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"Our concern is not politics, but the Franklin... and so we must ask you to vote for those parties committed to saving the Franklin. Even though you may never have voted for them before and may never again." | "Our concern is not politics, but the Franklin... and so we must ask you to vote for those parties committed to saving the Franklin. Even though you may never have voted for them before and may never again." | ||
- | Our Club is, and should remain, an a-political organisation, | + | Our Club is, and should remain, an a-political organisation, |
- | Party policies were clear. The Tasmanian Government declared that it had a right to build the dam, and that nothing would stop it from doing so. The Federal Government agreed that State rights must be upheld (it was prepared to buy out these alleged rights but not to over-ride them). The Australian Democrats said that Tasmania had no right to destroy a part of the national and world heritage, but that the Commonwealth had both the power and the respansibility | + | Party policies were clear. The Tasmanian Government declared that it had a right to build the dam, and that nothing would stop it from doing so. The Federal Government agreed that State rights must be upheld (it was prepared to buy out these alleged rights but not to over-ride them). The Australian Democrats said that Tasmania had no right to destroy a part of the national and world heritage, but that the Commonwealth had both the power and the responsibility |
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This power is invoked by signature of the UNESCO Convention. | This power is invoked by signature of the UNESCO Convention. | ||
- | Refusal | + | __Refusal |
__Refusal of permission to raise loans.__ | __Refusal of permission to raise loans.__ | ||
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The stream which has a beginning now carries its waters to the end, unhindered and free-flowing. The Franklin lives. The chain is broken. The wilderness is intact. The World Heritage remains. The Franklin and Gordon Rivers National Park is unrevoked. | The stream which has a beginning now carries its waters to the end, unhindered and free-flowing. The Franklin lives. The chain is broken. The wilderness is intact. The World Heritage remains. The Franklin and Gordon Rivers National Park is unrevoked. | ||
- | At what cost? Almost 1,600 arrests at on-site protests. A national cost of nearly $200,000 to fund an electoral pressure campaign. A complete farce of Tasmania' | + | At what cost? Almost 1,600 arrests at on-site protests. A national cost of nearly $200,000 to fund an electoral pressure campaign. A complete farce of Tasmania' |
- | The issue crossed all polital | + | The issue crossed all political |
God bless you all. You have saved the Franklin! | God bless you all. You have saved the Franklin! | ||
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+ | =====New Year At Tin Mine Huts - Kosciusko National Park.===== | ||
- | NET YEAR. AT TIN Num BUTS., _Kosciusko National Park | ||
- | March, 1983. | ||
- | -- | ||
by Rudi Dezelin. | by Rudi Dezelin. | ||
- | After the previous | + | |
- | The last day of December 1982 dawned warm and sunny as I set off from the comforts of lodge in Thredbo on my three-day pack-walk. After a 4 km "road bash" to Dead Horse Gap .I headed south along the Bob's Ridge fire trail for another 10 km or so. | + | After the previous |
- | A swim in Cascade Creek, my lunch stop, was most welcome to cool off from the very hot sun. After lunch it was another three hours of hot end- tiring slog to the Tin Mine Hilts, arriving there very hot and exhausted about two hours before sunset. The total distance covered that day was a good 30 km1 | + | |
- | Despite the very bad draught | + | The last day of December 1982 dawned warm and sunny as I set off from the comforts of lodge in Thredbo on my three-day pack-walk. After a 4 km "road bash" to Dead Horse Gap I headed south along the Bob's Ridge fire trail for another 10 km or so. |
- | along the way. A couple of black snakes, a lyrebird and numerous scurrying rabbits were encountered that day. | + | |
- | I settled down to a most welcome dinner in Charlie Carter' | + | A swim in Cascade Creek, my lunch stop, was most welcome to cool off from the very hot sun. After lunch it was another three hours of hot and tiring slog to the Tin Mine Huts, arriving there very hot and exhausted about two hours before sunset. The total distance covered that day was a good 30 km! |
- | New Year's Day started sunny, warm and humid after the previous night' | + | |
+ | Despite the very bad drought | ||
+ | |||
+ | I settled down to a most welcome dinner in Charlie Carter' | ||
+ | |||
+ | New Year's Day started sunny, warm and humid after the previous night' | ||
The night of New Year's Day was again spent at Charlie Carter' | The night of New Year's Day was again spent at Charlie Carter' | ||
- | The third, and last, day dawned horribly overcast, cold and misty. | ||
- | I set out for the return slog to Thredbo but was caught out in the open by a torrential downpour lasting about an hour'i Drenched to the skin, it was heaven to reach Cascade Hut about 15 km walk from Tin Mine Hut. Two very kind souls staying in the hut had a roaring fire already going and it was great to be offered hot "billy tea" and home-made biscuits for lunch and to be able to dry my wet gear over the hut's fireplace. The rest of the day was spent sheltering in the hut as showers persisted all afternoon. | ||
- | That day a huge, lone brumby was sighted grazing outside the hut. | ||
- | He quickly trotted off as soon as he noticed that he was being watched. Other fauna observed an that day included an emu, and a beautifully coloured | ||
- | flame-robin, | ||
- | wel.e to be seen an the muddy track. After a.very cosy and comfortable | ||
- | night in Cascade Hut I returned to civilisation (Thredbo) on the morning | ||
- | of the fourth day. All in all the walk proved to be a most enjoyable experience, despite the very fickle weather conditions encountered. | ||
- | Page 7 THE SYDNEY BUSHWAIKER March, | ||
- | CROSS) PATHS. by Bill Gamble. | ||
- | A rostered day off work on Friday, 15th October 1982, let me plan a walk of three days along a route which would be a bit of a rush on an ordinary weekend. As well as doing my own walk, I was able to meet Bill Caponts Coxt.s River party at Splendour Rock on the Saturday afternoon and join it until breakfast at Konangaroo on the Sunday morning. In short, the walk combined two important aspects of my bushwalking: | ||
