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- | THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER | + | |
- | *X X X X*************************X X X*****X X X X-X*** | + | A monthly bulletin of matters of interest to the Sydney |
- | *****X XXX X********-X-X X X-X-X-**-X-***X-X-***-X-X-***********-***** | + | |
- | X-**-X-X-* | + | Postal Address: Box 4476 G.P.O., Sydney, N.S.W., 2000. |
- | A monthly-bulletin of matters of interest to The Sydney | + | |
- | POSTAL ADDRESS: Box 4476 G.P.O., Sydney, N.S.W. | + | Meetings at the Club Room on Wednesday evenings after 7.30 p.m. |
- | Meetings at the Club Rooms on Wednesday evenings after 7.30 p m. Enquiries regarding | + | |
- | ***********X X X** | + | Enquiries regarding Club - Mrs. Marcia Shappert, |
- | JIMAEL1274- | + | |
- | Editor: | + | === January, 1974. === |
- | Typist: Duplication: | + | |
- | Spiro Ketas, 104/10 Wylde Street, Pott's Point, 2011. Tel. 357-1381 (home) | + | |**Editor**|Spiro Ketas, 104/10 Wylde Street, Pott's Point, 2011. Tel.357-1381 (Home)| |
- | Kath Brown Mike Short | + | |**Typist**|Kath Brown| |
- | Bill Burke, 3 Coral Tree Drive, Carlingford 2118. | + | |**Duplication**|Mike Short| |
- | IN THIS ISSUE: | + | |**Business Manager**|Bill Burke, 3 Coral Tree Drive, Carlingford, 2118.| |
- | The December General Meeting Cockbundoon Again | + | |
- | I Saw a Strange Land (Part 2) Paddy Pallin Advertisement | + | ===== Contents ===== |
- | Walks Secretary' | + | |
- | I' | + | | | |Page| |
- | by Spiro Ketas Page 2 | + | |The December General Meeting|Spiro Ketas| 2| |
- | Jim Brown 4 | + | |Cockbundoon Again|Jim Brown| 4| |
- | Marion Lloyd 5 | + | |I Saw a Strange Land (Part 2)|Marion Lloyd| 5| |
- | 6 Wilf Hilder 10 | + | |Walks Secretary' |
- | 12 | + | |Message from the Secretary|Sheila Binns|13| |
- | Sheila Binns 13 | + | |I' |
- | Fran Christie 14 | + | |The Christmas |
- | Elaine Brown 15 | + | |Animal Antics 'Round Garrawarra|Kath Brown|16| |
- | Kath Brown 16 | + | |
- | *****X XXXXX X*X-X-X-X-X-X-X-****-X-X-X-****-X-******************-X--X-* | + | ===== Advertisements ===== |
- | Page 2 THE SYDNEY BUSHUALICER January, 1974. | + | |
- | THE DECEMBER GEITERAL MEETING | + | | |Page| |
+ | |Paddy Pallin| | ||
+ | |Mountain Equipment|12| | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== The December General Meeting. ===== | ||
by Spiro Ketas. | by Spiro Ketas. | ||
- | About thirty members and visitors were present when President Bob sounded his ancient and oriental gong with a skillfully executed back-hand stroke. No new members were presented and after last month' | + | |
- | transparencies of birds, nests, eggs or habitat to be included in a new | + | About thirty members and visitors were present when President Bob sounded his ancient and oriental gong with a skillfully executed back-hand stroke. No new members were presented and after last month' |
- | bird. book. Also we learned that John Holly had accepted the committee' | + | |
The Treasurer' | The Treasurer' | ||
- | In the Federation Report Wilf reported that the Army was not using the road between Sassafras and The Vines much, if at all! Apparently the Government' | + | |
- | A disturbing report of possible camping bans in the Royal National | + | In the Federation Report Wilf reported that the Army was not using the road between Sassafras and The Vines much, if at all! Apparently the Government' |
- | Park was also discussed in Federation. This and other measures apparently | + | |
- | are the aims of the National Estate who seem to be duplicating the role of N.P.A. and also forgetting all the ground work,put into the establishthent of certain areas by bushwalkers many years ago. | + | A disturbing report of possible camping bans in the Royal National Park was also discussed in Federation. This and other measures apparently are the aims of the National Estate who seem to be duplicating the role of N.P.A. and also forgetting all the ground work put into the establishthent of certain areas by bushwalkers many years ago. |
- | The repairs by Federation to Canons | + | |
- | Blue Mountains Council has deoided | + | The repairs by Federation to Carlons |
- | cost. In closing Wilf reported that the Medlow Gap road is still open | + | |
- | though parking has been under question, and that Federation is considering. Reunion sites for 1974; already suggested are Wyong Creek, Thirlmere Lakes, The Blue Labyrinth, Blue Gum Forest and Fitzgerald Creek (Long Angle Gully). Bushwalkers driving to Yadboro Creek in the Budawangs should take care not to became lost as new roads have been put in. | + | |
And a last couple of interesting points, bulk postage is going up again, 50% in March. | And a last couple of interesting points, bulk postage is going up again, 50% in March. | ||
- | Paddy Pallin has been receiving enquiries recently from prospective | + | |
- | -.Jim Vatiliotis' | + | Paddy Pallin has been receiving enquiries recently from prospective |
- | Page 3 TT-17. SYDNEY BUSHWALKER January, 1974. | + | |
