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-A monthly bulletin of matters of interest to the Sydney Bush Walkers, Box 4476, G.P.O. Sydney, N.S.W. 2001. Club meetings are held every Wednesday evening from 7.30 p m. at the Wireless Institute Building, 14 Atchison Street, St. Leonardo. Enquries concerning the Club should be referred to Mrs. Marcia Shappert telephone 30.2028.
+======The Sydney Bushwalker.======
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-Editor:: Neville Page, 14 Brucedale Av., Epping. Tel 86.3739 BudnessManager: Bill Burke, 3 Coral Tree Drive, Carlingford., Tel 871.1207.
+A monthly bulletin of matters of interest to the Sydney Bush Walkers, Box 4476, G.P.O. Sydney, N.S.W. 2001. Club meetings are held every Wednesday evening from 7.30 p m. at the Wireless Institute Building, 14 Atchison Street, St. Leonards. Enquries concerning the Club should be referred to Mrs. Marcia Shappert - telephone 30.2028.
-Typist:, Kath Brown Duplicator Operator-: Owen Marks
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+|**Editor**|Neville Page, 14 Brucedale Av., Epping. Tel 86.3739.|
-MAY 1976
+|**Business Manager**|Bill Burke, 3 Coral Tree Drive, Carlingford., Tel 871.1207.|
-Editorial Page 2. Canoeing to the Land of the Midnight Sun
+|**Typist**|Kath Brown.|
-Dot Butler 3.
+|**Duplicator Operator**|Owen Marks.|
-Federation Report Len Newland 7.
-Alp Sports Ad a
+====May 1976====
-April General Meeting Jim Brown 9.
-Paddy's Ad 11.
+=====Contents.=====
-The S".W. India Trip Marcia Shappert 12,
-Bushwalker Bob 15.
+| | |Page|
-Walks Notes Len Newland 15.
+|Editorial| | 2|
-Social Notes 16.
+|Canoeing to the Land of the Midnight Sun|Dot Butler| 3|
-Mountain Equipment Ad 17.
+|Federation Report|Len Newland| 7|
-The Travels of Owen Owen Marks 18.
+|April General Meeting|Jim Brown| 9|
-NOTE: THIS ISSUE OF "THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER" INCLUDES
+|The S.B.W. India Trip|Marcia Shappert|12|
-AS AN INSERT THE MAY 1976 ISSUE OF THE BUSHWALKERS OF NEW SOUTH WALES NEWSLETTER. IF THE RESPONSE TO
+|Bushwalker Bob| |15|
-THIS INNOVATION IS GOOD WE WILL CONTINUE IT ON A
+|Walks Notes|Len Newland|15|
-REGULAR BASIS. THAT WAY YOU'LL GET TWO PUBLICATIONS FOR THE PRICE OF ONE. PLEASE LET THE EDITOR KNOW YOUR REACTION, WHETHER PRO OR CON.
+|Social Notes| |16|
-Page 2, THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER May 1976.
+|The Travels of Owen|Owen Marks|18|
-ON BUSHLJALKERS AND PRIVATE PROPERTY
-Again the question of violation of landowners' rights has been raised in the Club. In this instance a group of walkers (not S.B.W.'s) have beenaccuseth
+=====Advertisements.=====
+| |Page|
+|Alp Sports| 8|
+|Paddy's|11|
+|Mountain Equipment|18|
+**Note:** This issue of "the Sydney Bushwalker" includes as an insert the May 1976 issue of the Bushwalks of New South Wales Newsletter. If the response to this innovation is good we will continue it on a regular basis. that way you'll get two publications for the price of one. Please let the Editor know your reaction, whether pro or con.
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+=====Editorial.=====
+====On Bushwalkers And Private Property.====
+Again the question of violation of landowners' rights has been raised in the Club. In this instance a group of walkers (not S.B.W.'s) have been accused:
 (a) of having passed through private property in the Whiddon Valley without permission;
 (b) of intruding on areas where prize animals (a number of bulls and some thoroughbreds) were paddocked; and
-(c) following a dry route which the farmer regarded as hazardous
-It is all very well for us to say "Well, it wasn't our Club" or "We wouldn't do something like that". The fact is, it can happen whenever a cilloup of bushwalkers are unaware
+(c) following a dry route which the farmer regarded as hazardous.
