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-Page 12	THE SYDNEY BUSTTALKER	July9 1971
+=====My Rotorua Diversion.
-MY ROTORUA DIVERSION  by Owen Marks
+- by Owen Marks.
 (A version in verse of climbing on volcanic peaks near Rotorua)
-While sitting in my mineral pool
-I said to myself "I'm a stupid fool
+While sitting in my mineral pool\\
-To waste my hols in such a fashion.
+I said to myself "I'm a stupid fool\\
-I'll climb a volcano; it'll cool my passion". (Youlve heard of ardour being damped by ice?
+To waste my hols in such a fashion.\\
-I was three weeks in hot water!	That'll suffice.) I packed my rucksack, girded loins
+I'll climb a volcano; it'll cool my passion".\\
-Caught a bus to Taupo; 'twas but a few coins And at lunch time I was standing at a sign
+(You've heard of ardour being damped by ice?\\
-"To Ketatahi Springs" it said. And with a face benign I said to myself (in Spanish) "yo to quiero".
+I was three weeks in hot water!	That'll suffice.)\\
-In front of me was Ngaruhoe and Tongariro
+I packed my rucksack, girded loins\\
-Two high volcanos, with Tongariro passive
+Caught a bus to Taupo; 'twas but a few coins\\
-Made of black rock and lava; gee, it was massive. High on one side could be seen a scar
+And at lunch time I was standing at a sign\
-To which the Maoris came from afar
+"To Ketatahi Springs" it said. And with a face benign\\
-Yo sit in the mud and hot sulphur springs, For it cures lumbago and other things.
+I said to myself (in Spanish) "yo to quiero".
-Peeping out could be seen Ngaruhoe;
-The active volcano (it's pronounced Narrahoee) With smoke billowing forth, from its perfect cone. In winter it's snow covered, but now a pale bone.
+In front of me was Ngaruhoe and Tongariro\\
-"To the springs: 1i-hours" the sign clearly stated, But time and mountains can't really be estimated. I ignore all such rot.	I keep my own pace. Walking's a pleasure but not if you race.
+Two high volcanos, with Tongariro passive\\
-The track winds and climbs neath rain forest trees, Very quiet, no birds, no animals nor bees.
+Made of black rock and lava; gee, it was massive.\\
-Quite sterile in fact, but I really don't care
+High on one side could be seen a scar\\
+To which the Maoris came from afar\\
+Yo sit in the mud and hot sulphur springs,\\
+For it cures lumbago and other things.\\
+Peeping out could be seen Ngaruhoe;\\
+The active volcano (it's pronounced Narrahoee)\\
+With smoke billowing forth, from its perfect cone.\\
+In winter it's snow covered, but now a pale bone.
+"To the springs: 1 3/4 hours" the sign clearly stated,\\
+But time and mountains can't really be estimated.\\
+I ignore all such rot. I keep my own pace.\\
+Walking's a pleasure but not if you race.\\
+The track winds and climbs neath rain forest trees,\\
+Very quiet, no birds, no animals nor bees.\\
+Quite sterile in fact, but I really don't care\\
 For New Zealand has no leeches or snakes over there.
-Up and,up.the track tunneled onwards
-With an occasional view through the jungle northwards, But then quite abruptly you're on open heath . With the volcanos above and the rain forest beneath.
+Up andup the track tunneled onwards\\
-One mile away and a 1000 ft up
+With an occasional view through the jungle northwards,\\
-Was Ketatahi springs, where I intended to sup.
+But then quite abruptly you're on open heath\\
-(Alas, when I arrived the water was undrinkable
+With the volcanos above and the rain forest beneath.
-And what my language was, well, that's quite unprintable) But then a sign I did.espy
+One mile away and a 1000 ft up\\
+Was Ketatahi springs, where I intended to sup.\\
+(Alas, when I arrived the water was undrinkable\\
+And what my language was, well, that's quite unprintable)\\
+But then a sign I did espy\\
 "To the Hut and water", it was quite nearby.
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+Only 20 mine walk and all uphill!\\
-Only 20 mine walk and all uphill!
+So I pushed on regardless to drink my fill\\
-So I pushed on regardless to drink my fill And rest awhile at the mountain but
+And rest awhile at the mountain hut\\
-Before returning to the springs for my ba1h3 but I must hurry - the sun was sinking.
