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- | XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX-X*XXXkXX | + | ====== The Sydney Bushwalker. ====== |
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- | YXXXXXXXX-XXYXXXXXXXXXXX************XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX****XXXXXXXXX*** | + | Established June 1931. |
- | THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER | + | |
- | Established June 1931 | + | 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. Enquiries concerning the Club should be referred to Ann Ravn, Telephone 798,8607. |
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- | A monthly bulletin of matters of interest to The Sydney Bush Walkers, Box 4476 G.P.O., Sydney, 2001. chib meetings are held every Wednesday evening from 7.30 pm. Enquiries concerning the Club should be referred to Ann Ravn, Telephone 798,8607. | + | ---- |
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- | EDITOR: Evelyn Walker, 158 Evans Street Telephone 827,3695. | + | |**Editor**|Evelyn Walker, 158 Evans Street, Rozelle, 2039. Telephone 827,3695.| |
- | BUSINESS MANAGER: Bill Burke, 3 Coral Tree Drive, Telephone 871,1207. | + | |**Business Manager**|Bill Burke, 3 Coral Tree Drive, |
- | PRODUCTION MANAGER: Helen Gray. | + | |**Production Manager**|Helen Gray.| |
- | TYPIST: Kath Brown. | + | |**Typist**|Kath Brown.| |
- | DUPLICATOR OPERATOR: | + | |**Duplicator Operator**|Phil Butt.| |
- | JUNEz. 1982. | + | |
- | Rozelle, 2039. | + | === June, 1982 === |
- | Carlingford, | + | |
- | Page | + | ===== In This Issue: ===== |
- | by Patrick McBride 2 | + | |
- | Peter Miller | + | | | |Page| |
- | Margaret Reid 6 | + | |Kiandra Crossing|Patrick McBride| 2| |
- | Gordon Lee 7 | + | |Camp at Splendour Rock|Peter Miller| 5| |
- | Judith Rostron 11 | + | |Carnival in Switzerland|Margaret Reid| 6| |
- | Dot Butler 11 | + | |Three Peaks Cheater|Gordon Lee| 7| |
- | 12 | + | |Bushwalker Recipes No.2|Judith Rostron|11| |
- | Malcolm Steele 13 | + | |Sequel to the 3-Peaks Trip Bet|Dot Butler|11| |
- | Dot 14 | + | |Kanangra|Malcolm Steele|13| |
- | .Butler | + | |History of " |
- | Alex Colley 16 | + | |Conservation Finance|Alex Colley|16| |
- | Barry Wallace 17 | + | |The May General Meeting|Barry Wallace|17| |
- | Jo van Sommers 18 | + | Social Notes for July|Jo van Sommers|18| |
- | Kiandra Crossing | + | |
- | Camp at Splendour Rock Carnival in Switzerland | + | ===== Advertisements: |
- | Three Peaks Cheater Bushwalker Recipes No.2 | + | |
- | Sequel to the 3-Peaks Trip Bet Advertisement - Eastwood Camping Centre | + | | |Page| |
- | History of " | + | |Eastwood Camping Centre|12| |
- | S.B.W. | + | |
- | 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 | + | ---- |
- | place. A booking has been made at the Upper Hall at the Cahill Community Centre, 34 Falcon Street, Crow's Nest (nearly opposite Mountain Equipment), about one kilometre via the Pacific Highway from St.Leonards station. The | + | |
- | Club will meet there on June .30th and subsequent Wednesday evenings, and | + | === S.B.W. |
- | question of future accommodation will be fully discussed at the monthly General Meeting on July 14th. See also special notice enclosed. | + | |
- | Page 2 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER June, | + | 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 place. A booking has been made at the Upper Hall at the Cahill Community Centre, 34 Falcon Street, Crow's Nest (nearly opposite Mountain Equipment), about one kilometre via the Pacific Highway from St.Leonards station. The Club will meet there on June 30th and subsequent Wednesday evenings, and the question of future accommodation will be fully discussed at the monthly General Meeting on July 14th. See also special notice enclosed. |
- | KIANDRA CROSSING. | + | |
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Kiandra Crossing. ===== | ||
by Patrick McBride. | by Patrick McBride. | ||
- | It is cruel at 5.30 am on a July morning in Sawyers Hut. The insect . chirp of my alarm watch had never sounded so heartlessly authoritative as I sat up in.my sleeping bag and reached for pants and woollen shirt. Chris and Craig Austin were already stirring and soon we were munching muesli beside steaming cups of tea, with yellow candlelight softening the stark walls of the hut but doing nothing to ameliorate, the gelid air temperature. After a mere three hours' sleep our minds and bodies were fortu4ately some- -What numbed to externals although Chris aid mutter that none of this would be happening to her if she had married a golfer. | ||
- | A blaze of stars all the way to the horizon welcomed us outside as our boots crunched shallow prints in the crisp snow. We piled into David Rostron' | ||
- | Kiandra seemed even colder in the bleak grey of first light as we plodded up sheet ice on the back hills, | ||
- | On top of the ridge pale yellow and practically horizontal sunlight shyly touched the higher trees and rocks, leaving the hollows blue-cold. Frost crystals produced sparkles of brilliant silver with hints of spectral colours as our movement caught their reflected light. It brought to mind the glories of skiing in Norway where such wonder lasts all of a winter' | ||
- | round boulders when their branches had frozen to the ground. One playful tree had produced an arch for us to ski through. | ||
