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+ | ====== The Sydney Bushwalker. ====== | ||
+ | A monthly bulletin of matters of interest to the Sydney Bushwalker, 14 Atchison Street, St. Leonards. | ||
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+ | Postal Address: Box 4476 G.P.O., Sydney, N.S.W., 2000. | ||
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+ | Meetings at the Club Room on Wednesday evenings after 7.30 p.m. | ||
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+ | Enquiries regarding Club - Marcia Shappert, | ||
+ | |||
+ | === April, 1972. === | ||
+ | |||
+ | |**Editor**|Spiro Ketas, 104/10 Wylde Street, Pott's Point, 2011. Tel. 357-1381 (Home)| | ||
+ | |**Typist**|Christa Younger| | ||
+ | |**Duplication**|Mike Short| | ||
+ | |**Business Manager**|Bill Burke, 3 Coral Tree Drive, Carlingford, | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Contents ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | | | |Page| | ||
+ | |The Annual General Meeting|Jim Brown| 2| | ||
+ | |The Re-union|Barry Wallace| 4| | ||
+ | |A Day at Arthur' | ||
+ | |Rambling in Essex|Frank Leyden|10| | ||
+ | |Conservation Report|Alex Colby|12| | ||
+ | |Social' | ||
+ | |Federation Report|Ray Hookway|15| | ||
+ | |Coming Walks|Wilf Hilder|17| | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Advertisements ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | | |Page| | ||
+ | |Paddy Pallin| 6| | ||
+ | |Mountain Equipment|14| | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== At the Annual General Meeting, 1972. ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Jim Brown. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Seldom have so few members been present for the start of an Annual Meeting - about 30 at the outset, but increasing to perhaps 40 or 45 later. There was no genuine new member to welcome, and the only name summoned - Valerie Hannaford - had been admitted a month or so earlier, but was not present. | ||
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+ | Winners of the trophies at the 1972 Swimming Carnival were named, and Sheila Binns asked to come to the rostrum as Minutes Secretary for the meeting. The February minutes were disposed of, with no business arising. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Spiro now sought a suspension of standing orders to enable the special business of the Annual Meeting to proceed, and notwithstanding Phil Butt's objection that the normal order of business should only be interrupted when Annual affairs were liable to delay the meeting, the suspension was carried, and in due course the election of office bearers went ahead - the results were reported in the March issue. | ||
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+ | Correspondence contained news of the resignation of Betty and Ernie Farquhar, re-instatement of Peter Franks to the active list, and a letter from the Lands Department concerning access to Coolana - the essence being that right of way was provided through the adjacent property, and that our request for a small area along the perimeter of our land would be considered when the land was disposed of. Outward correspondence showed we had written to several parliamentary leaders protesting against the flooding of Lake Pedder, and to the Wireless Institute asking for permission to use their 16 mm projector for some coming social events. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Arising from the correspondence, | ||
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+ | The various Annual Reports and Financial Statements were taken as read and adopted without comment or question, and as the elections proceeded the Treasurer informed us that the monthly statement for February had closed with a figure of £680 in the working account. The Walks Report covered the rather soggy month of February, the first trip for the month (to be led by Bill Gillam in the Wollongambe area) having been cancelled. It was warmish day on the Sunday for Jim Callaway' | ||
+ | |||
+ | On the following week-end Max Crisp and party of 7 were on the Shoal-haven up near Nerriga, the river pretty deep with some rather slow going in parts on the Sunday. Those who carried out the full journey didn't reach the cars until late on Sunday evening. That week-end Roger Gowing and four people practised abseiling at Kanangra, and at the Swimming Carnival 21 were present, and the events proceeded despite the rather small roll-up. | ||
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+ | Robin Plumb' | ||
