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- | |Page Rafting the Franklin|David Lewis| 2| | ||
- | |College Plans Bushwalking Guides Course| | 5| | ||
- | |All You Need to Know About Bushwalking|Paul Sharp| 7| | ||
- | |The Country With a Human Face - Part 2|Wal Liddle| 8| | ||
- | |In Retrospect|Bill Gamble|10| | ||
- | |The Annual General Meeting & The Annual Reunion| |12| | ||
- | |"You Should Enjoy This Next Bit ..." | ||
- | |St. John Ambulance First Aid Certificate Course| |14| | ||
- | |Stop Press: Obituary - Myles Dunphy O.B.E.| |15| | ||
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|Social Notes|Bill Holland|20| | |Social Notes|Bill Holland|20| | ||
|Annual Subscriptions 1985| |20| | |Annual Subscriptions 1985| |20| | ||
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+ | ===== The Snowy Mountains Trip - January '85. ===== | ||
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+ | by Ben Esgate. | ||
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+ | Round Mountain, Mt. Selwyn, via Jagungal and Table Top plus two days at Blue Water Holes. | ||
- | Page 2 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER April, 1985. | ||
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- | THE SNOWY MOUNTAINS TRIP - JANUARY 185. | ||
- | by Ben Esgate. RoundMotainM- a.JanalandunI' | ||
- | plus two days at Blue Water Holes. | ||
Maps: Khancoban - Denison - Cabramurra. | Maps: Khancoban - Denison - Cabramurra. | ||
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This New Year's walking trip started with a party consisting of:- Janette Kenrick, Vivien Schaffer, Peter Christian, Jeff McIntosh, Chris Nugent, Don Matthews, Jim Morris, and myself leading. We had arranged to meet at the Cabramurra turn-off on the Snowy Mountains Highway, near Kiandra, at 12 noon, December 31st. | This New Year's walking trip started with a party consisting of:- Janette Kenrick, Vivien Schaffer, Peter Christian, Jeff McIntosh, Chris Nugent, Don Matthews, Jim Morris, and myself leading. We had arranged to meet at the Cabramurra turn-off on the Snowy Mountains Highway, near Kiandra, at 12 noon, December 31st. | ||
- | By 2 pm there was still one car missing causing some concern, as those present having had lunch were considering how you locate missing travellers between Sydney and Kiandra. A brown blurr.appeared and with | ||
- | tyres screeching, the problem was solved. Peter, Vivin and Janette had been to Yass by iiistake (??). We moved on to Mt. Selwyn ski car park | ||
- | where Jim and I transferred to other cars. Then on to Round Mountain turn-off, 30 km via Cabramurra. | ||
- | Round Mountain. | ||
- | Having parked cars, we started out on the Round Mountain fire trail under a very overcast sky, with a S.E. breeze in the face. The possibil- | ||
- | ity of reaching a camp site near Pugilistic Creek was now remote, as it was now about 3 pm; by 3.30 pm a heavy drizzle smote us on the face. Jagungal was sighted, but clouds and rain shrouded the crest. However, Peter was at the camera, in spite of the weather looking for the impossible special shot. At 5 pm a gleam of sunlight squeezed through a crack in the cloud, as predicted by Don, but it still went on raining. Near by on a | ||
- | ridge top, some flat ground lay among the snow gums, so a camp was made | ||
- | there. New Year's Eve was passed with a lot of drying out and wetting in, wine by Peter, champayne by Jim, with a good fire being enjoyed by all. | ||
- | The New Year's Greetings Was in the form of very threatening low | ||
- | cloud. The mid-morning rest on Pugilistic Creek found patches of sunlight | ||
- | brightening the day. The other bright spot was Peter and Vivien busily | ||
- | gathering gold, "Fools Gold", by thehandful, much to the enjoyment of the onlookers. With walking conditions now much improved we pushed on to the junction with the Grey Mare trail at the head of Tooma Swamp and Tumut River saddle. Turning N.E. along the Grey Mare trail, past the N.W. base | ||
- | of Jagungal, we ca e to rest at the S.M.A. rain and weather station for lunch. | ||
- | Jagungal. | ||
- | The billies were boiled and the worms fed. Our packs were then stowed in the scrub and we plunged slowly up the north ridge leading to the top of Jagungal. A strong cool breeze from the S.E. let us know we were on top. The day was now a Snowy Mountains very best, with light scattered cloud amidst the bright blue yonder. The camera addicts were now in their glory gathering evidence. This was the show piece of the | ||
- | area as everybody agreed. So off over the brink and down the side to | ||
- | gather our baggage. In the course of doing this it became obvious that | ||
- | two of the party were missing, Peter and Vivien. Some time later, after | ||
- | a general rest up, I suggested that a note should suffice, mainly to direct them along the trail to the O' | ||
- | was placed on Vivien' | ||
- | camped out. It was well worth it after the previous night. | ||
- | The sun was setting and no Peter and Vivien. I said to Don, " | ||
- | April, 1985. | ||
- | THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER | ||
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+ | By 2 pm there was still one car missing causing some concern, as those present having had lunch were considering how you locate missing travellers between Sydney and Kiandra. A brown blurr appeared and with tyres screeching, the problem was solved. Peter, Vivien and Janette had been to Yass by mistake (??). We moved on to Mt. Selwyn ski car park where Jim and I transferred to other cars. Then on to Round Mountain turn-off, 30 km via Cabramurra. | ||
+ | === Round Mountain. === | ||
- | r | + | Having parked cars, we started out on the Round Mountain fire trail under a very overcast sky, with a S.E. breeze in the face. The possibility of reaching a camp site near Pugilistic Creek was now remote, as it was now about 3 pm; by 3.30 pm a heavy drizzle smote us on the face. Jagungal was sighted, but clouds and rain shrouded the crest. However, Peter was at the camera, in spite of the weather looking for the impossible special shot. At 5 pm a gleam of sunlight squeezed through a crack in the cloud, as predicted by Don, but it still went on raining. Near by on a ridge top, some flat ground lay among the snow gums, so a camp was made there. New Year's Eve was passed with a lot of drying out and wetting in, wine by Peter, champayne by Jim, with a good fire being enjoyed by all. |
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- | " | + | The New Year's Greetings was in the form of very threatening low cloud. The mid-morning rest on Pugilistic Creek found patches of sunlight brightening the day. The other bright spot was Peter and Vivien busily gathering gold, "Fools Gold", by the handful, much to the enjoyment of the onlookers. With walking conditions now much improved we pushed on to the junction with the Grey Mare trail at the head of Tooma Swamp and Tumut River saddle. Turning N.E. along the Grey Mare trail, past the N.W. base of Jagungal, we came to rest at the S.M.A. rain and weather station for lunch. |
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- | - | + | === Jagungal. === |
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+ | The billies were boiled and the worms fed. Our packs were then stowed in the scrub and we plunged slowly up the north ridge leading to the top of Jagungal. A strong cool breeze from the S.E. let us know we were on top. The day was now a Snowy Mountains very best, with light scattered cloud amidst the bright blue yonder. The camera addicts were now in their glory gathering evidence. This was the show piece of the area as everybody agreed. So off over the brink and down the side to gather our baggage. In the course of doing this it became obvious that two of the party were missing, Peter and Vivien. Some time later, after a general rest up, I suggested that a note should suffice, mainly to direct them along the trail to the O' | ||
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+ | The sun was setting and no Peter and Vivien. I said to Don, "I'll give them 10 minutes" | ||
+ | |||
+ | The morning found us moving off into "The Doubtful" | ||
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+ | [ Map ] | ||
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+ | === The Race. === | ||
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+ | Leaving the Grey Mare trail at this point, we turned E.N.E. towards the junction of Tibeaudo Creek with McGregor' | ||
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+ | There were no camp sites handy, 20° slopes everywhere except on a spot already taken. I said to Don, "That next gully should be O.K." It proved to be good enough. Janette, being tired, felt like sleeping in the hut, so I chatted with the winners and found they were only going to cook there. So I decided to camp in, too. All was peaceful at bedtime except for the breeze coming through the cracks in the floor. Then " | ||
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+ | Dawn broke with no rain but very low clouds. Then the " | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Table Top. === | ||
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+ | Breakfast over, all were ready to go, so off again up Arsenic Ridge. The " | ||
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- | Leaving the Grey Mare trail at this point, we turned E.N.E. towards the junction of Tibeaudo Creek with 1cGregor' | ||
- | I decided to make for the Brooks hut on Arsenic Ridge, E.N.E. from Tibeaudo Creek, for the night. We crossed onto Happy Jacks trail to gain access to7Arsenic Creek. We found the old single 'pole bridge crossing of Happy Jacks Creek intact, then on to Arsenic Creek, sideling on to the ridge | ||
- | with overhead looking very bad indeed v,I-ch luck the hut should be within 2 km, around a few more knolls and gullies and there it was, 200 metres | ||
- | away, so near yet so far WE had lost the race. Sure enough some bush- walkers coming down from Kiandra had just opened the door and staked their claim. | ||
