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- | THE SYDNEY BUSHW.A.LKER | + | ====== The Sydney Bushwalker. ====== |
- | Established June 1931 | + | |
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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. | + | |
- | * * * * * * * * * * | + | 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. |
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+ | |**Editor**|Helen Gray, 209 Malton Road, Epping, 2121. Telephone 86,6263.| | ||
+ | |**Business Manager**|Bill Burke, 3 Coral Tree Drive, Carlingford, | ||
+ | |**Typist**|Kath Brown.| | ||
+ | |**Duplicator Operator**|Phil Butt.| | ||
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+ | === January, 1982 === | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== In This Issue: ===== | ||
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+ | | | |Page| | ||
+ | |Snowy Mountains - Dec 27 to Jan 2|Jo van Sommers| 2| | ||
+ | |Three Months' | ||
+ | |Letter to the Editor| | 8| | ||
+ | |Notices| | 9| | ||
+ | |The Heaphy|Bill Gamble|11| | ||
+ | |The December General Meeting|Barry Wallace|14| | ||
+ | |Social Notes for February|Peter Miller|15| | ||
+ | |Nature Notes - Uloola Track|Kath Brown|16| | ||
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+ | ===== Advertisements: | ||
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+ | | |Page| | ||
+ | |Eastwood Camping Centre|10| | ||
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+ | ===== Snowy mountains - Dec 27 to Jan 2. ===== | ||
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+ | by Jo van Sommers. | ||
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+ | Main Range - Jagungal - Main Range. | ||
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+ | Led by Jim Percy and Barrie Murdoch. | ||
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+ | On Christmas Day 1981, Two Triple Jay, aamittedly not a particularly reliable source, announced the prospect of a White Christmas at Perisher Valley. This gave me some pause. The following day was to be the start of seven days walking on the Main Range and out to Jagungal and back. Every other time I had been to the Snowy Mountains, summer or winter, there had been the comfort of a lodge to return to. Obviously I needed some advice. I knew that Bill Burke had a private party of seasoned members at his Perisher Valley Lodge at the same time as I was going to be bravely exposing myself to the elements. Besides, the food list I'd dug out ftom the last long walk I'd done (ssh, it was 1957!) was full of strange items like dehydrated vegetable stew, hanks of bacon and Ry Vita biscuits. Surely something good must have happened to lightweight food in the interval. Sure enough, Bill provided me with a terrific list which I followed faithfully to the last gram. He also regaled me with tales of previous disasters. Had I heard of the time he was rung up at Perisher from Charlotte' | ||
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+ | By this time I was starting to think I was preparing for a trip to Antarctica. However, I was glad I took all those items. We drove up on boxing Day and made a cold camp at Sawpit Creek. Next day we rendezvoused at Charlotte' | ||
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+ | We had lunch in the spartan surroundings of the hydrology hut near Blue Lake. Joan had spent nearly three days alone in the basement of this hut during the previous Christmas, when it had snowed heavily. Just as well I hadn't rung her up as well, or I may never have gone. This time however, the hut itself was open, sort-of. One stood on a convenient deck-chair and climbed into the second-storey door, which had been opened (but not forced) by previous visitors. Another cold hut without any cooking facilities. At Kandahar, I thought wistfully as I bit into my lightweight lunch biscuit, they would be having pots of hot soup, substantial sandwiches, even quiche or spaghetti marinara; accompanied by copious amounts of fermented products. I had another glass of delicious Tang. | ||
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+ | We struggled off into the mist on the Twynam track (marked ' | ||
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+ | Next day we set off at eight a.m. to conquer Mt. Tate, Dickie Cooper Bogong, a million prickly bushes, a road bash, and 23 kilometres. We camped near Valentine' | ||
