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 This hospitable action apparently set the seal for the rest of our stay in India for we have been overwhelmed and embarrassed by the hospitality here. It is embarrassing because we cannot hope to repay it.
-On route to Patna, within minutes of boarding the train we were engaged in conversation by an obviously well-educated Indian whose impeccable English put us to shame. He offered us fruit and after some little time invited us to stop off at his home in Sitamarki. We kept refusing politely till he said, "If you come we shall refresh our minds." For 24 hours we were treated like V.I.P.s. We were fed the most delioious Indian food. We talked on a wide variety of topics, Australia, India, politics of both countries, social customs, religion, etc. etc.
+On route to Patna, within minutes of boarding the train we were engaged in conversation by an obviously well-educated Indian whose impeccable English put us to shame. He offered us fruit and after some little time invited us to stop off at his home in Sitamarki. We kept refusing politely till he said, "If you come we shall refresh our minds." For 24 hours we were treated like V.I.P.s. We were fed the most delicious Indian food. We talked on a wide variety of topics, Australia, India, politics of both countries, social customs, religion, etc. etc.
 All sorts of people - friends and relations - were invited and introduced to join in the discourse. His children were given the day off school "to listen to this interesting talk". His brother admitted to us that he had neglected his business for the day so that he could spend the time talking with us. He was a B.A. in political science - a little overawing to a non-scholarly person like myself. Every educated Indian seems to be a Bachelor of this or a Master of that but there are few who in vocation follow what their B or M has "prepared" them for. We were told much later by a graduate engineer that the education "they" were getting was of little value in a country that couldn't find them jobs with remuneration commensurate with their standard of learning.
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 Agra has many other places and handicrafts of interest. You can buy "pure" silk shirts that "don't shrink", but when washed only regain 2/3 their former size. You can purchase "very cheap" tiny, small, slightly larger, big, larger still and huge models of the Taj made from every conceivable material. You can buy a sittar at an unnameable sum which you can take back to Australia and hang on the wall or sell(?) at an "enormous profit".
-Agra has a Red Fort. Jaipur has a pink city. This is undergoing reincarnation by being repainted in the most ghastly, billious pink unimaginable and will take another 12 months to complete. Some of the billious pink must have got mixed up with the red plaster for the fort, or they ran out of cochineal, because Jaipur has an "Amber Fort". Jaipur is the possessor of a most amazing astronomical observatory from point of age, preservation and'accuracy. Shah Jahan (Taj M.) was responsible of course around the 1740's. Has the largest stone sundial in the world capable of an accuracy of 2 seconds, planet orbit maps and various other goodies.
+Agra has a Red Fort. Jaipur has a pink city. This is undergoing reincarnation by being repainted in the most ghastly, billious pink unimaginable and will take another 12 months to complete. Some of the billious pink must have got mixed up with the red plaster for the fort, or they ran out of cochineal, because Jaipur has an "Amber Fort". Jaipur is the possessor of a most amazing astronomical observatory from point of age, preservation and accuracy. Shah Jahan (Taj M.) was responsible of course around the 1740's. Has the largest stone sundial in the world capable of an accuracy of 2 seconds, planet orbit maps and various other goodies.
 The one thing you can say about Indian rail service is that it is cheap. Even reserved 2nd Class is cheap. 1st Class is treble. One thing you cannot say about Indian trains is that they are comfortable. Another thing you cannot say is that they are not overcrowded. When I saw a local train depart from Patna Station my eyes came out like organ stops. Bodies were clinging outside closed doors and there were bodies clinging to these. There were bodies on the roof - they at least looked comfortable. There were (to my utter amazement) bodies riding the bogies under the carriages. Goodness knows how many human sardines were packed inside.
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 This reminded me of the Foreign P.O. in Kathmandu. Inside on a large board, beautifully signwritten, was the inscription in English, "The articles listed below are forbidden exports." Underneath in columns the articles were listed for all to see in neat Sanskrit.
-Delhi has a Red Fort. In fact, every city in Northern India worthy of the name has a Red Fort. They vary in quality and size and come in assorted shapes. Some have glass palaces (Persian Archetecture), some have meeting places. They all have huge courtyards. They all have mosques. The Moguls built them - they must have been busy boys. How they managed this as well as all the fighting is worth investigating. The Red Fort is in Delhi (Old Delhi) and has lush green lawns for lazing on. It was great after the trials of travelling to luxuriate on the lawn under a tree and ree - lee - aaxx.