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+ | Under the heading of the Federation Report, people were cautioned to be careful of buying carabiners - some damaged at the fire at Paddy Pallin' | ||
+ | |||
+ | With the Treasurer' | ||
+ | |||
+ | Pat Harrison moved that the Club support the project financially, | ||
+ | |||
+ | The amendment was not taken kindly by the supporters of the project, and when Phil Butt pointed out that Federation could hardly finance a publication which would be entirely the work of one Club, it was fore-doomed. Discussion reverted to the original motion, when it was suggested we should not rely on bookstall sales to outsiders, but consider the " | ||
+ | |||
+ | To wind up the night, Phill Butt had a couple of matters to raise. First, when the political scene in Tasmania stabilised, he proposed we write to the new parliamentary leaders there about Lake Pedder - carried. Further, we should appoint someone to represent the Club's interest at the meeting of the Kosciusko Huts Association on April 15, having first become a member of the Association - also carried, and Wilf Hilder elected as our delegate. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Then it was 10.20 p.m. and the close of the night' | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== The Reunion. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Barry Wallace. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The sky was already beginning to colour into a glorious sunset when I left the car and began the hurried descent of Starlight' | ||
+ | |||
+ | About 40 minutes later the light was perceptibly fading when I detected the sound of movement further down the track, a sort of thump... thump, not unlike a wallaby. A brief halt and careful scan with ears and eyes revealed a bobbing, blond pony tail which turned out to be attached to Marion Lloyd who was looking very swank in army bush shirt and flashy psychedelic floral slacks. Roger Gowing was also there but his more sombre dress hid him from view at that range. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The three of us completed the descent together, and after some fumbling over where to cross the Nattai, we arrived at Macarthur' | ||
+ | |||
+ | Being late, hot, and exhausted from the walk down, it was obvious that some measure of bludging would be in order to obtain the essentials. Fortunately Spiro offered tent space and Geoff Mattingly volunteered the use of his fire, after a rather hint-laden examination of his empty (sob!) cider cans. | ||
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+ | Soup, diced gravy beef, pearl barley, vegetables and (ugh!) onions, which render one's hands unsociable for about a week - pour in some water (if there' | ||
+ | |||
+ | That batch of soup must have taken longer to cook than a grass parrot, but hunger finally became dominant and I retrieved the billy and moved on to the main fire; just in time for my acting debut in Dot Butler' | ||
+ | |||
+ | I am unsure of the exact story, but the way I saw things, Don Finch, a truly demented highwayman whipping his casurina hobby-horse to a furious canter around the camp-fire, came " | ||
+ | |||
+ | Bess then descended from her perch and composed herself, all unsuspecting upon her bed; from whence she was rudely seized by the establishment in the form of three troopers, Higginbottom, | ||
+ | |||
+ | The story, or at least the acting, became rather soppy at this stage, so I won't shock you with the details, but briefly, the trooper gave Bess a strategically placed musket with which to warn the highwayman (if she had the heart, so to speak), and then they retired to a well earned game of cards with the Innkeeper (Owen Marks). | ||
+ | |||
+ | At about this time Peter Miller, the sound-effects man, started making the sounds of a galloping stone horse. This signified the return of the highwayman, via a circuit of the campfire, whereupon Bess silently blew herself into the next world with her musket and Finch once more retreated on his stone horse into the outer darkness. But not for long! | ||
+ | |||
+ | Right in the middle of a tense 7 no trumps call he returned at a gallop and was shot down like a dog for interrupting a game while Wallace was playing an unbeatable hand. Leslie and Doone wore gently prized apart and everyone returned to their seats, or couches, or soup so the case may be. | ||
+ | |||
+ | A. number of songs were sung and some awards given out, but I was really too filled with emotion and soup to recall them in detail, and besides, the people making supper seemed to be in need of a cocoa taster! | ||
+ | |||
