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 And now, in case you were wondering what the president __was__ doing, here is Wendy Hodgman's account of a historic bike ride...
+===== Tallong To Nowra. =====
-TALLONG TO NOWRA.
+=== (or how did you get to the Re-union?) ===
-(or how did:Tad:get tO"the Re-union?) by Wendy Hodgman.
-The original plan was easy! A train to Berry on Saturday morning with 6ur bikes, and then a pleasant two or three hours of cycling to Coolana for
+by Wendy Hodgman.
-the Re-union. However, train timetables made this impossible, so when Bill
-pane up with a brilliant idea late Thursday evening, we had no choice but to agree.
+The original plan was easy! A train to Berry on Saturday morning with our bikes, and then a pleasant two or three hours of cycling to Coolana for the Re-union. However, train timetables made this impossible, so when Bill came up with a brilliant idea late Thursday evening, we had no choice but to agree.
-.30 Saturday morning found us all assembled at Central - Tony Marshall, Bill Capon, Steve and myself. By 12 o'clock we were setting off from Talleng
-station along a fire trail, trusting ourselves to Bill's navigation and Organisation. We made good progress over the gradually descending trail
+.30 Saturday morning found us all assembled at Central - Tony Marshall, Bill Capon, Steve and myself. By 12 o'clock we were setting off from Tallong station along a fire trail, trusting ourselves to Bill's navigation and organisation. We made good progress over the gradually descending trail once we had shown Bill how to use all ten gears on his bike instead of only three. (A whole new world of cycling had opened up!) At the time, we thought the going a bit rough with wash-aways, rocks and gullies - little did we realise what was to come.
-once we had shown Bill how to use all ten gears on his bike instead of only three. (A whole new world of cycling had opened up!) At the time, we thought the going a bit rough with wash-aways, rocks and gullies - little did We realise what was to come.
-Arrangements had been made to meet Wayne Steele, our ferryman complete
+Arrangements had been made to meet Wayne Steele, our ferryman complete with dinghy (we hoped), at the junction of Bundanoon Creek and Kangaroo River at about 4.30. Consequently, when we had arrived at the lookout by 3.00 and could see the junction just 1,000 feet below we thought we were doing well. Then we realised that we had to get ourselves, our bikes and our gear down through the cliffs and thick scrub on a very steep slope. Two hours later we emerged onto a fire trail, having carried, passed, slid, wheeled and almost thrown the bikes down the difficult terrain. Crazed, battered and exhausted from pushing through scrub and over rocks, we found Wayne's face a most welcome sight. It was no consolation however when he informed us that the fire trail came right down from the lookout. (A lesson there for all leaders - look at the appropriate maps before setting out!)
-with dinghy (we hoped), at the junction of Bundanoon Creek and Kangaroo River at about 4.30. Consequently, when we had arrived at the lookout by 3.00 and Could see the junction just 1,000 feet below we thought we were doing well.. Then we realised that we had to get =selves, our bikes and our gear down through the cliffs and thick scrub on a very steep slope. Two hours later
-we eMergea. onto a fire trail, having carried, passed, slid, wheeled and almost thrown the bikes down the difficult terrain. Crazed, battered and exhausted from pushing through scrub and over rocks, we found Wayne's face a most welbome
+By the time we had partaken of the essential cup of tea, it was 6 pm,, and our newly elected Club President was showing some concern over his arrival at Coolana for his inauguration. Coolana still seemed a long way off.
-sight. It was no consolation however when he informed us that the fire trail came right down from the lookout. CA lesson there for all leaders - look at the appropriate maps before setting out!)
-By the time we had partaken of the essential cup of tea, it was 6 pm,, and our newly elected Club President was showing some concern over his arriVal
+Bill, Steve and I were ferried across the river and began the frustrating task of scrambling the 3 km along the water's edge back to Tallowa Dam. Meanwhile Wayne and Tony rowed (not rode) the bicycles to the dam in the dinghy (a strange sight for onlookers). I'm not sure which was the hardest - the rowing or the walking.
-at Coolana for his inauguration. Coolana still seemed a long way off.
-Bill, Steve and I were ferried across the river and began the frustrating
+By the time Steve, Bill and I arrived at the car park, Tony had his bike loaded into Wayne's car, justifying his action by saying that he couldn't miss his inauguration. We conceded that he __probably__ had a fair point there, but as it was after 7, almost dark, and we were exhausted and at the bottom of a long hill, we only agreed with some reluctance. Off they drove, while we began the long haul up the hill. The thought of food at the end of our trip, and of Spiro's Re-union supper, kept us going.
-task of scrambling the-3 km along the water's edge back to Tallowa Dam. Meanwhile Wayne and ,Tony rowed (not rode) the bicycles to the dam in the
-inghy (a strange sight for onlookers). I'm not aare which was the hardest - the rowing or the walking.
+Coolana was a welcome sound an hour or so later, with Barbara Bruce's voice carrying several miles along the road. The fire looked inviting and the dry hut even more so. Although we missed the singing, speeches and skits, the supper was much appreciated and the company most enjoyable. The ride out the next day over Mt. Scanzi was easy by comparison.
-By the time Steve, Bill and I arrived at the car park, Tony had his
-bike loaded into Wayne's car, justifying his action by saying that he couldn't miss his inauguration. We conceded that he probably had a fair point there,
+A most memorable and enjoyable Re-union. May more future Presidents arrive by bicycle (or other more devious means!).
-but as it was after 7, almost dark, and we were exhausted and at the bottom' of a long hill, we only agreed with some reluctance. Off they drove, while we began the long haul up the hill. The thought of food at the end of our trip, and of Spiro's Re-union supper, kept us going.
-Coolana was a welcome sound an hour or so later, with Barbara Bruce's s
+----
-voice carrying several miles along the road. The fire looked inviting and the dry hut even more so. Although we missed the singing, speeches and skits, the supper was much appreciated and the company most enjoyable. The
-Page	THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER	April, 1962.
+===== Conservation Notes. =====
-.  .	. ... . .
-over Mt. Scanzi was easy by comparison.
+by Alex Colley.
-and enjoyable Re-union. May more future Presidents e other more devious means:).
