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 Canberra. A.C.T.
-Every cry in teh wilderness helps!
+Every cry in the wilderness helps!
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+===== Has Conservation Gone Off Course? =====
-HAS CONSERVATION GONE OFF COURSE?
 by Ronald Knightley.
-As old hands would expect from Alex Colley, his February article on the Hon. Bob Carr's January address to S.B.W. was accurate, discerning and highly readable. And yet, to me at least, it neglected the most significant comment
-of the evening, which was the Minister's lament towards its close, "This even-
+As old hands would expect from Alex Colley, his February article on the Hon. Bob Carr's January address to S.B.W. was accurate, discerning and highly readable. And yet, to me at least, it neglected the most significant comment of the evening, which was the Minister's lament towards its close, "This evening has not been at all as I expected it would be... I thought I would be amongst friends." He would do well to ponder on that remark and its possible significance for the future of conservation.
-ing has not been at all as I expected it would be I thought I would be -amongst friends." He would do well to ponder on that remark and its possible significance for the future of conservation.
 S.B.W. rightly prides itself on its achievements in the conservation field. North Era, Garrawarra, Blue Gum Forest, Coolana, the foundation of the National Parks Association of N.S.W. and the drafting of the National Parks and Wildlife Act are but examples of achievements in which, as a club, we played a sole or significant role. Many individual members have engaged in activities above and beyond their membership of the Club, such that no less than four of them have figured in official honours lists, Alex himself among them.
 What does it mean, therefore, when the Minister for Planning and the Environment appears to find us a hostile audience?
-With admirable clarity and suitably muted pride the Minister outlined the achievements and plans of his government and himself, plus his personal victories in recent ministerial power struggles, particularly with the Minister for Natural Resources, then the Hen. Mrs. Janice Crosio. It was in the ensuing question time that the music turned to discord.
-The Minister's first questioner was a long-time ski tourer who wanted to know: now that it is obvious that the Kosciusko ski-tube will cost astronomically more than the government estimates on which its initiation was based (as we said in advance, his questioner alleged), how will the government honour its promise that the skiers themselves would not be economically penalised? The Minister's response about the likely environmental costs of alternatives like "wall to wall car parks in Perisher Valley" avoided reference to the alleged promise;. and I found myself wandering what corner of the ecology might be suffering under the tens of thousands of tonnes of rock being tunnelled out.
+With admirable clarity and suitably muted pride the Minister outlined the achievements and plans of his government and himself, plus his personal victories in recent ministerial power struggles, particularly with the Minister for Natural Resources, then the Hon. Mrs. Janice Crosio. It was in the ensuing question time that the music turned to discord.
-To the next barbed question I personally confess: noting the spreading square kilometres of blackened feather-duster forests left by successive major bushfires in the national parks (looking worse than the reafforested areas of the wood-chippers and limestone miners, I suggested), and noting that Mrs. Crosio's state forests have been virtually free of this scourge for more than a decade, what plans are there for future prevention of these ecological disasterp? The Minister described various lines of research and experiment; but indicated that the problem remained a problem.
+The Minister's first questioner was a long-time ski tourer who wanted to know: now that it is obvious that the Kosciusko ski-tube will cost astronomically more than the government estimates on which its initiation was based (as we said in advance, his questioner alleged), how will the government honour its promise that the skiers themselves would not be economically penalised? The Minister's response about the likely environmental costs of alternatives like "wall to wall car parks in Perisher Valley" avoided reference to the alleged promise; and I found myself wandering what corner of the ecology might be suffering under the tens of thousands of tonnes of rock being tunnelled out.
+To the next barbed question I personally confess: noting the spreading square kilometres of blackened feather-duster forests left by successive major bushfires in the national parks (looking worse than the reafforested areas of the wood-chippers and limestone miners, I suggested), and noting that Mrs. Crosio's state forests have been virtually free of this scourge for more than a decade, what plans are there for future prevention of these ecological disasters? The Minister described various lines of research and experiment; but indicated that the problem remained a problem.
