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 Lots of photographs were taken of the little aboriginal children on the beach. Libby bought a bark painting from the store. She asked an artist on the beach would he touch up a spot on it. He looked at it in some disgust, dismantled all the trimmings and set to and repainted the whole thing. Lots of photographs were taken of the little aboriginal children on the beach. Libby bought a bark painting from the store. She asked an artist on the beach would he touch up a spot on it. He looked at it in some disgust, dismantled all the trimmings and set to and repainted the whole thing.
  
-Page 12 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER August, 1975. +That night we went to a beaut barbecue party and were given some large fillets of barramundi to take away with us. 
-*xxxx*************** M OUNTAIN + 
-********************  +We had been making enquiries along the way as to the whereabouts of a mysterious "lost city" of Arnhem Land, recently shown on T.V., but no one was sure of its location. At Roper River, however, we struck pay dirt; a huge aboriginal offered to show it to us if we would afterwards drop him off at the Roper Bar airstrip, 30 miles away. 
-********************** + 
-EQUIPMENT +We offloaded all the packs to offset his weight and packed him in among the passengers (a tight squeeze for me in the gap between seats)Then, following his pointing arm, soared out 60 miles and came spot on target. It was an ancient range weathered down to a mass of spires and pinnacles with maze-like gaps between. We circled it many times and photographed it from all angles. An astounding sight! Then we returned and duly offloaded our guide at Roper Bar. 
-***************** + 
-IF YOU ARE  +Next day we flew to Rockhampton, then across to Frazer Island - a most beautiful place, threatened by sand-mining. We swam in the blue, blue ocean and lazed on the beach, then reluctantly headed for home. 
-BUYING OR HIRING HIRING OR BUYING + 
-BUYING OR HIRING HIRING OR BUYING +Rain greeted us at Bankstown, and cold too, and a great swarm of tiny planes all homing in like a swarm of gnats at sundown. We all piled into Peter's car and so to Burwood for a dinner of barramundi from Arnhem Land. 
-GEAR FOR  + 
-WALKING ...... CAMPING Opoo000 CLIMTING ...... CANOEING 0 0 0 WALKING ...... CAMPING ...... CLIMBING ...... CANOEING o4doe +Dennis is already making plans for another trip next June. Worth keeping in mind. The cost was $225 plus food. 
-THINK OF  + 
-MOUNTAIN_EQUIPMENT +====SOCIAL NOTES====  
-17 Alexander Street, Crow's Nest, 2065 (On the corner of Falcon Street) Telephone 439-3454. +by Spiro Ketas 
-for + 
-FAIRYDOWN SLEEPING BAGS +On 17th September Ian Saltmarsh will hold his Assam Tea Planting night assisted by an attractive sarong-clad Assam maiden who will serve tea to all present. Come along and learn how tea is made from planting to the pot. 
-HIGH LOAD PACKS (Weight 3 ib 10 oz) + 
-AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS YOU COULD POSSIBLY NEED +The Federation Ball will be held at 8.30 p m. on Friday, 19th September at Petersham Town Hall. Two bands and supper. Prizes. Tickets $4.00 single. 
-* * * * * * * * * + 
-Page 13 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALICR August 1975., +Then on 24th September Wade Butler is to show a few slides on Antarctica and tell us all about his 15 month job at Mawson with the Australian Antarctic Scientific Expedition. Wade occupied his time in various ways including fishing, skiing and swimming. Yes, swimming in the Antarctic! If you don't believe me come and see and hear for yourself before Wade heads off to Hobart next month. 
-. . + 
-That night we went to a b,oaut barbecue party and were given some +====THE JULY GENERAL MEETING==== 
-large fillets of barramundi to take away with us. +by Jim Brown 
-We had been making enquiries along the way as to the whereabouts of a mysterious "lot city" of Arnhem Land, recently shown on T.V., but no + 
-one was sure of its location. At Roper River, however, we struck pay +Your reporter is pleased to record that, in the absence of a walks report, the notes for the July meeting will be quite brief. In fact he believes the July meeting should be kept to a minimum each year, which means that the transcription of the notes into a (more or less) readable summary will take only 20 minutes instead of the usual 1 - 1 1/2 hours, and one can complete one's taxation return in the remaining time (I hope). 
-dirt; a huge aboriginal offered to show it to us if we would afterwards drop him off at the Roper Bar airstrip, 30 miles away. + 
-We offloaded all the packs to offset his weight and packed him in +Well, having offered this preliminary padding, it can be said that Vice-President Neville Page occupied the chair, there were about 30 folk present, and the business began at 8.25 p.m. with greetings to Robyn Preston and Dick Winthorpe, also to a last month's candidate, Linda Robbins. No one disputed the contents of the June minutes, and arising from them we were told Shoalhaven Shire Council had replied to our request to build on Coolana with a massive document setting out the "Requirements for a Dwelling". To this an answer was going back saying we didn't contemplate a dwelling. 
