198112
Differences
This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.
Both sides previous revisionPrevious revisionNext revision | Previous revisionNext revisionBoth sides next revision | ||
198112 [2016/03/30 12:39] – tyreless | 198112 [2016/03/31 09:41] – tyreless | ||
---|---|---|---|
Line 99: | Line 99: | ||
It was well after 9.00 am before we ambled upstream to Flaggi Clear, and then up and over the saddle behind Galong Hill to descend on to the rock slabs of Little River for lunch. Fencing work in progress at the back of Flaggi Clear will soon add to the existing difficulties of crossing this barbed wire entanglement. The rain which had held off (save for the lightest of misty drizzle the previous evening already mentioned) now looked more threatening, | It was well after 9.00 am before we ambled upstream to Flaggi Clear, and then up and over the saddle behind Galong Hill to descend on to the rock slabs of Little River for lunch. Fencing work in progress at the back of Flaggi Clear will soon add to the existing difficulties of crossing this barbed wire entanglement. The rain which had held off (save for the lightest of misty drizzle the previous evening already mentioned) now looked more threatening, | ||
- | Humidity, flies and a warm san suggested a hot slog up Galong Creek to Carlons. However, the thundercaps again building overhead had something else in mind; and Don knew it as he urged us on. Wet rocks in Galong Creek are not exactly easy graft. | + | Humidity, flies and a warm sun suggested a hot slog up Galong Creek to Carlons. However, the thundercaps again building overhead had something else in mind; and Don knew it as he urged us on. Wet rocks in Galong Creek are not exactly easy graft. |
- | Well into Galong Creek, a short-lived thurdershower and the return of the sun tricked 9 of the party to stop for a brew and to allow the rock to dry. Don, Jenny, Keith and John forged ahead, covering the full length of Galong Creek in spite of difficult conditions (and a few awkward moments, including an apparently undignified slide by John) and heavy rain which dogged them towards the end. With the fire well and truly extinished | + | Well into Galong Creek, a short-lived thurdershower and the return of the sun tricked 9 of the party to stop for a brew and to allow the rock to dry. Don, Jenny, Keith and John forged ahead, covering the full length of Galong Creek in spite of difficult conditions (and a few awkward moments, including an apparently undignified slide by John) and heavy rain which dogged them towards the end. With the fire well and truly extinguished |
- | Thus, the walk ended rather differently from the plans of its promoter. And that is what lifted it from a leisurely | + | Thus, the walk ended rather differently from the plans of its promoter. And that is what lifted it from a leisurely |
After hot chocolate and a satisfying meal at Aroneys in Katoomba, we went our ways. | After hot chocolate and a satisfying meal at Aroneys in Katoomba, we went our ways. | ||
- | TIMM MONTHS' | + | =====Three Months' |
- | by Evelyn Walker. | + | |
- | With three months' | + | |
- | Opend most of the time, and I decided to fulfil a desire felt on an earlier | + | |
- | visit to Athens to see a Greek island, then wander a little through Europe and enjoy the luxury of having plenty of time. | + | |
- | . The funny little bus pulled and groaned its way through depressed-looking hamlets on its way from Rhodes airport to the city at the northern tip of the island. Inquiry on arrival revealed confusion concerning the whereabouts of ty little hotel, but I eventually tracked it down in Plastira Street, which led up from Mandraki Port. | + | |
- | This port was the old harbour for many centuries. At its nbrthern end the narrow exit is guarded by a stag on one side and a hind on the other, Where the huge feet of the Colossus of Rhodes were once planted. One of the | + | |
- | Seven wonders of the ancient world, this huge obi:Ter statue of a man reached 34 metres, and the little sailing boats ducked between his legs into the safety of the harbour. Unfortunately it was destroyed by a great earthquake in 27 BC and the pieces remained under the sea for centuries until they were raised and sold by Arabs to a Saracen, and carried off on 900 camels. | + | |
- | During the Roman and Hellenistic periods Rhodes had a flourishing system of commerce and sea trade, which brought many riches and much culture to the island.- Many Romans completed their education there, at a school of rhetoric founded by a famous Athenian orator and at the gymnasium where a student of Socrates taught. Ptolemy was buried here. | + | |