+Delhi has a Red Fort. In fact, every city in Northern India worthy of the name has a Red Fort. They vary in quality and size and come in assorted shapes. Some have glass palaces (Persian Architecture), some have meeting places. They all have huge courtyards. They all have mosques. The Moguls built them - they must have been busy boys. How they managed this as well as all the fighting is worth investigating. The Red Fort is in Delhi (Old Delhi) and has lush green lawns for lazing on. It was great after the trials of travelling to luxuriate on the lawn under a tree and ree - lee - aaxx.
-You must not confuse Delhi and __New__ Delhi. New Delhi doesn't have a Red Fort. It has Connaught Place. This is another fiendish Indian invention to confound the unwary. It has an inner and outer circle like a bull's eye. I haven't yot worked out whether C.P1. is the inner circle (bull) or the outer circle (inner) or the inner and outer. If it is the outer or the inner it will have two sides, inside and outside. It also has radial roads. So to find somewhere in C.P1. you have to nominate whether it is on the inside or the outside of the inner or the outer circle and between X and Y radial roads. If however it is the inner - never mind, we'll leave that till next lesson. Q.E.D.
+You must not confuse Delhi and __New__ Delhi. New Delhi doesn't have a Red Fort. It has Connaught Place. This is another fiendish Indian invention to confound the unwary. It has an inner and outer circle like a bull's eye. I haven't yet worked out whether C.P1. is the inner circle (bull) or the outer circle (inner) or the inner and outer. If it is the outer or the inner it will have two sides, inside and outside. It also has radial roads. So to find somewhere in C.P1. you have to nominate whether it is on the inside or the outside of the inner or the outer circle and between X and Y radial roads. If however it is the inner - never mind, we'll leave that till next lesson. Q.E.D.
 New Delhi in comparison with other Indian cities is BIG. The business centre is separated from the Embassies by miles of wide-wide streets. The Embassies are sited in "The Diplomatic Enclave" which is itself miles long and a mile wide. So if the bus driver puts you down one stop from your destination (either way) you have about a mile to walk.
-N. Delhi has lots of trees and people and is the capital city of India. A visit to "The Super Bazaar" would certainly not convince you of this. Any one of Sydney's small back alley supermarkets would outshine and outstook the "Super Bazaar". It was, I'm afraid, a tremendous let-down.
+N. Delhi has lots of trees and people and is the capital city of India. A visit to "The Super Bazaar" would certainly not convince you of this. Any one of Sydney's small back alley supermarkets would outshine and outstock the "Super Bazaar". It was, I'm afraid, a tremendous let-down.
 Here again we met friendly and hospitable people - mostly on buses - who invited us to take coffee at the "India Coffee House" (a very inexpensive place for a light meal) and then invited us to visit them. We accepted the invitations. One fellow really embarrassed us by taking us to a restaurant and spending Rs.50 - to an Indian a small fortune - and refusing to let us pay half the bill.
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-Dinner prior to the january General Meeting will be at Namroc Chinese Restaurant, Pacific Highway, Crows Nest - very clost to the club rooms, near the shopping centre. Gather there at 6 p.m. Everybody welcome.
+Dinner prior to the January General Meeting will be at Namroc Chinese Restaurant, Pacific Highway, Crows Nest - very close to the club rooms, near the shopping centre. Gather there at 6 p.m. Everybody welcome.
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-SANCHI SOUL SEARCHING.
+=====Sanchi Soul Searching.=====
 by Owen Marks.
-In an article by a very erudite writer in last month's magazine, he started with this sentenoe- "I had just came down with typhoid." "What can I write to top this? Such a beginning! I remember reading many years ago that editors just open manuscripts that have been submitted by struggling authors and have spent many years writing, but when seeing the first sentence, the novel is brushed aside into the nearest waste paper basket. Such is the power of the opening phrases. I suppose I could
-start off with an aside "Mae Vest smiled coyly and whispered to me,
+In an article by a very erudite writer in last month's magazine, he started with this sentence:- "I had just came down with typhoid." What can I write to top this? Such a beginning! I remember reading many years ago that editors just open manuscripts that have been submitted by struggling authors and have spent many years writing, but when seeing the first sentence, the novel is brushed aside into the nearest waste paper basket. Such is the power of the opening phrases. I suppose I could start off with an aside... "Mae Vest smiled coyly and whispered to me, 'That was the most wonderful experience of my life'." Not strong enough? How about... "I gazed at the autographed photograph of Cassius Clay and read the words that I had learnt by heart many years ago: 'To Owen, you are the greatest.'" Fitting indeed but all lies. I shall start this article again...