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+ | We followed the Strumbo Range, avoiding the Strawberry Hill approach to Jagungal and tackling ridges to the west. It was a long climb through tenacious bushes that fought back gamely and often needed two or three assaults before they conceded defeat. We camped in a delightful spot on the edge of a glacial cirque about an hour's walk from the summit of Jagungal. Next morning we rocketed up to the peak, packless, and were astonished to find that Keith and Kathy, whom we had not seen for days, had been there just two hours before. | ||
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+ | The seasons had changed again, and we now had summer weather for the trip to Mawson' | ||
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+ | wild and stormy dawn drove Brian and his tent into the safety of the nearby hut. It wasn't that he thought he'd get blown away, he explained, but he wasn't going to carry that rotten tent wet again. We'd had winter, spring, summer; and now it was autumnal as we set off at the all too familiar hour of eight a.m. for White' | ||
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+ | Up till the last day we had all been quite serious about this strange bushwalking business. Barry had co-led, mostly from the front; and Jim had co-led, mostly from the rear; giving succour to the wounded and faith to the fainthearted. Although we had walked a long way already, on the last day we decided to add a bit more to our trip and whizz out to The Sentinal and back. Since I was the only one who had been there before, the co-leaders naively entrusted me with route-finding. We did have a lovely walk out to the end of Watson' | ||
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+ | A huge drift hung above Blue Lake. Out came pieces of plastic, garbage bags, rubber mats, anything that would slide, and we took the slope the ' | ||
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- | EDITOR: | ||
- | Telephone 86,6263. | ||
- | BUSINESS MANAGER: | ||
- | TYPIST: | ||
- | DUPLICATOR OPERATOR: Phil Butt. | ||
- | *-* * * * * ** * * | ||
- | JANUARY, 1962. | ||
- | Page Spowy Mountains - Dec 27 to Jan 2 by Jo van Sommers 2 | ||
- | Three Months' | ||
- | Letter to the Editor 8 | ||
- | Notices 9 | ||
- | Advertisement - Eastwood Camping Centre 10 | ||
- | The Heaphy Bill Gamble 11 | ||
- | The December General Meeting Barry Wallace 14 | ||
- | Social Notes for February ' | ||
- | Nature Notes - Uloola Track Kath Brown 16 | ||
- | Page 2 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER January, | ||
- | SNOWY MOUNTAINS - DEC 27 to JAN 2,. | ||
- | by Jo van Sommers. Main Range - Jagungal Main Range. | ||
- | and. | ||
- | On Christmas Da Y 1981, TwO.Triple.Jay, | ||
- | Every other time I had been to the Snowy Mountains, summer or winter, there had been the comfort of a lodge to return to. Obviously I needed same advice. I knew that Bill Burke had a private party of seasoned members at his Perisher Valley Lodge at the same time as I was going to be bravely exposing myself to the elements. Besides, the food list I'd dug out ftom the last long walk I'd done (ash, it was 1957!) was fall of strange items like dehydrated vegetable stew, hanks of bacon and Ry Vita bi6auits.' | ||
- | By this time I was starting to think I was preparing for a trip to Antarctica. However, I was glad I took all those items. We drove up on boxing Day and made a cold camp at Sawpit Creek. Next day we rendezvoused at Charlotte' | ||
- | time we got to the creek the rain and mist forced us into Seaman' | ||
- | a soggy lunch. We zipped across the fields of alpine flowers to Albino Hut, | ||
- | which is being nicely maintained by a group of volunteers and was not full | ||
- | before our party of eleven got there. However it was cold even inside, and there is no way of.cOoking unless you have brought a stove or carried firewood. | ||
- | We had a somewhat subdued cold dinner. Laurie endeared himself to everyan6 | ||
- | by making us all cups of tea on his backpacked stove. Despite the rain, | ||
- | the aroma from downstairs drove several of the party to the dubious shelter' | ||
- | plendours of the scenery. At this stage my thoughts turned to the crowd. | ||
- | at Kandahar. Perhaps they were sitting around at this imment, having a second cup of coffee and planning gourmet meals! | ||
- | We had lunch in the spartaa surroundings of the hydrology hut near | ||
- | Blue Lake. Joan had spent nearly three days alone in the basement of this | ||
- | Page 3 THE SYDNEY BUSEWALKER January, | ||
- | hut during the previous Christmas, when it had snowed heavily. Just as well I hadn't rung her up as well, or I may never have gone. This time however, the hut itself was open, sort-of. One stood on a convenient deck- | ||
- | chair and climbed into the second-storey door, which had been opened (but | ||