+ | Replete at last with fruit cake and cocoa we all relaxed around the fire, some talking, some singing and Oven Marks sleeping quietly. The sky was clear and the night mild with just a slight coolness in the air. People began drifting off to bed, while some sat up and talked the night away. | ||
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+ | The next day began quietly with a late breakfast as people drifted from one camp-site to another, renewing old friendships and discussing the events and characters of the past year. A few footloose souls were seen to depart early with their packs, bound I know not where. By about 10.30 I was becoming worried about the disposal of the four pounds of S.R. flour which I had been coerced into carrying. It was obvious that a damper making contest was intended, but where the devil was Mike Short, our worthy organizer. I eventually located him, still in his bag drinking a can of sarsparella and looking like the aftermath of a magnificent dissipation. Things wore not as they seemed however. He had been sick for the last three days and was conserving his strength and obeying doctor' | ||
+ | |||
+ | With the spectre of four extra pounds to carry up the hill hanging over me I hastily rounded up people to cook dampers in the ashes of the main camp fire. It was about here that the day began to go wrong!! Firstly Dot Butler won the damper competition under the most suspicious circumstances (something to do with a curious, and not entirely explained, past liaison with the judge, I think it was), then Heather' | ||
+ | |||
+ | Still, all in all, it wasn't a bad reunion - I might even go to another one some day. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Paddymade. === | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Lightweight bushwalking and camp gear** | ||
+ | |||
+ | __Bunyip Rucksack__ | ||
+ | |||
+ | This ' | ||
+ | |||
+ | __Senior Rucksack__ | ||
+ | |||
+ | A single pocket, shaped rucksack. Suitable for overnight camping. Weight 1½lbs. | ||
+ | |||
+ | __Bushman Rucksacks__ | ||
+ | |||
+ | Have sewn-in curved bottom for extra comfort in carrying. Will hold 30 lbs. 2 pocket model 1¼lbs. 3 pocket model 1½lbs. | ||
+ | |||
+ | __Pioneer Rucksack__ | ||
+ | |||
+ | is an extra large bag with four external pockets and will carry about 40lbs of camp gear. Weight 2¼lbs. | ||
+ | |||
+ | __Mountaineer De Luxe__ | ||
+ | |||
+ | Can carry 70lbs or more. Tough lightweight terylene/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | __Mountaineer__ | ||
+ | |||
+ | Same features as de luxe model except for P.V.C. bottom reinforcing. Weight 5¼lbs. | ||
+ | |||
+ | __Tramper Frame Rucksack__ | ||
+ | |||
+ | Young people and ladies will find this pack a good one. It will carry sufficient camping equipment and food for 3 or 4 days or more. Has 3 pockets, capacity about 30 lbs. Weight 4lbs. | ||
+ | |||
+ | __Carrying Bags__ | ||
+ | |||
+ | P.V.C. or nylon. | ||
+ | |||
+ | __Kiandra Model__ | ||
+ | |||
+ | Hooded bag. Extra well filled. Very compact. Approx 3¾lbs. | ||
+ | |||
+ | __Hotham Model__ | ||
+ | |||
+ | Super warm. Box quilted. Added leg room. Approx 4½lbs. | ||
+ | |||
+ | __' | ||
+ | |||
+ | One, two or three man. From 2½ to 3¾lbs. | ||
+ | |||
+ | __Wall Tents__ | ||
+ | |||
+ | Two, three or four man. From 3½ to 4½lbs. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Compasses dry, oil filled or wrist types. Maps. Large range. Bushwalking books. Freeze dried and dehydrated foods. Stoves and lamps. Aluminium cook ware. Ground sheets. Everything for the bushwalker. | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Paddy Pallin** | ||
+ | |||
+ | 69 Liverpool St., Sydney. 26-2686, 61-7215. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Correction: In Dot Butler' | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== A Day at Arthur' | ||
+ | |||
+ | by Gerry Sinzig. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The tiny hut creaks and groans in protest as sharp gusts of wind, channeled through the narrow steep-sided Crow Valley, heave at its mountings. Rain, whipped up into waves of stinging spray by the fierce gale, is lashing the walls with a relentless fury. Inside, two bods huddle miserably in their bunks and wonder whether blue skies will ever come again to this forsaken place. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Joe Odins and I had walked up the Crow Valley from the mighty Waimakariri River in almost perfect weather two days before, in the hope of attempting a climb on Mount Rolleston, but since our arrival the fickle New Zealand weather has done its worst and has kept us inside the small confines of Crow Hut. Our patience is running out, so tomorrow, if the weather permits, we will return to Arthur' | ||
