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- | Page 4. TiE SYDNEY BUSIRTALICE. MARCH q 1975 | + | =====Teh Bush Walker.===== |
- | MOUNTAINITEC | + | |
- | EQUIP ENT | + | (In the track of Rupert Brook) |
- | ............... am ea. :ma Fee ma. .. Uo MO .10 AP | + | |
- | 17 Falcon Street, Crows Nest, 2065. | + | by Dorothy Lawry, 1935 |
- | We stock some of the world' | + | |
- | brands. We specialize in top quality | + | I have been so keen a walker; filled my lung\\ |
- | Bushwalking and Mountaineering gear. | + | So deeply with the fragrance of the gums,\\ |
- | SLEEPING ' | + | Their tang, their scent, their aromatic breath,\\ |
- | , | + | Their life invigorating, |
- | Advmade. | + | These are mere words! They lack the power, the strength\\ |
- | mountain design, | + | To lift the head, each step give added length\\ |
- | TENTS: | + | As do the mighty trees in vibrant life.\\ |
- | camptrails, fjaliraven, | + | Yet, ere the City's grim and noisy strife\\ |
- | paddymade, ultimate. | + | Drowns all, I would shut out the noise awhile\\ |
- | Nr40, | + | So peace can be remembered with a smile\\ |
- | bevgbacts eIdey, tyPoon. | + | That smooths the furrowed brow, and finds again\\ |
- | BOOTS: kastinger, scarpa. | + | Friends and brothers in one's fellow men. |
- | 438-1647 or 439-2454 | + | |
- | be | + | Why do we fight, who are crowded here, hemmed in\\ |
- | c r9hati | + | By walls, machinery, and ceaseless din?\\ |
- | niptra | + | Components these of madness and despair!\\ |
- | kartirnor, | + | Speed is a cage - we are all imprisoned there;\\ |
- | , | + | A curse - and we live beneath it, you and I;\\ |
- | PHONE FOR FREE | + | |
- | PRICE LIST & INFORMATION. | + | |
- | Page 5. THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER March, 1978." | + | |
- | THE BUSH WALKER. | + | |
- | (In the-traok-of.Rupert Brook) | + | |
- | by Dorothy Lawry | + | |
- | 1935 | + | |
- | I have been so keen a walker; filled my lungs So deeply with the fragrance of the gums, | + | |
- | Their tang, their scent, their aromatic breath, Their life invigorating, | + | |
- | These are mere words! They lack the power, the strength | + | |
- | To lift the head, each step give added length As do the mighty trees in vibrant life. Yet, ere the City's grim and noisy strife Drowns all, I would shut out the noise awhile So peace can be remembered with a smile | + | |
- | That smooths the furrowed brow, and finds again Friends and brothers in one's fellow men. | + | |
- | Why do we fight, who are crowded here, hemmed in By walls, machinery, and ceaseless din? | + | |
- | Components these of madness and despair! | + | |
- | Speed is a cage - we are all imprisoned there; A curse - and we live beneath it, you and I; | + | |
The goal itself - so we rush, and slave, and die. | The goal itself - so we rush, and slave, and die. | ||
- | Yet, by the walker' | + | |
- | And simple things give pleasure; wants are few - To soothe jangled nerves, strength renew, | + | Yet, by the walker' |
- | Out in the empty lands, gazing or glancing | + | And change, and almost take another shape,\\ |
- | Blue wavelets, sunlit, dancing, Chased by a breeze; a beach of golden sand; An eagle above me soaring; the wide land Beneath my feet; and rest after a climb; Oranges; and full many a view sublime; | + | And so keep sanity still, and came to peace,\\ |
- | A scarce-seen, | + | Wide-spread, |
- | Then, the fine friendliness of birds, full-grown, Knowing not man; and the-liquid notes | + | And simple things give pleasure; wants are few -\\ |
- | Of lyre-birds; butcher-birds; | + | To soothe jangled nerves, strength renew,\\ |
- | The homeliness of a little fire, with tent close by, Then hot food, and fresh tea; a darkening | + | Out in the empty lands, gazing or glancing...\\ |
- | Page THE SYDNEY BUSHWALICER March 1978. | + | These I recall: Blue wavelets, sunlit, dancing,\\ |
- | The comfort and joy of the big camp-fire; | + | Chased by a breeze; a beach of golden sand;\\ |
- | Flames leaping, while the fairy sparks fly higher Into the night, and the cold dark . | + | An eagle above me soaring; the wide land\\ |
- | Comrades | + | Beneath my feet; and rest after a climb;\\ |
- | And gay laughter, and song, and talk: Great Shades, And pleasing thoughts of-lesser men are here; Thoughts of our own; voices beautiful, or queer; Frogs in chorus, too - on bracken beds | + | Oranges; and full many a view sublime;\\ |
- | We sink to sleep, and the silence spreads; | + | A scarce-seen, |
- | Night sounds, and silvery shafts of moonlight Slanting through trees add magic to the night; Fast-driving clouds, hiding the moon; the grey Coldness of dawn; bird-calls greeting day; | + | And trees themselves, that sway to every breeze,\\ |
- | Wind; and sunshine; deep pools in creeks; | + | Standing straight and stately, friended or alone. |
- | Lapstones; and long, steep ridges, crowned with peaks; The range-filled view; and trailing smoke of a train; - All these have brought me joy, and will again Whenever I escape, by secret thought, | + | |
- | Or with my rucksack, from the city. Therels | + | Then, the fine friendliness of birds, full-grown,\\ |