- | There were no camp sites handy, 200 slopes everywhere except on a spot already taken. I said to Don, That next gully should be O.K." It proved to be good enouzh. Janette, beiru;.: tired, felt like sleeping in | ||
- | Page 4 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER April, 1985. | ||
- | the hut, so I chatted with the winners and found they were only going to cook there. So I decided to camp in, too. All was peaceful at bedtime except for the breeze coming through the cracks in the floor. Then " | ||
- | Dawn broke with no rain but very low clouds. Then the " | ||
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- | Table Top. | ||
- | Breakfast over, all were ready to go, so off again up Arsenic Ridge. The " | ||
Turning north along this with visibility very poor and hands in pockets or in gloves, our thoughts were on lunch, probably at Table Top Creek. This proved otherwise - no water - so we marched on past the Nine Mile Diggings and had a late lunch on the Nine Mile Creek. With hot soups and tea, we were all warmed up and aiming for the Four Mile hut for the night' | Turning north along this with visibility very poor and hands in pockets or in gloves, our thoughts were on lunch, probably at Table Top Creek. This proved otherwise - no water - so we marched on past the Nine Mile Diggings and had a late lunch on the Nine Mile Creek. With hot soups and tea, we were all warmed up and aiming for the Four Mile hut for the night' | ||
- | There was one t,',nk in the above hut, claimed by Janette, room for one on the floor, my bunk. The rest found flat spots in the lumpy ground. | ||
- | Early to bed this night, no rain, no nip in the air. | ||
- | However, it was not to be. Some time after midnight a plaintive voice came drifting across, " | ||
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- | April, 1985 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER Page 5 | + | [ Drawing of the Four Mile Hut, from teh S.E. ] |
- | Janette, "If it's well fed we" | + | |
- | We were packed ready to shove off when, " | + | There was one bunk in the above hut, claimed by Janette, room for one on the floor, my bunk. The rest found flat spots in the lumpy ground. Early to bed this night, no rain, no nip in the air. |
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+ | However, it was not to be. Some time after midnight a plaintive voice came drifting across, " | ||
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We lunched at the Three Mile Dam, then off to the Blue Water Holes via Long Plain. There we had a good rest camp, plenty of good water again, caving scenery in the Gorge and oodles of trout. So ended the Snowy Mountains Trip, January, 1985! | We lunched at the Three Mile Dam, then off to the Blue Water Holes via Long Plain. There we had a good rest camp, plenty of good water again, caving scenery in the Gorge and oodles of trout. So ended the Snowy Mountains Trip, January, 1985! | ||
- | * * * * * * * * | + | |
- | REPORT ON APRIL COMMITTEE MEETING. | + | ---- |
- | The Bush Dance to be held on 3rd May by the Federation B,W. is | + | |
- | being held to raise funds for a custom-built $7,000 trailer for S. & R. | + | === Report On The April Committee Meeting. === |
- | Steve and Wendy Hodgman wil not be returning to Sydney or retaining membership of the Club. We will miss them as leaders of walks and bike trips, stirrers to go on S. & R. practices, and as companions in the bush. They have joined Northern Rivers | + | |
- | 44444***, | + | The Bush Dance to be held on 3rd May by the Federation B.W. is being held to raise funds for a custom-built $7,000 trailer for S. & R. |
- | NEW MEMBERS. | + | |
- | . The following new members were admitted to the Club in April. Please add their names to your List of Members. | + | Steve and Wendy Hodgman wil not be returning to Sydney or retaining membership of the Club. We will miss them as leaders of walks and bike trips, stirrers to go on S. & R. practices, and as companions in the bush. They have joined Northern Rivers |
- | CASEY, Judy, 19/315 Bondi Road, Bondi, 2026 Phone 339-1313 | + | |
- | BRAY, Greg, H.M.A.S. Penguin, | + | ---- |
- | HUGGETIM,i9kaeParee | + | |
- | SANDNER, Ilse, 14 Taree Avenue, Balgowlah 949-6774 | + | === New Members. === |
- | CasiGRATULATIONS | + | |
- | Page 6 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER April, 1985 | + | The following new members were admitted to the Club in April. Please add their names to your List of Members. |
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+ | * Casey, Judy, 19/315 Bondi Road, Bondi, 2026. Phone 339-1313. | ||
+ | * Bray, Greg, H.M.A.S. Penguin, Balmoral, 2091. 982-6715. | ||
+ | * Huggett, Michael, 14 Taree Avenue, Balgowlah. 949-6774. | ||
+ | * Sandner, Ilse, 14 Taree Avenue, Balgowlah. 949-6774. | ||
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+ | __Congratulations__ | ||
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KOSCIUSKO NATIONAL PARK. 24 - 29 December, 1984. | KOSCIUSKO NATIONAL PARK. 24 - 29 December, 1984. | ||
by Peter Miller. | by Peter Miller. |
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