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And as I fork out the one pound something agaia for a ticket, thoughts of a calamitous war are blotted out by my personal disaster. | And as I fork out the one pound something agaia for a ticket, thoughts of a calamitous war are blotted out by my personal disaster. | ||
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My memory of S.B.W. is of some time in 1931 when I attended a meeting at which a long letter from Jack Debert was read, and for some reason caused heated discussion, Those were deep depression days and Jack, for want of a job, had retreated to a " | My memory of S.B.W. is of some time in 1931 when I attended a meeting at which a long letter from Jack Debert was read, and for some reason caused heated discussion, Those were deep depression days and Jack, for want of a job, had retreated to a " | ||
- | My next vivid recollection is of' | + | |
- | I think it was the next reunion, again at Euroka, that Ernie Austen was handing over the presidency to Tom Herbert, and he used the bones of a long-dead cow to illustrate his homily. Next day we ;dressed. up Tom in those bones tied together with string. | + | My next vivid recollection is of the first Club Reunion at Euroka Clearing, when Jack arrived, having walked from the Valley, and where he initiated the cry - "Let us Re-une" |
- | The 30's saw a tremendous growth in bushwalking (dare I suggest this was partly owing to the availability of practical lightweight equipment now being made in Australia - by us, of course, for the first time?). The S.B.W. began to be beseiged | + | |
- | The war came, with heavy army enlistments from bushwaiking ranks and | + | I think it was the next reunion, again at Euroka, that Ernie Austen was handing over the presidency to Tom Herbert, and he used the bones of a long-dead cow to illustrate his homily. Next day we dressed up Tom in those bones tied together with string. Someone rescued a thigh bone and took it to the next club meeting, since then it has been used as the gavel by the Club President. |
- | alasl the inevitable casualties. With the war, and following it for some time came shortages of materials. The sleeping bag position was particularly acute and on the occasions when they were available queues began | + | |
- | to gather in the early hours of the morning. The ' | + | The 30's saw a tremendous growth in bushwalking (dare I suggest this was partly owing to the availability of practical lightweight equipment now being made in Australia - by us, of course, for the first time?). The S.B.W. began to be besieged |
- | On Christmas Day 1950 came the disastrous fire in the Paddy Shop which destroyed the whole building. I will never forget the messages of sympathy from all over Australia and the solid help given by bushwalkers in the difficult period of about 9 months before I was established in the C.E..N.E.F. | + | |
- | Building in Castlereagh Street. | + | The war came, with heavy army enlistments from bushwaiking ranks and alas! the inevitable casualties. With the war and following it for some time came shortages of materials. The sleeping bag position was particularly acute and on the occasions when they were available queues began to gather in the early hours of the morning. The chap at the head of one queue told me he had come from Lithgow by the midnight train, slept in Central till 6 a.m. and got first place in the line! Keen! |
- | The firm is a mere 47 years old compared with the Club's 50 years, | + | |
- | , but those years have been, ones of close association. | + | On Christmas Day 1950 came the disastrous fire in the Paddy Shop which destroyed the whole building. I will never forget the messages of sympathy from all over Australia and the solid help given by bushwalkers in the difficult period of about 9 months before I was established in the C.E.N.E.F. Building in Castlereagh Street. |
- | Paddy. PADDY PALLIN PTY. LTD. | + | |
+ | The firm is a mere 47 years old compared with the Club's 50 years, but those years have been ones of close association. | ||
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+ | PADDY PALLIN PTY. LTD. | ||
69 Liverpool Street | 69 Liverpool Street | ||
SYDNEY. | SYDNEY. | ||
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AND AT MELBOURNE & CANBERRA. | AND AT MELBOURNE & CANBERRA. | ||
- | Page 24. THE SYDNEY BUSHUALUR - October, 1977. | ||
====THE WORST JOURNEY IN THE WORLD==== | ====THE WORST JOURNEY IN THE WORLD==== |
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