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-THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER 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 at the Cahill Community Centre (Upper Hall), 34 Falcon Street, Crows Nest. 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.
  
-EDITOR: Ainslie Morris, 45 Austin Street, Lane Cove, 2066. Telephone 428,3178.\\ +|**Editor**|Ainslie Morris, 45 Austin Street, Lane Cove, 2066. Telephone 428,3178.| 
-BUSINESS MANAGER: Bill Burke, 3 Coral Tree Drive, Carlingford, 2118. Telephone 871,1207.\\ +|**Business Manager**| Bill Burke, 3 Coral Tree Drive, Carlingford, 2118. Telephone 871,1207.| 
-PRODUCTION MANAGER: Helen Gray.\\ +|**Production Manager**| Helen Gray.| 
-TYPIST: Kath Brown.\\ +|**Typist**| Kath Brown| 
-PRINTERS: Phil Butt & Barry Wallace.\\+|**Printers**| Kenn Clacher, Les Powell, Margaret Niven, Barrie Murdoch & Kay Chan| 
 + 
 +===== March 1985 =====
  
-MARCH, 1985.  +| | |Page| 
-Page +|S.B.W. Office-Bearers & Committee 1985| |2| 
-S.B.W. Office-Bearers & Committee 1985 2 +|Through the Wollangambe with Tolkien|Roger Browne|3| 
-Through the Wollangambe with Tolkien Roger Browne 3 +|No Regrets|Peter Harris|5| 
-No Regrets Peter Harris +|Twelve Miles to Burrier|Dorothy Lawry|6| 
-Twelve Miles to Burner Dorothy Lawrie 6 +|Reproduction of S.B.W. Walks Programme 1939| |9| 
-Reproduction of S.B.W. Walks Programme 1939 9 +|South Coast Walking|Ainslie Morris|11| 
-South Coast Walking Ainslie Morris 11 +|Advertisement - Eastwood Camping Centre| |14| 
-Advertisement - Eastwood Camping Centre 14 +|The Country with a Human Face - Part 3|Wal Liddle|15| 
-The Country with a Human Face - Part 3 Wal Liddle 15 +|New Members, February & March| |18| 
-New Members, February & March 18 +|Conservation News - Daintree| |19| 
-Conservation News - Daintree 19 +|Obituary - Hon. Paul Landa, Q.C., M.P.| |20| 
-Obituary - Hon. Paul Landa, Q.C., M.P. 20 +|Annual Subscriptions 1985| |20|
-Annual Subscriptions 1985 20+
  
  
-S.B.W. OFFFICE BEARERS & COMMITTEE 1985. +===== SBW Office Bearers & Committee 1985 =====
  
 The following office-bearers and committee members were elected at the Annual General Meeting held on Wednesday, 13th March, 1985:- The following office-bearers and committee members were elected at the Annual General Meeting held on Wednesday, 13th March, 1985:-
-Prezident Vice-Presidents +|President|* Barbara Bruce| 
-Secretary +|Vice-Presidents|* Ainslie Morris| 
-Walks Secretary +|:::|* Peter Miller| 
-Social Secretary +|Secretary|* Barrie Murdoch| 
-New Members Secretary 3ommittee Members +|Treasurer|* Carol Bruce| 
-Federation Delegates +|Walks Secretary|* Bill Capon| 
-Conservation Secretary Magazine Editor +|Social Secretary|* Bill Holland| 
-Magazine Business Manager Magazine Production Manager Magazine Printers +|New Members Secretary|* Michael Reynolds| 
-Keeper of Maps & Timetables +|Committee Members|* Barry Wallace| 
-Search Et Rescue Contacts +|:::|* Frances Longfoot| 
-Archivist Auditor +|:::|* Jim Percy| 
-Solicitor +|:::|* Greta Davis| 
-Trustees +|Federation Delegates|* Gordon Lee| 
-Kosciusko Huts Assn. Delegates +|:::|Barbara Evans| 
-* Barbara Bruce +|:::|* Spiro Hajinakitas| 
-* Ainslie MOrris +|:::|Tim Coffey| 
-* Peter Miller +|Conservation Secretary|Alex Colley| 
-* Barrie Murdoch +|Magazine Editor|Ainslie Morris| 
-* Carol Bruce +|Magazine Business Manager|Bill Burke| 
-* Bill Capon +|Magazine Production Manager|Helen Gray| 
-* Bill Holland +|Magazine Printers|Phil Butt| 
-* Michael Reynolds +|:::|Barry Wallace| 
-* Barry Wallace +|Keeper of Maps & Timetables|John Holly| 
-* JIm Percy +|:::|Roger Browne| 
-* Gordon Lee +|Search & Rescue Contacts|Tony Marshall| 
-* Spiro Hajinakitas +|:::|Hans Stichter| 
-Alex Colley Ainslie Morris Bill Burke +|:::|Ray Hookway| 
-Helen Gray +|:::|Bob Younger| 
-Phil Butt Barry Wallace +|:::|Kath McInnes| 
-John Holly Roger Browne +|Archivist|Phil Butt| 
-Tony Marshall Hans Stichter Ray Hookway +|Auditor|Gordon Redmond| 
-Phil Butt +|Solicitor|Malcolm Steele| 
-Gordon Redmond Malcolm Steele +|Trustees|Heather White| 
-Heather White Gordon Redmond Bill Burke +|:::|Gordon Redmond| 
-' Ray Hookway +|:::|Bill Burke| 
-Frances Longfoot Greta Davis +|Kosciusko Huts Assn. Delegates|Ray Hookway| 
-Barbara Evans +|:::|Bill Burke| 
-Tim Coffey +|Projectionist|Frank Woodgate|
-Bob YOunger Kath McInnes +
-Bill Burke +
-Projectionist Frank Woodgate +
-* INdicates members of Committee.+
  
 +* Indicates members of Committee.