-* * * * * * * * .* * * * * * *
+The South-West Tasmania Committee deployed a number of workers at polling booths in the electorate of Lowe during the by-election. They were successful in persuading some 11% of the voters to write "NO DAMS" on their ballot papers, despite the fact that many were deterred from doing so by fear that their vote would be invalidated. Mr. Wran was impressed by the conservation effort, and ex P.M. Sir William McMahan, whose resignation caused the by-election, said to one of the workers "You shouldn't have to do this". Many party workers at the booths helped hand out leaflets and the effort brought good media coverage.
-ride out the next day
-A most memorable arrive by bicycle (or
+The Colong Committee commissioned Michael Bell to draw up a Washpool National Park proposal, and Roger Lembit, Federation Conservation Secretary, to draw up plans for extension of Barrington Tops National Park. The FBW has been asked to contribute towards the cost of the Barrington proposal. The cabinet rainforest sub-committee will now have before it specific proposals for the reservation of the four largest rainforest areas - the Border Ranges, Washpool, Hastings and Barrington.
-CONSERVATION NOTES.	by Alex Colley.
-The South-West Tasmania Committee deployed a number of workers at
+In October last year the World Heritage Council listed 11 new World Heritage sites. Three of these are in Australia. Kakadu was chosen because it possesses outstanaing Aboriginal art, in addition to the best example of a range of ecosystems unique to northern Australia, the Great Barrier Reef because it possesses the world's longest stretch of Coral reef, as well as the world's most diverse faunal collection, and Willandra Lakes Region, the richest fossil site in Australia, which includes both the arrival of homo sapiens and the extinction of the giant marsupials in its time span.
-polling booths in the electorate of Lowe during the by-election. They were successful in persuading some 11% of the voters to write "NO DAMS" on
-their ballot papers, despite the fact that many were deterred from doing so by fear that their vote would be invalidated. Mr. Wren was impressed by .
+In the U.S. the Sierra Club presented a petition carrying more than a million signatures to the U.S. Senate, calling on Congress to replace Interior Secretary James Watt and resist the anti-environmental legislation of the Reagan Government. The campaign appears to have inspired Watt's surprise statement on February 21st in which he announced that the Reagan administration will seek legislation to ban energy and mineral development in the Nation's 80 million acres of wilderness areas to the end of the century. There is no such provision in this State.
-the conservation effort, and ex P.M. Sir William McMahan, whose resignation caused the by-election, said to one of the workers 'You shouldn't have to do
-this". Many party workers at the booths helped hand out leaflets and the
+----
-effort brought good media coverage.
--	The Colong Committee commissioned Michael Bell to draw up a Washpool
+=== Eastwood Camping Centre. ===
-National Park proposal, and Roger Lembit, Federation Conservation Secretary, to draw up plans for extension of Barrington Tops National Park. The FBW has been asked to contribute towards the cost of the Barrington proposal.
-The cabinet rainforest sub-committee will now have before it specific proposals fpr the reservation of the four largest rainforest areas - the Border Ranges, Washpool, Hastings and Barrington.
+__Bushwalkers__.
-In October last year the World Heritage Council listed 11 new World Heritage sites. Three of these are in Australia. Kakadu was chosen because it possesses outstanAing Aboriginal art, in addition to the best example of a range of ecosystems unique to northern Australia, the Great Barrier Reef because it possesses the world's longest stretch of Coral reef, as well as the world's most diverse faunal collection, and Willandra Lakes Region, the richest
-fbssil site in Australia, which includes both the arrival of homo sapiens and the extinction of the giant marsupials in its time span.
+Lightweight Tents - Sleeping Bags - Rucksacks - Climbing & Caving Gear - Maps - Clothing - Boots - Food.
-In the U.S. the Sierra Club presented a petition carrying more than a million signatures to the U.S. Senate, calling on Congress to replace Interior Secretary James Watt and resist the anti-environmental legislation of the Reagan Government. The campaign appears to have inspired Watt' s' surprise statement on February 21st in which he announced that the Reagan administration will seek legislation to ban energy and mineral development in the Nation's, 80 million acres of wilderness areas to the end of the century. There is . no such provision in this State.
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+----
+===== New Zealand Memories. =====
+by Patrick McBride.
+The calm evening air was filled with flying insects of all types, ranging from swarms of tiny gnats to fluttering half-size grey buttetflies. Seated by a hot fire in woollen clothing I was led to reflect that, despite my impression of the ambient temperature, to the local fauna it was a balmy evening in peak summer conditions. Aspiring Flat must be a bleak place in winter when snow reaches to the valley floor and the brief days are shadowed by encircling walls. For us in January 1982 the days blazed long and golden, before easing to a slow twilight that left enough brightness in the sky to read fine print at 10 pm.
+I was sitting alone now, drinking in the spectacular beauty of this glen in its evening garb and waiting to see if the soft silver of moonlight would reveal a new aspect. Spiro had finally given up the strain of focussing on his current paperback fiction and followed the other members of the party (Wendy Lippiat, Wayne Steele and Bill Capon) to tents and sleeping bags. The air was quite still and Turnbull Thomson Falls, one kilometre upstream, provided a background murmur. Nearer to hand Kitchener Creek, deflected by the grassy promontory on which we were camped, whispered its tale of tussock and glacier.
+The past day had been good fun but a bit of a circus. Embarrassing too, in that Sisyphus is considered a tramper's mountain and we had reached nowhere near the top, mostly on account of deep, slushy snow and inadequate equipment. Part of the circus was leaving my lunch back at camp and having only emergency rations, an ancient tin of oily sardines, in my pack. Hardly the fare to accompany some of the finest scenery in Australasia, especially for a Pritikin dieter! However my cringing stomach was soon forgotten as the fabulous view unfold0d. Mount Aspiring stood proud and regal over a world of snowfields and glaciers which hitherto we had only seen as white walls atop the Kitchener Cirque.
+Perhaps this minor repulse heralded greater things to come, as had been the case earlier when our brush with Mount Jumbo had finished in wet retreat?
+We had trekked up 1300 metres of loose scree gully from Jumboland Flats with the object of crossing directly to the Albert Burn and after some scrambly route-finding managed to gain a small top beside Mount Jumbo. From this vantage point, bodies braced against the wind and eyes half closed against the fine rain, we peered down a very sporting knife edge ridge which led to white unknowns in the swirling mist. At this time the leader acknowledged what the party had been in various degrees advocating for the last 600 metres; a return to the seductive greenness of the Wilkin Flats would bring greater delights than any matching of the challenge posed by the crossing into Albert Burn.
