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-THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER+**THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER** 
 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 7.45 pm at the Cahill Community Centre (Upper Hall), 34 Falcon Street, Crow's 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 7.45 pm at the Cahill Community Centre (Upper Hall), 34 Falcon Street, Crow's 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: Fran Longfoot, Morag Ryder, Stan Madden. +|**PRINTERS**| Fran Longfoot, Morag Ryder, Stan Madden|
-JULY 1986.+
  
 +**JULY 1986**
  
-Peter Miller's Anzac Weekend on the Axe Head by Greta Davis 2 
-Is There a Doctor in the House? (Nov.1953) Jim Brown 3 
-Milo Kanangra Dunphy A.M., A.S.T.C. Alex Colley 4 
-Advertisement - Eastwood Camping Centre 6 
-Watery Wadbilliga Bob Younger 7 
-"We'll Be Marooned" Kenn Clacher 9 
-Bodytalk - First Aid Footnotes for 
-Non-tiger Walkers Elwyn Morris 10 
-Advertisement - Canoe & Camping, Gladesville 11 
-The Magical Limestone Cave Tour Wal Liddle 12 
-What is a Sport? Jim Brown 15 
-Just a Minute - Fifty-six Years Ago 16 
-Advertisement - Blackheath Taxi 16 
-The June General Meeting Barry Wallace 17 
-Report on Committee Meeting of 2-7-86 18 
  
 +|Peter Miller's Anzac Weekend on the Axe Head by Greta Davis| 2|
 +|Is There a Doctor in the House? (Nov.1953) Jim Brown |3|
 +|Milo Kanangra Dunphy A.M., A.S.T.C. Alex Colley |4 |
 +|Advertisement - Eastwood Camping Centre |6|
 +|Watery Wadbilliga Bob Younger| 7|
 +|"We'll Be Marooned" Kenn Clacher| 9|
 +|Bodytalk - First Aid Footnotes for Non-tiger Walkers Elwyn Morris |10|
 +|Advertisement - Canoe & Camping, Gladesville |11|
 +|The Magical Limestone Cave Tour Wal Liddle |12|
 +|What is a Sport? Jim Brown |15|
 +|Just a Minute - Fifty-six Years Ago| 16|
 +|Advertisement - Blackheath Taxi |16|
 +|The June General Meeting Barry Wallace |17|
 +|Report on Committee Meeting of 2-7-86 |18|
  
-**Peter Miller's ANZAC Weekend On The Axe Head** by Greta Davis.+ 
 +====== Peter Miller's ANZAC Weekend On The Axe Head ====== 
 +  
 +Greta Davis.
  
 KOWMUNG TO KOWMUNG VIA THE AXE HEAD IN ONE DAY  KOWMUNG TO KOWMUNG VIA THE AXE HEAD IN ONE DAY 
 +
 The original plan was to do three fairly evenly timed days, getting water from Butchers Creek for Friday night. However, the drought altered that since we had discovered on Alan Doherty's Easter walk that Butchers Creek was pretty dry. So Friday and Sunday were short days but Saturday was real macho stuff (well, to me, anyway), a day we all agreed that even Bill Capon would have been proud of. Aside from our gallant leader, Peter Miller, the party consisted of Fusae and Ray Dargan, Bob Duncan, Bob King and myself. The original plan was to do three fairly evenly timed days, getting water from Butchers Creek for Friday night. However, the drought altered that since we had discovered on Alan Doherty's Easter walk that Butchers Creek was pretty dry. So Friday and Sunday were short days but Saturday was real macho stuff (well, to me, anyway), a day we all agreed that even Bill Capon would have been proud of. Aside from our gallant leader, Peter Miller, the party consisted of Fusae and Ray Dargan, Bob Duncan, Bob King and myself.
 We started off from Kanangra Walls at about 8.30 on Friday morning, having earlier met up with George Walton's party of about 20 people. The weather was lovely and clear for the whole weekend. Real drought weather!! The views were terrific, a real contrast Peter told us to the last time he'd been there as it had been bucketing rain then. So off through that We started off from Kanangra Walls at about 8.30 on Friday morning, having earlier met up with George Walton's party of about 20 people. The weather was lovely and clear for the whole weekend. Real drought weather!! The views were terrific, a real contrast Peter told us to the last time he'd been there as it had been bucketing rain then. So off through that
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 The walk out was uneventful. A great weekend. Thanks, Peter The walk out was uneventful. A great weekend. Thanks, Peter
  
-IS THERE A DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE? by Jim Brown. (From "The Sydney Bushwalker" - November, 1953.) 
  
