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- | THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER | + | ====== The Sydney Bushwalker ====== |
Established June 1931 | Established June 1931 | ||
- | A monthly bulletin of matters of interest to The Sydney Bush Walkers, Box 4476-G.P 0., Sydney;, 2001. Club meetings are held every Wednesday | + | A monthly bulletin of matters of interest to The Sydney Bush Walkers, Box 4476 G.P.O. Sydney, 2001. Club meetings are held every Wednesday evening from 7.30 pm at the Cahill Community Centre (Upper Hall), 34 Falcon Street, Crows Nest. Enquiries concerning the Club should be referred to Ann Ravn, telephone 798-8607. |
- | 34 Falcon Street, Crows Nest. Enquiries concerning the Club should be referred to Ann Ravn, telephone 798-8607. | + | |
- | EDITOR: Evelyn Walker, 158 Evans Street, Rozelle, 2039. Telephone 827-3695.\\ | + | |**Editor**|Evelyn Walker, 158 Evans Street, Rozelle, 2039. Telephone 827-3695.| |
- | BUSINESS MANAGER: Bill Burke, 3 Coral Tree Drive, Carlingford, | + | |**Business Manager**|Bill Burke, 3 Coral Tree Drive, Carlingford, |
- | PRODUCTION MANAGER: Helen Gray.\\ | + | |**Production Manager**| |
- | TYPIST: Kath Brown.\\ | + | |**Typist**| |
- | DUPLICATOR' | + | |**Duplicator Operator**|Phil Butt| |
- | OCTOBER, | + | ===== October |
- | Following in the Steps of B.C. by Sandra Hynes 2\\ | + | | | |Page| |
- | Forest Path Peter Christian 3\\ | + | |Following in the Steps of B.C.|by Sandra Hynes|2| |
- | Pindar' | + | |Forest Path|Peter Christian|3| |
- | Obituary - David Ingram Jim Brown 5\\ | + | |Pindar' |
- | Conservation Notes Alex Colley 6\\ | + | |Obituary - David Ingram|Jim Brown|5| |
- | An Epic Journey of the Past - | + | |Conservation Notes|Alex Colley|6| |
- | Katoomba to Picton the Hard Way - 130 Miles Dot Butler 7\\ | + | |An Epic Journey of the Past - Katoomba to Picton the Hard Way - 130 Miles|Dot Butler|7| |
- | Social Notes for November | + | |Social Notes for November|Jo Van Sommers|10| |
- | Advertisement - Eastwood Camping Centre 11\\ | + | |Advertisement - Eastwood Camping Centre| |11| |
- | Where Have All the Tigers Gone? Gordon Lee 12\\ | + | |Where Have All the Tigers Gone?|Gordon Lee|12| |
- | Crossword Puzzle | + | |Crossword Puzzle|Fazeley Read|13| |
- | The 1983 F.B.W. Ball Barbara Bruce 13\\ | + | |The 1983 F.B.W. Ball|Barbara Bruce|13| |
- | Letter to the Committee - re Meetings Kath Brown 14\\ | + | |Letter to the Committee - re Meetings|Kath Brown|14| |
- | PUblications | + | |Publications |
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+ | ===== Following in the Steps of B.C. ===== | ||
- | FOLLOWING IN THE STEPS OF B.C*\\ | ||
by Sandra Hynes | by Sandra Hynes | ||
- | 8.45 am, Saturday 17 September, Mount Kanangra car park, and Malcolm Steel, Jim Rivers, Grahame Player, Jan Mohandas, John Williams and i prepared to elect a new leader when in a cloud of dust arrived Bill Capon, Bob Milne and Shirley Morrow. | + | 8.45 am, Saturday 17 September, Mount Kanangra car park, and Malcolm Steel, Jim Rivers, Grahame Player, Jan Mohandas, John Williams and I prepared to elect a new leader when in a cloud of dust arrived Bill Capon, Bob Milne and Shirley Morrow. |
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+ | A two minute lecture from Bill and off we galloped. Bill called lots of stops where he answered all our questions about features of the landscape and pointed them out on the map frequently - for the benefit of the prospectives especially. | ||
- | A two minute lecture from Bill and off we galloped. Bill called lots of stops where he answered all our questions about features of the landscape and pointed them out on the map frequently - for the benefit of the prospectives especially | + | Crafts Wall, Mount Berry, Gabes Gap, Mount High and Mighty, Mount Stormbreaker and lunch for an hour. Bill told us he is a democratic leader, so out came the maps and we all proffered |
- | After lunch, it was up to Rip, Rack and Roar and down to Mount Marooba Karoo. From here we negotiated the cliffs which block access to the ridge we wanted to find to lead us to Mount Marooba. Then out came the maps and after a lot of scouting around, map consultations and false starts we found the ridge bearing off to the right towards Kanangra Creek. On the way down, while some of us slipped and slid (sometimes on bottoms) John found a patch of beautiful Dendrobium | + | After lunch, it was up to Rip, Rack and Roar and down to Mount Marooba Karoo. From here we negotiated the cliffs which block access to the ridge we wanted to find to lead us to Mount Marooba. Then out came the maps and after a lot of scouting around, map consultations and false starts we found the ridge bearing off to the right towards Kanangra Creek. On the way down, while some of us slipped and slid (sometimes on bottoms) John found a patch of beautiful Dendrobium |
