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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' | 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' | ||
- | We started off from Kanangra Walls at about 8.30 on Friday morning, having earlier met up with George Walton' | + | |
- | scratchy heath we went, to have morning tea on the top of Cottage Rock and | + | We started off from Kanangra Walls at about 8.30 on Friday morning, having earlier met up with George Walton' |
- | then on down Roote' | + | |
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- | swim. It was quite cold. After having lunch we crossed the river on | + | |
- | rocks to keep fairly dry feet (yes, that's how low the Kowmung is) and took | + | |
- | about an hour to find the " | + | |
- | are when you have all afternoon. Happy hour started early with lots of | + | |
- | goodies with all of us lightening our packs for the next day. We all slept | + | |
out on Friday night, not putting up flies, as there was no moisture in the air. | out on Friday night, not putting up flies, as there was no moisture in the air. | ||
- | We were up at 6 so that we could be away by 7. We all carried enough water for the whole day as we didn't expect to see any before returning to the Kowmung. It was a pleasant walk up the ridge and onto Scott' | + | |
- | Range fire trail. It is one of those lovely, open ridges which is not too | + | We were up at 6 so that we could be away by 7. We all carried enough water for the whole day as we didn't expect to see any before returning to the Kowmung. It was a pleasant walk up the ridge and onto Scott' |
- | steep. Then we had the first bit of tricky navigation, to find the right | + | |
- | ridge down into Butchers Creek. When we got down into the creek, we liscovered | + | |
- | Jf the Axe Head. It was intimidating standing there with that mountain | + | |
locoing above us, magnificent in the bright sunshine. | locoing above us, magnificent in the bright sunshine. | ||
- | The next section was a slippery scramble to get up on top. It was | + | |
- | one of those " | + | The next section was a slippery scramble to get up on top. It was one of those " |
- | with prickles but triumphant, we all emerged on the top. After a short | + | |
- | break and lured on by Peter' | + | |
- | top of the range. The views were terrific with 3600 panoramas. What | + | |
- | amazed me was the narrowness of the top with some sections being only 4 or | + | |
- | 5 etres wide. It was with some relief that we flopped down to have lunch, | + | |
- | sheltering from a brisk breeze. After he'd eaten, Ray wandered off a little way to sketch and produced a really lovely drawing in about ten minutes. | + | |
On the move again after lunch, we sometimes went over the top of the rocky outcrops and sometimes sidled around them until eventually we reached Mount Tonalli, right at the end of the range and looked down into Byrnes Gap. We followed a very clear track down until it mysteriously ran out, but after a bit of exploration by Bob King and Peter, we scrambled down a track which followed a gully down, a little further back from where we'd been. | On the move again after lunch, we sometimes went over the top of the rocky outcrops and sometimes sidled around them until eventually we reached Mount Tonalli, right at the end of the range and looked down into Byrnes Gap. We followed a very clear track down until it mysteriously ran out, but after a bit of exploration by Bob King and Peter, we scrambled down a track which followed a gully down, a little further back from where we'd been. | ||
- | At Byrnes Gap, we had a bit of a break, sitting on the grass beside the fire trail. If my memory is correct, it was about 2.30 by the time we left there and walked along the fire trail for about 3i km which seemed, at that stage of the day, to be all up hill. We left the fire trail at Mount Kowmung and climbed 60 m so that we were just under the cliff line and we then sidled around the base until we found the right ridge to follow down to Church Creek and thence to the Kowmung River. | + | |
- | We resisted the temptation to take the wrong ridge; it was too late in the day to make that sort of error and be likely to get away with it. | + | At Byrnes Gap, we had a bit of a break, sitting on the grass beside the fire trail. If my memory is correct, it was about 2.30 by the time we left there and walked along the fire trail for about 3 km which seemed, at that stage of the day, to be all up hill. We left the fire trail at Mount Kowmung and climbed 60 m so that we were just under the cliff line and we then sidled around the base until we found the right ridge to follow down to Church Creek and thence to the Kowmung River. We resisted the temptation to take the wrong ridge; it was too late in the day to make that sort of error and be likely to get away with it. |
It was fairly rough and scratchy until we were actually on the ridge. However, a little way on, Peter identified Chiddy Obelisk off to the left, which gave us all "The Warm Fuzzies" | It was fairly rough and scratchy until we were actually on the ridge. However, a little way on, Peter identified Chiddy Obelisk off to the left, which gave us all "The Warm Fuzzies" | ||
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====== Is There a Doctor in the House? ====== | ====== Is There a Doctor in the House? ====== | ||
- | by Jim Brown. (From "The Sydney Bushwalker" | + | by Jim Brown. (From "The Sydney Bushwalker" |
- | 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, | + | 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, |