 This triggered a question on a recent bushfire between Mts. Wilson and Tomah, in which a particular forest of beautiful gum trees had been decimated. What plans exist for replanting? None yet, it seemed; which projected Ben Esgate into a typically erudite discourse on the finer points of eucalyptus cultivation.
-Another questioner adverted to Mr. Carr's reference to 100,000 pigs in Kosciusko National Park. "What are you doing about them," she wanted to know.
-This really got me thinking. On my most recent visit to the Snowy Mountains, I had seen that pig-rooting is leaving bigger and more-intractable scars than any that I saw in those far-off sheep and cattle days. What have we done?
+Another questioner adverted to Mr. Carr's reference to 100,000 pigs in Kosciusko National Park. "What are you __doing__ about them," she wanted to know. This really got me thinking. On my most recent visit to the Snowy Mountains, I had seen that pig-rooting is leaving bigger and more-intractable scars than any that I saw in those far-off sheep and cattle days. What have we done? Kicked out the graziers, just to let the pigs in? Is that conservation?
-Kicked out the graziers, just to let the pigs in? Is that conservation?
 Even the president of Federation, in his private capacity as an S.B.W. member, had a barb to cast. How was it that the only rangers he ever saw in national parks were driving around in off-road vehicles? Did this square off with the government's recent subjection of the public to state-wide statutory discipline of off-roaders?
-April, 1986 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER Page 5
-There were other questions, too; and they were nearly all barbed.
+There were other questions, too; and they were nearly all barbed. As I left that evening my impression was, like the Minister's, that he was not among friends. Alex's article, refreshing my memory, widened my concerns.
-As I left that evening my impression was, like the Minister's, that he was not among friends. Alex's article, refreshing my memory, widened my concerns.
-The MInister announced his support for a State Wilderness Act. What need would the community see for yet another conservation act? Are there not sufficient powers in the N.P.W. Act? To illustrate my point, the Kanangra Boyd - Blue Mountains - Wollemi national parks form an almost continuous blanket over Sydney's hinterland, stretching hundreds of kilometres from Wombeyan Caves to Singleton. The N.P.W.S. has already announced that
+The Minister announced his support for a State Wilderness Act. What need would the community see for yet another conservation act? Are there not sufficient powers in the N.P.W. Act? To illustrate my point, the Kanangra Boyd - Blue Mountains - Wollemi national parks form an almost continuous blanket over Sydney's hinterland, stretching hundreds of kilometres from Wombeyan Caves to Singleton. The N.P.W.S. has already announced that 90 per cent of this vast area will be "managed" as wilderness (which sets me wondering why it was not proclaimed wilderness area under the powers already existing in the N.P.W. Act). If this can be done, would it not be more appropriate merely to amend the existing Act, if wider powers are in fact needed?
-per cent of this vast area will be "managed" as wilderness (which sets me wondering why it was not proclaimed wilderness area under the powers already
-existing in the N.P.W. Act). If this can be done, would it not be more appropriate merely to amend the existing Act, if wider powers are in fact needed?
+Alex reported Mr. Carr as aiming "to preserve a small part of the State essentially as it was when Europeans first stepped on our shores". There are few if any areas in such condition, for Nature herself has rung the changes. To give just a few examples. Who, now, can run full tilt down Strongleg or the Wild Dogs, or do a pre-lunch dash from Cloudmaker to the Cox-Kowmung junction, as we old wrinklies did in our youth? You might just as well try to run through a bamboo jungle. Who can scree-run from atop Mt. Ayr to Bungonia Creek in minutes, or similarly from King Pin to the Shoalhaven? No more can we enjoy those glorious swims in Lake Louise, for it no longer exists. Remember the beautiful grass flats of our reunions at Woods Creek, eclipsed by the encroaching cutty grass? Reserve, yes; but let us not delude ourselves that the ecology, left to itself, is immutable.