- | Fouriale Creek came up in 90 minutes and we halted for a quick snack Of dates and scroggin, washed down with icy creek water. Snow gum saplings lining the banks cast long shadows on the smooth snow, the stretching Chinese calligraphy of early morning. From the trees sporadic puffs of snow fell | ||
- | as exposed leaf edges and branchlets trapped the sun's heat, warning that | ||
- | the snow under our skis would also soon be changing. | ||
- | Still running well on blue we strode up the long ridge that leads to Tabletop, revelling in the fast snow and ideal weather conditions. The | ||
- | swish of our skis was the-Only' | ||
- | the open spaces punctated lines of animal tracks curved in frozen rhythm; prints of hare, fox, wombat; the feet that made them now hidden in burrow ar bush from the sun of this glorious morning. Whatever had we done for the weather gods to be so kind to us? | ||
- | Dropping packs we diverged to Tabletop, eager to catch the view that | ||
- | had always been misted out on previous crossings. It was a pure white wonderland we saw, a magic relief map beckoning us on to regal Jagungal and the distant Main Range with promises of sparkling snow and benign weather. | ||
- | Page 3 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER June, | ||
- | On the way back to our rucksacks Craig was leading and he nonchalantly side-slipped a 60 degrees slope at the edge of the mountain. Chris and I following managed neither the side-slip nor the nonchalance, | ||
- | Twelve o' | ||
- | Sitting at my ease on a comfortable rock I felt the tightness draining from leg muscles while my ears first noticed and then accepted the splashing hurry of Happy Jacks Creek beside us. Time seemed to stand still even though the billy was soon aboil on Craig' | ||
- | ts own time scale, a feeling which underlay the everyday reality of lunchtime conversation. It would have been very easy to rest in contemplation at.this place the whole afternoon. | ||
- | ' However to rest was motto conquer and soon we were continuing-our southward travel, now on purple short supply on the Happy Jacks plains and the road' for narrow leads along the verge which gave us the travelling on skis through 'a dry and brown " | ||
- | Leaving the road near McGregors Creek we portaged skis across half a kilometre of thick springy snowgrass then followed increasing snow cover to Diggers Creek. Clear, tree-bordered slopes now led upstream into the remote realm of Far Bald Mountain, a snowy dome watching our progress from the north. | + | It is cruel at 5.30 am on a July morning in Sawyers Hut. The insect chirp of my alarm watch had never sounded so heartlessly authoritative as I sat up in my sleeping bag and reached for pants and woollen shirt. Chris and Craig Austin were already stirring and soon we were munching muesli beside steaming cups of tea, with yellow candlelight softening the stark walls of the hut but doing nothing to ameliorate the gelid air temperature. After a mere three hours' sleep our minds and bodies were fortunately somewhat numbed to externals although Chris did mutter that none of this would be happening to her if she had married a golfer. |
- | The ruins of Farm Ridge Hut loomed forlornly in the fading light. How many seasons more will these drunkenly tilted grey posts survive to reassure travellers of their navigation and perhaps bring thoughts of earlier days? Icy conditions on the Other side of the ridge held my attention until near the foot of the slope when red-gold flared through the thinning trees and I paused to gaze at the west face of Jagungal, quite close now, glowing brilliantly in the last rays of the sun. | + | |
- | Tiredness settles like a cloak on the last lap of a journey as the body senses an end to activity and closes down most of the metabolism of fuel conversion. It suddenly became hard work to keep the skis gliding and not settle back to a walk. Twilight had passed as we picked our way through silhouette forest over faint white ground and came up.ta'O' | + | A blaze of stars all the way to the horizon welcomed us outside as our boots crunched shallow prints in the crisp snow. We piled into David Rostron' |
- | Page 4 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER June, | + | |
- | Gutheg | + | Kiandra seemed even colder in the bleak grey of first light as we plodded up sheet ice on the back hills, carrying skis on shoulders. As the slope eased, patches of snow began to appear and soon we were able to wax up and let the skis carry us. The thin layer of snow and frost crystals over a hard base gave superbly fast skiing on blue wax. |
- | A semi-circle of bricks backing the fireplace radiated warmth towards the se:Li-circle of skiers crouched on low wooden benches before it, some of thi= warmth fortunately able to penetrate through the rows of socks, mitts, balaclavas and gaiters hung on strings to dry. .0n the walls cuttings from t:e Illustrated Sydney News of the 1930s loomed faintly, reflecting the eq...estrian | + | |
- | ir_ese | + | On top of the ridge pale yellow and practically horizontal sunlight shyly touched the higher trees and rocks, leaving the hollows blue-cold. Frost crystals produced sparkles of brilliant silver with hints of spectral colours as our movement caught their reflected light. It brought to mind the glories of skiing in Norway where such wonder lasts all of a winter' |
- | initially bright dawn changed to leaden grey as a cold steady | + | |