-of the normal courtesies to be accorded landowners, or where they choose to ignore them. Perhaps now is an opportune time to air the subject once again, As was mentioned at our last General Meeting, many of the best bushwalking areas are 1, accessible only through private property, and if we choose to ignore landowners' rights He will find ourselves excluded altogether from using these areas. When a leader knows that the route of his walk passes through private property he must ask permission of the owner to traverse it. Preferably permission should be obtained in advance, but if that is not possible it should be done on the spot. In either case leaders should call at the homestead to confirm that the group is passing through, Farmers quite often have good information to pass on regarding track conditions, river heights etc, And anyway, it's normal courtesy to say hullo; a couttesy which should never be broached Don't assume that because an access route is classified a public road you can dispense with the procedure. Again it is a question of plain r:400d 'manners. Tell the farmer how many are in your group and where 'you intend walking,. Never interfere with fences, crops, or livestock. And never forget the golden rule about gates. ALWAYS LEAVE A GATE AS YOU FOUND IT, If you pass through an
-open gate, leave it open; if you come to a closed g-te, make
+It is all very well for us to say "Well, it wasn't our Club" or "We wouldn't do something like that". The fact is, it can happen whenever a group of bushwalkers are unaware of the normal courtesies to be accorded landowners, or where they choose to ignore them. Perhaps now is an opportune time to air the subject once again. As was mentioned at our last General Meeting, many of the best bushwalking areas are accessible only through private property, and if we choose to ignore landowners' rights we will find ourselves excluded altogether from using these areas. When a leader knows that the route of his walk passes through private property he must ask permission of the owner to traverse it. Preferably permission should be obtained in advance, but if that is not possible it should be done on the spot. In either case leaders should call at the homestead to confirm that the group is passing through. Farmers quite often have good information to pass on regarding track conditions, river heights etc. And anyway, it's normal courtesy to say hullo; a couttesy which should never be broached. Don't assume that because an access route is classified a public road you can dispense with the procedure. Again it is a question of plain good 'manners. Tell the farmer how many are in your group and where you intend walking. __Never__ interfere with fences, crops, or livestock. And __never__ forget the golden rule about gates. **Always leave a gate as you found it.** If you pass through an open gate, leave it open; if you come to a closed gate, make sure you close it after you pass through. Breaches of this rule have led to more disputes with farmers than any other factor. If your party is strung out __don't__ leave it for a later member to close the gate. If you open a gate make sure you close it. Leave the next person or group to do the same for themselves. It is hard to understand how such simple rules and common courtesies can be overlooked, but they Guard against it by observing the rules yourself, and by explaining them to newcomers.
-sure you close it after you pass through. Breaches of this
-rule have led to more disputes with farmers than any other
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-factor. If your party is ztrung out don't leave it for a
-later member to close the gate. If you open a gate make sure you close it. Leave the next person or group to clothe same
+=====Canoeing To The Land Of The Midnight Sun.=====
-for themselves. It is hard to understand how such simple rules and common courtesies can be overlooked, but they Guard against it by observing the rules yourself, and by
-explaining them to newcomers,
+====500 Miles Down The Yukon River.====
-Page 3, THE SYTNEY BUSHWALKER May, 1976.
-CANOEING TO THE LIND OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN
+by Dot Butler.
-a 520aLf_Down the Yukon River. by Dot Butler.
-In June Rona rang me from California g "Get here by Tuesday and you'll be just in time to join us for a canoe trip to Alaska via the Canadian Yukon Territory." "Right," said /9 "That gives me four days. I'll meet you at Los Angeles Airport."
+In June Rona rang me from California: "Get here by Tuesday and you'll be just in time to join us for a canoe trip to Alaska via the Canadian Yukon Territory." "Right," said I, "That gives me four days. I'll meet you at Los Angeles Airport."
 Rona had prepared food for the 4 week trip - nuts, dates, muesli, homomade wheatmeal bread, etc. Oh yes, and of course cheese! - the Pettigrew staple.
-I tipped all my clothes out of my suitcase at Rona/s house and we loaded in the food and my beaut'nev light-weight wicker-work suitcase accompanied us for the whole 500 miles, crouching down on the floor of the canoe. At the end of the trip it was a psychotic write-off.
-Rona and I went north by train to Seattle where Jack joined us by
+I tipped all my clothes out of my suitcase at Rona's house and we loaded in the food and my beaut new light-weight wicker-work suitcase accompanied us for the whole 500 miles, crouching down on the floor of the canoe. At the end of the trip it was a psychotic write-off.