-'That was the most wonderful experience of my life l.' Not strong enough?
-How about "I gazed at the autographed photograph of Cassius Clay and read. the words that I had learnt by heart m-,ny years ajo: 'To Owen, you are the greatest,'" Fitting indeed but all lies. I shall start this article again......
+The world one to an end but I survived. How it all came about is hereby disclosed. I boarded a plane from Patna en route to Nepal. This was in December of 1961 or early January '62. Anyway, the plane had only three or four passengers and a hostess that was on strike. After closing the door she went and sat down and knitted until the plane stopped taxiing along Katmandu Airstrip.
-The world one to an end but I survived. How it all came about is hereby disclosed. I boarded a plane from Patna en route to Nepal. This was in December of 1961 or early January '62. Anyway, the plane had only three or four passengers and a hostess that was on strike. Lfter closing the door she went and sat down and knitted until the plane stopped taxiing along Katmandu Airstrip.
-, Nepal was all ablaze with the rumors "The world is Gaming to an end." It had started a wek previously with the shattering announoements by Hindu astrologers that for the first time in our solar system all the planets were in-line and the earth would crumble or explode or something. On top of this-, there wero two invisible planets that were also in the same straight line; such gravitational force would destroy our galaxy. The whole population wab camped out in the parO4e grounds, army barracks, parks and any vacant piece of allotment that is still around this wonderful medieval- city. Only the night before there was an earth tremor and many were injured.
+Nepal was all ablaze with the rumors - "The world is coming to an end." It had started a week previously with the shattering announcements by Hindu astrologers that for the first time in our solar system all the planets were in-line and the earth would crumble or explode or something. On top of this, there were two invisible planets that were also in the same straight line; such gravitational force would destroy our galaxy. The whole population was camped out in the parade grounds, army barracks, parks and any vacant piece of allotment that is still around this wonderful medieval city. Only the night before there was an earth tremor and many were injured.
-I booked into an empty hotel and started sightseeing. Everyone was praying. There was a man standing waist deep in the fast flowing
-Page 11 THE SYDNEY BUSHIPILLKER December, 1976.
+I booked into an empty hotel and started sightseeing. Everyone was praying. There was a man standing waist deep in the fast flowing freezing stream that bisects the town. By doing this penance with prayer for a week he would try and avert such a calamitous occasion. The main square (where the Child Goddess is held up at the window - that one near the markets) was full of holy men reciting from holy books, wailing women, all freezing after being outside in the Himalayan winter for nearly a week, were lighting candles and getting all excited. Well, nothing happened, as you all guessed, and we tourists were all assured that the prayers of the Nepalese had saved the world.
-freezing stream that bisects the town. By doing this penance with, prayer for a week he would try and avert such a calamitous occasion
-The main square (where the Child Goddess is held up at the window - that one near the markets) was full of holy men reciting from holy books, wailing wamenvall freezing after being outside in the Himalayan winter for nearly a week, were lighting candles and getting all excited. Well, nothing happened, as you all guessed, and we tourists were all assured that the prayers of the Ner-alese had saved the world.
+You may be saying to yourself "What a load of rubbish! Read on - because only three weeks later when I was in Sanchi in Central India the world really did came to an end.
-You may be saying to yourself "What a lead of rubbish! Read on - because only three weeks later when I was in Sanchi in Central India the world. really did came to an end.
-By some weird astrological reasoning, India's day of reckoning would happen a month later; and so I had to put up all that rubbish all over again. But 400 times worse. I heard Nehru on All India Radio imploring all the masses to have reason and not to be influenced by the doansayers. Newspapers carried stories and pictures of the various pujaw that war o happening all over the land. Everyone was going home to perish with thE'l- loved ones.
+By some weird astrological reasoning, India's day of reckoning would happen a month later; and so I had to put up with all that rubbish all over again. But 400 times worse. I heard Nehru on All India Radio imploring all the masses to have reason and not to be influenced by the doomsayers. Newspapers carried stories and pictures of the various pujas that were happening all over the land. Everyone was going home to perish with their loved ones.
-Indian trains are crowded to overflowing at the best of times, but now when the panic was on it was just unbelievable, To get on a train, requi'red all of my acting talents and to have the hide of an armadillo. I would wait until the train would just be pulling out and I would jump into the carriage "Reserved for Ladies", and the express would rocket along to the next station with all the ladies murmuring and getting indignant o I even travelled First Class.