+Before returning to the springs for my bath; but\\
-And I plonked in the mud, all hot and stinking. 'Twas strange to lay in a shallow pool
+I must hurry - the sun was sinking.\\
-Stark naked and covered in black like a fool Out of Shakespeare's King Lear, but I was alone With a view to rival God - who sits on his throne
+And I plonked in the mud, all hot and stinking.\\
-And gazes on mortals who live down below
+'Twas strange to lay in a shallow pool\\
+Stark naked and covered in black like a fool\\
+Out of Shakespeare's King Lear, but I was alone\\
+With a view to rival God - who sits on his throne\\
+And gazes on mortals who live down below\\
 And live out their lives and pass to and fro.
-But it then got quite cold and I had to hurry, So found alhot spring and then in a flurry Of motion I washed the muck off
-With hot sulphury water that makes you cough (If you're so stupid as to swallow the stuff).
+But it then got quite cold and I had to hurry,\\
-The sun was now gone the track was so rough It took half an hour to retrace my way
+So found a hot spring and then in a flurry\\
-Back to the hut.	'Twas the end of the day. The hut had ten beds or maybe more,
+Of motion I washed the muck off\\
-And a coke-burning oven - with fuel, what's more! And half a candle gave light to eat by.
+With hot sulphury water that makes you cough \\
-Whilst munching and humming a Norse lullaby A noise outside made me prick my ears.
+(If you're so stupid as to swallow the stuff).
-That strange apparition doth excite my fears? 'Twas a mad Yankee tourist to share my abode Named Gordon Harris "a man of the mode"
-From Arizona he hailed and was wandering around New Zealand, eventually Australia bound,
+The sun was now gone the track was so rough\\
-To whom I extended my Bushwalker greetings
+It took half an hour to retrace my way\\
-And who promised to attend at one of our meetings. Anyway we talked for an hour or more
+Back to the hut. 'Twas the end of the day.\\
-Till words turned-to silence and then to a snore. Night with her mantle had covered us twain. I wonder if I'll ever see him again?
+The hut had ten beds or maybe more,\\
-Next morning at dawn the mist was down. "Donna nobis solem" we said with a frown,
+And a coke-burning oven - with fuel, what's more!\\
-But Hughie ignored us and it got real pea-soupy. Gordon went as planned, but I felt real droopy And went back to bed until it was fine. As it turned out, 'twas half past nine
+And half a candle gave light to eat by.\\
-When the day turned out brilliant and I decided to pack.
+Whilst munching and humming a Norse lullaby\\
-So -,filled my water bucket and tied it on the back.
+A noise outside made me prick my ears.\\
-I said a silent farewell to the view down below
+That strange apparition doth excite my fears?\\
-And walked up thezig-zags in the warm morning's glow.
+'Twas a mad Yankee tourist to share my abode\\
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+Named Gordon Harris "a man of the mode"\\
-I took off my shorts to make walking easy (The perspiration made both my legs greasy) Then I realized that the water was dripping
+From Arizona he hailed and was wandering around\\
-Onto my underpants; it made them ill fitting
+New Zealand, eventually Australia bound,\\
-And quite uncomfy. I had no choice
+To whom I extended my Bushwalker greetings\\
-And I took them off too.	I could rejoice
+And who promised to attend at one of our meetings.\\
-In the pleasure of walking in the sun
+Anyway we talked for an hour or more\\
-rrith the water dripping slowly to cool my posterior. The black lava made the heat so strong
+Till words turned to silence and then to a snore.\\
-That (as you all realize) it wasn't long
+Night with her mantle had covered us twain.\\
-Before off came my singlet and then my shirt
+I wonder if I'll ever see him again?
-And walked on quite naked, no one to hurt
-Or shock, for as far as the eye could see
+Next morning at dawn the mist was down.\\
-"as nobody.	('Twas midweek. Thursday actually.)
+"Donna nobis solem" we said with a frown,\\
-To my right was a blue irk, as blue as blue The water slightly ashy but drinkable too.
+But Hughie ignored us and it got real pea-soupy.\\
-Below but beside this and slightly to the right
+Gordon went as planned, but I felt real droopy\\
-as a flat moon-like crater a wonderful sight. A perfect circle a half a mile wide,
+And went back to bed until it was fine.\\
-Dead flat in the middle but steep on one side 7here Tongariro joined the cirque.