- | Overlooking the commercial harbour in the next bay to Mandraki is a huge Mediaeval fortress. The walls, topped with battlements and strengthened with towers, surround the old city of Rhodes. In 1306 the Knights of St. John | + | |
- | bought the island, renovated the walls.and built the castle which is still nearly intact and contains many rooms with beautiful mosiac floors raided frOm the island of Kos. The Knights remained until conquered in the sixteenth | + | |
- | century by the Turks, who in their turn were thrown out in 1912. | + | |
- | The old city is fascinating to explore. It's good to get off the main tourist streets, filled though they are with shops offering clothing, pottery, | + | |
- | paintings, postcards, food and many other delights, and find one's way into | + | |
- | the narrow back lanes, mostly cobbled and overarched, which wind between narrow old houses and lure you on round one corner after another. Here there are children playing; there a church dating from the fourteenth or fifteenth | + | |
- | century. Further on the sound of Greek music is heard and draws one to a narrow shop hardly two metres wide but stacked high with recoi s and tapes. | + | |
- | A: compulsory stop to chat to the very handsome young owner who says he spends | + | |
- | many evenings playing traditional music with his friends - on the instruments, | + | |
- | w6rks of Theodorakis and others. | + | |
- | Further on, a small table and a couple of stools are set up on the pavement and nensdtle down for a good gPme of cards, encouraged by interested | + | |
- | onlookers. More corners, more narrow, dark houses, arches, motor bikes, | + | |
- | children, cycles leaning against unpainted walls, and the soft fragrance of | + | |
- | Page 8 THE SYDNEY BUSUALICERS ' | + | |
- | =11.11111=1M amadlImeI01=iellIIMIIIMINIIMI | + | |
- | lemon blossom. How I'd have liked to be invit.ed in to one of the nicer houses to get a good look at the pretty little courtyards one could occasionally glimpse: | + | |
- | Back in the tourist area near the castle I stopped at one of the many . 'shops offering creamy blouses and colourful dresses - all fun to try on and reasonably cheap, but hard to choose between. | + | |
- | In the evening the old City was nearly deserted. In the new area I - was again drawn by some marvellous Greek music billowing from a taverna. 'T glanced in. A narrow room only about eight feet wide, of which half was taken up by the bar, was filled with several young men and a few women, and plucking up courage I went in and bought a drink, sinking into the background as far as possible in so narrow a place, and luxuriating in the very Greek' Mbience. The barman, of some 30 years, seemed to know most of his customers well and the canversation' | + | |
- | in Athens four years earlier where, even with another woman, we were constantly approached by men while strolling round the Plaka area in the evening. The freedom and friendliness of Rhodes were refreshing. | + | |
- | I.had hoped to make a quick trip to Turkey but, although the mainland is Only nine miles away and within full view, there is no harbour in reach of.a .ay trip. So I turned my attention to Symi (rhyming with Jimnie).. A small | + | |
- | inter-island steamer carried surprisingly few passengers - nearly all locals - round a headland and into a bay of pale turquoise water where a very small. | + | |
- | ciraular quay provided a mooring. The hills rose on three sides, at first. gently and then sharply to the tops. The lower slopes were dotted with numerous houses, mostly painted white, although ochre was also a popular colour, and several were unpainted and derelict. It seemed that no one felt it necessary to demolish old houses. Just let them tumble down and build.' | + | |
- | elsewhere, and meanwhile the chickens can live in then. | + | |
- | A domed pale ochre church high up seemed worth investigating and I | + | |
- | started up somewide steps and along a path which became a goat track and finally disappeared, | + | |
- | this wasn't the locals' | + | |
- | invitation of the wide steps. The church was unfortunately closed but outside was an area paved with stones, the cement between being painted the popular | + | |
- | white. The view over the bay and village needed a few minutes to take in savour. | + | |
- | And there, of course, was the roads A concrete strip wide enough to | + | by Evelyn Walker. |