On the other side of a very cold Kanangra Creek Bill found us a campsite a lot like some of the ideal sites on the Coxs River. Shadowed by Mount Paralyser, we drank port and scoffed chockie bickies, then slept like logs and not a snore was heard. | On the other side of a very cold Kanangra Creek Bill found us a campsite a lot like some of the ideal sites on the Coxs River. Shadowed by Mount Paralyser, we drank port and scoffed chockie bickies, then slept like logs and not a snore was heard. | ||
- | In the morning Bill asked for a vote and we headed straight up Mount Paralyser, two minutes walk from the campsite. John, Jan and Bob set their own pace and Bill set a slow zig-zag | + | In the morning Bill asked for a vote and we headed straight up Mount Paralyser, two minutes walk from the campsite. John, Jan and Bob set their own pace and Bill set a slow zig-zag |
John recorded all of our names in the book an top. From Mount Paralyser we headed over to Mount Cyclops, Mount Carra-Mernoo, | John recorded all of our names in the book an top. From Mount Paralyser we headed over to Mount Cyclops, Mount Carra-Mernoo, | ||
- | After lunch Bill showed Jim and Shirley | + | After lunch Bill showed Jim and Shirley |
- | We all stopped for a scrummy Chinese dinner at the pub in Blackheath where we agreed that Bill had been the ideal leader for a test walk by constantly showing us our position on the map, identifying landscape features and setting a pace We all found comfortable. It all added up to a tired and happy group. Thanks B.C. | + | We all stopped for a scrummy Chinese dinner at the pub in Blackheath where we agreed that Bill had been the ideal leader for a test walk by constantly showing us our position on the map, identifying landscape features and setting a pace we all found comfortable. It all added up to a tired and happy group. Thanks B.C. |
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+ | ===== Forest Path ===== | ||
- | FOREST PATH.\\ | ||
by Peter Christian. | by Peter Christian. | ||
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If nature loving is a habit, I'm addicted to her wine. | If nature loving is a habit, I'm addicted to her wine. | ||
- | PINDAR'S OCHRE PIT REDISCOVERED. | + | ===== Pindar's Ochre Pit Rediscovered ===== |
- | by Frank Wbodgate. | + | |
- | Date: 23-24 July 1983.\\ Route: Wondabyne Station, Kariong Ridge, Pindars Gully and return.\\ Starters: | + | by Frank Woodgate. |
- | Object: | + | |
- | The walk commenced at 9.51 am with a jump from the train at Womjabyne for some of the party due to the shortness of the platform | + | |Date: |
+ | |Route: | ||
+ | |Starters: | ||
+ | |Object:|To enjoy the wild flowers, explore | ||
- | In the afternoon we descended | + | The walk commenced at 9.51 am with a jump from the train at Wondabyne for some of the party due to the shortness of the platform |
- | pages 4 - 7 missing | + | In the afternoon we descended the rill on which we were camped and entered the gully proper. The idea was to negotiate the gully, which is very rough in parts, without packs. |
- | first 1 1/2 paras from p8 missing | + | |
+ | From the point we climbed to the top of Oxide Ridge to return to our campsite. This allowed us to avoid the heavy scrub and low cliffs at the south side of the gully. The light was fading as we sought our camp and after a few anxious moments when we dropped back down again we found the rill which we had come down earlier. Carol was the first to spot our tents. We soon had a blazing fire going to celebrate our return and to counteract a few showers of light rain that began to fall. | ||
- | last few miles even if we do them on hands and knees,' | + | On Sunday morning |
- | " | + | We did not see any evidence of how the ochre was transported from the pit. However, on an earlier visit to the area, remains of a fence were seen west of the cave, so presumably horses or cattle were once on site. The top of the ridge is well grassed in places and may have.been cleared. The Pindar brothers after whom the area is named are rumoured to have been interned as aliens in 1914 and did not return to the area. |
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+ | We followed Oxide Ridge, which abounded in boronias, bracken and rock lilies, to a spur from which one can look directly along the tollway bridge on the Newcastle-Sydney Expressway. The return route was identical to the outward journey. | ||
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+ | This area of Brisbane Water National Park is relatively undisturbed except for rip marks made by wild pigs. For a location close to Sydney it has a lot to offer. However, like many areas off track, it can be very rough and because there are many similar ridges requires careful navigation. | ||
