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- | At this stage the annual business of adopting reports and financial statements were transacted, without significant comment, except a question as to where the typewriter acquired during the year had been posted in expenditure - later it appeared it was included under " | + | At this stage the annual business of adopting reports and financial statements were transacted, without significant comment, except a question as to where the typewriter acquired during the year had been posted in expenditure - later it appeared it was included under " |
Next, annual subscriptions, | Next, annual subscriptions, | ||
- | Back to the day-to-day business, the monthly financial statement showed a closing balance of $737 at the end of February, and Wilf presented his account of walks matters, commencing with the weekend 15-16-17 February. Owing to the leader' | + | Back to the day-to-day business, the monthly financial statement showed a closing balance of $737 at the end of February, and Wilf presented his account of walks matters, commencing with the weekend 15-16-17 February. Owing to the leader' |
The following weekend' | The following weekend' | ||
- | The newprogramme | + | The new programme |
For the second weekend of March Hans Beck had no starters to go to the Nattai - weather was abominable. Perhaps it was better up north where 8 people were on the Gloucester Tops with Christine Kirkby, only one feature of the programmed trip - Mt. Barrington - being excluded. Ron Hodgson' | For the second weekend of March Hans Beck had no starters to go to the Nattai - weather was abominable. Perhaps it was better up north where 8 people were on the Gloucester Tops with Christine Kirkby, only one feature of the programmed trip - Mt. Barrington - being excluded. Ron Hodgson' | ||
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To begin with, it looked as if all was going well for Frank and me, George and Owen, the original members of the party, still had no plane booking out of Sydney when we two boarded our direct flight to Delhi. It seemed like a pleasant diversion when we flew to Melbourne for extra fuel, but our reactions went from surprise to concern to alarm as we landed in Bangkok, then Karachi, then Tehran. (Teheran temperature -3°, Frank in his T-shirt, shorts and sandals, looked a little out of place in the winter snow.) Not to worry - a plane was waiting to take us back to Delhi. We ate our third breakfast in a row and settled back to review the starkly magnificent Iranian landscape. | To begin with, it looked as if all was going well for Frank and me, George and Owen, the original members of the party, still had no plane booking out of Sydney when we two boarded our direct flight to Delhi. It seemed like a pleasant diversion when we flew to Melbourne for extra fuel, but our reactions went from surprise to concern to alarm as we landed in Bangkok, then Karachi, then Tehran. (Teheran temperature -3°, Frank in his T-shirt, shorts and sandals, looked a little out of place in the winter snow.) Not to worry - a plane was waiting to take us back to Delhi. We ate our third breakfast in a row and settled back to review the starkly magnificent Iranian landscape. | ||
- | Twentythree | + | Twenty-three |
Delhi - a maze of narrow streets and miniature buildings. Imagine Rowe Street, Sydney but with vendors and their stalls in front of every building, people lying down to sleep, or squatting to urinate; hundreds more people on the move, together with tri-shaws, taxis, buses, healthy sacred cattle and living skeletons of dogs; food stalls with unrecognisable food and equally unrecognisable smells. After nearly a day's wanderings, 90% of the time not knowing even in which direction, a man selling bananas provided us with our first meal. (We were to average one meal a day for the next few weeks, usually because our days were too full to find time for eating.) | Delhi - a maze of narrow streets and miniature buildings. Imagine Rowe Street, Sydney but with vendors and their stalls in front of every building, people lying down to sleep, or squatting to urinate; hundreds more people on the move, together with tri-shaws, taxis, buses, healthy sacred cattle and living skeletons of dogs; food stalls with unrecognisable food and equally unrecognisable smells. After nearly a day's wanderings, 90% of the time not knowing even in which direction, a man selling bananas provided us with our first meal. (We were to average one meal a day for the next few weeks, usually because our days were too full to find time for eating.) | ||