-plane9 and with not too many minutes to spare we got aboard the de-luxe
-ferry liner for the cruise up the Alaska Marine Highway, the world's most beautiful waterway - from Seattle through Puget Sound with Vancouver Island out to sea, calling in at all the picturesque little sea towns on the Alaskan coast, in name and architecture all showing unmistakably that they once belonged to Russia - Ketchikan, the old Russian fur trading post of Wrangle, Sitka, Petersburg where the world's record king salmon was caught in nearby waters (l26i lbs.) and so to Skagway.
+Rona and I went north by train to Seattle where Jack joined us by plane, and with not too many minutes to spare we got aboard the de-luxe ferry liner for the cruise up the Alaska Marine Highway, the world's most beautiful waterway - from Seattle through Puget Sound with Vancouver Island out to sea, calling in at all the picturesque little sea towns on the Alaskan coast, in name and architecture all showing unmistakably that they once belonged to Russia - Ketchikan, the old Russian fur trading post of Wrangle, Sitka, Petersburg where the world's record king salmon was caught in nearby waters (l26 1/2 lbs.) and so to Skagway.
-The Inside Passage is one of the few places in the world to which
-no tourist blurb can do justice - a fantastically beautiful string of bays, sounds and channels - almost completely sheltered from the ocean throughout its entire length. You cruise peacefully in a world all blue and green and white. Past snowcapped mountains rising thousands of feet straight from the water's edge. Past hundreds of tiny jewel-like islands. Past glaciers and tumbling waterfalls. Past hundreds of miles of primitive forested shoreline. Jack had booked us a deck cabin but we spent most of our time on the sun deck. It had three glassed-in sides and a glass roof but the fourth side was completely open. In this lovely hot-house atmosphere the distant snowy views looked particularly good.
+The Inside Passage is one of the few places in the world to which no tourist blurb can do justice - a fantastically beautiful string of bays, sounds and channels - almost completely sheltered from the ocean throughout its entire length. You cruise peacefully in a world all blue and green and white. Past snow-capped mountains rising thousands of feet straight from the water's edge. Past hundreds of tiny jewel-like islands. Past glaciers and tumbling waterfalls. Past hundreds of miles of primitive forested shoreline. Jack had booked us a deck cabin but we spent most of our time on the sun deck. It had three glassed-in sides and a glass roof but the fourth side was completely open. In this lovely hot-house atmosphere the distant snowy views looked particularly good.
-Disembarking at Skagway we caurfst a little narrow-gauge train which follows the old gold mining Trail of p98, over Kicking Horse Pass to Whitehorse. En route we spent a couple of days at Bennett to savour the atmosphere of the Yukon and here I saw my first bear, which came to investigate our tent. Boy-O-Boyl I would have preferred him to have been a wombat!
-At Whitehorse we met the other seven members of the party - three young couples and a youthful Canadian farmer called Ross who was to be my paddling partner, and a nice easy-going lad he was too. Ross and his father breed quarter-horses out on the prairie. We hired two tin canoes from the Mayor of Whitehorse to complete our flotilla, then down
+Disembarking at Skagway we caught a little narrow-gauge train which follows the old gold mining Trail of '98, over Kicking Horse Pass to Whitehorse. En route we spent a couple of days at Bennett to savour the atmosphere of the Yukon and here I saw my first bear, which came to investigate our tent. Boy-O-Boy! I would have preferred him to have been a wombat!
-Page 4. THE SYDNEY BLISHWALKER May, 1976.
-to the banks of the Lewes River (it's called the Yukon further on) where we stowed everything aboard and pushed off. The ice moves out towards the end of May. Sometimes it lingers on into mid-June. It had already been gone a month when we set forth, nevertheless the water was still cold.
+At Whitehorse we met the other seven members of the party - three young couples and a youthful Canadian farmer called Ross who was to be my paddling partner, and a nice easy-going lad he was too. Ross and his father breed quarter-horses out on the prairie. We hired two tin canoes from the Mayor of Whitehorse to complete our flotilla, then down to the banks of the Lewes River (it's called the Yukon further on) where we stowed everything aboard and pushed off. The ice moves out towards the end of May. Sometimes it lingers on into mid-June. It had already been gone a month when we set forth, nevertheless the water was still cold.
-For the first 12 miles the water speeds along at from 5 to 7 knots as the river widens out to some 600 ft. among scattered islands, then L narrows as it runs between clay banks. We pulled in on a gravel bank where we had heard there were prehistoric remains, and Rona found a piece of mammoth tusk. The vegetation along the banks is poplars and spruce, with lodgepole pine on the higher terraces. Any area which had been previously burned over was purple with fireweed, the national flower of Alaska.