- | walk, -written by Tom Wenman, appears in the December issue of the magazine. The following is a brief account of what I did. | ||
- | The 10.05 am train from Central put me in Katoomba shortly after noon. Lunch of fruit and filled bread rolls was bought at local shops (being a late evening or early morning visitor at weekends I had not realised how busy Katoomba can be on a weekday) and then walked out to Golden Stairs via Waratah, Cascade, Neale, Peckmans, Kamilaroi and Oak Streets, taking about | ||
- | forty-five rainutes. After a leisurely lunch and a change into shorts there was a very pleasant walk along the Narrow Neck peninsula (an opinion not | ||
- | always shared by bushwalkers, | ||
- | campsite an Glenalan Creek pretty well underneath the power lines and about | ||
- | a hundred metres from the Ebdlow Gap fire trail. The diversions in my overnight stay were a large, mischievous magpie interested in my food and the | ||
- | limb of a nearby tree which detached from its trunk in the still of the night. | ||
- | By 7.30 am on Saturday morning, I was away for an easy-paced walk along the fire trail to Medlow Gap and out to Mbbb's Swamp where a billabong water bucket was filled for morning tea and lunch at Splendour Rock. Then it was up to Warrigal Gap at the back of .the.swamp anda rather warm walk along | ||
- | the ridge to reach Splendour Rock about 10.30 am. The little extra effort | ||
- | in carrying Plenty of water enabled me to indulge in a heavy session of tea drinking. Also, there was time to lay out maps and relate them to the countryside spread around; and to have a bit of a snooze too. | ||
- | I had given up hope of Bill's party arriving from Canons via Black- horse Ridge and at 1.30 pm shook off my lethargy to walk down to Konangaroo; but no sooner commenced when Gordon Lee and Bob Milne came thundering down | ||
- | the track with most of the rest of Bill's party following a few minutes | ||
- | later. It was at least another thirty minutes before the party headed back | ||
- | to their packs on the main track to the Cox's River, after scrambling on the chains and spikes of Splendour Rock. | ||
- | Momentum gathered along Yellow Dog Range, paused for awhile atop the | ||
- | mountain, then re-gathered for the plunge down Yellow Pup Ridge to the Cox's River. By 5.00 pm our campsite" | ||
- | effects of various murky liquids carried for medicinal purposes laid Bill's | ||
- | party low about 10.00 pm. In the early hours of the morning light rain ensured that they kept low until it cleared shortly after dawn. | ||
- | Page 8 THE SYDNEY BUSHFALKER March, | ||
- | Soon after 5.00 am (an ungodlyAlo=f0r: | ||
- | My pace was steady throughout, with only a few short stops. And the walk.' alang.Narrow Neck again a delight. . At 2.50 pm I bought my ticket with twenty minutes to spare-totidy myself before the Sydney-bound train arrived on time at 3.13 pm. I was home at Bondi at 5.45 pm. | ||
- | The relazing train trip back to Sydney even gave me time to reflect on the walk. I thought that, perhaps, the Club progrRmme might 'be varied occasionally by including walks which converge for an overnight camp and then disperse on the Sunday for the walk out by different routes. We might find members of widely differing walking capacities who would seldom if-aver contemplate being on the same type of walk being able to meet out in the bush rather than just in the clubroom an Wednesday nights Or at Coolana. Based on Konangaroo, we could wrap into a weekend of 'Club walking a Three-Peeks, | ||
- | Enough, any more suggestions like this and I shall be expected to lead a walk or two: | ||
- | * * * * * * * * * * | ||
- | SOCIAL NOTES FOR APRIL. by Jo Van Sommers. April 13 - General Meeting - Hand in slides for Competition on 27th. | ||
- | * April 20 - Bhutan and Sikkim - Marcia Shappert will show her slides of these difficult-to-visit areas. | ||
- | April 27 - Slide Competition - Judged by Henry Gold. Three sections:- 1. Candid snaps, 2. Landscape; 3. Overseas. | ||
- | No prizes, no entry fee; just glory: | ||
- | * All members are invited to meet for dinner at Phuong Vietnamese Restaurant, 87 Willougty Road, Crow's Nest (near Clubhouse) 6.30 pm. B.Y.O. Reasonable (it's in Cheap Eats). | ||
- | ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS | + | The third, and last, day dawned horribly overcast, cold and misty. I set out for the return slog to Thredbo but was caught out in the open by a torrential downpour lasting about an hour. Drenched to the skin, it was heaven to reach Cascade Hut about 15 km walk from Tin Mine Hut. Two very kind souls staying in the hut had a roaring fire already going and it was great to be offered hot "billy tea" and home-made biscuits for lunch and to be able to dry my wet gear over the hut's fireplace. The rest of the day was spent sheltering in the hut as showers persisted all afternoon. |
- | The subscriptions decided | + | |
- | Single member $10 | + | That day a huge, lone brumby was sighted grazing outside the hut. He quickly trotted off as soon as he noticed that he was being watched. Other fauna observed an that day included an emu, and a beautifully coloured flame-robin, |
- | Married couple 13 | + | |
- | Full-time student 8 | + | ---- |
- | . | + | |
+ | =====Crossed Paths.===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | by Bill Gamble. | ||
+ | |||
+ | A rostered day off work on Friday, 15th October 1982, let me plan a walk of three days along a route which would be a bit of a rush on an ordinary weekend. As well as doing my own walk, I was able to meet Bill Capon' | ||
+ | |||
+ | The 10.05 am train from Central put me in Katoomba shortly after noon. Lunch of fruit and filled bread rolls was bought at local shops (being a late evening or early morning visitor at weekends I had not realised how busy Katoomba can be on a weekday) and then walked out to Golden Stairs via Waratah, Cascade, Neale, Peckmans, Kamilaroi and Oak Streets, taking about forty-five minutes. After a leisurely lunch and a change into shorts there was a very pleasant walk along the Narrow Neck peninsula (an opinion not always shared by bushwalkers, | ||
+ | |||
+ | By 7.30 am on Saturday morning, I was away for an easy-paced walk along the fire trail to Medlow Gap and out to Mobb's Swamp where a billabong water bucket was filled for morning tea and lunch at Splendour Rock. Then it was up to Warrigal Gap at the back of the swamp and a rather warm walk along the ridge to reach Splendour Rock about 10.30 am. The little extra effort in carrying plenty of water enabled me to indulge in a heavy session of tea drinking. Also, there was time to lay out maps and relate them to the countryside spread around; and to have a bit of a snooze too. | ||
