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 Jo van Sommers	18
 Kiandra Crossing
-Camp at Splendour Rock Carnival in Switzerland
+Camp at Splendour Rock
-Three Peaks Cheater Bushwalker Recipes No.2
+Carnival in Switzerland
-Sequel to the 3-Peaks Trip Bet Advertisement - Eastwood Camping Centre Kanangra
+Three Peaks Cheater
-History of "Coolanan Conservation Finance The May General Meeting Social Notes for July XXXXX-4()E	XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX*XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.XXXX
+Bushwalker Recipes No.2
+Sequel to the 3-Peaks Trip Bet
+Advertisement - Eastwood Camping Centre Kanangra
+History of "Coolana"
+Conservation Finance
+The May General Meeting Social Notes for July XXXXX-4()E	XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX*XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.XXXX
 S.B.W. CHANGES ITS MEETING PLACE.
 The building in Atchison Street, St. Leonards, where the Club has been meeting for the past eleven years, is being sold at auction on June 16th, and it seems fairly certain that we will have to obtain another meeting
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 dinner and putting dry firewood in the tent. There was a very wet mist condensing in the trees and it sounded like rain dripping all night.
 The sunrise was magnificent. The dam was covered in mist as was
- most of the Axe Head Range. 'Cloudmaker, Kanangra Walls and Guouogeng were - all clear and just the lightest gossamer mist filled the deep valleys.
+ most of the Axe Head Range. 'Cloudmaker, Kanangra Walls and Guouogang were - all clear and just the lightest gossamer mist filled the deep valleys.
 A light fan-shaped cloud high up in the sky was flooded with colour as the sun rose in the east. The top of Clouamaker and Guouogang turned deep red for an instant and then the sun gathered strength and lit up the sandstone cliffs on Mt. Eborilla and Kanangra Walls. The Cox and t:ae
 THE SYDNEY BUSHULLKER	June, 1982.
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 Page 7	THE SYDNEY HUSHWALKER	June, 1982.
-THREE PEAKS CHEATER.
+====== Three Peaks Cheater ======
 by Gordon Lee.
 Tigen I joined S.B.W..in 1975 one of my ambitions was to become one of that illustrious band "The Tiger Walkers".	Such names as Bruiser Butt, Fleetwing Finch, Rocket Rostron, Hopalong Hodgson, Milo' the Wisp Wallace and others too few to mention came to my notice. Some of them even then
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 a bushwalk only water need be added.
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-SEQUEL TO THE 3-PEAKS TRIP BET.	by Dot Butler.
-Fresh (very) from his overseas trip' Bill Burke arrived back at the Clubroom for the May General Meeting .to be met by the news that the 3-Peaks trip had been done by Gordon Lee and:Bill Capon (both over 40) and that he would have to cash up the $100 he bet that it couldn't be done in under 24 hours by over 40's.	"I never renege-on my bets," said Billy ruefully forkingout. "That'll teach me not to make bets when I'm full."
+====== Sequel To The Three Peaks Trip Bet ======
-The money' was Passed over by Gordon to the Coolaaa Committee. Now we have;to think of some permanent and fitting object at Coolana to perpetuate the Bill Burke rash bet
+by Dot Butler.
+Fresh (very) from his overseas trip'Bill Burke arrived back at the Clubroom for the May General Meeting to be met by the news that the 3-Peaks trip had been done by Gordon Lee and Bill Capon (both over 40) and that he would have to cash up the $100 he bet that it couldn't be done in under 24 hours by over 40's. "I never renege on my bets," said Billy ruefully forking out. "That'll teach me not to make bets when I'm full.
+The money was Passed over by Gordon to the Coolana Committee. Now we have to think of some permanent and fitting object at Coolana to perpetuate the Bill Burke rash bet
 Our thanks to Bill Burke and to the winners of the bet, Gordon Lee and Bill Capon.
-ICAMPING EQUIPMENT Large Tents  Stoves  Lamps-* Folding Furniture.
-DISTRIBUTORS OF:
-Paddymade  Karrimor  Berghaus  Hallmark  Bergans  Caribee  Fairydown  Silva  Primus  Companion  and all leading brands.