+As it turned out, 'twas half past nine\\
-And on the horizon a thousand yards in the murk 7as Ngaruhoe smoking. It was awe inspiring. Forever one could look at this view without tiring.
+When the day turned out brilliant and I decided to pack.\\
-I sat on my rucksar (the ground was too rough- My posterior is delicate and not a bit tough)
+So - filled my water bucket and tied it on the back.\\
-Ind wished that all my walking friends could be here To enjoy the view.	I'd be clothed, never fear!
+I said a silent farewell to the view down below\\
-The track, marked by white posts 30 yards apart, Crossed the crater - but then with a start
+And walked up the zig-zags in the warm morning's glow.
-I noticed the spiders, just about everywhere
-Scurrying here and scurrying there.
+I took off my shorts to make walking easy\\
-'That do they live on? There's naught to see.
+(The perspiration made both my legs greasy)\\
-Not a blade of grass - a herb - or tree.
+Then I realized that the water was dripping\\
-(Dot Butler laughed when I told her this story.
+Onto my underpants; it made them ill fitting\\
-"Why wind blown insects - blown to glory."
+And quite uncomfy. I had no choice\\
-A wise answer and who am I to doubt her?
+And I took them off too. I could rejoice\\
+In the pleasure of walking in the sun\\
+With the water dripping slowly to cool my posterior.\\
+The black lava made the heat so strong\\
+That (as you all realize) it wasn't long\\
+Before off came my singlet and then my shirt\\
+And walked on quite naked, no one to hurt\\
+Or shock, for as far as the eye could see\\
+Was nobody.	('Twas midweek. Thursday actually.)
+To my right was a blue irk, as blue as blue\\
+The water slightly ashy but drinkable too.\\
+Below but beside this and slightly to the right\\
+Was a flat moon-like crater a wonderful sight.\\
+A perfect circle a half a mile wide,\\
+Dead flat in the middle but steep on one side\\
+Where Tongariro joined the cirque.\\
+And on the horizon a thousand yards in the murk\\
+Was Ngaruhoe smoking. It was awe inspiring.\\
+Forever one could look at this view without tiring.
+I sat on my rucksack (the ground was too rough -\\
+My posterior is delicate and not a bit tough)\\
+And wished that all my walking friends could be here\\
+To enjoy the view. I'd be clothed, never fear!
+The track, marked by white posts 30 yards apart,\\
+Crossed the crater - but then with a start\\
+I noticed the spiders, just about everywhere\\
+Scurrying here and scurrying there.\\
+What do they live on? There's naught to see.\\
+Not a blade of grass - a herb - or tree.\\
+(Dot Butler laughed when I told her this story.\\
+"Why wind blown insects - blown to glory."\\
+A wise answer and who am I to doubt her?\\
 If anyone disagrees, they've my permission to clout her.)
-Crossing the wastes I saw on the right
-The Emerald Lakes, a pretty sight
+Crossing the wastes I saw on the right\\
-Nestling at the foot of the fearsome Red Crater. (when visiting areas thermal, sooner or later You always have lakes Emerald or Blue.
+The Emerald Lakes, a pretty sight\\
-In Iceland they have them; Mount Gambier too!!)
+Nestling at the foot of the fearsome Red Crater.\\
-I climbed the Red Crater, was hissing like a dragon
+(When visiting areas thermal, sooner or later\\
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+You always have lakes Emerald or Blue.\\
-And groaning and wheezing like any old wagon. Smoke whisped out here, or else fumeroles
+In Iceland they have them; Mount Gambier too!!)\\
-Caused the earth to shake you'd sink down in holes If you make a fa/se step, you'd list.
+I climbed the Red Crater, was hissing like a dragon\\
+And groaning and wheezing like any old wagon.\\
+Smoke whisped out here, or else fumeroles\\
+Caused the earth to shake; you'd sink down in holes\\
+If you make a false step, you'd list.\\
 Not the best place for a somnambulist.
-The track became tougher and so steep as hell That I had to go sideways with feet parallel
-Just like skiing0	Three steps up, two steps back Nothing like pummice. Woe and alack!
+The track became tougher and so steep as hell\\
-On reaching the top the temperature dropped As though the breath of death had stopped
+That I had to go sideways with feet parallel\\
-And picked me out of all creation.