+ | |||
+ | I had given up hope of Bill's party arriving from Carlons via Blackhorse Ridge and at 1.30 pm shook off my lethargy to walk down to Konangaroo; but no sooner commenced when Gordon Lee and Bob Milne came thundering down the track with most of the rest of Bill's party following a few minutes later. It was at least another thirty minutes before the party headed back to their packs on the main track to the Cox's River, after scrambling on the chains and spikes of Splendour Rock. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Momentum gathered along Yellow Dog Range, paused for awhile atop the mountain, then re-gathered for the plunge down Yellow Pup Ridge to the Cox's River. By 5.00 pm our campsite on the south bank of Kanangra Stream looked well-established. The day's efforts, the mildness of the evening or the effects of various murky liquids carried for medicinal purposes laid Bill's party low about 10.00 pm. In the early hours of the morning light rain ensured that they kept low until it cleared shortly after dawn. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Soon after 5.00 am (an ungodly hour for those not planning to walk until 9.00 am) I moved to relight the fire in the embers of the previous night' | ||
+ | |||
+ | The relaxing train trip back to Sydney even gave me time to reflect on the walk. I thought that, perhaps, the Club programme might be varied occasionally by including walks which converge for an overnight camp and then disperse on the Sunday for the walk out by different routes. We might find members of widely differing walking capacities who would seldom if ever contemplate being on the same type of walk being able to meet out in the bush rather than just in the clubroom an Wednesday nights or at Coolana. Based on Konangaroo, we could wrap into a weekend of Club walking a Three-Peeks, | ||
+ | |||
+ | Enough, any more suggestions like this and I shall be expected to lead a walk or two! | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ====Social Notes For April.===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | by Jo Van Sommers. | ||
+ | |||
+ | April 13 - General Meeting - Hand in slides for Competition on 27th. | ||
+ | |||
+ | * April 20 - __Bhutan and Sikkim__ - Marcia Shappert will show her slides of these difficult-to-visit areas. | ||
+ | |||
+ | April 27 - __Slide Competition__ - Judged by Henry Gold. Three sections:- 1. Candid snaps, 2. Landscape; 3. Overseas. No prizes, no entry fee; just glory! | ||
+ | |||
+ | * All members are invited to meet for dinner at Phuong Vietnamese Restaurant, 87 Willoughby Road, Crow's Nest (near Clubhouse) 6.30 pm. B.Y.O. Reasonable (it's in Cheap Eats). | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ====Annual Subscriptions | ||
+ | |||
+ | The subscriptions decided | ||
+ | |||
+ | * Single member $10 | ||
+ | | ||
+ | | ||
Non-active member subscription and prospective members subscription will be decided by Committee and advised in the April magazine. | Non-active member subscription and prospective members subscription will be decided by Committee and advised in the April magazine. | ||
- | CH" | + | |
- | THE SYDNEY BUSHW | + | ---- |
- | March, 1983. | + | |
- | Page 9 | + | =====Search |
- | SEARCH | + | |
- | With bushwalking and appreciation of the outdoors becoming more popular, so the number of people out in the bush eadh weekend increases. In S.B4W. we have seen this as our membership grows each year. As more people get out in the bush, the chances of accidents occurring, or of people getting lost, must also increase. This, combined with a recognition by the Police Rescue Squad that the Federation of Bushwalking Clubs operates an | + | by Wendy Hodgman. |
- | efficient S. & R. unit, has resulted in an increased number of call-outs | + | |
- | during the past twelve months. Being a voluntary organization, | + | With bushwalking and appreciation of the outdoors becoming more popular, so the number of people out in the bush each weekend increases. In S.B.W. we have seen this as our membership grows each year. As more people get out in the bush, the chances of accidents occurring, or of people getting lost, must also increase. This, combined with a recognition by the Police Rescue Squad that the Federation of Bushwalking Clubs operates an efficient S. & R. unit, has resulted in an increased number of call-outs during the past twelve months. Being a voluntary organization, |
- | With this in mind, Steve and I set off early on Saturday morning to | + | |
- | attend an:S. & R. canyon practice weekend at Mt. Wilson. There were about 30 other bushwalkers from clubs ranging from Sydney to Bathurst. We began | + | With this in mind, Steve and I set off early on Saturday morning to attend an S. & R. canyon practice weekend at Mt. Wilson. There were about 30 other bushwalkers from clubs ranging from Sydney to Bathurst. We began by discussing the operation, structure, history and problems encountered thus far. S. & R. has a committee consisting of many over-worked people, who basically |
- | by discussing the operation, structure, history and problems encountered | + | |
- | thus far. S. R. has a committee consisting of many over-worked people, | + | And here we come across the two main problems S. & R. are currently facing. (1) Club contacts are not always easy to get in touch with, and (2) The same walkers are being called out fairly regularly, and as a result are having problems with bosses (and in these times this can be a worry). |
- | who basically | + | |
- | (Director). The committee members are the first people to alert if a party is overdue or injured. They will then contact police and call out a team' | + | So S. & R. appeal to all clubs to have phone contacts who can be contacted day or night, and who know the walking abilities of their club members. They also need active walkers, preferably with a St.John' |
- | if necessary. If there is a call-out, committee members contact Club S. & R. | + | |