-BUSHWALKERS
-Lightweight Tents  Sleeping Bags  Rucksacks  Climbing Et Caving Gear  Maps  Clothing  Boots  Food. -
-('Proprietors: Jack Et Nancy Fox
-Sales Manager: David Fox
-Rowe Street
-EASTWOOD CANVAS GOODS & CAMPING SUPPLIES 3 TIO:hyvney St Eastwood NSW 2122 Phone. 858 2775
-Rutledge Street
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 KANANGRA.	by Malcolm Steele.
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 WEEKEND WALK - KANANGRA - 23/24/25 July - Leader g GEORGE WALTON. Te1.498-7956 (H) . (Phone number shown in Walks Programme not correct)
 THE.SYDNEY BUSHWALKER
-HISTORY-OFCOOLANA"
-.S.B.W. PROPERTY IN KANGAROO VALLEY.
+====== HISTORY OF COOLANA - S.B.W. PROPERTY IN KANGAROO VALLEY ======
 June, 1982.
 by Dot Butler.
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-Many new members woulcllike to know how the Club came to be possessor , of 120 acres of bushland and steep escarpment an the Kangaroo River, so ,I haVe been asked to tell its history.
+Many new members would like to know how the Club came to be possessor of 120 acres of bushland and steep escarpment an the Kangaroo River, so I have been asked to tell its history.
-was an eVentful year. For one thing, we had the youngest President ever. At the Annual General Meeting, in a spirit of exuberance, a couple of us feeling that it was time for a change from the "father figure" had nominated young Don Finch for President. "You've gotta be joking" said Finchy when asked by the chairman whether he was willing to stand. As this was a positive sentence - not a negative word in it anywhere - the Club put the broad inter-
-pretation on it that he was willing, and half a minute later an astounded Finch found that he was, like Julius Caosari, ruler of the then known world (bush-
+was an eventful year. For one thing, we had the youngest President ever. At the Annual General Meeting, in a spirit of exuberance, a couple of us feeling that it was time for a change from the "father figure" had nominated young Don Finch for President. "You've gotta be joking" said Finchy when asked by the chairman whether he was willing to stand. As this was a positive sentence - not a negative word in it anywhere - the Club put the broad interpretation on it that he was willing, and half a minute later an astounded Finch found that he was, like Julius Caesar, ruler of the then known world (bush-
-walking). Re was only 20. The year was also significant in that I had realised a life's ambition of organising a mountaineering expedition to one of the highest mountain ranges in the world - the Andes of Peru. We needed $20,000 to cover expedition expenses, and it was great to see how willingly people donated to a worthy cause. This "fund raising confidence" came in handy very soon, as you will see.
+walking). He was only 20.
-. Our President was urging everyone to look for a new venue for
-a Reunion site, so I went down to Kangaroo Valley to visit Warwick Deacock's newly established "Camp Chakola" to see what might. be offering there. I wandered a few miles further downstream and came across what looked ideal for our purposes - lovely grassy flats among Casuarinas flanking the clean flowing Kangaroo River azid bush-covered hillsides surmounted by a fantastic rock escarpment. As the owner wasn't around I wasn't able to ask questions, so merely noted the place as a likely Reunion site. Shortly afterwards my neighbours Hanna and Rudi Lemberg (ex-bushwalkers) asked me to go with them to look at some land for sale on the Kangaroo River which the Quakers hoped to purchase. Imagine my surprise to find it was the identical spot I had visited earlier. Mr. Chambers, the owner, was home and we discussed price. He was asking $10,000 for the 190 acres.
+The year was also significant in that I had realised a life's ambition of organising a mountaineering expedition to one of the highest mountain ranges in the world - the Andes of Peru. We needed $20,000 to cover expedition expenses, and it was great to see how willingly people donated to a worthy cause. This "fund raising confidence" came in handy very soon, as you will see.