-Yukon means "clear water". In it grayling, whitefish and northern pike are abundant, and Jack and his brother Andrew kept us supplied with 2 ft. long fish which Rona cooked on a double griller on a bed of hot coals - yum yum! Sometimes we had wild onions, and wild rhubarb too if we called in at any long-deserted trading post, derelict amongst its profusion of wild roses and bluebells. There were also assorted fungoid delicacies that were not lethal, and if you got there before the bears had ripped the bushes to bits, there were blueberries and raspberries. On the mud of the shore we saw traces of moose, and there are wolves, foxes and lynxes. Eagles, hawks, geese, ducks and a wide assortment of small birds inhabit the area.
+For the first 12 miles the water speeds along at from 5 to 7 knots as the river widens out to some 600 ft. among scattered islands, then narrows as it runs between clay banks. We pulled in on a gravel bank where we had heard there were prehistoric remains, and Rona found a piece of mammoth tusk. The vegetation along the banks is poplars and spruce, with lodgepole pine on the higher terraces. Any area which had been previously burned over was purple with fireweed, the national flower of Alaska.
-After 12 miles the river spreads out to 5 miles width to become Lake Ldberge, Not having been cautioned to hug the shoreline because wild winds can suddenly spring up, Ross and I blithely took a direct course through the middle of the lake and consequently were miles ahead of the others when we reached its northern end, 31 miles further on.
-We saw a beaut granite mountain above us so we swiftly beached the canoe and raced up it - I suppose it summit was a couple of thousand feet from lake level - it took us a couple of hours. Looking down from the top we saw the other canoes like tiny dots which hardly appeared to be moving in the vast expanse of lake.
+Yukon means "clear water". In it grayling, whitefish and northern pike are abundant, and Jack and his brother Andrew kept us supplied with 2 ft. long fish which Rona cooked on a double griller on a bed of hot coals - yum-yum! Sometimes we had wild onions, and wild rhubarb too if we called in at any long-deserted trading post, derelict amongst its profusion of wild roses and bluebells. There were also assorted fungoid delicacies that were not lethal, and if you got there before the bears had ripped the bushes to bits, there were blueberries and raspberries. On the mud of the shore we saw traces of moose, and there are wolves, foxes and lynxes. Eagles, hawks, geese, ducks and a wide assortment of small birds inhabit the area.
-We raced down the mountain, Ross being very impressed by this
-standard Bushwalker mode of progression, and reached the lakeside just
+After 12 miles the river spreads out to 5 miles width to become Lake Laberge. Not having been cautioned to hug the shoreline because wild winds can suddenly spring up, Ross and I blithely took a direct course through the middle of the lake and consequently were miles ahead of the others when we reached its northern end, 31 miles further on. We saw a beaut granite mountain above us so we swiftly beached the canoe and raced up it - I suppose its summit was a couple of thousand feet from lake level - it took us a couple of hours. Looking down from the top we saw the other canoes like tiny dots which hardly appeared to be moving in the vast expanse of lake.
-as the first of our canoes was passing. The lake now became very shallow and we had much fun wending our ray amongst the sand and gravel bars.
-The next section is known as the Thirty Mile. This is perhaps the most unique and spectacular part of the Yukon River as it pursues a narrow winding channel only about 60 ft. wide enclosed by almost perpendicular bluffs up to 300 ft* in height. Tho water flow had not been very appreciable on the wide lake but now it increased to about 4 m p.h., the illusion of speed being heightened by the proximity of the towering bluffs. The water is clear and clean, pale blue and turquoise as it flows over a rock and cobble bed. No rapids are encountered in this section but there is plenty of excitement. Where there are sunken rocks the water heaps up in mounds and riffles, and there are whirlpools and back currents
+We raced down the mountain, Ross being very impressed by this standard Bushwalker mode of progression, and reached the lakeside just as the first of our canoes was passing. The lake now became very shallow and we had much fun wending our way amongst the sand and gravel bars.
-Page 5. THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER May, 1976.
-to be dodged. You take the outer curves of the sharp S-bends and keep your fingers crossed.
+The next section is known as the Thirty Mile. This is perhaps the most unique and spectacular part of the Yukon River as it pursues a narrow winding channel only about 60 ft. wide enclosed by almost perpendicular bluffs up to 300 ft. in height. The water flow had not been very appreciable on the wide lake but now it increased to about 4 m.p.h., the illusion of speed being heightened by the proximity of the towering bluffs. The water is clear and clean, pale blue and turquoise as it flows over a rock and cobble bed. No rapids are encountered in this section but there is plenty of excitement. Where there are sunken rocks the water heaps up in mounds and riffles, and there are whirlpools and back currents to be dodged. You take the outer curves of the sharp S-bends and keep your fingers crossed.