- | D: | + | Four Mile Creek came up in 90 minutes and we halted for a quick snack of dates and scroggin, washed down with icy creek water. Snow gum saplings lining the banks cast long shadows on the smooth snow, the stretching Chinese calligraphy of early morning. From the trees sporadic puffs of snow fell as exposed leaf edges and branchlets trapped the sun's heat, warning that the snow under our skis would also soon be changing. |
- | person' | + | |
- | B, | + | Still running well on blue we strode up the long ridge that leads to Tabletop, revelling in the fast snow and ideal weather conditions. The swish of our skis was the only sound breaking the clear brittle air. Across the open spaces punctated lines of animal tracks curved in frozen rhythm; prints of hare, fox, wombat; the feet that made them now hidden in burrow or bush from the sun of this glorious morning. Whatever had we done for the weather gods to be so kind to us? |
- | follaw: | + | |
- | kter, lunch at Mawsons the Kerries turned on wind and mist, producing | + | Dropping packs we diverged to Tabletop, eager to catch the view that had always been misted out on previous crossings. It was a pure white wonderland we saw, a magic relief map beckoning us on to regal Jagungal and the distant Main Range with promises of sparkling snow and benign weather. |
- | dramat-c | + | |
- | the maftiple | + | On the way back to our rucksacks Craig was leading and he nonchalantly side-slipped a 60 degrees slope at the edge of the mountain. Chris and I following managed neither the side-slip nor the nonchalance, |
- | we pas' | + | |
- | at Gouourn | + | Twelve o' |
- | distan,a. | + | |
- | XXXXXXXXXX | + | Sitting at my ease on a comfortable rock I felt the tightness draining from leg muscles while my ears first noticed and then accepted the splashing hurry of Happy Jacks Creek beside us. Time seemed to stand still even though the billy was soon aboil on Craig' |
- | SKI-TO7RING. | + | |
- | Lme.interested in ski-touring on 17thil8th | + | However to rest was not to conquer and soon we were had replaced skis and continuing our southward travel, now on purple klister. Snow was in short supply on the Happy Jacks plains and the road itself was exposed except for narrow leads along the verge which gave us the surrealistic delight of travelling on skis through a dry and brown " |
- | Page 5 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER June, | + | |
- | CLIP AT SPTRNIOUR ROCK. | + | Leaving the road near McGregors Creek we portaged skis across half a kilometre of thick springy snowgrass then followed increasing snow cover to Diggers Creek. Clear, tree-bordered slopes now led upstream into the remote realm of Far Bald Mountain, a snowy dome watching our progress from the north. Swinging left avoided the steep drop after Doubtful Gap and soon our skis picked up the indistinct path of the Grey Mare Road which led to a snow bridge over the Doubtful and a steady grade up the side of Farm Ridge. |
+ | |||
+ | The ruins of Farm Ridge Hut loomed forlornly in the fading light. How many seasons more will these drunkenly tilted grey posts survive to reassure travellers of their navigation and perhaps bring thoughts of earlier days? Icy conditions on the other side of the ridge held my attention until near the foot of the slope when red-gold flared through the thinning trees and I paused to gaze at the west face of Jagungal, quite close now, glowing brilliantly in the last rays of the sun. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Tiredness settles like a cloak on the last lap of a journey as the body senses an end to activity and closes down most of the metabolism of fuel conversion. It suddenly became hard work to keep the skis gliding and not settle back to a walk. Twilight had passed as we picked our way through silhouette forest over faint white ground and came up to O' | ||
+ | |||
+ | A semi-circle of bricks backing the fireplace radiated warmth towards the semi-circle of skiers crouched on low wooden benches before it, some of this warmth fortunately able to penetrate through the rows of socks, mitts, balaclavas and gaiters hung on strings to dry. On the walls cuttings from the Illustrated Sydney News of the 1930s loomed faintly, reflecting the equestrian | ||
+ | |||
+ | These yellowing, tattered-edged pictures were a reminder of the stockmen | ||
+ | |||
+ | An initially bright dawn changed to leaden grey as a cold steady | ||
+ | |||
+ | Deep snow drifts covered all but adult trees and changed the outline of the hollows. Approaching the cloud ceiling we entered a fantasy world where banks of mist drifted softly along the ridges. Pausing for a photo I watched | ||
+ | |||
+ | Because | ||
+ | |||
+ | After lunch at Mawsons the Kerries turned on wind and mist, producing | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Ski-touring. === | ||
+ | |||
+ | Anyone | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Camp At Splendour Rock. ===== | ||
by Peter Miller. | by Peter Miller. | ||
+ | |||
About thirty years ago I heard somebody talking about the delights of camping at Splendour Rock. On subsequent trips I had eyed off the available camping space with interest but hadn't done anything about it until the first weekend in March this year. | About thirty years ago I heard somebody talking about the delights of camping at Splendour Rock. On subsequent trips I had eyed off the available camping space with interest but hadn't done anything about it until the first weekend in March this year. | ||