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+ | A further visit is planned for, the future at approximately the same time in 1984, when a variation of the route will be attempted. | ||
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+ | **Congratulations** to Errol Sheedy and Jean Snow who were married on lst October. | ||
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+ | ===== Obituary - David Ingram ===== | ||
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+ | by Jim Brown | ||
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+ | The sudden death on 27th September of David Ingram took from our Club one of those people who can truly be described as “quiet achievers”. Perhaps David will not be remembered as the leader of, or participant in, the longest and most strenuous walks, although those who have walked with him only in recent years may be surprised at the calibre of some of the trips he undertook in the 1940s and 1950s. On the other hand, since his election to membership in 1945, he has been both a steady walker and worker with and for the Club. | ||
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+ | He had a profound knowledge of the bushlands near Sydney, of its local history and its outstanding display of flowering plants, but above all he had a remarkable and enviable talent for looking after new and inexperienced walkers, and ensuring that their introduction to the game was as informative and as painless as possible. And, as any regular day-walker will know, some of our most respected members were very, very green when they first joined us. This is where our all-too-few David Ingrams leave their mark. | ||
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+ | In his workaday life David spent most of his years with the Department of Motor Transport, retiring about ten years ago as one of its Senior Officers. His work had taken him to almost all of the Motor Registries throughout the State because, as a bachelor, the supervising staff officer soon found he could be despatched anywhere at short notice if a Registry Officer fell ill or had to be relieved. I remember him once chuckling over the fact that he had enjoyed four Labour Day Holidays in one year (at Lithgow, Newcastle, Broken Hill and Kogarah) and the staff officer “couldn' | ||
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+ | Apart from his working career, David had a wide range of interests. He enjoyed good music, the ballet, folk dancing, and also played a part in the formation and operation of the Railway Museum at Thirlmere, where old steam locomotives and rolling stock of bygone years are maintained and used on special tours. The wildflower garden at the Museum became his particular care. During periods of long service leave and after retirement David travelled quite extensively in Australia and overseas. | ||
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+ | No doubt I could write of his spell of duty as Club Secretary in 1961/62, of the many day walks he led where he often managed to cover new ground or introduced some interesting variation of an otherwise familiar trip. Of course, this was valuable work for the Club, but to my mind it is less important if you measure it against the many trips that made new people feel at home, comfortable, | ||
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+ | To his surviving relations, the Club offers its sympathy: and also to fellow member John Holly, in the loss of a close friend and a walking companion of more than thirty good years. | ||
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+ | ===== Conservation Notes ===== | ||
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+ | by Alex Colley | ||
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+ | Jim Brown has said all that needs to be said on the Franklin River verdict in his verses in the August issue of the magazine. The High Court could have made a contrary decision on legal grounds, but there is no justification on national or international grounds for allowing an anti-conservationist State to continue bashing the national and world heritage. If the States will not do the right thing in protecting the world heritage, the Commonwealth can. | ||
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+ | This fact inspired two important decisions at the Australian Conservation Foundation' | ||
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+ | Nearer to home a battle is in progress for the preservation of the Blue Mountains. Much of the escarpment is already scarred by urban development, | ||