- | cars to pass wound up from the bay in a huge sweep out of sight and continued in a leisurely manner down the other side of the ridge. But how the villagers without cars made the climb was not clear - but not worth exploring. | + | |
- | I continued along the road, past drystone walls, some of which had their | + | With three months' |
- | Page THE SYDNEY BUSHZLKER December, | + | |
- | ..... .f. | + | The funny little bus pulled and groaned its way through depressed-looking hamlets on its way from Rhodes airport to the city at the northern tip of the island. Inquiry on arrival revealed confusion concerning the whereabouts of the little hotel, but I eventually tracked it down in Plastira Street, which led up from Mandraki Port. |
- | final two layers cemented to keep them stable. | + | |
- | was greeted with calls of hallo from a few men and women and it was really | + | This port was the old harbour for many centuries. At its northern end the narrow exit is guarded by a stag on one side and a hind on the other, where the huge feet of the Colossus of Rhodes were once planted. One of the seven wonders of the ancient world, this huge copper statue of a man reached 34 metres, and the little sailing boats ducked between his legs into the safety of the harbour. Unfortunately it was destroyed by a great earthquake in 27 BC and the pieces remained under the sea for centuries until they were raised and sold by Arabs to a Saracen, and carried off on 900 camels. |
- | A Greek girl with an Australian accent chatted to me and advised me to have lunch at a relative' | + | |
- | The sun was warm enough for bare arms and I .even saw a tourist sunning himself in a bathing costume - and yet the tourists were so few. April seems an ideal time to visit Greece. | + | During the Roman and Hellenistic periods Rhodes had a flourishing system of commerce and sea trade, which brought many riches and much culture to the island. Many Romans completed their education there, at a school of rhetoric founded by a famous Athenian orator and at the gymnasium where a student of Socrates taught. Ptolemy was buried here. |
- | With 'a feW. Minutes | + | |
- | One of the passenaers | + | Overlooking the commercial harbour in the next bay to Mandraki is a huge Mediaeval fortress. The walls, topped with battlements and strengthened with towers, surround the old city of Rhodes. In 1306 the Knights of St. John bought the island, renovated the walls and built the castle which is still nearly intact and contains many rooms with beautiful mosaic floors raided from the island of Kos. The Knights remained until conquered in the sixteenth century by the Turks, who in their turn were thrown out in 1912. |
+ | |||
+ | The old city is fascinating to explore. It's good to get off the main tourist streets, filled though they are with shops offering clothing, pottery, paintings, postcards, food and many other delights, and find one's way into the narrow back lanes, mostly cobbled and overarched, which wind between narrow old houses and lure you on round one corner after another. Here there are children playing; there a church dating from the fourteenth or fifteenth century. Further on the sound of Greek music is heard and draws one to a narrow shop hardly two metres wide but stacked high with records and tapes. A compulsory stop to chat to the very handsome young owner who says he spends many evenings playing traditional music with his friends - on the instruments, | ||
+ | |||
+ | Further on, a small table and a couple of stools are set up on the pavement and men settle down for a good game of cards, encouraged by interested onlookers. More corners, more narrow, dark houses, arches, motor bikes, children, cycles leaning against unpainted walls, and the soft fragrance of lemon blossom. How I'd have liked to be invited in to one of the nicer houses to get a good look at the pretty little courtyards one could occasionally glimpse! | ||
+ | |||
+ | Back in the tourist area near the castle I stopped at one of the many shops offering creamy blouses and colourful dresses - all fun to try on and reasonably cheap, but hard to choose between. | ||
+ | |||
