glimpsed the Breadknife which was to be our -0%1. It looked a challenge and was. The Breadknife is a sheer wallmrising hundreds of feet and only a few feet thick. It is quite spectacular. The climb is not meant for speedsters on a hot day, but we conquered the 3,500 ft. climb in a temperature of 80 degrees or more.
+Many people have not heard of the Warrumbungle National Park, though I don't know why, for its 15,400 acres contain some magnificent scenery and a collection of extinct volcanoes. The ancient volcanic remains that make up part of the park are quite impressive. The mountains have very strange rock formations and great spires. The scenery is really beautiful and there is something for everyone, whether they be sightseers, bushwalkers, rock-climbers or photographers. In addition, the park is a sanctuary and there are numerous birds to be seen, as well as kangaroos, wallabies, foxes and wild pigs if you walk around at dusk.
-From the top of the Breadknife we were interested to watch four rock- climbers climbing and abseiling the adjoining mountain, which is a pinnacle of trachyte 800' above the surrounding country and was probably once an offshoot from the main volcanic crater.
-e spent a little time at the Grand High Tops which was the summit
+There is a main trail in the park and it has been made to enable visitors to do a complete circuit, seeing all the main features in a couple of days. Our first climb, during the afternoon, was up Belougery Split Rock, which towers above the Canyon Camp. It is quite a dramatic sight and was a dusty climb. We felt we were beginning to see something of the area.
-above the Breadknife and quenched our thirst with water from a tank. How the
-tank got to the top of the mountain is a mystery to me. You couldn't carry
+On Saturday a day walk was planned. We started early and it promised to be a hot day. No one told me that David makes his party run all the way! Our first step was Mocha Tor, from which we glimpsed the Breadknife which was to be our goal. It looked a challenge and was. The Breadknife is a sheer wall rising hundreds of feet and only a few feet thick. It is quite spectacular. The climb is not meant for speedsters on a hot day, but we conquered the 3,500 ft. climb in a temperature of 80 degrees or more.
-it up there. Then we moved on to one of the huts on the Tops for lunch.
-The huts are furnished with bunks and mattresses and would provide quite good accommodation if you wanted to spend a night in the mountains. I was intrigued by the human water trough near the freshwater tank, I wasn't sure whether it was for drinking or washing hands!
+From the top of the Breadknife we were interested to watch four rock-climbers climbing and abseiling the adjoining mountain, which is a pinnacle of trachyte 800' above the surrounding country and was probably once an offshoot from the main volcanic crater.
-After lunch most people climbed Bluff Mountain which was a further
-' climb. Its quite a remarkable sight from the top, you can see across
+We spent a little time at the Grand High Tops which was the summit above the Breadknife and quenched our thirst with water from a tank. How the tank got to the top of the mountain is a mystery to me. You couldn't carry it up there. Then we moved on to one of the huts on the Tops for lunch. The huts are furnished with bunks and mattresses and would provide quite good accommodation if you wanted to spend a night in the mountains. I was intrigued by the human water trough near the freshwater tank, I wasn't sure whether it was for drinking or washing hands!
-the plains and mountains for miles.
-Page 9.	THE SYDNEY BUSITTALKER.	June, 1971.
+After lunch most people climbed Bluff Mountain which was a further 400' climb. Its quite a remarkable sight from the top, you can see across the plains and mountains for miles.
-The walk back  or should I say run  was easy, down Test Spirey Creek trail. It was all down hill and such a sudden drop we were forced to run down. We were all hot and sticky after the heat of the day and the climb; some people reached the lowest state of tourism by swimming in the swamp with the mud and the leeches. Several of the girls showered at Canyon Camp, after waiting in a queue for over an hour. Washing facilities are very sparse in the area.
-I observed that everyone was much more subdued around the. campfire that evening and most of us were glad to turn in fairly early.
+The walk back - or should I say run - was easy, down West Spirey Creek trail. It was all down hill and such a sudden drop we were forced to run down. We were all hot and sticky after the heat of the day and the climb; some people reached the lowest state of tourism by swimming in the swamp with the mud and the leeches. Several of the girls showered at Canyon Camp, after waiting in a queue for over an hour. Washing facilities are very sparse in the area.
