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 Although the 50th anniversary celebrations are over, the occasion and its meaning have not been forgotten. In fact, the events of October have sparked off a good deal of thought and discussion amongst members new and old. This has been particularly noticeable in recent contributions to the magazine, both in the November issue and the present
-one. The editors thought it would be appropriate to continue in this vein and we have therefore
+one. The editors thought it would be appropriate to continue in this vein and we have therefore included two trip stories of bygone days in this issue. The articles are actually a couple of selections which just missed making the anniversary magazine due to lack of space. Both the stories come from past editions of the Sydney Bushwalker.
-included two trip stories of bygone days in this issue. The articles are actually a couple of selections
-which just missed making the anniversary magazine due to lack of space. Both the stories come from past editions of the Sydney Bushwalker.
 The year is now drawing to a close, and what an eventful year it has been 1977 will be remembered as a real milestone in the history of the club, and when our young members are old perhaps they will recall the good-old-days of '77 and the fiftieth birthday.
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 ====Reflections after Fifty Years====
-by Joe Turner
+by Joe Turner (joined 1927)
-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".
+When, twenty-five years ago, Kath McKay wrote the poem (appended below) "Twenty-fifth Birthday", published in "The Sydney Bushwalker" No.215, October 1952, 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!
-And so, having been spared to enjoy, after 50 years, yet another Re-union, this S.B.W. Member would like to place on record, not merely
+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!
-a "reflection", but his conviction (to paraphrase Kath's words) that not only "...Jong may....", but "..long shall the others who came after, walk the bush tracks, seek out the life that's free, meet perils...." and whatever, even if "....mingled at times with mild profanity".
-Joe Turner (joined 1927).
+And so, having been spared to enjoy, after 50 years, yet another Re-union, this S.B.W. Member would like to place on record, not merely a "reflection", but his conviction (to paraphrase Kath's words) that not only "...long may....", but "..long __shall__ the others who came after, walk the bush tracks, seek out the life that's free, meet perils...." and whatever, even if "....mingled at times with mild profanity".
 __Twenty-Fifth Birthday__
-A quarter century! The years are flying - Where are the prophets who so oft have said:
+A quarter century! The years are flying -
-"The Club is doomed". "The Club is slowly dying"? Believe me, we are not yet wholly dead.
+Where are the prophets who so oft have said:
+"The Club is doomed". "The Club is slowly dying"?
+Believe me, we are not yet wholly dead.
 Still when the bus disgorges us for Era
-Our hearts leap with the old remembered thrill As, tottering down the track, we pee draw nearer The dunes, the valley, Peter Page's hill.
+Our hearts leap with the old remembered thrill
-Our mileage is not much:, as speedsters reckon; 70 pause more often to adMire the view;
+As, tottering down the track, we pee draw nearer
-But still we hobble'out, when bushflowers beckon, Our troth with them each springtime to renew.
+The dunes, the valley, Peter Page's hill.
-Yearly we cut fresh Jnotches in the tally
-Of mountainpeaks we shall not climb again;
+Our mileage is not much, as speedsters reckon;
-Heights are for Youth: But we have still the valley, The sunlit Qox, Eureka in the rain.
+We pause more often to admire the view;
-Long may that Youth, and others who come after, Walk the bush tracks, seek out the life that's free, Meet perils, scars - and. hakea - with laughter (Mingled at times with mild. profanity).
+But still we hobble out, when bushflowers beckon,
-And while we celebrate, not yet quite blotto, We would exhort them this all things above: To keep the good old independent motto Of S.B.W. - We won't be druvl
+Our troth with them each springtime to renew.
-KATH MCKAY. Written 1952.
+Yearly we cut fresh notches in the tally
+Of mountain peaks we shall not climb again;
+Heights are for Youth! But we have still the valley,
+The sunlit Cox, Eureka in the rain.
+Long may that Youth, and others who come after,
+Walk the bush tracks, seek out the life that's free,
+Meet perils, scars - and hakea - with laughter
+Mingled at times with mild. profanity).
+And while we celebrate, not yet quite blotto,
+We would exhort them this all things above:
+To keep the good old independent motto
+Of S.B.W. - We won't be druv!
+Kath McKay. Written 1952.
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 by Gordon Lee
-We are lucky, we communicate in a language sometimes referred to as English. When divested of the "Strine" overtones and weeded of "Ockerisms", whrit is left is generally unintelligible to most Australians, but understandable to most English-speaking Asians. So it is possible to get away with a monolinguistic approach. However one obstacle that was almost impossible to surmount without some effort was nuMber.
+We're lucky, we communicate in a language sometimes referred to as English. When divested of the "Strine" overtones and weeded of "Ockerisms", what is left is generally unintelligible to most Australians, but understandable to most English-speaking Asians. So it is possible to get away with a monolinguistic approach. However one obstacle that was almost impossible to surmount without some effort was number.
-Every country I travelled through had a different number system.
-To transact anything involving money it was generally necessary to do so in the native language, disregarding dialect. So it became one of the first chores when crossing a border to "swot" up on their number system. Some of these were more confusing than others.