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+ | ===== Chronicles Of Tasmania ' | ||
- | CHRONICLES OF TA.1, | + | by Kath Stuart. |
- | The notes on which the chronicles are based were not at first intended as such rather they were of a therapeutic nature for a mind grown vague with misuse/ | + | |
- | * * * * * * * * | + | The notes on which the chronicles are based were not at first intended as such; rather they were of a therapeutic nature for a mind grown vague with misuse/ |
- | , The bulk of the party was flying | + | |
- | Melbourne at night made a first Vivid impression of Strine and enormous flashing traffic lights. Past that I can't make any comparisons, | + | The bulk of the party was flying |
- | After takeoff | + | |
- | brown patchwork with a browner shade of muddy danas and. milky turquoise sea. Here ,and. there were blocs of different colour making an abrupt contrast a black cluster of. patchwork (tar pits?) and something similar in a bright, | + | Melbourne at night made a first vivid impression of Strine and enormous flashing traffic lights. Past that I can't make any comparisons, |
- | uniform vermillion.. This was soon lost beneath a cloud layer, which masked | + | |
- | the advent of Tasmania beneath us, until we began dropping and. pine trees | + | After take-off |
- | became evident in the gaps. Out we shot, over the delta, over the harbour, | + | |
- | then spun round. on one wing and. skimmed over a sanddune | + | Upon arrival at the terminal in town (around 11.30?) there was a great redistribution of food, changing |
- | Page 10 TEE SYDNEY BUSHWALIMR April, 1974. | + | |
- | Upon arrival at the terminal in town (around 11.30?) there was a | + | A few sallies into the city were made by those posting letters or buying |
- | great redistribution of food, Changing | + | |
- | to be Phil Butt, who had come (down early for three weeks practice. As a result, he was given the heaviest articles of food, ending up with a seventy | + | We finally left the terminal in our chartered coach at 12.30, but there were still the accommodation arrangements to be made for the two nights to be spent in Hobart on return from the wilds. We drove to the motel, Bill Burke ducked inside, and returned flaunting a 10% discount for group booking. Then we were off - for half an hour. This time it was a stop at a " |
- | pound pack. Amidst this turmoil Spiro discovered that his pack hadn't been | + | |
- | loaded onto the bus. There were frantic telephonings to the airport and promises that the pack would be there in half an hour. | + | Yet another stop was made: while one looked for a letter-box, another bought sketch pad and pencil and several others returned bearing grapes, pears, etc. Fortunately for the fiscal state of affairs there were no more stops within reach of " |
- | A few sallies into the city were made by those posting letters or buying | + | |
- | Hardly anything was open and hardly anyone about in the city, though there were odd pockets of activity. On our return two weeks later we had the time to wander round at leisure and it was discovered that the change from one metropolitan division to the next was very rapid (compared to Sydney at | + | For the next few hours we travelled in a southerly direction: the sun shining in the right-hand side windows caused a mass exodus in search of somewhere cooler, a disgusting waste, when you think that this was the first sunshine we Sydneyites had seen for weeks. Perhaps after living like troglodytes for so long this sudden prolonged exposure to strong |
- | least); there were only a few blocks of shops and offices (same buildings in this section were only a couple of storeys and even the taller ones were not very tall, nor in great proliferation) and then presto you were in suburbia, which itself was hardly extensive. | + | |
- | We finally left the terminal in our chartered coach at 12.309 but there were still the accommodation arrangements to be made for the two nights to be spent in Hobart on return from the wilds. We drove to the motel, | + | After traversing a succession of increasingly deteriorating roads we reached the "turn-off" |
- | Bill Burke ducked inside, and returned flaunting a 10% discount for group booking. Then we were off - for half an hour. This time it was a stop | + | |