-On Sunday the trip was to Mount Exmouth. Our party walked, ran, skipped and flew ur. It was hazy at the top and the hot and thirsty walkers drank all the water in the tank. It was what you might call crawling up and tumbling down.
+I observed that everyone was much more subdued around the campfire that evening and most of us were glad to turn in fairly early.
+On Sunday the trip was to Mount Exmouth. Our party walked, ran, skipped and flew up. It was hazy at the top and the hot and thirsty walkers drank all the water in the tank. It was what you might call crawling up and tumbling down.
 Several of the girls took the day to walk the nature trail and see some of the wild animals. Unfortunately it was too early for they are mainly to be seen around dusk but the walk was very pleasant.
-In the evening most of us went to see the outdoor nature films shown by the National Parks Association in Canyon Camp. To saw films on bird life at Ellesmere Island, the birth of the Red Kangaroo and The Koalas and improved our knowledge of nature.
-On Monday we packed at a slow pace and the cars loft one by one. It was a fairly uneventful return trip. The first 200 miles were interesting scenically but at dusk there was the rain and traffic to contend with. We approached Sydney in a heavy downpour of rain fairly late at night and the Warrumbungles seemed very far away. However, we had those four days to look back on and the weekend had been a very satisfying one.
+In the evening most of us went to see the outdoor nature films shown by the National Parks Association in Canyon Camp. We saw films on bird life at Ellesmere Island, the birth of the Red Kangaroo and The Koalas and improved our knowledge of nature.
-Quotable quotes from David Cotton.
+On Monday we packed at a slow pace and the cars left one by one. It was a fairly uneventful return trip. The first 200 miles were interesting scenically but at dusk there was the rain and traffic to contend with. We approached Sydney in a heavy downpour of rain fairly late at night and the Warrumbungles seemed very far away. However, we had those four days to look back on and the weekend had been a very satisfying one.
+====Quotable quotes from David Cotton.====
 If you light a candle and jump from a mountain, people will say, "A star fell from heaven."
-If girls' shorts get any shorter they won't be able to wear them any longer. If you don't eat up big, you end up small.
+If girls' shorts get any shorter they won't be able to wear them any longer.
+If you don't eat up big, you end up small.
 You're as crooked as a corkscrew and that's straight.
-I've been around the bend and up the wall. and tomorrow I'll be over the hill.
-Page 10.	TEE SYDNEY BUSHwALICER.	June, 1971.
+I've been around the bend and up the wall and tomorrow I'll be over the hill.
-ANZAC, 1971.
+=====ANZAC, 1971.=====
 David Peacock.
-If anyone detects gaps or mis-statements in this account, I must fasten the blame on Doone Wyborn who has threatened to beat me if I didn't write this article. Doone, being a pretty hefty fellow, commands respect and so here am I desperately trying to remember what happened on Anzac week-end 1971. So now follows my dim recollections of Don Finch's and Doone wyborn's trip to the Budawangs.
-FRIDAY, April 23. Time,evenings Setting - Jerry Sinzig's car. As far as I recall nothing worth recording happened.
+If anyone detects gaps or mis-statements in this account, I must fasten the blame on Doone Wyborn who has threatened to beat me if I didn't write this article. Doone, being a pretty hefty fellow, commands respect and so here am I desperately trying to remember what happened on Anzac week-end 1971. So now follows my dim recollections of Don Finch's and Doone Wyborn's trip to the Budawangs.
-SATURDAY, April 24 Time - early morning. Setting - BOb Younger's car. With Don Finch in the front passenger seat, and Bob Younger at the wheel, we roared off into the middle distance.
+__Friday, April 23__. Time,e vening: Setting - Jerry Sinzig's car. As far as I recall nothing worth recording happened.
+__Saturday, April 24__. Time - early morning. Setting - Bob Younger's car. With Don Finch in the front passenger seat, and Bob Younger at the wheel, we roared off into the middle distance.