- | I had planned to go on Tony Marshall' | + | |
- | It was many years since I had done a solo trip and as everything | + | I had planned to go on Tony Marshall' |
- | At Canons the parking fee is now paid at the new shop and ones | + | |
- | name, club and destination are engraved in a book for our grandchildren to sigh over. | + | At Canons the parking fee is now paid at the new shop and ones name, club and destination are engraved in a book for our grandchildren to sigh over. |
- | The nettles are pretty thick along Canons Greek and I was glad to | + | |
- | get to Breakfast Creek for a short spell. It was extremely hot cli: | + | The nettles are pretty thick along Carlons Creek and I was glad to get to Breakfast Creek for a short spell. It was extremely hot climbing |
- | Lunch was at Mbbb's Soak where I saw two people on horses on their | + | |
- | way to the Cox. There was the usual horse rider' | + | Lunch was at Mbbb's Soak where I saw two people on horses on their way to the Cox. There was the usual horse rider' |
- | Although there was plenty of water at Mbbb's Soak the small soa' | + | |
- | on Splendour Rock to last my time there. | + | Although there was plenty of water at Mbbb's Soak the small soak up on top was dry. I carried water and found enough in the small rock hole on Splendour Rock to last my time there. |
- | After making camp about thirty metres back from the rock I had the arternoon | + | |
- | The sun set in a cauldron of fire between Mt. Queahgong and]lte Jenolan and dusk settled over the valleys. There was no wind and just a.little cloud covered the moon. | + | After making camp about thirty metres back from the rock I had the afternoon |
- | With the alarm set for 5.30 am I went to bed early after cooking | + | |
- | 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 sun set in a cauldron of fire between Mt. Queahgong and Mt. Jenolan and dusk settled over the valleys. There was no wind and just a little cloud covered the moon. |
- | The sunrise was magnificent. The dam was covered in mist as was | + | |
- | most of the Axe Head Range. | + | With the alarm set for 5.30 am I went to bed early after cooking 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. |
- | 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 | + | |
- | THE SYDNEY BUSHULLKER June, | + | The sunrise was magnificent. The dam was covered in mist as was most of the Axe Head Range. Cloudmaker, Kanangra Walls and Guouogang |
- | - - ,, I 1 | + | |
- | western slopes of Claadmaker v7' | + | A light fan-shaped cloud high up in the sky was flooded with colour as the sun rose in the east. The top of Cloudmaker |
- | After breakfast | + | |
+ | After breakfast | ||
It would be possible to fit two tents on the campsite but I do recommend a solo trip for anyone thinking of camping there. | It would be possible to fit two tents on the campsite but I do recommend a solo trip for anyone thinking of camping there. | ||
- | - | + | |
- | * * * * * 3E, *' * * * * * | + | ---- |
- | CARNIVAL | + | |
+ | ===== Carnival In Switzerland. ===== | ||
by Margaret Reid. | by Margaret Reid. | ||
- | Two of the many advantages of being in the Northern Hemisphere towards the end of winter, is to witness a definite change of season, and then be caught up in the Carnival celebrations. Europeans, whether living in cities or small villages, become completely involved in celebrating together for the last three days before the Lenten season begins. ' | + | |
- | After travelling by train from Zurich to Basle, our Swiss hosts introduced us to the last day of the celebrations by serving tea and " | + | Two of the many advantages of being in the Northern Hemisphere towards the end of winter, is to witness a definite change of season, and then be caught up in the Carnival celebrations. Europeans, whether living in cities or small villages, become completely involved in celebrating together for the last three days before the Lenten season begins. |
- | main Carnival procession was taking place. Nearing the town centre, we could | + | |
- | hear the regular beat of drums, and a more intermittent sound of flutes and recorders. We passed a few families returning from the parade - the youngest children wearing jackets and trousers made entirely of omall, petal-shaped pieces of felt in the brightest of colours. | + | |
- | At intervals during the parade, a. cart: or tractor would. appear laden with oranges, carrots and turnips, which the drivers would toss into the crowd. The oranges, filled with rich red juice, were eaten on the spot, and While everyone was preoccupied with sharing the fruit, they were showered with confetti.: For days afterwards confetti was still being found in coat pockets and camera cases. After, three days of confetti-throwing, | + | After travelling by train from Zurich to Basle, our Swiss hosts introduced us to the last day of the celebrations by serving tea and " |
- | We greatly enjoyed the whole spectacle, and found ourselves wondering who were the people hidden behind all those grotesque masks. We were told | + | |