- | Oh, why do I yidld, when, out there, freedom waits, And all that's left of leisure, that creates Beauty' | + | Knowing not man; and the liquid notes\\ |
- | And the great god, Pan, | + | Of lyre-birds; butcher-birds; |
- | Retires, and watches, waits, withdraws, as man Destroys the face of the earth, and kills, and burns His source of food, and dies. | + | Joyous and free, through sundrenched air, the calm\\ |
- | Then Nature returns. | + | Serenity that is the Mountain' |
- | 0! dear, green earth: | + | The homeliness of a little fire, with tent close by,\\ |
- | OUR Val convarms. | + | Then hot food, and fresh tea; a darkening |
+ | The comfort and joy of the big camp-fire;\\ | ||
+ | Flames leaping, while the fairy sparks fly higher\\ | ||
+ | Into the night, and the cold dark... Comrades\\ | ||
+ | And gay laughter, and song, and talk: Great Shades,\\ | ||
+ | And pleasing thoughts of lesser men are here;\\ | ||
+ | Thoughts of our own; voices beautiful, or queer;\\ | ||
+ | Frogs in chorus, too - on bracken beds\\ | ||
+ | We sink to sleep, and the silence spreads;\\ | ||
+ | Night sounds, and silvery shafts of moonlight\\ | ||
+ | Slanting through trees add magic to the night;\\ | ||
+ | Fast-driving clouds, hiding the moon; the grey\\ | ||
+ | Coldness of dawn; bird-calls greeting day;\\ | ||
+ | Wind; and sunshine; deep pools in creeks;\\ | ||
+ | Lapstones; and long, steep ridges, crowned with peaks;\\ | ||
+ | The range-filled view; and trailing smoke of a train; -\\ | ||
+ | All these have brought me joy, and will again\\ | ||
+ | Whenever I escape, by secret thought,\\ | ||
+ | Or with my rucksack, from the city. There' | ||
+ | Can keep me from them while I've strength to walk!\\ | ||
+ | Yet do I leave them, join in the fuss and talk,\\ | ||
+ | Fight the old fight for bread, enslaved by goods,\\ | ||
+ | And insatiate appetites, timid moods.\\ | ||
+ | Oh, why do I yield, when, out there, freedom waits,\\ | ||
+ | And all that's left of leisure, that creates\\ | ||
+ | Beauty' | ||
+ | Retires, and watches, waits, withdraws, as man\\ | ||
+ | Destroys the face of the earth, and kills, and burns\\ | ||
+ | His source of food, and dies. Then Nature returns.\\ | ||
+ | O! dear, green earth: | ||
+ | Your hearts the bushland | ||
+ | To peace, and living Beauty, there enshrined,\\ | ||
+ | Guard them, and thee, forever, from mankind! | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | =====Our New Committee.===== | ||
by Helen Gray. | by Helen Gray. | ||
- | Many readers are unable. to be fully involved in the Club but are none the less interested in the Club and the people who run it. Here is a brief introduction to the new Committee. | + | |
- | .zeleReebFe is a New Zealander from a farming district near Dunedin.- -She first joinea | + | Many readers are unable to be fully involved in the Club but are none the less interested in the Club and the people who run it. Here is a brief introduction to the new Committee. |
- | Page 7G THE -b-riTillEY BUSHWALICR March, 1978. | + | |
- | John Redfern(Vice-President & hembership_Secretary).joined | + | ===Fazeley Read (President): |
- | Bob HodEpon | + | |
- | Alastair | + | Is a New Zealander from a farming district near Dunedin. She first joined |
- | Sheila Binns LasLELIELlearaLlEy.). Sheila became Treasurer the night she joined the Club 25 years ago.- Since then she has beer on Committee every year except for those when she returned to her native England. If Sheila should leave us, the Club would-be in chaos for months! | + | |
- | Neil Brown Treasures1 is an accountant who has already had a year in the job. Although he hails from Stanwell Tops he none the less comes to the clubrooms every Wednesday. | + | ===John Redfern(Vice-President & Membership Secretary):=== |
- | Sliro Ha' | + | |
- | Christine | + | Joined |
- | MarciaSh2IxprI_1222pittee -Member) | + | |
- | Barbara | + | ===Bob Hodgson (Vice-President): |
- | Pet...92.-Committee | + | |
- | Hans Stichter Committee Member) | + | Another |
- | Helen ctm_ilLLanin 'That's me. I3m not on Committee but I'm giving myself a free plug. P.ve been in the Club since 1959 (I joined the same night as Spiro, in fact!) If I don't get enough material for the magazine I shall be forced to start reminiscing about my last 19 years in S.B.W. So - start writing, all you walkers! | + | |
- | Page 8. THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER March, 1978 | + | ===Alastair |
- | REFLECTIONS OF A CLIMBER. by Dot Butler | + | |
- | (Reprinted | + | Has been on Committee and been a Vice-President for the past two year's. He is an ideal choice |
- | I was born a climber, as all children are, but whereas million | + | |
- | 999 thousand, 999 out of 10 million have the climbing urge | + | ===Sheila Binns (Assistant Secretary):=== |
- | by fearful mothers, mine did nothing to discourage her children. It was no uncommon sight for the disapproving neighbours to ace all or any of the five English children ranging in age from two upwards, blodaining along the tips of the paling fences, clambering over the roof of the two-story terrace houses, or shinning up the big backyard trees, a gently-nurtured little Momma doing her best to follow up behind "just to keep an eye on the baby." It soon became evident to her that the lease proficient climber was herself | + | |