-I decided to travel via Benares and that was my BIG mistake. Benares being the Holy City was the focal point for India's 800 million and a safe place to be in at this terrible juncture. , The reason being that as Benares is the Centre of the Universe as well, it would., survive such calamities that would:blot out the rest of human existence. Comfort indeta, Benares was then, as it is now and forever shall be a city of death; to die in such holy surroundings with the Ganges flowing by and temples to gaze at with glazing eyes, and to smell the barbecues on the ghats, is to die in peace. But this is not a travelogue on Benares. Down to business
+Indian trains are crowded to overflowing at the best of times, but now when the panic was on it was just unbelievable. To get on a train required all of my acting talents and to have the hide of an armadillo. I would wait until the train would just be pulling out and I would jump into the carriage "Reserved for Ladies", and the express would rocket along to the next station with all the ladies murmuring and getting indignant. I even travelled First Class.
-I arrived at Sanchi late at night by train, and I was the only one who got off at this lonely spot. -I had all the station to myself, which is rare indeed in India; -Sanchi is in the middle of nowhere, just a railway station., an insignificant large village and the Famous Ruins. Built 400 B.C., and the most perfectly preserved stone carving and a smallish stupa with a titsy-bitsy piece of The Buddha inside. (Maybe a hair, a tooth? even a toenail clipping')
-Well, the night I arrived was the last night on earth. liext day would be - The End of the World. The village was in a frenzy. Bells bonging in the temples, non-stop chanting from the many pujas, with ft enLied wailing in screaming crescendoes. What a night to be in the First Class waiting room! No sleep at all for me, and by picanninny
+I decided to travel via Benares and that was my BIG mistake. Benares being the Holy City was the focal point for India's 800 million and a safe place to be in at this terrible juncture. The reason being that as Benares is the Centre of the Universe as well, it would survive such calamities that would blot out the rest of human existence. Comfort indeed. Benares was then, as it is now and forever shall be, a city of death; to die in such holy surroundings with the Ganges flowing by and temples to gaze at with glazing eyes, and to smell the barbecues on the ghats, is to die in peace. But this is not a travelogue on Benares. Down to business...
-Page 1 2. THE SYDNEY BUSINALKER December, 1976.
-dawn I was a nervous wreck and thoroughly exhausted. I decided to climb the hill behind the station and explore the ruins before dawn just in case the world would come to an end and me missing such a sight. Climbed the fence and sat amidst the ruins and surveyed the universe. 200 ft below could be seen the myriads of candles of the peasants at prayer amidst the gum trees and grevillias, and,' thought that this would be a pleasant place to exit this earth from.
+I arrived at Sanchi late at night by train, and I was the only one who got off at this lonely spot. I had all the station to myself, which is rare indeed in India. Sanchi is in the middle of nowhere, just a railway station, an insignificant large village and the Famous Ruins. Built 400 B.C., and the most perfectly preserved stone carving and a smallish stupa with a titsy-bitsy piece of The Buddha inside. (Maybe a hair, a tooth? even a toenail clipping?)
-Dawn was fading into day and the sun was rising out of the plains
-of Central India. (I always like looking at sunrises and sunsets to see if loan see the green spark that is supposed to occur. I never have.) The sun was rising up above the mists when the sounds of the village behind me reached a pitch that meant in English "Prepare ye the way".
+Well, the night I arrived was the last night on earth. Next day would be - The End of the World. The village was in a frenzy. Bells bonging in the temples, non-stop chanting from the many pujas, with frenzied wailing in screaming crescendoes. What a night to be in the First Class waiting room! No sleep at all for me, and by picanninny dawn I was a nervous wreck and thoroughly exhausted. I decided to climb the hill behind the station and explore the ruins before dawn just in case the world would come to an end and me missing such a sight. Climbed the fence and sat amidst the ruins and surveyed the universe. 200 ft below could be seen the myriads of candles of the peasants at prayer amidst the gum trees and grevillias, and I thought that this would be a pleasant place to exit this earth from.
-I looked. back and an awesome sight greeted me. To the west along the entire horizon as far a6 the eye could see, north and south was a curving black cloud with white billows surging up and down. 'Twas like
-a monster wtve miles high. Than the howling wind turned into a hurricane force wind and swept the bare country barer than bare Deccan can ever be. The wind was travelling towards the cloud and it was getting stronger as the Black Moving Wall came closer. Then the calla came and the wall of water was just about to break. The cloud could be seen to have an inner movement; from top to bottom the billowing would race and from bottom to top, and was as creepy as the Blob from Outer Space.