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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- | A SEMINAR ON THE THINGS WE SHOULD | + | **A SEMINAR ON THE THINGS WE SHOULD |
- | "Local Government and the National Estate" | + | "Local Government and the National Estate" |
If you require a brochure and application form, Total Environment Centre, 27 4714 or 27 2523. | If you require a brochure and application form, Total Environment Centre, 27 4714 or 27 2523. | ||
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- | August 20-22, 1986 | ||
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- | Phone: 264 2685. | ||
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- | 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. | + | 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 Shoalhaven. 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. |
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+ | 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. | ||
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+ | 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 rise. By evening it was roaring. Next morning heavy rain still and high over all the rocks, the River ran sullen, fast and ominously quiet. | ||
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+ | In the afternoon the weather improved and we tried walking on the Kydra fire trail. Several flooded creeks were crossed and then we came to the Tuross several kilometres upstream.from our original crossing. It was dangerously high as expected and we turned back. The following morning we returned in the vans along Razorback fire trail, crossing several flooded creeks rather gingerly. We approached the original Tuross crossing with keen interest. It had dropped from its peak of about 100 metres wide, but was still almost one metre deep and flowing very fast with breakers and troughs. | ||
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+ | A small white house not far away looked occupied and we walked/ | ||
- | 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 | ||
- | rise. By evening it was roaring. Next morning heavy rain still, and | ||
- | high over all the rocks, the River ran sullen, fast and ominously quiet. | ||
- | In the afternoon the weather improved and we tried walking on the Kydra fire trail. Several flooded creeks were crossed and then we came to the | ||
- | Tuross several kilometres upstream.from our original crossing. It was | ||
- | dangerously high as expected and we turned back. The following morning we returned in the vans along Razorback fire trail, crossing several flooded creeks rather gingerly. We approached the original Tuross crossing with | ||
- | keen interest. It had dropped from its peak of about 100 metres wide, but | ||
- | was still almost one metre deep and flowing very fast with breakers and troughs. | ||
- | A small white house not far away looked occupied and we walked/ | ||
- | and some of them were depressingly thorough with light hail, heavy rain and wind. | ||
We were there from Thursday morning until 11 am Sunday. We were reminded of the risque song about the old ladies locked in the lavatory except that in our case the water was definitely, if slowly, getting lower and lower! | We were there from Thursday morning until 11 am Sunday. We were reminded of the risque song about the old ladies locked in the lavatory except that in our case the water was definitely, if slowly, getting lower and lower! | ||
- | Our hostess on the farm is a kind-hearted animal lover. She and her husband had bought the block when she had retired. He was working in Cooma/ Sydney. Her companions in the house were eight dogs and two birds, all of which had some disability (blind, deaf, three-legged, | + | |
- | unate animal which appealed. You can imagine the uproarious welcome we got | + | Our hostess on the farm is a kind-hearted animal lover. She and her husband had bought the block when she had retired. He was working in Cooma/ Sydney. Her companions in the house were eight dogs and two birds, all of which had some disability (blind, deaf, three-legged, |
- | from this team whenever we visited! | + | |
- | As the river dropped we could see several ' | + | As the river dropped we could see several ' |
- | in the fastest current had been gouged out. So we borrowed shovels from | + | the farm and set about making the crossing negotiable again. This was cold and uncomfortable work; it was not possible for the first couple of days to stand in the main current without some prop. |
- | the farm and set about making the crossing negotiable again. This was cold and uncomfortable work; it was not possible for th first couple of days to stand in the main current without some prop. | + | |
- | Luckily we had some additional food in the vans and also had medicants like muscat, fruit cake, nuts and sweet biscuits. However, as the fall | + | Luckily we had some additional food in the vans and also had medicants like muscat, fruit cake, nuts and sweet biscuits. However, as the fall rate of the river slowed we rationed ourselves. Our farm friend had little extra stock and like us had to cross the river to replenish. After working our way to the far bank on Saturday, we attempted to find a farm house and purchase some eggs from the civilised side. Not far from the river we saw a car approaching and welcomed it as an indicator of food. It stopped, a man got out, opened a satchel and offered Reg, the nearest, a copy of The Watchtower. It was refused more emphatically than politely. He enquired about the crossing and again received an emphatic answer. After a quick look at the rest of us, disguised as wet, partly clad ruffians, he quickly re-entered the car which retraced its rough and muddy way. |