-Alex reported Mr. Carr as aiming "to preserve a small part of the State essentially as it was when Europeans first stepped on our shores". There are few if any areas in such condition, for Nature herself has rung the changes. To give just a few examples. Who, now, can run full tilt down Strongleg or the Wild Dogs, or do a pre-lunch dash from Cloudmaker to the Cox-Kowmung junction, as we old wrinklies did in our youth? You might just as well try to run through a bamboo jungle. Who can scree-run from atop Mt. Ayr to Bungonia Creek in minutes, or similarly from King Pin to the
-Shoalhaven? No more can we enjoy those glorious swims in Lake Louise, for it no longer exists. Remember the beautiful grass flats of our reunions at Woods Creek, eclipsed by the encroaching cutty grass? Reserve, yes; but let us not delude ourselves that the ecology, left to itself, is immutable.
 On the Minister's reference to Reagan's reversal of Carter's conservationism I have this to offer: the U.S.A. electorate gave Reagan a mandate to continue, by electing him for a further term!
 Mr. Carr's words on the environmental plan for the Kosciusko surrounds set me wondering: is it right that the people of Sydney and elsewhere should dictate, through Macquarie Street, how the people of Jindabyne, etc. should govern their lives? On consulting the document itself, I applauded its philosophical objectives but found its detailed provisions hauntingly redolent of the type of Big-Brother government that I have personally witnessed in the euphemistically-labelled "Centrally Planned Economies".
-Alex reported that the I.U.C.N. rated "our system" as one of the five best in the world. Regrettably, I would not rate our National Parks and Wildlife Service so highly. I would rate the services in Queensland, South
-Australia and Victoria ahead, while personal observation overseas leads me to higher ratings for Canada, Japan, Kenya, New Zealand, U.S.A. and Zambia at
+Alex reported that the I.U.C.N. rated "our system" as one of the five best in the world. Regrettably, I would not rate our National Parks and Wildlife __Service__ so highly. I would rate the services in Queensland, South Australia and Victoria ahead, while personal observation overseas leads me to higher ratings for Canada, Japan, Kenya, New Zealand, U.S.A. and Zambia at least. Let me hasten, however, to defend the Service in N.S.W. I believe it to be in total overload through massive creation of national parks, etc. without matching increase in staffing and finance. The overload is illustrated by such matters as inviting amateurs and academics to draft some of the plans of management required under the Act, while the draft plans for the Kanangra-Boyd, Blue Mountains and Wollemi national parks appear to have been postponed indefinitely.
-least. Let me hasten, however, to defend the Service in N.S.W. I believe
-it to be in total overload through massive creation of national parks, etc.
+The reference to Mr. Wran as a "dedicated conservationist" intrigued me. This is the self-same Neville Wran who directed the N.P.W.S. to rewrite its Corporate Plan after declaring Labor to be "adamant in opposing" much of the Lewis government's conservation policy! I still have the quoted words, in typing, over Mr. Wran's personal signature.
-without matching increase in staffing and finance. The overload is illus-
-trated by such matters as inviting amateurs and academics to draft some of the plans of management required under the Act, while the draft plans for the Kanangra-Boyd, Blue Mountains and Wollemi national parks appear to have been postponed indefinitely.
+Listening to Mr. Carr on the night and thinking over it since, I could not but remark the striking similarity between his pronouncements, now, and those of the Hon. Mr. Tom Lewis in those heady 1970's days when we all thought that Mr. Lewis was the Creator's greatest gift to conservationists; and of the similarity between Mr. Carr's recent Coalition quotes and Labor's adamant opposition in those times. Nor could I help remembering how roundly the elctorate consigned the Lewis government to past history.