- | at a nmodern" (red-brick) but inexplicably isolated pub for a counter lunch. Then out again to the coach, where some members felt the necessity to sleep it off and the long seat across the back was in popular demand. | + | After a short walk along a road drenched with late afternoon sun, hedged by blackberry bushes, and with occasional glimpses of the sea a few yards away through the gums on our left, we reached Twin Creek beach, setting up camp at the further creek: there was one at each extremity of the beach. Readers can draw their own conclusions about the significance or otherwise of the crude galvanised iron sign, emblazoned "Camp Run-a-muck", |
- | Yet another stop was made: while one looked for a letter-box, another bought sketch pad and pencil and several others returned bearing grapes, | + | |
- | pears, etc. Fortunately for the fiscal state of affairs there were no more stops within reach of " | + | The beach was separated from the road for most of its length by a narrow strip of bushes - mainly blackberry and swordgrass. While the sun was out the combination of white sand and crystal clear water was too much to resist, and a few people swam, despite the coldness of the water and the adverse asides of the sour-grapists about getting oneself covered in itchy salt. |
- | For the next few hours we travelled in a southerly direction: the sun shining in the right-hand side windows caused a mass exodus in search of somewhere cooler, a disgusting waste, when you think that this was the | + | |
- | first sunshine we Sydneyites had seen for weeks. Perhaps after living like troglodytes for so long this sudden prolonged exposure to strong | + | By this time tents were established, |
- | light was somewhat debilitating. | + | |
- | After traversing a succession of increasingly deteriorating roads we | + | The evening was further notable in that Bob manufactured himself a pair of thongs out of kelp (seaweed with long, flat, wide " |
- | reached the turn-off" | + | |
- | first informing us that the coach weighed 12 tons unladen, and there was an | + | The next day (Sunday 17th) there was time for a fairly leisurely breakfast and a swim (optional) before setting off for Cockle Creek, plucking blackberries from bushes as we passed. Cockle Creek, "the southernmost inhabited point of Tasmania", |
- | average of fifteen people to the ton. Pack weight was not calculated. | + | |
- | The first bridge was 10 ft. long and spanned a gully about 4 ft. deep. All piled out and walked across | + | Alongside the track ran a wooden railway line and we were treated to a prolonged (several hours) definition of the difference between trams, trains, railway lines, tramlines, trains on tramlines and trams on railway lines with examples and cross-references, |
- | Page 11 ints SYDNEY BUSHVIALICER April, 1974. | + | |
- | the sides of the bridge. The next and. the same distance above the wat it: two happened to step in unison the breeze, while we peered between beercans in the murky depths below. closely-will realise that it was at | + | After a series of ridges (a series of disappointments since, over each one, I expected to see the sea, signalling the attainment of one more intermediate goal) we slid over the lip of a sand cornice and onto our first long Tasmanian beach. At the far end we stopped under a rocky overhang for lunch. Fresh water was available from a choice of two creeks. The most impressive thing about Tasmania is that it's so unpolluted: you can drink out of any stream you came to without fear of ill-effects as long as you're not downstream from sock washers or in the midst of inhabited areas. |
- | bridge was somewhat longer (about 30 ft.) er. Several people walked out to test and it began to rock and sway gently in the occasional crushed planks to the | + | |
- | Those who have been following the text this stage we commenced our journey on foot. | + | It was another hot, sunny day and the swimming here was sampled by all. It was even more enjoyable than Twin Creek beach because the sun was right up above, the water clearer, the beach broader and much longer. There was this feeling inherent in the atmosphere of wide open spaces and total isolation; apart from us there isn't another human being for miles turn away and you're all by yourself; the "wide open spaces" |
- | After a short walk along a road drenched with late afternoon sun, hedged by 'blackberry bushes, and with occasional glimpses of the sea a few yards away through the gums on our left, we reached Twin Creek beach, setting up camp at | + | |
