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 |The Half-Yearly General Meeting|Barry Wallace|13|
+=====Conservation Notes.=====
+by Alex Colley.
+====South-West Tasmania.====
+The Tasmania Wilderness Society (129 Bathurst Street, Hobart, 7000) has appealed to fellow conservationists to support its campaign to prevent further destruction of South-West Tasmania. The S.B.W. has not received a copy of the appeal, but Club members who have enjoyed this beautiful country might like to help. The society asks supporters to:
+* Ask your Federal member to support its call for an enquiry.
+* Write a letter to your local paper.
+* Sign a petition (a copy of which will be available in the Clubroom).
+* Make a donation towards the $3,000 cost of the campaign.
+The society lists the threats to the South-West as follows:
+. Hydro-Electric development which will only provide 4 - 6 years projected growth in electrical demand, while cutting the wilderness by at least 30%.
+. Forestry for woodchipping and pulping which will reduce the wilderness by at least 30%.
+. Exploration by mining companies: Shell and B.H.P. have applied for licenses covering nearly 1500 sq. km. along the eastern edge of the wilderness.
+The South-West is an area of national significance that is in danger of becoming a national disaster. Although some portions of the South-West are within national parks, substantial areas including features such as the Gordon Splits remain unprotected. Furthermore, national parks in Tasmania have been altered or revoked for hydro-electric and forestry purposes. The South-West is part of our national __heritage__ and, therefore, deserves __national__ involvement.
+====Threats to Bushwalkers on the Cox.====
+Following threats to Club members by the owner of a property at the Little River - Cox River junction, the advice of the National Parks and Wild Life Service has been sought. The property is about half-way between the park boundary and the Six Foot Track and about 5 km outside the park.
+Walkers have followed this section of the Cox since the earliest days of the Club, and before. A strong case could therefore be made for the provision of access. This might be achieved by several means:
+* Negotiation by the N.P. & W.S. with the land owner.
+* Purchase of land by the Service.
+* Creation of a walking track (the Lands Dept. is now active in this direction).
+* Investigation of the land-owner's boundary, which may fall short of the Cox.
-CONSERV:0'0N NOTES.
-.	.,	by Alex Colley.
-South-West Tasmania.
-'The Tasmania Wilderness Society (129 Bathurst Street, Hobart, 7000) has appealed to fellow conservationists to support its campaign to prevent
-further destruction of South-West Tasmania. The S.B.W. has not received
-a copy of the appeal, but Club members who have enjoyed this beautiful
-country might like to help. The society asks supporters to:
-*	Ask your Federal member tO support its call for an enquiry.
-*	Write a letter to your local paper.
-*	Sign a petition (a cow of which will be available in the Clubroom).
-*	Make a donation towards the $3,000 cost of the campaign.
- The society lists the threats to the South-West as follows:
-. Hydro=Electric development which will only provide 4 - 6 years projected :growth. in electrical demand, while cutting the wilderness by at least 30%.
-. Forestry for woodchiploing and pulping which will reduce the wilderness by at least 30%.
-. Exploration .by mining companies: Shell and B.H.P. have applied for
-licenses covering nearly 1500 sq. km. along the eastern :,edge of the wilderness.
-The South-West is an area of national significance that is in danger of becoming a national disaster. Although some portions of the South-West are within national parks, substantial area including features such as the Gordan Splits remain unprotected. Furthermore, national parks in Tasmania have been altered or revoked for hydro-electric and forestry purposes. The
-South-West is part of our national heribae and, therefore, deserves national involvement.
-Threats to Bushwalkers on the Cox.
-Following threats to Club meMbers by the owner of a property at the
-Little River - Cox River junction, the advice of the National Parks and
-Wild Life Service has been sought. The property is about half-way between the park bounsary and the Six Foot Track and about 5 km outside the park.
-Walkers have followed this section of the Cox since the earliest days
-of the Club, and before. A strong case could therefore be made for the provision of access. This might be achieved by several means:
-Negotiation by the N.P. & W.S. with the land owner. * Purchase of land by the Service.
-*	Creation of a walking track (the Lands Dept. is now active in this direction).
-*	Investigation of the land-owner's boundary, which may fall short of the Cox.
-Page 3	THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER	October, 1981.
 We have been advised to start by writing to the Director of the Central Region of the N.P. and W.S.
-Rainforest Fund.
-'The Australian Democrats have given notice of a motion in the Senate calling for the preparation of a national plan for the proper conservation of Australian forest resources and the establishment of an Australian Rainforest Fund. Because the principal opposition to the preservation of rainforests rests upon the employment provided by the destruction of these forests, the fund, which Could be used for the provision of alternative timber supplies, and the compensation of employers and employees in the industry, if necessary, could be the key to preservation..
+====Rainforest Fund. ====
-The Oolong Committee has written to all members of the Australian Parliament asking them to support the motion, and has received a large number of interested and many sympathetic replies. It has also written to Mr. Wran stating its belief that if his party supports the motion in the Senate, and adopts it as State Government pglicy, it will be the means of saving our rainforests. Mr. Wran has replied that the Government would certainly examine the proposal.
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+The Australian Democrats have given notice of a motion in the Senate calling for the preparation of a national plan for the proper conservation of Australian forest resources and the establishment of an Australian Rainforest Fund. Because the principal opposition to the preservation of rainforests rests upon the employment provided by the destruction of these forests, the fund, which Could be used for the provision of alternative timber supplies, and the compensation of employers and employees in the industry, if necessary, could be the key to preservation.