+Dawn was fading into day and the sun was rising out of the plains of Central India. (I always like looking at sunrises and sunsets to see if I can see the green spark that is supposed to occur. I never have.) The sun was rising up above the mists when the sounds of the village behind me reached a pitch that meant in English "Prepare ye the way".
-I ran into a solid stone shelter shed that must have been part once of the temple complex, 02 else it was built with excavated stones, anyway I waited for the storm to break. I felt sorry for the villagers below. I could really believe the astrologers' warning, myself. I knew it was only a mere storm but the screamings below meant that they had three or four minutes to live.
-:Rain plated down; silky oaks were uprooted, sticks were whipped along like bullets and I-tArt frightened and went to the back 6f the shelter shed and thought that maybe these Indians aren't stupid after all.
+I looked back and an awesome sight greeted me. To the west along the entire horizon as far as the eye could see, north and south was a curving black cloud with white billows surging up and down. 'Twas like a monster wave miles high. Then the howling wind turned into a hurricane force wind and swept the bare country barer than bare Deccan can ever be. The wind was travelling towards the cloud and it was getting stronger as the Black Moving Wall came closer. Then the calm came and the wall of water was just about to break. The cloud could be seen to have an inner movement; from top to bottom the billowing would race and from bottom to top, and was as creepy as the Blob from Outer Space.
-Half an hour and it was all over. The sun shone and the world survived. The train line didntt. Washaways, trees across the roads, considerable damage to homes, and stock were injured. The village was peaceful at last. After a week's preparation and 1-st night's orgy of prayers, it war,' a wonder that they were physically able to breathe without exhaustion.
-Later when I arrived at Aurangabad the newspapers were full 6f the anticlimax. My storm wasntt even mentioned! But all the religious Indians are assured that the power of prayer was the reason the world is here now and no matter what you say to them, it availeth you naught.
+I ran into a solid stone shelter shed that must have been part once of the temple complex, or else it was built with excavated stones, anyway I waited for the storm to break. I felt sorry for the villagers below. I could really believe the astrologers' warning, myself. I knew it was only a mere storm but the screamings below meant that they had three or four minutes to live.
-Such is my story. That would an editor think of all this if he
-had judged it by the first few words? Our editor must have been impressed otherwise you would not be reading this.
+Rain plated down; silky oaks were uprooted, sticks were whipped along like bullets and I got frightened and went to the back of the shelter shed and thought that maybe these Indians aren't stupid after all.
-Regards to all my readers and I hope that in 1977 everyone does make at least one trip to India. Always worthwhile
-Page THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER December, 1976.
+Half an hour and it was all over. The sun shone and the world survived. The train line didn't. Washaways, trees across the roads, considerable damage to homes, and stock were injured. The village was peaceful at last. After a week's preparation and last night's orgy of prayers, it was a wonder that they were physically able to breathe without exhaustion.
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+Later when I arrived at Aurangabad the newspapers were full of the anticlimax. My storm wasn't even mentioned! But all the religious Indians are assured that the power of prayer was the reason the world is here now and no matter what you say to them, it availeth you naught.
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+=====Pantoney's Crown - 9/10/11 July '76.=====
 by David Cotton.
-!POTS of the P,arLys Ray Hookway (leader), Margaret Reid, Fazely Read, John Redfern, Rick Kingand David Cotton.
-Pantoney's Crown is an isolated Mountain located about 5 miles east of Capertee, just off the Glen Davis Road.
+__Members of the Party__: Ray Hookway (leader), Margaret Reid, Fazely Read, John Redfern, Rick King and David Cotton.
-On Saturday we woke early to find a bright clear day dawning with a 'thick crisp coating of ice over everything. After a quick breakfast we were off on an early start to "do" Pantoney's Crown.
-Previous reports indicated that this was going to be a tough trip, but as the trip progressed it became more apparent that some reports of the difficulties of the area were grossly exaggerated. The approach towards Pantoney's was rather open bush with one or two Patches of scrubby bush to skirt around, together with a few small hills to descend or climb.
+Pantoney's Crown is an isolated mountain located about 5 miles east of Capertee, just off the Glen Davis Road.