- | contacts, who then organize their own team of members to go out an a search. | + | After this discussion, which had been keenly observed by several kookaburras perched in the trees above, we were shown the radios and instructed in their use. In the afternoon we split up into groups of four, each with a radio, and were sent off in different directions. We had to keep radio contact with base, report on our progress and location, and generally practise radio operation. Most groups ended up at a pleasant waterhole and were able to cool off before returning to base. However, our group of four found ourselves 30 feet above the Wollongambe, with no way down without ropes. So we had to content ourselves with watching the water and imagining how good it would feel. The exercise itself was interesting - trying to keep radio messages |
- | And bare we came across the two main problems S. & R. are currently | + | |
- | facing. (1) Club contacts are not always easy to get in touch with, and (2) The same walkers are being called out fairly regularly, and as a result are having problems with bosses (and in these times this can be a worry). | + | With the day's " |
- | So S. & R. appeal to all clubs to have phone contacts who can be contacted day or night, and who know the walking abilities of their club members. They also need active walkers, preferably with a St.John' | + | |
- | Ambulance Certificate, | + | Next morning, two fellows were sent off to get lost in a canyon. An hour later we were organized into search parties, each given specific areas to search, radios and details of the two missing walkers. Our luckless party again drew the short straw and began our searching down the side of an incredibly scrubby ridge. I felt sure that the missing walkers were too experienced to go through thick scrub, and so was able to justify my pleasant stroll along the ridge top, while I listened to fellow party members |
- | equipped to be self-sufficient for 48 hours, have adequate food, clothing, water, abseiling gear (but not ropes) and a map. | + | |
- | After this discussion, which had been keenly observed by several | + | Base called |
- | kookaburras perched in the trees above, we were shown the radios and instructed in their use. In the afternoon we split up into groups of four, each with a radio, and were sent off in different directions. We had to keep radio contact with base, report on our progress and location, and generally practise radio operation. Most groups ended up at a 'pleasant waterhole and were able | + | |
- | to cool off before returning to base. However, our group of four found | + | Apart from the usefulness of learning how a Search & Rescue is carried out, the weekend was a good chance to meet other bushwalkers and make new friends. Basically it was an interesting and enjoyable weekend. The next practice will be in April, and all S.B.W. members who could be put on our S. & R. list of walkers, are urged to come along. It will be on the next Walks Programme, so come and see how efficiently our S. & R. works. It is in all our interests as bushwalkers to have a reliable S. & R. team, and we can all be part of that team. After all, if you get lost or injured in the bush, who would you rather come to find you - experienced bushwalkers with a knowledge of the area, or novices to the bush? |
- | ourselves 30 feet above the Wollongainbe, with no way down without ropes.- So we had to content ourselves with watching the water and imagining how good it would feel. The exercise itself was interesting - trying to keep radio | + | |
- | Messages | + | S. & R. Committee Members: |
- | With the day's " | + | |
- | Page 0 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER March, | + | Fergus Bell 476,4187 (a), 667,0511 (B) |
- | 1. . - - ......... | + | |
- | the world' | + | Keith Maxwell |
- | Next morning, two fellows were sent off to get lost in a canyon. An hour later we were organized into search parties, each given specific areas to search, radios and details of the two missing walkers. Our luckless | + | |
- | party again drew the short straw and began our searching down the side of an incredibly scrubby ridge. I felt sure that the missing walkers were too | + | As mentioned earlier the next S. & R. practice has been planned for the weekend April 30th/May 1st. Experienced walkers who would like to take part are invited |
- | experienced to go through thick scrub, and so was able to justify my pleasant stroll along the ridge top, while I listened to fellow party members | + | |
- | the vines below. By the time we searched the creek, the missing people had been found, and a Quick check of grid references | + | ---- |
- | within half hours walk of our group. Base directed us to the aid of the now " | + | |
- | were found, well placed by a deep swimming hole, and found the injured person sunning himself on a leg (what a convenient place to break an ankle:1). | + | =====The February General Meeting.===== |
- | Base oaaled | + | |
- | stretcher and' | + | |
- | exercise of floating an injured person to the bank, and then hauling him up | + | |
- | a cliff on a stretcher. By using a long rope and all available personpower, | + | |
- | area.- Once up to the tops, and then theoretically carried out by helicopter, | + | |
- | the theoretically injured person was made to help carry out the stretcher (as a punishment for his hours of sunbaking and swimming). A debriefing followed and discussion | + | |
- | Apart from the usefulness of learning how a Search & Rescue is carried out, the weekend was a good chance to meet other bushwalkers and make new friends. Basically it was an interesting and enjoyable weekend. The next practice will be in April, and all S.B.W. members who could be put on our S. & R. list of walkers, are urged to come along. It will be on the next Walks Programme, so come and see how efficiently our S. & R. works. It is in all our interests as bushwalkers to have a reliable S. & R. team, and we | + | |
- | can all be part of that team. After all, if you get lost or injured in the | + | |
- | bush, who would you rather come to find you - experienced bushwalkers with a knowledge of the area, or novices to the bush? | + | |
- | S. &R. Committee Members: Fergus Bell Keith Max-well | + | |
- | 476,4187 (a) | + | |
- | 667,0511 (B) | + | |
- | 622,0049 (H) | + | |
- | 88,9231 (B) | + | |
- | As mentioned earlier the nest S. & R. practice has been planned for | + | |
- | the weekend April 30th/Hay 1st. Experienced walkers who would- like to | + | |
- | take part are inVitedl | + | |
- | X XX | + | |
- | eastvvood | + | |
- | camping | + | |
- | ce | + | |
- | I BUSHWALKERS | + | |
- | ILightweight Tents Sleeping Bags Rucksacks | + | |
- | DISTRIBUTORS OF: | + | |
- | Paddymade | + | |
- | Proprietors: | + | |
- | EASTWOOD CANVAS GOODS & | + | |
- | Page 12 TIM SYDNEY BUSHWALICER March, | + | |
- | THE FEBRUARY GMTERAL METING. | + | |
by Barry Wallace. | by Barry Wallace. | ||