- | The next week-end Bill Burke 's walk down the Six Foot Track, Mini Mini Saddle, Little River, Galong Creek was attended by 10 people and ended in the Devonshire Tea House of the Hungry Walkers in Mbgalong | + | Jim Vatiliotis' |
- | December lst/2nd., David Rostron' | + | |
- | River attracted fourteen daredevil hell-riders who zoomed around sharp bends ,at 4,m p.h., raced over intrepid rapids and fought off li-lo-eating trees, i e.-all but George Catchpole who sat on his li-lo playing his recorder quite oblivious to the turmoil about him. Fortunately the party survived the river with only one casualty, a very sunburnt Tessa. That Sunday, December 2nd, Sam Hinde led or was led. by the older members of his group of 20 Heathcote to Waterfall via Kingdom | + | The next week-end Bill Burke' |
- | On December 8th/9th Wilf's Kiandra trip was postponed and Roy Higginbottom' | + | |
- | wont according to programme with 5 members and 4 prospectives, | + | December lst/2nd, David Rostron' |
- | The first item of General Business was a motion submitted | + | |
- | ,Sam Hinde informed the meeting that Tod Sloane had recently passed away. Tod Sloane was 83 years old and was a bushwalker well known in the Heathaote | + | On December 8th/9th Wilf's Kiandra trip was postponed and Roy Higginbottom' |
- | Sam also passed on Frank Leyden' | + | |
- | camp sites in the Royal National Park and it was decided that Alex Colley, the Conservation Secretary, should investigate the matter. | + | The first item of General Business was a motion submitted |
- | The gathering then thariked | + | |
- | done for the club and wished. him every success in his re-location in Melbourne., | + | Sam Hinde informed the meeting that Ted Sloane had recently passed away. Ted Sloane was 83 years old and was a bushwalker well known in the Heathcote |
+ | |||
+ | Sam also passed on Frank Leyden' | ||
+ | |||
+ | The gathering then thanked | ||
The clock hands shoved 9.30 as President Bob raised his hand, executed another of his expert backhand strokes and the meeting concluded. | The clock hands shoved 9.30 as President Bob raised his hand, executed another of his expert backhand strokes and the meeting concluded. | ||
- | Page 4 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALICE.R January, 1974. | + | |
- | COCKBUNDOON AGAIN. | + | ---- |
+ | |||
+ | ===== Cockbundoon Again. | ||
by Jim Brown. | by Jim Brown. | ||
- | When I first envisaged having a look at that part of the Wollondilly between Paddy' | ||
- | vided one didn't mind having to slog out about 15 miles of road to get | ||
- | back to where one left the car. In fact, weekend number one got me about 9 miles down the river to a place marked on the map as The Hammocks. Deteriorating weather decided. me to pull out there on Sunday. The second try advanced me only another five miles or so, but presented a couple of quite spectacular granite gorges with very slow progress: again I climbed | ||
- | out from the river early on Sunday. | ||
- | Possibly with the idea of having a more positive target, the third bid brought me in from the vicinity of Tugalong House at the end of the | ||
- | road which runs north along the divide between Wollondilly and Wingecarribee. What with State Elections and a train I wanted to record on film, it was | ||
- | already 2.0 p m. Saturday afternoon before I started down a ridge near Tugalong. | ||
- | The spur was not well-chosen. It proved to be a stubby ridge which set me down into Limestone Creek, and in the main I followed that down to | ||
- | the ' | ||
- | a regular job I had to find it because Limestone Creek actually enters a swampy back, | ||
- | One of the beauties of daylight saving is that 4.0 p m. is not really late afternoon. I continued upstream until after 6.30 p m. and still had ample daylight to establish myself for the night. This was simplified | ||
- | by the fact that it was warm and clear, with a westerly wind. breathing, and | ||
- | I had left the tent in the car. In the 2i-hours along the river the going | ||
- | had. been generally fair. I suppose about half of it had. been pleasant grassed flats, and the other half a jumble of boulders. Naturally, the easy part felt much less than half. | ||
- | It had been attractive country with a mixture of forested and cleared hills rising from the valley and looking warmly golden in the westering light. Once or twice rocky bluffs had forced me to go a hundred feet or so up above the stream. There was an abundance of wild life, ducks on the river, wallabies and wombats and once an echidna burrowing against a | ||
- | boulder. The remnants of a couple of fences were seen, but little evidence of any frequent human visitation - no fireplaces, no rubbish, except a | ||
- | few tins and fragments of sawn timber which must have been swept down by | ||
- | floods. Saturday night' | ||
- | Thus, on Sunday morning I was back on known ground soon after 7.30 a m. There is an easy ridge at that point, but the slides I had taken on the | ||