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+ | According to the consultants commissioned by the Council, this doesn' | ||
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+ | Another development being opposed is for a large sand mine at Bell, which would inevitably pollute the Wollongambe. | ||
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+ | Myles Dunphy O.B.E., the father of wilderness conservation in Australia, and co-founder, with Jack Debert, of the S.B.W., has accepted the invitation of the Colong Committee to become its Patron. In its invitation to Myles to become its patron the Committee wrote that “Its main task has been to continue the work of the National Parks and Primitive Areas Council, in particular to secure and protect the national parks which you planned”. Myles replied “I appreciate the honour of receiving such an invitation and I accept with pleasure. I am glad to know that the work I and others began so many years ago is still being carried on so effectively”. | ||
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+ | ===== An Epic Journey of the Past ===== | ||
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+ | Extracts made by Gordon Lee (with his comment) of an article first published in the October 1955 edition of The Sydney Bushwalker entitled: | ||
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+ | ==== Katoomba to Picton The Hard Way - 130 Miles ==== | ||
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+ | by Dot Butler | ||
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+ | “Now I'm all in favour of long endurance walks occasionally - say once or twice in a lifetime; it gives the walker some idea of the stuff he's made of and boosts his confidence in his own strength, mental even more than physical, for there' | ||
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+ | Two previous efforts to do the same trip had foundered. The first by misadventure. Leaders, who, as they still seem to do, dashed off to wait at a certain point, had waited and waited. It seems the stragglers, to make up for lost time, had taken a short cut, bypassing the leaders. By the time this was sorted out there wasn't sufficient time to do the trip. The second (a private trip) was abandoned because of 26“ of rain in 24 hours - the Coxs ran a 30' banker. So this third attempt was set down for the first week in September. G.L. | ||
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+ | “We left it too late to book an the Fish so we caught the Chips [ask an old hand to explain. G.L.] and at 8.30 pm we stepped out smartly for Devil' | ||
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+ | They made the Coxs, walked a mile down the river and were bedded down by midnight. G.L. | ||
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+ | "... we were away by 6.00 am with destination (we hope) 50 miles away. .... In next to no time we were at Kanangra and then the Kowmung Junction. It seemed very early for lunch but we settled down to our bread and cheese....” Now we were at Harry' | ||
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+ | “Then heigh ho for Bimlow. The road went on and on, as no doubt you know, and so did we, and about 8.30 pm we struck Bimlow. We settled on a nice grassy bank then we sat in our sleeping bags and gorged on pre-cooked chops, bread and butter, tinned fruit and cream, and despite barking dogs dawn by the store, we slept like logs till 5.00 am.” | ||
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+ | Dot was the only one wearing sandshoes, but had brought along her hobnailed mountaineering boots (G.L) ".... then carried the damn heavy things on my back. for 50 miles down the Coxs, but now with the greatest of pleasure I wrapped them in a half tent due to be jettisoned and a piece of plastic groundsheet and stowed them on a floor beam under the Bimlow store. Will probably retrieve them somehow, some day.” | ||
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+ | “With packs containing now only lunch, sleeping bag and a few minor oddments we hit the road once more. The boys were having trouble with their heavy clinkered boots And much as I would like to think in terms of romance of the open road, I'm afraid I must agree that the modern description 'road bash' is much more realistic and to the point.” | ||
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+ | “Garth had decided that the 85 miles that were good enough for Geoff' | ||
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- | "So Colin gave me his map and a good torch,' | + | "So Colin gave me his map and a good torch, and feeling like a captain deserting his sinking ship and crew (I think this should be vice versa. G.L.) I said goodbye and sped off up the Nattai. I ran the first 10 miles to still the turmoil within. By the time I slowed down I guessed it was dinnertime so finished off the food in my pack except for a small chunk of bread and a handful of popped rice." |