- | The meeting began at around 2007 hours with a floating number of | + | |
- | members, estimated at 15. . . . or so. There were apologies from Barrie Murdoch, and no new members to welcome. | + | The meeting began at around 2007 hours with a floating number of members, estimated at 15... or so. There were apologies from Barrie Murdoch, and no new members to welcome. |
- | The Minutes were read and received with no business | + | |
- | Correspondence comprised outgoing letters to Melbourne Bush Walkers | + | The Minutes were read and received with no business |
- | agreeing to an exchangeof | + | |
+ | Correspondence comprised outgoing letters to Melbourne Bush Walkers agreeing to an exchange of Club Magazines, to Laurie Rayner confirming details of his membership of the Club, to North Sydney Council Services Department, and from the N.P.A. advising of a proposed series of lectures on birdlife. There were no matters arising. | ||
There was then a departure from the normal agenda to permit Peter Harris to apprise those present of the Tasmanian Wilderness Society' | There was then a departure from the normal agenda to permit Peter Harris to apprise those present of the Tasmanian Wilderness Society' | ||
- | The Treasurer' | + | |
- | following | + | The Treasurer' |
- | spent $164.86, to conclude the month with a balance of $2121.05. | + | |
- | All of which brought | + | All of which brought us with blinding |
- | David Rostron' | + | |
- | there was no report. Roy Braithwaite had 4 starters on his Cowan to Brooklyn | + | The following weekend, 21,22,23 January, Frank Taeker |
- | day walk on the Sunday. Guy Vinden' | + | |
- | not go. | + | Over the Australia Day weekend the easy and hard walks both went. Bill Burke had 18 people enjoying the sand, sea, and just a little surf, on his Pebbly Beach easy weekend. Gordon Lee reported 5 people, and some problem |
- | The following weekend, 21,22,23 January, Frank Tacker | + | |
- | Derek Wilson sustained a badly gashed ankle, which was subsequently | + | Over the weekend of 4,5,6 February, Don Finch led 26 people on a rugged li-lo safari through the upper Wollongambe to recuperate at John and Heather White' |
- | trip had 11 people sweating out a later-than-expected start due to their train missing the ferry. It seems a local samaritan called the ferry to | + | |
- | come and collect the stranded ones. Jclm. Neman's Otford to Lilyvale walk | + | Federation Report brought news that the E.I.S. for Birds Rock Colliery has been received, that F.B.W. are to write complaining of mining leases being granted in the Ettrema area, and also to write to the Director N.P.W.S. supporting his stand on Kosciusko National Park. |
- | was just another no-go that weekend, something to do with a lack of train, I believe. | + | |
- | Over the Australia Day weekend the easy and hard walks both went. Bill Burke had 18 people enjoying the sand, sea, and just a little surf, on his Pebbly Beach easy weekend. Gordon Lee reported 5 people, and some problem | + | General Business saw no action. There was an announcement |
- | Gingra Creek have almost stopped flowing. | + | |
- | Over the weekend of 4,5,6 February, Don Finch led 26 people on a rugged li-b safari through the upper Wollongambe to recuperate at John | + | |
- | and Heather White' | + | |
- | Page 13 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER March, | + | |
- | River walk was cancelled due to poor river conditions, as was Gordon Lee's second bid for Danae Brook. Of the two day walks, Derek Wilson' | + | |
- | Federation Report brought news that the E.I.S. for Birds Rock Colliery has been received, that F.B.W. are to writo.:complaining of mining leases being granted in the Ettrema area, and also to write to the Director N.P.W.S. supporting his stand on Kosciusko National Park. | + | |
- | General Business saw no action. There was an.annamacotent | + | |
The meeting closed at 2105 hours. | The meeting closed at 2105 hours. | ||
- | LETTER TO THE EDITOR. March, 1983. | + | |
- | Death-Madam; | + | ---- |
- | A correction to Ron Knieatley's article | + | |
- | This title was acceptable as (a) a recognisable feature and (b) was more likely to appeal to the general public as well as walkers. The fact that the publication has the same title as Ray Kirkby' | + | ====Letter To The Editor.==== |
- | (Sgd.) | + | |
- | * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * | + | March, 1983. |
- | CONGROULATIONS | + | |
- | JOE MARTON'S, correct phone number is 638-7353. Please alter the 'details on .your List of Members accordingly. | + | Dear Madam, |
- | AN EXTENDED TRIP for May school holidays - Sat. 14th to Wed. 18th May. | + | |
- | .,,Three.Peaks Trip - Canons, Blackhorse Range, Kanangaroo, | + | A correction to Ron Knightley's article |
- | Kanangra Creek, Paralyser, Sally Camp Creek, Gaouogang, Kanangaroo, | + | |
- | Cox's River,, Canons. LEADER: GEORGE WALTON. Phone 498-7956. | + | This title was acceptable as (a) a recognisable feature and (b) was more likely to appeal to the general public as well as walkers. The fact that the publication has the same title as Ray Kirkby' |
- | XXXXXX*X-XX | + | |
- | ADVERT' | + | (Sgd.) |
- | .., | + | |
- | AINSLIE MORRIS. Phone 428-3178. | + | ---- |
- | Page 14 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALUR March, | + | |
- | RAUSHEADS REVISITED. | + | __Congratulations__ |
- | Kasciusko.National Park. | + | |
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+ | |||
+ | __Joe Marton's__ correct phone number is 638-7353. Please alter the details on your List of Members accordingly. | ||
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+ | |||
+ | __An extended trip__ | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ====Advertisement.==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | __Massage__ | ||
+ | |||
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+ | |||
+ | =====Ramshead Revisited - Kosciusko | ||
by Christine Austin. | by Christine Austin. | ||
- | , | + | |
- | What a 'predicament: To be cauu t.part_wayup theRamsheads ina wild | + | What a predicament! To be caught part way up the Ramsheads in a wild storm with Dane on my back, nappies in one hand and a temperamental umbrella |
- | storm with Dane on my .back, nappies in one hand and .a.temperamental.umbrella | + | |
- | .mention. all the other, | + | Continuing in the bad weather seemed rather pointless. We were all cold and Dane, although |
- | Continuing in the-bad weather seemed rather pointless., We, were. all 'cold and_Dane,ialthaugh.not.cold, seemed rather. perplexed to see these idiotic adults shambling around in the rain. A trip to.the Jindabyne | + | |