- | not forced) by previous visitors. Another cold hut without any cooking facilities. At Kandahar, I thought wistfully as I bit into my lightweight, | ||
- | lunch biscuit, they would be having pots of hot soup, substantial sandwiches, even quiche or spaghetti marinara; accompanied by copious amounts of fermented products, I had another glass of delicious Tang. | ||
- | We struggled off into the mist on the Twynam track (marked ' | ||
- | briefly and we pushed on to Pounds Creek, where we camped early. This put 1,1B half a day behind schedule but we figured we had battled bravely enough for one day. There was a lot of snow about and we had had some anxious moments trying to re-locate the track after it had disappeared into the | ||
- | subterranean depths of large snowdrifts. The weather got better the lower we went, and by sunset we had a good fire to sit around and drink a toast (in tea of course) to Laurie the Teamaker. | ||
- | Next day we set off at eight a.m. to conquer Mt. Tate, Dickie Cooper | ||
- | Bogong, a million prickly bushes, a road bash, and 23 kilometres. We camped near Valentine' | ||
- | fire by and guess at the implications of the sky patterns. A thick hogsback | ||
- | jalang in the east; a crescent moon in the west; peaceful stars in the north | ||
- | and scudding clouds in the south. It must have all cancelled itself out, for the morning was beautiful. Winter followed by spring: Off we galloped at eight a.m. again, still making up time, arriving at Grey Mare Hut in mid-morning and inspecting the famous Rat Menu. The reputation of this hut may need to be revised, as it too was clean and tidy and being maintained by a volunteer group. | ||
- | We followed the Strumbo Range, avoiding the Strawberry Hill approach | ||
- | to Jagungal and tackling ridges to the west. It was a long climb through | ||
- | tenacious bushes that fought back gamely and often needed two or three assaults before they conceded defeat. We camped in a delightful spot on | ||
- | the edge of a glacial cirque about an hour's walk from the summit of Jagungal. | ||
- | Next morning we rocketed up to the peak, packless, and were astonished to find that Keith and Kathy, whom we had not seen for days, had been there just | ||
- | two hours before. | ||
- | The seasons had changed again, and we now had summer weather for the trip to Mawson' | ||
- | bit of a kick-start. Under the circumstances, | ||
- | Page 4 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER January, | ||
- | would be at 10 o' | ||
- | We managed to stay awake until eleven after all, helped along by Jim's | ||
- | popcorn made in a billy. | ||
- | wild and stormy dawn drove Brian and his tent into the safety of | ||
- | the nearby hut. It wasn't that he thought he'd get blown away, he explained, | ||
- | but he wasn't going to carry that rotten tent wet again. We'd had winter, spring, summer; and now it was autumnal as we set off at the all too familiar | ||
- | hour of eight a.m. for ' | ||
- | We got to the hut so early we decided to knock off the Rolling Ground and | ||
- | Mt. Tate as well and get back to our happy spot at Pounds Creek. The 26 km was too much for Brian' | ||
- | over a few pre-dinner drinks. I discovered a teaspoon each of the good stuff | ||
- | left over from the night before. My dinner of scrambled powdered egg, eaten' in the shelter of a tent, was quite delicious, thank you: | ||
- | Up till the last day we had all .been quite serious about this strange | ||
- | bushwalking business. Barry had co-led, mostly from the front; and Jim had co-led, mostly from the rear; giving succour to the wounded and faith | ||
- | to the fainthearted. Although we had walked a long way already, on the | ||
- | lp,st day we decided to add a bit more to our trip and whizz out to The Sentinal and back. Since I was the only one who had been there before, the co-leaders | ||
- | naively entrusted me with route-finding. We did have a lovely walk out to the end of Watson' | ||
- | A huge drift hung above Blue Lake. Out came pieces of plastic, garbage bags, rubber bats, anything that would slide, and we took the slope the ' | ||
- | slope for another go. One of these innocents caused quite a stir when she | ||
- | said she hoped she would be like us when she was as old as we were: There | ||
- | was another big drift above Healey Tarn which we treated with more respect | ||
- | a4_ it sloped steeply into icy water. We made Charlotte' | ||
- | finished the walk in fine style at the Bowling Club. This is a good spot to know about, although Colin wishes he'd never heard of itl We had had atterrific week with lots of variety, and our little party had worked well as a group. Joan was pushing our luck a bit when she tried to convince | ||