 "This way to the Clyde!" screamed the Finch, and four cars responded to his bellows. Unfortunately it wasn't the way to the Clyde, an error which was soon brought to our attention by the Finch's lamentations. But such things don't stop Don for long and, after a couple more mis-starts, we got there. Just before breakfast Doone put his "Doonemobile" through its paces for our entertainment, and it was quite a sight.
 Anyway the walk started, with dark forebodings of despair and people crying "I'll never make it" accompanied by sighs of resignation as to their fate.
-Left, right, left, right, crunching our way to Hollands Creek. The scenery around these parts is fantastic with rock faces and cliffs everywhere. If I knew how they were formed, I would pad out this feeble script with such details, but I don't, so I won't (work that outs).
-DATE - as above. Time 12.30 p.m. Setting - Holland Creek - Clyde River Junction.	Lunch. A few hardy individuals went swimming and Wade Butler did a beautiful somersault into the river from the branch of a tree. He also climbed a palm which was made all the more interesting by cries of "Ye'll fall!" repeated frequently. Unfortunately ( or fortunately, depending on your outlook) he didn't, and after a short while the party moved off.
+Left, right, left, right, crunching our way to Hollands Creek. The scenery around these parts is fantastic with rock faces and cliffs everywhere. If I knew how they were formed, I would pad out this feeble script with such details, but I don't, so I won't (work that out!).
-DATE - as above. Time - afternoon. Setting - Hollands Creek.
-About this time E began to feel sick, having had a bad cold all the previous week, so please forgive any incoherence following. I feel that my pleas of "I'm dying" were met with disbelief. Don and Doone fairly soared off along the creek, hopping from rock to rock. I tried to emulate them, but only succeeded in slipping from rock to rock, thereby increasing my misery. Fortunately, for me, the creek section was soon completed and we climbed the ridge leading to Mount 'Tarn.
+__Date - as above__. Time 12.30 p.m. Setting - Holland Creek - Clyde River Junction.	Lunch. A few hardy individuals went swimming and Wade Butler did a beautiful somersault into the river from the branch of a tree. He also climbed a palm which was made all the more interesting by cries of "Ye'll fall!" repeated frequently. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on your outlook) he didn't, and after a short while the party moved off.
-Date - as above Time - evening. Setting - camp below Mt. Tarn.
-Page- 11.	THE SYDNEY BUSHwALKER.	June, 1971.
+Date - as above. Time - afternoon. Setting - Hollands Creek.
-It had been arranged to join up with Owen Marks walk at Mount Tarn, which we subsequently did (I hope, incidentally that someone is writing up Owen's trip). There were 62 S.B.7. at that campsite that ev6ning. There was a moment of amusement when Don Finch arrived g Heather Smith, who had been in Owen's party had carried Don's food, and it had been decided that she would hide and Don was to be told that she hadn't turned up the previous evening. This was done, and Don's face was a joy to behold, although I don't know whether he was glum becausd Heather hadn't arrived, or because of the food she was carrying. After about ten minutes Heather showed herself, and Don greeted her with such tenderness that someone aptly remarked "The way to a man's heart is through his stomach".
-SUNDAY, APRIL 25. Time - morning. Setting - Paradise.
+About this time I began to feel sick, having had a bad cold all the previous week, so please forgive any incoherence following. I feel that my pleas of "I'm dying" were met with disbelief. Don and Doone fairly soared off along the creek, hopping from rock to rock. I tried to emulate them, but only succeeded in slipping from rock to rock, thereby increasing my misery. Fortunately, for me, the creek section was soon completed and we climbed the ridge leading to Mount Tarn.
-Sunday was a fabulous day because everybody could do what they liked. Most of the group went on short walks (where to, I don't know), and Doone took a party to the Donjon. We met up with that party the following day. Meanwhile, 19 using my cold as an excuse, didn't go anywhere, and lazed about all day....beautl Proper slob I was. I spent the morning trying to baffle Roy Higginbottom with science, but in the end it was I who was bewil- dered9 so quickly changed the subject. Frank Taeker was about "bug-hunting" as usual, whilst Peter Franks and Lynne WYborn cracked jokes with one another. As Roy pointed out, it's only when you lay about that you hear birds singing and appreciate the beauty around you. The weather was magnificent and that day spoilt the trip for me, because it was so beautiful that it made the following day's walk something of an anti-climax to the trip.