+Just like skiing. Three steps up, two steps back:\\
-This but caused me a mcments hesitation; - - -
+Nothing like pummice. Woe and alack!\\
+On reaching the top the temperature dropped\\
+As though the breath of death had stopped\\
+And picked me out of all creation.\\
+This but caused me a moments hesitation; - - -\\
 (The need to produce the rest of the story produced slightly more than a moment's hesitation, but no doubt Owen will get around to telling us if he over got back.)
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-COMING WALKS - by Pat Harrison Walks Secretary.
+=====Coming Walks.=====
-LLA.11L_L_IL_.	This is the first walk to be led by Max Crisp,
-and he has selected a good one - Mount Kelly with a capping of snow. The camp on Saturday night just above the snow line will be worthwhile. Plenty of Snow Gum bark to make a warm bed, but bring warm clothing & wear good footwear - feet wet by frozen snow are not the best companions.
+- by Pat Harrison (Walks Secretary).
-- Peter Franks has a walk from the wolgan to the Capertee Valley and back again, and in the process he passes through quite a few of the gaps Elid passes for which this area is notable.	Great scenery, good walking, and the chances are that the wattle will still be in bloom.
-August 6, 7, 8 - Cross country skiing with Phil Butt. Same arrangements as before.
+|August 6,7,8|This is the first walk to be led by Max Crisp, and he has selected a good one - Mount Kelly with a capping of snow. The camp on Saturday night just above the snow line will be worthwhile. Plenty of Snow Gum bark to make a warm bed, but bring warm clothing & wear good footwear - feet wet by frozen snow are not the best companions.|
-August 8 - John Holly leads an old favorite from Waterfall to Heathcote. Should be plenty of wildflowers along the way, and there are a table and seats under a spreading Red Gum at Kingdom Come for civilised lunching.
+|*August 6,7,8|Peter Franks has a walk from the Wolgan to the Capertee Valley and back again, and in the process he passes through quite a few of the gaps and passes for which this area is notable. Great scenery, good walking, and the chances are that the wattle will still be in bloom.|
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+|August 6,7,8|Cross country skiing with Phil Butt. Same arrangements as before.|
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+|August 8|John Holly leads an old favorite from Waterfall to Heathcote. Should be plenty of wildflowers along the way, and there are a table and seats under a spreading Red Gum at Kingdom Come for civilised lunching.|
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+|August 13,14,15|The spiritual home of bushwalkers is believed to be in the Blue Mountains somewhere around Cloudmaker and Guouogang. Guouogang at 4,232 ft is the highest thereabouts, and its Nooroo Buttress has the greatest drop - over 3,000 ft. Dot Noble is going up the Gasper Buttress ('tisn't hard to guess the origin of the name) and down Nooroo, and to get ready for all this she will jog down Breakfast Creek on Friday night. A walk that should not be missed by young or old.|
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+|August 14,15|Ernie and Betty Farquhar have the Instructional Weekend at Moorabinda in the Heathcote Primitive Area. Please note that the train leaves at 12.50 p.m. on Saturday.|
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+*August 15|Jack Gentle's Test Walk is a tour of the Heathcote Primitive Area and takes in two of the highest points, Woronora Trig and Scouter's Mountain. The bushland should be looking its best at this time of year.|
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+*August 20,21,22|The walk on Saturday is mainly along a fairly narrow range for about 10 miles. There are a few changes of direction, but the golden rule for steering down the Gingra is not to turn your back on Ti-Willa. The Gingra Range, losing height as it goes and having the higher Gangerangs on one side and the Broken Rock and the Colong Maze across the Kowmung on the other, provides changing scenery all the way. A lush campsite on Saturday and on Sunday a wander up one of the prettiest creeks in the mountains. Alan Round is the leader.|
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+|August 20,21,22|Good old Bill Gillam's Ski Instructional. The more the merrier.|
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+|August 20,21,22|A tour of all the places with the enticing names around the head of the Cudgegong River, east of Rylstone. Interesting navigation from one patch of volcanic soil to another, not least of all the elusive Pinchgut, and a peak-bagging weekend that should quell the ardour of the keenest.|
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+|August 22|A combined walk with the Catholic Bushwalkers of the Royal National Park led by their president, Jim Callaway. A chance to find out how the other half lives.|
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+|August 22|Jack Perry has a 7-miler up Hawkesbury way. Catch the 8.30 am country train and spend a carefree day with Jack and company.|
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+|August 27,28,29|"Springtime! When comes in the sweet of the year and the red blood reigns in the winter's pale!" People filled with the friskiness of spring are needed to help Bob Younger's working bee at our very own "Coolana" on the Kangaroo River. Bob can't do it all himself, so please come along and help - even if it's only to keep the billy boiling for the workers.|
-OU:DOORS EQUIPMENT OF ALL ,KINDS
+|August 27,28,29|Myall Lakes are the Colong of the north. Hence this tour by Alan Hedstrom, in an endeavour to let others see what they are fighting to preserve.|
-GEAR FOR ViLKINq CLIMBING, CANOEING. GEAR FOR HIRE
+|August 29|The month ends with two day walks. The northsiders can go with Jim Brown from Cowan to Brooklyn, while the southsiders can go With Meryl Watman from Waterfall to Heathcote by way of Uloola Falls. Either way, the wildflowers should be abundant.|
-GEAR FOR PURCHASE.