-The reference to Mr. Wran as a "dedicated conservationist" intrigued
-me. This is the self-same Neville Wran who directed the N.P.W.S. to rewrite its Corporate Plan after declaring Labor to be "adamant in opposing" much of
+I am left, therefore, with two worrisome thoughts. In the last 25 years, conservationists have become organised and vociferous. But will we have the great, silent majority of the elctorate with us in the 1988 or earlier elctions? Or will it, as in the U.S.A., think that we are going too far, too fast and seek to redress our former gains? If conservationists have stirred up the thousands of four-wheel drivers and the even more numerous fishermen, and if even S.B.W. bares its teeth to the Minister most responsible, does the government's current conservation policy have any real friends left, apart from a few vocal radicals?
-the Lewis government's conservation policy! I still have the quoted words,
-in typing, over Mr. Wran's personal signature.
+And even worse: if, for example, we are really opening up Kosciusko to the pigs and other national parks to bushfires instead of people, have we even convinced ourselves that conservation is going in all the right directions?
-Listening to Mr. Carr on the night and thinking over it since, I could not but remark the striking similarity between his pronouncements, now, and
-Page 6 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER April, 1986
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-those of the Hon. Mr. Tom Lewis in those heady 1970's days when we all thought that Mr. Lewis was the Creator's greatest gift to conservationists; and of the similarity between Mr. Carr's recent Coalition quotes and Labor's adamant opposition in those times. Nor could I help remembering how roundly the elctorate consigned the Lewis government to past history.
-I am left, therefore, with two worrisome thoughts. In the last
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-years, conservationists have become organised and vociferous. But will we have the great, silent majority of the elctorate with us in the 1988 or
-earlier elctions? Or will it, as in the U.S.A., think that we are going
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-And even worse: if, for example, we are really opening up Kosciusko
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-to the pigs and other national parks to bushfires instead of people, have we even convinced ourselves that conservation is going in all the right directions?
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-April, 1986 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER Page 7
+Herewith is an eyewitness account of the Peter Miller birthday weekend and cultural workshop written by an attendee who was there and who saw nearly everything; however, some literary licence has been used. The venue for the weekend was the left bank of the Shoalhaven River at Long Point; down the hill, turn left, walk 1000 metres then flop down. The basic, underlying, fundamental reason for the gathering was the n+1th birthday of young Peter Miller combined with a saints and sinners gourmet repast (don't confuse this with a meal attended by gourmet saints and gourmet sinners).
-"I WAS THERE". by Patrick James.
-Herewith is an eyewitness account of the Peter Miller birthday weekend and cultural workshop written by an attendee who was there and who saw nearly everything; however, some literary licence has been used. The venue for the weekend was the left bank of the Shoalhaven River at Long Point; down the hill, turn left, walk 1000 metres then flop down. The
+As the 18 of us started out from the top of Long Point we met an interesting group of young men and a woman all dressed in the finest jungle green the disposal shops can offer and each equiped with a machete. Some machetes were attached to the belt while others showed more imagination or simply more attention to Hollywood detail, i.e. strapped to the back a la Robin Hood's arrows. One small machete was secured upside down over the left breast - ready for a quick draw, or if not careful, an unplanned mastectomy.
-basic, underlying, fundamental reason for the gathering was the n+lth birthday of young Peter Miller combined with a saints and sinners gourmet repast (don't confuse this with a meal attended by gourmet saints and gourmet sinners).
-As the 18 of us started out from the top of Long Point we met an interesting group of young men and a woman all dressed in the finest jungle green the disposal shops can offer and each equiped with a machete. Some machetes
+Our campsite was prepared under the watchful eyes of the birthday boy, a well-cleared area with nothing but dirt to sit on and the firewood heap outside the light of the fire so that at night only the fearless, the reckless or the torch-lighted could get extra fuel. The cultural aspect of the weekend started at 3 pm or, as the machete men would no doubt say, 1500 hours. At least, I think it started at about 3 pm, I did take notes but as the function progressed the notes became shorter and less and less legible so now I'm working from my photographic, eyewitness memory.
