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David Ingram (jun.) and Sue Butters | David Ingram (jun.) and Sue Butters | ||
+ | =====Why I don't Go Bushwalking - In New Zealand.===== | ||
- | WHY I DON'T GO BUSHWALKING - | ||
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by Frank Rigby. | by Frank Rigby. | ||
- | In thirty years of bushwalking I have never implanted a walking boot on New Zealand soil. " | + | |
- | snow from May to October" | + | In thirty years of bushwalking I have never implanted a walking boot on New Zealand soil. " |
- | after three days of rain: This experience only served to harden my prejudices against the country, all of which were gained at least second or third han4 and therefore thoroughly reliable. | + | |
- | First of all, the Kiwis don't even call our recreation " | + | First of all, the Kiwis don't even call our recreation " |
- | Then there is the climate, or what passes for a climate in that suspiciously green, green land. Sure it's true that the once-a--century | + | |
- | facilities: | + | Then there is the climate, or what passes for a climate in that suspiciously green, green land. Sure it's true that the once-a-century |
- | Because of the climate the rivers are reputed to be almost unfordable,- raging torrents of glacier milk that will either drown you or freeze you solid. Apparently the trampers form human chains and it is usual to sacrifice one or two members of the party at each crossing. Contrast them with our gentle: streams where you can keep your feet dry and still have an optional swim in the pools. | + | |
- | Then there is, allegedly, a remarkable creature with the improbable name of " | + | Because of the climate the rivers are reputed to be almost unfordable, raging torrents of glacier milk that will either drown you or freeze you solid. Apparently the trampers form human chains and it is usual to sacrifice one or two members of the party at each crossing. Contrast them with our gentle streams where you can keep your feet dry and still have an optional swim in the pools. |
- | it i the scourge of all trampers in Kiwi-land. It will thieve anything from an expensive camera to an irreplaceable boot and make off with the loot, squawking in triumphant glee. The keas will peck holes in your new snow- tent and gobble up all your food. I ask you, can you possibly win when this | + | |
- | mischievous tormenter has wings and you don' | + | Then there is, allegedly, a remarkable creature with the improbable name of " |
- | But the keas, it seems, are almost lovable by comparison with the | + | |
- | notorious N.Z. sandflies. Myriads of these nasty, vindictive little horrors | + | But the keas, it seems, are almost lovable by comparison with the notorious N.Z. sandflies. Myriads of these nasty, vindictive little horrors have driven many an Aussie half-crazy. "Give me the March flies of the Snowy Mountains anytime" |
- | have driven many an Aussie half-crazy. "Give me the March flies of the Snowy Mountains anytime" | + | |
- | Talking of huts reminds me of a song we usedto | + | Talking of huts reminds me of a song we used to sing around the campfire. It was introduced to we Aussies by the Kiwis themselves so it must be true. |
- | Page 10 TEE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER October, | + | |
- | a. | + | |
The lines that stick in my memory go something like this: | The lines that stick in my memory go something like this: | ||
- | " | + | |
- | Of trips where the. -hut s r - full 2 | + | " |
- | No more double bunking, Double bunking for me." | + | Of trips where the huts 'r' |
- | The Kiwis don't appear to have songs about beautiful campsites; oh no only songs about huts where double bunking is a way of life: | + | No more double bunking,\\ |
- | The pack weights they, carry in N.Z. really daunt me. What the trampers put 1n them to achieve loads of sixty pounds and upwards is a mystery but one assumes that it must be necessary to stay alive. It goes without saying that with that burden on my back, I wouldn' | + | Double bunking for me." |
- | Finally, there is the firewood, or more correctly, the stuff their | + | |
- | trees are made of. Virtually incombustible, | + | The Kiwis don't appear to have songs about beautiful campsites; oh no, only songs about huts where double bunking is a way of life! |
- | wouldn' | + | |
- | native forests and replant the whole country with eucalypts we might even accept them as our seventh state: | + | The pack weights they carry in N.Z. really daunt me. What the trampers put in them to achieve loads of sixty pounds and upwards is a mystery but one assumes that it must be necessary to stay alive. It goes without saying that with that burden on my back, I wouldn' |
- | Well, there it is, folks - scenery that can't be seen, toes that turn to webbed feet, rivers of death, misery-making wildlife, sardine tin huts, | + | |
- | packs that grind you into the glaciers and firewood that isn't. Please don't let me put you off but | + | Finally, there is the firewood, or more correctly, the stuff their trees are made of. Virtually incombustible, |
- | Because "The Sydney Bushwalker" | + | |
- | am therefore expecting to see shortly | + | Well, there it is, folks - scenery that can't be seen, toes that turn to webbed feet, rivers of death, misery-making wildlife, sardine tin huts, packs that grind you into the glaciers and firewood that isn't. Please don't let me put you off but... |