+Date - as above. Time - evening. Setting - camp below Mt. Tarn.
+It had been arranged to join up with Owen Marks' walk at Mount Tarn, which we subsequently did (I hope, incidentally that someone is writing up Owen's trip). There were __62__ S.B.W. at that campsite that evening. There was a moment of amusement when Don Finch arrived: Heather Smith, who had been in Owen's party had carried Don's food, and it had been decided that she would hide and Don was to be told that she hadn't turned up the previous evening. This was done, and Don's face was a joy to behold, although I don't know whether he was glum because Heather hadn't arrived, or because of the food she was carrying. After about ten minutes Heather showed herself, and Don greeted her with such tenderness that someone aptly remarked "The way to a man's heart is through his stomach".
+__Sunday, April 25__. Time - morning. Setting - Paradise.
+Sunday was a fabulous day because everybody could do what they liked. Most of the group went on short walks (where to, I don't know), and Doone took a party to the Donjon. We met up with that party the following day. Meanwhile, I, using my cold as an excuse, didn't go anywhere, and lazed about all day.... beaut! Proper slob I was. I spent the morning trying to baffle Roy Higginbottom with science, but in the end it was I who was bewildered, so quickly changed the subject. Frank Taeker was about "bug-hunting" as usual, whilst Peter Franks and Lynne Wyborn cracked jokes with one another. As Roy pointed out, it's only when you lay about that you hear birds singing and appreciate the beauty around you. The weather was magnificent and that day spoilt the trip for me, because it was so beautiful that it made the following day's walk something of an anti-climax to the trip.
 Spiro Ketas and Theo arrived about two o'clock, being followed later by Lesley and Neville Page.
-DATE - as above. Time - evening. Setting-camp.
-The camp was alightly smaller, Doone'S party being away, but it was still huge.
+__Date - as above__. Time - evening. Setting - camp.
-I-wish that I could convoy the humour of that campfire to the reader, but rtlas I'm not adequate to the task. I can't say what happened that evening a:s I went to bed early (I wonder why I was asked to write this article, as the reader will have noted I wasn't where"the action
-MONDAY., APRIL 26. Time - an absolutely disgusting 6.30 a.m. Setting - breakfast.
+The camp was slightly smaller, Doone's party being away, but it was still huge.
-Six-thirty a.m. Godl What a frightening hour, creeping out of fleabags to meet the dawn. A shivering foot-stamping time with cloudy breath and numb fingers.
+I wish that I could convey the humour of that campfire to the reader, but alas I'm not adequate to the task. I can't say what happened that evening as I went to bed early (I wonder why I was asked to write this article, as the reader will have noted I wasn't where "the action is"!)
+__Monday, April 26__. Time - an absolutely disgusting 6.30 a.m. Setting - breakfast.
+Six-thirty a.m. God! What a frightening hour, creeping out of fleabags to meet the dawn. A shivering foot-stamping time with cloudy breath and numb fingers.
 "Moving off at 7 o'clock" eagerly yelled D. Finch (I refuse to call him by his Christian name after getting us up at such an hour). (Editor's thought - anyone who can get such a crew moving at 7 a.m. must be a Bligh, not a Christian, anyway).
-A fire was spluttering and Milo was being drunk as 19 remembering my illness, was deciding whether to continue with Don or else return with
-Page 12.	THE SYDNEY BUSHTALKER.	June, 1971.
+A fire was spluttering and Milo was being drunk as I, remembering my illness, was deciding whether to continue with Don or else return with Owen Marks' party. I eventually chose the former.
-Owen Marks' party: I eventually chose the former.
 Date - as above. Time - morning. Setting - Castle track.