+The following five days were spent exploring the upper Wilkin Valley which we would otherwise have missed and which proved a princely compensation. At Top Forks Hut I could hardly concentrate on my evening game of chess with Spiro as my eyes were drawn to the incredible peaks of Castor and Pollux sparkling 1900 metres above us. Following up the North Branch had brought the excitement of ice floe hopping on a glacial lake where surrounding grey scree slopes and bare, moisture-blackened rock provided a setting of antarctic starkness.
+Suddenly the grass beside the camp blazed silver against the backdrop of shadow-darkened forest. Tatters of mist about the top of Sisyphus had parted to reveal the friendly disc of the near-full moon and in moments the whole valley was bathed in light. None of the daytime grandeur was lost. The sweep of the 1600 metre Kitchener Cirque was now like another dimension above, too remote for mortals, a playground of the gods. Round to the north, ice cliffs and snow slopes on the ridge leading to Fastness shone clear and bright over black rock, their soft luminosity holding the eyes with a gentle enticement so much more appealing than the glare of sunlight. At last the tiredness from a day's tramping in the mountains could be held at bay no longer, and slow steps led to a tent already sparkling with dew, and one final gaze back.
+Three days later we were tramping uphill beside Hester Pinney Creek, boots wet from crossing the East Matukituki and our camp below at Junction Flat still in the blueness of early morning shadow. Ours was the only movement in this sombre world of moss and tree trunks. For all their luxuriant greenness of ferns and epiphytes, temperate rainforests are faunal deserts. Not even the air was stirring and one could sense eddies and ripples being created by our passing.
+Abruptly we reached the treeline and after winding through a few scrubby outliers found ourselves in open country. Crossing the ecotone between forest and alpine grassland was always a landmark of practical if rather prosaic import since only the former is habitat for sandflies. High country brought the party relief from sandflies and the leader relief from complaints about sandflies.	Several trip members were a bit paranoid about these insects even though it was only once, at the last camp in Fiordland, that sandflies were numerous enough to constitute a nuisance.
+Long easy ridges now led upwards in graceful undulations, the warm scent of mountain meadows replaced the odours of moss and humus, and at our feet alpine flowers lifted their bright heads in greeting. A giant daisy (Celmisia sp.) with white petals around a yellow centre was particularly striking. At about 1100 metres the rarefied air induced more laboured breathing but no change of pace as instead of going directly to Albert Burn Saddle we diverged to the unnamed mountain to the north opposite Dragonfly Peak. This peak was composed of loose plates of slate (the renowled New Zealand "Weetbix" rock) bedded at a steep angle, and readily sliding over each other. Thoughtfully we pressed on. After all, how could the landscape collapse around us on such a magnificent day?
+From near the top the view was breathtaking. Far below was our home at Junction Flat, a green triangle held by ribbons of translucent turquoise. Two lone beech trees growing near the centre of the flat proclaimed their enterprise and character. I thought of the relief map used as a display at Aspiring National Park Headquarters - if only the leaden-souled tourists shambling around that clay image could see the scintillating colours and Olympian scale of the real country they would cast off their coats of lethargy and dance to the hills.
+The ridge flowed smoothly down to Albert Burn saddle, a garden path of crushed slate from which protruded scattered tufts of grass and herbs steadfastly persisting in their efforts to colonise this barren ground. Some snow leads remained from last week's fall, blushing pink in patches where algae had multiplied on the surface. From the saddle the Albert Burn stood revealed as a beautiful classic glacier valley, a grassy paradise eminently suited to trampers and I resolved to sample its glories on a future trip.
+While ambling downwards the idea came to bathe in one of the tarns we had passed coming up - the day was too good to hurry back to camp. The others made some excuse about washing in the Matuki and continued on.
+Reclining on the softness of sun-warmed tussock I could see across the reflections in the tarn to a panorama of snow and rock. Mount Aspiring easily dominated all the other peaks, well deserving the poetry of its name. To the north one mountain was in soft contrast to all the craggy summits; Glacier Dome, a mound of shining ice capped by a tiny knob of rock. From time to time small avalanches of snow and rocks produced by the sun's heat would echo hollowly across the valley, sometimes discernible to the eye but more often on a hidden face or blended with a ribbon waterfall. I closed my eyes to fix the image and drew in a slow breath of the warm scented air. This was the real New Zealand that I would return to again and again.
+----
+===== The Annual General Meeting. =====
-BUSHWALKERS
-ILightweight Tents  Sleeping Bags  Rucksacks  Climbing ft Caving Gear  Maps  Clothing. Boots
-	Food.
-Page 8
-Thh SYDNEY BUSWAIKER
-NEW ZEALAND MEMORIES.April, 1982.
-.....	..,.___ by Patrick McBride.
-The calm evening air was filled with flying insects of all types, ranging from swarms of tiay gnats to fluttering half-size grey buttetflies. ------ Seated by a hot fire in woollen clothing I was led to reflect that, despite. .
-NjAy impression of the ambient temperature, to the local fauna it was a balmy evening in peak summer conditions. Aspiring Flat must be a bleak place in winter when snow reaches to the valley floor and the brief days are shadowed
-by an6ircling walls. For us in January 1982 the days blazed lOng and golden, before easing to a slow twilight that left enough brightness in the sky to
-read fine print at 10 pm.
-I was sitting alone now, drinking in the spectacular beauty of this
-glen in its evening garb and waiting to see if the soft silver of moonlight
-would reveal a new aspect. Spiro had finally given up the strain of focussing on his current paperback fiction and followed the other members of the- party (Wendy Lippiat, Wayne Steele and Bill Capon) to tents and 'sleeping bags.
-The air was quite still and Turnbull Thomson Falls, one kilometre upstream,
-provided a backgraund murmur. Neardt to hand Kitchener Cre6k, deflected by the grassy promontory on which we were camped, whispered its tale of tussock and glacier.
-The past day had-been good fan but a bit of a circus. Embarrassing too, in that Sisyphus is considered a tramper's mountain and we had reached 4owhere near the top, nkIstly on account of deep, slushy snow and inadequate equipment. Part of the 'circus was leaving my lunch back at camp and having only emergency rations, an ancient tin of oily sardines, in my pack. Hardly the fare to accompany some of the-finest scenery in Australasia, especially'
-for a Pritikin dieter: However my cringing stomach was soon forgotten as the fabulous view -unfold0d. MOuri- ...Aaiiiriiig-St-ood. proud and. regal over a world of snowfields and glaciers which -hitherto we ,had only seen as white walls atop the Kitchener CirqUe.
