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 A monthly bulletin of matters of interest to The Sydney Bush Walkers, Box 4476 G.P.O., Sydney, 2001. Club meetings are held every Wednesday evening from 7.30 pm at the Wireless institute Building, 14 Atchison Street, St. Leonards. Enquiries concerning the Club should be referred to Ann Ravn, Telephone 798,8607.
-|Editor|Helen Gray, 209 1VIalton Road, Epping, 2121. Telephone 86,6263.|
+|Editor|Helen Gray, 209 Malton Road, Epping, 2121. Telephone 86,6263.|
 |Business Manager|Bill Burke, 3 Coral Tree Drive, Carlingford, 2118. Telephone 871,1207.|
 |Typist|Kath Brown.|
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 David Ingram (jun.) and Sue Butters
+=====Why I don't Go Bushwalking - In New Zealand.=====
-WHY I DON'T GO BUSHWALKING -
-L\T'NEW -ZEALAND:-
 by Frank Rigby.
-In thirty years of bushwalking I have never implanted a walking boot on New Zealand soil. "Ignorant Ockeri" I can hear you saying. Well, at least do me the courtesy of hearing my arguments first. Actually, I've been to N.Z. only once, and that for a ski-ing holiday when the "guaranteed powder
-snow from May to October" atlft."1-utt turned into a field of rough diamonds
+In thirty years of bushwalking I have never implanted a walking boot on New Zealand soil. "Ignorant Ocker!" I can hear you saying. Well, at least do me the courtesy of hearing my arguments first. Actually, I've been to N.Z. only once, and that for a ski-ing holiday when the "guaranteed powder snow from May to October" at Mt. Hutt turned into a field of rough diamonds 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 hand and therefore thoroughly reliable.
-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 "bushwalking",' perhaps because we Aussies invented the word. You must say "tramping" when you cross the Tasman, but the only image that tramping brings to my mind is one of tramps. Understandably, I've no inclination to become a tramp.
+First of all, the Kiwis don't even call our recreation "bushwalking", perhaps because we Aussies invented the word. You must say "tramping" when you cross the Tasman, but the only image that tramping brings to my mind is one of tramps. Understandably, I've no inclination to become a tramp.
-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 draught makes the outdoors almost tolerable. But, believe me, judging from the stories I've heard from returning Aussies, they went in the other ninety-nine years: "It didn't stop raining for three weeks"; "I didn't see the mountains at all - perhaps they're a myth"; "We were confined in a snow cave for nine days" and so on. Oh yes, you Kiwiphiles, you can't deny it. No wonder their Kiwi Jackets and wool shirts are so famous - just look at the superb research
-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 drought makes the outdoors almost tolerable. But, believe me, judging from the stories I've heard from returning Aussies, they went in the other ninety-nine years: "It didn't stop raining for three weeks"; "I didn't see the mountains at all - perhaps they're a myth"; "We were confined in a snow cave for nine days" and so on. Oh yes, you Kiwiphiles, you can't deny it. No wonder their Kiwi Jackets and wool shirts are so famous - just look at the superb research facilities!
-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 "kea". It is supposed to be a bird, but judging from the accounts One hears (and they are legion) it may well be a devil-devil. Undoubtedly,
+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't?
+Then there is, allegedly, a remarkable creature with the improbable name of "kea". It is supposed to be a bird, but judging from the accounts one hears (and they are legion) it may well be a devil-devil. Undoubtedly, it is 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't?
-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" I have heard them cry. "Stay above the treeline" is, apparently, the standard advice - I'm not sure though how one stays alive while reaching said treeline. Any advice? Alternatively, it is possible to barricade oneself in a hut, where one will probably be driven, anyway, by the climate.
-have driven many an Aussie half-crazy. "Give me the March flies of the Snowy Mountains anytime" I have heard them cry. "Stay above the treelin0 Is, apparently, the standard advice - I'm not sure though how one stays alive while reaching said treeline. Any advice? Alternatively, it is possible to barricade oneself in a hut, where one will probably be driven, anyway, by the climate.