-Morning papers on October 21st reported an operation carried out by expert gynaecologists on a lioness at Taronga Park. The surgery was performed with all mod. cons. including anaesthetics, and no doubt a stiff fee (including danger money) was paid to the sawbones.... However.... On +====== Is There a Doctor in the House? ====== 
-the previous weekend Dave Brown's party from the Mini Mini Range operated on an eagle at the junction of Gibraltar Creek with the Cox, free, gratis, and without publicity. It happened like this.+ 
 + by Jim Brown. (From "The Sydney Bushwalker" - November, 1953.) 
 + 
 +Morning papers on October 21st reported an operation carried out by expert gynaecologists on a lioness at Taronga Park. The surgery was performed with all mod. cons. including anaesthetics, and no doubt a stiff fee (including danger money) was paid to the sawbones.... However.... On the previous weekend Dave Brown's party from the Mini Mini Range operated on an eagle at the junction of Gibraltar Creek with the Cox, free, gratis, and without publicity. It happened like this. 
 The party found the wedge-tail squatting forlornly on rocks along the edge of the Cox, with the talons of one foot caught in a rabbit trap. Evidently it had happened some days previously, for the bird was too weak to fly. This posed a problem: plainly death by starvation was only a matter of time, yet no one was very happy about approaching those razor claws, or the curved beak, or the bent wings. The party found the wedge-tail squatting forlornly on rocks along the edge of the Cox, with the talons of one foot caught in a rabbit trap. Evidently it had happened some days previously, for the bird was too weak to fly. This posed a problem: plainly death by starvation was only a matter of time, yet no one was very happy about approaching those razor claws, or the curved beak, or the bent wings.
-However Dr. Frank Barr took photographs (for medicinal reasons only, of course): and Dr. Richard Hoffman administered the anaesthetic (with a six- foot pole of driftwood). Thereupon Drs. David Brown and Kenneth Meadows, with nurses Sheila Binns, Beryl Christiansen and Kath Brown hovering in the background, removed the foreign body from the patient.+ 
 +However Dr. Frank Barr took photographs (for medicinal reasons only, of course): and Dr. Richard Hoffman administered the anaesthetic (with a six-foot pole of driftwood). Thereupon Drs. David Brown and Kenneth Meadows, with nurses Sheila Binns, Beryl Christiansen and Kath Brown hovering in the background, removed the foreign body from the patient. 
 For a time post-operative complications were feared, and at one stage it was thought that the anaesthetist had been over-enthusiastic. However the patient rallied after a time, and after a convalescent period of about two hours, took off, flying slowly at a low level down the river. For a time post-operative complications were feared, and at one stage it was thought that the anaesthetist had been over-enthusiastic. However the patient rallied after a time, and after a convalescent period of about two hours, took off, flying slowly at a low level down the river.
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-Page 4 + 
-THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER July, 1986. +====== Conservation Corner ====== 
-Conservation Corner + 
-MILO KANANGRA DUNPHY A.M., A.S.T.C.  + 
-by Alex Colley.+MILO KANANGRA DUNPHY A.M., A.S.T.C. by Alex Colley. 
 In the Queen's birthday honours list Milo Dunphy's service to conservation, and thereby to Australia, was recognised by conferring upon him membership of the Order of Australia (A.M.). In the Queen's birthday honours list Milo Dunphy's service to conservation, and thereby to Australia, was recognised by conferring upon him membership of the Order of Australia (A.M.).
 The award has been widely acclaimed, not only within the conservation movement, but by all who want to see some of Australia preserved as nature intended it to be. He is well The award has been widely acclaimed, not only within the conservation movement, but by all who want to see some of Australia preserved as nature intended it to be. He is well
 known to S.B.W. members, many of whom have enjoyed the talks he has given us in the Club Room and the beautiful slides he has shown. known to S.B.W. members, many of whom have enjoyed the talks he has given us in the Club Room and the beautiful slides he has shown.
-Milo is the son of the late  + 
-Myles J. Dunphy, 0.B.E., a founder of  the S.B.W., acknowledged as the "father of conservation" in Australia. In naming his son, he revealed the same visionary foresight which he showed in proposing most of our present major national parks decades before they came +Milo is the son of the late Myles J. Dunphy, 0.B.E., a founder of  the S.B.W., acknowledged as the "father of conservation" in Australia. In naming his son, he revealed the same visionary foresight which he showed in proposing most of our present major national parks decades before they came into being. The legendary Milo was a Greek athlete of prodigious strength who won the wrestling event in the original Olympic Games 12 times. Milo Dunphy is a frequent winner in the political wrestling essential to environmental protection. Even more prophetic was the unique christian name "Kanangra"; Milo took a Leading part in saving this magnificent wilderness, the Mecca of bushwalkers, from becoming Lint it of a roaring limestone quarry and a pine plantation. 
-int( being. The legendary Milo was a + 
-;reek athlete of prodigious strength wh( won the wrestling event in the )riginal Olympic Games 12 times. +Milo's dedication to and understanding of wilderness preservation stems mainly from parental guidance. He accompanied his father on many bushwalks and absorbed Myles' conservation ethic from the cradle onwards. In January 1931, when Milo was 20 months old, Myles and his wife Margaret wheeled him from Oberon to Kanangra Walls and back in a perambulator. Myles' description of this epic trip appeared in the October 1962 S.B.W. magazine. "No parents ever slaved for their offspring as we did", he wrote, describing their exertions in the hot sun on the hill beyond theFish River. Beyond this was half a mile of loose ballast that "rattled Milo's teeth", and later they had to stop to "give him a rest from the constant shaking. At times he must have felt like a blancmange in anearth tremor", not that Milo didn't do quite a lot of walking - in fact he wanted to walk, but liked to stop and play with the countless stones, an activity which held up the expedition.  
-Milo Dunphy is a frequent winner in the political wrestling essential to environmental protection. Even more + 