- | We lived our young lives in the Western suburbs. It was the horse and cart age, I was 7 before I saw my first motor car and 13 before I had my first ride in one. The rabbit-0 and clothes-prop merchants called their wares through the slow suburban streets; the lamplighter came along at dusk with his ladder, put it up against the laAp-posts, and a slowly growing line of soft yellow lights marked his progress. | + | Sheila became Treasurer the night she joined the Club 25 years ago. Since then she has been on Committee every year except for those when she returned to her native England. If Sheila should leave us, the Club would be in chaos for months! |
- | We had no money and took it for granted that the fun we had, we had to make for ourselves. Climbing became our driving urge. Wiry and barefoot (none of us owned shoes till we went to high school), we | + | |
- | .ranged over our local territory, racing like a pack of young baboons up and down and over everything, both man-made and natural, that offered the slightest scope for getting off the horizontal. We e-ould | + | ===Neil Brown (Treasurer): |
- | Sundays, our pockets full of loquots | + | |
- | Page 9. THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER LIARCHI 1978. | + | Is an accountant who has already had a year in the job. Although he hails from Stanwell Tops he none the less comes to the clubrooms every Wednesday. |
- | bulldozed and flattened that the only way for the urban young to let off steam is to gang up and goout and bash someone up. Let's hope our own land will not follow suit. | + | |
- | In the railway yards I tried out my first experiment in artificial climbing. This revolved round a sawn-off | + | ===Spiro Hajinakitas (Walks Secretary):=== |
- | By the time the two big brothers had reached high school age we were ready for more distant fields - a twopenny tram ride out to Bondi and the thrill of climbing the cliffs at Ben Buckler and jumping into the sea. It used to get very rough at times but that only added to the excitement. It was a lonely, unfrequented end of the beach. Generally we would have it to ourselves, but sometimes there would be a group of youths, with one wild-eyed beautiful girl among them, all diving and swimming in the bombora as naked as the day they were born. The story was she was a University student | + | |
- | Bradually | + | As Bill Ketas, he joined the Club in 1959. Spiro has been a Committee Member, Vice-President, |
+ | |||
+ | ===Christine | ||
+ | |||
+ | Chris has been a member for about seven years, although | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Marcia Shappert (Committee | ||
+ | |||
+ | Is the American voice who answers the S.B.W. phone number. She is also a Search & Rescue contact and has previously been Social Secretary and Treasurer. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Barbara | ||
+ | |||
+ | Comes from Sutherland way but still manages to attend Club meetings as well as going on walks. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Peter Miller (Committee | ||
+ | |||
+ | Peter goes on many walks and is a most consistent walks leader, so is known to many members. He also is the organiser of the " | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Hans Stichter | ||
+ | |||
+ | Is another who took on a Committee job almost as soon as he joined in 1975, and has been working and walking ever since. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Helen Gray (Editor): | ||
+ | |||
+ | That's me. I' | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | =====Reflections Of A Climber.===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | by Dot Butler | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Reprinted | ||
+ | |||
+ | __Note__: | ||
+ | |||
+ | I was born a climber, as all children are, but whereas | ||
+ | |||
+ | We lived our young lives in the Western suburbs. It was the horse and cart age, I was 7 before I saw my first motor car and 13 before I had my first ride in one. The rabbit-0 and clothes-prop merchants called their wares through the slow suburban streets; the lamplighter came along at dusk with his ladder, put it up against the lamp-posts, and a slowly growing line of soft yellow lights marked his progress. | ||
+ | |||
+ | We had no money and took it for granted that the fun we had, we had to make for ourselves. Climbing became our driving urge. Wiry and barefoot (none of us owned shoes till we went to high school), we ranged over our local territory, racing like a pack of young baboons up and down and over everything, both man-made and natural, that offered the slightest scope for getting off the horizontal. We could race to the top of the tallest pine tree in 10 seconds flat and descend in an almost straight drop, just checking at each branch as we shot through. The palms of our hands were so horny from swinging around on our home-made gym equipment (rusty | ||
+ | |||
+ | Sundays, our pockets full of loquats | ||
+ | |||