-In the high clay banks are thousands of swallows' nests. The birds were swooping over the -eater in the late afternoon, reducing the sandfly population by millions, Hurrah! In the matter of sandfliess we camped each night on an is1and4 the flowing water kept the air moving and sand- flies don't like moving air, so we were free of them. But if we camped on the land we had to be inside our insect-proof tents at sundown or we would have been eaten alive. We soon had the system 'worked out to our satisfaction.
-One day we saw a big tributary entering our river. This is the Teslin River and it brings with it at this time of year a lot of silt which suddenly turns the Yukon a grey-brawn colour, but the additional water also makes for greater depth and velocity, and even without pad4ling we speeded up to 5 miles per hour. Both the Yukon and its tributaries clear towards the end of July. The river valley widens and is bordered by-the Glassy Mountains, up to 2,000 ft. high. Later on two other', tributaries entered - the Big Salmon and the Little Salmon. And spdaking of salmon - fishermen are not allowed to catch them during the months of June/July when they are making upstream from the ocean to their spawning grounds. However an exception is made in the case of the original inhabitants - Indians (and presumably bears). So if you want to taste one you must first catch your Indian, which we did, and enjoyed the taste thrill of the century. The salmon you get out of tins is just hogs' food in comparison.
+In the high clay banks are thousands of swallows' nests. The birds were swooping over the water in the late afternoon, reducing the sandfly population by millions, Hurrah! In the matter of sandfliess we camped each night on an island; the flowing water kept the air moving and sand-flies don't like moving air, so we were free of them. But if we camped on the land we had to be inside our insect-proof tents at sundown or we would have been eaten alive. We soon had the system worked out to our satisfaction.
-A spectacular sedimentary rock knob rises 700 ft. above the river not far from the Little Salmon River. This is known as Eagle Bluff,
-and it is not uncommon to see the Bald Eagle or the Golden Eagle circling above it high in the clear infinity of blue. It is rather ironical that the Bald Eagle, the national bird of the US., is now practically extinct there, although it is still to be found in the Canadian Yukon, and a persecuted remnant still exists in Alaska.
+One day we saw a big tributary entering our river. This is the Teslin River and it brings with it at this time of year a lot of silt which suddenly turns the Yukon a grey-brown colour, but the additional water also makes for greater depth and velocity, and even without paddling we speeded up to 5 miles per hour. Both the Yukon and its tributaries clear towards the end of July. The river valley widens and is bordered by the Glassy Mountains, up to 2,000 ft. high. Later on two other tributaries entered - the Big Salmon and the Little Salmon. And speaking of salmon - fishermen are not allowed to catch them during the months of June/July when they are making upstream from the ocean to their spawning grounds. However an exception is made in the case of the original inhabitants - Indians (and presumably bears). So if you want to taste one you must first catch your Indian, which we did, and enjoyed the taste thrill of the century. The salmon you get out of tins is just hogs' food in comparison.
-And now we came to our first big test - Five Finger Rapids, the first real rapids since we embarked. Here are four rock palisades or "flower pot islands" between which the river races in five fiercely flowing channels. You run the course through 2 ft waves that are bordered on both sides by strong back eddies. And what a headlong ride it is, the great volume of water roaring through its narrow confines in a rushing orchestration of sound. Andrew's wife Evelyn, who (I have not yet told you) had her 12 months old infant with her, had forsaken the canoe a quarter of a mile back, preferring to walk and climb along the bank with Bindi in a back-carrier. Accordingly I took the second paddle in Andrew's canoe and we went first through the gorge, beset by billows and pressure-waves all white with foam, and us screaming with excitement. The rock walls were dotted with mud swallows' nests, Andrew must have a photo so, having shot the rapid, we precariously wangled the canoe upstream on a back eddy and while I clung to the rock Andrew took his photo - yellow baby bills sticking up out of the nest in anticipation of food e We beached the canoe with difficulty
-Page 6. THE SYDNEY BUSINALKER May, 1976.
+A spectacular sedimentary rock knob rises 700 ft. above the river not far from the Little Salmon River. This is known as Eagle Bluff, and it is not uncommon to see the Bald Eagle or the Golden Eagle circling above it high in the clear infinity of blue. It is rather ironical that the Bald Eagle, the national bird of the US., is now practically extinct there, although it is still to be found in the Canadian Yukon, and a persecuted remnant still exists in Alaska.
