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-October, 1987 Page 13
+=====A Song - The MacDonnell Ranges Trip.=====
-ASONG -  THE MACDONNELL  RANGES TRIP.
 by Michael Reynolds.
 Tune: "The Ball of Kerriemore."
-Chorus: Old folk, young folk, everybody come,
-Join the S.B.W. and have a lot of fun.
+Chorus:
-Bring your mug and billycan and sit around the fire
+Old folk, young folk, everybody come,\\
+Join the S.B.W. and have a lot of fun.\\
+Bring your mug and billycan and sit around the fire\\
 And we'll sing a song of walking as the flames leap higher.
-. Ainslie Morris led a walk west of Alice Springs.
-She filled her pack with nougat bars, and other ymmmy things,
+Verse 1.
-But when it came to boring things like billies, tents and clothes, She gave them all to Mike and said "Here, you can carry those".
-. Bob Niven came along, but had never flown before -
+Ainslie Morris led a walk west of Alice Springs.\\
-So Margaret bound and gagged him, and threw him to the floor. She drove him to the airport, and she dragged him to the plane, And now he thinks he likes it, and he wants to go again!
+She filled her pack with nougat bars, and other ymmmy things,\\
-. Jan Mohandas came along, but on the second day
+But when it came to boring things like billies, tents and clothes,\\
-His footwear fell to pieces, I am very sad to say.
+She gave them all to Mike and said "Here, you can carry those".
-But Bob and Maurie rallied round and found the very thing
-And patched him up with wrapping paper, sealing wax and string.
-. Mike Reynolds came along as well, but he was feeling sick 'Cos he'd brought along his camera, but couldn't make it click. That night in bed with Ainslie he said, "What dlye think of that?" "I haven't got a headache but my batteries are flat!"
-. Jo and Judy came along, they like to have a swim. In freezing icy water they both plunge bravely in. A passing ornithologist remarked without a blush, "That's the first time I have seen bluetits in the bush!"
-. Margaret Niven came along, she always wears a smile, And does her evening exercise with great panache and style. To everyone's amazement, before she goes to bed
-She does her yoga exercises standing on her head.
-. Brian Hart came along, he always looks relaxed, Even when he's carrying a forty-two pound pack. When asked how he keeps fit he always answers with a frown, "My favourite form of exercise is when I'm lying down!"
-. Jim Percy came along as well, he's never known to grumble. He takes good care on rocky bits to see that we don't tumble. This paragon of virtue has the patience of St. Peter And at night he entertains us with "The Purple People Eater".
-. And now the ten of us are here, sitting round the blaze. We've had starry moonlit evenings, and lovely sunny days. Our trip is nearly over, and we're sad it's nearly done, But it's been a great adventure, and it's been a lot of fun.
-**********
-THEATRE NIGHT.
-Chorus: Old folks, etc.
 Chorus: Old folks, etc.
+Verse 2.
+Bob Niven came along, but had never flown before -\\
+So Margaret bound and gagged him, and threw him to the floor.\\
+She drove him to the airport, and she dragged him to the plane,\\
+And now he thinks he likes it, and he wants to go again!
 Chorus: Old folks, etc.
+Verse 3.
+Jan Mohandas came along, but on the second day\\
+His footwear fell to pieces, I am very sad to say.\\
+But Bob and Maurie rallied round and found the very thing\\
+And patched him up with wrapping paper, sealing wax and string.\\
 Chorus: Old folks, etc.
+Verse 4.
+Mike Reynolds came along as well, but he was feeling sick\\
+'Cos he'd brought along his camera, but couldn't make it click.\\
+That night in bed with Ainslie he said, "What d'ya think of that?"\\
+"I haven't got a headache but my batteries are flat!"
 Chorus: Old folks, etc.
+Verse 5.
+Jo and Judy came along, they like to have a swim.\\
+In freezing icy water they both plunge bravely in.\\
+A passing ornithologist remarked without a blush,\\
+"That's the first time I have seen bluetits in the bush!"
 Chorus: Old folks, etc.
+Verse 6.
+Margaret Niven came along, she always wears a smile,\\
+And does her evening exercise with great panache and style.\\
+To everyone's amazement, before she goes to bed\\
+She does her yoga exercises standing on her head.
 Chorus: Old folks, etc.
+Verse 7.
+Brian Hart came along, he always looks relaxed,\\
+Even when he's carrying a forty-two pound pack.\\
+When asked how he keeps fit he always answers with a frown,\\
+"My favourite form of exercise is when I'm lying down!"
 Chorus: Old folks, etc.
+Verse 8.
+Jim Percy came along as well, he's never known to grumble.\\
+He takes good care on rocky bits to see that we don't tumble.\\
+This paragon of virtue has the patience of St. Peter\\
+And at night he entertains us with "The Purple People Eater".