+ | In the railway yards I tried out my first experiment in artificial climbing. This revolved round a sawn-off | ||
+ | |||
+ | By the time the two big brothers had reached high school age we were ready for more distant fields - a twopenny tram ride out to Bondi and the thrill of climbing the cliffs at Ben Buckler and jumping into the sea. It used to get very rough at times but that only added to the excitement. It was a lonely, unfrequented end of the beach. Generally we would have it to ourselves, but sometimes there would be a group of youths, with one wild-eyed beautiful girl among them, all diving and swimming in the bombora as naked as the day they were born. The story was she was a University student | ||
+ | |||
+ | Gradually | ||
There was a pack of us numbering ten or a dozen. These were the " | There was a pack of us numbering ten or a dozen. These were the " | ||
- | There was Max Gentle. He was a builder. When his profession was hit by the Depression Max cot on his pushbike and cycled up to Townsville looking for work, through millions of acres of prickly pear and a puncture every couple of miles from the thorns. | + | |
- | Page 10. THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER 'larch , 1778 | + | There was Max Gentle. He was a builder. When his profession was hit by the Depression Max got on his pushbike and cycled up to Townsville looking for work, through millions of acres of prickly pear and a puncture every couple of miles from the thorns. |
- | .... | + | |
- | Jack Debert, instigator of the S.B.W.s in 1927 was also one of the mob. The Depression drove him down to Burragorang Valley where he ran | + | Jack Debert, instigator of the S.B.W.s in 1927 was also one of the mob. The Depression drove him down to Burragorang Valley where he ran a pig farm and as each new batch of piglets arrived they were named after bushwalker girls. Pig farming brought in no money so Debert used to walk up to Yerranderie each week to collect the Dole. |
- | a pig farm and as each new batch of piglets arrived they were named after bushwalker girls. Pig farming brought in no money so Debert used to walk up to Yerranderie each week to collect the Dole. | + | |
- | There was Alex Colley who did his first three week bushwalk alone on 28 ibs of unpolished rice because it was cheap (only 5a. a ii). " | + | There was Alex Colley who did his first three week bushwalk alone on 28 lbs of unpolished rice - because it was cheap (only 5d. a lb). " |
- | I had my first job as a physiotherapist at the Children' | + | |
- | and work and the University. In two years I had cycled 25,000 miles, or once around the world. | + | I had my first job as a physiotherapist at the Children' |
- | Other tough ones in the Tigers were Bert Whillier, | + | |
- | One of the leading characters in the bushwalkers at that time was Marie Byles, Australia' | + | Other tough ones in the Tigers were Bert Whillier, |
- | a trip to the Warrumbungles and invited me along. This was my first | + | |
- | introduction to technical climbing. Accustomed to rushing up and over rock faces barefoot and unroped, jumping for likelylooking | + | One of the leading characters in the bushwalkers at that time was Marie Byles, Australia' |
- | (and somewhat painful) experience to be tied on to a restraining rope, | + | |
- | hooked over impeding belays, obliged to "stop and make sure two holds are | + | After we had climbed the hitherto |
- | secure before | + | |
- | I am pulled off with him. I would have made a good team mate to Dr.Dark' | + | |
- | friend, Salmon, and his Queenslanders who scorned the use of rope, not because I thought it sissy-but because I thought it dmned dangerous when shared with another | + | |
- | even thought it rather fun. | + | |
- | After we had climbed the hitherto | + | |
- | ----- newspaper which came up with the paragraph that Miss Byles was amazed at | + | |
- | the skill and agilitY sham by one, Dot English, and now that she had | + | |
- | proved herself on this firstgrade | + | |
- | I was quite happy to oblige Marie. Consequently I worded the Tigers, Marie donated us a practically brand new climbing rope with a red and. blue stripe woven through it, and there we were, as you might say, founded. | + | |
The year was 1936. | The year was 1936. | ||
- | * * * * * * * * * * | + | |
- | KIANDRA MODEL | + | ---- |
- | Hooded bag. Extra well | + | |
- | filled. Very | + | =====Paddymade.===== |
- | compact. | + | |
- | Approx 3%lbs. | + | Lightweight bushwalking |
- | HOTHAM MODEL | + | |
- | Super warm box quilted. Added leg room. | + | ===H Frame Packs - the Mountaineer De-Luxe.=== |
- | Approx | + | |
- | SUPER LIGHT MODEL | + | This capacious pack can comfortably carry 70 lbs or more. The bag is made from tough lightweight |
- | Half the weight | + | |
- | 51.6 dia. 2lbs. | + | ===Bunyip Rucksack.=== |
- | BUNYIP RUCKSACK | + | |
- | This ' | + | This ' |
- | SENIOR RUCKSACK | + | |
- | A single pocket, shaped rucksack. Suitable for overnight | + | ===Senior Rucksack.=== |
- | BUSHMAN RUCKSACK | + | |
- | Has sewn-in curved bottom for extra comfort in carrying. Will hold 30lbs. 2 pocket model 1%lbs. 3 pocket | + | A single pocket, shaped rucksack. Suitable for overnight camping. Weight 1 1/2 lbs. |