- | the further creek: there was one at each extremity of the beach. Readers | + | Next stop was two beaches along: River Lagoon. Some went over the top, but most took the track round the foot of the cliffs rock-hopping on a slope of geometrically shaped (because they'd split along planes) slabs. The sun was now directly overhead and the going very hot. Heather had already developed blisters and walked barefoot the last half mile or so. |
- | can draw their own conclusions about the significance or otherwise of the crude galvanised iron sign, emblazoned "Camp Run-a-muck", | + | |
- | The beach was separated from the road for most of its length by a narrow strip of bushes - mainly blackberry and swordgrass. While the sun was out the | + | The camp spot was well back from the beach, right next to the lagoon in a forest of tall guns (E. regnens and E. obliqua according to a forester with a party going the other way). Several trees had been ring-barked; perhaps someone intends to enlarge the camping area. |
- | combination of white sand and crystal clear water was too much to resist, and a few people swam, despite the coldness of the water and the adverse asides of the sour-grapists about getting oneself covered in itchy salt. | + | |
- | By this time tents were established, | + | That afternoon it began drizzling and the next morning (Monday 18th) was overcast, with occasional heavy showers and frequent light ones. It was decided that we remain the day, and a small but eager band waded the lagoon mouth and set off along the rocks to continue their lobster-fishing of the afternoon before, blithely promising to provide dinner. Uncle Bill Burke, the Q.M., put on the beans to soak all the same. Despite expert advice from Peter and a couple of very near misses, only one more lobster was added to the two (now rather smelly) of yesterday. Meanwhile Phil was both educational and entertaining as he asserted that the sport was " |
- | The evening was further notable in that Bob manufactured himself a pair | + | |
- | of thongs out of kelp (seaweed with long, flat, wide " | + | Tuesday, 19th: left at 8 a.m. and walked 9 km. arriving Sandstone Creek in time for lunch. This was another first - the Great Mud Monster of Tasmania at last left signs of his existence: in rain forest, in ti-tree, in flat button-grass plains and swampy " |
- | - thick; | + | |
- | The next day (Sunday 17th) there Was time for a fairly leisurely breakfast and a swim (optional) before setting off for Cockle Creek, plucking blackberries from bushes as we passed. Cockle Creek, "the southernmost inhabited point of Tasmania", | + | By the time I staggered into lunch camp a fire was in the making and several bodies lay about in prone positions, firmly ensconced in trance-like states of recuperation. I lapsed into my own for several minutes, then wandered dazedly down to the creek to fill a waterbag, wash shoes, socks, feet, legs and de-leech. As far as mud went, this was the dirtiest day of the trip: everyone was solidly coated in it up to mid-calf, after which it began to thin out in stages according to the height of the individual. |
- | Page 12 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALEER April, 1974. | + | |
- | ******** ********* * *4*** | + | The track crossed the creek onto a steep slope covered for a yard or so with very short grass, then thick bushes contoured by the wind sweeping up the gully. Almost immediately it (track) disappeared over what seemed to be a cliff (on close inspection it proved merely to bear a very close resemblance), |
- | 4***40c-****-)4t-*******x x | + | |
- | MOUNTAIN | + | Camp was set up on two sides of a wide gorge a little further along the beach, out of which issued a creek several times larger than Sandstone Creek. The boulders stretched for a short distance beyond, then were replaced by sand mixed with dark brown soil. By dint of skilful hatchet work on Phil's part (clearing, cutting tent pegs, quelling insubordination), |
- | EQUIPMENT | + | |
- | * * * * * * * * | + | A roaring fire encouraged a lot of people to stay up longer than normal tonight; meanwhile we were entertained again (for the second consecutive night) by Bob and his trusty harmonica, playing requests and inspirations - there were even some themes from " |
- | D1F YOU ARE*******.***********4***** | + | |
- | *xxx*******4******4*** | + | __End of Part One__. - To be continued in our next. Don't miss it!! |
- | BUYING OR HIRING HIRING | + | |
- | BUYING OR HIRING HIRING OR BUYING | + | Read about the Corpse at Surprise Bay! The mysterious Birthday Cake! The Orgy at Priori Beach and subsequent sightings of Streakers!! And what about the gruesomely-named Deadman' |
- | WALKING * C.AMPING | + | |
- | WALKING | + | ALL THIS AND MORE IN PART TWO. |