+Every country I travelled through had a different number system.  To transact anything involving money it was generally necessary to do so in the native language, disregarding dialect. So it became one of the first chores when crossing a border to "swot" up on their number system. Some of these were more confusing than others.
-Even now my mind boggles when I think of the Nepalese way of computing; ek, dooce, tin, char, parnsh, chah/oo, saht, aht, nor, aarse - one to ten. As for the numerals, they were in Sanskrit. Take a tin of worms. Spread them in a line, then read from right to left - sanskrit. In Nepalese it didn't end there. When counting objects another system was employed. One of something was "yohtah", two - "doocetah", three -
+Even now my mind boggles when I think of the Nepalese way of computing; ek, dooce, tin, char, parnsh, chah/oo, saht, aht, nor, aarse - one to ten. As for the numerals, they were in Sanskrit. Take a tin of worms. Spread them in a line, then read from right to left - sanskrit. In Nepalese it didn't end there. When counting objects another system was employed. One of something was "yohtah", two - "doocetah", three -"tinohtah". No use using this to count people, this required another set of names.
-"tinohtah". No use using this to count people, this required another set of names.
 When confronted and confounded by optical as well as aural oddities the task of communicating numerically sometimes degenerated to the use of what must have been to the bystander a very complicated series of digital exercises.
-"Thai" is tonal. If all the rest weren't enough to force you to
-the point of commital then this added horror was "the straw". -"Ke means egg but "Kr means chicken, so your breakfast egg could turn out to be neck, breast and parson's nose simply because you'd sung it the wrong way.
+"Thai" is tonal. If all the rest weren't enough to force you to the point of commital then this added horror was "the straw". "Ky" means egg but "KY" means chicken, so your breakfast egg could turn out to be neck, breast and parson's nose simply because you'd sung it the wrong way.
 The two most logical and straightforward enumerations were at either extremity of the journey - Afghanistan and Indonesia. Indonesian is made the more easy because the numerals are Arabic, the same as ours. However between these two there was plenty to baffle a poor simpleton such as I. So lend an ear if you wish to hear the ballad of a muddled mathematician.
-Confused Coin&.
-Use "say", "taegar" or "tin", For the country you're in,
+__Confused Counting__
-TO count the amount of your pay. In Nepal your quota
+Use "say", "taegar" or "tin",
+For the country you're in,
+To count the amount of your pay.
+In Nepal your quota
 May only lie "yohtah",
 Have a care and not throw it away.
-Page 16. 'THE SYD1TEY BUSHWALKER December, 1977.
 In India the "anna"
 Was quite an old manner
 To balance at end of the day;
-Sixteen ofthese made up your "Rupees" If someone you had to repay.
+Sixteen of these made up your "Rupees"
+If someone you had to repay.
 But today it's the "paisa"
-You get in your pay sirs
+You get in your pay sir!
 As you count in the now modern way.
 When adding "Afghani"
-You've obliged to use Farsi, But please, watch what you say; Use "hasht" for a "haft"
+You've obliged to use Farsi,
-And they'll think you are daft, And maybe will put you away.
+But please, watch what you say;
-Whether "empart" or flenarm"?
+Use "hasht" for a "haft"
+And they'll think you are daft,
+And maybe will put you away.
+Whether "empart" or "enarm"?
 May pose quite a problem
-In Java or Bali, but not Mandalay. Here the business you're at
+In Java or Bali, but not Mandalay.
+Here the business you're at
 May be solved by a "chat",
 When computing at work or at play.
-If you laugh or you grin At the trouble we're in,
-Be warned and don't got blase; If the:"Iand of the gin" Lets the Japanese in, Well, the "dee ye ken", It'll all be in "yen",
+If you laugh or you grin
+At the trouble we're in,
+Be warned and don't got blase;
+If the "land of the gin"
+Lets the Japanese in,
+Well, the "dee ye ken", It'll all be in "yen",
 And your grin may be turned the other way.
+Q.E.D.
 For those ignorant peasants illiterate in Farsi, Urdu, Bahasa Indonesia, Nepali and Burmese I append the following glossary:-
-Say, teega, tin: 3 in Farsi, Indonesian and Nepali/Hindi. Ydhtahs Nepali, counting objects.
+Say, teega, tin: 3 in Farsi, Indonesian and Nepali/Hindi.
+Yohtahs: Nepali, counting objects.
 Anna: Out of date coin in India.
-paisa =I Rupee or Afghani.
+paisa = 1 Rupee or Afghani.
-Afghani: Unit of currency ih Afghanistan.
+Afghani: Unit of currency in Afghanistan.
-Hasht, hafts Farsi 7 and 8.
+Hasht, haft: Farsi 7 and 8.
 Empart and enarm: 4 and 6 in Indonesian.
-Chat or more properly Kyats Unit of currency in Burma. "Land of the gin": Australia.
+Chat or more properly Kyat: Unit of currency in Burma.
+"Land of the gin": Australia.