- | made! 11/21hs. | + | |
- | March, 1978. | + | ===Bushman Rucksack.=== |
- | THE SIDNEY BUS}IIFIALKER | + | |
- | Page 11 | + | Has sewn-in curved bottom for extra comfort in carrying. Will hold 30 lbs. 2 pocket model 1 1/4 lbs. 3 pocket model 1 1/2 lbs. |
- | H FRAME PACKS | + | |
- | THE MOUNTAINEER DE-LUXE | + | ===Pioneer Rucksack.=== |
- | This capacious pack can comfortably carry 70 lbs or more. The bag is made from tough lightweight | + | |
- | bag cover for cold, wet conditions. The frame is specially designed for comfortable load carrying with complete nylon web be.* harness and chrome tanned leather shoulder straps and three inch breeching strap for long hard wear. Weight | + | Extra large bag with four external pockets and will carry about 40 lbs of camp gear. Weight |
- | PIONEER RUCKSACK | + | |
- | Extra large bag with lour external pockets and will carry about 40lbs of camp gear. Weight | + | ===Kiandra Model.=== |
+ | |||
+ | Hooded bag. Extra well filled. Very compact. Approx 3 3/4 lbs. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Hotham Model.=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Super warm box quilted. Added leg room. Approx 4 1/2 lbs. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Superlight Model.=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Half the weight and packed size of regular bags. 9" x 5 1/2" dia. 2 lbs. | ||
Everything for the bushwalker, from blankets and air mattresses, stretchers, boots, compasses, maps, books, stoves and lamps to cooking ware and freeze dried and dehydrated foods. | Everything for the bushwalker, from blankets and air mattresses, stretchers, boots, compasses, maps, books, stoves and lamps to cooking ware and freeze dried and dehydrated foods. | ||
- | 69 LIVERPOOL ST. SYDNEY | + | |
- | Lightweight bushwalking | + | Paddy Pallin |
- | and camping gear. | + | |
- | Page 12. THE SYDNEY BUSHWALICOR March, 1978. | + | 69 Liverpool St. Sydney. 26-2686 61-7215 |
- | INVAN D.N11-TERLUDE | + | |
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | =====Indian Interlude.===== | ||
by Owen Marks. | by Owen Marks. | ||
- | If you're sick and tired of the burly and burly of Australian civilization and are yearning for the primitive, the exotic even, there is no place on earth quite like India. Indeed, to those that know. me, I am quite an Indiophile and I am not ashamed to say it but what happens when you are in India and are getting tired of all those 1000 year old temples, marble mosques in their hUndreds | + | |
- | Nothing quite like Goa. | + | If you're sick and tired of the hurly and burly of Australian civilization and are yearning for the primitive, the exotic even, there is no place on earth quite like India. Indeed, to those that know me, I am quite an Indiophile and I am not ashamed to say it; but what happens when you are in India and are getting tired of all those 1000 year old temples, marble mosques in their hundreds |
- | To readers of the "Times of India" with a. circulation of millions, | + | |
- | Goa means alcohol and nude hippies on the beaches. To hippies it means | + | To readers of the "Times of India" with a circulation of millions, Goa means alcohol and nude hippies on the beaches. To hippies it means primitive unspoilt beaches with palms sheltering the thatched huts. To the Beautiful People from Italy it means sumptuous |
- | primitive unspoilt beaches with palms sheltering the thatched huts. To the Beautiful People from Italy it means sumptuous | + | |
- | Goa as you all know was put on the map by Vasco da Gama in 1524, but it was discovered by Alfonso d' | + | Goa as you all know was put on the map by Vasco da Gama in 1524, but it was discovered by Alfonso d' |
- | and when he aaw anything good and worthwhile he had to have it. The Portuguese had it until 1961 when it was " | + | |
- | couldn' | + | The capital, Panjim (or Panaji sometimes, I couldn' |
- | The capital, Panjim (or Panaji sometimes, I couldn' | + | |
- | is built all around the headland. There are little | + | - There is a local saying - throw a stone anywhere in Goa and it will hit a church or grog shop, I'd say that to be lies. In all probability you'd hit only grog shops. In all that heat why they insist on local Fenny (cocoanut jungle juice) |
- | hypnotist with fingers | + | |
- | maiden on his knees. According to the inscription he lived and practiced | + | Hotels are quite cheap - from a 60 cent room to luxurious air-conditioned $7 and all the same. A bed in a spartan room with a toilet adjoining with a revolving fan. Restaurants are everywhere, on the squares are nice ones specializing in Goanese cooking, by the water front are other styles and by the markets are Indian ones. All cheap and good. |
- | Portuguese. Yellow or cream whitewashed walls with doors and windows outlined in white with wooden,verandahs and tiled roofs that brought back memories of the Moorish times. | + | |