-prophetic was the unique christian name "Kanangra"; Milo took a Leading part in saving this magnificent wilderness, the Mecca of bushwalkers, from becoming Lint it of a roaring limestone quarry and a pine plantation. +Milo appears to have thoroughly enjoyed the trip and "took to camp life with avidity". On the last night of the trip an enormous meteor fell close at hand, there was an earth tremor, and the Dog Face Rock near Katoomba collapsed with a sharp detonation, heard near Oberon by the Dunphy family. Were these phenomena portents of Milo's later impact on the establishment? 
-Milu's dedication to and understanding of wilderness preservation stems mainly from parental guidance. He accompanied his father on many +
-bushwalks and absorbed Myles' conservation ethic from the cradle onwards. In January 1931, when Milo was 20 months old, Myles and his wife Margaret wheeled him from Oberon to Kanangra Walls and back in a perambulator. Myles' description of this epic trip appeared in the October 1962 S.B.W. +
-magazine. "No parents ever slaved for their offspring as we did", he +
-wrote, describing their exertions in the hot sun on the hill beyond the +
-Fish River. Beyond this was half a mile of loose ballast that "rattled +
-Mile's teeth", and later they had to stop to "give him a rest from the +
-constant shaking. At times he must have felt like a blancmange in an +
-earth tremor", Not that Milo didn't do quite a lot of walking - in fact he wanted to walk, but liked to stop and play with the countless stones, +
-an activity which held up the expedition. Milo appears to have thoroughly +
-enjoyed the trip and "took to camp life with avidity". On the last night of the trip an enormous meteor fell close at hand, there was an earth tremor, and the Dog Face Rock near Katoomba collapsed with a sharp deton- +
-ation, heard near Oberon by the Dunphy family. Were these phenomena portents of Mile's later impact on the establishment? +
-July, 1986 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER Page 5+
 Although Myles' conservation organisation, the National Parks and Primitive Areas Council, terminated in the sixties, he had insured the continuance of his work by imbuing his son with the dedication and knowledge essential to its success. When Myles' most cherished project, the preservation of the Kanangra-Boyd wilderness was threatened, it was certain that Milo would carry on the fight. The realisation of Myles' vision splendid of a Greater Blue Mountains National Park, extending from the Hunter Valley to Wombeyan, was achieved in fact, though not in name, not long after the Kanangra-Boyd wilderness was saved. Although Myles' conservation organisation, the National Parks and Primitive Areas Council, terminated in the sixties, he had insured the continuance of his work by imbuing his son with the dedication and knowledge essential to its success. When Myles' most cherished project, the preservation of the Kanangra-Boyd wilderness was threatened, it was certain that Milo would carry on the fight. The realisation of Myles' vision splendid of a Greater Blue Mountains National Park, extending from the Hunter Valley to Wombeyan, was achieved in fact, though not in name, not long after the Kanangra-Boyd wilderness was saved.
 When a group of concerned conservationists decided in 1973 to establish the Total Environment Centre, Milo, by then well known as the inspiration of the Colong Committee, was appointed Director. Since the total environment is, if not the universe, at least the whole world, this entailed expansion of his activities into fields such as coal loaders, urban parks, foreshore reservations, plant variety rights, atmospheric and water pollution, hazardous chemicals and uranium mining. As a partner in a firm of architects/planners, and as the first Chairman of the Environment Board of the N.S.W. Chapter of Architects, he was well equipped to participate in urban nvironmental campaigns. He has taken a strong stand against the monorail, the Leura resort and the development of Circular Quay. When a group of concerned conservationists decided in 1973 to establish the Total Environment Centre, Milo, by then well known as the inspiration of the Colong Committee, was appointed Director. Since the total environment is, if not the universe, at least the whole world, this entailed expansion of his activities into fields such as coal loaders, urban parks, foreshore reservations, plant variety rights, atmospheric and water pollution, hazardous chemicals and uranium mining. As a partner in a firm of architects/planners, and as the first Chairman of the Environment Board of the N.S.W. Chapter of Architects, he was well equipped to participate in urban nvironmental campaigns. He has taken a strong stand against the monorail, the Leura resort and the development of Circular Quay.
-These far-reaching activities have not diminished his devotion to wilderness conservation. In addition to regular attendance at fortnightly Colong Foundation meetings, he is a Vice-Chairman of the Australian Conserv- + 
-ation Council of N.S.W. He has played a leading role in the Myall Lakes, Lake Pedder, Franklin River, rainforests and anti-woodchip campaigns, and was appointed a member of the National Estate Inquiry. +These far-reaching activities have not diminished his devotion to wilderness conservation. In addition to regular attendance at fortnightly Colong Foundation meetings, he is a Vice-Chairman of the Australian Conservation Council of N.S.W. He has played a leading role in the Myall Lakes, Lake Pedder, Franklin River rainforests and anti-woodchip campaigns, and was appointed a member of the National Estate Inquiry. 
-Milo enjoys the distinction of being not only the best known conservationist in N.S.W., if not in Australia, but also the most abused. Such are the thanks he received for abandoning a successful architectural career + 
-to fight for the environment. The reason for the abuse is that he has been the most outspoken and well informed opponent of those who seek to profit +Milo enjoys the distinction of being not only the best known conservationist in N.S.W., if not in Australia, but also the most abused. Such are the thanks he received for abandoning a successful architectural career to fight for the environment. The reason for the abuse is that he has been the most outspoken and well informed opponent of those who seek to profit at the expense of the environment. His membership of the Order of Australia is a fitting answer to his detractors. 
-at the expense of the environment. His membership of the Order of Australia is a fitting answer to his detractors. + 
-* * * * * * * * * * * *+
 A SEMINAR ON THE THINGS WE SHOULD A SEMINAR ON THE THINGS WE SHOULD
 "Local Government and the National Estate" on at Wesley College, University of Sydney. "Local Government and the National Estate" on at Wesley College, University of Sydney.
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     3 Trelawney Street Eastwood 2122     3 Trelawney Street Eastwood 2122
     Telephone (02) 858 3833     Telephone (02) 858 3833
-    centre Proprietors: Jack. Nancy and David Fox 
-    Established 1970 
-    I 
          