-were attached to the belt while others showed more imagination or simply more attention to Hollywood detail, i.e. strapped to the back a la Robin Hood's arrows. One small machete was secured upside down over the left breast - ready for a quick draw, or if not careful, an unplanned mastectomy.
-Our campsite was prepared under the watchful eyes of the birthday boy, a well-cleared area with nothing but dirt to sit on and the firewood heap outside the light of the fire so that at night only the fearless, the reckless or the torch-lighted could get extra fuel. The cultural aspect of the
+Some time before it got dark the gourmet spread was spread. Thirty dishes were presented for our mutual approval together with a number of red and white wines and after dinner port. A hangi was prepared on the river bank that afternoon and served at dusk. A hangi for the non-cultural is kiwi for crock pot: heated stones are placed in a hole in the ground, then food wrapped in banana leaves or alfoil is placed on top, then more hot stones to cover the food. The whole lot is left to cool down or cook. Long pig can be cooked this way.
-weekend started at 3 pm or, as the machete men would no doubt say, 1500
-hours. At least, I think it started at about 3 pm, I did take notes but.as
+Sometime in the afternoon our party members adjourned to their tents to dress-up in order to act out their fantasies of saints and sinners. The fancy dress showed imagination and daring. Seductive dresses, lacy knickers and well-filled tights come to mind as well as Father Christmas and Saint Sebastian transfixed with arrows and dripping tomato blood.
-the function progressed the notes became shorter and less and less legible so now I'm working from my photographic, eyewitness memory.
-Some time before it got dark the gourmet spread was spread. Thirty dishes were presented for our mutual approval together with a number of red and white wines and after dinner port. A hangi was prepared on the river bank that afternoon and served at dusk. A hangi for the non-cultural is kiwi for crock pot: heated stones are placed in a hole in the ground, then food wrapped in banana leaves or alfoil is placed on top, then more hot
+After a couple of drinks to aid night vision the saints and sinners went off to visit two nearby groups of fellow campers; a herd of boy guides and the machete men. I did not go but volunteered to stay behind and keep the possums from the food and drink. Eyewitnesses to this visit (the visitors, not the visitees) say they were well received and that they managed to enter the machete men's camp unchallenged and without being mistaken for sugarcane.
-stones to cover the food. The whole lot is left to cool down or cook.
-Long pig can be cooked this way.
+Interesting items of gear observed on the weekend were Uta's glow-inthe-dark shoelaces, very handy aiming marks when going to the loo in the dark. The other new piece of gear was a mono-bra, a supplement to normal wear. In this case the extra item was not on the back for dancing but mounted between the chin and the navel and contained a 35 mm SLR with 80-500 mm zoom lens, tripod, spare film and portable darkroom. Very ingenious.
-Sometime in the afternoon our party members adjourned to their tents to dress-up in order to act out their fantasies of saints and sinners. The fancy dress showed imagination and daring. Seductive dresses, lacy knickers
-and well-filled tights come to mind as well as Father Christmas and Saint Sebastian transfixed with arrows and dripping tomato blood.
-After a couple of drinks to aid night vision the saints and sinners went off to visit two nearby groups of fellow campers; a herd of boy guides and the machete men. I did not go but volunteered to stay behind and keep
-the possums from the food and drink. Eyewitnesses to this visit (the
-visitors, not the visitees) say they were well received and that they managed to enter the machete men's camp unchallenged and without being mistaken for sugarcane.
-Interesting items of gear observed on the weekend were Uta's glow-inthe-dark shoelaces, very handy aiming marks when going to the loo in the dark. The other new piece of gear was a mono-bra, a supplement to normal wear. In this case the extra item was not on the back for dancing but
-mounted between the chin and the navel and contained a 35 mm SLR with
--500 mm zoom lens, tripod, spare film and portable darkroom. Very
-ingenious.