- | .,,Page 5 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER, January, 1974. | ||
- | previous trip through the nearby granite gorge had all proved light-fogged, | ||
- | a place well worth a visit. The passage of the gorge, about mile, took | ||
- | something over an hour and several times I had to go up - as much as 200 or | ||
- | 300 feet above the stream. | ||
- | Just after 9.0 a m. I started up the hill. Steep and mainly grassy with | ||
- | some loose rock - nothing worse. Then a long tramp over the cleared land up top, so that it was approaching noon when I came out on the Tugalong Road. Finally six miles back north on the road in a dry, almost hot wind. Came to think of it, with cars sensibly dispersed in advance, a fairly lively party would be able to cover all that part of the Wollondilly from Paddy' | ||
- | Limestone Creek in a weekend, and bring back memories of a stream that is somehow a bit different to our other mountain rivers. | ||
- | ********XX**X* | ||
- | I SAW A STRANGE LAND by Marion Lloyd. . (PART 2). | ||
- | Ayres Rock and. The OlgAs | ||
- | .... I drifted back-into the dreamtime..... I could visualise the aborigines walkin& many miles to this place for their hunts, | ||
- | men who passed. by it during their explorations of the unknown. Their usual | ||
- | mode of transport were camels which were often regarded as ships of the desert as they often spent days on these waterless seas and invariably passed over wave after wave of sandhills. | ||
- | Gradually the peace and isolation of this place was being disturbed, slowly at first, by the ponetration of explorers, settlers and then by the | ||
- | early intrepid sightseers until it reached a crescendo with the large influx | ||
- | of tourists. The mode of transport changed from human power, to horse power, camels and donkeys and. much later on the motor car and aeroplane. | ||
- | Once only the tough adventurous person came here, and the Olgas only saw | ||
- | white men spasmodically. As motor vehicles became more reliable and comfortable and the roads were blazed, graded and improved the numbers of tourists increased from a handful to thousands. About 1944 a young school master from | ||
- | N.S.W. set out for Ayres Rock from Alice Springs on his motor cycle and never | ||
- | returned. He was found dead. Prior to 1948 camels were the only safe means of transport to the Olgas and Ayres Rock. The graded track ended at Curtin Springs and from there a direct course of 43 miles would_ be doubled by the necessity for weaving round the succession of sandhills. The total absence of water on this stage made the use of horses too hazardous. | ||
- | In addition, visitors were discouraged because Ayres Rock was within an aboriginal reserve until the land round it and the Olgas was excised from the | ||
- | Page 6 TEE SYDNEY BUSHWALICER January, 1974. | ||
- | Lightweight biiihrividking, | ||
- | and camping gear. | ||
- | FREEZE DRIED AND DEHYDRATED FOODS | ||
- | Now, the bushwalker can fully equip himself with the aid of Paddy' | ||
- | BUNYIP RUCKSACK | ||
- | This ' | ||
- | ' | ||
- | A single pocket, shaped -rucksack. Suitable for overnight camping. Weight 11/21bs. | ||
- | BUSHMAN RUCKSACK | ||
- | Has sewn-in curved bottom | ||
- | for extra comfort in carrying. | ||
- | Will hold 30Ibs. 2 pocket model 1%lbs. 3 pocket model 1Y2lbs. | ||
- | PIONEER RUCKSACK | ||
- | Extra large bag with four external pockets and will carry about 401bs of camp gear. Weight 2%lbs. | ||
- | Everything for the bush- | ||
- | walker, from blankets and air mattresses, stretchers, boots, compasses, maps, books, stoves and lamps to cooking ware and freeze dried and dehydrated foods. | ||
- | ' | ||
- | One, two or three man. From 2% to 3%lbs. Choice of three cloths. | ||
- | Supplied with nylon cords and overlapped doors. No walls. | ||
- | WALL TENTS | ||
- | Two, three or four man. From 34 to 41hlbs. Choice of | ||
- | three cloths. | ||
- | Supplied with nylon cords and overlapped doors. | ||
- | 69 LIVERPOOL ST. SYDNEY 26-268661-7215 | + | When I first envisaged having a look at that part of the Wollondilly between Paddy' |
- | Page 7 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER January, 1974. | + | |
- | Reserve in 1958 and dedicated as a reserve under the N.T. Reserves Board control. During the early post-war years a good many people flew, by their own or Connellan aircraft, over and around Ayres Rock and the Olgas. The news began to spread about this amazing country with its three unusual geographical features rising out of the desert, Olgas, Ayres Rock and Mt.Connor9 | + | Possibly with the idea of having a more positive target, the third bid brought me in from the vicinity of Tugalong House at the end of the road which runs north along the divide between Wollondilly and Wingecarribee. What with State Elections and a train I wanted to record on film, it was already 2.0 p.m. Saturday afternoon before I started down a ridge near Tugalong. |
+ | |||