-July, 1986 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER Pp.ge 7 +     
-WATERY WADBILLIGA.  + 
-by Bob Younger. +====== Watery Wadbilliga ====== 
-Out walking party in mid October was small - Reg Alder, Tim Coffey, Bill Hall, Charles Hill from Canberra and myself. We intended to walk for two days around the headwaters of the Tuross River and then for a day in Big Badja area (Deua N.P.) and finally visit the Big Hole near the Shoal, haven. Luckily we used two camper vans for transport. The vans crossed the Tuross River easily on Monday afternoon. As we headed east to our base campsite where the Razorback firetrail crosses Black River it started to rain. + 
-It rained all night and we were happy to cook in the camper vans.+ 
 +Bob Younger 
 + 
 +Out walking party in mid October was small - Reg Alder, Tim Coffey, Bill Hall, Charles Hill from Canberra and myself. We intended to walk for two days around the headwaters of the Tuross River and then for a day in Big Badja area (Deua N.P.) and finally visit the Big Hole near the Shoal, haven. Luckily we used two camper vans for transport. The vans crossed the Tuross River easily on Monday afternoon. As we headed east to our base campsite where the Razorback firetrail crosses Black River it started to rain. It rained all night and we were happy to cook in the camper vans. 
 Next morning dawned wet and dismal with a changed weather forecast to match. We set off early to see what the ridge was like. After several kilometres we found out - driving heavier rain, cloud down and casuarina heath very wet. We continued on the fire trail for a few kilometres to see if we could get under and out of the weather but to no avail. Next morning dawned wet and dismal with a changed weather forecast to match. We set off early to see what the ridge was like. After several kilometres we found out - driving heavier rain, cloud down and casuarina heath very wet. We continued on the fire trail for a few kilometres to see if we could get under and out of the weather but to no avail.
 We therefore returned to camp and the pleasure of a cuppa and yarn in Reg's van which could comfortably seat us all. We should have departed at that stage. Down came the rain even heavier and Black River started to We therefore returned to camp and the pleasure of a cuppa and yarn in Reg's van which could comfortably seat us all. We should have departed at that stage. Down came the rain even heavier and Black River started to
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 being pushed sideways. Reg took off his fan belt. Charles had some heavy being pushed sideways. Reg took off his fan belt. Charles had some heavy
 --dastic and jammed it over the lower part of his radiator with a green branchlet whittled to size. Reg fashioned a cavitation inducer out of a food tin and fixed it to his exhaust. Ropes were attached to the front of --dastic and jammed it over the lower part of his radiator with a green branchlet whittled to size. Reg fashioned a cavitation inducer out of a food tin and fixed it to his exhaust. Ropes were attached to the front of
-July, 1986 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER Page 9+
 the vehicles and coiled out of the way to avoid having to. do this under water if our precautions failed. Down to the river again to chart the optimum route across. the vehicles and coiled out of the way to avoid having to. do this under water if our precautions failed. Down to the river again to chart the optimum route across.
 There were a few minutes of anticlimax as we started the motors and attempted to move off. The brake linings, saturated from creek crossings on Thursday had frozen to the drums in the very low temperature overnight. There were a few minutes of anticlimax as we started the motors and attempted to move off. The brake linings, saturated from creek crossings on Thursday had frozen to the drums in the very low temperature overnight.
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 without a fan belt). Then we said goodbye to our farm hostess who had come to see us off and crossed without incident to the cheers of the passengers who had waded across. without a fan belt). Then we said goodbye to our farm hostess who had come to see us off and crossed without incident to the cheers of the passengers who had waded across.
 ##**#4(.4***#### ##**#4(.4***####
-"WE'LL BE MAROONED". + 
 + 
 +====== "We'll Be Marooned" ====== 
 + 
 + 
 by Kenn Clacher. by Kenn Clacher.
 The walkers all at Quilty's Clearing Met for Ettrema to see. The walkers all at Quilty's Clearing Met for Ettrema to see.
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 So Puckett Pass was utilised To get them down again. So Puckett Pass was utilised To get them down again.
 Just Tullyangela Creek remained, A piece of wild terrain. Just Tullyangela Creek remained, A piece of wild terrain.
-Page 10 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER July, 1986+
 But new maps showed cliff lines along The whole length of the creek. But new maps showed cliff lines along The whole length of the creek.
 "We'll be marooned," said Bill Capon, "It could take us a week." "We'll be marooned," said Bill Capon, "It could take us a week."
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 We made it finally to the cars, Just after one last shout, We made it finally to the cars, Just after one last shout,
 "We'll be marooned," said Bill Capon, "Before this walk is out." "We'll be marooned," said Bill Capon, "Before this walk is out."
-* * * * * * * * * * * * * + 
-ODYTALK + 
-FIRST AID FOOTNOTES: FIVE PREVENTIVE STEPS FOR NON-TIGER WALKERS.  by Elwyn Morris. + 
-2: AVOIDING LEECH BITE.  +====== Body Talk : First Aid Notes ====== 
-I hate leeches as I itch for two weeks, and leeches hate insecticides. So before entering their territory I cover my feet, socks and shoes, especially the gaps, with Aerogard Medicated Lotion and Personal Insect Repellant. Spray seems to wash off too easily compared with lotions and + 
-creams. The Aerogard is also useful to ward off all other insects and could possibly be better than other methods for removing leeches and ticks. +FIVE PREVENTIVE STEPS FOR NON-TIGER WALKERS by Elwyn Morris. 
-3: AVOIDING PAIN FROM STINGS. + 
 +2: AVOIDING LEECH BITE. \\ 
 +I hate leeches as I itch for two weeks, and leeches hate insecticides. So before entering their territory I cover my feet, socks and shoes, especially the gaps, with Aerogard Medicated Lotion and Personal Insect Repellant. Spray seems to wash off too easily compared with lotions and creams. The Aerogard is also useful to ward off all other insects and could possibly be better than other methods for removing leeches and ticks. 
 + 
 +3: AVOIDING PAIN FROM STINGS.\\ 