 Chorus: Old folks, etc.
+Verse 9.
+And now the ten of us are here, sitting round the blaze.\\
+We've had starry moonlit evenings, and lovely sunny days.\\
+Our trip is nearly over, and we're sad it's nearly done,\\
+But it's been a great adventure, and it's been a lot of fun.
+----
+====Theatre Night.====
 The Christmas production at the Marian Theatre, Killara (Northside Theatre).
-"See How They Run" - a British comedy by Philip King - Thursday, 10th December - 8.15 pm. Party concession prices: $16.20 ($11.20 students or pensioners). Please contact:- FAZELEY READ 909 3671 (H).
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+"See How They Run" - a British comedy by Philip King - Thursday, 10th December - 8.15 pm. Party concession prices: $16.20 ($11.20 students or pensioners). Please contact:- Fazeley Read 909 3671 (H).
-END OF THE TROUT FISHING SEASON - JUNE 1987.
+----
+=====End Of The Trout Fishing Season.=====
 by Keith Docherty.
 For various reasons the party of ten anglers I had expected dwindled to only two! Frank Woodgate and myself. So, for the benefit of those who could have come but wouldn't and those who would have come but couldn't, here is my tale of the June long weekend:-
 Rain was falling as we left Carlon's at 9.50 am on Saturday, and it steadily became heavier. Frank was wearing a cape as well as a parka but the rain and the wet vegetation of Kennel Flat soaked him to the skin. When we reached Mobb's Swamp at 12.45 pm we lost no time lighting a fire in the cave.
-We were joined for lunch by Martin, a Packsaddlers Guide, and a party of riders. They were pleased to share our fire and they offered us some of their saveloys. Frank had been strugging to remove his wet suit boots and he was delighted to accept the help of a couple
-of attractive young ladies. Martin entertained us with anecdotes of horse riding and farming and demonstrated his billy swinging ability. We were sorry when he and his party had to leave in the rain that showed no sign of abating. Looking at that rain, the dry cave and the cheerful fire, we decided it wasn't really necessary to get to the river that night and we unpacked and set out our sleeping gear.
+We were joined for lunch by Martin, a Packsaddlers Guide, and a party of riders. They were pleased to share our fire and they offered us some of their saveloys. Frank had been strugging to remove his wet suit boots and he was delighted to accept the help of a couple of attractive young ladies. Martin entertained us with anecdotes of horse riding and farming and demonstrated his billy swinging ability. We were sorry when he and his party had to leave in the rain that showed no sign of abating. Looking at that rain, the dry cave and the cheerful fire, we decided it wasn't really necessary to get to the river that night and we unpacked and set out our sleeping gear.
 About 3 pm a lone walker arrived and asked if he could warm himself at our fire. He was soaked to the skin and not looking forward to going out again. As he was only walking in the area, without any definite destination, I suggested he stayed in the cave for the night. There was plenty of room for the three of us.
 At 4 pm a woman suddenly appeared and asked if she could bring the girls in. She was a teacher from Tara Church of England Girls School with a party of eight girls on the Duke of Edinburgh Award. They had followed the smoke of our fire to the cave. The girls were sent out to collect more wood and we lengthened the fire to make room for more billies.
-While we were eating dinner a "coo-eel" came from the wet darkness and soon we were joined by half a dozen young people, also on the Duke of Edinburgh Award. They had just settled in when another ten young people arrived. They, too, were doing the Duke of Edinburgh Award. Just as well it is a large cave!
+While we were eating dinner a "coo-ee!" came from the wet darkness and soon we were joined by half a dozen young people, also on the Duke of Edinburgh Award. They had just settled in when another ten young people arrived. They, too, were doing the Duke of Edinburgh Award. Just as well it is a large cave!
 Next morning the teacher was first up to light the fire and she and the girls were first to leave. All of the Duke of Edinburgh Award people were away by 9 am. The leaders had made sure that all tins and plastic items were picked up and taken away. However, we did find half a tin of baked beans a Tara girl had buried at the back of the cave.
 The lone walker thought he would stay in the cave until the weather improved but we had to push on to the Cox's. Frank set out at 10.50 am and I followed at 11.15 am and caught up with him at the top of Yellow Pup. It was about there we ran out of the mist and rain and found that very little rain had fallen at lower altitudes. At 1.20 pm we arrived at the Cox's and were surprised to find it very low and clear. After all the rain we had expected to see a raging brown flood.
-We set up camp at the bottom of Yellow Pup, then went to the river with our fishing rods. I walked upstream and saw a lot of trout but they were all very nervous. There were prints of waders all along the river's edge so obviously somebody had been fishing hard earlier in the
-day. Smoke was rising from the cabin at Konangaroo so probably the anglers had come lirom there.