"By about 2/3 o' | "By about 2/3 o' | ||
- | "From the base of the cliff face though, with the sun now proposing to set in the west, I could see the river winding off to the S.E. But my direction should be due east, so I cursed heartily and decided to return to the blitz buggy site with speed in the remaining hour of daylight. I ran all the way back, and soon after dark I was back at the blitz buggy site sitting in my sleeping bag among the bracken and eating my miserable chunk of dry bread while I studied the map by torchlight. Having resigned myself to being a day overdue, for the first time in all my walking experience, I decided to spend a couple of hours next morning going upstream... then if there was a clearing to be found I would undoubtedly find it, but if unsuccessful: in two hours I would have to return down the Nattai and go up to Picton." | + | "From the base of the cliff face though, with the sun now proposing to set in the west, I could see the river winding off to the S.E. But my direction should be due east, so I cursed heartily and decided to return to the blitz buggy site with speed in the remaining hour of daylight. I ran all the way back, and soon after dark I was back at the blitz buggy site sitting in my sleeping bag among the bracken and eating my miserable chunk of dry bread while I studied the map by torchlight. Having resigned myself to being a day overdue, for the first time in all my walking experience, I decided to spend a couple of hours next morning going upstream... then if there was a clearing to be found I would undoubtedly find it, but if unsuccessful in two hours I would have to return down the Nattai and go up to Picton." |
- | "... when I struck the same traitorous rocky creek bed as yesterday... with something of relief I pounded off down the Nattai to Sheehy' | + | "... when I struck the same traitorous rocky creek bed as yesterday... with something of relief I pounded off down the Nattai to Sheehy' |
- | October, 1983. THE SYDNEY BUSHWAIKER Page 9 | + | " |
- | with a piece of fencing wire, this providential tucker having been found in a deserted habitation on the way out. Then up Sheehy' | + | "Hell, what an asinine thing to do! How do you think you're ever going to get off? - it might go 50 miles in the wrong direction before it slows up on another hill. Ah! at last the concrete juggernaut changed down for a steep pull and I vacated my perch with relief. A man and his son who had thought it was all one huge joke swung open their car door and in I leapt, and so through to Liverpool at 60/70 mph .... In to Liverpool still in one piece - just in time to catch a train right through to Wahroonga, and so I was home almost before the train would have left Picton." |
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- | "Hell, what an asinine thing to do! How do you think you're ever going to get off? - it might go 50 miles in the wrong direction before it slows up on another hill Ah; at last the concrete juggernaut changed down for a steep pull and I vacated my perch with relief. A man and his son who had thought it was all one huge joke swung open their car door and in I leapt, and so through to Liverpool at 60/70 mph .... In to Liverpool still in one piece -just in time to catch a train right through to Wahroonga, and so I was home almost before the train would have left Picton." | + | |
"And now what have we to say for ourself? Well, long walks such as the one described are possible, and no great hardship physically, provided the footwear is suitable, but the 'life is real, life is earnest' | "And now what have we to say for ourself? Well, long walks such as the one described are possible, and no great hardship physically, provided the footwear is suitable, but the 'life is real, life is earnest' | ||
- | This account speaks for itself. There is nothing I can add except to say that Dot at the time was only in her 40s. Had I been around at that time I would certainly not have had the temerity to match her walking ability. I like to consider myself a Dot Butler fan and an always eager to hear of her exploits. Each new addition to the already long list never ceases to amaze me. Her inclusion in the " | + | This account speaks for itself. There is nothing I can add except to say that Dot at the time was only in her 40s. Had I been around at that time I would certainly not have had the temerity to match her walking ability. I like to consider myself a Dot Butler fan and an always eager to hear of her exploits. Each new addition to the already long list never ceases to amaze me. Her inclusion in the " |