+ | The spur was not well-chosen. It proved to be a stubby ridge which set me down into Limestone Creek, and in the main I followed that down to the ' | ||
+ | |||
+ | One of the beauties of daylight saving is that 4.0 p.m. is not really late afternoon. I continued upstream until after 6.30 p.m. and still had ample daylight to establish myself for the night. This was simplified by the fact that it was warm and clear, with a westerly wind breathing, and I had left the tent in the car. In the 2½ hours along the river the going had been generally fair. I suppose about half of it had been pleasant grassed flats, and the other half a jumble of boulders. Naturally, the easy part felt much less than half. | ||
+ | |||
+ | It had been attractive country with a mixture of forested and cleared hills rising from the valley and looking warmly golden in the westering light. Once or twice rocky bluffs had forced me to go a hundred feet or so up above the stream. There was an abundance of wild life, ducks on the river, wallabies and wombats and once an echidna burrowing against a boulder. The remnants of a couple of fences were seen, but little evidence of any frequent human visitation - no fireplaces, no rubbish, except a few tins and fragments of sawn timber which must have been swept down by floods. Saturday night' | ||
+ | |||
+ | Thus, on Sunday morning I was back on known ground soon after 7.30 a.m. There is an easy ridge at that point, but the slides I had taken on the previous trip through the nearby granite gorge had all proved light-fogged, | ||
+ | |||
+ | Just after 9.0 a.m. I started up the hill. Steep and mainly grassy with some loose rock - nothing worse. Then a long tramp over the cleared land up top, so that it was approaching noon when I came out on the Tugalong Road. Finally six miles back north on the road in a dry, almost hot wind. Come to think of it, with cars sensibly dispersed in advance, a fairly lively party would be able to cover all that part of the Wollondilly from Paddy' | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== I Saw A Strange Land (Part 2). ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | by Marion Lloyd. | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Ayres Rock and The Olgas === | ||
+ | |||
+ | .... I drifted back-into the dreamtime..... I could visualise the aborigines walking many miles to this place for their hunts, corroborees, | ||
+ | |||
+ | Gradually the peace and isolation of this place was being disturbed, slowly at first, by the penetration of explorers, settlers and then by the early intrepid sightseers until it reached a crescendo with the large influx of tourists. The mode of transport changed from human power, to horse power, camels and donkeys and much later on the motor car and aeroplane. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Once only the tough adventurous person came here, and the Olgas only saw white men spasmodically. As motor vehicles became more reliable and comfortable and the roads were blazed, graded and improved the numbers of tourists increased from a handful to thousands. About 1944 a young school master from N.S.W. set out for Ayres Rock from Alice Springs on his motor cycle and never returned. He was found dead. Prior to 1948 camels were the only safe means of transport to the Olgas and Ayres Rock. The graded track ended at Curtin Springs and from there a direct course of 43 miles would be doubled by the necessity for weaving round the succession of sandhills. The total absence of water on this stage made the use of horses too hazardous. | ||
+ | |||
+ | In addition, visitors were discouraged because Ayres Rock was within an aboriginal reserve until the land round it and the Olgas was excised from the Reserve in 1958 and dedicated as a reserve under the N.T. Reserves Board control. During the early post-war years a good many people flew, by their own or Connellan aircraft, over and around Ayres Rock and the Olgas. The news began to spread about this amazing country with its three unusual geographical features rising out of the desert, Olgas, Ayres Rock and Mt.Connor, | ||
As cars and roads improved so too was this land's privacy intruded upon and not always was it shown proper respect. | As cars and roads improved so too was this land's privacy intruded upon and not always was it shown proper respect. | ||
- | "After the grading of the first track to the Rock in 1948 the place was | + | |
- | visited with caution initially and numbers were also limited by the require- | + | "After the grading of the first track to the Rock in 1948 the place was visited with caution initially and numbers were also limited by the requirements |
- | ments to obtain permits from the Welfare Branch. Len Tuit of Tuit's Central Australian Tours and Bond's Tours were the only people catering for tourists in those days. The first aircraft to land at Ayres Rock was piloted by E. J. Connellan on 20th April, 1958. With the removal of restrictions in 1958 and the acquisition of the place by the Reserves Board that year the popularity | + | |