  
 ===== Through the Wollangambe with Tolkien ===== ===== Through the Wollangambe with Tolkien =====
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 NOTE: On the next two pages of the magazine are reproductions of a Walks Programme from 1939 which was sent to the Club by Doreen Berry. The original was printed on thin card, exactly the size shown, and could be folded so that the walks would be on the inside. NOTE: On the next two pages of the magazine are reproductions of a Walks Programme from 1939 which was sent to the Club by Doreen Berry. The original was printed on thin card, exactly the size shown, and could be folded so that the walks would be on the inside.
  
-South Coast Walking+===== South Coast Walking =====
  
 by Ainslie Morris by Ainslie Morris
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 These notes are intended as a guide to walkers who wish to do some easy beach and headland walking when a week or two allows time to go a distance from Sydney greater than a normal weekend would. These notes are intended as a guide to walkers who wish to do some easy beach and headland walking when a week or two allows time to go a distance from Sydney greater than a normal weekend would.
  
-MAPS AND GUIDES. +==== Maps and Guides ====
  
-1. Gregory's "National Parks of New South Wales". I have found this +1. Gregory's "National Parks of New South Wales". I have found this book accurate and invaluable on this and other trips. Widely available. 
-book accurate and invaluable on this and other trips. Widely available. + 
-2. N.R.M.A. District Map South Coast and Snowy Mountains and/or Robinson's 150 Kilometres Around Nowra, and 150 Kilometres Around Bega ($1.50 each and they show National Parks and State Forests). +2. N.R.M.A. District Map South Coast and Snowy Mountains and/or Robinson's 150 Kilometres Around Nowra, and 150  
-3. Visitor's Guide Milton Ulladulla Districts (free) - includes local  +Kilometres Around Bega ($1.50 each and they show National Parks and State Forests). 
-tide chart. Obtain at local newsagents, hotels, Julie's Corner Store, + 
-or similar. +3. Visitor's Guide Milton Ulladulla Districts (free) - includes local tide chart. Obtain at local newsagents, hotels, Julie's Corner Store, or similar. 
-4. Topographic Map51:25,000 as follows:-+ 
 +4. Topographic Maps 1:25,000 as follows:-
 (a) Murramarang Walk - 4 maps N to S: Tabourie, Kioloa, Durras, Nelligen. (a) Murramarang Walk - 4 maps N to S: Tabourie, Kioloa, Durras, Nelligen.
 (b) Potato Point - Dalmeny - 2 maps N to S: Bodalla, Narooma. (b) Potato Point - Dalmeny - 2 maps N to S: Bodalla, Narooma.
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 (d) Bermagui - Mimosa Rocks - 1 map: Bermagui, then Murrah sheet to south is not available (Try Forestry Commission's map 14 "Batemans Bay"). (d) Bermagui - Mimosa Rocks - 1 map: Bermagui, then Murrah sheet to south is not available (Try Forestry Commission's map 14 "Batemans Bay").
 (e) Nadgee - 1 map: Nadgee (Also Narrabarba if heading north to Wonboyn River). (e) Nadgee - 1 map: Nadgee (Also Narrabarba if heading north to Wonboyn River).
-5. Eden State Forests 1:125,000 by Forestry Commission, N.S.W. - very accurate for access roads, National Parks and State Forests from Bermagui + 
-to the Victorian border. Useful for Nadgee walk.+5. Eden State Forests 1:125,000 by Forestry Commission, N.S.W. - very accurate for access roads, National Parks and State Forests from Bermagui to the Victorian border. Useful for Nadgee walk. 
 Now for the walks. Now for the walks.