- | - There is a local saying - throw a stone anywhere in Goa and it will hit a church or grog shop, I'd say that to be lies. In all probability you'd hit only grog shops; In all that heat why they insist on local Fehny (cocoanut jungle juice) | + | It isn't a bit like India either. At night you can walk along the streets and not see a soul walking, and what is more, there are no bundles (humans sleeping in a sarong over them) on the footpaths to step over. And above all there is peace. |
- | Hotels are quite cheap - from a 60 cen:*--,room to luxurious air-conditioned. $7 and all the same. A bed in a spartan room with a toilet adjoining | + | |
- | to | + | |
- | Page 13. THE SYDNEY BUSE:WALKER March, 1978. | + | |
- | with a revolving fan. 'Restaurants are everywhere., on the squares are nice ones specializing in Goanese cooking, by the water front are other styles and by the markets are Indian ones. All cheap and good. | + | |
- | It isn't a bit like India either. At night you can walk along the streets and not see a soul walking, and what is more, there are no bundles (humans sleeping in a sarong, over them) on the footpaths to step over. And above all there is peace. | + | |
At the entrance to the harbour is an old fort, Aguada. Arches, walls all built in lava and covered by bouganvillia in apricot, gold, purple and all the colours in between. The ancient windows still have iron bars. No wonder! The faces at the windows had little pointed hats on, because they were prisoners. The place is a prison and one of the major sights of Goa. | At the entrance to the harbour is an old fort, Aguada. Arches, walls all built in lava and covered by bouganvillia in apricot, gold, purple and all the colours in between. The ancient windows still have iron bars. No wonder! The faces at the windows had little pointed hats on, because they were prisoners. The place is a prison and one of the major sights of Goa. | ||
- | The history of Goa is mixed up. From 1580 to 1640 it was absorbed into Spain. The Dutch tried to grab it, the English in 1800 and again in 1808 when Portugal invaded France. I tried to find someone to talk Portuguese; in vain. "All the education was in English because the Portuguese never gave us any and there was no opportunity here, only in India." | + | |
+ | The history of Goa is mixed up. From 1580 to 1640 it was absorbed into Spain. The Dutch tried to grab it, the English in 1800 and again in 1808 when Portugal invaded France. I tried to find someone to talk Portuguese; in vain. "All the education was in English because the Portuguese never gave us any and there was no opportunity here, only in India." | ||
Up the river 5 miles or so is the ruined city of Old Goa. A truly magnificent collection of churches and convents and all in a magnificent state of preservation. The most famous is the one containing the remains of Francis Xavier. Started in 1510 and completed in 1594 with a solid gold altar with a side chapel in marble that has an ornate marble podium with inlaid scenes of his Saintliness' | Up the river 5 miles or so is the ruined city of Old Goa. A truly magnificent collection of churches and convents and all in a magnificent state of preservation. The most famous is the one containing the remains of Francis Xavier. Started in 1510 and completed in 1594 with a solid gold altar with a side chapel in marble that has an ornate marble podium with inlaid scenes of his Saintliness' | ||
- | Adjoining the Basilica is a handsome facaded building that was once the headquarters of the Missionary Jesuits before they were suppressed in 1750 or thereabouts. Across the main road that cuts right through Old Goa you can walk through a lovely paved park with a statue of Portugal' | + | |
- | Then you come onto two glorious piles practically back to back. One | + | Adjoining the Basilica is a handsome facaded building that was once the headquarters of the Missionary Jesuits before they were suppressed in 1750 or thereabouts. Across the main road that cuts right through Old Goa you can walk through a lovely paved park with a statue of Portugal' |
- | is an old convent that has been converted from a mosque to a wonder of | + | |
- | wonders. All silent now, the floor all gravestones and altars all gold, | + | Then you come onto two glorious piles practically back to back. One is an old convent that has been converted from a mosque to a wonder of wonders. All silent now, the floor all gravestones and altars all gold-covered |
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- | covered | + | Across the park lies the ruins of the Inquisitional Palace and the square was the site of Autos-da-fe. Christians burning Christians must have made the Hindus laugh. There is a museum in another perfectly |
- | Across the park lies the ruins of the Inquisitional Palace and the square was the site of Autos-da-fe. Christians burning Christians must have made the Hindus laugh. There is a museum in another perfectly | + | |
- | There is also a nunnery as well as two convents. One has a weeping cross. Every Easter the wound. bleeds from his wooden chest. I walked and walked and climbed and climbed to see this, but the balcony where the | + | There is also a nunnery as well as two convents. One has a weeping cross. Every Easter the wound bleeds from his wooden chest. I walked and walked and climbed and climbed to see this, but the balcony where the statue is hanging from overlooks a 400 year old perfectly preserved nunnery and there were about 15 nuns praying. You can go back into time except that the nuns are black. |