+We set up camp at the bottom of Yellow Pup, then went to the river with our fishing rods. I walked upstream and saw a lot of trout but they were all very nervous. There were prints of waders all along the river's edge so obviously somebody had been fishing hard earlier in the day. Smoke was rising from the cabin at Konangaroo so probably the anglers had come from there.
-I caudht a trout for dinner and left it at the camp before walking upstream as far as Brindle Pup to spy out where the trout were. I saw some very brightly coloured male rainbows above Konangaroo and some were quite large. Back at camp I found Frank had caught two trout, one of which was the largest he had ever caught. We wrapped a couple of the trout in tinfoil and baked them in hot embers. Moonlight was shining on us as we ate dinner but it was soon obscured by cloud and a light drizzle started to fall about 10 pm and continued most of the night.
-After breakfast next morning we went our separate ways to catch a few fish to take home. Margaret Niven had recommended and sold to me a small Nilsmaster "Invincible" lure for bass fishing. I'd had no success using it for bass and found it a bit of a nuisance because the front -Set of hooks often caught on the line. I decided to try it on the trout. In a short
+I caught a trout for dinner and left it at the camp before walking upstream as far as Brindle Pup to spy out where the trout were. I saw some very brightly coloured male rainbows above Konangaroo and some were quite large. Back at camp I found Frank had caught two trout, one of which was the largest he had ever caught. We wrapped a couple of the trout in tinfoil and baked them in hot embers. Moonlight was shining on us as we ate dinner but it was soon obscured by cloud and a light drizzle started to fall about 10 pm and continued most of the night.
-October, 1987 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER Page '15
-time I had caught four then a fifth managed to snag the line round a rock and sRap it off. I replaced it with a Shakespeare "Little S" and caught the largest fish of the trip, a nice male rainbow trout. That made up the five I wanted to take home so I packed up my tackle at 9 am and went walking with my camera to take photos of the wet and misty scenery. I met Frank fishing a beautiful pool below the camp. He had caught two trout and he caught another after morning tea.
+After breakfast next morning we went our separate ways to catch a few fish to take home. Margaret Niven had recommended and sold to me a small Nilsmaster "Invincible" lure for bass fishing. I'd had no success using it for bass and found it a bit of a nuisance because the front set of hooks often caught on the line. I decided to try it on the trout. In a short time I had caught four then a fifth managed to snag the line round a rock and snap it off. I replaced it with a Shakespeare "Little S" and caught the largest fish of the trip, a nice male rainbow trout. That made up the five I wanted to take home so I packed up my tackle at 9 am and went walking with my camera to take photos of the wet and misty scenery. I met Frank fishing a beautiful pool below the camp. He had caught two trout and he caught another after morning tea.
 Normally when I clean trout I leave the head on but, because of the weight and bulk of the five I was taking out, I cut their heads off. The weight was still over 6 kg and felt even heavier after 2.30 pm when we started the long slog up Yellow Pup. The sight and sounds of several lyre birds and a couple of wallabies helped take our minds off our loads until we ran into mist and rain on Yellow Dog.
-It was 5 pm when we reached Mtibb's Swamp and found we had the cave to ourselves. Soon the fire was blazing and trout cooking. The rain stopped about 7 pm and we were blessed with a threequarter moon in a starry sky until a thick mist descended about midnight.
-The mist started to lift soon after we left the cave at 9.30 am on Tuesday and sunlight shining through the raindrops on numerous spiders' webs transformed the Wild Dog Mountains
+It was 5 pm when we reached Mobb's Swamp and found we had the cave to ourselves. Soon the fire was blazing and trout cooking. The rain stopped about 7 pm and we were blessed with a three-quarter moon in a starry sky until a thick mist descended about midnight.
-into Fairyland. We had morning tea at Breakfast Creek and arrived at Carlon's in glorious
-sunshine at 12.15 pm. Because we had taken the extra day off we didn't have to battle all
+The mist started to lift soon after we left the cave at 9.30 am on Tuesday and sunlight shining through the raindrops on numerous spiders' webs transformed the Wild Dog Mountains into Fairyland. We had morning tea at Breakfast Creek and arrived at Carlon's in glorious sunshine at 12.15 pm. Because we had taken the extra day off we didn't have to battle all the returning holiday traffic and the journey back to Sydney was pleasant.
-the returning holiday traffic and the journey back to Sydney was pleasant.
 Frank's first priority was to visit the Eastwood Camping Centre to buy a new, and hopefully, rainproof parka. Next was a visit to his chiropractor for treatment of his back, strained with the weight of the trout he had carried.
 Despite some wet weather we had enjoyed the last weekend of the season. Our fishing had been successful and the gratitude of the recipients of the trout made the effort of carrying them out worthwhile. Now we are looking forward to the October long weekend and the opening of the next trout fishing season.
-KANANGRA BOYD
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