With the adventurers and tourists came the entrepreneurs who could see that here was something they could sell as a tourist attraction. This large lump of masonry was going to become a very valuable piece of real estate. Tents replaced the gunyah, then huts, then motels and camping grounds as well as the usual secondary growth and facilities. Progress had come. | With the adventurers and tourists came the entrepreneurs who could see that here was something they could sell as a tourist attraction. This large lump of masonry was going to become a very valuable piece of real estate. Tents replaced the gunyah, then huts, then motels and camping grounds as well as the usual secondary growth and facilities. Progress had come. | ||
- | Olga's sister was on the map. The biggest pebble in the world, | + | |
- | The Rock is contributing to the N.T. coffers. Alice Springs has became a boom town during the tourist season. The park is indirectly providing | + | Olga's sister was on the map. The biggest pebble in the world, |
- | employment, investment and tourism in Alice Springs and the NortheinTerritory | + | |
- | The chocks-tone | + | The Rock is contributing to the N.T. coffers. Alice Springs has became a boom town during the tourist season. The park is indirectly providing employment, investment and tourism in Alice Springs and the Northein Territory |
- | Australia to discover the Rock. Are these numbers threatening her existence? Is the Rock reaching saturation point in providing facilities? Is _rivate | + | |
- | has come, stores, motels and roads. A network of roads have sprung up. | + | The chockstone |
- | From my perch I could see vehicles whizzing around the Uluru and Katajuta | + | |
- | circuits with a connecting arm like a speedway. I could see a plane circling to land. Develgpftent | + | The N.T. Reserve Board is quite aware of this and has frozen further major development until reassessment and planning for the Park's future has been undertaken. Although the N.T. Reserve Board is responsible for the day-to-day running of the Park there are many other departments and bodies which lay claim to have a say in the Park's policy, e.g. Commonwealth Govt. Depts. of Recreation and Tourism, Environment, |
- | fashion with facilities, stores and hotels scattered over a wide area. | + | |
- | Page 8 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER January, 1974. | + | Must there be progress and can progress and the environment be compatable? Can tourism and conservation compromise? Much damage has been done, what remains is the Rock. But where are the original inhabitants and fauna? The influx of tourists has been accompanied by the almost total disappearance of the desert aboriginal. For the Pitjandjara the land has been desecrated; it was a meeting place, hunting ground, initiation and sacred area. Myths were woven around the Rock's features. |
- | The N.T. Reserve Board is quite aware of this-and has frozen further major development until reassessment and planning for the Park's future has been undertaken. Although the N.T. Reserve Board-is responsible for the day-to-day running of the Park there are many other departments and bodies which lay claim to have a say in the Park's policy, e g. Commonwealth | + | |
- | Govt. Depts. of Recreation and Tourism, Environment, | + | It had 11 waterholes in a region of several thousand square miles of country noted for its aridity and lack of surface water, Maggie Springs being of an almost permanent nature. Numerous caves around its base provided |
- | departments and bodies haggle the exploitation and numbers increase. | + | |
- | Must there be progress and can progress and the environment be compatable? Can tourism and conservation compromise? Much damage has been | + | With the influx of the white man and a succession of droughts, most of the animals have gone. The balance of nature which was vital for survival |
- | done, what remains is the Rock. But where are the original inhabitants | + | |
- | and fauna? The influx of tourists has been accompanied. by the almost total | + | The Rock has gained world wide fame as a spectacle and the legitimate claims of tourists possibly cannot be reconciled with the restrictions needed in an aboriginal reserVe. However the Park can provide the opportunity for aboriginal communities nearby to maintain their traditional |
- | disappearance of the desert aboriginal. For the Pitjandjara the land has | + | |
- | been desecrated; it was a meeting place, hunting ground, initiation and sacred area. Myths were woven around the Rock's features. | + | So the evolutionary process continues as the white man takes over to introduce a new era in the life of these two natural features - Ayres Rock and the Olgas. The Rock in particular has become a vital focal point to White Australians as well as to the aboriginals. It gives a feeling of identity. What of the future? A most controversial question. Will the conflict of tourism versus conservation be resolved? |