+ | In the evening the old City was nearly deserted. In the new area I was again drawn by some marvellous Greek music billowing from a taverna. I glanced in. A narrow room only about eight feet wide, of which half was taken up by the bar, was filled with several young men and a few women, and plucking up courage I went in and bought a drink, sinking into the background as far as possible in so narrow a place, and luxuriating in the very Greek ambience. The barman, of some 30 years, seemed to know most of his customers well and the conversation flowed freely. He brought me a second drink and when I protested that I had no money to pay for it told me that one of the girls had bought it for me. I wished that I'd been able to return the courtesy. It was a very pleasant evening and contrasted strongly with one in Athens four years earlier where, even with another woman, we were constantly approached by men while strolling round the Plaka area in the evening. The freedom and friendliness of Rhodes were refreshing. | ||
+ | |||
+ | I had hoped to make a quick trip to Turkey but, although the mainland is only nine miles away and within full view, there is no harbour in reach of a day trip. So I turned my attention to Symi (rhyming with Jimmie). A small inter-island steamer carried surprisingly few passengers - nearly all locals - round a headland and into a bay of pale turquoise water where a very small circular quay provided a mooring. The hills rose on three sides, at first gently and then sharply to the tops. The lower slopes were dotted with numerous houses, mostly painted white, although ochre was also a popular colour, and several were unpainted and derelict. It seemed that no one felt it necessary to demolish old houses. Just let them tumble down and build elsewhere, and meanwhile the chickens can live in then. | ||
+ | |||
+ | A domed pale ochre church high up seemed worth investigating and I started up some wide steps and along a path which became a goat track and finally disappeared, | ||
+ | |||
+ | And there, of course, was the road! A concrete strip wide enough to allow cars to pass wound up from the bay in a huge sweep out of sight and continued in a leisurely manner down the other side of the ridge. But how the villagers without cars made the climb was not clear - but not worth exploring. | ||
+ | |||
+ | I continued along the road, past drystone walls, some of which had their final two layers cemented to keep them stable. | ||
+ | |||
+ | A Greek girl with an Australian accent chatted to me and advised me to have lunch at a relative' | ||
+ | |||
+ | The sun was warm enough for bare arms and I even saw a tourist sunning himself in a bathing costume - and yet the tourists were so few. April seems an ideal time to visit Greece. | ||
+ | |||
+ | With a few minutes | ||
+ | |||
+ | One of the passengers | ||
+ | |||
+ | To be continued... | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ====Christmas - New Year Walking Trip - Snowy Mountains.==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | __December 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, January 1 and 2.__ | ||
+ | |||
+ | __Main Range - Mt. Kosciusko - Jagungal__ | ||
+ | |||
+ | Charlottes Pass - Mt. Stilwell - North Rams Head - Mt. Kosciusko - Lake Albina - Mt. Twynam - Mt. Tate - Rolling Grounds - Dicky Cooper Bogong - Grey Mare Hut - Strumbo Range - Mt. Jagungal - Bull's Peaks - Cup and Saucer Hill - Mawson' | ||
+ | |||
+ | Map: Kosciusko 1:100,00O. Medium / Hard - Seven days total - 112 km. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Leaders: Jim Percy 520,9861(H) 699,0044 (B). Barrie Murdoch 498,7834 (H), 232,2644 (B) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | =====November General Meeting.===== | ||
- | TO BE CONTLUED. | ||
- | December | ||
- | * 4 * 4 4 * * * * | ||
- | 'XMAS NEW YEAR WALKING TRIP : .." -SNOWY MOUNTAINS | ||
- | 30, 319 January 1 and 2. | ||
- | :Main RanA' | ||
- | Chrlottels Pass Mt. Stilwell NorthadMS-Hedat. Kosciusko - Lake Alblna Mt. Twynam -Mt. Tate-- Rolling Grounds -.Dicky Cooper Boo:mg - Grey Mare Hut Strumbo Range -Mt. Jagangal - Bufrs Peaks - Cup and Saucer Iill wsad' | ||
- | Blue e - Charlotte' | ||
- | Kosciusko 1100,00O.: | ||
- | MEOTW/HARD - Seven days total - 112l. | ||
- | IiADERZ fltPERt' | ||
- | BARRIE MURDOCH 498,7834 (H), 232,2644 (B) | ||
- | ICAMPING EQUIPMENT Large Tents Stoves | ||
- | DISTRIBUTORS OF: | ||
- | Paddymade | ||
- | BUSHWALKERS | ||
- | Lightweight Tents Sleeping Bags Rucksacks | ||
- | Proprietors: | ||
- | EAST WOOD CANVAS GOODS 8i CAMPING SUPPLIES 3 Thdawney St Eastwood NSW 2122. Phone 858 2775 | ||
- | Page THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER December, | ||
- | NOVEMBER GENERAL MEETING. | ||
by Jim Brown. | by Jim Brown. | ||
- | , | + | |
- | for an hour - slightly longer than usual - it was unevehtfill | + | It was November 11, a day that has achieved some prominence in world affairs and particularly in Australian matters since the hanging of Ned Kelly about 100 years ago, but except for the fact that the meeting went on for an hour - slightly longer than usual - it was uneventfull |