Gordon Lee. | Gordon Lee. | ||
- | This article | + | **---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------** |
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+ | This article | ||
We thought readers would like to enjoy another extract from Dot's article, and to see that despite the pressure she had time to enjoy the beauty of the bush | We thought readers would like to enjoy another extract from Dot's article, and to see that despite the pressure she had time to enjoy the beauty of the bush | ||
- | "... and at 8.30 stepped out smartly for Devil' | + | "... and at 8.30 stepped out smartly for Devil' |
- | "We awoke in the scented dawn to countless thousands of lime green flowers scattered all over the prickle bushes - there is some good in blackthorn after all. Breakfast was cornflakes and such like out of a box. Colin, remarking that he was about to slit the throat of the sacred caw, opened a tin of condensed milk with a knife.. One cow per meal was the order of things - the expendable cow. We rounded off breakfast with a pre-cooked chop or sausage, then the sleeping bags were stuffed into packs and we were away by 6a.m. with destination Bimlow (we hope) - 50 miles away. The day was cool and invigorating, | + | "We awoke in the scented dawn to countless thousands of lime green flowers scattered all over the prickle bushes - there is some good in blackthorn after all. Breakfast was cornflakes and such like out of a box. Colin, remarking that he was about to slit the throat of the sacred caw, opened a tin of condensed milk with a knife. One cow per meal was the order of things - the expendable cow. We rounded off breakfast with a pre-cooked chop or sausage, then the sleeping bags were stuffed into packs and we were away by 6 am with destination Bimlow (we hope) - 50 miles away. The day was cool and invigorating, |
- | SOCIAL NOTES FOR .NOVEVIBER. by Jo Van Sommers. | + | ===== Social Notes for November ===== |
- | November 16 - Club Auction with Charlie ("I can sell an37- hine!) Brown. Bring something, buy something. Camping gear, hausehold items, paperbacks, costume jewellery - anything. Items of value may have a reserve price for owner, anything above that goes to the Club. Enquiries to Dot Butler.\\ | + | by Jo Van Sommers. |
- | November 23 - Wine, Cheese and Nuts Night. Pleaxe bring samples of the edibles, labelled. Impress your friends with esoteric delicacies: The Club provides the wine.\\ | + | |
- | November 30 - Select your Christmas presents from the books, calendars and photo-essays compiled | + | |
- | * DINNER before the meeting at Phuoung Vietnamese Restaurant, | + | |
+ | |November 16| - Club Auction with Charlie ("I can sell anything!" | ||
+ | |November 23| - Wine, Cheese and Nuts Night. Please bring samples of the edibles, labelled. Impress your friends with esoteric delicacies: The Club provides the wine.| | ||
+ | |November 30| - Select your Christmas presents from the books, calendars and photo-essays compiled by members of the Tasmanian Wilderness Society. Wine will be provided - just bring money!| | ||
- | WHERE HAVE AIL THE TIGERS GONE? by Gordon Lee. | + | **Dinner** before the meeting at Phuoung Vietnamese Restaurant, 87 Willoughby Road, Crows Nest. B.Y.O. |
- | "This Club has become sedentary!" | + | ===== Where have all the Tigers Gone? ===== |
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+ | by Gordon Lee. | ||
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+ | "This Club has become sedentary!" | ||
Though time was running out for me I managed to achieve that ambition, despite the odd setback, and was able to join Tigers like David Rostron, Bob Hodgson, Fazeley Read, Barry Wallace, Christine Austin and Spiro Hajinakitas and others you don't see around any more. At least in my early days with the Club it was possible to put on a " | Though time was running out for me I managed to achieve that ambition, despite the odd setback, and was able to join Tigers like David Rostron, Bob Hodgson, Fazeley Read, Barry Wallace, Christine Austin and Spiro Hajinakitas and others you don't see around any more. At least in my early days with the Club it was possible to put on a " | ||
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You may have noticed in this issue, an article "An Epic Journey of the Past". If you have not read it I humbly suggest that you do. And if you were to read other accounts of walks in these old magazines you would find that there were walkers, male and female, who were capable of covering 50 to 100 miles (80 to 161 km) in a weekend, starting and finishing the walk with a journey by train. | You may have noticed in this issue, an article "An Epic Journey of the Past". If you have not read it I humbly suggest that you do. And if you were to read other accounts of walks in these old magazines you would find that there were walkers, male and female, who were capable of covering 50 to 100 miles (80 to 161 km) in a weekend, starting and finishing the walk with a journey by train. | ||