-.	Perhaps this minorrepulse heralded greater. things to come, as had been the case earlier when our brush With Mount- Jumbo 'had finished in wet tetreat?
-We had trekked up 1300 metres of loose scree gully from Jumboland Flats with the object of crossing directly to the Albert Burn and after some scrambly route-finding managed to gain a small 'top beside Mount Jumbo.
-prom this vantage point, bodies braced against the wind and eyes half closed against the fine Tain, .we peered down a very sporting knife edge ridge which led to white unknowns in the swirling mist. At this time the leader acknowledged what the party had been in various degrees advocating for the last 600 metres; a return to the seductive greenness of the Makin Flats would bring greater del;ights than any matching of. the challenge Dosed by the crossing into Allprt Burn.
-The following fIVO,dsYs.virere	explorig-theuppet-Milkin Valley which we would otherwise have missed and which proved a princely compensation. At Top Forks Hut I could hardly concentrate on my evening game of chess with Spiro as my eyes were drawn to the incredible peaks of Castor and Pollux
-Page 9	THE SYDNEY MEM=	April, 1982.
-.41.1.111.1m1111m1MIONIMI.MmINI=100FM,
-sparkling 1900 metres above us. Following up the North Branch had brought the excitement of ice floe hoPping on a glacial lake where surrounding grey
-scree slopes and bare, moisture-blackened rock provided a setting of
-antarctic starkness.
-,
-Suddenly the grass beside the camp, blazed silver against the backdrop
-of shadow-darkened forest.	Tatters ,of mist about the top of Sisyphus had
-parted to reveal the friendly disc of the near-full moon and in moments the whole valley was bathed in light. None of the daytime grandeur was lost.'
-The sweep of the 1600 metre Kitchener ,Cirque was now like another dimension
-above, too remote for mortals, a playground of the gods. Round to the-noth,
-ice cliffs and snow slopes on the ridge leading to Fastness shone clear and
-bright over black rock, their soft luminosity, holding the eyes with a gentle
-enticement so much more appealing than the glare of sunlight. At last the tiredness from a day's tramping in the mountains could be held at bay no longer, and slow steps led to a tent already sparkling with dew, and one
-final gaze back.
-Three days later we were tramping uphill beside Hester Pinney Creek,
-boots wet from crossing the East Matukituki and our camp below at Junction
-Flat' still in the blueness of early morning shadow. Ours was the only moveMent in this sombre world of moss and tree trunks. For all their luxuriant greenness of ferns and epiphytes, temperate rainforests are faunal
-deserts. Not even the air was stirring and one could sense eddies and Fipples being 'created by our passing.
-,	Abruptly we reached the treeline and after winding through a few scrubby outliers fauna ourselves in open country. Crossing the ecotone between forest and alpine grassland was always a landmark of practical if rather prosaic import since only the former is habitat for sandflies. High country brought the party relief fram.sandflies and the leader relief from
-Oomplaints about sandflies.	Several-trip meMbers were a bit paranoid about these insects even though it was only once, at the last camp in Fiordland,
-that sandflies were numerous enough to constitute a nuisance.
-Long easy ridges now led upwards in graceful undulations, the warm scent of mountain meadows replaced the odours of moss and humus, and at out feet alpine flowers lifted their bright heads in greeting. A giant daisy (Celmisia sp.) with white petals around a yellow centre was particularly striking. At about 1100 metres the rarefied air induced more laboured breathing but no change of pace as instead of going directly to Albert Burn, Saddle we diverged to the unnamed mountain to the north opposite Dragonfly Peak. This peak was composed of loose plates of slate (the renowled New Zealand "Weetbix" rock) bedded at a steep angle, and readily sliding over each other. Thoughtfully we pressed on. After all, how could the landscape collapse araund us on such .a magnificent day?
-From near the top the view was breathtaking. Far below was our .home
-at Junction Flat, a green triangle held by ribbons of translucent turquoise.
-Two lone beech trees growing near the centre of the flat proclaimed their
-enterprise and character. I thought of the relief map used as a display
-at Aspiring National Park Headquarters - if only the leaden-souled tourists shambling around that clay image could see the scintillating colours and
-Page 10	Er.: SYDNEY BIISHWALKER	April, 1982.
-.....
-plympian scale of the real country they would cast off their coats of lethargy and dance to the hills.
-The ridge flowed smoothly down to Albert Burn saddle, a garden path of crushed slate from which protruded scattered tufts of grass and herbs steadfastly persisting in their efforts to colonise this barren ground. Some snow leads remained from last week's fall, bluahing pink in patches where algae had multiplied on the surface. From the saddle the Albert
-Burn stood revealed as a beautiful classic glacier valley, a grassy paradise eminently suited to trampers and I resolved to sample its glories on a - future trip.
-While ambling downwards the idea came to bathe in one of the tarns we had passed coming up - the day was too good to hurry back to camp. The
-others made some excuse about washing in the Matuki and continued on.
-Reclining on the softness of sun-warmed tussock I could see across the
-reflections in the tarn to a panorama of snow and rock. Mount Aspiring
-easily dominated all the other peaks, well deserving the poetry of its name.
-To the north one mountain was in soft contrast to all the craggy summits; Glacier Dome, a mound of shining ice capped by a tiny knob of rock. From
-time to time small avalanches of snow and rocks produced by the sun's heat would echo hollowly across the valley, sometimes discernible to the eye but more often on a hidden face or blended with a ribbon waterfall. I closed
-niy eyes to fix the image and drew in a slow breath of the warm scented air. This was the real New Zealand that I would return to again and again.
-* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
-'ilih ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING.
 by Barry Wallace.
 The times were a little out of joint my friends, for there for collection were copies of the Annual Report. It seems there was not time for them to be mailed out, so they were held for collection.
-Nonetheless, the President ganged the gong and called the 55 or so
-members present to order at around 2009 hours.
+Nonetheless, the President gonged the gong and called the 55 or so members present to order at around 2009 hours.
 The Minutes of the previous general meeting were read with no business arising.