- | Commencing at the rather advanced time of 8.30, we welcomed two new enlistments, | + | |
- | from October - still not to hand - and we got down to Minutes, with nowt - | + | Correspondence, |
- | , | + | |
- | arising. | + | The Treasurer' |
- | Correspondence, | + | |
- | The Treasurer' | + | Also deriving from the Federation Report, we heard that the Annual Ball produced a healthy profit of $1,400, and that Federation' |
- | S & R people seeking a woman missing in the West Head area. The two teams were stated to have done an excellent job in scrub thick enough to stop a wombat - apparently it was thick enough to deter some other searchers. The Convener has voiced the opinion that trained S & R personnel should be willing to undertake searches if requested, even if the missing people are not on a Walking | + | |
- | Also deriving from the Federation Report, we heard that the Annual Ball produced a healthy profit of $1,400, and that Federation' | + | The recital of walks activities began with the Finch/ |
- | The recital of walks activities began with the Finch/ | + | |
- | had quite different weather conditions, although it was agreed that they mat and exchanged car keys in a owe near Mount Fletcher on the Saturday night. | + | Over the following weekend, a bicycle trip in the Newnes country was cancelled, but it was known Barry Wallace's Bonnum Pic walk proceeded with five folk. Jim Percy' |
- | 4. total of 18 (nine in the wet group and nine in the drs) took part. Meanwhile | + | |
- | It was November 11, a day that has achieved some prominence in world affairs and particularly in Australian matters since the hanging of Ned | + | Petrol shortages caused the cancellation of two of the trips set down for the weekend 23/25 October, including the overnight Kanangra walk and the day walk to Mount Solitary. Hans Stichter pushed ahead with his Upper Cox' |
- | kelly about 100 years ago, but except for the fact that the meeting 'went an | + | |
- | . Page 112 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER DeceMber 1981. | + | For the final weekend under review, the two overnight trips were cancelled or deferred to allow for the Barn Dance at Coolana, where some 58 people assembled. The urban type day walk apparently did not go, but Roy Braithwate started his day walk from Bundeena with 15, of whom two defected at Marley, but four others who had joined a later ferry overtook the party at lunch at Deer Pool. |
- | Over the following weekend, a bicycle trip in the Newnes country was cancelled, but it was known Barry Vallace's Bonnum Pic walk proceeded with five folk. Jim Percy' | + | |
- | day, some of the party, which included two or three prospective members, being unenthusiastic about the descent of the pass on chains. | + | Coming to General Business, Conservation Secretary Alex Colley said he had received a declaration from the Tasmanian Wilderness Society, opposing any further intrusion of industry or development into the South-west Wilderness area. We voted that Alex express our endorsement, |
- | Petrol shortages caused the cancellation of two of the trips set dawn, for the weekend 23/25 October, including the overnight Kanangra walk and the day walk to Mount Solitary. Hans Stichter pushed ahead with his Upper CoDs River project, and had 12 people. It was good, he said, to see Megalong | + | |
- | Valley so fresh and green again, and most of the streams flowing well. During Saturday night' | + | The question was raised whether it had been practicable to proceed with any action over the discharge of firearms by a property owner near a walking |
- | For the final weekend under review, the two overnight trips were cancelled or deferred to allow for the Barn Dance at Coolana, where some 58 people | + | |
- | assembled-. The urban type day walk apparently did not go, but Roy Braithwate started his day walk from Bundeena with 15, of whom two defected at Marley; but faur others who had joined a later ferry overtook the party at lunch at Deer Pool. | + | Harking back to the earlier debate on South-west Tasmania, Spiro proposed that the Club donate $200 towards the funds of the Wilderness Society, and this was carried. Then the time was 9.35, and as the evening drew to a close, there were the normal trip announcements, |
- | Coming to General Business, Conservation Secretary Alex Colley said he had received a declaration from the Tasmanian Wilderness Society, opposing | + | |