-Tell, our party moved off at a quite creditable 7.15, sloshing through wet bog, chilling the feet. Along the track we met another party accompanied by a huge Alsatian who seemed determined to take someone's leg off.
+Well, our party moved off at a quite creditable 7.15, sloshing through wet bog, chilling the feet. Along the track we met another party accompanied by a huge Alsatian who seemed determined to take someone's leg off.
 Also along the way were huge boulders, monoliths if you like, and the Butler boys had a great time running up and down them, including one which had to our knowledge previously been unclimbed. Mt. Butler, direct.
-Barbara Bruce was -,pied near the Natural Arch leading to the Valley of the Monoliths, along with some of her friends from the Uni (There may be a topographical error in the above.. ...well, if there is, hard luck!). The valley was very pleasant - it really is beautiful country. By the way, Doone's party had joined us by this time.
+Barbara Bruce was spied near the Natural Arch leading to the Valley of the Monoliths, along with some of her friends from the Uni (There may be a topographical error in the above.... well, if there is, hard luck!). The valley was very pleasant - it really is beautiful country. By the way, Doone's party had joined us by this time.
 Lunch was had on the Castle's summit, having left our packs down below. The wind was a bit strong, and a good deal of interest was shown in unidentified flying objects, some of which soared unfettered amongst the clouds, while others seemed to be lacking in proper aerodynamic properties. Norm Butler was of the opinion it was due to lack of adequate dihedral in the wing design.
 Date - as above. Time - afternoon. Setting - Car-bound.
 The walk back to the cars was relatively easy, marred only by the heat - and I thought it was supposed to be getting cooler.
-On arriving back at the Clyde, we again met Barbara and her friends. Date - as above. Time - evening. Setting - homeward bound. As we were leaving a terrific storm broke, right on cue.
+On arriving back at the Clyde, we again met Barbara and her friends.
+Date - as above. Time - evening. Setting - homeward bound. As we were leaving a terrific storm broke, right on cue.
 On the trip home a passing car flicked up a stone, which shattered the windscreen of the Doonemdbile. Poor Doone!
 And so to bed.
-Page 13.	THE SYDNEY BUSHWALICER.	June,1971.
-COMING TALKS.
+=====Coming Walks.=====
 Pat Harrison.
-'July 2, 39 4 There is a classic Test walk from Kanangra by way of Cloud- maker,. avilla Plateau, Stockyard Spur and Gingra Creek. A steady plod to Cloudmaker, Good views from Thi1la, a scramble down the chains on Compagnoni's Pass (sparing a thought for the ones who went down before the chains were placed there by the University of N.S.w. Bushwalkers in March, 1963)9 eyes open to take the correct change of direction on the Buttress, a quick descent of Stockyard Spur, a lush campsite on the glorious Kowmung, and Sunday in beautiful Gingra Creek where you can still see traces of the Cedar Road which was used to get the Red Cedar out around the turn of the century, and a steepish climb out of the creek to Cottage Rock on the Gingra Range.
-Please note that the nominal leader is unable to fulfill his obligation this weekend and therefore a substitute leader is needed. Will someone please fill the breach?
+|*July 2,3,4|There is a classic Test walk from Kanangra by way of Cloudmaker,Tiwilla Plateau, Stockyard Spur and Gingra Creek. A steady plod to Cloudmaker, Good views from Tiwilla, a scramble down the chains on Compagnoni's Pass (sparing a thought for the ones who went down before the chains were placed there by the University of N.S.W. Bushwalkers in March, 1963), eyes open to take the correct change of direction on the Buttress, a quick descent of Stockyard Spur, a lush campsite on the glorious Kowmung, and Sunday in beautiful Gingra Creek where you can still see traces of the Cedar Road which was used to get the Red Cedar out around the turn of the century, and a steepish climb out of the creek to Cottage Rock on the Gingra Range. Please note that the nominal leader is unable to fulfill his obligation this weekend and therefore a substitute leader is needed. Will someone please fill the breach? LATE FINAL EXTRA - Peter Franks will now lead this trip.|
-LATE FINAL EXTRA - Peter Franks will now lead this trip.