- | that ten thousand Basle citizens participated in Carnival, so perhaps it was a usually neat and tidy civil servant who threw most of.the confetti; maybe the Lord Mayor drove a tractor and threw oranges and turnips to the crowd - that's the sweet mystery of Swiss Carnival. | + | At intervals during the parade, a cart or tractor would appear laden with oranges, carrots and turnips, which the drivers would toss into the crowd. The oranges, filled with rich red juice, were eaten on the spot, and while everyone was preoccupied with sharing the fruit, they were showered with confetti. For days afterwards confetti was still being found in coat pockets and camera cases. After, three days of confetti-throwing, |
- | xxxx*******. | + | |
- | Page 7 THE SYDNEY HUSHWALKER June, | + | We greatly enjoyed the whole spectacle, and found ourselves wondering who were the people hidden behind all those grotesque masks. We were told that ten thousand Basle citizens participated in Carnival, so perhaps it was a usually neat and tidy civil servant who threw most of the confetti; maybe the Lord Mayor drove a tractor and threw oranges and turnips to the crowd - that's the sweet mystery of Swiss Carnival. |
- | THREE PEAKS CHEATER. | + | |
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Three Peaks Cheater. ===== | ||
+ | |||
by Gordon Lee. | 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" | + | |
- | had become Peaceful Pussycats, but some thank goodness were still functioning.. | + | When I joined S.B.W. in 1975 one of my ambitions was to become one of that illustrious band "The Tiger Walkers" |
- | Every time I got myself fit enough something happened to spoil my run and I had to wait till '81 to get my act together so when Rocket dropped the hint that there was a 3 Pica trip in the pipeline I took the matter seriously and got down to some consistent training. | + | |
- | On an Easter walk in the Bendethera area that year there were reminiscences and remarks on the 3 Pks. Rocket, Fleetwing, Hopalong and party had done the Cox to Cox in 14 hours some years before. A navigational error had cost them an hour or so. Other efforts were quoted. | + | Every time I got myself fit enough something happened to spoil my run and I had to wait till '81 to get my act together so when Rocket dropped the hint that there was a 3 Peaks trip in the pipeline I took the matter seriously and got down to some consistent training. |
- | 7hen I aired the idea that I might attempt the walk, there were those' | + | |
+ | On an Easter walk in the Bendethera area that year there were reminiscences and remarks on the 3 Peaks. Rocket, Fleetwing, Hopalong and party had done the Cox to Cox in 14 hours some years before. A navigational error had cost them an hour or so. Other efforts were quoted. | ||
+ | |||
+ | When I aired the idea that I might attempt the walk, there were those who reckoned I could not or should not make the attempt. And when I had the temerity to say that I might even try the Cox to Cox in 24 hours the scepticism and derisive amusement was general. My knees wouldn' | ||
My ego received a considerable dent, when, as everybody knows, I failed to complete the course on the May walk of David' | My ego received a considerable dent, when, as everybody knows, I failed to complete the course on the May walk of David' | ||
- | There wasn't a soul to go along on a second attempt in September so I had to wait till 1982 before I could try again. Bill Capon, even at that. time, promised that he'd go with ime when I made the attempt in May '82. I hoped that there would be others. | + | |
- | Not being a complete idiot (there are those who would disagree) I decided that I was going to take no chances. I would cheat my way over the 3 Pks. To know the whole course was a must. All the difficult sections' | + | There wasn't a soul to go along on a second attempt in September so I had to wait till 1982 before I could try again. Bill Capon, even at that time, promised that he'd go with me when I made the attempt in May '82. I hoped that there would be others. |
- | With David in '81 I had gone up Kooriecone Spur to Gentle' | + | |
- | - | + | Not being a complete idiot (there are those who would disagree) I decided that I was going to take no chances. I would cheat my way over the 3 Peaks. To know the whole course was a must. All the difficult sections navigationally would have to be " |
- | On a lone walk from Cloudmaker to Paralyser I had missed the P. cairn. | + | |
- | Bill assured me that he knew this well, so I would leave that to him. Having heard of several people who had had difficulties coming down the Guauogang | + | With David in '81 I had gone up Kooriecone Spur to Gentle' |
- | will hear later. | + | |
- | I also made the decision that I would try to make the base of Kooriecane | + | On a lone walk from Cloudmaker to Paralyser I had missed the P. cairn. Bill assured me that he knew this well, so I would leave that to him. Having heard of several people who had had difficulties coming down the Guouogang |
- | Page 8 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER June, | + | |
- | Spur on Friday night so that a before daylight start on the Cox to Cox could be made. This one backfired; | + | I also made the decision that I would try to make the base of Kooriecone |
- | rA'backup party was also required for several reasons. One was the . | + | |
- | Oviaus. | + | A backup party was also required for several reasons. One was the obvious |
- | start an Saturday morning and last, simply to be there Sat. night when we arrived.- | + | |
- | Thank goodness Don and_Jenny,Cornell said that. they werewillina to_be | + | Thank goodness Don and Jenny Cornell said that they were willing to be part of the " |
- | . . . | + | |