- | any further intrusion of industry or development into the South-west Wilderness area. We voted that Alex express our endorsement, | + | =====Agony.===== |
- | The question was raised whether it had been practicable to proceed | + | |
- | National Parks and Wild Life Service, seeking their guidance as to the status | + | by Barrie Murdoch. |
- | at. | + | |
- | Harking back to the earlier debate on South-west Tasmania, Spiro proposed | + | The car stopped across the street from the Restaurant. "Come on Jack" |
- | that the Club donate $200 towards the funds of the Wilderness Society, and this was carried. Then the time was 9.35, and as the evening drew to a | + | |
- | close, there were the normal trip announcements, | + | After some seconds contemplating the position of his right foot Jack repeated the lifting process with his left leg until at last his left foot lay beside his right. Then he leant against the door frame and gradually raised himself to an upright position. " |
- | xxx*xxxxxxx | + | |
- | Page THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER December, | + | Climbing the kerbstone was difficult but when Jack saw that there were two steps up to the Restaurant he recoiled. After examining the steps for a minute Jack formed a plan of ascent and grabbing the door handle he hauled himself up and into the Restaurant. From the door it was a comparatively |
- | A G 0 N Y. | + | |
- | by Barrie Murdoch.'- | + | Alter a beer Jack seemed to take heart. He received calmly witticisms about motorized roller skates, restaurant |
- | The car stopped across the street from the Restaurant. "Come on jack I said "not far to go now. I'll open tha.car,door for you". I got out and as I opened the rear door nearest the footpath I heard a low moan. | + | |
- | Jack was very carefully sliding his buttocks along the rear'seat towards the door. He then turned so that he faced the open door and with great delib-.- eration | + | After an enjoyable meal we decided to reduce Jack's pain somewhat by bringing the car round to the kerb nearer the Restaurant. Jack had things worked out better for getting out of the Restaurant and into the car. His time for the hobble from dinner table to car seat was 7 minutes 35 seconds. |
- | After some seconds contemplating the position of his right foot Jack repeated the lifting process with his left leg until at last his left foot .lay beside his right,. Then he leant against the door frame and gradually. raised himself to an upright position. " | + | |
- | Climbing the kerbstone was difficult but when Jack saw that there were two steps up to the Restaurant he recoiled. After examining the steps for a minute Jack formed a plan Of' | + | Jack was not drunk; he had not been involved in a fight or a car accident; he was not suffering from any debilitating disease. He was merely experiencing the after effects of his first overnight test walk with Sydney Bushwalkers. Yes - the facts are correct. The name Jack is not. |
- | Alter a beer Jack seemed to take heart. He received calmly witticisms about motorized roller, skates, restaurant | + | |
- | described in the St.John' | + | =====Letter To The Editor.===== |
- | in the, event of fire. | + | |
- | After an enjoyable meal we decided to reduce Jack's pain somewhat by | + | The unsigned article on the Naming of Our Planet in the October issue of S.B.W. magazine has one unforgiveable error. The next millennia begins on the 1st January |
- | bringing the car round to the kerb nearer the Restaurant. Jack had things worked out better for getting out of the Restaurant and into the car. His -time for the hobble from dinner table to car seat was 7 minutes 35 seconds. | + | |
- | Jack was not drunk; he had not been involved in a fight or a car accident; he was not suffering from any debilitating disease. He was merely experiencing the after effects of his first overnight test walk with | + | Thanking you. |
- | Sydney Bushwalkers. Yes - the facts are correct. The name Jack is not. | + | |
- | * * * * * * * * * * * * * * | + | Owen Marks - World Calendar Reform Society. |
- | LETTER TO THE EDITOR. | + | |
- | The unsigned article on the Naming of Our Planet in the October issue of S.B.W. magazine has one unforgiveable error. The next millennia begins on the 1st Januany | + | =====Letter To The Editor.===== |
- | Thanking you. OVEN MARKS - World Calendar Reform Society. | + | |
- | 'Page 1?2, THE SYDNEY BUSHULKER December, | + | Dear Helen, |
- | .LETTER TO THE EDITOR | + | |
- | Dear'Helen, | + | I am sure that Ftank Rigby did not idly pick the Matukituki |