- | GEAR FOR | + | |
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+ | Buying or hiring. Hiring or buying. | ||
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+ | Gear for... | ||
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+ | Walking... Camping... Climbing... Canoeing... Walking... Camping... Climbing... Canoeing... | ||
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+ | Think of __Mountain Equipment__. | ||
- | THEM bP | + | 17 Alexander |
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- | 17 Alexand er Street | + | |
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- | FAIRYDOWN SLEEPING BAGS | + | |
- | HIGH LOAD PACILS | + | Fairydown sleeping bags, high load packs (weight |
- | AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS YOU COULD POSSIBLY NEED | + | |
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- | Page 13 THE SYDNEY BUSEWALKER April, 1974. | + | |
- | | + | ===== Federation Report |
- | Alongside the track ran a wooden railway line and we were treated to | + | |
- | a prolonged (several hours) definition of the difference between trams, trains, railway lines, tramlines, trains on tramlines and trans on railway lines with examples and cross-references, | + | |
- | After a series of ridges (a series of disappointments since, over each one, I expected to see the sea, signalling the attainment of one More intermediate goal) we slid over the lip of a sand cornice and onto our first long Tasmanian beach. At the far end we stopped under a rocky overhans, for lunch. Fresh water was available from a choice of two creeks. The most impressive thing about Tasmania is that it's so unpolluted: you can drink cut of any | + | |
- | stream you came to without fear of ill-effects as long as you're not downstream from sock washers or in the midst of irilembited areas. | + | |
- | It was another hot, sunny day and. the swimming here irv7,s SarL.Pleal by all It was even more enjoyable than Twin Greek beach because the sun was right up | + | |
- | above, the water clearer, the beach broader and much longer. There was this | + | |
- | feeling inherent in the atmosphere of wide open spaces and total isolation; apart from us there isn't another human being for miles turn away and you' | + | |
- | all by yourself; the "wide open spaces" | + | |
- | stacles between us and civilisation had grown more numerous, and reason couldn'' | + | |
- | Next stop was two beaches along: aver Lagoon. Some went over the top, | + | |
- | but most took the track round the foot of the cliffs rock-hopping on a slope of geometrically shaped (because they'd split along planes) slabs. The sun | + | |
- | was now directly overhead and the going very hot. Heather had already developed blisters and. walked barefoot the last half mile or so. | + | |
- | The camp spot was well back from the beach, right next to the lagoon in | + | |
- | a forest, of tall guns CE. regnens obliqua according to a forester with a party going the other may). Several trees had been ring-barked] :3 perhaps someone intends to enlarge the camping area. | + | |
- | That afternoon it began drizzling and the next morning (Monday 18th) was overcast, with occasional heavy showers and frequent light ones. It was decided that we remain the day, and. a small but eager band_ waded the lagoon mouth and set off along the rocks to continue their lobste: | + | |
- | afternoon before, blithely promising to provide dinner. Uncle Bill Burke, the Q.11., put on the beans to soak all the same. Despite expert advice from Peter and a couple of very near misses, only one more lobster was added to the two (now rather smelly) of yesterday. Meanwhile Phil was both educational and entertaining as he asserted that the sport was " | + | |
- | Page 14 TEE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER April, 1974. | + | |
- | . e | + | |
- | was anchored comparatively close at 100 yards, and. buying sane. There were no volUnteers. The problem was solved when the boat came in alongside the rocks, threw one end of a rope to Dot and Peter, and the other end, attaphed' | + | |
- | Tuesday, 19th: left at 8 a m. and walked 9 km. arriving Sandstone Creek | + | |
- | in time for lunch, This was another first - the Great Mud Monster of | + | |
- | Tasmania at last left signs of his amistences in rain forest, in ti-tree, in flat button-grass plains and swampy neverglades" | + | |
- | ful section, several crocodiles were almost-sighted slithering silently into the slimy squelchelive of the track, or disappearing behind the bullrushes (swordgrass). Being as yet unused to the normal state of south-west Tasmanian tracks (responsible for the infamous /south-west Tassie wrinkled prune effect" | + | |