 STINGOSE - about $2.50 at chemists - miraculously relieves the pain and swelling from bull-ant and other insect bites and bluebottle and jellyfish stings. Too vital to get buried with the First Aid Kit, so I keep it in an outside pack pocket. STINGOSE - about $2.50 at chemists - miraculously relieves the pain and swelling from bull-ant and other insect bites and bluebottle and jellyfish stings. Too vital to get buried with the First Aid Kit, so I keep it in an outside pack pocket.
-ALSO + 
- YOU EVER HAD A TETANUS VACCINATION? +ALSO YOU EVER HAD A TETANUS VACCINATION? 
 This is especially needed by Bushwalkers. This is especially needed by Bushwalkers.
 A booster is needed every 10 years. A booster is needed every 10 years.
 (Editor) (Editor)
 +
 NEW MEMBER.  NEW MEMBER. 
 Please add the following name to your List of Members:- Please add the following name to your List of Members:-
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 265 VICTORIA ROAD GLADESVILLE, 2111 PHONE (02) 817 5590 HOURS - MON.-FRI. 94 265 VICTORIA ROAD GLADESVILLE, 2111 PHONE (02) 817 5590 HOURS - MON.-FRI. 94
 THURS. 9-8 THURS. 9-8
-SAT 9-4 + 
-(PARKING AT REAR OFF PITTWATER ROAD) + 
-A LARGE RANGE OF LIGHTWEIGHT, QUALITY, BUSHWALKING b CAMPING GEAR +====== The Magical Limestone Cave Tour ====== 
- I IGHTWEIGHT FOOD FOR BACKPACKERS AND CANOEISTS +
- COLD WEATHER PROTECTION CLOTHING AND RAINGEAR +
- MAPS, BOOKS AND LEAFLETS +
- INFORMATION SERVICE FOR CANOEISTS AND WALKERS +
- KNIVES  r OMPASSES  SURVIVAL GEAR +
-WE STOCK THE LARGEST RANGE OF CANOEING GEAR IN N.S.W. +
-QUALITY TOURING CRAFT OF ALE TYPES HIGH QUALITY PERFORMANCE COMPETITION CRAFT +
- A HUGE RANGE OF PADDLES FOR ALL TYPES OF CANOEING  WETSUITS  SURF SKIS +
- ALL TYPES OF SPRAY COVERS  WIDE RANGE OF JACKETS & CAG5  FACE MASKS +
- FOOTWEAR  MANN TYPES OF BUOYANCY & LIFE VESTS  HELMETS +
-Page 12 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER July, 1986 +
-THE MAGICAL LIMESTONE CAVE TOUR. +
 by Wal Liddle. by Wal Liddle.
-JOhn's advertisement read - "Blayney to Goulburn via picturesque + 
-gold rush country with adobe cottages and old mills. Throw in your easel and paints or your tin whistle for a total enjoyment weekend!" +John's advertisement read - "Blayney to Goulburn via picturesque gold rush country with adobe cottages and old mills. Throw in your easel and paints or your tin whistle for a total enjoyment weekend!" Well, that's how it turned out to be! A glorious four day trip of 160 kms cycling on tarred or dirt roads, through eucalypt forest and farming country. 
-Well, that's how it turned out to be! A glorious four day trip of +
-160 kms cycling on tarred or dirt roads, through eucalypt forest and farming country.+
 The mixed goods/passenger train left Central Station at 6 o'clock on Thursday night arriving at Blayney five hours later. Our party of seven slept on the hard floor of the waiting room after unloading the bikes from the luggage van. Friday morning dawned crisp and cool as we packed our  sleeping bags and cooked breakfast on the verandah. There was Jane on her Miyata ten speed, Wal on his blue Sebring, John on his low-geared Kesting, Glen on his Cannondale with the one and a quarter inch tyres, Mary-Ann on a new fifteen speed Gemini and Peter on a light blue Repco. The mixed goods/passenger train left Central Station at 6 o'clock on Thursday night arriving at Blayney five hours later. Our party of seven slept on the hard floor of the waiting room after unloading the bikes from the luggage van. Friday morning dawned crisp and cool as we packed our  sleeping bags and cooked breakfast on the verandah. There was Jane on her Miyata ten speed, Wal on his blue Sebring, John on his low-geared Kesting, Glen on his Cannondale with the one and a quarter inch tyres, Mary-Ann on a new fifteen speed Gemini and Peter on a light blue Repco.
 We cycled out of the sleepy town past the shops with the wide verandahs, heading south, with the sun peepill:, over the horizon. Lunch was eaten in the yard of a disused steam saw-mill on Trunkey Creek Road surrounded by logs We cycled out of the sleepy town past the shops with the wide verandahs, heading south, with the sun peepill:, over the horizon. Lunch was eaten in the yard of a disused steam saw-mill on Trunkey Creek Road surrounded by logs
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 GOULBURN GOULBURN
 SKETCH MAP OF BICYCLE TRIP.  SKETCH MAP OF BICYCLE TRIP. 
 +
 CYCLING SOUTH ON THE ROAD FROM BLAYNEY TO GOULBURN.  CYCLING SOUTH ON THE ROAD FROM BLAYNEY TO GOULBURN. 
-Page 14 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER July, 1986 + 
-The corruted iron roof had seen better days and rust holes were appearing at the edge of the sheets. The ceilings were made of hessian bags 'stuck +The corrugated iron roof had seen better days and rust holes were appearing at the edge of the sheets. The ceilings were made of hessian bags stuck over with 1930 newspapers. Much of the furniture that remained had been broken by vandals. 
-over with 1930 newspapers. Much of the furniture that remained had been beoken by vandals.+
 That afternoon our party rode into the small township of Tuena, which was holding its annual Gold Rush Festival. People had come from miles arouna and were taking part in the Tug-of-War or competing in the horse riding events. A display of hand adzing and gold panning was proceeding in the Arts and Crafts pavilion. The farmers on the pub verandah looked distinctly "under the weather" as they drank their "tinnies" and enjoyed the uusic of the Bathurst Scotch Pipe Band. The pipers who were dressed That afternoon our party rode into the small township of Tuena, which was holding its annual Gold Rush Festival. People had come from miles arouna and were taking part in the Tug-of-War or competing in the horse riding events. A display of hand adzing and gold panning was proceeding in the Arts and Crafts pavilion. The farmers on the pub verandah looked distinctly "under the weather" as they drank their "tinnies" and enjoyed the uusic of the Bathurst Scotch Pipe Band. The pipers who were dressed
 in traditional red and green tartan seemed out of place in this Australian setting. in traditional red and green tartan seemed out of place in this Australian setting.
-It started to rain as we pitched our tents in a grassy paddock, just off the road, with nightfall fast approaching. The evening meal was + 
-cooked in a shearing shed amongst the wool clippings and bales of straw. Stan produced his harmonica whilst Glen read us excerpts from "The Man From +It started to rain as we pitched our tents in a grassy paddock, just off the road, with nightfall fast approaching. The evening meal was cooked in a shearing shed amongst the wool clippings and bales of straw. Stan produced his harmonica whilst Glen read us excerpts from "The Man From Snowy River". John sang about "Cursed Toongabbie" whilst all of us joined in the chorus of "Van Diemen's Land".
-Snowy River". John sang about "Cursed Toongabbie" whilst all of us joined +
-in the chorus of "Van Diemen's Land".+
  