- | rate of the river slowed we rationed ourselves. Our farm friend had little | + | |
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- | extra stock and like us had to cross the river to replenish. After working our way to the far bank on Saturday, we attempted to find a farm house and purchase some eggs from the civilised side. Not far from the river we saw a car approaching and welcomed it as an indicator of food. It stopped, a man got out, opened a satchel and offered Reg, the nearest, a copy of The Watchtower. It was refused more emphatically than politely. He enquired about the crossing and again received an emphatic answer. After a quick look at the rest of us, disguised as wet,partly clad ruffians, he quickly re-entered the car which retraced its rough and muddy way. | + | |
We did not find an occupied farmhouse and with a keen wind and dropping temperature, | We did not find an occupied farmhouse and with a keen wind and dropping temperature, | ||
- | There was not much scope for walking while we waited, as in every direction there were flooded creeks and rivers and every fold in the undulations produced a wading problem. We passed the time monitorying | + | |
- | / | + | There was not much scope for walking while we waited, as in every direction there were flooded creeks and rivers and every fold in the undulations produced a wading problem. We passed the time monitoring |
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- | 'We passed the time monitoriig | + | |
One morning we worked on the farm, mainly cutting away a large tree which had fallen on a fence and repairing the damage. We had regular cuppas and yarned at length about walking over the years and every other subject under the sun. | One morning we worked on the farm, mainly cutting away a large tree which had fallen on a fence and repairing the damage. We had regular cuppas and yarned at length about walking over the years and every other subject under the sun. | ||
- | We carefully calculated the highest safe water level for the vans. On Sunday morning it was obvious that the river would not fall that far for another day or two. We cut a stick to the actual highest level of the water and used it to survey our vans for possible dangers. Reg's van had a front | ||
- | cross me ber well placed to throw water on to the fan. Charles' | ||
- | the high floors. The current was still quite fast and the water would be above the doors' bottoms but there would be no real danger, we judged, of | ||
- | 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 | ||
- | 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. | + | We carefully calculated |
- | There were a few minutes | + | |
- | However we were able to free them after several jerks. We drove back to the top of the low ridge to thoroughly warm the engines (Reg's nearly boiled | + | |
- | without a fan belt). Then we said goodbye to our farm hostess who had come to see us off and crossed without incident | + | |
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+ | 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. However we were able to free them after several jerks. We drove back to the top of the low ridge to thoroughly warm the engines (Reg's nearly boiled 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. | ||
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+ | by Kenn Clacher | ||
- | + | The walkers all at Quilty' | |
- | by Kenn Clacher. | + | The walk was led by Bill Capon, A canny leader he.\\ |
- | The walkers all at Quilty' | + | The first stretch was through Myall Creek Then Bill did show his class,\\ |
- | The walk was led by Bill Capon, A canny leader he. | + | " |
- | The first stretch was through Myall Creek Then Bill did show his class, | + | The pass was found the second try, Then into Ettrema Creek,\\ |
- | " | + | And up Jones' Creek the party walked, 'Twas no place for the meek.\\ |
- | The pass was found the second try, Then into Ettrema Creek, | + | Plain Creek was followed next, downstream, But something Worried Bill.\\ |
- | And up Jones' Creek the party walked, 'Twas no place for the meek. | + | " |
- | Plain Creek was followed next, downstream, But something Worried Bill. | + | At last the rogue creek flowed downhill To Moore Creek as it should.\\ |
- | " | + | The walkers followed the rough creek bed Rock hopping best they could.\\ |
- | At last the rogue creek flowed downhill To Moore Creek as it should. | + | Now another obstacle blocked their path, So Bill Capon he calls:\\ |
- | The walkers followed the rough creek bed Rock hopping best they could. | + | " |
- | Now another obstacle blocked their path, So Bill Capon he calls: | + | A way was found, not as Bill feared Up umpteen feet of cliff,\\ |
- | " | + | To Bundundah Creek, along and out, Up Pass Point in a jiff.\\ |
- | A way was found, not as Bill feared Up umpteen feet of cliff, | + | Down Paul's Pass now the program said But rain made things too wet.\\ |
- | To Bundundah Creek, along and out, Up Pass Point in a jiff. | + | " |
- | Down Paul's Pass now the program said But rain made things too wet. | + | So Puckett Pass was utilised To get them down again.\\ |
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- | 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. | ||
- | 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.\\ |
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- | So Bill said Transportation Spur Would see us home instead. | + | So Bill said Transportation Spur Would see us home instead.\\ |
