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+ | =====January General Meeting.===== | ||
- | JANUARY GENERAL MEET NG. | ||
by Jim Brown. | by Jim Brown. | ||
- | "Happy New Year" said President Barry Wallace as introductory to the January meeting. He voiced apologies from office bearers Helen Gray, Spiro Hajinakitas and Frank Roberts, and said we had no new members to welcome, it being thought that the January meeting was not a propitious | + | |
- | one for admissions. Briskly we dealt with December' | + | "Happy New Year" said President Barry Wallace as introductory to the January meeting. He voiced apologies from office bearers Helen Gray, Spiro Hajinakitas and Frank Roberts, and said we had no new members to welcome, it being thought that the January meeting was not a propitious one for admissions. Briskly we dealt with December' |
- | (a) River Canoe Club had invited us to attend the official opening of their new Club Room at Tempe at 2.0 p m., Saturday, February 28th (it may be recalled the old club house on the same site was burned down by vandals in August 1973). | + | |
+ | (a) River Canoe Club had invited us to attend the official opening of their new Club Room at Tempe at 2.0 p.m., Saturday, February 28th (it may be recalled the old club house on the same site was burned down by vandals in August 1973). | ||
(b) Spiro had proposed a minor constitutional amendment for consideration at the Annual Meeting in March. | (b) Spiro had proposed a minor constitutional amendment for consideration at the Annual Meeting in March. | ||
- | (c) National Parks and Wildlife Service has closed Blue Gum Forest to camping from let Deoember last for an unspecified period. Three alternative sites in the Upper Grose valley are available for camping provided permits are obtained from the Se/Vice's Blackheath office. | + | |
- | (d) Cosmorama Press, Helensburgh, | + | (c) National Parks and Wildlife Service has closed Blue Gum Forest to camping from 1st Deoember last for an unspecified period. Three alternative sites in the Upper Grose valley are available for camping provided permits are obtained from the Service's Blackheath office. |
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- | to the Financial Statement, which showed a small rise to a total of $1541 in working funds at the close of December. | + | (d) Cosmorama Press, Helensburgh, |
- | At this stage, as the Walks Secretary was out sailing on the Harbour, the normal progression of events got somewhat inverted, and at one stage there was an announcement for the benefit of day walkers that the Sunday morning train to Goulburn now departs Sydney at 8.05 a m., about i hour earlier than previously. | + | |
- | Federation' | + | Having |
- | (i) A representative will work with the Australian Standards Association on uniform track signs. | + | |
+ | At this stage, as the Walks Secretary was out sailing on the Harbour, the normal progression of events got somewhat inverted, and at one stage there was an announcement for the benefit of day walkers that the Sunday morning train to Goulburn now departs Sydney at 8.05 a.m., about 1/2 hour earlier than previously. | ||
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+ | Federation' | ||
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+ | (1) A representative will work with the Australian Standards Association on uniform track signs. | ||
(2) Negotiations are taking place with the Water Board about access by walkers to certain parts of the Burragorang catchment, such as Jooriland. | (2) Negotiations are taking place with the Water Board about access by walkers to certain parts of the Burragorang catchment, such as Jooriland. | ||
- | (3) The Tasmanian | + | |
+ | (3) The Tasmanian | ||
(4) Search & Rescue seeking closer co-operation with Police and Parks Wildlife Service. | (4) Search & Rescue seeking closer co-operation with Police and Parks Wildlife Service. | ||
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(5) Various conservation bodies would appreciate advice from walkers as to changes in roads and structures adjacent to Parkland reserves. | (5) Various conservation bodies would appreciate advice from walkers as to changes in roads and structures adjacent to Parkland reserves. | ||
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(6) The military firing range at Tianjara has amended its boundary to a line west of the Newhaven Gap road. | (6) The military firing range at Tianjara has amended its boundary to a line west of the Newhaven Gap road. | ||
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(7) At Easter a group of conservationists will organise air travel to and from the disputed National Park area on the Queensland border. | (7) At Easter a group of conservationists will organise air travel to and from the disputed National Park area on the Queensland border. | ||
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(8) Further campaigning against deliberate burning off practices is being undertaken. | (8) Further campaigning against deliberate burning off practices is being undertaken. | ||
- | Page 1 2 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER February, 1976. | + | |
- | At this stage Barry decided to start on the Walks Report, but Bob Hodgson arrived one weekend later (i e. after doings on one weekend had been covered). | + | At this stage Barry decided to start on the Walks Report, but Bob Hodgson arrived one weekend later (i.e. after doings on one weekend had been covered). |
On the 12/14 December, Barbara Evans' party of 13 went to a leisurely camp in the Wolgan valley and visited the Glow Worm Tunnel. The weather was hot, but the ferny glen just below the tunnel proved comfortable. It was still too warm on Sunday to take much interest in the ruins. The day walk, Victor Lewin' | On the 12/14 December, Barbara Evans' party of 13 went to a leisurely camp in the Wolgan valley and visited the Glow Worm Tunnel. The weather was hot, but the ferny glen just below the tunnel proved comfortable. It was still too warm on Sunday to take much interest in the ruins. The day walk, Victor Lewin' | ||
- | Hans Stichter' | + | |
- | Next programmed attraction was the 4-day Christmas trip all the way down the Grose. Leader Joe Marton managed to shatter his thumb at work a day or so before | + | Hans Stichter' |
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+ | Next programmed attraction was the 4-day Christmas trip all the way down the Grose. Leader Joe Marton managed to shatter his thumb at work a day or so before | ||
Alan Pike's Christmas trip to the Wollondilly was altered when the leader couldn' | Alan Pike's Christmas trip to the Wollondilly was altered when the leader couldn' | ||
- | The final weekend to be considered was 9-11 Jan. Oliver Crawford' | + | |
- | Hans Stichter had 11 on his Blue Gum jaunt, and again nothing unusual happened. | + | The final weekend to be considered was 9-11 Jan. Oliver Crawford' |
- | Then the usual announcements and the meeting gently ebbed away at 9.20 p m. | + | |
- | Page 13. TEE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER February, 1976. | + | Then the usual announcements and the meeting gently ebbed away at 9.20 p.m. |
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ONE MONDE{ WITHOUT HUSBAND AND CHILDREN | ONE MONDE{ WITHOUT HUSBAND AND CHILDREN | ||
OR TEE S.B.W. INDIA TRIP | OR TEE S.B.W. INDIA TRIP |
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