+ | |||
+ | By early evening the weather relents somewhat, and a little later five sodden bods arrive full of hope for a better tomorrow, so that they might climb Mount Rolleston. Incurable optimists, these mountaineers. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Next morning a 5.00 a.m. peek outside the hut reveals an almost cloudless sky. No mice have been caught in the traps we improvised last night - seems they are too smart for us (we had been plagued by food gorging mice ever since our arrival at the hut). By 6.00 a.m. the others are off to try for Rolleston and a few minutes later we are ready ourselves, having packed up all our gear. We set off towards a prominent ridge just upstream of the hut which appears to offer easy access to the divide between the Crow Valley and Arthur' | ||
+ | |||
+ | As we ascend, members of the other party, no larger than pinpoints, can be seen clearly on the first snow drift at the head of the Crow Valley. How tiny they appear beneath the towering bulk of Mount Rolleston! | ||
+ | |||
+ | Although we are carrying all our junk and the way is steep, the going is easy and we gain the ridge top by 7.30 a.m. In view of the improved weather, we had planned to leave our packs at the top of the ridge and traverse to Rome Gap for a try on the low peak of Rolleston, before descending to Arthur' | ||
+ | |||
+ | The ridge is fairly uneven and strewn with loose rock. The top of Rome Ridge, still under a mantle of snow, can be seen connecting just ahead through a momentary hole in the mist. At this point our route develops into a magnificent cheval ridge, sharp as a knife and sound rock. After more procrastination, | ||
+ | |||
+ | We are on the verge of leaving ourselves, when the low peak suddenly emerges through the mist, 1,300 ft. above. It is noon - not too late for a climb to the top, since the route is mostly on rock - so we decide to give it a go. The first 100 ft. of rock is fairly steep, but reasonably firm. Beyond that point the ridge is less steep but deteriorates into the loose debris so common in the New Zealand mountains. We ascend the final 300 ft. on steep, firm snow to be greeted at the top by an old bicycle which has obviously seen better days! | ||
+ | |||
+ | Thick black clouds are rolling in again from the north west, so after a brief survey of our surroundings and a snack, we start picking our way down, dislodging tons of loose rubble as we descend. Within minutes we are enveloped in thick mist once again and light rain begins to fall. The steep rock above Rome Gap is now wet and requires some care. After more food at Rome Gap we return along the jagged ridge to our packs, where it is a relief to get back into sandshoes, even though we are now stuck with our heavy loads again. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Avalanche Peak is about one mile away and still involves some uphill slogging. On the way we cross a 100 yard wide sloping snow drift for which sandshoes prove surprisingly adequate, given the support of an ice axe. The last few hundred feet below Avalanche Peak consist of loose scree which makes for agonisingly slow going, but finally we are on top. From the peak two well defined ridges, each with a walking trail, diverge downwards into Arthur' | ||
+ | |||
+ | By 7.30 p.m. we are at the N.Z.A.C. hut in the valley, thirsty and ravenously hungry. The lower segment of trail was very steep and broken up and we are so overheated that even a quick plunge in the chill waters of Avalanche Creek does not feel cold. To flop into our bunks is like heaven - it has been a long day. | ||
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+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | =====. Rambling in Essex. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Frank Leyden. | ||
+ | |||