-The actual ascent of Pantoney's Crown was steep and Ray's short leh of light rope came in handy over one or two spots in the final
- :,-,oJe to the top. The area on top was somewhat scrubby in patches. tIlere are many nice little spots for lunch and plenty of panoramic vfewe in all directions.
+On Saturday we woke early to find a bright clear day dawning with a thick crisp coating of ice over everything. After a quick breakfast we were off on an early start to "do" Pantoney's Crown.
-The deseont from Pantoney's on the northern end required the use of :ey's
-little piece of rope again in a couple of places and possibly an old
+Previous reports indicated that this was going to be a tough trip, but as the trip progressed it became more apparent that some reports of the difficulties of the area were grossly exaggerated. The approach towards Pantoney's was rather open bush with one or two patches of scrubby bush to skirt around, together with a few small hills to descend or climb.
- of snow skis would be nice for going down the rather loose and steep sIepo along the ridge which we followed down to Cooee Creek From here we 1,ad a short road bash back to the cars.
-Pe. a ceeneral summary I would consider the trip to he easymedium and ii vierli the effort. The best approach to climb Pantoney's Crown is
+The actual ascent of Pantoney's Crown was steep and Ray's short length of light rope came in handy over one or two spots in the final scramble to the top. The area on top was somewhat scrubby in patches. However there are many nice little spots for lunch and plenty of panoramic views in all directions.
- the southern end. During the warmer months water in the area is
- and it would. be wise to carry drinking requirements. A short leagth of rope to use as a hand line would also be very valuable.
+The descent from Pantoney's on the northern end required the use of Ray's little piece of rope again in a couple of places and possibly an old pair of snow skis would be nice for going down the rather loose and steep slope along the ridge which we followed down to Cooee Creek. From here we had a short road bash back to the cars.
-his area presents a splendid variety of walks and scrambles and I
-am looking forward to scan,: more walking done here, especially trips that
+As a general summary I would consider the trip to be easy-medium and well worth the effort. The best approach to climb Pantoney's Crown is from the southern end. During the warmer months water in the area is scarce and it would be wise to carry drinking requirements. A short length of rope to use as a hand line would also be very valuable.
-eeluile,Pantoney's Crown.
-''.:enday's day trip to Tayer Pic went as planned. Unfortunately I wo unable to go as I had come down with a very bad bout of influenza
+This area presents a splendid variety of walks and scrambles and I am looking forward to seeing more walking done here, especially trips that include Pantoney's Crown.
- ae a result I remained in a rather motionless horizontal position o7e:7.st. the intrepid five took off on a rather quick trip to Tayer Pic and ',pack again. From all accounts this was also quite a delightful and v ernio'lile trip.
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+Sunday's day trip to Tayer Pic went as planned. Unfortunately I was unable to go as I had come down with a very bad bout of influenza and as a result I remained in a rather motionless horizontal position whilst the intrepid five took off on a rather quick trip to Tayer Pic and back again. From all accounts this was also quite a delightful and worthwhile trip.
-o T177 RECOED? From John Hunt's book "The Ascent of Everest" Sixty minpoa in a 12 man dome tent.
-Page 15. THE SYDNEY BUSHWALFER December, 1976.
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-WALK NOTES.
-by Len Newland. (Ph g 432419 (B))
+====Tent Record?====
-May I take this opportunity to remind members of the availability of the autumn walks program, and their responsibility to fill it. We are especially in need of test walks after the shortage of these on the sumMer program of which the following description is a good sample. I should remind members also that there is no need to avoid the program because you can only give short notice; walks can always be put on the notice board or it the magazine, such as appeared in the November magazine.
-WALKS FOR JANUARY TOt Walk
+From John Hunt's book "The Ascent of Everest" - Sixty sherpas camped in a 12 man dome tent.
-The one and only for this month is to be led by-John Fox on the long weekend January 28, 29 and 304 The walk is from Fitzroy Falls in the Morton National Park to the spectacular Kangaroo Valley and the Club's cwn property,'Coolana, and back to Fitzroy Falls. The exercise I Understand, involves an 'unusual approach into Coolana.
-ba66'Camps.
+----
-John Fox strikes again, with a base camp and dail
-from Coolana, to be held on New Year's weekend January 1 and 2.
+=====Walks Notes.=====
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+by Len Newland. (Ph: 432419 (B))
-"Good trick!"
-Page 16, THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER December, 1976.