- | 13art of the " | + | Don't lose interest dear reader, we are getting to the meat in the sandwich. |
- | and I will be eternally grateful. Thanks sincerely Don and Jenny. | + | |
- | Don' | + | After a hot Chocolate |
- | After a hot Chacolate' | + | |
- | uS'at'the :Cox. - ' | + | Holy b..... hell! The river she-oak suckers, only a few inches high last year - didn't even remember them - were now 3 to 5 feet high. After an hour it became clear that no way were we going to get to Gullallie Creek that night, so it was heads down. |
- | ,Holy.b,....' | + | |
- | . I had forgotten my alarm clock and my inbuilt alarm only works on | + | I had forgotten my alarm clock and my inbuilt alarm only works on change of light, so when Bill jolted me with, " |
- | change of light, so when Bill jolted me with, " | + | |
- | One thing other than those already mentioned that changed hands before we left was a pint of Scotch - for medicinal purposes only | + | A slow pace was set deliberately for neither of us was sure of the speed for " |
- | 'A slaw Pace was set deliberately for neither of us was sure | + | |
- | Speed for " | + | Warwick Blayden kindly supplied us with times which had been done by Butt and Rees in 1965. They had started at 0622 and arrived at Cloudmaker at 0915. At this point we were 35 mins behind their time. We had no intention of trying to equal their times but I noticed that they had rested at the top of each " |
- | Creek seemed to work well. We came out as planned right on the bend of the creek at the base of ridge on which there is the well-defined-track to dlaadMaker. We got there at 10.-50 am (1050 his). | + | |
- | Warwick Blayden kindly supplied us with times which had been done by Butt and Reps in 1965. They had started at 0622 and arrived at Cloudmaker | + | Lunch (?) at Kanangra Creek occupied 18 mins. We took 1.45 hrs get up P., 25 mins more than Butt/Rees. At this stage we were an hour behind their excellent time of 6 hrs. |
- | at 0915. At this point we were 35 mins behind their time. We had no intention of trying to equal their times but I noticed that they had rested at the top of each " | + | |
- | Paralyser and 12 mins on Guauogang, so I thought that if we didn't stop: at | + | For those fortunate people who have never clawed their way up Paralyser I can assure them that it has been aptly named. There is no relief on the upward lift till you get almost to the top. We weren' |
- | the top, except to sign the books, and " | + | |
- | Lunch (?) at Kanangra Creek occupied 18 mine. We took1.45 his | + | Bill easily located the cairn signifying the top of P. Fortunately the "Kairn Kickers" |
- | get -uP 2.-i 25 mins more than Butt/Rees. At this stage we were an hour'. | + | |
- | behind:their excellent time of 6-hrs., . . For those fortunate people who have never clawed their way up-ParaiYser | + | Butt and Rees had " |
- | Page 9 TEE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER June, | + | |
- | - | + | All these thoughts were in our minds as we munched our scroggin and drank the delicious Kanangra water with which we filled our wine-skins. Perhaps our " |
- | . ...... | + | |
- | can assure them that it has been aptly named. There is no relief on the | + | Back south to the knoll where we would drop off on to the Easterly G. Buttress. The half moon was slowly dropping towards the horizon behind us, tree cover was thick so the torches had to come out. This ridge, although not so taxing in daylight became a nightmare in the dark. God knows how many times we were on the point of collapsing in a heap and staying put till morning. |
- | upward lift till you get almost to the top. We weren' | + | |
- | effort on this one, even though I didn't stop on the way up. Although I | + | Perhaps the 3 Peaks madness had got us. The galling fact that we had got to G. in 10.23 hrs (Butt/Rees 9.36) and another two hours of daylight would have seen us off this accursed ridge made us determined to get down at any cost. Time was forgotten. The further we went the worse things got. The moon was getting lower. At one time it was obscured by cloud and to make matters even worse our torches were dimming fast. |
- | wasn't carrying very much, perhaps the weight of scepticism that had been heaped on me was beginning to tell. | + | |
- | Bill easily located the cairn signifying the top of P. Fortunately | + | Poor Bill! I had to send him ahead when we negotiated the tricky little part past the second saddle immediately after Mt. Bullagowar. |
- | the "Kairn Kickers" | + | |
- | Nooroo Gable. If you " | + | Oh! that glorious orb of wondrous light by which spooners pen their words of love and by what loons are driven loonier, praise to thee, Goddess of the night, for by thy ethereal glow we could discern the shape and horizon of the ridge we were seeking. |
- | Butt and Reei had " | + | |
- | All these thoughts were in our minds as we munched our scroggin and drank the delicious Kanangra water with which we filled our wine-skins. Perhaps our " | + | We knew now we were going to make it for the ridge from here on gets " |
- | Back south to the knoll where we would drop off on to the Easterly G. Buttress. The half moon was slowly dropping towards the horizon behind us, tree cover was thick so the torches had to come out. This ridge, although not so taxing in daylight became a nightmare in the dark. God knows how many times we were on the point of collapsing in a heap and staying put till | + | |