- | by pulling up swordgrass by the roots) maximised with the volume and area of mud. Speed slowed to an unsteady 2 knots, especially on the last down- | + | |
- | hill stretch whore exhaustion had set in. Most of the time my gaze was | + | |
- | ' fixed firmly on my own feet, but in the short intervals between downhill | + | |
- | dashes I could see several people in front of me, descending by the same | + | |
- | method: a spreadeagled, | + | |
- | By the time I staggered into lunch camp a fire was in the making and several bodies lay about in prone positions, firmly ensconced in trancelike states of recuperation.. I lapsed into my own for several minutes, then wandered dazedly down to the creek to fill a waterbag, wash shoes, socks, feet, legs and de-leech. As far as mud went, this was the dirtiest day of the trip: everyone was solidly coated in it up to mid,calf, after which it began to thin out in stages according to the height of the individual. | + | |
- | The track arossed the creek onto a steep slope covered for a yard or so with very short grass, then thick bushes contoured_ by the wind sweeping up the gully. Almost immediately it (track) disappeared over what seamed to be a cliff (on close inspection it proved merely to bear a-very close. resemblance), | + | |
- | nEurray for the cheese!" | + | |
- | Page 15 TEE SYDNEY 3: | + | |
- | Of the prevailing hysteria, though bushwalkers tend to think that kind of thing funny even on " | + | |
- | Camp was set up on two sides of a wide gorge a little further along the beach, out of which issued a creek several times larger than Sandstone Creek. The boulders stretched for a short distance beyond, then were replaced by sand mixed with dark brown soil. By dint of skilful hatchet work on Phil's part (clearing, cutting tent pegs, quelling insubordination), | + | |
- | be doing something constructive, | + | |
- | people-washing place of the whole trip, and I thoroughly recommend it to anyone | + | |
- | going through in the future as a luxury not to be missed. The only signif- | + | |
- | icant hindrance was the lack of level space on which to stand or put soap. | + | |
- | However, these problems can be overcome by sitting on a stone, with feet in a thoughtfully provided hole, and soap in teeth. Fortunately, | + | |
- | have to go to this extreme. | + | |
- | A roaring fire encouraged a let of people to stay up longer than normal | + | |
- | tonight; meanwhile we were entertained again (for the second consecutive | + | |
- | night) by and his trusty harmonica, playing requests and inspirations | + | |
- | sang the beginning of a soap opera about a Barcelonio-an with homicidal tendencies named Antonio; before the last few stragglers turned in for a very comfortable night' | + | |
- | * * * * * * * * * * | + | |
- | End of Part One. - To be continued in our next. Don't miss it!! * * * * | + | |
- | Read about the Corpse at Surprise Bay! The mysterious Birthday Cake! The Orgy at Priori Beach and subsequent sightings of Streakers!! And what | + | |
- | about the gruesomely-named Deadman' | + | |
- | ALL THIS AND MORE ia PART TWO. | + | |
- | , Page 16 TIM SYDNEY BUSHWALKER April, 19740 | + | |
- | FEDERATION REPORT - MEETVG' | + | |
by Mike Short. | by Mike Short. | ||
- | It was decided that the proposed | + | |
- | Federation delegates were asked to find the number of club trips through or in the Boyd Plateau in the past year. They were also asked to find the number of club members' | + | It was decided that the __proposed__ |
+ | |||
+ | Federation delegates were asked to find the number of club trips through or in the Boyd Plateau in the past year. They were also asked to find the number of club members' | ||
A. box trailer is to be bought to house the Search & Rescue equipment at a cost of $300. | A. box trailer is to be bought to house the Search & Rescue equipment at a cost of $300. | ||
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- | WALKS SECRETARY'S NOTES FOR NAY. by Hodgson. | + | ---- |
- | 1974 | + | |
- | 3, 4,5 May - Spiro has lots to smile about - here is a walk for the real enthusiast. First class track all the way to the Kommung, just right for stretching the legs after a hard week in the office. Easy going up Lannigans Creek, with a magnificent view of the Oolong | + | ===== Walks Secretary's Notes For May. |
- | hopping around to Chiddys and an interesting descent to Church Creek and a solid climb up Cambage. ++ Walk. | + | |
