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-*XXX-X--** +**THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER**
-THE SYDNEY BUSHWALICER +
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-A ilkinthly bulletin of matters of interest to The Sydney Bush Walkers, Box 4476 G.P.O. 9 Sydney, 2001* Club meetings are held. every Wednesday evening from 7.30 p m. at the Wireless Institute Building, 14 Atchison Street, St. Leonards. Enquiries concerning the Club should. be referred to Mrs. Marcia ShaPpert - Telephone 30-2028. +
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-MITOR: Helen Gray, 209 Malton Road., Epping, 2121. +
-Telephone 86-6263. +
-BUSINESS KANAGER: Bill Burke, 3 Coral Tree Drive, Carlingford 2118.. Telephone 871-1207. +
-TYPIST: Kath Brown. +
-DUPLICATOR OPERATOR: Bob Duncan, Telephone 869-2691* +
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-JU l979+
  
-A Tale of Two Rivers Social Notes - February Paclayts Ad. +A monthly bulletin of matters of interest to The Sydney Bushwalkers, Box 4476 GP. 0,, Sydney, 2001. Club meetings are held every Wednesday evening from 7.30 p m. at the Wireless Institute Building, 14 Atchison Street, St. Leonards. Enquiries concerning the Club should be referred to Mrs. Marcia Shappert - Telephone 30-2128. 
-Letter to the Editor +  
-Tho December General Meeting Switzerland - Part II Mountain Equipment Ad. Walks for February + 
-Jim Brown Page 2 +|**EDITOR**| Helen Gray, 209 Malton Road, Epping, 2121, Telephone 86-6263|  
-Christine Austin 5 +|**BUSINESS MANAGER**| Bill Burke, 3 Coral Tree Drive Carlingford, 2118. Telephone 871-1207| 
-6 +|**TYPIST**| Kath Brown| 
-Marie B. Byles 7 - +|**DUPLICATOR OPERATOR**| Bob Duncan. Telephone 869-2691| 
-Barry Wallace 7 +  
-Gwen Marks 9 +**January l979** 
-13 Spiro Hajinakitas 14+ 
 +A Tale of Two Rivers Jim Brown Page 2 
 +Social Notes - February Christine Austin 5 
 +Paclayts Ad.6 
 +Letter to the Editor Marie B. Byles 7 - 
 +The December General Meeting Barry Wallace 7 
 +Switzerland - Part II Owen Marks 9 
 +Mountain Equipment Ad. 13 
 +Walks for February Spiro Hajinakitas 14
  