- | statue is hanging from overlooks a 400 year old perfectly preserved nunnery | + | |
- | and there were about 15 nuns praying. You can go back into time except that the nuns are black. | + | Down by the river beside another church that has a well under the altar which experts assume must have been a Hindu altar at one stage, there is an arch over the road that all Viceroys arrived at and walked under. On the arch is sculptured the figure of a saint; his foot is on the neck of the heathen and the sword in his right hand is pointing towards India. Alas all is vanity; all transient. The Christians now number 37% and when the Central Indian Government brings in the roads that they are building in a flurry the Hindus will absorb them all in 100 years. And Goa will crumble away. |
- | Down by the river beside another church that has a well under the altar which experts assume must have been a Hindu altar at one stage, | + | |
- | there is an arch over the road that all Viceroys arrived at and walked under. On the arch is sculptured the figure of a saint; his foot is on the neck of the heathen and the sword in his right hand is pointing towards | + | Along the coast wind narrow roads with palms growing along the rice paddies in rows like soldiers. Every so often a sign would say "To the beach 1/2 km". The beaches that the jet-setters came all the way to see are pretty miserable considering all the fuss that is made. Five Europeans sunning themselves with one or two swimming and hundreds of Indians in saris and dhotis walking along the shore staring at the hippies. They aren't really, but anybody with a swim suit on is considered a possibility. The bus I was on actually came to a beach for the sunsetting when along came a Swedish |
- | India* Alas all is vanity; all transient. The Christians now number 37% and when the Central Indian Government brings in the roads that they | + | |
- | are building in a flurry the Hindus will absorb them all in 100 years. | + | That's about all I can report on. A few hints if anyone is going there in the next few months. The five hour bus trip from Panjim to Hubli in India where the connecting link with the rest of the country begins, takes 8 hours. Similarly the 12 hour trip to Bombay takes 18 hours. A cheap hotel is Kismet Lodge and a good quiet one is Keni's. Both in Panjim. A good restaurant is La Cappucina. Kingfisher beer is the best, and cashews are cheap but fattening also. Local buses go everywhere and are cheap. You can see everything in Goa in 5 days although 2 days would be enough. I spent 2 days there and I am now an authority on the subject. There is no special time to visit as it is always hot and steamy, but there could be no one who would not have a most wonderful holiday in this European corner of India. |
- | And Goa will crumble away. | + | |
- | Along the coast wind narrow roads with palms growing along the rice paddies in X1OWS like soldiers. Every so often a sign would say "To the | + | ---- |
- | beach I km". The beaches that the jet-setters came all the way to see are pretty miserable considering all the fuss that is made. Five | + | |
- | Europeans sunning themselves with one or two swimming and hundreds of Indians in saris and dhotis walking along the shore staring at the hippies. | + | =====Walk Notes.===== |
- | They aren't,really, but anybody with a swim suit on is considered a possibility. The bus I was on actually came to a beach for the sunsetting when along came a Swedish-Siron | + | |
- | they had seen a nude hippie. So was I. | + | |
- | That's about all I can report on. Afew hints if anyone is going | + | |
- | there in the next few months. The five hour bus trip from Panjim to | + | |
- | Han in India where the connecting link with the rest of the country begins, takes 8 hours. Similarly the 12 hour trip to Bombay takes . | + | |
- | 18 hours. A cheap hotel is Kismet Lodge and a good quiet one is Kenits. Both in Panjim. A good restaurant is La Cappucina. | + | |
- | is the best, and cashews are cheap but fattening also.' | + | |
- | everywhere and are cheap. You can see everything in Goa in 5 days although 2 days would. be enough. I spent 2 days there and I am now an authority on the subject. There is no special time to visit as it is always hot and steamy, but there could be no one who would not have a most wonderful holiday in this European corner of India. | + | |
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- | THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER March, 1978. | + | |
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- | WALK NOTES. | + | |
by Len Newland. | by Len Newland. | ||
+ | |||