-(a) Murramarang National Park is the most accessible, and to my mind, the gem. Four days easy going, or three days a bit faster going or using + 
-a car swap. We walked from Long Beach (north of Bateman's Bay) to Lake +(a) **Murramarang National Park** is the most accessible, and to my mind, the gem. Four days easy going, or three days a bit faster going or using a car swap. We walked from Long Beach (north of Batemans Bay) to Lake Tabourie (south of Ulladulla), but you can start at Batemans Bay. The walk has been led by Alex Colley and was vividly described by Dot Butler in the magazine issue of May, 1984. They went by train to Bomaderry, where the Eden bus meets it. We drove to Lake Tabourie turnoff and left the car outside Julie's Corner under the watchful eyes of Les and June 
-Tabourie (south of Ulladulla), but you can start at Bateman's Bay. The +Filby (phone: (044)573038). There we hailed the 2.20 pm bus at 3 pm (fare $3.70) and were dropped off by 3.30 pm at the Long Beach turnoff for a 6 km walk from the Princes Highway. Take right fork to pick up water. If a car swap, take water, and then you can drive in and take the left fork to Maloneys Beach called Chain Bay on the Nelligen map. Camp site at eastern end of beach has soft grass, but is exposed if you get a storm - as we did. 
-walk has been led by Alex Colley and was vividly described by Dot Butler + 
-in the magazine issue of May, 1984. They went by train to Bomaderry, where the Eden bus meets it. We drove to Lake Tabourie turnoff and left the car outside Julie's Corner under the watchful eyes of Les and June +The Durras map covers exceptionally picturesque coastline, 13 km easily walked in one day. We used some tracks and did side trips to little beaches. Don't miss Dark Beach, where the Sydney sandstone ends, meeting the ancient twisted rocks of chert, slate and phyllite further south that creates this interesting and delightful coast. We camped at Emily Miller Beach (water from Mill Beach campground). The Ranger told us that backpack camping is welcome but not if gaining access by car. 
-Filby (phone: (044)573038). There we hailed the 2.20 pm bus at 3 pm (fare $3.70) and were dropped off by 3.30 pm at the Long Beach turnoff +
-for a 6 km walk from the Prince's Highway. Take right fork to pick up +
-water. If a car swap, take water, and then you can drivein and take the +
-left fork to Maloney's Beach called Chain Bay on the Nelligen map. Camp +
-site at eastern end of beach has soft grass, but is exposed if you get a storm - as we did. +
-The Durras map covers exceptionally picturesque coastline, 13 km easily walked in one day. We used some tracks and did side trips to little beaches. Don't miss Dark Beach, where the Sydney sandstone ends, +
-meeting the ancient twisted rocks of chert, slate and phyllite further south that creates this interesting and delightful coast. We camped at +
-Emily Miller Beach (water from Mill Beach campground). The Ranger told +
-us that backpack camping is welcome but not if gaining access by car. +
-March, 1985 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER Page 12+
 Our campsite was flat, grassy and sheltered by a line of casuarinas. Our campsite was flat, grassy and sheltered by a line of casuarinas.
-Lake Durras had been closed by sand deposited in very heavy seas after Christmas Day, but you can expect a wade chest-deep. High tide + 
-and higher waves made the usual route around Pt. Upright risky, so we went over the headland and were rewarded with seeing many kangaroos. Next camp was on Kioloa map reference 598587. Plenty of water runs in all the creeks from Durras Mountain. While, collecting wood in damp weather we picked up leeches, and named the beach Leech Beach in memory of the one Mike Reynolds missed. But if you feel that leech bites can be lightly +Lake Durras had been closed by sand deposited in very heavy seas after Christmas Day, but you can expect a wade chest-deep. High tide and higher waves made the usual route around Point Upright risky, so we went over the headland and were rewarded with seeing many kangaroos. Next camp was on Kioloa map reference 598587. Plenty of water runs in all the creeks from Durras Mountain. While, collecting wood in damp weather we picked up leeches, and named the beach Leech Beach in memory of the one Mike Reynolds missed. But if you feel that leech bites can be lightly dismissed as nought but ucky goo, this leech gave Mike septicaemia. It is true that the leech hung on from one year into the next (31.12.84 to 1.1.85). Its introduced infection appeared twelve days later as a high temperature with enormously swollen lymph glands in groin and leg - a case for hospital, if we'd been near one. 
-dismissed as nought but ucky goo, this leech gave Mike septicemia. It is + 
-true that the leech hung on from one year into the next (31.12.84 to 1.1.85). Its introduced infection appeared twelve days later as a high temperature with enormously swollen lymph glands in groin and leg - a case for hospital, if we'd been near one. +Last campsite was on the Tabourie map reference 633688 next to a fresh water pond. Meroo Lake entrance was closed by sand but can open. Meroo Head rocks would be impassible at high tide. Car campers use the headland - watch for a small foot track to right off the vehicle track. From here on we surfed and sunbaked to journey's end. 
-Last campsite was on the Tabourie map reference 633688 next to a fresh water pond. Meroo Lake entrance was closed by sand but can open. Meroo Head rocks would be impassible at high tide. Car campers use the headland + 
-- watch for a small foot track to right off the vehicle track. From here on we surfed and sunbaked to journey's end. +(b) **Potato Point to Dalmeny** - and return. A day walk. Turn off at Bodalla to Potato Point. Turn right on good vehicle track to Jemisons Point and campsites in north side of Lake Taronga. No water. Brow Beach has good surf at north end. Try walking behind the dunes to see birds on the lakes. 