-further down river and Evelyn took over again.
+And now we came to our first big test - Five Finger Rapids, the first real rapids since we embarked. Here are four rock palisades or "flower pot islands" between which the river races in five fiercely flowing channels. You run the course through 2 ft. waves that are bordered on both sides by strong back eddies. And what a headlong ride it is, the great volume of water roaring through its narrow confines in a rushing orchestration of sound. Andrew's wife Evelyn, who (I have not yet told you) had her 12 months old infant with her, had forsaken the canoe a quarter of a mile back, preferring to walk and climb along the bank with Bindi in a back-carrier. Accordingly I took the second paddle in Andrew's canoe and we went first through the gorge, beset by billows and pressure-waves all white with foam, and us screaming with excitement. The rock walls were dotted with mud swallows' nests. Andrew must have a photo so, having shot the rapid, we precariously wangled the canoe upstream on a back eddy and while I clung to the rock Andrew took his photo - yellow baby bills sticking up out of the nest in anticipation of food. We beached the canoe with difficulty further down river and Evelyn took over again.
 Further on is another bit of excitement at Rink Rapids. In the old Gold Mining days paddle-wheel steamers plied up and down the Yukon River. Rocks in these rapids hindered navigation and consequently they were blown up. There are old winch-houses still to be seen on the banks where they winched the steamers back up the rapids.
-Through all this wilderness of water one comes across relics of past settlement - old paddlewheel steamers and abandoned river barges decaying on the mud banks and backwaters, trails now used only by bears leading to log cabins decaying in the woods, old forts and churches and schools all
-deserted and derelict and the forest taking over again. Owing to the swiftness of the river, pulling in to land was always an oltitemento Fort Selkirk was one place we pulled into. Here exists a one-room school house, with many of the old educational aids and equipment still in place. There. is also a beautiful Catholic Church, and white and Indian cemetaries. The Indians used to build little spirit houses, complete with windows and doors, and in these they put those things which the departed specially valued, such as a special old teapot and white china cup and saucer, or a favourite article of clothing. In one was an old suitcase full of love letters which an Indian girl had written to her sweetheart who was away trapping animals for the fur trade. "You cane back me soon," she said time after time. When he came back she was no doubt already in her spirit house.
+Through all this wilderness of water one comes across relics of past settlement - old paddle-wheel steamers and abandoned river barges decaying on the mud banks and backwaters, trails now used only by bears leading to log cabins decaying in the woods, old forts and churches and schools all deserted and derelict and the forest taking over again. Owing to the swiftness of the river, pulling in to land was always an excitement. Fort Selkirk was one place we pulled into. Here exists a one-room school house, with many of the old educational aids and equipment still in place. There is also a beautiful Catholic Church, and white and Indian cemetaries. The Indians used to build little spirit houses, complete with windows and doors, and in these they put those things which the departed specially valued, such as a special old teapot and white china cup and saucer, or a favourite article of clothing. In one was an old suitcase full of love letters which an Indian girl had written to her sweetheart who was away trapping animals for the fur trade. "You come back me soon," she said time after time. When he came back she was no doubt already in her spirit house.
-Opposite Fort Selkirk is a spectacular sheer cliff of columnar basalt, black, and rising 450 ft, to a poplar-covered plateau. The river banks are severely undercut but one need not try for an impossible landing on the bank - there are numerous well-treed islands for camping purposes. On one of these, Andrew and I decided to build a sauna bath. We made a fire and heated river pebbles, then made a bath-house around them of our tents and groundsheets. We filled all our available receptacles with water, then Andrew stripped off and tossed his clothes outside while I handed in the water buckets. Vast clouds of steam gushed forth through the tent flaps, and Andrew's voice nearly hysterical with excitement, yelling, "It works! It works!!" Soon everybody was inside boiling themselves to lobster hue. But the hard part came when we had to rush out and submerge in the icy Yukon, which looked colder still because of the white glacial silts which had been added to its water when the White River joined it, bringing its run-off from the Kluana Mt. Range.