- | It had 11 waterholes in a region of several thousand square miles of country noted for its aridity and lack of surface water, Maggie Springs being of an almost permanent nature. Numerous caves around its base pro- | + | |
- | Vided warm and roomy shelter. Grass and other feed and trees grew around its edge and cures, wallabies, bandicoots and other small creatures provided | + | My dreamtime turns to nightmare as I think of the tourist promoters and developers to whom the sky is the limit in imagination and ideas. With the application of advanced technology of providing permanent water and power from natural elements (namely the sun and wind) many revolutionary changes would be possible. They could turn this brown, monotonous, arid land into vibrating excitement. Their " |
- | a constant source of food for the hunters. Additionally the feed and water attracted kangaroos, emus and dingoes from the surrounding desert. | + | |
- | With the influx of the white man and a succession of droughts, most | + | There would be a Sunset Strip where thousands of sunset photos are taken of the Rock. More kiosks, selling plenty of film, a large parking area and amenities block. A large grandstand and observation decks which can be converted at night for a speedway, trots and dogtiracing with the dark silhouette of the Rock as a back drop. |
- | of the animals have gone. The balance of nature which was vital for sur- | + | |
- | vival had. been disturbed. Without game the hunters have drifted to the | + | Non-stop tours of inspection in mini-buses continually |
- | missions and towns lured on by white men's food, liquor, tely and social | + | |
- | services. His pride, culture and health have suffered. His tribal thinking and desert existence renders it difficult for him to conform or to under- | + | "Dune City" could be a minature version of Canberra nestled amongst the sand dunes between the Rock and the Olgas. Here money would be lost and won that would make our G.N.P. look ridiculous, for here would be the largest collection of casinos in the world. And at the Horseshoe Valley of the Olgas could be one of the worlds strangest zoos, featuring all those unusual birds, plants and animals that once lived here and looked after by that strange, almost extinct, race of black men who also once lived here. |
- | stand white men's way of thinking, way of life and work. It is a pathetic tragedy for a once proud race to be subjected to a different way of life | + | |
- | in towns that it is unable to comprehend or cope with. The hunter is a | + | I don't think there would be too many bushwalkers |
- | trapped animal caught between two cultures that have no answers for his | + | |
- | escape. Although the National Park was excised from an aboriginal reserve, | + | How would the tourist |
- | it would be doubtful if the Dept. of Aboriginal Affairs has enough influence | + | |
- | to incorporate the Park back into the Reserve again. | + | ---- |
- | The Rock has gained world wide fame as a spectacle and the legitimate claims of tourists possibly cannot be reconciled with the restrictions needed in an aboriginal reserVe. However the Park can provide the opportunity for aboriginal communities nearby to maintain their traditional | + | |
- | of life whilst participating in providing skilled assistance in Park management and services. | + | === Paddymade. === |
- | So the evolutionary process continues as the white man takes over to introduce a new era in the-life of these two natural features - Ayres Rock and the Olgas. The Rock in particular has become a vital focal point to | + | |
- | White Australians as well as to the aboriginals. It gives a feeling of | + | Lightweight bushwalking and camp gear. |
- | identity. What of the future? A most controversial question. Will the | + | |
- | Pagq 9 THE SYDNEY BUSHVIALKER January, 1974. | + | __Freeze Dried and Dehydrated Foods__ |
- | conflict of tourism versus conservation be resolved? | + | |
- | My dreamtime turns to nightmare as I think of the tourist promoters and developers to whom the sky is the limit in :imagination and ideas. With the application of advanced technology of providing permanent water and power from natural elements (namely the sun and wind) many revolutionary changes would be possible. They could turn this brown, monotonous, arid land into vibrating excitement. Their " | + | Now, the bushwalker can fully equip himself with the aid of Paddy' |
- | Las Vegas off the map, A "Blue Print" for Ayres Rock could include motels, supermarkets, | + | |
- | to sign their names in the Visitors' | + | __Bunyip Rucksack__ |
- | There would be a Sunset Strip where thousands of sunset photos are taken of the Rock. More kiosks, selling plenty of film, a large parking area and | + | |
- | amenities block. A large grandstand and observation decks which can be converted at night for a speedway, trots and dogtiracing with the dark silhouette of the Rock as a back drop. | + | This 'shaped' |
- | Non-stop tours of inspection in mini-buses continually | + | |