-among the passengers (a tight squeeze for me in the gap between seats)+ 
-Then, following his pointing arm, soared out 60 miles and came spot on +Correspondence contained as well as the usual crop of journals, a request for reinstatement to full membership by Graham Hogarth, and advice that the Electricity Commission was offering $280 for an easement along the transmission line (Dapto to Canberra) crossing our property. It was thought that a higher figure might be obtained in view of the necessary destruction to bushland and wild life that could follow. There was advice too from Ed Stanton on the adjoining Quakers property of some damage resulting from the June downpour in Kangaroo Valley, and Dot Butler proposed a working bee in association with the Quakers for the 19/20th July weekend. 
-target. It was an ancient range weathered down to a mass of spires + 
-and pinnacles with maze-like gaps between. We circled it many times +The Treasurer told us June had been a healthy month financially, with a good excess of income over outlay, and finishing with $1,990 in the working funds. There was, we repeat, no walks report, and notes of Federation affairs have already been covered in the magazine. 
-and photographed it from all angles. An astounding sight! Then we returned and duly offloaded our guide at Roper Bar. + 
-Next day we flew to Rockhampton, then across to Frazer Island- +It remained then before the early closure at about 8.45 p.m. to be advised that the Water Board's settlement for the river front area to be inundated at Coolana could be expected within a few months. There was then time to chatter awhile before we dispersed. 
-a most beautiful place, threatened by sand-mining. We swam in the ,blue, blue ocean and lazed on the beach, then reluctantly headed for home. +
-Rain L'reeted us at Bankstown, and cold too, and'a great swarm of tiny planes all homing in like a swarm of gnats at sundown. We all piled into Peter's car and so to Burwood for a dinner of barramundi from Arnhem Land. +
-Dennis is already making plans for another trip next June. Worth keeping in mina. The cost was $225 plus food, +
-************** +
-SOCIAL NOTESby Spiro Ketas. +
-On 17th September Ian Saltmarsh will hold his Assam Tea Planting night assisted by an attractive sarong-clad Assam maiden who will serve tea to all,prosent. Come along and learn how tea is made from planting to the pot. +
-The Federation Ball will be held at 8.30 p m. on Friday, 19th +
-September at Petersham Town Hail. Two bands and supper. Prizes. Tickets $4.00 single. +
-Then on 24th September Wade Butler is to show a few slides on Antarctica and tell us all about his 15 month job at Mawson with the Australian Antarctic Scientific Expedition,. Wade occupied his time in +
-various ways including fishing, Skiing and swimming. Yes, swimming in +
-the Antarctic! If you don't believe me come and see and hear for yourself before Wade heads off to Hobart next month. +
-Page 14 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER August, 1975. +
-THE JULY GENERAL MEETING. +
-by Jim Brown. +
-Your reporter is pleased to record that, in the absence of a walks report, the notes for the July meeting will be quite brief. In fact he believes the July meeting shouldbe kept to a minimum each year, which means that the transcription of the notes into a (more or less) readable summary will take only 20 minutes instead of the usual 1 - 14.41 hours, and one can complete one's taxation return in the remaining time (I hope). +
-Well, having offered this preliminary padding, it can be said that Vice-President Neville Page occupied the chair, there were about 30 folk present, and the business began at 8.25 p m0 with greetings to Robyn Preston and Dick Winthorpe, also to a last month's candidate, Linda Robbins. No +
-one disputed the contents of the June minutes, and arising from them we +
-were told Shoalhaven Shire Council had replied to our request to build on Coolana with a massive document setting out the "Requirements for a Dwelling". To this an answer was goingbiack saying we didn't contemplate a dwelling. +
-Correspondence contained as well as the usual crop of journals, a request for reinstatement to full membership by Graham Hogarth, and advice that the Electricity Commission was offering $280 for an easement along the transmission line (Dapto to Canberra) crossing our property. It +
-was thought that a higher figure might be obtained in view of the necessary destruction to bushland and wild life that could follow. There was +
-advice too from Ed Stanton on the adjoining Quakers property of some damage resulting from the June dounpour in Kangaroo Valley, and Dot Butler proposed a working bee in association with the Quakers for the 19/20th July weekend. +
-The Treasurer told us June had been a healthy month financially, +
-with a good excess of income over outlay, and finishing with '19990 in the working funds. There was, we repeat, no walks report, and notes of Federation affairs have already been covered in the nagazine+
-It remained thezi-before the early closure at about 8.45 p m0 to +
-be advised that the Water Board's settlement for the river front area to be inundated at Coolana could be expected within a few months. There +
-was then time to chatter awhile before we dispersed. +
-****************+
 Pagb 1 THE - SYDNEY BUSH,WALKER August, 1975. Pagb 1 THE - SYDNEY BUSH,WALKER August, 1975.
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