+ | |||
+ | Because "The Sydney Bushwalker" | ||
Come to think of it, I could even cop a blast or two from the local Kiwis and the Aussies who have dared to enjoy these tiny islands off our south-east coast. Hostile letters to the Editor, angry articles in rebuttal and downright libel will be dealt with promptly after I've consulted my solicitor. | Come to think of it, I could even cop a blast or two from the local Kiwis and the Aussies who have dared to enjoy these tiny islands off our south-east coast. Hostile letters to the Editor, angry articles in rebuttal and downright libel will be dealt with promptly after I've consulted my solicitor. | ||
- | Perhaps, after all, I ought to take a tramp up the Mitukituki Valley or womewhere | + | |
- | * * 4 * * * * * * * * * * | + | Perhaps, after all, I ought to take a tramp up the Mitukituki Valley or somewhere |
- | HOUSE/CAR SWOP IN NEW ZEALLED. | + | |
- | Bill Gamble has received a letter from a walking acquaintance in New Zealand, asking if he knows of anyone interested in swopping | + | =====House/Car Swop In New Zealand.===== |
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+ | Bill Gamble has received a letter from a walking acquaintance in New Zealand, asking if he knows of anyone interested in swopping | ||
J..A. Barker, Chartered Accountant, P.O. Box 2309, Auckland 1, New Zealand. Telephones (in N.Z.): 793' | J..A. Barker, Chartered Accountant, P.O. Box 2309, Auckland 1, New Zealand. Telephones (in N.Z.): 793' | ||
- | And who said boots were mandatory in the N.Z. mountains, with this | + | |
- | recollection of John by Bill: " | + | And who said boots were mandatory in the N.Z. mountains, with this recollection of John by Bill: " |
- | sandshoes, no socks, jogging uphill and then proceeding to kick his way across a steep slope of packed snow." Ouch: (Mt.Hart, Milford Track, March 1976) | + | |
- | Page 11 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER October, | + | =====Letter To The Editor.===== |
- | LETTER TO THE EDITOR from Tom Herbert. | + | |
- | Dear | + | from Tom Herbert. |
- | . Herewith is a photo copy of Jack Debert' | + | |
- | The address shown on the letter is 258 George Street and this was . the Boy Scouts' | + | Dear Helen, |
- | NATIONAL PARK. | + | |
- | To the Editor of the -Herald. | + | Herewith is a photo copy of Jack Debert' |
- | In reference to "Rtgu' | + | |
- | advise him that when in future desirous of showing our National Park | + | The address shown on the letter is 258 George Street and this was the Boy Scouts' |
- | to visitors, he would take them to some of the more unfrequented | + | |
- | spots. While appreciating the difficulties under Which the National | + | Best wishes. |
- | Park Trust labours, owing to lack of finance, it is fully recognised that the most beautiful parts of our wonderful National Park are those untouched by the hand of man. It is regrettable that the remarks of Mr. W. P. Leighton Bailey concerning an ungrateful public are only too true, and it is a great pity we cannot educate the frequent visitors of our park to be more alive to its beauties, and the need for assisting in keeping clean this great playground. | + | |
- | I would like to draw attention to the fact that two years ago Wattamolla was a perfect camping place, but of late, owing to the greater number reaching the place by motor car, it has been utterly | + | Tom Herbert. |
- | ruined by a careless public, who seem to think that a picnic involves | + | |
- | the leaving about of hosts of paper, empty tins, and broken bottles. Those who see Wattamolla at present, for their first time, think it very beautiful, but had: they seen it two years ago, they would have been enraptured with its beauties, which were then unspoilt by the untidy picnicker. | + | ====National Park.==== |
- | Sydneysiders, | + | |
+ | __To the Editor of the Herald.__ | ||
+ | |||
+ | In reference to "R's" | ||
+ | |||
+ | I would like to draw attention to the fact that two years ago Wattamolla was a perfect camping place, but of late, owing to the greater number reaching the place by motor car, it has been utterly ruined by a careless public, who seem to think that a picnic involves the leaving about of hosts of paper, empty tins, and broken bottles. Those who see Wattamolla at present, for their first time, think it very beautiful, but had they seen it two years ago, they would have been enraptured with its beauties, which were then unspoilt by the untidy picnicker. | ||
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+ | Sydneysiders, | ||
I am, etc., | I am, etc., | ||
- | J. DEBERT. | + | |
- | Hon. Secretary, Sydney Bush Walkers. 258 George-street, Sydney. | + | J. Debert. Hon. Secretary, Sydney Bush Walkers. 258 George |
- | Sept. 17. 1929. It | + | |
- | Page 12 TEE SYDNEY BUSHaLKER October, | + | Sept. 17. 1929. |
- | Fellow | + | |
- | This unsigned letter arrived recently and it is just too good to throw away. Although frivolously written it has a | + | =====Letter to the Editor.===== |
- | grain of common sense and besides, there are not enough walks' articles coming through. I ask the author to own up - this could be the start | + | |
- | of something big! EDITOR.) | + | ====In Reply To The Article On Calendar Reform==== |
- | Letter to the Editor. | + | |
- | IN REPLY TO TEE ARTICLE ON CALENDAR REFORM. | + | (Fellow |
+ | |||