- | the Rock, with tape-recorded descriptions at the press of a button. A monorail system from the village to the Rock, thence to Dune City and the Olgas Zoological Gardens, with a connecting arm to the airport which waulcrbe df international standard for jumbo and supersonic jets. | + | __Senior Rucksack__ |
- | "Dune City" could be a minature version of Canberra nestled amongst | + | |
- | the sand dunes between the Rock and the Olgas. Here money would be lost and won that would make our G.N.P. look ridiculous, for here would. be the largest collection of casinos in the world. And at the Horseshoe Valley | + | A single pocket, shaped rucksack. Suitable for overnight camping. Weight 1½lbs. |
- | of the Olgas could be one of the worlds strangest zoos, featuring all those | + | |
- | unusual birds, plants and animals that once lived here and looked after by that; strange, almost extinct, race of black men who also once lived here. | + | __Bushman Rucksacks__ |
- | I don't think there would be too many bushwaikers | + | |
- | and caravans on the outskirts of the area with electronic musical | + | Have sewn-in curved bottom for extra comfort in carrying. Will hold 30 lbs. 2 pocket model 1¼lbs. 3 pocket model 1½lbs. |
- | and writhing bodies dancing to pop and juzz music and the screaming voice of | + | |
- | a singer. | + | __Pioneer Rucksack__ |
- | ' | + | |
- | in comfort and style. Always talking about preserving this scorched,'waterless,-monotonous,,lifeless land for posterity. Asking people,to put up with dust in their suitcases or getting | + | Extra large bag with four external pockets and will carry about 40lbs of camp gear. Weight 2¼lbs. |
- | their destination - shocking roads, no water, no conveniences, | + | |
- | having to apply for permits. Spoiling people' | + | __' |
- | Page 10 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALICER January, 1974. | + | |
- | WALKS SECRETARY'S NOTES - FEBRUARY, '74. | + | One, two or three man. From 2½ to 3¾lbs. Choice of three cloths. Supplied with nylon cords and overlapped doors. No walls. |
- | by Wilf | + | |
- | 1974 | + | __Wall Tents__ |
- | | + | |
- | | + | Two, three or four man. From 3½ to 4½lbs. Choice of three cloths. Supplied with nylon cords and overlapped doors. |
- | its spectacular waterfalls and fern lined cliffs. Canyon bags should be taken as there is some wading in Sally Camp Greek. | + | |
- | (1)9293 | + | Everything for the bushwalker, from blankets and air mattresses, stretchers, boots, compasses, maps, books, stoves and lamps to cooking ware and freeze dried and dehydrated foods. |
- | Sunday | + | |
- | Camping at Macarthurs Flat this weekend with Jim Vatiliotis? Lush base campsite on the Flat beside ye Nattai River (with | + | **Paddy Pallin** |
- | usual Nattai attractions). Starlights Trail is a well-worn track down to Macarthurs Flat and is well graded for the climb out of the gorge. Big campfiew and singalong Saturday night. | + | |
- | Special excursion tickets and a silver train to Cowan for Elaine Brown' | + | 69 Liverpool St., Sydney. 26-2686, 61-7215. |
- | wildflowers out this time of year and delightful views of | + | |
- | the bay. Good tracks most of the way on this popular walk. | + | ---- |
- | (8)9 9.10 - Full moon weekend and Roy Higginbottom is making the most | + | |
- | of it on his Kanangra test walk. Good tracks to Cottage | + | ===== Walks Secretary' |
- | Rock and spectacular scenery all the way. Rough going along East Christies Creek and the Kowmung9 | + | |
- | (8)9 9910 - Another camping weekend - this time to Wolgan Valley with our worthy President in the lead. Base camp at Rocky Creek | + | by Wilf Hilder. |
- | 'neath the shadow of the famous north wall of the Wolgan at | + | |
- | Bark Hut Flat - see it in the moonlight. Singalong and campfire Saturday night 'midst the River Oaks. Plenty of | + | |1974| | |
- | swimming in. the crystal pools of the river on this most scenic trip. | + | |February| | |
- | 99 10 - Saturday morning start for John Campbell' | + | |(1),2,3|This abseiling trip down Davies Canyon is led by David Rostron. Magnificent scenery down this rugged canyon |
- | its compulsory 5Wirlas and abseils. Limited numbers on this | + | |(1),2,3|Camping at Macarthurs Flat this weekend with Jim Vatiliotis? Lush base campsite on the Flat beside ye Nattai River (with usual Nattai attractions). Starlights Trail is a well-worn track down to Macarthurs Flat and is well graded for the climb out of the gorge. Big campfiew and singalong Saturday night.| |
- | hard trip. | + | |Sunday 3|Special excursion tickets and a silver train to Cowan for Elaine Brown' |
- | Sunday 10 - Special Excursion tickets to Minto on John Holly' | + | |(8),9,10|Full moon weekend and Roy Higginbottom is making the mostof |
- | Bushwalkers Basin (better known to locals as The Punchbowl). | + | |(8),9,10|Another camping weekend - this time to Wolgan Valley with our worthy President in the lead. Base camp at Rocky Creek 'neath the shadow of the famous north wall of the Wolgan at Bark Hut Flat - see it in the moonlight. Singalong and campfire Saturday night 'midst the River Oaks. Plenty of swimming in the crystal pools of the river on this most scenic trip.| |