-(b) Potato Point to Dalmeny - and return. A day walk. Turn off at + 
-Bodalla to Potato Point. Turn right on good vehicle track to Jemisons +(c) **Mount Dromedary** 797 metres, 9 km from sea, 4 km each way from Tilba Tilba on Princes Highway, 5 hours return. Park and go through gate where signs explain the walk. No vehicles are allowed now, so it is a grassy smooth track up the ridge, pleasant views across the valley to the mountain where trees were cleared 100 years ago for a gold mining town. No signs of it now except a shaft or two. Excellent views. Take two side trips - a really wonderful rainforest near the summit for one hour, and from the Dromedary Saddle 4WD vehicle park take the track a couple of hundred metres east to see the monzonite tors - outstanding. 
-Point and campsites in north side of Lake Taronga. No water. Brow Beach +
-has good surf at north end. Try walking behind the dunes to see birds on the lakes. +
-(c) Mount Dromedary 797 metres, 9 km from sea, 4 km each way from Tilba Tilba on Princes Highway, 5 hours return. Park and go through gate where signs explain the walk. No vehicles are allowed now, so it ii a grassy smooth track up the ridge, pleasant views across the valley to the mountain where trees were cleared 100 years ago for a gold mining town. No signs of it now except a shaft or two.  Excellent views. Take two side trips - a really wonderful 'rainforest near the summit for one hour, and from the Dromedary Saddle 4-W-D vehicle park take the track a couple of hundred metres east to see the monzonite tors - outstanding.+
 A possible long walk is Narooma to Bermagui using the bus. A possible long walk is Narooma to Bermagui using the bus.
-(d) Bermagui - Mimosa Rocks National Park.  + 
-We visited three bits, but it looks like a possible long walk if you can pick up water at settlements. Bermagui to Marraga Bay is straight- +(d) **Bermagui - Mimosa Rocks National Park.**  
-forvard, then you can easily get to the next beach south called Almonds. From here to Murrah Head is unknown. Murrah Lagoon appeared easy to cross at low tide. Goalen Head is farmland so probably unsuitable for camping. Bunga Head is unknown, but the Ranger for Mimosa Rocks National Park should be able to advise. Aragannu Beach has bush car camping and + 
-a creek for water. South of here there are no tracks on the headlands +We visited three bits, but it looks like a possible long walk if you can pick up water at settlements. Bermagui to Marraga Bay [Barragga Bay] is straight-forward, then you can easily get to the next beach south called Almonds [Armands]. From here to Murrah Head is unknown. Murrah Lagoon appeared easy to cross at low tide. Goalen Head is farmland so probably unsuitable for camping. Bunga Head is unknown, but the Ranger for Mimosa Rocks National Park should be able to advise. Aragunnu Beach has bush car camping and a creek for water. South of here there are no tracks on the headlands and the scrub is very thick. The rocks are vertically bedded and very sharp, so the 3 km to Picnic Beach could take 4 hours or more, so beware. There are streams for water and small places for a tent. 
-and the scrub is very thick. The rocks are vertically bedded and very + 
-sharp, so the 3 km to Picnic Beach could take 4 hours or more, so beware. There are streams for water and small places for a tent. +You can drive the 5 km into Aragunnu: turn off 23 km south of Bermagui where signposted. Good camping, fishing, surfing, birdwatching. 
-YOu can drive the 5 km into Aragannu: turn off 23 km south of Bermagui where signposted. Good camping, fishing, surfing, birdwatching. + 
-(e) Ben Boyd National Park. North - not explored. South - car camping by booking. No bushwalking with camping is allowed. Return day walk between BIttangabee Bay and Saltwater Creek 18 km, mostly heath and deeply incised rocky inlets. No need to camp in the Park, but if desired, phone N.P.& W.S. Eden (0649)61434. +(e) **Ben Boyd National Park.** North - not explored. South - car camping by booking. No bushwalking with camping is allowed. Return day walk between Bittangabee Bay and Saltwater Creek 18 km, mostly heath and deeply incised rocky inlets. No need to camp in the Park, but if desired, phone N.P.& W.S. Eden (0649)61434. 
-March, 1985 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER Page 13 + 
-(f) Nadgee Nature Reserve. This is primarily a scientific reference area. Write up to three months before required date to: +(f) **Nadgee Nature Reserve.** This is primarily a scientific reference area. Write up to three months before required date to:\\ 
-Officer in Charge, Eden District N.P. & W.S., +Officer in Charge, Eden District N.P. & W.S.,\\ 
-Box 186 P.O., EDEN. N.S.W. 2551. +Box 186 P.O., EDEN. N.S.W. 2551.\\ 
-or phone (0649) 61434 as for Ben Boyd, or call in on the off-chance as we did. Buy your maps in Sydney or at the Forestry office upstairs in +or phone (0649) 61434 as for Ben Boyd, or call in on the off-chance as we did. Buy your maps in Sydney or at the Forestry office upstairs in the same building. 