- | 3, 4,5 May - Alastair Battye is your leader on this Budawang test walk which encompases all the very-best scenery that this renowned region has to offer. Good tracks all the may. Well worth the effort to climb the relatively steep but quite safe Meakins Pass to the fabled Castle. | + | by Bob Hodgson. |
- | 42 5 May - Wentworth Falls to Katoomba by the scenic route - Barbara Evans is really turning it on for us. A Saturday morning start for an overnight test walk through our most famous Blue Mountain country. | + | |
- | Sunday 5 .-. Rally, rally, rally: Get away from it all for a day test walk with Jim Brown in the Blue Labyrinth. Good tracks about half -We way-- some scratchy-bush and steep descent to Glenbrodk | + | |1974| | |
- | 10,11,12 May - Budawangs from the north, creeping up on that magnificent panorama from Mt. Owen. Really fascinating country, good ,track a all the way with several good camping caves in Monolith Valley. Tony-Denham is awaiting your booking. | + | |3,4,5 May|Spiro has lots to smile about - here is a walk for the real enthusiast. First class track all the way to the Kowmung, just right for stretching the legs after a hard week in the office. Easy going up Lannigans Creek, with a magnificent view of the Colong |
- | 10,11,12 May - Peter Miner has finally forsaken work to lead you on this | + | |3,4,5 May|Alastair Battye is your leader on this Budawang test walk which encompases all the very best scenery that this renowned region has to offer. Good tracks all the way. Well worth the effort to climb the relatively steep but quite safe Meakins Pass to the fabled Castle.| |
- | Pa.,ge 17 THE SYDREY BUSHWALKER April, 1974. | + | |4,5 May|Wentworth Falls to Katoomba by the scenic route - Barbara Evans is really turning it on for us. A Saturday morning start for an overnight test walk through our most famous Blue Mountain country.| |
- | delightful stroll down the Grose River, circumnavigating and finally climbing | + | |Sunday 5|Rally, rally, rally: Get away from it all for a day test walk with Jim Brown in the Blue Labyrinth. Good tracks about half the way - some scratchy-bush and steep descent to Glenbrook |
- | the mighty Mt. Banks. A steep climb up Zobel Crevasse with excellent views from Banks Wall and from the Mt. Caley road. | + | |10,11,12 May|Budawangs from the north, creeping up on that magnificent panorama from Mt. Owen. Really fascinating country, good tracks |
- | Sunday 12 - All aboard for Elaine Brown' | + | |10,11,12 May|Peter Miner has finally forsaken work to lead you on this delightful stroll down the Grose River, circumnavigating and finally climbing the mighty Mt. Banks. A steep climb up Zobel Crevasse with excellent views from Banks Wall and from the Mt. Caley road.| |
- | 17,18,19 May - Bring your water-cooled Kangaroo-hopping | + | |Sunday 12|All aboard for Elaine Brown' |
- | 17,18,19 May - Frank assures us that he has given up Sunday evening moonlight | + | |17,18,19 May|Bring your water-cooled Kangaroo-hopping |
- | bushwalking and has conjured up a delightful test walk following | + | |17,18,19 May|Frank assures us that he has given up Sunday evening moonlight bushwalking and has conjured up a delightful test walk following Springwood Creek from its source to the Grose River and return by the Grose Road. P.S. Frank Taeker' |
- | Springwood Creek from its source to the Grose River and return by the Grose.Road. P.S. Frank Taeker' | + | |Sunday 19|Hans Beck is your guide on this all down hill test walk. Lots of mountain foliage and spectacular cliffs on both sides as you follow Glenbrook Greek into its gorge.| |
- | Sunday 19 - Hans Beck is your guide on this all down hill test walk. | + | |Sunday 19|If happiness is a ramble in Royal National Park then this walk is for you. Pleasant walking, good tracks all the way, Meryl Watman your leader. Special excursion tickets to Waterfall.| |
- | Lots of mountain foliage and spectacular cliffs on both sides as you follow Glenbrook Greek into its gorge. | + | |24,25,26 May|Dave Rostron spearheads the assault on the mighty Guouogang. Easy going to Konangaroo, a long climb up to Guouogang, some scrambling |
- | Sunday 19 If happiness is a ramble in Royal National Park then this walk is for you. Pleasant walking, good tracks all the way, Meryl Watman your leader. Special excursion tickets to Waterfall. | + | |24,25,26 May|Jovial Jim Vatiliotis takes you test walking in Cloudmaker country. Good tracks with never-ending false summits to Cloudmaker. Occasional glimpses of magnificent scenery down Tiwilla and to the Kowmung, and beautiful grassy camp site. A mild walk up Gingra Creek with a short, steep and occasionally scrubby ascent up Crafts Ridge.| |