+ | This is to make mad with nostalgia those of you from those parts. I am forgiving England for its horrid winter as the daisies and daffodils, snowdrops and crocuses, primroses, periwinkles and catkins are all bursting forth into the April showers as the azaleas, magnolias and rhododendron are just peeping and the bluebells getting ready to peep. The flowers are along the lanes and through the woods, just everywhere as are the bird songs but the latter especially at dawn and dusk when the weather calms. Two weeks of warm sunny weather and longer brighter days are really welcome. On our rambles we have been admiring the freshly arrived lambs, calves and piglets as the walking paths lead through the sloppy odiferous farmyards with many a pig's back to be scratched, horse' | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Ramblers have been treating me to some healthy, muddy and snowy walks. They even have day walks across to France. I have seen much of the beauty of the coast from Newhaven to Rye and most walking areas generally south of London. In the winter walking there has been torrential rains, howling wind, snow and icy roads and mud worse than Tasmania, and thick fogs and bitter cold with sometimes walks having to be abandoned. The deep snow walking would have been fine on skis if one could leap over the stiles - greatest number seven in 200 yards. The winter, I'm told, has been very mild. But the spring and sunshine seem fabulous. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Coast rambling brought us in the ancient church at Rye near the Kent border. In the church the huge clock pendulum swings down low over the congregation' | ||
+ | |||
+ | Between Rye and Winchelsea along the coast marshes is a bird sanctuary. Some of the birds nest on the ground and the public are excluded when the birds are breeding so there are lots of birds. A small transmission line with the wires close has a trail of electrocuted swans under it. But there' | ||
+ | |||
+ | Adjacent on the Dover side are the Romney Marshes, noted for their breed of sheep. Cattle hereabouts are Aberdeen Angus with an odd French bull, probably a Common Market gesture. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Near where I live is the Weirwood Reservoir local drinking water supply. One end is for the yacht club and the other end is a bird sanctuary. On weekends it's impossible to park on the skirting road. Cars are packed tight everywhere and people are queued up feeding the birds. So there are plenty of birds. Who wouldn' | ||
+ | |||
+ | The streams running in are all undrinkable from animal pollution, nothing that a bit of chlorine can't straighten out. If our insides are unaffected by the pollution they are at least certainly well bleached. | ||
+ | |||
+ | I saw a badger (like wombats, but striped nosed and nocturnal) in the street outside the other evening. Squirrels sit on the road posts and sun themselves. I had a deer leap in front of the car in the forest one evening. At night the hooting owls are around. The other day a flashing light siren ambulance for birds passed on its way to rescue some flying friend in distress. Conservation is mixed with human activities. Footpath clearing is done by the Club here every two weeks. I'm getting some skill with the Slasher, a deadly weapon, sometimes banned as it removes legs as easily as blackberry bushes. Its ancestor no doubt removed heads in the cause of liberty. On one " | ||
+ | |||
+ | My slides revealed to the Ramblers an astonishing Australia they had never known existed - the wild beauty of Splendour Rock, The Kowmung, Kanangra, Northcote Canyon and our fauna and flora. Why on earth, they said, did I leave all that to come to England? Well you see, I told them, I just love the English climate! | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Conservation Notes. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Alex Colley. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The fifth Annual Meeting of the Colong Committee was hold on March 8th. Professor Johnson, who chaired the meeting (as in previous years) said that the story of the Committee was a remarkable saga of dedicated, persistent and determined work by a small group of people. Though there had been a dramatic change in the community' | ||
+ | |||
+ | Treasurer Charles Culberg (S.B.W.) reported that the Committee had received donations totalling nearly £5,000. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Father Jim Tierney, Chairman of the Committee, also presented a balance sheet. On the credit side were the facts that Mount Armour has not been mines, that the Boyd has not been bulldozed, and that the Bungonia lease has not yet been granted. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The noted economist and statistician, | ||
+ | |||
+ | Among the motions carried by the meeting wore the following:- | ||
+ | |||
+ | "That this meeting of Colong Committee supporters endorses the Committee' | ||
+ | |||
+ | "That this meeting is totally opposed to the granting of any mining lease or mining purposes lease which violates past or existing reserves in the vicinity of Bungonia Gorge. The meeting believes that a suitable alternative to Special Lease 444 is available on the plateau at South Narulan, and it is further resolved that the Minister for Mines be asked to carry out a public investigation of such a proposal" | ||