- | Is it possible that we (that is the S.B.W.) have become a bunch of Armchair Bushwalkers? | + | Is it possible that we (that is the S.B.W.) have become a bunch of Armchair Bushwalkers? |
Where have all the Tigers gone? | Where have all the Tigers gone? | ||
- | INSTRUCTIONAL WEEKEND | + | ===== Instructional Weekend ===== |
- | YALWAL | + | Yalwal |
- | TONY MARSHALL | + | Tony Marshall |
Please pass this information on to any Prospectives you may meet on any trips. | Please pass this information on to any Prospectives you may meet on any trips. | ||
- | CONGRATULATIONS | + | **Congratulations** |
child, a son, Alex James on 23rd September. | child, a son, Alex James on 23rd September. | ||
- | WANTED | + | **Wanted** |
- | CROSSWORD PUZZLE. by Fazeley Read. | + | ===== Crossword Puzzle ===== |
- | 1 2 3 4 | + | by Fazeley Read |
- | 1 | + | |
- | 2 I I I I I | + | |
- | 3' I | + | |
- | 4 I I I I I | + | |
- | 5 I 1 1 1 | + | |
+ | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | | ||
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- | Across | + | |
- | 1. Magazine | + | Across\\ |
- | 2. Drink | + | 1. Magazine\\ |
- | 3. A blow | + | 2. Drink\\ |
- | 4. A tool | + | 3. A blow\\ |
+ | 4. A tool\\ | ||
5. Judy's mate | 5. Judy's mate | ||
- | Down | + | |
- | 1. A dgetable | + | Down\\ |
- | 2. A sheep | + | 1. A vegetable\\ |
- | 3. A fowl | + | 2. A sheep\\ |
- | 4. The ocean | + | 3. A fowl\\ |
+ | 4. The ocean\\ | ||
5. Often dropped | 5. Often dropped | ||
Answer next month. | Answer next month. | ||
- | THE 1983 F.B.W. | + | ===== The 1983 F.B.W. |
- | by Barbara Bruce. | + | |
+ | by Barbara Bruce | ||
"On with the dance! Let joy be unconfined!" | "On with the dance! Let joy be unconfined!" | ||
It is a beautiful thing to be with bushwalkers at a dance (ball). Their energy, exhilaration and good health are a delight to the senses. | It is a beautiful thing to be with bushwalkers at a dance (ball). Their energy, exhilaration and good health are a delight to the senses. | ||
- | About 50 S.B.W. members and friends attended this year's Ball on the warm Friday of 23rd September. Both the heat and the sound rose above normal levels. Doors and windows | + | About 50 S.B.W. members and friends attended this year's Ball on the warm Friday of 23rd September. Both the heat and the sound rose above normal levels. Doors and windows |
Once the dancing was under way it did not take long for the night to fly. Alcohol was out of place but orange juice, cider and mineral water were high on the consumption list, along with the tasty morsels brought by the ladies. There wasn't much left over. | Once the dancing was under way it did not take long for the night to fly. Alcohol was out of place but orange juice, cider and mineral water were high on the consumption list, along with the tasty morsels brought by the ladies. There wasn't much left over. | ||
- | During the band breaks Gordon Lee organised .... " | + | |
+ | During the band breaks Gordon Lee organised .... " | ||
And there were the usual door prizes, spot prizes and raffles. Don't ask me who won - I can't remember. But it wasn't any of us. | And there were the usual door prizes, spot prizes and raffles. Don't ask me who won - I can't remember. But it wasn't any of us. | ||
- | Some of the Rambler group came dressed in the theme of the evening. | + | Some of the Rambler group came dressed in the theme of the evening |
- | "After the holocaust" | + | |
- | Perhaps the above quote should read - "On with the dance 7 let joy be unrefined". | + | Perhaps the above quote should read - "On with the dance - let joy be un__re__fined". |
- | LETTER TO THE COMMITTEE. | + | ===== Letter to the Committee |
- | The fol Lowing letter was received at the October | + | |
- | BARBARA BRUCE. | + | The following letter was received at the October Committee Meeting. It has been decided to publish it in the magazine, and I would welcome comments from members prepared to give it some thought. |
+ | |||
+ | Barbara Bruce.\\ | ||
Hon. Secretary. | Hon. Secretary. | ||
- | The Secretary, . 26th September, 1983. The Sydney Bush Walkers.- | + | |
- | Dear Barbara, | + | ---- |
- | Over' | + | |
- | This suggestion is that we have Quarterly General Meetings, in March, June, September and December, instead of the present monthly ones. Quarterly | + | 26th September, 1983.\\ |