-the same building. + 
-Your application should state your reasons for wishing to visit Nadgee. We are keen on wildflowers, which are in dwarf prostrate forms on the moors and flowering in abundance in January. The birds are prolific, +Your application should state your reasons for wishing to visit Nadgee. We are keen on wildflowers, which are in dwarf prostrate forms on the moors and flowering in abundance in January. The birds are prolific, e.g. ground parrots, sea eagles. It is not scenic in a spectacular way except from Ospreys Outlook on Impressa Moor. Only one campsite has abundant good water, at the hut on Nadgee River, which is a sheltered forest site. Nadgee Lake has a pleasant site, but exposed to southerlies. In three days you can see the area south of Newtons Beach. Make sure your car has a light load and high clearance as the road is steep and rough. 
-e.g. ground parrots, sea eagles. It is not scenic in a spectacular way + 
-except from Ospreys Outlook on Impressa Moor. Only one campsite has +(g) **Mount Imlay National Park.** At 888 metres, Mount Imlay provides a full panorama of the coast around Eden, south to Victoria and west over mountain ranges including pockets of seldom visited national parks. We made camp at the end of the road, using tank water, and did the return walk on a very steep track in the three hours as suggested in the information sheet obtained in the Eden office. 
-abundant good wster, at the hut on Nadgee River, which is a sheltered +
-forest site. Nadgee Lake has a pleasant site, but exposed to southerlies. In three days you can see the area south of Newtons Beach. Make sure your car has a light load and high clearance as the road is steep and rough. +
-(g) Mt. Imlay National Park. At 888 metres, Mount Imlay provides a full panorama of the coast around Eden, south to Victoria and west over mountain ranges including pockets of seldom visited national parks. We made camp at the end of the road, using tank water, and did the return walk on a very steep track in the three hours as suggested in the information sheet obtained in the Eden office.+
 Now all we need is another holiday to explore all the bits we missed in between our walks. Now all we need is another holiday to explore all the bits we missed in between our walks.
-* * * * * * * * * * + 
-ADDENDUM. +==== Addendum ==== 
 An article on Nadgee with coloured photos aDpears in "Nature and Health", Vol. 5 No.4 Spring 1984 (Available at health food stores and newsagents). An article on Nadgee with coloured photos aDpears in "Nature and Health", Vol. 5 No.4 Spring 1984 (Available at health food stores and newsagents).
-"WILD PLACES" by Peter Prineas has a chapter on Nadgee with photographs by S.B.W. member Henry Gold. It is at present on sale at + 
-a reduced price in the city. +"WILD PLACES" by Peter Prineas has a chapter on Nadgee with photographs by SBW member Henry Gold. It is at present on sale at a reduced price in the city. 
-******** + 
-"I WUNT BE DRUV!"  +===== "I WUNT BE DRUV!" ===== 
-S.B.W. banner given by Doreen Berry recently to our Secretary has a story behind it. OUr older members are invited - nay, challenged! - + 
-to send in their version of its history. CLUE - E. Yardley drew the pig. +S.B.W. banner given by Doreen Berry recently to our Secretary has a story behind it. OUr older members are invited - nay, challenged! - to send in their version of its history. CLUE - E. Yardley drew the pig. 
-eastwood + 
-camping +===== The Country with a Human Face ===== 
-ce + 
-BUSHWALKERS +
-Lightweight Tents  Sleeping Bags  Rucksacks  Climbing 8. Caving Gear' Maps  Clothing  Boots  Food. +
-CAMPING EQUIPMENT Large Tents  Stoves  Lamps- Folding Furniture. +
-DISTRIBUTORS OF: +
-Paddymade  Karrimor  Berghaus  Hallmark  Bergans  Caribee  Fairydown  Silva  Primus' Companion  and all leading brands. +
-Proprietors: Jack Et Nancy Fox Sales Manager: David Fox +
-EASTVVOOD CANVAS GOODS & CAMPING SUPPLIES 3 Trelawney St Eastwood NSW 2122 Phone: 858 2775 +
-Rutledge Street +
-Rowe Street +
-March, 1985 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER Page 15 +
-THE COUNTRY WITH A HUMAN FACE. +
 PART 3. by Wal Liddle. PART 3. by Wal Liddle.
 +
 (Wal continues his account of a 16 day bike/bus tour - cycling 660 kms - through Southern China, from the Macau border to Canton and then north to Hot Springs.) (Wal continues his account of a 16 day bike/bus tour - cycling 660 kms - through Southern China, from the Macau border to Canton and then north to Hot Springs.)