- | revived us and in the afternoon we repeated the morning' | + | Happily |
- | weather having slightly improved and David now with us uttering encouraging words about the camp site (he had established a spot the day before). And, true to his word, there it was: The Most beautiful campsite one could imagine, several hundred feet below the tree line in the snow gums, with. clear stream nearby and magnificent views into Victoria-Judith-and-Deirdre were there to welcome us with a cup of tea and soon a meal was eaten and the tent erected, a good thing because the rain had decided-to.recommence. Was this Weather | + | |
- | Hap-oily | + | At camp that night we were treated to a taste of the most delicious food I've ever eaten on a bushwalk. Eve now revealed, the contents of her bags - rice, lentils, bean, almond meal and cheese. Sounds terrible, |
- | outgrown the slippery dip age, had time to admire all the magnificent flowers, which were out in prafusion, despite the drought. | + | |
- | At camp that night we were treated to a taste of the most delicious food I've ever eaten on a bushwalk. Eve now revealod, the contents of her bags - ricel lentils, bean, almond meal and cheese. | + | That night, after campfire |
- | oh, what concoctions: I had the merest taste, not wishing to deny Deirdre | + | |
- | and Eve their dinner, but enough. to wish-that we-could comehow | + | As the wind continued to howl the next day, Eve, Craig and I, not wishing to wind blast Dane's already crimson face, took to the safe protection of a group of rocks on the Ramsheads |
- | That night, after campfiJe | + | |
- | we slid into warm sleeping bags, grateful to be in the cool Ramsheads, rather than sizzling in Sydney. | + | Not long after our return to camp, an elated but rather |
- | As the wind'continued to-howl the next day, Eve, Craig wishing to wind blast Dane's already crimson face, took to the safe protection of e.group of 'rocks on the Rampheads | + | |
- | Not long after our return to camp, an elated but rather. tir& | + | Everybody knows about ladies' |
- | day throwing rocks in the creek, an activity which delighted Dane. Meanwhile, | + | |
- | Page 15 TEE SYDNEY- BUSHWALKER March, | + | With the temperature rising and the boys hearing homes call, the Rostrons and Deidre returned to Sydney the next day. We decided to visit the Coolaman Caves - Blue Water Holes area, a place I've wanted to see for years. It was a hot drive up to the Caves, and, thinking we were nearly there, we rounded the last bend to find the most abominable creek crossing we've ever seen. Craig backed the car to a suitable spot and we examined the crossing with some trepidation. Should we risk crossing it or drive all the way back to Tantangara? The ranger (a seasonal one - there until the end of January) felt he couldn' |
- | .... | + | |
- | David and Craig had strolled out to Mt. Mueller, while the ladies minded the .camp. Their return with ,rosy, , | + | On our return to camp we noticed, it being Saturday, |
- | Everybody knows about ladies' | + | |
- | crystal stream caught Eve's eye, so we left her there to relax and mEditate | + | Anxious to escape this invasion, we left early, the next day, visiting the historic Coolamine homestead on the way. What a sense of age and romance pervaded the atmosphere of this place. Newspapers, written many years ago, covered the walls. Some of these extolled the virtues |
- | We three now decided to aim for Lake Cootapatamba, | + | |
- | added considerable strength to their right arms by another bout of rock throwing. | + | "Two and a half hours to Canberra," |
- | With the temperature rising and. the boys hearing homes call, the | + | |
- | Rostrons and Deidre returned to Sydney the next day. We decided to visit | + | |
- | the Coolaman Caves - Blue Water Holes area, a place I've wanted to see for | + | |
- | years. It was a hot drive up to the Caves, and, thinking we were nearly there, we rounded the last bend to find the most abominable creek crossing we've ever seen. Craig backed the car to a suitable spot and we examined the crossing with some trenidation. Should we risk crossing it or drive all the way back to Tantangara? The ranger (a seasonal one - there until | + | |
- | the end of January) felt he couldn' | + | |
- | boulders. Feeling rather relieved, we set up camp beside Cave Creek, a. | + | |
- | beautiful area now being managed by the seasonal ranger. The walk down Caves | + | |
- | Creek. through Clarke Gorge to the waterfall was a cool delight, because the temperature was exceedingly high that day, yet the water was icy. | + | |
- | On our return to camp we noticed, it being Saturday, | + | |
- | people had set up camp around us. We were now treated to a fashion parade of the latest camping gear used by 4 W.D. owners. Large tents of every shape and colour, chairs, tables - the works. We felt rather conspicuous with our tiny tents and large rucksacks. In fact one man remarked to us rather disparagingly, | + | |
- | Anxious to escape this invasion, we left early, the next day, visiting the historic Coolamine homestead on the way. What a sense of age and | + | |
- | romance pervaded the atmosphere of this place. Newspapers, written many years ago, covered the walls. Some of these extolled the virteces | + | |
- | married life - " | + | |
- | and it is to be hoped it will remain in good order, because it is a t=ly fascinating place to visit. | + | |
- | "Two and a half hours to Canberra," | + | |
- | Page 16 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER March, | + | |
- | and Zi hot hours later we arrivud | + | |
Our thanks to the Rostrons, Christie, Eve and Deirdre for a great and relaxing trip to the Ramsheads. | Our thanks to the Rostrons, Christie, Eve and Deirdre for a great and relaxing trip to the Ramsheads. | ||
- | * * * * * * * * * * * | ||
- | THE ISLE OF THE DAMMED. by Jim Brown. | ||
- | (A slightly abridged version of an " | ||
- | INTRODUCTION (JIH): | ||
- | . _During _the summer just past, the attention of bushwalkers and obnservationists has been focussed on events in Tasmania. | ||
- | Over a good many years we have heard walkers, returned from Tasmanian | ||
- | trips, sounding off about conditions there. Some have suggested that the | ||
- | telephone cables under Bass Strait should be severed, allowing Tasmania to | ||
- | drift awzy towards Antarctica, or to sink in the morass of button-grass plains. | ||
- | Because of recent events we have chosen to present a tribute to some | ||