+May I take this opportunity to remind members of the availability of the autumn walks program, and their responsibility to fill it. We are especially in need of test walks after the shortage of these on the summer program of which the following description is a good sample. I should remind members also that there is no need to avoid the program because you can only give short notice; walks can always be put on the notice board or it the magazine, such as appeared in the November magazine.
-WALKS NonsIgE,1
-Also base camping this month is Wayne Steele. On the weekend January 21,22 and 237-he will be taking day trips from Wiseman's Ferry concentrating on Aboriginal carvings. As Wayne is topnotch at finding his way around, I am sure that this will be a fulfilling experience.
+====Walks For January.====
-Walks/Swims.
+===Test Walk.===
+The one and only for this month is to be led by John Fox on the long weekend January 28, 29 and 30. The walk is from Fitzroy Falls in the Morton National Park to the spectacular Kangaroo Valley and the Club's own property, Coolana, and back to Fitzroy Falls. The exercise, I understand, involves an unusual approach into Coolana.
+===Base Camps.===
+John Fox strikes again, with a base camp and daily walk from Coolana, to be held on New Year's weekend January 1 and 2.
+Also base camping this month is Wayne Steele. On the weekend January 21, 22 and 23, he will be taking day trips from Wiseman's Ferry concentrating on Aboriginal carvings. As Wayne is topnotch at finding his way around, I am sure that this will be a fulfilling experience.
+===Weekend Walks/Swims.===
 January 14/15/16 sees Tony Denham, famous for his investigations into teas, leading a walk with swims, starting from the Six Foot Track, down to Cox's River and back to Carlon's Farm. There are a couple of very nice swimming holes in the Jenolan Creek near where it joins the Cox.
-Hans Stiohter also visits the Cox's River, by way of Carlon's Farm, Tinpot Hill and Breakfast Crook. He also promises swimming, and the date is January 22 and 23 (Saturday morning start).
-Another meekend trip with swimming -curs on the Australia Day weekend January 23,29,30 and 31, with Barry Zieren at the helm. The walk will be from Bundeena to Marley. The swims? Lots.
-Day Waikp Swims.
-January 9th's swim is in the Hawkedbury River region, taking the ferry to Little Wobby and a walk to Rocky Ponds, Margaret Reid takes you there.
-The same day sports the only day walk for the month Which does not advertise swimminE (but there is swimming just the same). This is Kath Brumn's walk from Bundoena to Den Pool and Little Manley. Thu Royal National Park in summer uniform.
-January 16, and_ Barrj Zieren appears again, to show the splendours of The Basin, Macherel Beach and West Head. With the grading very easy, I suspect swimming is the prime objective.
-This day also has Sheila BL-,ns walking and swimming from Engadine to Heathcote via Tukawa Rill, Kangaroo Creek and Karloo Pool, Kangnroo Creek contains some excellent swimming spots.
-Frances Christie walks Heathcote to Kingdom Come via Lake Echersley on January.23. I have never seen Lake Edkersley. Why not swim down and see it.
-And finally, Otford to 3urning Palms, on January 30, Tony Denham swims again, and you're invited to join him.
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-CARS- SAFE IN BUSHFIRES
-(The following article is reprinted from "The BuSh Fire Bulletin'; Autumn 1975)
-Experiments carried out by the Forestry and Timber Bureau, Canberra, have confirmed that people caught in cars by bushfires should remain in their vehicles. The tests have proved findings from studies of some of Australia's worst bushfires that the safest place for a person whose car is trapped by fire is to remain in it with all the windows and vents closed. The best place to shelter is beneath the seat level whether front or rear, preferably with covering such as a blanket pulled over the body. Thermocouples (instruments to measure heat) placed inside a test car showed that the air temperature was about 51C (125F) - about the same as shade temperature on a hot summer day in many parts of Australia.