-find it all at
-MOUNTAIN EQUIPMENT 167 Pacific Highway
-NORTH SYDNEY
-Phone 929 -6504
-Call in and inspect..... open Saturday mornings
-For light, compact material, and warm lightweight out-of-doors sleeping equipment, don't miss our
-selection.
-PL7,,.52:P. a 7	Ti-3 SYD7171"	July, 1971
-Aaust 139 149 15 - The spiritual home of bushwalkers is believed to be in the Blue Mountains somewhere around Cloudmaker and Guouogang.	Guouogang at 49232 ft is the highest thereabouts, and its Nooroo Buttress hap the greatest drop - over 3,000 ft. Dot Noble is going up the Gasper Buttress (Ttisn't hard to guess the origin of the name) and down Nooroo9 and to get ready for all this she will jog down Breakfast Creek on Friday night, A walk that should not be missed by young or old.
-August 14, 15 - Ernie and Betty Farquhar have the Instructional Weekend at Moorabinda in the Heathcote Pi.iitive Area.	Please note that the train leaves at 12.50 p.m. on Saturday.
-.LluEust_15 - Jack Gentle's Test Talk is a tour of the Heathcote Primitive Area and takes in two of the highest points, Toronora Trig and Scouter's Mountain. The bushland should be looking its best at this time of year.
- August 20, 219 22 - The walk on Saturday is mainly along a fairly narrow range for about 10 miles. There are a few changes of direction, but the golden rule for steering down the Gingra is not to turn your back on	The Gingra Range, losing height as it goes and having the higher Gangerangs on one side and the Broken Rock and the Colong Maze across the Kowmung on the other, provides changing scenery all the way. A lush campsite on Saturday and on Sunday a wander up one of the prettiest creeks in the mountains. Alan Round is the leader.
-LEalst_201_21.9_2a - Good old Bill Gillam's Ski Instructional. The more the merrier.
-August 20, 21, 22 - A tour of all the places with the enticing names around the head of the Cudgegong River, east of Rylstono. Interesting navigation from one patch of volcanic soil to another, not least of all the elusivo Pinchgut9 and a peak-bagging weekend that should quell the ardour of the keenest,
-August 22 - A combined walk with the Catholic Bushwalkers of the Royal National Park led by their president, Jim Callaway. A chance to find out how the other half lives.
-iLLILEpt 22 - Jack Perry has a 7-miler up Hawkesbury way. Catch
-the 8.30 am country train and spend a carefree day with Jack and
-company.
-August-27, 28, 29 - "Springtime!	When comes in the sweet of the
-year and the red blood reigns in the winter's pale!"	People filled with the friskiness of spring are needed to help Bob Younger's working bee at our very own "Coolane on the Kangaroo River. Bob
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-can't do it all himself, so please come along and help - even if it's only to keep the billy boiling for the workers.
-August 279 289 29 - Myall Lakes are the Colong of the north. Hence this tour by Alan Hedstrom, in an endeavour to let others see what they are fighting to preserve.
-August 29 - The month ends with two day walks. The northsiders
-can go. with Jim Brown from Cowan to Brooklyn, while the southsiders
-can go With Meryl Watman from Waterfall to Heathcote by way of	0 Uloola Falls. Either way, the wildflowers Should be abundant.
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 FEDERATION REPORT
 June 1971	- by Ray Hookway