+|July 2,3,4|Phil Butt has a cross-country Ski Instructional. No doubt desires were sharpened by the slides shown by Ray Jerrems recently. The area will depend on actual weather conditions at the time, but irrespective of location the trip requires a fair amount of organisation and it will therefore be necessary for intending participants to see the leader earlier than usual.|
-July, 2, 3, 4 Phil Butt has a cross-country Ski Instructional. No doubt desires were sharpened by the slides shown by Ray Jerrems recently. The area will depend on actual weather conditions at the time, but irrespedtive of location the trip requires a fair amount of organisation and it will therefore be necessary for intending participants to see the leader earlier than usual.
+|July 4|Meryl Watman has a "different" Waterfall to Audley. Her walk spends about a third of the route along the Hacking River, where the rain forest will be a pleasant change from the usual route.|
-July4		Meryl Tatman has a "different" Waterfall to Audley. Her
+|July 9,10,11|Jim Brown and Barbara Bruce, who now have Instructionals down to a fine art, will put you right on mapping, first aid, camp-craft, hygiene (a very important matter in view of recent happenings), and general bushcraft. Instructionals also provide a pleasant weekend in genial company for those who have graduated. The probable site will be Macarthur's Flat on the Nattai River.|
-walk spends about a third of the route along the Hacking River, where the rain forest will be a pleasant change from the usual route.
+|July 9,10,11|Peter Franks (God bless him!) starts and finishes a very interesting walk at Newnes in the lovely Wolgan Valley. The route will follow a known creek to the plateau and an unknown creek back to the valley. Mt. Dawson on the watershed between the Wolgan and Capertee Rivers is a platform of worn sandstone and from this eyrie there are spectacular views near and far. A notable feature of the Wolgan-Capertee area is the way the rock has weathered into pagoda formations.|
-July 9,10,11	Jim Brown and Barbara Bruce, who now have Instructionals
+|July 11|Waterfall to Audley by the usual Uloola Track route with Owen Marks. There won't be a dull moment today.|
-down to a fine art, will put you right on mapping, first aid, camp- craft, hygiene (a very important matter in view of recent happenings), and general bushcraft. Instructionals also provide a pleasant weekend in genial company for those who have graduated. The probable site will be Macarthur's Flat on the Nattai River,
+|July 16,17,18|Phil Hall doesn't appear on the programme very often, but when he does it's something worthwhile, and this weekend he has a Ski Tour from Thredbo to the Main Range with side trips as far as the Blue Lake if the weather permits. Numbers will necessarily be limited and early advice is essential.|
-July 9,10,11	Peter Franks (God bless him!) starts and finishes a very
+|July 16,17,18|Also this weekend is the important practice Search and Rescue Exercise by Federation. A very large roll-up is needed to elevate the image of The Sydney Bushwalkers, which is at present rather low because of the poor attendance at the Federation Reunion. Can we do better on this occasion? The location of the practice will be the Wild Dog Mountains and the assembly point will be at Medlow Gap on the Friday night. There will be a 7.30 a.m. start on Saturday morning and the practice will finish at 3.00 p.m. on Saturday afternoon. On Saturday night there will be a campfire and singsong. On Sunday there will be a reappraisal of Saturday's exercises and a demonstration of special techniques. An important divergence from the procedure of previous years (when there was one search) will be that each club will have its own search and rescue and each club group should consist of at least six members. Map coverage is by the Lands Department Jenolan 1:31,680.|
-interesting walk at Newnes in the lovely 7olgan Valley. The route will flow a known creek to the plateau and an unknown creek back to the valley. Mt. Dawson on the watershed between the 7olgan and Caper-bee Rivers is a platform of worn sandstone and from this eyrie there are spectacular views near and far. A notable feature of the wolgan-Capertee area is the way the rock has weathered into pagoda formations,
+|July 18|Jack Perry, tea maker and fire lighter extraordinary, has a scenic tour of the coast between Stanwell Park and Otford. Go and see it before Mr. Ludwig's Coal Loader and Clutha Development ruin the place.|
-July 11		Waterfall to Audley by the usual Uloola Track route with
+|July 23,24,25|The man from Stratford said that "good wine needs no bush" and that a "good play needs no epilogue". I can only plagiarise him by saying that Bill Gillam's Ski Instructional needs no puff from the Hon. Walks Secretary.|
-Owen Marks. There won't be a dull moment today.