-AT FOSHAN.  + 
-That night we celebrated Lorraine's birthday with an iced cake decorated with a bicycle design. A noisy wedding party was proceeding +==== At Foshan ==== 
-in a room next to ours, and halfway through our own celebrations the bride and groom entered with a tray of offerings containing sweets, + 
-trinkets and small denomination paper notes. The bride was dressed in +That night we celebrated Lorraine's birthday with an iced cake decorated with a bicycle design. A noisy wedding party was proceeding in a room next to ours, and halfway through our own celebrations the bride and groom entered with a tray of offerings containing sweets, trinkets and small denomination paper notes. The bride was dressed in 
-a pink suit, the groom in a dark grey suit without a tie and both wore +a pink suit, the groom in a dark grey suit without a tie and both wore a red feather, the Chinese symbol for happiness. Suddenly a loud crackling noise, like machine gun fire, penetrated the room. This was the traditional method of celebrating a wedding, by setting off a string of crackers at the hotel's entry gate. The longer the string, the louder the noise, the more prestigious the occasion; but what a racket! The Communist Party has tried to stamp out expensive wedding feasts like these but has not succeeded.  
-a red feather, the Chinese symbol for happiness. Suddenly a loud + 
-crackling noise, like machine gun fire, penetrated the room. This was +The next day we visited the Foshan Arts and Crafts Centre where silk lampshades, hand-crafted paintings and ceramic masks were made. Phillip and Lesley played a game of foot shuttlecock with some of the office staff in their lunch hour. The cock consisted of round leather disks stitched together with brightly coloured feathers attached. The object of the game is to pass the "cock" from player to player without it falling to the ground. Phillip in his enthusiasm to keep the cock "alive" kicked it over the balcony to the gound, one storey below. The Chinese laughed! 
-the traditional method of celebrating a wedding, by setting off a + 
-string of crackers at the hotel's entry gate. The longer the string, +From Foshan to Shaoquing proved to be a long, gruelling day relieved by a picnic lunch by the side of the road. We feasted on tinned dace (fish), pork, steamed white bread and Baiyun Beer, and somebody forgot to bring the tin opener. On arrival at Shaoquing, hot and dirty, we were informed that the boiler had broken down. We were amazed to see the staff of the hotel emptying all the thermos flasks and heating water on fuel stoves, to satisfy our needs. 
-the louder the noise, the more prestigious the occasion; but what a + 
-racket! The Communist Party has tried to stamp out expensive wedding +Shaoquing was surrounded by vast man-made lakes, out of which rose high mountain peaks, hence the name for the district, Seven Star Crags. A Buddhist monastery was located on the top of Mount Dinghu, in the middle of a national conservation area. Our lunch consisted of a hot vegetarian meal served by the monks who were dressed in dull yellow and brown robes. The abbot indicated that the monastery had seen better times, under the Chinese Emperors, when 1,000 monks lived here. He said that part of the present buildings had been destroyed at the time of the "Red Guards Movement" but this damage had been repaired by the new Chinese leadership. One of the worshippers asked Lorraine to remove her shoes when she entered a sacred area to photograph the three Golden Buddhas. 
-feasts like these but has not succeeded. + 
-The next day we visited the Foshan Arts and Crafts Centre where silk lampshades, hand-crafted paintings and ceramic masks were made. Phillip and Lesley played a game of foot shuttlecock with some of the office staff +Returning to our hotel we were greeted by three 15-year-old girls who wanted to improve their language skills. They lived in a sugar cane commune nearby and had been given permission to visit us by the "house mother". They were dressed in bright and colourful clothing and one was wearing a hand-knitted jumper in an Eskimo design. The girls were shy and found it difficult to cope with our accents but told us that all of them wished to become teachers of English, a compulsory subject in schools. 
-in their lunch hour. The cock consisted of round leather disks stitched + 
-together with brightly coloured feathers attached. The object of the +We had our evening meal on the third floor of a Tea House, filled with Chinese from all walks of life. I was intrigued by a group of men and women who were cooking strips of meat and leafy vegetables over a small coal-burning brazier. Mr Ou Song Chiang spoke to me in English, introducing his fellow executives from the China National Arts and Crafts Company who were being entertained on his expense account. He had just returned from a sales promotion trip to Sydney. 
-game is to pass the "cock" from player to player without it falling to the + 
-ground. Phillip in his enthusiasm to keep the cock "alive" kicked it +On Wednesday we arose early, preparatory to cycling halfway to Guangzhou (formerly Canton), a distance of 52 kms. The countryside was beautiful, with deep blue misty mountains in the background, the lower parts being terraced with rice fields. The cyclists were strung out over a distance of 2 kms with the support truck at the rear. As Malcolm and I came over a rise, a dramatic sight met our eyes, a portent of impending tragedy. Coming towards us was a motor bike and side car containing two blue uniformed military police and a white uniformed traffic policeman. All looked resplendent with brass buttons and red stars but seemed out of place in this peaceful rural scene. We found out the whole story at our lunch spot when we were joined by other members of the group. 