-Correspondence brought letters from Mary Unwin regarding the Washpool
-State Forest enclosing a letter from the Minister for Planning and the Environment on the subject, from the-South-West Tasmania Committeeadvising
+Correspondence brought letters from Mary Unwin regarding the Washpool State Forest enclosing a letter from the Minister for Planning and the Environment on the subject, from the South-West Tasmania Committee advising of a "No Dams" rally, from Kath Brown proposing the creation of a position of "Magazine Production Manager", together with some change of address notices and circulars.
-of a "No Dams" rally, from Kath Brown proposing the creation of a position
-of "Magazine Production Manager", together with some change of address notices
+The Annual Reports were then formally presented, and after a three minute reading period, taken as read. The Financial Report was presented and adopted with some passing queries about magazine covers and investments. So then we had reached the glorious moment of - "the suspension of such of the Standing Orders as would permit the election of officers to proceed concurrently with the business of the meeting" - and the election of Craig Shappert and George Gray as scrutineers.
-and circulars.
-The Annual Reports were then formally presented, and after a three
-minute reading period, taken as read. The Financial Report was presented
-and adopted with some passing queries about magazine 'covers and investments. So then we had reached the glorious moment of- - - - "the suspension
-Page 11	THE SIDNEY BUSHWAIKER	April, 1982.
-cf such of the Standing Orders as would permit the election of officers to proceed concurrently with the business of the meeting" - - and the election of Craig Shappert and George Gray as scrutineers.
 You all know who was elected to what, it was in last month's magazine.
 The Treasurer's Report revealed that we began the month with $832.14, received $297.36 in income and spent $249.03 to close the month with $880.47. The Coolana Account had a closing balance of $157.15.
-Federation Report indicated that that organisation is examining a
-proposal to take out collective-insurance &over for affilliated clubs, that
+Federation Report indicated that that organisation is examining a proposal to take out collective insurance cover for affilliated clubs, that an audio visual presentation on the Washpool Wilderness is available, that the F.B.W. Re-union will be held on the Shoalhaven, that there will be a S. & R. abseiling instructional weekend held 20,21 March, a S. & R. exercise over 3,4 April and a 'Safety in the Bush' weekend over 19,20 June. The Federation conservation report brought mention of proposed roads in the Apsley Wilderness, a study to be undertaken on the Barrington Tops area and a request from Span Unlimited for permission to place a memorial plaque near the Camels Hump access route to Claustral Canyon.
-an audio visual presentation on the Washpool Wilderness is available, that
-the F.B.W. Re-union will be held an the Shoaihaven, that there will be a
+In a break with tradition, the Walks Report began with a report of David Rostron's Morong Deep walk of 12,13,14 February. There were 19 people on the trip in very pleasant, sunny conditions. Ian Debert reported 18 people on his "nice walk" with swimming that same weekend. Joe Marton said much the same for the 18 people on his Sunday Waterfall to Otford walk. Jim Brown, on the other hand, had four starters on his Heathcote to Heathcote walk and reported "nothing in particular, but, well, a joyous day".
-S. & R. abseiling instructional weekend held 20,21 March, a S. & R. exercise over 3,4 April and a 'Safety in the Bush' weekend over 19,20 June. The
-Federation conservation report brought mention of proposed roads in the Apsley Wilderness, a study to be undertaken on the Barrington Tops area and a request from Span Unlimited for permission to place a memorial plaque near
+The following weekend 19,20,21 February saw Wayne Steele's Black Range trip rated as a non-starter. Peter Harris had 12, plus Frank Taeker, out on his Saturday start Du Faurs Creek, Wollangambe Canyon trip, and of the two day walks Marcia Shappert had 11 or 12 people on her not-quite-to-programme Waterfall to Heathcote trip, and John Newman led Jim Percy's 14 starters from Lilyvale to Bundeena while Jim relaxed (?) in hospital.
-the Camels Hump access route to Claustral Canyon.
-In a break with tradition, the Walks Report began with a report of
+There was another Jim Percy trip the weekend of 26,27,28 February. Ian Debert led that one, with 12 starters enjoying the luxury of Coolana. Charlie Brown's Cox River trip was cancelled. Ralph Pengliss led 30 people, with some dropouts, on his Sydney Harbour bushwalk on Sunday the 28th, and David Cotton had 11 people on his bee walk. Peter Christian's Heathcote trip attracted 9 people.
-David RostronIsM(mmag Deep walk of 12,13,14 February. There were 19 people on the trip in very pleasant, sunny conditions. Ian Debert reported 18 people on his "nice walk" with swinning that same weekend. Joe Marton said much the same for the 18 people on his Sunday Waterfall to Otford walk. Jim Brown, on the other hand, had four starters on his Heathcote to Heath-cote walk and reported "nothing in particular, but, well, a joyous day".
-The following weekend 19,20,21 February saw Wayne Steele's Black Range trip rated as a non-starter. Peter Harris had 12, plus Frank Taeker, out on his Saturday start Du Faurs Creek, Wbllangambe Canyon trip, and of the two day walks Marcia Shappert had 11 or 12 people on her not-quite-toProgramme Waterfall to Heathcote trip, and John Newman led Jim Percy's 14 starters from Lilyvale to Bundeena while Jim relaxed (?) in hospital.
-There was another Jim Percy trip the weekend of 26,27,28 February. Ian Debert led that one, with 12 starters enjoying the luxury of Coolana. Charlie Brawn's Cox River trip was cancelled. Ralph Pengliss led 30 people, with some dropouts, on his Sydney Harbour bushwalk on Sunday the 28th, and David Cotton had 11 people on his bee walk. Peter Christian's Heathcote trip attracted 9 people.
 Over the weekend of 5,6,7 March Tony Marshall reported low river conditions for the five people who attended his Kangaroo River trip, whilst Bob Hodgson cancelled his second attempt on the Cess Pit Canyon. Gordon Lee had four people on his rock climbing day on the Saturday and 12 people on the Sunday abseiling instructional. Meryl Watman reported 7 people on her Heathcote to Waterfall walk, finishing the walk at 1405; and the Walks Report.
-Meanwhile, back at the ranch; the elctions were over and the discussion
-.111Dr
+Meanwhile, back at the ranch; the elctions were over and the discussion of Annual Subs raged to and fro, and back again. At one stage the meeting passed a motion which was subsequently ruled invalid under the Constitution. I guess we got it right, in the end.