+|July 23,24,25|Henry Lawson's river, the Cudgegong, has its source up near Mt. Coricudgy, 30 miles east of Rylstone. Peter Franks walks you by fire road from the old Sawmill on the Cudgegong to the denuded summit of the great mountain, then plunges down through the bush to Jones' Hole, and lock to the Sawmill across the pleasant flat country around Gavin's Swamp. The Northern Blue Mountains abound in formations to which the old timers gave the name of "Holes". They occur in areas of volcanic soil or shale that has weathered away, leaving a "hole" surrounded by sandstone, usually in the form of cliffs through which the stream finds its outlet by a narrowish opening. The soil being fertile, the trees are tall and straight and in marked contrast to those of the surrounding sandstone. Nobody seems to have knowledge of Jones' Hole, but it would undoubtedly be like the others.... well worth a visit. The Cudgegong usually has frosty nights and clear days in winter, so bring your woolies with you.
-Page 14.	THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER.	Juno, 1971.
+|*July 25|Jim Callaway has a tour of the Royal National Park. Perhaps a bit of scrub in the midsection, but nevertheless a scenic walk that merits its labelling as a Test Walk.|
-July 16917918 Phil Hall doesn't appear on the programme Very often., but when he does it's something worthwhile, and this weekend he has a Ski Tour from Thredbo to the Main Range with side trips as far as the Blue Lake if the weather permits. Numbers will necessarily be limited and early advice is essential.
+|*July 30,31 August 1|Ray Hookway is a shareholder in APCM, the cement company which the Colong Committee is fighting to prevent the despoilation of the Mt. Armour-Church Creek area. Ray considers it time that bushwalking shareholders and others should have a personal look around the region, hence this trip which is a tour of the scenic wonderland that is the heart of the Kanangra-Boyd National Park. There aren't many better views than the one from Chiddy Obelisk.|
-July 16917118 Also this weekend is the important practice Search and Rescue Exercise by Federation. A very large rollup is needed to
+|*August 1|David Ingram has a day walk in his old stamping ground around Campbelltown. The delightful names on his route (The Woolwash, Pheasant Creek) are sufficient to make you reach for your boots and pack and set out.|
-elevate the image of The Sydney Bushwalkers, which is at present
-rather low because of the poor attendance at the Federation Reunion. Can we do better on thio occasion? The location of the practice will be the Wild Dog Mountains and the assembly point will be at Modlow Gap on the Friday night, There will be a 7.30 a.m. start on Saturday morning and the practice will finish at 3.00 p.m. on Saturday afternoon. On Saturday night there will
+----
-be a campfire and singsong. On Sunday there will be a reappraisal of Saturday's exercises and a demonstration of special techniques. An important divergence from the procedure of previous years (when there was one search) will be that each club will have its own search and rescue and each club group should consist of at least six members. Map coverage is by the Lands Department Jenolan 1:37680.
-	July 18	Jack Perry, tea maker and fire lighter extraordinary, has a scenic tour of the coast between Stanwell Park and Otford. Go and see it before Mr. Ludwig's Coal Loader and Clutha Development ruin the place.
+Would Prospective Members please note that the test walks for this month have the sign * alongside the date.
