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-====THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER=====
+=====THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER=====
 A monthly bulletin of matters of interest to The Sydney Bush Walkers, Box 4476, G.P.O. Sydney, N.S.W. 2001.
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 the club embarks on a new half-century of bushwalking.
-====THE November General Meeting====
+====The November General Meeting====
 by Barry Wallace
-The November general meeting saw-Helen Gray in the chair, flanked by Spiro and Sheila. New members were Gem Gagne, Anne Taylor, Elisabeth Pickett and. Mark Fowler who didn't show (was he out hunting birds?).
+The November general meeting saw Helen Gray in the chair, flanked by Spiro and Sheila. New members were Gem Gagne, Anne Taylor, Elisabeth Pickett and Mark Fowler who didn't show (was he out hunting birds?).
-e had apologies from the treasurer, Neil Brown and the walks secretary, Len Newland. The minutes raised no business or hackles and were duly received "as a true and correct
-Oorrespondence in, apart from magazines, was dominated by the Dungallas. 17e had a letter from Brian Harvey asking for permission to re-print articles out of the anniversary issue of the Sydney Bushwalker. (This was subsequently agreed to after brief consultation with the Owen Marks component of the magazine editors.) There was a letter of thanks from Jess Martin and one from Edna Garrad on behalf of the Dungallas for the anniversary celebrations.
+We had apologies from the treasurer, Neil Brown and the walks secretary, Len Newland. The minutes raised no business or hackles and were duly received "as a true and correct... etc.".
+Correspondence in, apart from magazines, was dominated by the Dungallas. We had a letter from Brian Harvey asking for permission to re-print articles out of the anniversary issue of the Sydney Bushwalker. (This was subsequently agreed to after brief consultation with the Owen Marks component of the magazine editors.) There was a letter of thanks from Jess Martin and one from Edna Garrad on behalf of the Dungallas for the anniversary celebrations.
 I believe there is also a letter from Ron Knightley which is presently with the treasurer. It is not clear to me whether it is to be sold for gain or whether we are trying our hand at some form of extortion.
-Correspondenc out was limited to letters to new members.'
-In the abonce of the treasurer a closing balance of 84,900.91 was announced, Keep your eye:1 on that balance folks. When it drops sharply you will know we have paid for the anni7fersary dinner.
-Helen (ray led the meeting through a brief run-down on the previous month's walks. There was ne general business, So after announcements the meeting closed at 8.52 um.
-*******-**** EDITO1IA1 NOTE
-In case people may think from the above that we arc. subsidising the anniversary dinner, we would like to point out that the November balance was abnormally large and the money received from ticket sales has more than covered the cost of the occasion.
+Correspondence out was limited to letters to new members.
-Page 4. TiE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER December, 1977.
-REFLECTIONS AFTER FIFTY YEARS.,
+In the absence of the treasurer a closing balance of $4,900.91 was announced.  Keep your eye on that balance folks. When it drops sharply you will know we have paid for the anniversary dinner.
-by Joe Turner.
+Helen Gray led the meeting through a brief run-down on the previous month's walks. There was ne general business, so after announcements the meeting closed at 8.52 pm.
+__Editorial Note__
+In case people may think from the above that we are subsidising the anniversary dinner, we would like to point out that the November balance was abnormally large and the money received from ticket sales has more than covered the cost of the occasion.
+====REFLECTIONS AFTER FIFTY YEARS====
+by Joe Turner
 When, twenty-five years ago, Kath McKay wrote the poem (appended below) "Twenty-fifth Birthday", published in "The Sydney Bushwalker" No.215, October 19527 the "Silver Anniversary Issue", one could perhaps be forgiven for asking oneself, "What will the next 25 years bring?" Well, reflecting now, 25 years later, the Club has had its trials and tribulations; we've had our "off" periods when it seamed unlikely that there ever would again be a batch of "prospectives" to fully conform to the Club's (in the view of some) stringent conditions and become fully fledged so as to be admitted to membership; our finances have been a bit in the doldrums; at the Annual Meetings there would be a dearth of "takers" for the many Executive positions to be filled, the Walks Secretary would report a lack of starters to fill the Walks Programme; and in general the wails of the "prophets" referred to by Kath may. again have been heard, "The Club is doomed" - "The Club is slowly dying".
 But here we are, another twenty-five years later, able to echo Kath's assertion, "We are not wholly dead". "Wholly" indeed! - Not even partly! Nor -has the 'bus (or perhaps the car) yet discontinued "disgorging us for Era" - that is to say, some of us, while others of us (and these must include many who, although perhaps regrettably for us "oldies" left behind, have taken off for more distant tracks "Beyond") shall, let us hope, always be there in spirit, to "totter down the track and see draw nearer the dunes, the valley, Peter Page's hill, our troth with the bushflowers, each springtime to renew" - lovely words!