  
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 by Jim Brown by Jim Brown
  
-The waiks-reports of the last half of 1978 have told us that the +The walks-reports of the last half of 1978 have told us that the big rains earlier in the year have caused massive scouring out of the banks along the Cox River, and in his trip story "Snowflakes on Mount Oolong" (September magazine) Spiro reported similar flood damage on the Kowmung above Christie's Creek. I suppose it isn't to be wondered at, with the torrential rains on the mountains during January and March 1978, topped up by heavy falls in May and June. In its weather notes for November 10th, the "S.M.Herald" quotes average annual rainfall in Sydney as 1217 mm, the total to November 8th as 13478717Twith almost two months to go) 9 and the 1977 registration for the corresponding period as 876 mm. 
-big rains earlier in the year-have-caused massive scouring out of the banks along the Cox River, and in his trip stery "Snowflakes on Mount Oolong" (SepteMbe'r magazine) Spiro reported similar flood damage on the Kowmung above Christie's Creek. I suppose it isn't to be wondered at, with the torrential rains on the mountains during January and March 1978, topped up by heavy falls in May and June. In its weather notes for November 10th, the "S.M.Herald" quotes average annual rainfall in Sydney as 1217 mm, the total 'ii to -November 8th as 13478717Twith almost two months to go) 9 and the 1977 registration for the corresponding period as 876 mm. + 
--During October/November I managed to do walking trips on a couple of strbtches of the Blue Mountain river system, and the conditions seen make an- interesting comparison. Se you can accept this as a rough mixture of trip story and information article, with emphasis on the river bank+During October/November I managed to do walking trips on a couple of strbtches of the Blue Mountain river system, and the conditions seen make an- interesting comparison. Se you can accept this as a rough mixture of trip story and information article, with emphasis on the river bank
 situation as seen at that time. situation as seen at that time.
 I) The Middle Kowmung.  I) The Middle Kowmung. 
 - I guess any definition of the-Upper, Middle and Lower reaches of a river has to be a personal and arbitrary one, so I'd best say that I class the Upper Kowmung as the granite gorge section - from the HollandersTuglow Junction down to Rudders Rift, and the Middle Kowmung from there to-about Christie's Creek. I suspect not many walkers now cover this "Middle Section" - at least between Rudders Rift and Lannigan's Creek - and I hadn't been through there previously. I expected there would. be a good flow of water, but decided that by the end of October it shouldn't be too chilly if one had to make some rather deep crossings. - I guess any definition of the-Upper, Middle and Lower reaches of a river has to be a personal and arbitrary one, so I'd best say that I class the Upper Kowmung as the granite gorge section - from the HollandersTuglow Junction down to Rudders Rift, and the Middle Kowmung from there to-about Christie's Creek. I suspect not many walkers now cover this "Middle Section" - at least between Rudders Rift and Lannigan's Creek - and I hadn't been through there previously. I expected there would. be a good flow of water, but decided that by the end of October it shouldn't be too chilly if one had to make some rather deep crossings.
 Of course, the sensible way to walk almost any river is to came downstream, but I was not too confident of picking all the right ridge tops in the Mount Misery-Mount Goondel area, and on navigational grounds thought it best to go out via the known South Boyd Range route, and then up-river. After all, when you climb out of a deep ravine and know that there is a formed trail within abile or so in a certain direction, there should not be any great pathfinding problem. Of course, the sensible way to walk almost any river is to came downstream, but I was not too confident of picking all the right ridge tops in the Mount Misery-Mount Goondel area, and on navigational grounds thought it best to go out via the known South Boyd Range route, and then up-river. After all, when you climb out of a deep ravine and know that there is a formed trail within abile or so in a certain direction, there should not be any great pathfinding problem.
- Parking just off the Kanangra Road near Rocky Top at 10.15 on a Tuesday ihorning, I had an early lunch before noon at the crossing of Wooglemai Creek and then, making rather slower time along the Boyd Range than-the party concerned in Spiro 'a trip story, came to Mount Lahnigan about 2.30 pm and to the Kowmung an hour later. En route I noticed two pleasant ferny gullies not far below the ridge top after passing Mount Savage, and I fancy one could get water there without sacrificing too much height - at least under the prevailing soggy conditions. I had made the mistake in the final descent to the Kowmung of sticking to the nose of the ridge, and so hit the river about *mile below Lannigan's Creek. Immediately I was impressed by the scoured out appearance of the+  
 +Parking just off the Kanangra Road near Rocky Top at 10.15 on a Tuesday ihorning, I had an early lunch before noon at the crossing of Wooglemai Creek and then, making rather slower time along the Boyd Range than-the party concerned in Spiro 'a trip story, came to Mount Lahnigan about 2.30 pm and to the Kowmung an hour later. En route I noticed two pleasant ferny gullies not far below the ridge top after passing Mount Savage, and I fancy one could get water there without sacrificing too much height - at least under the prevailing soggy conditions. I had made the mistake in the final descent to the Kowmung of sticking to the nose of the ridge, and so hit the river about *mile below Lannigan's Creek. Immediately I was impressed by the scoured out appearance of the river bed, with nothing apart from sand and rocks extending up to 20 ft above the existing water level.
  
-river bed., with nothing apart from sand and rocks extending up to 20 ft above the existing water level. +A great lassitude must have overtaken me hereabouts, and when I moved on after a spell I was content to go only as far as the outflow of Bull Creek, just above Lannigans and on the west bank. In part I was seduced by some grassy patches just a few yards up the side stream - and this was to be the pattern most of the way along the Middle Kovimungt wherever there used to be grassy river bank flats before, they're gone,
-A great lassitude must have overtaken_ me hereabouts, and when I moved on after a spell I was content to go only as far as the outflow of Bull Creek, just above Lannigans and on the west bank. In part I was seduced by some grassy patches just a few yards up the side stream - and this was to be the pattern most of the way along the Middle Kovimungt wherever there used to be grassy river bank flats before, they're gone,+
 and the only green sward is on the slopes higher up and in the side creeks. and the only green sward is on the slopes higher up and in the side creeks.
 Wednesday morning began deceptively. Walking over large expanses of sand and river stones, I passed Waterfall Creek in about half an hour, and an hour from camp was coming up around Cache Bend and wondering if there was a photograph in the Dicksonia-Bluffs towering above the next leg of the river upstream. The next few kilometres changed all that, as the river valley narrowed and the way was over ribs and bars of rock and through patches of scrub, interspersed in places with barricades of flood debris up to 20 ft high and wedged between trees and boulders. These pallisades either had to be scaled or circumnavigated. by scrambling through downstream-pointing scrub on the slopes. At leaft they were all very firmly jammed together and in climbing over them it was seldom that a foot broke through the piled rubbish. However, it took best part of two hours from Cache Bend to the outlet of Willa Cower Creek. Wednesday morning began deceptively. Walking over large expanses of sand and river stones, I passed Waterfall Creek in about half an hour, and an hour from camp was coming up around Cache Bend and wondering if there was a photograph in the Dicksonia-Bluffs towering above the next leg of the river upstream. The next few kilometres changed all that, as the river valley narrowed and the way was over ribs and bars of rock and through patches of scrub, interspersed in places with barricades of flood debris up to 20 ft high and wedged between trees and boulders. These pallisades either had to be scaled or circumnavigated. by scrambling through downstream-pointing scrub on the slopes. At leaft they were all very firmly jammed together and in climbing over them it was seldom that a foot broke through the piled rubbish. However, it took best part of two hours from Cache Bend to the outlet of Willa Cower Creek.
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