- | morning. | + | I led down with the only torch that shed any light. We fell, rolled, slid, screamed and laughed our way down. A sticker-outer poked me in the eye, a rock ravished my shin. I could hear Bill, using unseemly words, slipping, slashing and sliding behind me without torch, but the glorious sound of running water was getting closer. |
- | Perhaps the 3 Pks madness had got us. The galling fact that we had got to G. in 10.23 hrs (Butt/Rees 9.36) and another two hours of daylight would have seen us off this accursed ridge made us determined to get down at any cost. Time was forgotten. The further we went the worse things got. The moon was getting lower. At one time it was obscured by cloud and to make matters even worse our torches were dimming fast. | + | |
- | Poor Bill: I had to send him ahead when we negotiated the tricky little part past the second saddle immediately after Mt. Bullagowar. | + | Then - the river - WATER - 5 3/4 hours after leaving Guouogang. What was that? Torches and voices? Don and Jenny! Never a sight more heartening |
- | was not without its problems, but that was now behind us.) Bill crashed, cursed and stumbled ahead of me as I yelled, "Left, left!" or "Right right!" | + | |
- | Oht that glorious orb of wondrous light by which spooners pen their words of love and by what loons are driven loonier, praise to thee, Goddess of the night, for by thy ethereal glow we could discern the shape and horizon of the ridge we were seeking. | + | Much talk, food, tea and lots of medicine. God! that Scotch was good. I had at least four or five Bill Burke "Happy Hours" and went to bed, dead. |
- | We knew now we were going to make it for the ridge from here on gets | + | |
- | " | + | Bill and I had done it. To old bastards (Bill says, "Less of the old!" |
- | Page 10 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER. June, | + | |
- | - -- | + | The rest was anticlimax. After a marvellous breakfast of Scotch and Bacon and Egg and Scotch and Toast and Tea we sort of sauntered off at 9.30 (0930) for Yellow Pup and Mob's Soak Cave, where we had an executive lunch. It was then we realised that we had to be at Katoomba Station before 6.00 pm (1800). |
- | - . - .... . | + | |
- | using one at a time to conserve them as much as possible for the last descent. | + | At the Golden Stairs we met Tom Wenman, said G'day and Hurray! We made the station at 5.50 pm (1750). A change of clothes, a couple of deelisheeus schooners and we retired to the Pizza Palace for a feed, washed down with a special claret supplied by Bill for this special occasion. |
- | I led down with the only torch that shed any light. We fell, rolled, slid, screamed and laughed our way down. A sticker-outer poked me in the eye, a rock ravished my shin. I could hear Bill, using unseemly words, slipping, slashing and sliding behind me without torch, but the glorious | + | |
- | sound of running water was getting closer. | + | So that was that! |
- | Then - the river - WATER - q hours after leaving Guouogang. What was that? Torches and voices? Don and Jenny: Never a sight more heartening | + | |
- | Much talk, food, tea and lots of medicine. God: that Scotch was good. I had at least four or five Bill Burke "Happy Hours" and went to bed, dead. | + | Footnote: Before the week before the walk I did that high protein low carbohydrate (3/4 days) and high c. low p. (3/4 days) and it appears to work for I ate virtually nothing on the Cox to Cox bit except several hand' |
- | Bill and I had done it. To old bastards (Bill says, "Less of the old!") | + | |
- | bad done the Cox to Cox in 24 hrs. No wander | + | Fitnote: I would not advise anyone to follow my regimen but for those foolish enough to ask - I eat meat, loads of sugar and salt, keep late hours, get up early, don't jog, drink beer and have lately acquired a taste for single malt scotches, love butter and the only excercise I get is walking |
- | The rest was anticlimax. After a marvellous breakfast of Scotch and Bacon and Egg and Scotch and Toast and Tea we sort of sauntered off at 9.30 (0930).for Yellow Pup and Mob's Soak Cave, where we had an executive lunch. It was then we realised that we had to be at Katoomba Station before 6.00 pm (i800). | + | |
- | At the Golden Stairs we met Tom Wenman, said G' day and Hurray: We | + | |
- | made the station at 5.50 pm (1750). A change of clothes, a couple of deelisheeus schooners and we retired to the Pizza Palace for a feed, washed down with a special claret supplied by Bill for this special occasion. | + | |
- | So that was that: | + | |
- | Footnote: Before the week before the walk I did that high protein low carbohydrate (3/4 days) and high c. low p. (3/4 days) and it appears to | + | |
- | work for I ate virtually nothing on the Cox to Cox bit except several hand' | + | |
- | ful of mixed fruit and chocolate. Also I didn't suffer cramps or muscular soreness nearly as badly as I had previously after a really strenuous walk. | + | |
- | Fitnote: I would not advise anyone to follow my regimen but for those | + | |
- | foolish enough to ask - I eat meat, loads of sugar and salt, keep late hours, | + | |
- | get up early, don't jog, drink beer and have lately acquired a taste for single malt scotches, love butter and the only excercise I get is walking | + | |
Footnote: This time I wore KT 26s previously broken in. | Footnote: This time I wore KT 26s previously broken in. | ||