 Sunday afternoon outside Crookwell caravan park we stopped to talk to one of the locals about horses and carts. Reg Allport was seated on a red and white sulky nursing his grandson whilst Dolly, an Australian Pony, stood in the shafts, straining against the reins to reach the grass. Reg was very proud of the outfit as he had built it himself and pointed out the narrow wheels, the spotted gum shafts, and the mechanism for shifting the seat forward. He showed us a covered-in area under the seat where the week's groceries could be stowed. Sunday afternoon outside Crookwell caravan park we stopped to talk to one of the locals about horses and carts. Reg Allport was seated on a red and white sulky nursing his grandson whilst Dolly, an Australian Pony, stood in the shafts, straining against the reins to reach the grass. Reg was very proud of the outfit as he had built it himself and pointed out the narrow wheels, the spotted gum shafts, and the mechanism for shifting the seat forward. He showed us a covered-in area under the seat where the week's groceries could be stowed.
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 I am starting a film-going group to see films at Hoyts or Village cinemas or at The Dendy in Martin Place. The system is very simple. You check the paper, decide which film you wish to see and then contact me. I am starting a film-going group to see films at Hoyts or Village cinemas or at The Dendy in Martin Place. The system is very simple. You check the paper, decide which film you wish to see and then contact me.
-I will be able to tell you who else is going and to which session, either the 5 pm or the 8 pm. Remember that the half-price tickets only apply to Hoyts, Village and The Dendy. So now you won't have to hiss the cigarette advertisements alone.+I will be able to tell you who else is going and to which session, either the 5 pm or the 8 pm. Remember that the half-price tickets only apply to Hoyts, Village and The Dendy. So now you won't have to hiss the cigarette advertisements alone.\\
 See you at the pictures. Bring your own Jaffas. PETER MILLER 818 1990.  See you at the pictures. Bring your own Jaffas. PETER MILLER 818 1990. 
  