 The party broke camp on Sunday afternoon, climbed the 600 metres to the cars and had dinner in Mittagong. The weekend raises three questions:
-. Should people expect to be able to camp in the bush without being hassled by a group of ratbags in fancy dress?
-. What is the most comfortable way to wear a machete?
+  - Should people expect to be able to camp in the bush without being hassled by a group of ratbags in fancy dress?
-. What will Peter Miller do in 1986?
+  - What is the most comfortable way to wear a machete?
-Page 8 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER April, 1986
+  - What will Peter Miller do in 1986?
-"RHYMES OF THE TIMES".
-PART 2 - From a 1986 Reunion Sketch.
+----
+===== "Rhymes Of The Times". =====
+=== Part 2 - From a 1986 Reunion Sketch. ===
 by Jim Brown.
-No.3 - THE CONSTITUTION - Can be sung to "The Vicar of Bray"
-The Constitution is a mess
+=== No.3 - The Constitution. ===
-So often patched and mended,
-And even Presidents confess
+Can be sung to "The Vicar of Bray".
-The rules are sometimes bended.
-But now we have this massive screed That turns the whole lot over, And if we adopt it, why, indeed, We may end up in clover.
+The Constitution is a mess\\
-So very few of members know
+So often patched and mended,\\
-The Constitution's contents,
+And even Presidents confess\\
-And of the few who've read it through
+The rules are sometimes bended.\\
-Some felt it was all nonsense.
-But now we have this massive screed etc.
+But now we have this massive screed\\
-This new proposal is complex So few will comprehend it. A legal eagle it would vex Should we have to amend it.
+That turns the whole lot over,\\
-For now we have a massive screed
+And if we adopt it, why, indeed,\\
-So full of Information,
+We may end up in clover.
-And if we adopt it, it may lead
-To our INCORPORATION.
+So very few of members know\\
-No.4 - PERSONAL ACCIDENT INSURANCE
+The Constitution's contents,\\
-- Can be sung to "The Little Plough Boy"
+And of the few who've read it through\\
-For years we've shown endurance And wandered here and there, But now we'll have Insurance That covers everywhere.
+Some felt it was all nonsense.\\
-If you should bust an ankle Or break a shoulder blade, Those costs that used to rankle Will all be smartly paid.
-If from a ledge you tumble
+But now we have this massive screed.... etc.
-Or meet a rolling stone,
-Or on a cliff-face fumble
+This new proposal is complex\\
-YOu're not out on your own.
+So few will comprehend it.\\
-If we believe this talking We're covered from the womb (Provided we're out walking) Until we reach the tomb.
+A legal eagle it would vex\\
-- Helen Gray Illustration
+Should we have to amend it.
-April, 1986 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER Page 9
-No.5 - THE PRINTERS - Can be sung to "Blowing in the Wind"
+For now we have a massive screed\\
-How many reams of A4 must we use? And how many litres of ink?
+So full of Information,\\
-How many times must we publish the news? Before it will drive us to drink? How many drawings and maps must we fuse Before we wil shrivel and shrink?
+And if we adopt it, it may lead\\
-The answer, my friends, is NOT MANY MORE,
+To our Incorporation.
-The answer is NOT MANY MORE.
-How many pages will bo smudged or torn? And how many tossed in the waste? How many walkers, young or unborn Will dabble in oil or in paste? How many printers tired and forlorn Will off-set in desperate haste?
+=== No.4 - Personal Accident Insurance. ===
-The answer, my friends, is MANY, MANY MORE.
-The answer is MANY, MANY MORE.
+Can be sung to "The Little Plough Boy".
-###*******
-BUSH PRESERVATION - SELF PRESERVATION..
+For years we've shown endurance\\
+And wandered here and there,\\
+But now we'll have Insurance\\
+That covers everywhere.