-Talking of huts reminds me of a song we usedto sing around the campfire. It was introduced to we Aussies by the Kiwis themselves-so-it must be true.
+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.
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-	a.
 The lines that stick in my memory go something like this:
-"I've had-e,	.
-Of trips where the. -hut s r - full 2
+"I've had a gutsful\\
-No more double bunking, Double bunking for me."
+Of trips where the huts 'r' full,\\
-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't survive the first day.
+Double bunking for me."
-Finally, there is the firewood, or more correctly, the stuff their
-trees are made of. Virtually incombustible, they say, but don't worry, just forget it and pack your chuffa instead. Perhaps "me al' black billy" just
+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't be appreciated in N.Z. If only the Kiwis would clear-fell their,
-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't survive the first day.
-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, they say, but don't worry, just forget it and pack your chuffa instead. Perhaps "me ol' black billy" just wouldn't be appreciated in N.Z. If only the Kiwis would clear-fell their native forests and replant the whole country with eucalypts we might even accept them as our seventh state!
-Because "The Sydney Bushwalker" is a famous magazine with world-wide circulation, I suppose this article will be widely read in New Zealand. I
-am therefore expecting to see shortly .a retaliatory piece in the "Tararua Tramper", or similar, entitled "Why I Don't Go Tramping - - in Australia".
+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" is a famous magazine with world-wide circulation, I suppose this article will be widely read in New Zealand. I am therefore expecting to see shortly a retaliatory piece in the "Tararua Tramper", or similar, entitled "Why I __Don't__ Go Tramping - - in Australia".
 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 next summer just to confirm my prejudices. Any starters?
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+Perhaps, after all, I ought to take a tramp up the Mitukituki Valley or somewhere next summer just to confirm my prejudices. Any starters?
-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 hcmes and cars for a month commencing 26th December, 1981. If any Club members (despite . the above article) are contemplating a North Island holiday soon, John and Dawn Barker may be good people to contact. Their address:-
+=====House/Car Swop In New Zealand.=====
+Bill Gamble has received a letter from a walking acquaintance in New Zealand, asking if he knows of anyone interested in swopping homes and cars for a month commencing 26th December, 1981. If any Club members (despite the above article) are contemplating a North Island holiday soon, John and Dawn Barker may be good people to contact. Their address:-
 J..A. Barker, Chartered Accountant, P.O. Box 2309, Auckland 1, New Zealand. Telephones (in N.Z.): 793'902 (bus.), 466 411 (home).
-And who said boots were mandatory in the N.Z. mountains, with this
-recollection of John by Bill: "Looking back downhill, I saw this bloke in
+And who said boots were mandatory in the N.Z. mountains, with this recollection of John by Bill: "Looking back downhill, I saw this bloke in 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)
-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)
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+=====Letter To The Editor.=====
-LETTER TO THE EDITOR	from Tom Herbert.
-Dear
+from Tom Herbert.
-.	Herewith is a photo copy of Jack Debert's letter to the Sydney Morning Herald. The letter was written in 1929, 50 years after the dedication of the National Park in 1879.
-The address shown on the letter is 258 George Street and this was . the Boy Scouts' Rooms where the S.B.W. had its first meeting place. I think. Jack's letter-was.good-publIc-relationswork f6r- the S.Bar. giving its philo7 sophy and its address.	Best wishes.	TOM HERBERT.
+Dear Helen,
-NATIONAL PARK.
-To the Editor of the -Herald.
+Herewith is a photo copy of Jack Debert's letter to the Sydney Morning Herald. The letter was written in 1929, 50 years after the dedication of the National Park in 1879.
-In reference to "Rtgu'letter in'SaturdaYls "Herald", I would
-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' Rooms where the S.B.W. had its first meeting place. I think Jack's letter was good public relations work for the S.B.W. giving its philosophy and its address.