-April, 1982.
-TETE SYLviEY.BUSIIT
+Then there was a motion of thanks to the retiring committee, carried by acclamation, the announcements, and the President's cry of "Let us Re-une"; and then the meeting closed at 2200.
-Page 12
-of Annual Subs raged to and fro, and back again. At one stage the meeting passed a motion which was subsequently ruled invalid under the Constitution. I guess we got it right, in the end.
+----
-Then there was a motion of thanks to the retiring committee, carried
-by acclamation, the announcements, and the President's cry of "Let us Re-une"; and then the meeting closed at 2200.
+===== A Tree Falls In The Blue Gum. =====
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- A TREE FAILS IN BLUE GUM.
 by Jim Brown.
-Somewhere recently - and it may have been in the Federation supplement which often accompanies the magazine - I read that most of the mature trees
-in Blue Gum Forest are of similar age, and that the day would cone when quite a big portion of the trees would die simultaneously.
+Somewhere recently - and it may have been in the Federation supplement which often accompanies the magazine - I read that most of the mature trees in Blue Gum Forest are of similar age, and that the day would cone when quite a big portion of the trees would die simultaneously.
-I was reminded of this a few days ago when passing one week-day after-
-noon through the Forest. It was flat calm - not a puff of wind in the valley - and several days since the idrevious rains. Quite abruptly there was a long- drawn-out crackling, splintering noise two or three hundred metres distant,
+I was reminded of this a few days ago when passing one week-day afternoon through the Forest. It was flat calm - not a puff of wind in the valley - and several days since the previous rains. Quite abruptly there was a long-drawn-out crackling, splintering noise two or three hundred metres distant, culminating in a thunderous crash. Looking in the direction of the noise I could see flying leaves and fragments of bark.
-culminating in a thunderous crash. Looking in the direction of the noise
-T could see flying leaves and.fragments of bark.
+A little later I explored. A large tree, but not one of the very largest in the forest, had evidently been rotten at the base. I don't think the decay would have been evident to a casual observer. At all events, it had suddenly shattered and fallen, and its trunk had became entangled with branches of a smaller tree, which had also been uprooted and shattered. The ground around for thirty or forty metres was covered with broken branches, some of them almost large enough to be a respectable tree in their own right.
-A little later I exploced. A large tree, but not one of the very largest in the forest, had evidently been rotten at the base. I don't think the decay would have been evident to a casual observer. At all events, it had suddenly shattered and fallen, and its trunk had became entangled with branches of a smaller tree, which had also been uprooted and shattered. The ground around for thirty or forty metres was covered with broken branches, aome of them almost large enough to be a respectable tree in their own right.
-Of course, camping in Blue Gum Forest has been prohibited by the Parks
+Of course, camping in Blue Gum Forest has been prohibited by the Parks & Wildlife Service for some years, but judging from the recent fireplaces and collections of firewood, the ban is neither observed nor strictly policed. On other grounds, however, it seems that it may be wise to refrain from camping in an area where quite a colony of trees may be approaching the end of their normal life span.
-& Wildlife Service for some years, but judging from the recent fireplaces and collections of firewood, the ban is neither observed nor strictly policed. On other grounds, however, it seems that it may be wise to refrain from camping in an area where quite a colony of trees may be approaching the end of their normal life span.
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-PROPOSED EXPEDITION TO THE SOUTH-WEST CORNER OF FIORDLAND NATIONAL PAR/c, NEff ZEALAND - FEBRUARY-'83.
+===== Proposed Expedition To The South-West Corner Of Fiordland National Park, New Zealand - February '83. =====
-(Cascade Cove, Dusky'SoUnd - Chalky Inlet)
-. by Peter Harris.
+=== (Cascade Cove, Dusky Sound - Chalky Inlet) ===
-. The south-west corner of Fiordland National Park is a remote alpine wilderness, little visited by trampers and climbers. The peaks rise to about 49500 metres above a myriad of glacial lakes and deep, wild river valleys. It is an area which pits the human soul against some of nature's most beautiful and demanding challenges - a spiritual satisfaction, and a
-lifetime-lasting memory of rocky ramparts,cloud-piercing peaks of mica and quartz, virgin streams and brooks,.alpine,meadows and lakes set like shimmering jewels carelessly scattered on the ground. The ultimate challenge is
+by Peter Harris.
-survival against the combined wild elements of torrential rain and snow,
-electrical thunderstorms which split peaks asunder, and the human element of maintaining high morale against countless natural difficulties.
+The south-west corner of Fiordland National Park is a remote alpine wilderness, little visited by trampers and climbers. The peaks rise to about 4,500 metres above a myriad of glacial lakes and deep, wild river valleys. It is an area which pits the human soul against some of nature's most beautiful and demanding challenges - a spiritual satisfaction, and a lifetime-lasting memory of rocky ramparts, cloud-piercing peaks of mica and quartz, virgin streams and brooks, alpine meadows and lakes set like shimmering jewels carelessly scattered on the ground. The ultimate challenge is survival against the combined wild elements of torrential rain and snow, electrical thunderstorms which split peaks asunder, and the human element of maintaining high morale against countless natural difficulties.
 The criteria for survival is impeccable planning and research, time, physical fitness, experience in extended walking trips to remote wilderness, and continuation of a high morale at all times and on all occasions.
-In February 1980, four of us successfully completed a difficult first crossing from Lake Manapouri to Cascade Cove, Dusky Sound, via the peaks of the Heath Mountains, Dark Cloud Range and Evans Range. We successfully
-accomplished the first traverse of the Evans Range including the first ascent
+In February 1980, four of us successfully completed a difficult first crossing from Lake Manapouri to Cascade Cove, Dusky Sound, via the peaks of the Heath Mountains, Dark Cloud Range and Evans Range. We successfully accomplished the first traverse of the Evans Range including the first ascent of Mt. Evans, and the third ascent of Mt. Sparrman (first climbed in 1773 by Anders Sparrman from Captn. James Cook's "Resolution"). Our expedition was dependent upon only one air-dump of food, thus heavy packs, and uncertainty of a forward route made the trip more demanding. The region of complete and total spiritual bliss was discovered in the Evans Range, and in the many glacial lakes to the south (towards Preservation Inlet and Chalky Sound).