-over the balcony to the gound, one storey below. The Chinese laughed! +The policemen had been travelling to a village where a crime had been committed. One of the male workers had gone berserk with an axe, seriously injuring an old man. The rest of the village beat up the assailant and secured him with rope. The police arrived, arrested the madman, commandeered our support truck and drove the victim to hospital. Apparently some tempers had been inflamed by the old man receiving money from his sons in Hung Kong, to build a house. The "axe wielder" resented the gift, as wages in Hong Kong were on a grand scale, compared to the low rates of pay in China. 
-From Foshan to Shaoquing proved to be a long, gruelling day +
-relieved by a picniclunch by the side of the road. We feasted on tinned dace (fish), pork, steamed white bread and Baiyun Beer, and somebody forgot to bring the tin opener. On arrival at Shaoquing, hot and dirty, +
-we were informed that the boiler had broken down. We were amazed to see the staff of the hotel emptying all the thermos flasks and heating water on fuel stoves, to satisfy our needs. +
-Shaoquing was surrounded by vast man-made lakes, out of which rose high mountain peaks, hence the name for the district, Seven Star Crags. A Buddhist monastery was located on the top of Mount Dinghu, in the middle of a national conservation area. Our lunch consisted of a hot +
-vegetarian meal served by the monks who were dressed in dull yellow and +
-brown robes. The abbot indicated that the monastery had seen better +
-times, under the Chinese Emperors, when 1,000 monks lived here. He said +
-that part of the present buildings had been destroyed at the time of the "Red Guards Movement" but this damage had been repaired by the new +
-Chinese leadership. One of the worshippers asked Lorraine to remove her +
-shoes when she entered a sacred area to photograph the three Golden Buddhas. +
-Returning to our hotel we were greeted by three 15-year-old girls who wanted to improve their language skills. They lived in a sugar cane +
-commune nearby and had been given permission to visit us by the "house +
-mother". They were dressed in bright and colourful clothing and one was +
-wearing a hand-knitted jumper in an Eskimo design. The girls were shy and found it difficult to cope with our accents but told us that all of them wished to become teachers of English, a compulsory subject in schools. +
-We had our evening meal on the third floor of a Tea House, filled with Chinese from all walks of life. I was intrigued by a group of men +
-Page 16 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER March, 1985 +
-and women who were cooking strips of meat and leafy vegetables over d small coal-burning brazier. Mr. Ou Song Chiang spoke to me in English, introducing his fellow executives from the China National Arts and +
-Crafts Company who were being entertained on his expense account. He had just returned from a sales promotion trip to Sydney. +
-On Wednesday we arose early, preparatory to cycling halfway to Guangzhou (formerly Canton), a distance of 52 kms. The countryside was +
-beautiful, with deep blue misty mountains in the background, the lower +
-parts being terraced with rice fields. The cyclists were strung out over a distance of 2 kms with the support truck at the rear. As Malcolm and I came over a rise, a dramatic sight met our eyes, a portent of impending +
-tragedy. Coming towards us was a motor bike and side car containing two blue uniformed military police and a white uniformed traffic policeman. All looked resplendent with brass buttons and red stars but seemed out of place in this peaceful rural scene. We found out the whole story at our lunch spot when we were joined by other members of the group. +
-The policemen had been travelling to a village where a crime had been committed. One of the male workers had gone berserk with an axe, +
-seriously injuring an old man. The rest of thevillage beat up the +
-assailant and secured him with rope. The police arrived, arrested the madman, commandeered our support truck and drove the victim to hospital. Apparently some tempers had been inflamed by the old man receiving money +
-from his sons in Hung Kong, to build a house. The "axe wielder" resented the gift, as wages in Hong Kong were on a grand scale, compared to the low rates of pay in China.+
 That afternoon we experienced the physical evidence of the assault when we loaded our bikes into the truck and saw the blood on the tail gate! That afternoon we experienced the physical evidence of the assault when we loaded our bikes into the truck and saw the blood on the tail gate!
-March, 1985 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER Page 17 + 
-CANTON & HOT SPRINGS +===== Canton and Hot Springs ===== 
 As we approached Canton, we saw a most peculiar sign which said "Don't Drink And Drive", and featured two drunk Chinese on bicycles. We then realized how appropriate the sign was because there are no private cars in China, only taxi cabs and consular vehicles. As we approached Canton, we saw a most peculiar sign which said "Don't Drink And Drive", and featured two drunk Chinese on bicycles. We then realized how appropriate the sign was because there are no private cars in China, only taxi cabs and consular vehicles.
 +
 Our accommodation was at a super luxurious hotel on the outskirts of Canton, with everything laid on for the Western visitors, including room service and coffee. We attended a disco in the neighbouring Nanhu Hotel, where we found a number of Japanese businessmen dancing to the latest Western tunes, with flashing strip lights in the background. We thought the price of 10 Yuan rather steep, but our hosts indicated that the charge was comparable to similar resorts in Hawaii and Japan. They said that the price was set at that level to discourage participation by the local Chinese. Our accommodation was at a super luxurious hotel on the outskirts of Canton, with everything laid on for the Western visitors, including room service and coffee. We attended a disco in the neighbouring Nanhu Hotel, where we found a number of Japanese businessmen dancing to the latest Western tunes, with flashing strip lights in the background. We thought the price of 10 Yuan rather steep, but our hosts indicated that the charge was comparable to similar resorts in Hawaii and Japan. They said that the price was set at that level to discourage participation by the local Chinese.