- | Good tracks and pleasant scenery on this easy to medium walk with plenty of swimming at the Basin. Discover the delights | + | |9,10|Saturday morning start for John Campbell' |
- | of the unpolluted Georges River with Uncle John Holly. | + | |Sunday 10|Special Excursion tickets to Minto on John Holly' |
- | (15)916,17 - John Campbell is abseiling again - this time down the mighty Jerrara Creek into Bungonia Canyon. Magnificent scenery (until they mine all the limestone), with some compulsory swims and abseils in Jerrara Creek. | + | |(15),16,17|John Campbell is abseiling again - this time down the mighty Jerrara Creek into Bungonia Canyon. Magnificent scenery (until they mine all the limestone), with some compulsory swims and abseils in Jerrara Creek.| |
- | Page 11 Ta SYDNEY BUSHWALKER January, 1974. | + | |(15),16,17|Beecroft Peninsula - base camp on the shores of the rolling Pacific Ocean with Jim Vatiliotis. Easy walks around the peninsula and along Jervis Bay. Beautiful scenery, |
- | February - Beecroft Peninsula - base camp on the shores of the rolling | + | |Sunday 17|Uncle Joe Marton leads this Blackheath test walk down Govetts and up Neates Glen. Good tracks and outstanding scenery all the way - but a long climb from Junction Rock to Blackheath. Private transport will make this trip reasonably inexpensive - but please book early.| |
- | (15)9 169 17 Pacific Ocean with Jim Vatiliotis. Easy walks around the peninsula and along Jervis Bay. Beautiful scenery, | + | |23,24|Saturday |
- | flowers | + | |23,24|David Cotton' |
- | Sunday 17 | + | |Sunday 24|Full details for the Orienteering and Map Reading Training Day at West Head are to be given in due course - but you will need a Silva compass and a Broken Bay one inch to the mile (1:639360 scale) Military map and your usual walking gear including lunch - but please note that fires are prohibited in this area. The walking involved will not be arduous and prospectives as well as members are most welcome to come and learn the basics of navigation and orienteering. |
- | 23; 24 | + | |
- | 23, 24 | + | Meet just inside |
- | Sunday 24 | + | |
- | - Uncle Joe Marton leads this Blackheath test walk down | + | |
- | Govetts and up Neates Glen. Good tracks and outstanding scenery all the way - but a long climb from Junction Rock to Blackheath. Private transport will make this trip | + | |
- | reasonably inexpensive - but please book early. | + | |
- | - Saturday | + | |
- | before you launch it in Bell Creek or you'll have to swim | + | |
- | all the way. Spectacular canyon scenery on this long paddling trip - but bring your waterproof frameless pack | + | |
- | for maximum enjoyment. | + | |
- | - David Cotton' | + | |
- | free tickets now. | + | |
- | - Full details for the Orienteering and Map Reading Training Day at West Head are to be given in due course - but you will need a Silva compass and a Broken Bay one inch to the | + | |
- | mile (1:639360 scale) Military map and your usual walking | + | |
- | gear including lunch - but please note that fires are prohibited in this area. The walking involved will not be | + | |
- | arduous and prospectives as well as members are most welcome | + | |
- | to come and learn the basics of navigation and orienteering. | + | |
- | Meet just inside | + | |
- | the 7.35 a m. electric train via bridge from Central, arriving at Chatswood at 7.58 a m., and if you have let the organisers | + | |
- | know you are coming there will be private transport waiting to take you to Kuring-Gai Chase. | + | |
That brings us to the end of the present Summer Programme and time is running out for the March-April-May Autumn '74 Programme to be handed over to the Committee - and in fact the deadline is 31st January '74. | That brings us to the end of the present Summer Programme and time is running out for the March-April-May Autumn '74 Programme to be handed over to the Committee - and in fact the deadline is 31st January '74. | ||
- | Just a note or two on this next programme might help you plan a trip or two - and without your help the club can't run a programme at all - all | + | |
- | contributions gratefully received. | + | Just a note or two on this next programme might help you plan a trip or two - and without your help the club can't run a programme at all - all contributions gratefully received. |
- | In March there are 4 weekends for walking (16/17th March is the Annual Reunion) with the full moon on. the 8th (second weekend) and with low tides in early afternoon on Sunday 10th and 24th for those coastal walks. | + | |
+ | In March there are 4 weekends for walking (16/17th March is the Annual Reunion) with the full moon on the 8th (second weekend) and with low tides in early afternoon on Sunday 10th and 24th for those coastal walks. | ||
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