-On the way home we discussed ways and means. Rudi was sure the Quakers would not be able to raise more than $5,000. Suddenly the bright thought came to me that the S.B.W. might be able to go halves in the deal; after all, there was the Era Fund money awaiting investment in just such a scheme. I could hardly wait to get home to ring up .Donnie Finch. With Presidential authority I raced off a circular calling an Extraordinary General Meeting, Club members seemed willing to consider the project if I made myself chief fund raiser. The Era Fund amounted to $1,500. The Club could:add another 01,000 held in a Special Fund, and it was left to me to try to raise the balance of $2,500	and only six weeks to do it in:
-I got my brother Harold, who is an Estate Agent, to bargain with the owner (a thing Quakers will NOT do), and he achieved a drop in price to
+. Our President was urging everyone to look for a new venue for a Reunion site, so I went down to Kangaroo Valley to visit Warwick Deacock's newly established "Camp Chakola" to see what might be offering there. I wandered a few miles further downstream and came across what looked ideal for our purposes - lovely grassy flats among Casuarinas flanking the clean flowing Kangaroo River amid bush-covered hillsides surmounted by a fantastic rock escarpment. As the owner wasn't around I wasn't able to ask questions, so merely noted the place as a likely Reunion site. Shortly afterwards my neighbours Hanna and Rudi Lemberg (ex-bushwalkers) asked me to go with them to look at some land for sale on the Kangaroo River which the Quakers hoped to purchase. Imagine my surprise to find it was the identical spot I had visited earlier. Mr. Chambers, the owner, was home and we discussed price. He was asking $10,000 for the 190 acres.
-$9,000 cash.	"Cash" is the magical word ,in land deals. By mutual agreement
-the Quakers were to take 100 acres at $5,0005 and the Bushwalkers 90 acres at
+On the way home we discussed ways and means. Rudi was sure the Quakers would not be able to raise more than $5,000. Suddenly the bright thought came to me that the S.B.W. might be able to go halves in the deal; after all, there was the Era Fund money awaiting investment in just such a scheme. I could hardly wait to get home to ring up Donnie Finch. With Presidential authority I raced off a circular calling an Extraordinary General Meeting, Club members seemed willing to consider the project if I made myself chief fund raiser. The Era Fund amounted to $1,500. The Club could add another $1,000 held in a Special Fund, and it was left to me to try to raise the balance of $2,500 and only six weeks to do it in.
-$4,000.	Things began to look promising; , it shouldn't be impossible to raise
-$1,500 from Club members, notorious tight-wad's though they be. I prepared a couple of hundred circulars which were handed out at meetings or posted to absent members, asking them to pay or promise what they could afford, and, to cut the story short, the week "I was clue 'to leave'for-Peru-the-teCal-oli.,500
+I got my brother Harold, who is an Estate Agent, to bargain with the owner (a thing Quakers will NOT do), and he achieved a drop in price to $9,000 cash.	"Cash" is the magical word ,in land deals. By mutual agreement the Quakers were to take 100 acres at $5,0005 and the Bushwalkers 90 acres at $4,000.	Things began to look promising; , it shouldn't be impossible to raise $1,500 from Club members, notorious tight-wads though they be. I prepared a couple of hundred circulars which were handed out at meetings or posted to absent members, asking them to pay or promise what they could afford, and, to cut the story short, the week "I was due to leave for Peru -the-teCal-oli.,500 was reached.
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-was reached. When I returned a year later it was a "fait accompli". The Bushies, together with the wallabies, wombats, echidnas, bandicoots, lyre birds, ducks, parrots, etc0 now had their own 90 acres of Australia, and the responsibility of protecting this bit of the environment for all time. The name "Coolana" (Happy Meeting Place) was chosen and a Coolana Committee elected to manage its affairs and.raise funds to pay the rates.
+When I returned a year later it was a "fait accompli". The Bushies, together with the wallabies, wombats, echidnas, bandicoots, lyre birds, ducks, parrots, etc now had their own 90 acres of Australia, and the responsibility of protecting this bit of the environment for all time. The name "Coolana" (Happy Meeting Place) was chosen and a Coolana Committee elected to manage its affairs and raise funds to pay the rates.
-With the construction downstream of the Tallowa Dam, the river level rose considerably. The Water Board resumed about 14 acres of our river flat and recompensed us with S'700 plus another 40 acre block adjacent. This western block is extremely steep creek and gorge terrain - useless from the point of view of the Lands Department, but marvellous for wallabies, wombats and bush- walkers. Vie are allowed to use the river flats as we did previously.