-of Mt. Evans, and the third ascent of Mt. Sparrman (first climbed in 1773 by
-Anders Sparrman from Captn. James Cook's "Resolution"). Our expedition Was dependent upon only one air-dump of food, thus heavy packs, and uncertainty
+It is proposed to conduct a second expedition to this area, commencing after a flight to Cascade Cove, and pre-placement of food deposits in several strategic campsites. The termination of the trip will be Cascade Cove, thus allowing much more time (and less pack carrying) to investigate and enjoy this wild remote wilderness with all its magnificent natural features. It will involve walking only; there will be no technical climbing involved.
-of a forward route made the trip more demanding. The region of complete
-and total spiritual bliss was discovered in the Evans Range, and in the many
-glacial lakes to the south (towards Preservation Inlet and Chalky Sound).
-It is proposed to conduct a second expedition to this area, commencing
-after a flight to Cascade Cove, and pre-placement of food deposits in several Strategic campsites. The termination of the trip will be Cascade Cove, thus allowing much more time (and less pack carrying) to investigate and enjoy
-this wild remote wilderness with all its magnificent natural features. It will involve walking only; there will be nO technical climbing involved.
 Initially it is proposed that the activity will occur over a three-week period in Feb/March 1983, since the weather is most stable at this time of year. All participants will assist with the planning and preparation which should start by June, 1982.
-Participation is invited from members of the Sydney Bush Walkers who
-desire to visit one of the most beautiful wilderness areas on earth. There
+Participation is invited from members of the Sydney Bush Walkers who desire to visit one of the most beautiful wilderness areas on earth. There probably won't be a second chance! Exposure to forceful natural elements and the necessity to maintain a high morale require that the walk be graded hard; however because of pre-placed food drops and a high frequency of proposed one-day walks from a variety of different base camps, the standard of walking is only of medium grade. The key is safety, experienced leadership, party involvement in planning and decision-making. The party does not move in bad weather conditions.
-probably won't be a second chance! Exposure to forcefulnnatural elements,
-and the necessity to maintain a high morale require that the walk be graded.
+Should you wish to participate, or else have a strong interest but question your abilities, phone me one night (80-0322(H)), and we'll discuss it further. It is an expedition to a wild area of remote wilderness which you won't forget in a lifetime of walking and dreaming....
-hard; however because of pre-placed food drops and a high frequency of
-proposed one-day walks from a variety of different. base camps, the standard
+P.S. There are no sandflies above the treeline! The expedition may terminate with a charter cruise north to Milford Sound, exploring all the majestic fiords along the way.
-of walking is only of medium grade. The key is safety, experienced leadership, party involvement in planning and decision-making. The party does -
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-TEE SYDNEY BUSEWALKER	April, 1982.
+===== Kedumba Connection. =====
--
-question your abilities, phone me one night (80-0322(H), and. we'll discuss
+by Bill Gamble.
-it further. It is an expedition to a wild area of remote wilderness which you won't forget in a lifetime of walkiniand dreaming....
-P.S. There are no sandflies above the treelinel The expedition may terminate with a charter cruise north to Milford Sound, exploring all the majestic fiords along the way.
+Most bushwalkers will have covered the well-worn path from the Scenic Railway or Golden Stairs to Mount Solitary. It is a brisk day walk with time for a side visit to Ruined Castle and leisurely lunch at Chinaman's Cave. The back end to Mount Solitary is not quite as accessible (which may be considered a good or bad thing depending upon one's viewpoint); and, as a consequence, few approach it from the east ridge to The Col. For those who do so, there is the promise of terrain quite different from that along the usual route. Map references are Katoomba and Jamison in the 1:31680 series.
-* * * * * * * * * *
-KEDUMBA CONNECTION.	by Bill Gamble.
+Ian Debert has included both sections in the walks programme for the last two years in overnight walks around June/July. For me, they have opened one of the most interesting routes I have encountered in the Blue Mountains abutting the main road/rail links. Those who are inclined to dismiss the walk as covering too much familiar ground or too close to civilisation; or, perhaps, put off by doubtful water quality in Kedumba Creek, should think again.
-Most bushwalkers will have covered the well-worn path from the Scenic Railway or Golden Stairs to Mount Solitary. It is a brisk day walk with
-time for a side visit to Ruined Castle and leisurely lunch at Chinaman's Cave. The back end to Mount Solitary is not quite as accessible (which
+It is necessary to arrange a car swop before the walk commences, or road bash about six miles from Wentworth Falls if using public transport, which may be a little offputting too, but the time involved is well worth while. Do not be dissuaded.
-may be considered a good or bad thing depending upon one's viewpoint); and, as a consequence, few approach it from the east ridge to The Gol. For those who do so, there is the promise of terrain quite different from that along the usual route. Map references are Katoomba and Jamison in the 1:31680 series.
-Ian Debert has included both sections in the walks programme for the last two years in overdight walks around June/July. For me, they have opened one of the most interesting routes I have encountered in the Blue Mountains abutting the main road/rail links. Those who are inclined to dismiss the walk as cdvering too much familiar ground or too close to civilisation; or, perhaps, put off by doubtful water quality in Kedumba Creek, should think again.
+The starting point is beyond the Sanatorium on the King's Tableland - take the Kedumba Valley Road which passes to the right of the hospital and continue down to the locked gate. While waiting for the car swop to be completed, or resting after the road bash, there are spectacular cliff-top views to be seen a mere thirty yards from the roadside, and from the gate if one wishes to sit or stand on it.
-It is necessary to arrange a car swop before the walk commences, or road bash about six miles from Wentworth Falls if using public transport, -which may be a little offpatting too, but the time involved is well worth
-while. Do not be dissuaded.
+In 1980 Ian had about fourteen people on this walk, and of the eight who turned up in 1981, five had come the previous year. For the record, the 1981 party comprised Ian Debert, Joy Hynes, Sue and Bill Capon, Keith Docherty, Derek and Lyn Wilson, and the writer.
-The starting point is beyond the Sanatorium on the King's Tableland -
-take the Kedumba Valley Road which passes to the right of the hospital and
+The walk proper starts from the gate and proceeds for about fifty minutes along the dirt road which passes through the cliffs to the buttress below Kedumba Walls. There the route turns off the road (rather subtly I might add, about five minutes along a flat section of the road running generally south and parallel to Kedumba Walls) on to a little-used route down to Kedumba Creek. The road walk is not without interest, as one cannot but be impressed by the eneineering work involvd in breaching the cliff-face, and the fine views from the road.