+ | This unsigned letter arrived recently and it is just too good to throw away. Although frivolously written it has a grain of common sense and besides, there are not enough walks' articles coming through. I ask the author to own up - this could be the start | ||
+ | of something big! Editor.) | ||
Dear Sir, | Dear Sir, | ||
- | The recent article on Calendar Reform in the August magazine, while interesting from a philosophical point of view, is simply a waste of time, and why anybody should try to convert the world is simply beyond me, although I 'do know that Albert Einstein and 'Immanuel Velikovsky both were in favour of it. It is as pointless as the fortune left behind by George Bernard Shaw to change the English alphabet. Surely the author realises there are more pressing problems than his hobby horse. | + | |
- | I have an idea that is equally important, and, unlike his, does not involve changing God's rule in any way. It is this. Why doesn' | + | The recent article on Calendar Reform in the August magazine, while interesting from a philosophical point of view, is simply a waste of time, and why anybody should try to convert the world is simply beyond me, although I do know that Albert Einstein and Immanuel Velikovsky both were in favour of it. It is as pointless as the fortune left behind by George Bernard Shaw to change the English alphabet. Surely the author realises there are more pressing problems than his hobby horse. |
- | Let this magazine lead the world. Let us be the hiccup that shook the, civilized ramparts. Let us fire an arrow of intellect into the scientific and literary world. Let this be a trumpeting call that will outblast and outlast-Rolandis | + | |
- | What can you do? Write letters to the editor of your favourite newspaper, make reverse charged calls to your Federal and State members, tell the localcrackpot, shout it aloud from the ziggurats, write intellectually to Max Harris | + | I have an idea that is equally important, and, unlike his, does not involve changing God's rule in any way. It is this. Why doesn' |
- | or grammatically to Patrick White (or vice verwa). Refuse to let Joan sing at your wedding free, and SHOCK the Establishment. Get the local school | + | |
- | to brainwash the next generation (look how the litter problem has been solvein | + | Let this magazine lead the world. Let us be the hiccup that shook the civilized ramparts. Let us fire an arrow of intellect into the scientific and literary world. Let this be a trumpeting call that will outblast and outlast |
- | Civil disobedience there can be too, but in a very subtle way that even tinid typists can do by simply placing the stamps upsidedown each time they mail a letter and showing the world that they are members of S.N.O.O.P. (Society | + | |
- | Even young ladies can emulate their great-grandmothers of the Suffragette Movement by doing all sorts of things, although.I am not in favour of them | + | What can you do? Write letters to the editor of your favourite newspaper, make reverse charged calls to your Federal and State members, tell the local crackpot, shout it aloud from the ziggurats, write intellectually to Max Harris or grammatically to Patrick White (or vice versa). Refuse to let Joan sing at your wedding free, and SHOCK the Establishment. Get the local school |
- | Page 13 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER October, | + | |
- | .=1=11.0, | + | Civil disobedience there can be too, but in a very subtle way that even timid typists can do by simply placing the stamps upsidedown each time they mail a letter and showing the world that they are members of S.N.O.O.P. (Society |
- | copying Lysistrata. That would be going too far. | + | |
- | Let this be a broadsheet. A pamphlet announcing to the world that the light at the end of the tunnel is the 1st January 2000 when the Naming of Our Planet can come true. L. whole new world crusade to round off the 20th century and all from your own S.B-.W. magazine. Let TREK follow | + | Even young ladies can emulate their great-grandmothers of the Suffragette Movement by doing all sorts of things, although I am not in favour of them copying Lysistrata. That would be going too far. |
- | into the new millenium with SNOOP as our rallying cry. | + | |
- | As for the small problem of WHAT to call our planet, I will leave that to you, gentle reader. Just write your selection on a piece of paper and thail it to the Editor. An easy decision. | + | Let this be a broadsheet. A pamphlet announcing to the world that the light at the end of the tunnel is the 1st January 2000 when the Naming of Our Planet can come true. A whole new world crusade to round off the 20th century and all from your own S.B.W. magazine. Let THEM follow into the new millenium with SNOOP as our rallying cry. |
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+ | As for the small problem of WHAT to call our planet, I will leave that to you, gentle reader. Just write your selection on a piece of paper and mail it to the Editor. An easy decision. | ||
Long Live Our Magazine. | Long Live Our Magazine. | ||
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(Unsigned for ethical reasons) | (Unsigned for ethical reasons) | ||
- | * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * | + | |
THE HALF-YEARLY GENZEAL1CHETING. | THE HALF-YEARLY GENZEAL1CHETING. | ||
by Barry Wallace. | by Barry Wallace. |
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