+With the construction downstream of the Tallowa Dam, the river level rose considerably. The Water Board resumed about 14 acres of our river flat and recompensed us with S'700 plus another 40 acre block adjacent. This western block is extremely steep creek and gorge terrain - useless from the point of view of the Lands Department, but marvellous for wallabies, wombats and bushwalkers. We are allowed to use the river flats as we did previously.
 In 1975 at a General Meeting 2700 was voted for the construction of a picnic shelter with an indoor fireplace to be used when fire bans precluded outdoor fires. George Gray was appointed Construction Engineer, and it would have been impossible to find a more able person. The saga of the hut building deserves a story of its own, which you may read in a future "Bushwalker".
-Willing hands and working bees performed incredible feats, and the but materialised. When the final coat of paint had been applied, we decided a celebration was in order, and George suggested that we hold a barn dance. This proved such an enormous success, it has become an annual event - a sort of mini reunion. The musical team of the Club performs into the wee small hoars, the dancers expend kilojoules of energy, and the watchers recline around the periphery of the dance floor on lilos or mattresses - the double inner-sprinE GeOrge brought down from Wbodhill to accommodate the whole Gray family; the special one that materialised for Owen because of his bad back; the C.S.I.R.O. woolsacks that Dot machined up into palliasse covers and the young girls Kathleen Susan and Clare had a good time stuffing with dry meadow grass - and Dot nearly lost a little finger when the plunged a hand into a tussock of dry grass and encountered a set rabbit trap. But the one with the best story was the one Marie Byles donated from her Buddhist "House of the Happy Omen".
-On the day I drove Marie and her mattress down to Kangaroo Valley, I broke
+Willing hands and working bees performed incredible feats, and the but materialised. When the final coat of paint had been applied, we decided a celebration was in order, and George suggested that we hold a barn dance. This proved such an enormous success, it has become an annual event - a sort of mini reunion. The musical team of the Club performs into the wee small hours, the dancers expend kilojoules of energy and the watchers recline around the periphery of the dance floor on lilos or mattresses - the double inner-spring George brought down from Woodhill to accommodate the whole Gray family; the special one that materialised for Owen because of his bad back; the C.S.I.R.O. woolsacks that Dot machined up into palliasse covers and the young girls Kathleen Susan and Clare had a good time stuffing with dry meadow grass - and Dot nearly lost a little finger when the plunged a hand into a tussock of dry grass and encountered a set rabbit trap. But the one with the best story was the one Marie Byles donated from her Buddhist "House of the Happy Omen".
-the journey at a Country Club an route so that she could have a rest. I laid her mattress out on the Golf Course and settled the frail little 80-year-old
-lady thereon. While she slept I took a swift drive back to a garage for petrol. Meanwhile the manager drove out from the Clubhouse. On seeing the unusual sight on his Golf Course, he got such a shock that he .drove the car over a 4 ft. culvert. I returned to a scene of some commotion. A tractor had been
+On the day I drove Marie and her mattress down to Kangaroo Valley, I broke the journey at a Country Club an route so that she could have a rest. I laid her mattress out on the Golf Course and settled the frail little 80-year-old lady thereon. While she slept I took a swift drive back to a garage for petrol. Meanwhile the manager drove out from the Clubhouse. On seeing the unusual sight on his Golf Course, he got such a shock that he drove the car over a 4 ft. culvert. I returned to a scene of some commotion. A tractor had been summoned to drag the car out. Various men were milling about. The housekeeper was hurrying across the green with a thermos of coffee - - and Marie slept on, innocent as a babe.
-sUmmoned to drag the car out. Various men were milling about. The housekeeper was hurrying across the green with a thermos of coffee - - and Marie slept on, innocent as a babe.
-. The Coolana Committee believes that the property has become'a focal point for many Club activities, and that it is the "Happy Meeting Place" that inspired its name.
+The Coolana Committee believes that the property has become a focal point for many Club activities, and that it is the "Happy Meeting Place" that inspired its name.
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 BUNDANOON YOUTH HOSTEL WEEKEND - Au:Dust 8th - LaDER: AINSLIE MORRIS.