-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, in the main, are unaware of the true beauties of National Park, but those-who have traversed the many creeks and unfrequented ridges, realise what a fine inheritance has been banded pm by the far-seeing statesman, who, in 1879, declared open to the public the first stretch of country, namely, eighteen thousand =lies in extent. Of recent years, a further eighteen thousand acres have been added, and it is to be hoped that that glorious stretch of coastline, from the existing southern boundary at Garie, to a point just north of Stanwell Park, will be taken over by the park trust. This would then ensure that a number of beaches in proximity of the city would ever remain in a natural state.
+__To the Editor of the Herald.__
+In reference to "R's" letter in Saturday's "Herald", I would advise him that when in future desirous of showing our National Park to visitors, he would take them to some of the more unfrequented spots. While appreciating the difficulties under which the National 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 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.
+Sydneysiders, in the main, are unaware of the true beauties of National Park, but those who have traversed the many creeks and unfrequented ridges, realise what a fine inheritance has been handed on by the far-seeing statesman, who, in 1879, declared open to the public the first stretch of country, namely, eighteen thousand acres in extent. Of recent years, a further eighteen thousand acres have been added, and it is to be hoped that that glorious stretch of coastline, from the existing southern boundary at Garie, to a point just north of Stanwell Park, will be taken over by the park trust. This would then ensure that a number of beaches in proximity of the city would ever remain in a natural state.
 I am, etc.,
-J. DEBERT.
-Hon. Secretary, Sydney Bush Walkers. 258 George-street, Sydney.
+J. Debert. Hon. Secretary, Sydney Bush Walkers. 258 George Street, Sydney.
-Sept. 17.	1929.	It
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+Sept. 17. 1929.
-Fellow Members,	.
-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 Member,
+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,
-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't our planet have a name? Before you laugh and say "Earth", think what the Russians, the. Opts, the Aleuts, the Magyars, and the Tuaregs call it. Not to mention theAiabs, the Hindus or the Gurindji. Obviously it is quite clear that every tongue has "earth" in its own language, and it may even be possible that some primitive culture has a genuine name for our planet. That is needed NOW is - an International Name and that is the responsibility of the various nations on this planet, with the urgings of the citizenry. YOU.
+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 famous call through the centuries.
-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't our planet have a name? Before you laugh and say "Earth", think what the Russians, the Copts, the Aleuts, the Magyars, and the Tuaregs call it. Not to mention the Arabs, the Hindus or the Gurindji. Obviously it is quite clear that every tongue has "earth" in its own language, and it may even be possible that some primitive culture has a genuine name for our planet. What is needed NOW is - an International Name and that is the responsibility of the various nations on this planet, with the urgings of the citizenry. YOU.
-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 councOs
-to brainwash the next generation (look how the litter problem has been solvein only 20 years!), blackmail your worst politician, get influential millionaires to forgo frippery and sally forth forthwith.
+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 Roland's famous call through the centuries.
-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 fOr the Naming Of Our Planet). Imagine the whole population of Sydney leaving - their phones off the hook. Even a baby could be involved, and could ask his father without shame when he grew up - "What did YOU do in the SNOOP campaign!' anci the father could puff out.his chest and say, "I involved you, my cherub,-i. into giving our Planet a name by making you take the phone off the hook, when you were but a dimpled babe".
-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 councils to brainwash the next generation (look how the litter problem has been solved in only 20 years!), blackmail your worst politician, get influential millionaires to forgo frippery and sally forth forthwith.
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+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 for the Naming Of Our Planet). Imagine the whole population of Sydney leaving their phones off the hook. Even a baby could be involved, and could ask his father without shame when he grew up - "What did YOU do in the SNOOP campaign?" and the father could puff out his chest and say, "I involved you, my cherub, into giving our Planet a name by making you take the phone off the hook, when you were but a dimpled babe".
-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.
+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.
 (Unsigned for ethical reasons)
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 THE HALF-YEARLY GENZEAL1CHETING.
 by Barry Wallace.