-The worst part of the heat and radiation from a large bushfire which passes around and over a car lasts for only 3 to 5 minutes and a person who has remained in his vehicle until the fire has passed can get out and walk to safety over burnt ground, Tests conducted at the same time showed that
-even fierce fires should not cause car petrol tanks to explode. Seven unprotected tanks of various popular model cars, each
-containing about 18 litres (4 gallons) of petrol were placed
-on 61 cm (2 ft) thick piles of pine. None exploded as the timber was burnt. In each case, the heat forced petrol vapour out of the filler cap vent and this then burnt strongly. But
-no explosion resulted nor did the tank seams rupture. In tests involving the car, vapour from the petrol tank did not ignite,
-The experiments were carried out in Stromlo Forest near
-Canberra. For the test involving the car, windous of slah pine
-x 4 in (50 ft long, 15 ft wide) and 1.3 to 1.8 m (4 ft to 5 ft) high were situated 3 in (10 ft) from one side of the car in one test and the same distance from both sides in another. Flames 7.5 to 9 m (25 ft to 30 ft) high were produced when the timber fuel burnt most intensely. The tests disclosed that closing the car's windows cut down the amount of radiation entering the cabin by two-thirds. The Acting Director of the
-Forest Research Institute (Mr. A.G. McArthur) said the tests
-proved beyond doubt that the safest action for people caught in cars by bushfires was to remain in their vehicles. He said that the tests on petrol tanks had shown there was no need to fear explosions from this source, Also investigations of
-cars burnt in the Hobart fires of 1967 had not shown that any petrol tanks had exploded,
+Hans Stichter also visits the Cox's River, by way of Carlon's Farm, Tinpot Hill and Breakfast Creek. He also promises swimming, and the date is January 22 and 23 (Saturday morning start).
+Another weekend trip with swimming occurs on the Australia Day weekend January 23, 29, 30 and 31, with Barry Zieren at the helm. The walk will be from Bundeena to Marley. The swims? Lots.
+===Day Walks/Swims.===
+January 9th's swim is in the Hawkesbury River region, taking the ferry to Little Wobby and a walk to Rocky Ponds. Margaret Reid takes you there.
+The same day sports the only day walk for the month which does not advertise swimming (but there is swimming just the same). This is Kath Brown's walk from Bundeena to Deer Pool and Little Marley. The Royal National Park in summer uniform.
+January 16, and Barry Zieren appears again, to show the splendours of The Basin, Mackerel Beach and West Head. With the grading very easy, I suspect swimming is the prime objective.
+This day also has Sheila Binns walking and swimming from Engadine to Heathcote via Tukawa Rill, Kangaroo Creek and Karloo Pool. Kangaroo Creek contains some excellent swimming spots.
+Frances Christie walks Heathcote to Kingdom Come via Lake Echersley on January 23. I have never seen Lake Echersley. Why not swim down and see it.
+And finally, Otford to Burning Palms, on January 30. Tony Denham swims again, and you're invited to join him.
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+Experiments carried out by the Forestry and Timber Bureau, Canberra, have confirmed that people caught in cars by bushfires should remain in their vehicles. The tests have proved findings from studies of some of Australia's worst bushfires that the safest place for a person whose car is trapped by fire is to remain in it with all the windows and vents closed. The best place to shelter is beneath the seat level whether front or rear, preferably with covering such as a blanket pulled over the body. Thermocouples (instruments to measure heat) placed inside a test car showed that the air temperature was about 51°C (125°F) - about the same as shade temperature on a hot summer day in many parts of Australia.
+The worst part of the heat and radiation from a large bushfire which passes around and over a car lasts for only 3 to 5 minutes and a person who has remained in his vehicle until the fire has passed can get out and walk to safety over burnt ground. Tests conducted at the same time showed that even fierce fires should not cause car petrol tanks to explode. Seven unprotected tanks of various popular model cars, each containing about 18 litres (4 gallons) of petrol were placed on 61 cm (2 ft) thick piles of pine. None exploded as the timber was burnt. In each case, the heat forced petrol vapour out of the filler cap vent and this then burnt strongly. But no explosion resulted nor did the tank seams rupture. In tests involving the car, vapour from the petrol tank did not ignite.
+The experiments were carried out in Stromlo Forest near Canberra. For the test involving the car, windows of slah pine 15 x 4 1/2 m (50 ft long, 15 ft wide) and 1.3 to 1.8 m (4 ft to 5 ft) high were situated 3 m (10 ft) from one side of the car in one test and the same distance from both sides in another. Flames 7.5 to 9 m (25 ft to 30 ft) high were produced when the timber fuel burnt most intensely. The tests disclosed that closing the car's windows cut down the amount of radiation entering the cabin by two-thirds. The Acting Director of the Forest Research Institute (Mr. A.G. McArthur) said the tests proved beyond doubt that the safest action for people caught in cars by bushfires was to remain in their vehicles. He said that the tests on petrol tanks had shown there was no need to fear explosions from this source. Also investigations of 1200 cars burnt in the Hobart fires of 1967 had not shown that any petrol tanks had exploded.
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