+ | |||
+ | "That the Colong Committee write to the Premier of Tasmania, pointing out that, since the Tasmanian highlands contain the only extensive Alpine wilderness areas in Australia, and nearly all the mountain lakeland in the Commonwealth, | ||
+ | |||
+ | Another Annual General Meeting of interest to conservationists will be held on April 28th - the meeting of Associated Portland Cement Manufacturers (Australia) Ltd. Last year's meeting, held in Melbourne, was described by the Sydney " | ||
+ | |||
+ | If you are a shareholder you will have by now received an annual report and a proxy form. Do your best to get along, but if you can't you can appoint someone else to look after your interests. If you have nobody in particular in mind, sign the form and send it to Neil Joblin 14/1B Innes Road, Greenwich 2065, and he will ensure that you are worthily represented by someone else, provided you let him have it in time to be lodged with the Company before 3 p.m. on April 26th. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Social Events for May. ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Spiro Ketas. | ||
+ | |||
+ | __May 17th:__ Basil Slowter from the River Canoe Club will be explaining, with the help of slides, the intricate and challenging skills of River Canoeing, a past time in which many bushwalkers already participate. | ||
+ | |||
+ | __May 24th:__ __Club Auction__: Bring along all those odds and ends one seems to accumulate over the years. The last auction produced objects d'art, books, records, boots, crockery, clothes, sleeping bags and many other objects. Small fee deducted for auction fee. Come along for some fun and possibly a bargain. Proceeds to Club. | ||
+ | |||
+ | __May 31st:__ __Members' | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Mountain Equipment. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Quite a few people tackle a fairly strenuous summer holiday walking jaunt - perhaps in Tasmania or the Kosciusko country - then put their packs and tents and the rest of their walking gear in mothballs for the rest of the summer season. | ||
+ | |||
+ | With Easter, walking starts again in earnest, and then they may find that some of their equipment is not quite up to an energetic winter of walking. | ||
+ | |||
+ | That's the time to come to the home of fairydown and other lightweight walking and camping gear at | ||
+ | |||
+ | __ Mountain Equipment__ | ||
+ | |||
+ | 17 Alexander Street, Crows Nest (on the corner of Falcon Street). Telephone 439-3454. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Federation Notes, March 1972. ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Ray Hookway. | ||
+ | |||
+ | __Search and Rescue.__ | ||
+ | |||
+ | There were three S and R alerts during the last month but two missing parties reported in before call outs commenced and we were not required for the third incident which involved a drowned canoeist in the Shoalhaven River. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The monthly meetings of the S and R section, held on the second Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. in Science House in 157 Gloucester Street, have proved very popular. The interest shown at the March meeting when discussion centred on the use of the group' | ||
+ | |||
+ | __Federation Ball.__ | ||
+ | |||
+ | The raffle run in conjunction with the Federation Ball raised £393.00 for S and R funds whilst the Ball raised only £193.00 for Federation. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Considering the amount of effort expended in organising and running the ball it was decided at the March mooting to form a committee to gauge the feelings of member clubs towards the financial soundness of running a ball to finance Federation activities. Some members may have opinions on this subject and those would be most welcome. | ||
+ | |||
+ | __Wallerang/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | The final route for this power line has been decided. It will run along the Megalong Valley, roughly follow the road toward Medlow Gap, cross the ridge close beneath Clear Hill and cut across to King's Tableland. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Approval of the Blue Mountains City Council is still required but the construction should commence in mid 1973 and finish towards the end of 1974. | ||
+ | |||