-We were now getting pretty close to the Arctic Circle, consequently, as it was mid-summer, the sun barely set before it was inching up above the horizon again. Jack and Andrew had some sort of romantic notion to paddle all night, so at 11 p m. we were still floating on in an eerie twilight when suddenly descended a tremendous downpour. The interesting thing was that we could see the skirts of the rain-clouds sweeping across the sky from an enormous distance up, and could judge pretty accurately when we would paddle out of it. This rain flurrie became the late afternoon pattern for the next few days, and as it looked as though the weather gods were turning against us we were not sorry when at last
+Opposite Fort Selkirk is a spectacular sheer cliff of columnar basalt, black, and rising 450 ft. to a poplar-covered plateau. The river banks are severely undercut but one need not try for an impossible landing on the bank - there are numerous well-treed islands for camping purposes. On one of these, Andrew and I decided to build a sauna bath. We made a fire and heated river pebbles, then made a bath-house around them of our tents and groundsheets. We filled all our available receptacles with water, then Andrew stripped off and tossed his clothes outside while I handed in the water buckets. Vast clouds of steam gushed forth through the tent flaps, and Andrew's voice nearly hysterical with excitement, yelling, "It works! It works!!" Soon everybody was inside boiling themselves to lobster hue. But the hard part came when we had to rush out and submerge in the icy Yukon, which looked colder still because of the white glacial silts which had been added to its water when the White River joined it, bringing its run-off from the Kluana Mt. Range.
-Page 7 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER May, 1976.
-Dawson City hove into view. The remainder of the river scenery till you reach the sea is flat and fairly uninteresting, so here we decided to terminate the trip.
+We were now getting pretty close to the Arctic Circle, consequently, as it was mid-summer, the sun barely set before it was inching up above the horizon again. Jack and Andrew had some sort of romantic notion to paddle all night, so at 11 p.m. we were still floating on in an eerie twilight when suddenly descended a tremendous downpour. The interesting thing was that we could see the skirts of the rain-clouds sweeping across the sky from an enormous distance up, and could judge pretty accurately when we would paddle out of it. This rain flurrie became the late afternoon pattern for the next few days, and as it looked as though the weather gods were turning against us we were not sorry when at last Dawson City hove into view. The remainder of the river scenery till you reach the sea is flat and fairly uninteresting, so here we decided to terminate the trip.
 We hoisted the canoes up to the Klondyke Highway for a mining company truck to take back to the Lord Mayor of Whitehorse with our compliments. Then, unencumbered, we set out for the next leg of our holiday touring by jeep through the National and State Parks of Alaska and Canada, which is another story.
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-FEDERATION REPORT.
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-by Len Newland. Yadboro Flats
+=====Federation Report.=====
+by Len Newland.
+===Yadboro Flat:===
 The National Parks & Wildlife Service is considering submissions for buying particular blocks of land in Yadboro Flat, where land has been subdivided for sale. Prices reported to be $250,000, and include Byangee Walls environs, and south of the bridge.
-Federation Newsletters
-Federation would like to see the widest circulation possible for the Newsletter. Almost unlimited number of copies are available to member clubs, so any S.B.W. member can obtain these, but Federation is intending to advertise the Newsletter at f;-3 per annum for others.
+===Federation Newsletter:===
-Camping Permits;
-National Parks & Wildlife Service policy is to issue permits on an annual basis, mainly to record usage and to formally notify people of their obligations in National Parks. Specific time and place permits are not encouraged, although some Park Superintendents do favour these. In particular, the Blue Mountains Park Superintendent is one of these, and it would be best to contact the N.P.W.S. Blackheath Office prior to loading walks in this area. (Blue Mountains N.P. HA. Groat Western Highway, Blackheath, or P.O. Box 43).
+Federation would like to see the widest circulation possible for the Newsletter. Almost unlimited number of copies are available to member clubs, so any S.B.W. member can obtain these, but Federation is intending to advertise the Newsletter at $3 per annum for others.
-MacDonnel Ranges's
-. .Federation donated $30 to the committee endeavouring to set up a national park here.
+===N.P.W.S. Camping Permits:===
-Search & Re cues
-- A S. & R. practice is to be held on July 17-18. Details later, or contact your S. & R. contacts.
+National Parks & Wildlife Service policy is to issue permits on an annual basis, mainly to record usage and to formally notify people of their obligations in National Parks. Specific time and place permits are not encouraged, although some Park Superintendents do favour these. In particular, the Blue Mountains Park Superintendent is one of these, and it would be best to contact the N.P.W.S. Blackheath Office prior to leading walks in this area. (Blue Mountains N.P. H/Q. Great Western Highway, Blackheath, or P.O. Box 43).
-Border._Ranges Trip was a success, despite a shortened walks programme.