- | , | + | |
- | ap tUi4 141.at Ftahk Rigby did not idly pibic' | + | Frank will not be the only S.B.W. in New Zealand' |
- | Peter Radcliffe, the N.Z. climber/ | + | |
- | which characterise nearly every valley head in the area. The West Tilatuki7- tuki curves in a giant hook around the Rob Roy cluster of peaks, tapering up towards the Bonar Glacier which skirts Aspiring itself' | + | In the meantime, this expatriate N.Z.r lays in his sleeping bag dreaming of deadly snakes faster than a man can run; spiders (equally deadly) that jump 2 metres in the twinkling of an eye; leeches that bleed a man dry; flies, the size of eggs, that bite with impunity; rivers that run like creeks with water straight out of a rusty tank; and so-called mountains where the tops are covered in bush rather than snow, difficult to find and views non-existent. Need I go on before deportation! |
- | Frank will not be the only S.B.W. in New Zealand' | + | |
- | In the meantime, this expatriate N.Z.r lays in his sleeping bag dreaming of deadly snakes faster than a man can run; spiders (equally deadly) that jump 2 metres in the twinkling of an eye; leeches that bleed a man flies, the size of eggs, that bite with impunity; rivers that run like 'creeks with water straight out of a rusty tank; and so-called mountains where the tops are covered in bush rather than snow, difficult to find and views non-existent. Need I go on before deportation: | + | Perhaps a compromise. If Frank doesn' |
- | Perhaps a compromise. If Frank doesn' | + | |
- | Regards, BILL GEIBLE. | + | Regards, |
- | * * * * * * * * * * | + | |
- | Thanks to non-member | + | Bill Gamble. |
- | * ":" | + | |
- | Page_ ... THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER December 1981. THE COOLANA-ANNUAIrCELEBRATION OF THE HUT'S COMPLETION-ANNIVERSARY-HOOMANNY. | + | ---- |
- | The rain came as predicted on the Saturday morning (it was the 5th Wet bne in a row) but that didn't stop 60-plus enthusiasts from taking the chance | + | |
- | itnd heading for Kangaroo Valley. We were rewarded for our efforts, for the I; | + | Thanks to non-member |
- | The many children, under Dot's supervision, | + | |
- | Most elegantly dressed, and it was already dark when our mouth-organ-playing President arrived, wind-burnt and still salty from a day's yacht-racing on he harbour. | + | ---- |
- | The music started and out of the dark came the would-be dancers from all | + | |
- | directions-the river-people, | + | =====The Coolana-Annual-Celebration Of The Hut's Completion-Anniversary-Hootenanny.===== |
- | Sunday was gloriously sunny and, reunionlike swimming or sunbaking or yarning were the order of the day, | + | |
+ | The rain came as predicted on the Saturday morning (it was the 5th Wet one in a row) but that didn't stop 60-plus enthusiasts from taking the chance | ||
+ | |||
+ | The many children, under Dot's supervision, | ||
+ | |||
+ | The music started and out of the dark came the would-be dancers from all directions - the river-people, | ||
+ | |||
+ | Sunday was gloriously sunny and, reunionlike swimming or sunbaking or yarning were the order of the day. | ||
Another mini-reunion over, and a bigger reunion to look forward to in March at our own " | Another mini-reunion over, and a bigger reunion to look forward to in March at our own " | ||
- | ********************* | + | |
- | SOCIAL NOTES FOR JANUARY - Peter Miller. Wednesday, January 6 - Club closed. | + | =====Social Notes For January.===== |
- | Wednesday, January | + | |
- | This film on an area of the Himalayas visited by few members is being made available by Australian Himalayan Expeditions. The ouality | + | Peter Miller. |
- | very good and it should be one of the highlights of the year. | + | |
- | Dinner before the meeting will be held at Chehades Lebanese Restaurant, 270 - Pacific Highway, Crows Nest at 6.30 p.m. | + | ====Wednesday, January 6 - Club closed.==== |
- | Wednesday, January 27 - Kashmir - John Noble: | + | |
- | John will show some of the slides he took on a recent trip to Kashmir. John is known as one of the best photographers in the club and always exhibits to | + | ====Wednesday, January 20 - Film: Bhutan.==== |
- | a full house. | + | |
- | ********************* | + | This film on an area of the Himalayas visited by few members is being made available by Australian Himalayan Expeditions. The quality |
- | JP_Me 16 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER. December, | + | |
- | Gathering at the usual unearthlyynour | + | Dinner before the meeting will be held at Chehades Lebanese Restaurant, 270 Pacific Highway, Crows Nest at 6.30 p.m. |