+ | It is a depressing picture but if the line is necessary, the route chosen is the best that the bushwalkers can hope for. One proposal strongly favoured by the BMCC was to cut down to tho Cox from the end of Megalong through the Wild Dogs. The Council' | ||
+ | |||
+ | __Olegas Truchamas Memorial.__ | ||
+ | |||
+ | Federation donated £50.00 towards the cost of publication of the memorial book of Tasmanian photographs to be produced as a memorial to Olegas Truchanas and to raise finance to aid his family. News of more direct aid to the Truchanas family was given at the March meeting. Friends of Olegas or his wife are invited to send financial contributions for his widow and family to Reg Williams 13/220 Davey Street, Hobart. | ||
+ | |||
+ | __Paddy Pallin Orienteering Contest.__ | ||
+ | |||
+ | To be hold Saturday May 27th. | ||
+ | |||
+ | __Search and Rescue Meeting.__ | ||
+ | |||
+ | To be held on May 11th at Science House, 157 Gloucester Street, Sydney at 7 p.m. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Members are asked to support those meetings. Discussions and talks are most interesting and supper is served. Suggestions for talks, films or demonstrations would be welcomed by the S and R Committee. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | Best wishes to Lyn Wyborn and Marion Hall who were both married on 25th March. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Lyn married Linsday Boyton, a Scout Master she met at Colong Caves, and Marion married Kim Bagot, a follow University student. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Coming Walks. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Wilf Milder. | ||
+ | |||
+ | __May 5,6,7__ | ||
+ | |||
+ | Mike Short goes the full fling with this scenic Nattai walk. Tracks to Mt. Jellore with its excellent views - then half a mile of easy scrub to the dirt road that leads to the Needle. Tho ridge to the visitors' | ||
+ | |||
+ | __May 7__ | ||
+ | |||
+ | Popular leader Bill Hall leads a very pleasant stroll from Waterfall to Otford along some of the seldom visited tracks of the "Royal National Park". Some tracks in Upper Heathcote Creek but more in Frew' | ||
+ | |||
+ | __May 12,13,14__ | ||
+ | |||
+ | " | ||
+ | |||
+ | __May 13,14__ | ||
+ | |||
+ | Uncle Jim Brown - a top notch bushman from way back - is shepherding the flock to Glen Raphael for an Instructional Week-end midst the splendours of Narrow Neck. See it before they smother it in bitumen. Maps Jamison 2" and Jenolan 2". | ||
+ | |||
+ | __May 19,20__ | ||
+ | |||
+ | Up and coming John Campbell puts on this delightful scenic ramble to Mt. Owen. Good tracks to the mountains - is a scramble up to top, then along to the visitors' | ||
+ | |||
+ | __May 20__ Wilf the slave driver wields the whip on this gruelling 22 km. gallop through the picturesque Dharug National Park. Trot across the Hidden Top across that hidden oasis, Scotsman' | ||
+ | |||
+ | __May 26,27,28__ | ||
+ | |||
+ | El Presidente himself is leading this pretty walk in the gorgeous Nattai country. Tracks and roads down Bluegum Creek and Little River to Lake Burragorang. Roads and tracks up the glorious Nattai to Alban' | ||
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+ | __May 27__ | ||
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+ | "Once again to the breech dear friends" | ||
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+ | One does not necessarily have to be a literary genius to contribute to the magazine. Letters to the Editor will receive serious consideration. If you have a bone to pick or something praiseworthy to say, do write to the Editor. | ||
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+ | Secondly, if you feel that a complete article on a walk is beyond you, then interesting and humorous snippets of conversation or incidents may merit publication. A special box for contributions shall be placed near the notice beard every Wednesday and the donor' | ||
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+ | Remember that members enjoy reading of club walks and that your contribution will be welcomed. | ||
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+ | Unfortunately two club members have been involved in road accidents recently. Marion Ellis (our only active member who has the distinction of being a great-grandmother) was knocked down by a car at Ryde railway station on her way home from a walking trip at Easter time and Laurie Rayner, another senior member of the Club, was involved in a serious accident in Victoria. Marion and Laurie are both recovering and we hope it will not be long before they are both back to normal again. | ||
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