- | There was one problem that remained, When would it be ahead? | + | There was one problem that remained, When would it be ahead?\\ |
- | We chose a spur to climb on out By democratic vote. | + | We chose a spur to climb on out By democratic vote.\\ |
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- | But Transportation Spur it was, And as we hurried on, | + | But Transportation Spur it was, And as we hurried on,\\ |
- | All members of the party then Were happy they weren' | + | All members of the party then Were happy they weren' |
- | We made it finally to the cars, Just after one last shout, | + | We made it finally to the cars, Just after one last shout,\\ |
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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. | + | |
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Please add the following name to your List of Members:- | Please add the following name to your List of Members:- | ||
GERO, Kathryn, 8/22 Moore Street, Bondi, 2026 Phone 30 7263 | GERO, Kathryn, 8/22 Moore Street, Bondi, 2026 Phone 30 7263 | ||
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====== The Magical Limestone Cave Tour ====== | ====== The Magical Limestone Cave Tour ====== | ||
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John's advertisement read - " | John's advertisement read - " | ||
- | The mixed goods/ | + | The mixed goods/ |
- | We cycled out of the sleepy town past the shops with the wide verandahs, heading south, with the sun peepill:, | + | |
- | and the carcases of two traction engines. In ,one corner stood a steam crusher battery used in the late 1800's to crush the gold-bearing ore from the mines. Glen explained how the rock was crushed, mixed with water and mercury and then sluiced over a copper plate which held the fine particles of gold for further extraction treatment. Some of the long leather belts that drove the circular saws were still intact under the tin roofed mill and at one end of the shed was the smith' | + | We cycled out of the sleepy town past the shops with the wide verandahs, heading south, with the sun peeping |
The neighbour' | The neighbour' | ||
- | The village of Trunkey Creek consisted of a farm implement/ | ||
- | twenty at a cent each! How times have changed! | ||
- | We pitched camp on a grassy sward above the creek at Abercrombie Caves camping reserve that evening. The East Lindfield Methodist Church hosted the night' | ||
- | The road from the caves proved to be very rough with small rocks, | ||
- | water channels and high-speed car bumps slowing us down on the dirt surface. Very steep hills and dust from passing traffic didn't help. To compound our troubles Mary-Ann' | ||
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- | BLAYNEY t/ | ||
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- | Trunk- i:reek Abercrombie Caves | ||
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- | GREAT DIVIDING RANGE | ||
- | Katoomba | ||
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- | Tuena | ||
- | GOULBURN | ||
- | SKETCH MAP OF BICYCLE TRIP. | ||
- | CYCLING SOUTH ON THE ROAD FROM BLAYNEY TO GOULBURN. | + | The village of Trunkey Creek consisted of a farm implement/ |
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+ | We pitched camp on a grassy sward above the creek at Abercrombie Caves camping reserve that evening. The East Lindfield Methodist Church hosted the night' | ||
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+ | The road from the caves proved to be very rough with small rocks, water channels and high-speed car bumps slowing us down on the dirt surface. Very steep hills and dust from passing traffic didn't help. To compound our troubles Mary-Ann' | ||
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. | 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. | ||
- | 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 | + | That afternoon our party rode into the small township of Tuena, which was holding its annual Gold Rush Festival. People had come from miles around |
- | 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 Snowy River" | 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" | ||
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After lunch we did some downhill coasting on the tarred road that led to the Pejar Dam where we admired the giant spillway and man-made sluice race that had been carved out of solid rock many years before. | After lunch we did some downhill coasting on the tarred road that led to the Pejar Dam where we admired the giant spillway and man-made sluice race that had been carved out of solid rock many years before. | ||
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The next afternoon we cycled into Goulburn town, past the old-style colonial Courthouse, and then into the park for a snack. At two o' | The next afternoon we cycled into Goulburn town, past the old-style colonial Courthouse, and then into the park for a snack. At two o' | ||
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Many thanks, John. | Many thanks, John. | ||
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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. | ||
- | CONGRATULATIONS to - - | + | **CONGRATULATIONS** to - -\\ |
- | Wendy and Steve Hodgman on the birth of their son Sean during April | + | Wendy and Steve Hodgman on the birth of their son Sean during April and Jenny and Steve Brown on the birth of a daughter, Stephanie in May. |
- | and Jenny and Steve Brown on the birth of a daughter, Stephanie in May. | + | |
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