- | of our Tasmanian cousins under the title "Isle of the Dammed" | ||
- | if you can call it that, is semi-serious in nature, because what happened in Tasmania this summer was not a frivolous thing. | ||
- | The words were written in late February. Owing to developments at the recent Federal Election, it seems possible that the threat to the Franklin and Gordon Rivers has been averted. If that is so, this cautionary tale is | ||
- | now aut-of-date. We hope it is so. SONG: (To - Willikins and his Dinah) | ||
- | There are convoys that roll out of Strahan each day | ||
- | With a new batch of gaol-birds in paddy-vans crammed, For the crime they' | ||
- | At Hobart these convoys convergeLon the gaol; | ||
- | Upon these vile felons the gates then are slammed. And conditions imposed if they chance to get bail - They must no more blockade in the Isle of the Dammed. | ||
- | DOT: (As this is spoken, pieces of suitably coloured plastic are waved) I am a spokeSperson for the Tasmanian Tourist Bureau..... | ||
- | Come to colourful Tasmanial. See the GREENIES, led by Bob BROWN, confront the RED-tape bureaucrats of the Hydro Electiic Commission, operating | ||
- | under the auspices of Premier GRAY. See the GREENIES being arrested by the | ||
- | men in BLUE. Premier GRAY believes this will prove the GREENIES have a YELLOW streak. About 1,500 have been arrested in this particular BLUE. | ||
- | Page _ .THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKM March; 1983: | ||
- | " | ||
- | Meanwhile many Tasmanian workers have been bought by the thirty pieces of SILVER and have declined to declare the dam project BLACK. Premier GRAY feels that Bob BROWN is a PINK - a fellow traveller of the REDS - but to fellow conservationists he is a WHITE man. | ||
- | Anyway, came to COLOURFUL TASKANIA to spend your tourist dollar/ See our wild GREENIESI See our equally wild dam builders: See our WILD RIVERS/ After all, if the H.E.C. has its way, you won't be able to see them much longer! | ||
- | (Enter GEOFF & Jai): WE are officers of the Tasmanian Hydro Electric Authority. | ||
- | JIM: I don't think it is realised how we Tasmanians, -without any aid from | ||
- | the Mainland, have advanced the development of our island. Let us list some of our positive achievements. | ||
- | GEOFF: | ||
- | .We wiped out all our aborigines while the Mainlanders were still pussy-footing around, knocking off one or two here and there. Nowadays, you wouldn' | ||
- | JIM; | ||
- | By the 1930s we'd done away with that vicious marsupial, the thylacine, | ||
- | the Tasmanian Tiger. We managed this a lot better than the Indians, who | ||
- | still have a few tigers. GEOFF: | ||
- | In the 1970s we flooded Lake Pedder and showed those conservationist | + | ---- |
- | freaks where they got off. | + | |
- | !YEA:- | + | =====The Isle Of The Dammed.===== |
- | . Remember this basic precept. If its there, God intended the H.E.C. to use it. Our Chief Commissioner had heard that old hymn about the beautiful river that flows past the throne of God, and had plans to make a take-over bid for Heaven and dam that river too, but this project may have to wait now. | + | |
- | GEOFF: | + | by Jim Brown. |
- | Remember that wisee.old rhyme:- | + | |
- | If it is growing, lop it | + | (A slightly abridged version of an " |
- | If it is flowing, stop it | + | |
- | If it is moving, shoot it | + | ===Introduction (Jim):=== |
- | If it's a Greenie, boot it | + | |
- | SONG: (To "Bless 'Ern. All" | + | During the summer just past, the attention of bushwalkers and conservationists has been focussed on events in Tasmania. |
- | They say there are rivers down in the south-west That still flow unchecked to the sea, | + | |
- | The Gordon and Franklin and all of the rest - How can such wastage be? | + | Over a good many years we have heard walkers, returned from Tasmanian trips, sounding off about conditions there. Some have suggested that the telephone cables under Bass Strait should be severed, allowing Tasmania to drift away towards Antarctica, or to sink in the morass of button-grass plains. |
- | We should dam every valley in three or four spots By building a road and a wall | + | |
- | Up with the megawatts, damn with the Greenie clots Shift it, me lads, dam tern all. | + | Because of recent events we have chosen to present a tribute to some of our Tasmanian cousins under the title "Isle of the Dammed" |
- | Page 18 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER March, | + | |
- | .... . .. ..... | + | The words were written in late February. Owing to developments at the recent Federal Election, it seems possible that the threat to the Franklin and Gordon Rivers has been averted. If that is so, this cautionary tale is now out-of-date. We hope it is so. |
- | (Chorus) Dam /em all, damlem | + | |
- | Dam all the rivers and flood all the lakes, | + | ===Song: (To - Willikins and his Dinah)=== |
- | 2rown all the wombats and flash out the snakes. | + | |
- | For we're going to have quite a ball, Inundating that last waterfall. | + | There are convoys that roll out of Strahan each day\\ |
- | Oh, we'll have a load of fun when no more rivers run, | + | With a new batch of gaol-birds in paddy-vans crammed, |
- | .Shift it, me lads, dam Tem all. (Enter Jo and Don) | + | For the crime they' |
- | DON: | + | Is considered most grave in the Isle of the Dammed. |
- | M | + | |
- | --, We are a couple of Greenies, who think that the Franklin blockade | + | At Hobart these convoys converge on the gaol;\\ |
+ | Upon these vile felons the gates then are slammed.\\ | ||
+ | And conditions imposed if they chance to get bail -\\ | ||
+ | They must no more blockade in the Isle of the Dammed. | ||
+ | |||
+ | __Dot__: (As this is spoken, pieces of suitably coloured plastic are waved) | ||
+ | |||
+ | I am a spokesperson for the Tasmanian Tourist Bureau... | ||
+ | |||
+ | Come to colourful Tasmania. See the Greenies, led by Bob Brown, confront the Red-tape bureaucrats of the Hydro Electric Commission, operating under the auspices of Premier Gray. See the Greenies being arrested by the men in Blue. Premier Gray believes this will prove the Greenies have a Yellow streak. About 1,500 have been arrested in this particular Blue. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Meanwhile many Tasmanian workers have been bought by the thirty pieces of Silver and have declined to declare the dam project Black. Premier Gray feels that Bob Brown is a Pink - a fellow traveller of the Reds - but to fellow conservationists he is a White man. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Anyway, came to Colourful Tasmania to spend your tourist dollar! See our wild Greenies! See our equally wild dam builders! See our Wild Rivers! After all, if the H.E.C. has its way, you won't be able to see them much longer! | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Enter Geoff & Jim): We are officers of the Tasmanian Hydro Electric Authority. | ||