-continue down to the locked gate. While waiting for the car swop to be completed, or resting after the road bash, there are spectacular cliff-top views to be seen a mere thirty yards from the roadside, and from the gate if one wishes to sit or stand on it.
-In 1980 Ian had about fourteen people on this walk, and of the eight who turned up in 1981, five had come the previous year. For the record,
+The route from the road down to Kedumba Creek is probably best understood by walking it in company with someone who knows the way, rather than trying to understand my description. Briefly, though, one starts down a sort of disused fire trail, becoming a track on an ever-steepening route which bears left around the back of a gully and sidles down its farther side, ending up in the bottom of the gully alongside the near dry wash of a seasonal creek bed. Eventually, one emerges on to Kedumba Creek and then heads upstream for about five minutes to a reasonable campsite adjacent to cliffs on the opposite bank.
-the 1981 party comprised Ian Debert, Joy Hynes, Sue and Bill Capon, Ieith 15ocherty, Derek and Lyn Wilson, and the writer.
-The walk proper starts from the gate and proceeds for about fifty
+The campsite of 1980 had taken a bit of a battering in between visits and the fire in 1981 was lighted on a much reduced bench of packed sand above the creek. Considering the drought conditions throughoat the period one can but speculate on the force of the flash flood which ripped through the original campsite. There is still the choice of a tent pitched on the hard sand or a few yards away among the tall trees which dominate this part of the creek flats.
-minutes along the dirt road which passes through-the cliffs to the buttress below Kedumba Walls. There the route.turns.off the road (rather subtly
-I might add, about five mites along a flat 'section of the road running
+The need to boil water is an excuse for a generous campfire and plentiful brews of tea. Overnight cold and damp tend to fall heavily on the campsite and a warmer alternative may be to camp about one hundred feet above the creek on the opposite side - it just means a little more effort to draw water and find wood. An advantage could be to place one at the beginning of the ridge walk up to The Col on Mount Solitary, without having to cross the creek first up.
-generally south and parallel to Kedumba Walls) on to a little-used route down to Kedumba Creek. The road walk is not without interest, as one
-not Move-in bad weather conditions.
+Last year, on the Sunday morning, we walked up through thick mist to a beautiful, cloudless day atop Mount Solitary - at one stage we seemed to be adrift on a sea of mist - whereas in 1980 it had been clear thoaughout.
-Should you wish to participate, or else have a stron interest but
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+Probably, the most satisfying part of the walk - and this is what is missed by those who only day walk from the other end - is the climb from Kedumba Creek to The Col, and the walk along the top of Mount Solitary to Chinaman's Cave. It is a walk in open forest up a spur ridge to The Col, steady at first but increasing in steepness towards the cliff line until hands and feet are necessary. At the top of the buttress a dead-end track sidles around the cliff line to the north, while the track to The Col forks and continues steeply. About two-thirds of the way up, there is an abundance of bellbirds and the air is filled with their sounds - it is like walking through an aviary. At The Col are fine views to east and south-east and to Lake Burragorang. The track between there and Chinaman's Cave, across the top of Mount Solitary, is generally clear and keeps to the Katoomba side until shortly before descending to the cave, when it swings to the opposite side giving the opportunity for good views south beyond Cox's River.
-,'		_...		'..1.1111MOO.MM
-"cannot but be impressed by the eneineering work involvd in breaching the cliff-face, and the fine views from the road.
-The route from the road down to Xedumba Creek is probably best
-Understood by walking it in company with someone who knows the way, rather
-than trying to understand my description. Briefly, though, One starts dawn a sort of diaused fire trail, becoming a track on an ever-steepening route'
-Which bears left around the back of a gully and sidles down its faritor side, en'ding up in the bottom of-the.gully alongside the near dry wash of a
-Seaaanal creek bed. Eventually, one emerges on to Kedumba Creek and then headi upstream for about five minutes to a reasonablo campsite adjacent' to cliffs on the opposite bank.
-The campsite of 1980 had taken a bit of a battering in between visits
-and the fire in 1981 was lighted on a much reduced bench of packed sand - above the creek. Considering the draught conditions throughoat the period
-one can but speculate on the force of the flash flood which ripped through the original campsite. There is still the choice of a tent pitched on the
-hard sand or a few yards away among the tall trees which dominate this part pf the creek flats.
-The need to boil water is an excuse for a generous campfire and plentiful brews of tea. Overnight cold and damp tend to fall heavily on the campsite and a warmer alternative may be to camp about one hundred feet
-above the creek on the opposite side - it just means a little more effort to draw water and find wood. An advantage could be to place one at the beginning of the ridge walk up to The Col on Mount Solitary, without having
--,o cross the creek first up.
-Last year, on the Sunday morning, we walked up through thick mist to a beautiful, cloudless day atop Mount Solitary - at one stage we seemed to
-be adrift on a sea of mist - whereas in 1980 it had been clear thoaughout.
-Probably, the most satisfying part of the walk - and this is what is
-missed by those who only day walk from the other end - is the climb from
-KeduMba Creek to The Col, and the walk along the top of Mount Solitary to Ohinaman's Cave. It is a walk in open forest up a spur ridge to The Col,
-steady at first but increasing in steemess towards the cliff line until
-hands and feet are necessary. At the top of the buttress a dead-end track
-sidles. around the cliff line to the north, while the track to The Col forks and continues steeply. About two-thirds of the way up, there is an
-abundance of bellbirds and the air is filled with their sounds - it is like
-walking through an aviary. At The Col are fine views to east and south-east
-and to Lake Burragorang. The track between there and Chinaman 's Cave, across
-the top of Mount Solitary, is generally clear and keeps to the Katoomba side
-until shortly before descending to the cave, when it swings to the opposite side giving the opportunity for good views south beyond Cox's River.
 There is no need to describe the familiar route out to the Scenic Railway - for Sydney Bushwalkers it seems to become an excuse for a headlong rush along a beaten track, or a time to spread out, lost in their thoughts and the 4.55 pm deadline for the last ride of the day on the railway.
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 CANCEING THE SHOALHAVEN RIVER.
 by Geoff Davidson.