-Hour Walks
+===MacDonnel Ranges:===
-Alee of $10 is payable for entrants, which includes transport, refreshments, maps.
-Contest "Why I Go Walking" essay contest. Finishes 1st June. Prize $20. details refer February Federation Newsletter or see a delegate.
+Federation donated $30 to the committee endeavouring to set up a national park here.
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+===Search & Rescue:===
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+A S. & R. practice is to be held on July 17-18. Details later, or contact your S. & R. contacts.
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+===Border Ranges Trip:===
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+Was a success, despite a shortened walks programme.
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+===24-Hour Walk:===
-FREE POSTAGE ON ALL ORDERS. Below is alist of some of the gear we
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+A fee of $10 is payable for entrants, which includes transport, refreshments, maps.
-Typhoon Oilskin parkas - standard model 21400
-(all sizes) delux model 24.00
+===Contest:===
-Cagoules, neoprene-coated nylon 18.40
-Zip parkas, neoprene-coated nylon 23.00
+"Why I Go Walking" essay contest. Finishes 1st June. Prize $20. details refer February Federation Newsletter or see a delegate.
-Long woollen socks 4.50
-Short woollen socks 2.75
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-Jumpers, 100% natural black greasy wool 20.00
-Jumpers, pure wool, fair-isle patterns 19.00
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-Balaclavas, pure wool 2440
-Hats, pure wool, fair-isle patterns 2.75
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-Light woollen shirts, check patterns 9-50
-Ranger, heavy wool shirts, check patterns 14.50
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-Mountaineer, heavy wool shirts, checks and tartans 17.00
-Trousers, woollen tweed 14.50
+We have a prompt mail order service to Australian customers - **free postage on all orders**. Below is alist of some of the gear we stock - Prices quoted in New Zealand dollars (NZ $1 = A $0.83). We prefer payment by bank draft in New Zealand currency.
-Days sacs, from 15.00
-K-2 double wall tents 94.00
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-K-2 special medium rucksacks 72,00
+|Typhoon Oilskin parkas - standard model|21.00|
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+|Long woollen socks|4.50|
-K-2 Junior rucksacks 42.00
+|Short woollen socks|2.75|
-K-2 Bivouac rucksacks 16.75
+|Jumpers, 100% natural black greasy wool|20.00|
-K-2 Aarn I climbing and ski-touring pack 58.50
+|Jumpers, pure wool, fair-isle patterns|19.00|
-K-2 Aarn II pack 51.00
+|Balaclavas, pure wool|2.40|
-intest nylon tents from 37.00
+|Hats, pure wool, fair-isle patterns|2.75
-Fairydown Everest sleeping bags from 91.00
+|Light woollen shirts, check patterns|9.50|
-Everest Mummy sleeping bags from 86.00
+|Ranger, heavy wool shirts, check patterns|14.50|
-Twenty Below sleeping bags from 72.00
+|Mountaineer, heavy wool shirts, checks and tartans|17.00|
-Explorer sleeping bags from 58.2
+|Trousers, woollen tweed|14.50|
-Mountain Mule Rucksacks2
+|Days sacs, from|15.00|
-Featherlite standard - largo 58.00
+|K-2 double wall tents|94.00|
-Heavy duty standard 61.00
+|K-2 special medium rucksacks|72.00|
-f t I I super 67.50
+|K-2 special large rucksacks|74.00|
-LExpedition standard 58.00
+|K-2 standard medium rucksacks|69.00|
-t t super 63.50
+|K-2 standard large rucksacks|70.00|
-Mammoth 77.00
+|K-2 Intermediate rucksacks|55.00|
-AND MUCH MORE - - URITE FOR A PRICE LIST (Address above)
+|K-2 Junior rucksacks|42.00|
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+|K-2 Bivouac rucksacks|16.75|
+|K-2 Aarn I climbing and ski-touring pack|58.50|
+|K-2 Aarn II pack|51.00|
+|Wintest nylon tents from|37.00|
+|Fairydown Everest sleeping bags from|91.00|
+|Everest Mummy sleeping bags from|86.00|
+|Twenty Below sleeping bags from|72.00|
+|Explorer sleeping bags from|58.23|
+|Mountain Mule Rucksacks:| |
+|- Featherlite standard - large|58.00|
+|- Heavy duty standard|61.00|
+|- Heavy duty super|67.50|
+|- Expedition standard|58.00|
+|-Expedition super|63.50|
+|Mammoth|77.00|
+And much more - write for a price list (Address above).
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 by Jim Brown.