+ | |||
+ | __Jim__: I don't think it is realised how we Tasmanians, without any aid from the Mainland, have advanced the development of our island. Let us list some of our positive achievements. | ||
+ | |||
+ | __Geoff__: We wiped out all our aborigines while the Mainlanders were still pussy-footing around, knocking off one or two here and there. Nowadays, you wouldn' | ||
+ | |||
+ | __Jim__: By the 1930s we'd done away with that vicious marsupial, the thylacine, the Tasmanian Tiger. We managed this a lot better than the Indians, who still have a few tigers. | ||
+ | |||
+ | __Geoff__: | ||
+ | |||
+ | __Jim__: | ||
+ | |||
+ | __Geoff__: | ||
+ | |||
+ | If it is growing, lop it...\\ | ||
+ | If it is flowing, stop it...\\ | ||
+ | If it is moving, shoot it...\\ | ||
+ | If it's a Greenie, boot it... | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Song | ||
+ | |||
+ | They say there are rivers down in the south-west\\ | ||
+ | That still flow unchecked to the sea,\\ | ||
+ | The Gordon and Franklin and all of the rest -\\ | ||
+ | How can such wastage be?\\ | ||
+ | We should dam every valley in three or four spots\\ | ||
+ | By building a road and a wall...\\ | ||
+ | Up with the megawatts, damn with the Greenie clots...\\ | ||
+ | Shift it, me lads, dam ' | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) Dam 'em all, dam ' | ||
+ | Dam all the rivers and flood all the lakes,\\ | ||
+ | Drown all the wombats and flush out the snakes.\\ | ||
+ | For we're going to have quite a ball,\\ | ||
+ | Inundating that last waterfall.\\ | ||
+ | Oh, we'll have a load of fun when no more rivers run,\\ | ||
+ | Shift it, me lads, dam ' | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Enter Jo and Don) | ||
+ | |||
+ | __Don__: We are a couple of Greenies, who think that the Franklin blockade\\ | ||
Is a protest against mindless authority - a bit like Eureka Stockade. | Is a protest against mindless authority - a bit like Eureka Stockade. | ||
- | JO: We won't earn a cent if we win this fight, but if we should lose, what's the cost? | + | |
- | Can you put a price on the wilderness, writing off what Australia has lost? | + | __Jo__: We won't earn a cent if we win this fight, but if we should lose, what's the cost?\\ |
- | DON: What's happened down here has made going to gaol quite respectaboe | + | Can you put a price on the wilderness, writing off what Australia has lost? |
- | . in fact, honourable. | + | |
- | JO: Oh, yes, it's the " | + | __Don__: What's happened down here has made going to gaol quite respectable - in fact, honourable. |
- | DON: Look at our leader, Bob Brown. In gaol as a blockader. Then, out | + | |
- | , he comes an bail and goea straight into the State Parliament. Could | + | __Jo__: Oh, yes, it's the " |
- | that happen anywhere except in Tasmania? | + | |
- | JO: Well, maybe in Ireland. It's really a Gilbertian situation. | + | __Don__: Look at our leader, Bob Brown. In gaol as a blockader. Then, out he comes on bail and goes straight into the State Parliament. Could that happen anywhere except in Tasmania? |
- | DON: And Gilbert anticipated it Remember in the Mikado, when Ko Ko is released from gaol and promoted to Lord High Executioner? | + | |
- | Taken from a c-D-111-7 | + | __Jo__: Well, maybe in Ireland. It's really a Gilbertian situation. |
- | Liberated then on bail, in my own recognisances. | + | |
- | Wafted by a favouring gale, as one sometimes is in trances | + | __Don__: And Gilbert anticipated it... Remember in the Mikado, when Ko Ko is released from gaol and promoted to Lord High Executioner? |
- | To a height that few can scale, save by long and weary dances | + | |
+ | Taken from a county | ||
+ | Liberated then on bail, in my own recognisances.\\ | ||
+ | Wafted by a favouring gale, as one sometimes is in trances\\ | ||
+ | To a height that few can scale, save by long and weary dances... | ||
(Re-enter DOT, followed by all the company) | (Re-enter DOT, followed by all the company) | ||
- | DOT: We 'are the National Anthem Society. Possibly you don't know the | ||
- | 11111 | ||
- | second Stanza of the National Anthem? 'Well, it's very, very corny... so we've Written areplaceftent stanza as a tribute to Tasmania, and we'll sing both of them | ||
- | SONG: (To " | ||
- | 9t1.61-ae,1 | ||
- | When gallant Cook from Albion sailed To trace wide oceans o'er, | ||
- | True British courage bore him on Till he landed an our shore. | ||
- | And here he raised Old EnglandSflag, | ||
- | With all her faults we lave her still, Britannia rule the wave? | ||
- | In joyous strains then let us sing, Advance Australia Fair: | ||
- | Revised Version | ||
- | When Tasman fromm-BataVia sailed To Seek the Great South Land, | ||
- | Dutch courage must have borne him on Till he saw our western strand. Of -course, he never: landed there, In fact he quickly scrammed, | ||
- | and in the " | ||
- | Prophetic words we still may quote, "The Island of the Dammed" | ||
- | * * * *, * * * * | ||
+ | __Dot__: We are the National Anthem Society. Possibly you don't know the second Stanza of the National Anthem? Well, it's very, very corny... so we've written a replacement stanza as a tribute to Tasmania, and we'll sing both of them... | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Song: (To " | ||
+ | |||
+ | __Original__ | ||
+ | |||
+ | When gallant Cook from Albion sailed\\ | ||
+ | To trace wide oceans o' | ||
+ | True British courage bore him on\\ | ||
+ | Till he landed an our shore.\\ | ||
+ | And here he raised Old England' | ||
+ | The standard of the brave.\\ | ||
+ | With all her faults we love her still,\\ | ||
+ | Britannia rule the wave! | ||
+ | In joyous strains then let us sing,\\ | ||
+ | Advance Australia Fair! | ||
+ | |||
+ | __Revised Version__ | ||
+ | |||
+ | When Tasman from Batavia sailed\\ | ||
+ | To seek the Great South Land,\\ | ||
+ | Dutch courage must have borne him on\\ | ||
+ | Till he saw our western strand.\\ | ||
+ | Of course, he never landed there,\\ | ||
+ | In fact he quickly scrammed,\\ | ||
+ | And in the " | ||
+ | "An Island of the Dammed" | ||
+ | Prophetic words we still may quote,\\ | ||
+ | "The Island of the Dammed" | ||
+ | |||
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