- | One of the two extra Wednesdays available every three months could be made a regular Members' | + | The Secretary, |
- | The other free Wednesday could be set aside, as the third Wednesday of February, May, August and November for a " | + | The Sydney Bush Walkers. |
- | ce ntrally | + | |
- | October, 1983. TYR SYDNEY BUSHWALKER Page 15 | + | Dear Barbara,\\ |
- | done under the direction of the Magazine Production Manager (Helen Gray), who would still haV-e-tb- 1b ftthe other eielt -ctillatlftg-nights per year, in | + | Over the last year I have been aware of how the Club membership is growing, and how these extra numbers have placed extra work on the office bearers and also the magazine collating group. I don't think, for various reasons, that it would be a good thing to try to restrict the numbers of people in the Club, so my concern has been for how the work load might be reduced. I have a few suggestions in this respect, and am bringing them forward for Committee to consider. The first would require a constitutional amendment, and if Committee is in favour of it, I would hope that someone an Committee would sponsor it, because as far as I personally am concerned, it makes no difference. |
- | a private home as at Present, | + | |
- | %, | + | This suggestion is that we have Quarterly General Meetings, in March, June, September and December, instead of the present monthly ones. Quarterly |
- | done in the Clubroom would surely be easier rather than harder. | + | |
- | Even if the Quarterly | + | One of the two extra Wednesdays available every three months could be made a regular Members' |
- | well as the Magazine Production Manager. | + | |
- | Although it is very many years since I have been an the Club Commitl3ee, I am very aware of how much hard work is undertaken by the various people who make the Club run so successfully, | + | The other free Wednesday could be set aside, as the third Wednesday of February, May, August and November for a " |
- | Sincerely, | + | centrally |
- | ADDENDUM | + | |
- | 1, NUMBER OF MEMBERS. | + | Even if the Quarterly |
+ | |||
+ | Although it is very many years since I have been on the Club Committee, I am very aware of how much hard work is undertaken by the various people who make the Club run so successfully, | ||
+ | |||
+ | Sincerely, | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Addendum**\\ | ||
+ | 1, Number of Members\\ | ||
During the last five years the Club membership has increased from 271 active members at January 1978 to 397 active members at January 1983 that is 126 more members or an increase of 47%. | During the last five years the Club membership has increased from 271 active members at January 1978 to 397 active members at January 1983 that is 126 more members or an increase of 47%. | ||
- | (Note: This figure is different from the number of magazines produced as a married couple receives only one copy; on the ther hand, extvg magazines are produced for sale to non-active members, prospective members. | + | |
+ | (Note: This figure is different from the number of magazines produced as a married couple receives only one copy; on the other hand, extra magazines are produced for sale to non-active members, prospective members. | ||
and also to sell in camping gear shops.) | and also to sell in camping gear shops.) | ||
- | 2, NUMBER OF MEETINGS. | + | |
- | (a) All office-bearers and committee members are expected to attend 12 Committee Meetings per year. . | + | 2, Number of Meetings\\ |
- | (b) The President, Secretary, Treasurer and certain other office bearers are also expected to attend 12 General Meetings per year. | + | (a) All office-bearers and committee members are expected to attend 12 Committee Meetings per year.\\ |
- | (c) Some members of the Committee (including President and Secretary) are are an the Coolana Committee which has several meetings per yeap. | + | (b) The President, Secretary, Treasurer and certain other office bearers are also expected to attend 12 General Meetings per year.\\ |
- | (d) Federation Delegates on Committee also attend the Federation Meetings 10 or 11 per year. | + | (c) Some members of the Committee (including President and Secretary) are on the Coolana Committee which has several meetings per year.\\ |
+ | (d) Federation Delegates on Committee also attend the Federation Meetings 10 or 11 per year.\\ | ||
(e) Magazine collating nights are attended by volunteers, but among these are usually some members of the Committee. Number of magazine collating nights - 12 per year. | (e) Magazine collating nights are attended by volunteers, but among these are usually some members of the Committee. Number of magazine collating nights - 12 per year. | ||
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