- | reported in at Long Nose Point and quietly gazed out at the ethereal moonlit panorama from the lookout before retiring to our various interpretations of ' | + | |
- | We were asked to be ready to move off by 8045 a. m. Saturday morn, but all were on the track at 7.45, only made possible by the fact that it wasn't.fiecessary | + | ====Wednesday, January 27 - Kashmir - John Noble.==== |
- | - | + | |
- | With Friday' | + | John will show some of the slides he took on a recent trip to Kashmir. John is known as one of the best photographers in the club and always exhibits to a full house. |
- | Out around King Pin we descended to the Shoalhaven River, joking all the way that the day's walk might be completed by lunch time. By mid-morning-all joking was to cease because we were almost there and it was considered | + | |
- | ventional | + | =====Bunging-On A Gorgeous Walk.===== |
- | have, for it turns out that all six members of the party were carrying | + | |
- | ent varieties of tea. Serious discussion soon resolved an appropriate | + | (Script |
- | gramme | + | |
- | Early as we were, we were rather. fortunately beaten to the recognised campsite at the junction of the Shoalhaven River and Bungonia Creek, finishing up at a superb stretch of Bungonia Creek some five minutes further on, offering good drinking and swimming water, flat grassy ground and plenty of firewood. | + | (Account of walk during 4th, 5th and 6th December, 1981.) |
- | Again, Jim set the pace by walking fully clothed straight in to the water and coming out missing his glasses (I've often wondered how people who need glasses ever find them again, now I know, they keep groping round till they feel them). In a most democratic manner, it was-decided to-press on to 8ungoni# | + | |
+ | Gathering at the usual unearthly hour one does on a Friday night, we all reported in at Long Nose Point and quietly gazed out at the ethereal moonlit panorama from the lookout before retiring to our various interpretations of ' | ||
+ | |||
+ | We were asked to be ready to move off by 8.45 a.m. Saturday morn, but all were on the track at 7.45, only made possible by the fact that it wasn' | ||
+ | |||
+ | With Friday' | ||
+ | |||
+ | Out around King Pin we descended to the Shoalhaven River, joking all the way that the day's walk might be completed by lunch time. By mid-morning all joking was to cease because we were almost there and it was considered | ||
+ | |||
+ | Early as we were, we were rather fortunately beaten to the recognised campsite at the junction of the Shoalhaven River and Bungonia Creek, finishing up at a superb stretch of Bungonia Creek some five minutes further on, offering good drinking and swimming water, flat grassy ground and plenty of firewood. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Again, Jim set the pace by walking fully clothed straight in to the water and coming out missing his glasses (I've often wondered how people who need glasses ever find them again, now I know, they keep groping round till they feel them). In a most democratic manner, it was decided to press on to Bungonia | ||
Back at camp, we were spoiled even more with further delicacies until ultimately we all succumbed to the cumulative effects of heat, exertion and feasting. | Back at camp, we were spoiled even more with further delicacies until ultimately we all succumbed to the cumulative effects of heat, exertion and feasting. | ||
- | The return journey departed from the programme, by popular consent of, course, instead of retracing our steps 1.110 the long incline that we had co* down, we followed Barbers Creek up to a very distinctive pool and waterfall where we huddled in the shady fringe for a lunch break. | ||
- | It soon became obvious why Jim was generously sharing the contents of his 'load, the way out was straight up. | ||
- | It should be mentioned that Jim wasn't the leader, he just provided Some of the entertainment, | ||
+ | The return journey departed from the programme, by popular consent of course, instead of retracing our steps up the long incline that we had come down, we followed Barbers Creek up to a very distinctive pool and waterfall where we huddled in the shady fringe for a lunch break. | ||
+ | |||
+ | It soon became obvious why Jim was generously sharing the contents of his load, the way out was straight up. | ||
+ | |||
+ | It should be mentioned that Jim wasn't the leader, he just provided some of the entertainment, |
198112.txt · Last modified: 2016/04/13 13:53 by richard_pattison