As the retiring Walks Secretary (retired by the time this is read), may I take the opportunity to say what a pleasure it has been wringing necks and twisting limbs to fill the Club walks programme. Actually, the people in this Club are a really nice bunch, and I'm glad to say, enthusiastic enough to keep walks up to the programme. And speaking of programmes, here's the one (in a nutshell) for April. | As the retiring Walks Secretary (retired by the time this is read), may I take the opportunity to say what a pleasure it has been wringing necks and twisting limbs to fill the Club walks programme. Actually, the people in this Club are a really nice bunch, and I'm glad to say, enthusiastic enough to keep walks up to the programme. And speaking of programmes, here's the one (in a nutshell) for April. | ||
- | TEST ,WALK.S | + | |
+ | ===Test Walks.=== | ||
March 31, April 1, 2: Hans Beck's trip at Carlon' | March 31, April 1, 2: Hans Beck's trip at Carlon' | ||
- | April' | + | |
- | 7, 8, 9 s Carlon' | + | April 7, 8, 9: Carlon' |
- | 159 16 : KatooMba, and out toTHedlow | + | |
- | 7094448 (H). | + | April 15, 16: Katoomba, and out to Medlow |
- | Sunday 23 : Bladkheathz | + | |
- | Sunday 23 : Closer to Sydney in the Royal National Park Lilyvale to Bundeena via coastal track. Leader Roy Braithwaite, | + | Sunday 23 April: Bladkheath: Govett' |
- | 28929930 | + | |
- | Sunday 30 z The only other walk this weekend is from Bundeena to HeathOote | + | Sunday 23 April: Closer to Sydney in the Royal National Park - Lilyvale to Bundeena via coastal track. Leader |
- | PHOTOGRAPHIC WCRKSHOP,. | + | |
- | April 19 2 : Lucky fellow:- David Cotton gets advertising in two consecutive magazines. Darkes Forest. | + | April 28, 29, 30: Yours truly goes to the western mountains to defeat the ridge between Newnes and Glen Davis, starting and finishing at Newnes. Phone 432419 (B). |
- | WELTEND WALKS | + | |
- | 8, 9 : Another Blackheath Grose Valley trip. This time a slower | + | Sunday 30 April: |
- | walk, and your leader this time is Barbara Evans, phone 313482 (H)? | + | |
- | 13914915916 | + | ===Photographic Workshop.=== |
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- | April | + | April 1, 2: Lucky fellow! David Cotton gets advertising in two consecutive magazines. Darkes Forest. |
- | 21, | + | |
- | David Rostron' | + | ===Weekend Walks.=== |
- | DAY WALKS | + | |
- | Sunday 2 : Elaine Zieren marches from Heathcote to beautiful Lake Ebkersley. Phone 934830(H). | + | April 8, 9: Another Blackheath Grose Valley trip. This time a slower walk, and your leader this time is Barbara Evans, phone 313482 (H). |
- | Sunday 2 s A harder walk which the Committee has decided can be counted | + | |
- | Mt.Wilson/WollongaMbe | + | April 13, 14, 15, 16: Noting that this walk includes the full Friday, you will be pleased at this opportunity to see the Monolith Valley in the Budawangs. The leader is Rod Peters, on phone 6230171 (B). |
- | as a Test Walk. However, you must swim. John Fox leads... | + | |
- | Sunday 9 : This one is so easy that Len Scotland and I will lean on each | + | April 21, 22, 23, 24, 25: Another longer-than-normal weekend trip, this time David Rostron' |
- | other' | + | |
- | Sunday 16 : Heathcote again, this time to Woronora River. Leading is Bill Hall, on phone 575145 (H). | + | ===Day Walks.=== |
- | * * * * * * * * * * | + | |
- | SOCIAL NOTES | + | Sunday 2 April: Elaine Zieren marches from Heathcote to beautiful Lake Eckersley. Phone 934830(H). |
+ | |||
+ | Sunday 2 April: | ||
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+ | Sunday 9 April: This one is so easy that Len Scotland and I will lean on each other' | ||
+ | |||
+ | Sunday 16 April: Heathcote again, this time to Woronora River. Leading is Bill Hall, on phone 575145 (H). | ||
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+ | |||
+ | =====Social Notes.===== | ||
by Christine Austin. | by Christine Austin. | ||
- | April 12 - Several years ago Jim Brown (not our Club member) showed some really dramatic and impressive films of =dm-rater | + | |
- | April 26 - Len Newland spent some time recently in the New Guinea Central Highlands. His slides will certainly be interesting and show the contrast between the walking country in New Guinea and that around New South Wales. | + | __April 12__ - Several years ago Jim Brown (not our Club member) showed some really dramatic and impressive films of underwater |
- | ODD - BOD SECTION. | + | |
- | Can you imagine | + | __April 26__ - Len Newland spent some time recently in the New Guinea Central Highlands. His slides will certainly be interesting and show the contrast between the walking country in New Guinea and that around New South Wales. |
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+ | |||
+ | =====Odd-Bod Section.===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Can you imagine... | ||
Barry Wallace with odd socks | Barry Wallace with odd socks | ||
+ | |||
Hans Stichter lost for words | Hans Stichter lost for words | ||
+ | |||
Frank Taeker in a hurry | Frank Taeker in a hurry | ||
- | Owen Marts in glowing health | + | |
+ | Owen Marks in glowing health | ||
George Gray reading a novel | George Gray reading a novel | ||
+ | |||
Don Finch on a diet | Don Finch on a diet | ||
- | ..9.E Spiro getting married 9 9 99 | ||
- | ? | ||
+ | __OR_ Spiro getting married????? | ||
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