- | Appendix: For those who do not know what the 3 Pks is all about my advice is - remain ignorant. | + | |
+ | Appendix: For those who do not know what the 3 Peaks is all about my advice is - remain ignorant. | ||
Here are some facts and figures:- | Here are some facts and figures:- | ||
- | Page 11 THE SYDNEY BM: | + | |
- | ... Route and Height | + | __Route |
- | KatooMba | + | |
- | to PARAIYSER 3,795 ft. (2). Kanangra River (1000 ft.), Nooroo Gable, GUGUOGANG 4,232 ft. (3), Cox's River (600 ft.). Again several choices, | + | Katoomba |
- | G. Buttress is one. Route from Cox's back to Katoomba depends on previous choice. Ours was Yellow Pup, Narrow Neck, Katoomba. | + | |
Distance (as the crow flies) - 96 km or 60 miles. | Distance (as the crow flies) - 96 km or 60 miles. | ||
+ | |||
Time of the Year: Ddring winter solstice May/June or July/August so that humidity is at a bearable level. Hence the hard fact that you really have only 12 hours of daylight. | Time of the Year: Ddring winter solstice May/June or July/August so that humidity is at a bearable level. Hence the hard fact that you really have only 12 hours of daylight. | ||
- | BUSHULKER RgrIPES | + | |
- | Judith | + | ---- |
- | 1. Mix dry ingredients together. | + | |
- | 2. Blend,1 cup' HONEY | + | === Bushwalker Recepies - No. 2. ===== |
- | and 1 cup OIL | + | |
- | with ii cup Hot Water if honey is hard | + | __Judith |
- | 3. Mix with dry ingredients. | + | |
- | 4. Bake about 350oF or 150C | + | Ingredients: |
- | for half an hour | + | |
- | 5. Turning meanwhile every 15 mins until brown. | + | * 5 cups quick cooking oats. |
- | 5 cups quick cooking oats:. | + | * 1 cup wheat germ. |
- | 1 cup e4bh: -wheat gerth: | + | * 1 cup powdered skim milk. |
- | Powder' | + | * 1 cup coconut. |
- | unprocessed bran soy flour | + | * 1 cup unprocessed bran. |
- | 1 | + | * 1 cup soy flour. |
- | 2 cup each: sunflower seeds sesame seeds chopped nuts | + | * 1/2 cup sunflower seeds. |
- | The advantage of this recipe, with its powdered milk, is that on | + | * 1/2 cup sesame seeds. |
- | a bushwalk only water need be added. | + | * 1/2 cup chopped nuts. |
- | xxxxxxxxxxx | + | |
- | SEQUEL TO THE 3-PEAKS TRIP BET. by Dot Butler. | + | Method: |
- | Fresh (very) from his overseas trip' | + | |
- | The money' | + | - Mix dry ingredients together. |
+ | | ||
+ | - Mix with dry ingredients. | ||
+ | | ||
+ | - Turning meanwhile every 15 mins until brown. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The advantage of this recipe, with its powdered milk, is that on a bushwalk only water need be added. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Sequel To The Three 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' | ||
+ | |||
+ | The money was passed | ||
Our thanks to Bill Burke and to the winners of the bet, Gordon Lee and Bill Capon. | Our thanks to Bill Burke and to the winners of the bet, Gordon Lee and Bill Capon. | ||
- | ICAMPING EQUIPMENT Large Tents Stoves | + | |
- | DISTRIBUTORS OF: | + | ---- |
- | Paddymade | + | |
- | BUSHWALKERS | + | |
- | 1 Lightweight Tents Sleeping Bags Rucksacks | + | |
- | (' | + | |
- | Sales Manager: David Fox | + | |
- | Rowe Street | + | |
- | EASTWOOD CANVAS GOODS & CAMPING SUPPLIES 3 TIO:hyvney St Eastwood NSW 2122 Phone. 858 2775 | + | |
- | Rutledge Street | + | |
- | Page 13 THE SYDNEY BUSHW.b.LKER June, | + | |
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KANANGRA. by Malcolm Steele. | KANANGRA. by Malcolm Steele. | ||
This trip was undertaken on the Anzac Weekend, 24-26 April 1982, by | This trip was undertaken on the Anzac Weekend, 24-26 April 1982, by | ||
Line 261: | Line 288: | ||
WEEKEND WALK - KANANGRA - 23/24/25 July - Leader g GEORGE WALTON. Te1.498-7956 (H) . (Phone number shown in Walks Programme not correct) | 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 | THE.SYDNEY BUSHWALKER | ||
- | HISTORY-OFCOOLANA" | + | |
- | .S.B.W. PROPERTY IN KANGAROO VALLEY. | + | ====== |
+ | |||
June, 1982. | June, 1982. | ||
by Dot Butler. | by Dot Butler. | ||
- | Page /4 | + | |
- | Many new members | + | Many new members |
- | 1969 was an eVentful | + | |
- | pretation | + | 1969 was an eventful |
- | walking). | + | walking). |
- | 1969. 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' | + | 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" |
- | 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 | + | |
- | 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 | + | 1969. 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' |
- | $9,000 cash. " | + | |
- | 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 |
- | $4, | + | |
- | $1,500 from Club members, notorious tight-wad' | + | 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. " |
- | Page 15. THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER June, | + | |
- | was reached. When I returned a year later it was a "fait accompli" | + | When I returned a year later it was a "fait accompli" |
- | 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 " | 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 " | ||
- | 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 | + | |
- | 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 |
- | 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 |
- | sUmmoned | + | |
- | . 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. | BUNDANOON YOUTH HOSTEL WEEKEND - Au:Dust 8th - LaDER: AINSLIE MORRIS. |
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