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-**What is Sport?**  by Jim Brown. +====== What is Sport? ====== 
-Well, what IS a sport? I'm not at all sure + 
 +Jim Brown 
 + 
 +Well, what IS a sport? I'm not at all sure.
  
 Some 11 or 12 years ago, when I was just a nipper - only in my middle fifties - I found myself in the silly situation of having to decide how many buses would be required to move the crowds attending Sydney Cricket Ground for a sequence of Rugby League Football matches. Now the essential in making this decision was to know with absolute certainty by each Thursday morning just what the weather would be doing on the following Saturday. However, it was also valuable to know what sort of attendance could be expected, and for this you had to know the measure of support for the teams near the top of the table, and the suburbs from which spectators would be attracted. By each Thursday morning you had to calculate the needs and have the requisite staff rostered for duty. Some 11 or 12 years ago, when I was just a nipper - only in my middle fifties - I found myself in the silly situation of having to decide how many buses would be required to move the crowds attending Sydney Cricket Ground for a sequence of Rugby League Football matches. Now the essential in making this decision was to know with absolute certainty by each Thursday morning just what the weather would be doing on the following Saturday. However, it was also valuable to know what sort of attendance could be expected, and for this you had to know the measure of support for the teams near the top of the table, and the suburbs from which spectators would be attracted. By each Thursday morning you had to calculate the needs and have the requisite staff rostered for duty.
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-FIFTY-SIX YEARS AGO,in the Good Old Days, the Club Minute Book reveals:- +**FIFTY-SIX YEARS AGO** 
-Insurance Scheme. Moved by Mr.Chardon, seconded Mr. Debert, that a sub-committee, consisting of Messrs. Pryde, Ritson and Plimmer, be appointed to go into the matter of accident insurance scheme for the members of this Club, such committee to report back to the general committee.+ 
 +In the Good Old Days, the Club Minute Book reveals:-\\ 
 +Insurance Scheme. Moved by Mr.Chardon, seconded Mr. Debert, that a sub-committee, consisting of Messrs. Pryde, Ritson and Plimmer, be appointed to go into the matter of accident insurance scheme for the members of this Club, such committee to report back to the general committee.\\
 CARRIED. Friday, 1st August, 1930. CARRIED. Friday, 1st August, 1930.
  