-Our bus stopped at the market town of Taiping to pick up a young Chinese nurse en route to Hot Springs. The town was packed with people + 
-on their way to visit relatives or on shopping expeditions. Small welding workshops and tinning factories abutted the town square, and ready-made clothing was featured on many of the street stalls. A sign on one of the building stated World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre for Primary Health. Next door was the Conchua County Public Health Bureau. Numerous billposters extolled the virtues of birth control with the slogan "One Child is Glory". A loudspeaker van sped by extolling the same theme. The wallboards in the town square displayed photos of drug smugglers, petty +Our bus stopped at the market town of Taiping to pick up a young Chinese nurse en route to Hot Springs. The town was packed with people on their way to visit relatives or on shopping expeditions. Small welding workshops and tinning factories abutted the town square, and ready-made clothing was featured on many of the street stalls. A sign on one of the building stated World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre for Primary Health. Next door was the Conchua County Public Health Bureau. Numerous billposters extolled the virtues of birth control with the slogan "One Child is Glory". A loudspeaker van sped by extolling the same theme. The wallboards in the town square displayed photos of drug smugglers, petty thieves and large-scale embezzlers wanted for their crimes. The captions stated "CONSOLIDATE THE SOCIALIST DEMOCRACY JUDICIARY SYSTEM!" 
-thieves and large-scale embezzlers wanted for their cri es. The captions stated "CONSOLIDATE THE SOCIALIST DEMOCRACY JUDICIARY SYSTEM!"+
 As we left the town our young nurse stood in the open doorway of the bus, waving and shouting remarks to her teenage friends. As we left the town our young nurse stood in the open doorway of the bus, waving and shouting remarks to her teenage friends.
-At Hot Springs, we were billeted in large guest houses, a la Katoomba style, the villas being constructed by the Chinese and Russians + 
-in the 1950s when an amicable relationship existed between the two countries. The bedrooms were huge with a large enclosed verandah across the front of the building. We had every amenity including a sunken bath, with piped water from the hot mineral springs. A large entertainment hall with a dance floor, billiard and tennis tables, was located in the grounds. +At Hot Springs, we were billeted in large guest houses, a la Katoomba style, the villas being constructed by the Chinese and Russians in the 1950s when an amicable relationship existed between the two countries. The bedrooms were huge with a large enclosed verandah across the front of the building. We had every amenity including a sunken bath, with piped water from the hot mineral springs. A large entertainment hall with a dance floor, billiard and tennis tables, was located in the grounds. 
-The tourist centre was also used for Government conferences as we found out when walking along one of the back streets. We were stopped by a Red Army soldier with a rifle held at the ready. He made it clear that + 
-we were to proceed no further. As we retraced our steps, a group of elderly Chinese clad in dark blue padded cotton jackets and trousers emerged from the buildings. +The tourist centre was also used for Government conferences as we found out when walking along one of the back streets. We were stopped by a Red Army soldier with a rifle held at the ready. He made it clear that we were to proceed no further. As we retraced our steps, a group of elderly Chinese clad in dark blue padded cotton jackets and trousers emerged from the buildings. 
-That afternoon, we were joined by Charles Ng, the Managing Director of Cross Point Tours, who had flown in from Hong Kong to meet us. He was + 
-a small-boned, middle-aged man who was very affable, joining in all our fun. Charles had been norn into one of the classical Southern Chinese families and at the age of five had actually witnessed executions of landlords by the new Communist Government. Although his mother and father had escaped death, their land was appropriated and the family fled to HOng Kong. At the age of 14. Charles had caught a cargo boat to Sydney, and after a few years graduated as a TV technician from NOrth Sydney Technical College.+That afternoon, we were joined by Charles Ng, the Managing Director of Cross Point Tours, who had flown in from Hong Kong to meet us. He was a small-boned, middle-aged man who was very affable, joining in all our fun. Charles had been born into one of the classical Southern Chinese families and at the age of five had actually witnessed executions of landlords by the new Communist Government. Although his mother and father had escaped death, their land was appropriated and the family fled to HOng Kong. At the age of 14. Charles had caught a cargo boat to Sydney, and after a few years graduated as a TV technician from NOrth Sydney Technical College.
 He had worked for WIN 5, Wollongong Television, for a number of He had worked for WIN 5, Wollongong Television, for a number of
 years and had been active in the organisation of the China Day celebrations in the Haymarket, Sydney. Returning to Hong Kong, he bacamea producer of years and had been active in the organisation of the China Day celebrations in the Haymarket, Sydney. Returning to Hong Kong, he bacamea producer of
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