+If you should bust an ankle\\
+Or break a shoulder blade,\\
+Those costs that used to rankle\\
+Will all be smartly paid.
+If from a ledge you tumble\\
+Or meet a rolling stone,\\
+Or on a cliff-face fumble\\
+You're not out on your own.
+If we believe this talking\\
+We're covered from the womb\\
+(Provided we're out walking)\\
+Until we reach the tomb.
+[ Illustration by Helen Gray of a bushwalking falling off a cliff clutching an insurance policy and saying "Don't worry! I'm insured." ]
+=== No.5 - The Printers. ===
+Can be sung to "Blowing in the Wind".
+How many reams of A4 must we use?\\
+And how many litres of ink?\\
+How many times must we publish the news?\\
+Before it will drive us to drink?\\
+How many drawings and maps must we fuse\\
+Before we will shrivel and shrink?\\
+The answer, my friends, is not many more,\\
+The answer is not many more.
+How many pages will be smudged or torn?\\
+And how many tossed in the waste?\\
+How many walkers, young or unborn\\
+Will dabble in oil or in paste?\\
+How many printers tired and forlorn\\
+Will off-set in desperate haste?\\
+The answer, my friends, is many, many more.
+The answer is many, many more.
+----
+===== Bush Preservation - Self Preservation. =====
 by Ben Esgate.
 I have been invited by your Committee to put a bush fire instructional on in the June-August programme.
 So, gallopers - trotters - plodders - swimmers - walkers, the following will be a rough guide to the programme.
 The instructional will be about down-to-earth-nitty-gritty bushcraft, not high tech, which is far too bulky to carry in your pack. The needs are simple and best carried in your brain, backed by some personal instructional experience behind it, plus common sense.
-The programme involves some of each of the following:- basic geology, common bush botany, related ecology, some topographic values, and weather conditions, all leading to fire behaviour. This brings about the need for
-fire prevention, and fire control where possible.
+__The programme__ involves some of each of the following:- basic geology, common bush botany, related ecology, some topographic values, and weather conditions, all leading to fire behaviour. This brings about the need for fire prevention, and fire control where possible.
-This instructional may have to be in at least two sessions, one a camp- out for the campers, and the other a day for the non-campers and others. Remember, all who use the bush for pleasure this is a bush first aid. There will be no load to carry, and the aim is to try and keep our fauna and bush- land alive and beautiful - as well as your self!
-##*####*#*
+This instructional may have to be in at least two sessions, one a camp-out for the campers, and the other a day for the non-campers and others. __Remember__, all who use the bush for pleasure this is a __bush first aid__. There will be no load to carry, and the aim is to try and keep our fauna and bushland alive and beautiful - as well as your self!
-MEMBERSHIP LIST.
-You may wish to alter your list with the corrections below. If aware
+----
-of errors, please notify:
+===== Membership List. =====
+You may wish to alter your list with the corrections below. If aware of errors, __please notify__:
 . The Secretary, Greta Davis - phone 398 4053.
 . The Editor, Ainslie Morris - 428 3178 (if you want your correction published in the magazine).
-CORNELL, Don and Jenny - phone (075) 53 3427
-GILLEZEAU, Anton - 45 Austin Street, Lane Cove, 2066 - phone 428 3178 MADDEN, Jenny - Deceased.
+Cornell, Don and Jenny - phone (075) 53 3427.\\
-MCLEAN, Jan - 5/2 NOT 5/7
+Gillezeau, Anton - 45 Austin Street, Lane Cove, 2066 - phone 428 3178.\\
-WILLIS, Lynn - 5194 NOT 5/24
+Madden, Jenny - Deceased.\\
-PUTT, Colin & Jane - phone (02)476 4253
+McLean, Jan - 5/2 NOT 5/7.\\
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+Willis, Lynn - 5/94 NOT 5/24.\\
+Putt, Colin & Jane - phone (02)476 4253.\\
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