  
-**The June General Meeting** +====== The June General Meeting ====== 
 + 
 by Barry Wallace. by Barry Wallace.
  
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 It was resolved that the Club write congratulating Milo Dunphy on his being awarded the 0.A. The announcements followed, and after one false close, it was all over for another month at 21.56. It was resolved that the Club write congratulating Milo Dunphy on his being awarded the 0.A. The announcements followed, and after one false close, it was all over for another month at 21.56.
  
-**Report on Committee Meeting 2-7-86**. +**Report on Committee Meeting 2-7-86**
  
 The Treasurer's Report was discussed and costs of producing and posting the magazine were considered. Care will need to be taken with all expenses. The Treasurer's Report was discussed and costs of producing and posting the magazine were considered. Care will need to be taken with all expenses.
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-ANNOUNCING--+**ANNOUNCING**\\
 $60 raised for 60th Anniversary Fund at Midwinter Feast Raffle. The winner of a bottle of champers and one of vino was Lorraine Bloomfield. $60 raised for 60th Anniversary Fund at Midwinter Feast Raffle. The winner of a bottle of champers and one of vino was Lorraine Bloomfield.
  
-CLIVER CRAWFORD has had to change the date of his WALK to Yarramun Caves from 15/16/17 August to the following weekend, 22/23/24 August.+OLIVER CRAWFORD has had to change the date of his WALK to Yarramun Caves from 15/16/17 August to the following weekend, 22/23/24 August.
  
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