- | 24,25,26 May= Dave Rostron spearheads the assault on the mighty Guouogang, Easy going to Konangaroo, a long climb up to Guouogang, some scrambling | + | |Saturday 25|Paddy Pallin' |
- | 24,25,26 May - Jovial Jim Vatiliotis takes you test walking in Cloudmaker country. Good tracks with never-ending false summits to Cloud, maker. Occasional glimpses of magnificent scenery down Tiwilla and to the Kbwmung, and beautiful grassy camp site. A mild | + | |Sunday 26|This medium day walk in the Heathcote Reserve has tracks most of the way. Your leader Bill Hall. Special excursion tickets.| |
- | walk up Gingra Creek with a short, steep and occasionally scrubby ascent up Crafts Ridge. | + | |Sunday 26|A " |
- | Saturday 25 - Paddy Pallin' | + | |Snow Trip|A medium hard nordic ski tour will be arranged at very short notice if there is sufficient snow. Experienced tourers should contact Rod Peters 623-0171 (B) or Wilf Hilder 622-3353 (H) before the end of April. An introductory ski-touring weekend will also be held in June - probably on the long weekend.| |
- | with sections for mixed groups and open. Minimum team size is two, so select your partner or partners and get your entry forms | + | |
- | from Wilf Hilder or Phil Butt. | + | |
- | Sunday 26 - This medium day walk in the Heathcote Reserve has tracks most | + | |
- | of the ways Your leader Bill Hall. Special excursion tickets. | + | |
* In view of the Federal Election on 18th May, these trips may be altered. | * In view of the Federal Election on 18th May, these trips may be altered. | ||
- | Page 18 THE SYDNEY BUSHWAIKER April, 1974. | + | |
- | Sunday 26 - A " | + | Come on all you potential walks leaders - your walks are needed for the Winter Programme (June, July, August) which is being prepared in the clubroom |
- | rock-hopping -to Great Mackerel, then a track around the head- lath back up to the heights. This is what Barry Zieren has in store for you. | + | |
- | Snow Trip - A. medium hard nordic ski tour will be arranged at very short | + | ---- |
- | notice if there is sufficient snow. Experienced tourers should | + | |
- | contact Rod Peters 623-0171 ( B) or Wilf Hilder 622-3353 (H) | + | ===== Annual Subscriptions. |
- | before the end of April. An introductory ski-touring weekend | + | |
- | will also be held in June - probably on the long weekend. | + | The amount of Annual Subscriptions has-been determined as follows:- |
- | * * * * * * * | + | |
- | Came on all you potential walks leaders - your walks are needed for the Winter Programme (June, July, August) which is being prepared in the clubroom | + | Full Members $7.00 p.a.\\ |
- | our P.O. Box (4476). Indicate alternative dates if possible. | + | Married Couples $9.00 p.a.\\ |
- | *****XXX** | + | Full-time Students $3.50 p.a. *\\ |
- | ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS: | + | Non-Active Members $1.50 p.a. |
- | Full Members $7.00 p a. | + | |
- | Married Couples $9.00 p a. | + | Members are reminded that these fees are due and payable. |
- | Full-time Students $3.50 p a. * | + | |
- | .Non-Active Members $1.50 p a. | + | (*Note: Owing to a misunderstanding, |
- | Members are reminded. -that these fees are due and payable. | + | |
- | (*Note: Owing to a misunderstanding, | + | Subscribers to the Magazine (apart from Full Members) are reminded that the Magazine Subscription is now due:- |
- | Students was quoted as 00 in the March magazine) | + | |
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- | Subscribers to the Magazine (apart from Full Members) are reminded | + | |
- | that the Magazine Subscription is now due:- . . | + | |
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12 months (including postage) $2.00 | 12 months (including postage) $2.00 | ||
- | N.Sj. SKI ASSOCIATION | + | |
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+ | ___N.S.W. Ski Association__ | ||
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+ | 6.30 p.m. Coffee Session - Thursday, 9th May - Music Roam, Sydney Opera House. | ||
Mail bookings are now accepted by Box Office Manager, Sydney Opera House, P.O..Box R239 Royal Exchange N.S.W. 2000. | Mail bookings are now accepted by Box Office Manager, Sydney Opera House, P.O..Box R239 Royal Exchange N.S.W. 2000. | ||
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Tickets $2.00. | Tickets $2.00. | ||
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