- | the ranger that we were a family and should only pay for one campsite at Sawpit, but we all will remember the ambiance of this trip for a long time. | ||
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- | Page ._.5 THE SYDNEY Med | ||
- | January, 1982. | ||
- | 424' | ||
=MONTHS' | =MONTHS' | ||
by Evelyn Walker. LINDOS. | by Evelyn Walker. LINDOS. | ||
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After dinner that evening in one of the smarter restaurants I saw a notice outside a taverna advertising the televising of a football match between Liverpool and Munich. This brought in a fair crowd of supporters and I waS lucky to get a seat with four friendly Germans to watch the full-colour programme, but I didn't stay long enough to find out who won. | After dinner that evening in one of the smarter restaurants I saw a notice outside a taverna advertising the televising of a football match between Liverpool and Munich. This brought in a fair crowd of supporters and I waS lucky to get a seat with four friendly Germans to watch the full-colour programme, but I didn't stay long enough to find out who won. | ||
On an early walk to the square next day I saw two elderly man sitting chatting under the thee. I went back for my camera but when I returned they had gone and the tourist buses were filling the square. Up on the rock the slow column of people was crawling up to the acropolis. Time to get out. | On an early walk to the square next day I saw two elderly man sitting chatting under the thee. I went back for my camera but when I returned they had gone and the tourist buses were filling the square. Up on the rock the slow column of people was crawling up to the acropolis. Time to get out. | ||
- | I cauld have taken a ride on one of the buses going back to Rhodes and dropped off at one of the stops, but decided to walk to another village, Kalathos. The air was filled with a pleasant aromatic scent which I traced to a plant with pale blue flowers, but the amateur botanist who just happened along at | + | I could have taken a ride on one of the buses going back to Rhodes and dropped off at one of the stops, but decided to walk to another village, Kalathos. The air was filled with a pleasant aromatic scent which I traced to a plant with pale blue flowers, but the amateur botanist who just happened along at |
- | Page 8 THE SYDNEY BUSHWAIKER January, | + | |
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that moment couldn' | that moment couldn' | ||
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Kalathos was very small, yet even there building was going on. I noticed the sane' interesting practice as in other Places - every building has a number, even the church. Some zealous numberer has slapped still fairly new numbers an new and derelict building alike. On the way back lout across a ridge to the beach. The day-trippers had gone and the charm of Lindos returned in the evening sunshine. | Kalathos was very small, yet even there building was going on. I noticed the sane' interesting practice as in other Places - every building has a number, even the church. Some zealous numberer has slapped still fairly new numbers an new and derelict building alike. On the way back lout across a ridge to the beach. The day-trippers had gone and the charm of Lindos returned in the evening sunshine. | ||
A delicious dinner of sat siki (yoghourt and onions) and I was ready for Socrates' | A delicious dinner of sat siki (yoghourt and onions) and I was ready for Socrates' | ||
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my flight to Athens. I had been told in Australia that it is Lindos which | my flight to Athens. I had been told in Australia that it is Lindos which | ||
Rhodes for the tourist and certainly it's as well worth seeing as the capital. But it's essential to stay for a few nights, in a little pension With a courtyard, to enjoy its charm to the full. | Rhodes for the tourist and certainly it's as well worth seeing as the capital. But it's essential to stay for a few nights, in a little pension With a courtyard, to enjoy its charm to the full. | ||
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR. | LETTER TO THE EDITOR. | ||
Dear Helen, | Dear Helen, | ||
- | ' | + | As one who has been going to " |
- | The destruction of these items is regretable and contrary to the.usual spirit of co-operation. | + | The destruction of these items is regretable and contrary to the usual spirit of co-operation. |
Let's hope the Coolana Committee is consulted in the future. JOHN REDFMIN. | Let's hope the Coolana Committee is consulted in the future. JOHN REDFMIN. | ||
- | Page 9 THE SYDNEY BUSHVALKER January, | + | |