-July 23924925 The man from Stratford said that "good wine needs no bush" and that a "good play needs no epilogue". loan only plagiarise him by saying that Bill Gillam's Ski Instructional needs no puff from the Hon. Talks Secretary,
-July 23924925 Henry Lawson's river, the Cudgegong9 has its source up near Mt. Coricudgy, 30 miles eastof Rylstone. Peter Franks walks you by fire road from the old Sawmill on the Cudgegong to the denuded summit of the great mountain, then plunges down through the bush to Jones' Hole, and lock to the Sawmill across the pleasant flat country around Gavin's Swamp. The Northern Blue Mountains abound in formations to which the old timers gave the name of "Holes". They occur in areas of volcanic soil or shale that has weathered away, leaving a "hole" surrounded by sandstone, usually in the form of cliffs through which the stream finds its outlet by a narrowish opening. The soil being fertile, the trees are tall and straight and in marked contrast to those of the surrounding sandstone. Nobody seems to have knowledge of Jones' Hole, but it would undoubtedly be like the Others.....well worth a visit. The Cudgegong usually has frosty nights and clear days in winter, so bring your woolies with you.
+----
-	/ July 25	Jim Callaway has a tour of the Royal National Park. Perhaps a bit of scrub in the midsection, but nevertheless a
-Page 15.	THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER.	June, 1971.
+=====Echoes From The Past - 11.=====
-scenic walk that merits its labelling as..a Test Walk.
-Z July 30, 31	Ray Hookway is a shareholder in APCM, the cement comp-
+It had been intended to continue in this issue the saga of early walking trips in the Northern Budawang Mountains. However, with an up-to-date trip story about that area, it was felt there may be too much Budawanging in one magazine, so instead we re-print a short, light-hearted fragment from the Club's Poet Laureate, Kath Mackay, first published in February, 1950, when nudism at Era was still a controversial question.
-- August 1 any which the Oolong Committee is fighting to prevent the despoilation of the Mt. Armour-Church Creek area. Ray considers it time that bushwalking shareholders and others should have a personal look around the region, hence this trip which is a tour of the scenic wonderland that is the heart of the KanangraBoyd National Park. 'There aren't many better views than the one from Chiddy Obelisk.
- August 1	David Ingram has a day walk in his old stamping ground around Campbelltown. The delightful names on his route (The woolwash, Pheasant Creek) are sufficient to make you reach for your boots and pack and set out.
+A nudist down at Era\\
-Would Prospective Members please note that the test walks for this month have the sign 0 alongside the date.
+Reclined upon a dune,\\
-ECHOES FROM THE PAST. 110
+He crouched beneath his eyeshade\\
-It had been intended to continue in this issue the saga of early walking trips in the Northern Budawang Mountains. However, with an up- to-date trip story about that area, it was felt there may be too much Budawanging in one magazine, so instead we re-print a short, light-hearted fragment from the Club's Poet Laureate, Kath Mackay, first published in February, 1950, when nudism at Era was still a controversial question.
+On a rainy afternoon,\\
-A nudist down at Era
+Or peered through darkened glasses\\
-Reclined upon a dune,.
+At the fierce light of the moon.
-He crouched beneath his eyeshade On a rainy afternoon,
-Or peered through darkened glasses At the fierce light of the moon.
+He skipped from rock to sandhill\\
-Ho skipped from rock to sandhill With bath towel waving free;
+With bath towel waving free;\\
-He skirmished round the bushes
+He skirmished round the bushes\\
-To dodge our company.......
+To dodge our company.......\\
-What with all the interruptions He was pale as pale could be.
+What with all the interruptions\\
-Some said "He's just a mortin".
+He was pale as pale could be.
-Some - "He should be run ing
-Has no one ever told him
+Some said "He's just a moron".\\
-That nudity's a sin?"
+Some - "He should be run in:\\
-A lordy, what a pother About a bit of skin:
+Has no one ever told him\\
-Page 16.	THE SYDNEY BUST-ALKER.	June, 1971.
+That nudity's a sin?"\\
-Have you visitea us yet?
+A lordy, what a pother\\
-Our rooms at 167 Pacific Highway, North Sydney, are easily gotatable by both north and south siders, and we have all your needs in walking, climbing and canoeing gear.
+About a bit of skin!
-Equipment for salo or for hire.
-Make a point of looking in and seeing our stock.
-MOUNTAIN EQUIPMENT.
-Pacific Highway
-North Sydney.
-Phone 929-6504.
-Page 17.	THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKERS.	June1971.
 FEDERATION NOTES.
 Ray Hookway.