-OBITUARY - DICK _HOFFMAN.
+The Colong Committee has written to all members of the Australian Parliament asking them to support the motion, and has received a large number of interested and many sympathetic replies. It has also written to Mr. Wran stating its belief that if his party supports the motion in the Senate, and adopts it as State Government policy, it will be the means of saving our rainforests. Mr. Wran has replied that the Government would certainly examine the proposal.
+=====Obituary - Dick Hoffman.=====
 by Helen Gray.
-The death occurred last month of Dick Hoffman. Dick joined the S.B.T. in 1950, and was involved with the Club for a number of years. A disease which severely affected his eyesight, plus family commitments, resulted in his leaving the Club some years later, but he kept close friendships with many Club members.
-Those of us who knew Dick through his past and recent illness saw a man of courage with the ability to face up to 'life, and death, with calmness and without ever losing the ability to laugh or to take an interest in others. I will miss him very much.
+The death occurred last month of Dick Hoffman. Dick joined the S.B.W. in 1950, and was involved with the Club for a number of years. A disease which severely affected his eyesight, plus family commitments, resulted in his leaving the Club some years later, but he kept close friendships with many Club members.
+Those of us who knew Dick through his past and recent illness saw a man of courage with the ability to face up to life, and death, with calmness and without ever losing the ability to laugh or to take an interest in others. I will miss him very much.
 The Club extends its sympathy to his wife, Audrey, and to John, Delia, Olwyn, Megan and David.
-Page 4	THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER	October, 1981.
-_OBITUARY - S. ALICE CARLON.
+=====Obituary - Alice Carlon.=====
-by'Bill-Burke. Farewell, Mrs. Alice Carlon of Green Gully, a noble lady and a long
-time friend of all Bushwalkers.
+by Bill Burke.
-She spanned many eras in her 92 years lived almost entirely. at Katoomba and Green Gully and could remember meeting aborigines-on-their" walkabouts from Megalong through to Toongabbie'for tribal 'ceremonies.
+Farewell, Mrs. Alice Carlon of Green Gully, a noble lady and a long time friend of all Bushwalkers.
+She spanned many eras in her 92 years lived almost entirely at Katoomba and Green Gully and could remember meeting aborigines on their walkabouts from Megalong through to Toongabbie for tribal ceremonies.
 The first time I met her was in '39 in company with Alex Colley and Bill Hall on a 33 miler - "that poor boy, they will kill him" - she confided to a guest who later became my wife.
-It was a forerunner of many happy meetings, of innumerable cups
-of tea and damper in the kitchen - no bushwalker party returned through Carlon's without Sunday afternoon tea - of many happy hours on the front verandah talking to Norbert (Norbert was mostly to be found sitting an the front verandah), trying to put the ring on the nail, or just plain lazing on the beds.
+It was a forerunner of many happy meetings, of innumerable cups of tea and damper in the kitchen - no bushwalker party returned through Carlon's without Sunday afternoon tea - of many happy hours on the front verandah talking to Norbert (Norbert was mostly to be found sitting an the front verandah), trying to put the ring on the nail, or just plain lazing on the beds.
-My children stayed there on school holidays and loved the place
-and loved Mrs. Carlon and Norbert, who didn't mind them combing and shaving him whilst he rested.
+My children stayed there on school holidays and loved the place and loved Mrs. Carlon and Norbert, who didn't mind them combing and shaving him whilst he rested.
-Green Gully was always a smiling happy home to all who drifted by or stayed and yarned and enjoyed the pleasure of her company, while at the same time she ran the house, the garden and poultry yards. There
-were always chooks with their,heads. off.waiting to be cleaned and mountains of feathers flying. Feeding the peacocki,-chinese silkies and the plain bush birds, robins and wrens, that flew in and out of the kitchen at will.
+Green Gully was always a smiling happy home to all who drifted by or stayed and yarned and enjoyed the pleasure of her company, while at the same time she ran the house, the garden and poultry yards. There were always chooks with their heads off waiting to be cleaned and mountains of feathers flying. Feeding the peacocks, chinese silkies and the plain bush birds, robins and wrens, that flew in and out of the kitchen at will.
-She was the most cheerful and active person I have ever known .and in her gym boots and faded:print dress was equally at home running a rabbit trap line, serving the most delicious meals or: discussing the state of the nation with all and sundry. Mrs. Carlon possessed the capacity to meet and talk to anyone, from tiny tots to Uni professors, at their own level.
+She was the most cheerful and active person I have ever known and in her gym boots and faded print dress was equally at home running a rabbit trap line, serving the most delicious meals or discussing the state of the nation with all and sundry. Mrs. Carlon possessed the capacity to meet and talk to anyone, from tiny tots to Uni professors, at their own level.
 The funeral was not really a sad occasion. Her friends from the mountains were there, some walkers and her children and grandchildren. Eleven by her daughter Bernadette and two by her son Bert, and we all shared the memories of the strength and joys she had imparted to us over the years. They came from as far apart as Darwin and Hobart to say their last farewells.
 I can only repeat - Farewell to a Noble Lady.
 Page. 5	THE SYDNEY BUSHWALIM	October, 1981.
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