NOTICE TO ATJt MEMBERS. | NOTICE TO ATJt MEMBERS. | ||
The list of members with addresses and telephone numbers which will be sent out with the Annual Report will be compiled in the first two weeks of February. | The list of members with addresses and telephone numbers which will be sent out with the Annual Report will be compiled in the first two weeks of February. | ||
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ContactBRUGE.Pgai on .4344727 br28th February. *xxxxx | ContactBRUGE.Pgai on .4344727 br28th February. *xxxxx | ||
IS BUSHWALKERS | IS BUSHWALKERS | ||
- | 1 Lightweight Tents Sleeping Bags Rucksacks | + | 1 Lightweight Tents Sleeping Bags Rucksacks |
- | Large Tents Stoves | + | |
- | DISTRIBUTORS OF: | + | BELFRY. |
- | Paddymade | + | |
- | Nancy' | + | |
- | Proprietors: | + | |
- | Frutiedile Street | + | |
- | Ithrl | + | |
- | EASTWOOD CANVAS GOODS & CAMPING SUPPLIES | + | |
- | 3 Tr tdawney Si Eastwood NSW 2122 Phone 858 2715 | + | |
- | Rowe Street | + | |
- | Page THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER January, | + | |
- | BELFRY. | + | |
by Bill Gamble. | by Bill Gamble. | ||
North-west Nelson Forest Park in New Zealand' | North-west Nelson Forest Park in New Zealand' | ||
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As indicated, this is about a walk in the autumn of 1977. Members will appreciate that man-made structures and some facilities change over time. However, the essence of the walk will not as long as the surrounding c6untry remains undisturbed. | As indicated, this is about a walk in the autumn of 1977. Members will appreciate that man-made structures and some facilities change over time. However, the essence of the walk will not as long as the surrounding c6untry remains undisturbed. | ||
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- | Page 14 THE SYDNEY BUSEVULTER January, | + | |
THE DECEMBER GELMAII MEETING. | THE DECEMBER GELMAII MEETING. | ||
by Barry Wallace. | by Barry Wallace. | ||
- | The meeting gcit away to a somewhat. hesitant start at about 2015 with more than 30 members present and the President in the chair. There was an apology from Fazeley Read and a precautionary apology from Barbara Bruce, | + | The meeting gcit away to a somewhat hesitant start at about 2015 with more than 30 members present and the President in the chair. There was an apology from Fazeley Read and a precautionary apology from Barbara Bruce, who only arrived late as it turned out. |
The Minutes were read and received without business arising. | The Minutes were read and received without business arising. | ||
- | Correspondence brought a letter from the South-West Tasmania Committee | + | |
- | asking that letters be 'sent to the Senate Select Committee on South-West Tasmania urging the preservation of the area in its natural state, a letter | + | Correspondence brought a letter from the South-West Tasmania Committee asking that letters be 'sent to the Senate Select Committee on South-West Tasmania urging the preservation of the area in its natural state, a letter from the Budawangs Committee referring to the inclusion of the Tianjarra |
- | from the Budawangs Committee referring to the inclusion of the Tianjarra | + | |
firing range in the Budawangs National Park. Each of these letters | firing range in the Budawangs National Park. Each of these letters | ||
produced motions that we write to the responsible bodies and express our concern. | produced motions that we write to the responsible bodies and express our concern. | ||
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starters but no Ann. It was led by Neil. Derek Wilson reported | starters but no Ann. It was led by Neil. Derek Wilson reported | ||
11 swimming starters on his Royal NatiOnal Park ramble. All of which ended the Walks Report. Amen. | 11 swimming starters on his Royal NatiOnal Park ramble. All of which ended the Walks Report. Amen. | ||
- | The Coolana Report brought news of .a letter of thanks to Wayne Steel for the water storage tank, a report of the barn (shed) dance, and advice that Mr. George Davison has donated a fine scale contour map of Coolana. In that same vein, John Redfern has obtained aerial photos of the Coolana area. The extent of damage of the latest bushfire was detailed and the Qoolana | + | |
+ | The Coolana Report brought news of a letter of thanks to Wayne Steele | ||
It was then only a matter of announcements, | It was then only a matter of announcements, | ||
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SOCIAL NOTES FOR FEBRUARY. | SOCIAL NOTES FOR FEBRUARY. | ||
by Peter Miller.,, | by Peter Miller.,, |
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